(2024-08-29). New Currency for South Africa, Russia and China — How It Could Work. infobrics.org As the BRICS bloc continues to expand and establish itself as a hedge against so-called 'Western nations,' talk of forming a united currency for member states has been one of the more dominant topics…
(2024-08-29). Mpox outbreak: How WHO 'vaccine apartheid' has segregated Africa. newarab.com 
It's no surprise that nearly two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) triumphantly Once again, the WHO has done the bare minimum. Instead of challenging how the worl…
(2024-08-29). Southern Africa demands respect for sovereignty. workers.org 
The author is a former member of the Secretariat of the organization that led the liberation struggle of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde and is a contributor to the newspaper Avante (organ of the Portuguese Communist Party), which published this article Aug. 22. Translation: John Catalinotto. The 44th Summit of the . . . |
(2024-08-29). South Africa calls for greater focus on agricultural trade at BRICS summit. tvbrics.com 
(2024-08-29). Cuba participará en encuentro en Brasil sobre diáspora africana. radiohc.cu La Habana, 29 ago (RHC) La viceministra de Relaciones Exteriores Anayansi Rodríguez encabezará la delegación de Cuba al segmento ministerial de la Conferencia Regional de la Diáspora Africana en las Américas, a efectuarse en Brasil, informó la cancillería.
(2024-08-29). 'We are afraid': East Africa struggles as mpox spreads amid vaccine delays. aljazeera.com Border regions in countries neighbouring DRC raise alert levels and screening measures as the mpox virus spreads.
(2024-08-29). Godlimpi to lead Women's Month seminar. sanews.gov.za Godlimpi to lead Women's Month seminar | With Women's Month drawing to a close, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will host a seminar for women entrepreneurs on Friday.
Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi is expected to lead the seminar that is aimed at promoting women's participation in entrepreneurship.
According to the dtic, the event will offer a unique opportunity for dialogue, building valuable connections, and exploring success strategies essential for women in business.
"It will also serve as a platform to showcase the work of businesses supported by the dtic and its…
(2024-08-29). Tenders issued to appoint independent investigator into Telkom Towers. sanews.gov.za Tenders issued to appoint independent investigator into Telkom Towers | Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says his department has issued tenders for the appointment of an independent investigator to, within 60 days following their appointment, provide a detailed report on what went wrong with the Telkom Towers building in Pretoria. | According to Macpherson, the report should detail who is to blame and what will be the best solution moving forward for the Telkom Towers to limit further wastage of taxpayer money. | Earlier this month, the Minister conducted an oversight inspection at the Tel…
(2024-08-29). Ntuli to launch KwaZulu-Natal Women Advancement Fund. sanews.gov.za Ntuli to launch KwaZulu-Natal Women Advancement Fund | KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, says the provincial government is making significant strides towards advancing the lives of women and putting them at the forefront of the economic mainstream. | This follows an announcement the Premier made during his State of the Province Address that within the first 100 days in office, he would unveil the KwaZulu-Natal Women Advancement Fund (KZNWAF). | The KZNWAF is a pioneering initiative designed to empower and support women entrepreneurs in the province by addressing the unique challenges they face in business.
(2024-08-29). The Heat: Global Health Emergency. america.cgtn.com 
The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency earlier this month after reported cases and deaths surged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and quickly spread to neighboring African nations. | Now, the WHO is calling for a global response to deliver vaccines to vulnerable populations and is seeking $135 million in funding to address the crisis. | Joining the discussion: |
(2024-08-29). Scott Barrett Returns to Captain New Zealand in Rugby Championship. devdiscourse.com New Zealand captain Scott Barrett has recovered from a broken finger to lead the team in their upcoming Rugby Championship test against South Africa at Ellis Park on Saturday. Former skipper Sam Cane will also be starting in the game against the reigning world champions. Barrett, who missed the first two tests against Argentina, will return to the second row alongside Tupou Vaa'i.
(2024-08-29). Tanzania's Ndugulile hailed over his election as new WHO regional director for Africa. independent.co.ug 
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday congratulated her fellow citizen Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile on being elected as the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa, succeeding Matshidiso Moeti, who has held the position since 2015. Ndugulile, former minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology and former deputy …
(2024-08-29). DRC: Disillusion and concern for human rights defenders and civil society. fidh.org
(2024-08-29). Egypt: Spate of free speech prosecutions. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), jointly with Human Rights Watch (HRW), denounces the repeated attacks on the freedom of expression in Egypt. Under the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, freedom of expression, including media freedom, has faced relentless attacks for years. Egypt regularly ranks among the countries with the most journalists in detention. Mainstream media are severely curtailed in Egypt, and the few remaining media websites face government (…) | – |
(2024-08-29). Egypt: Human rights organisations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for culture and arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is co-signing a call to the Egyptian authorities to end their harassement and repression of independent cultural organisations in Egypt. The political regime's continued use of security services, police crackdowns, arrests and prison sentencing to intimidate artists and cultural workers must stop.
13 August 2024. The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces' raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and (…) | – | /…
(2024-08-29). Eleva a 22 el número de muertos por inundaciones en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Las graves inundaciones han afectado casas que han sido arrasadas por las aguas del temporal, así como carreteras anegadas y árboles arrancados de raíz.
(2024-08-29). Dozens, including civilians, killed in militant attack in Burkina Faso. presstv.ir Civilians are among the dozens of people killed in an attack by militants in Burkina Faso.
(2024-08-29). Docentes universitarios realizan paro nacional en Argentina. telesurtv.net Si no encuentran una respuesta satisfactoria, los manifestantes han declarado que existen posibilidades de que la semana próxima vayan nuevamente al paro.
(2024-08-29). Irán inicia etapa de calificación de candidatos a elecciones. telesurtv.net Tras el proceso de investigación, el Ministerio del Interior anunciará los candidatos finales el 11 de junio, y los calificados tendrán 15 días, del 12 al 26 de junio, para llevar a cabo sus campañas electorales.
(2024-08-29). At least 11 Palestinians killed in Israeli raids, strikes across occupied West Bank. presstv.ir The PRCS says Israel has carried out airstrikes against several towns across the occupied West Bank, killing at least 10 Palestinians.
(2024-08-29). West Bank death toll rises to 18 as Israel continues assault. newarab.com 
Israeli forces continued a large-scale military attack for a second day They are carrying on with an assault on the cities and refugee camps of Jenin and Tulkarem while destroying infrastructure and surrounding hospitals. | On Thursday, they said that they killed
(2024-08-29). U.S. intensifies Mideast military presence as Iran reportedly readies for revenge attack on Israel. haaretz.com Despite Israel foiling Hezbollah's attack this week, the Biden administration is reinforcing its air and sea forces in the region while rushing arms shipments to Israel, amid rising concerns about Iran retaliating for the Tehran assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh…
(2024-08-29). Lebanon: Nationwide Electricity Blackout. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Lebanon's capital, Beirut, in the dark on July 27, 2020, due to widespread electricity blackouts caused by fuel shortages in the midst of a dire economic crisis. | © 2020 Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images | (Beirut) — The Lebanese government's continued mismanagement of the electricity sector and its failure to carry out key reforms is diminishing the public's already-limited access to electricity, Human Rights Watch said today.On August 17, 2024, Lebanon's only operational power plant shut down after the state-run electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL) ran out of fu…
(2024-08-29). Nicanotes: Nicaragua: cooperation, not conspiracy. afgj.org 
By Fabrizio Casari [This article was first published in Spanish in El Digital 19 on August 17, 2024. It is translated here by Francisco Dominguez.] (Fabrizio Casari is an Italian journalist and political analyst.) The new law that will regulate the activities of non-governmental organizations in Nicaragua, outlining the contours of their functions, is called…
(2024-08-29). Namibia denies stopover to ship carrying military cargo for Israel amid war on Gaza. presstv.ir Namibia refuses to allow an explosive-laden ship destined for the occupied Palestinian territories to dock at its ports.
(2024-08-29). Namibia Blocks Ship Carrying 'Explosive Material' For Israel. popularresistance.org The Namibian government has barred the Portuguese-flagged MV Kathrin cargo vessel from entering its territorial waters under suspicions that the ship carries military equipment and "explosive material" for Israel. | "Yes, I have asked Namport via the line ministry to consider the request to not allow the vessel MV Kathrin to dock in our ports. The request was made on Friday," Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab told Namibian daily New Era on 26 August. | "Upon receiving reports that a vessel may be carrying weapons intended for Israel, I addressed a letter to Cabinet, international relations ministry, works ministry,…
(2024-08-29). Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Threat to World Peace. History and Analysis. globalresearch.ca This carefully researched article by John Steinbach on Israel's nuclear arsenal was first published by Global Research in March 2002. | "Should war break out in the Middle East again,… or should any Arab nation fire missiles against Israel, as the …
(2024-08-29). 'International Law obligations' — Namibia blocks ship carrying 'explosive material' to Israel. mronline.org 
"As such, it was necessary to engage authorities in Namibia on issues of concern to ensure our decisions and actions domestically are aligned with our obligations in terms of international law and our policy stance of many years on Palestine."
(2024-08-29). Namibia blocks ship 'carrying military cargo for Israel to Gaza'. newarab.com 
The Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel MV Kathrin, which departed from Vietnam, requested permission to dock at the Walvis Bay post when Namibian authorities intervened. | The ship, suspected of intending to sail north towards the Mediterranean via the…
(2024-08-29). British Airways, Iberia Express resume flights to, from Israel on Friday. haaretz.com These airlines join Air France, Aegean carriers, and Azerbaijan Airlines, which earlier this week resumed flights to Israel following the airport's closure due to a flareup in the country's northern border…
(2024-08-29). Yet Another Trivial Turnout at María Corina Machado's Far-Right Rally in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Far-right opposition politician María Corina Machado continues to attempt to mobilize her followers in poorly attended street marches, demonstrated clearly at the latest "rally" called for by the Venezuelan far-right opposition in Caracas. | This Wednesday, August 28, one month after the presidential elections, Machado called for a new demonstration to rally the supporters of the far-right against the democratically-instated leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. This mobilization failed even harder than prior rallies to meet expectations, as there was very little attendance. | According to several aerial images ta…
(2024-08-29). Former Candidate Edmundo González Fails to Comply With 2nd Summons by Public Ministry. orinocotribune.com Former far-right opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González failed to comply on Tuesday with the second summons he had before the Venezuelan Attorney General's Office by not appearing as dictated by a memorandum issued by the Public Ministry (MP) on Monday. | The summons, issued from the 58th Prosecutor's Office with full national jurisdiction, indicates that the citizen whose identity card is V-2029003 was required to appear on August 27 at 10 a.m. in order to answer questions regarding the facts being investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office related to the publication and maintenance of the websit…
(2024-08-29). Venezuela: Terrorist Attack on Electric System Resulted in Power Failure (+Diosdado Cabello). orinocotribune.com A terrorist attack against the National Electric System (SEN) has been reported in Venezuela, resulting in a failure in the electrical services of Caracas and several cities across the country, according to reports from the newly appointed minister of the interior, justice, and peace, Diosdado Cabello. | In the evening of this Tuesday, August 27, a partial power outage was reported in several areas of Caracas, as well as in a number of other cities in Venezuela. In most cases, repairs were able to be made and electricity restored within four hours. | In a telephone conversation with the state channel, Cabello con…
(2024-08-29). The Slide Into Authoritarianism. popularresistance.org All of us who care about civil liberties, civil rights, human rights and freedom of the press have had a front-row seat lately to a slide toward what can only be described as authoritarianism. The governments of the U.S., U.K. and even Canada have been working hard, sometimes in a coordinated fashion, to silence dissenting voices. The governments' tactics have been heavy-handed, to say the least. | Most recently, journalist Richard Medhurst was arrested last week by British authorities. Richard, who is one of the loudest and most important voices in support of human rights for Palestinians, was arrested at Heathr…
(2024-08-29). Xi demands all-out efforts to carry out reform tasks. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday demanded all-out efforts to ensure the implementation of the country's reform tasks.
(2024-08-29). Integration of culture, tourism picks up steam. ecns.cn Summer vacationers have been flocking to Langfang, Hebei province, to have a vicarious experience of the past at the Unique Dream of Red Mansion theme park.
(2024-08-29). Kursk: Fighting Russia to the Last Ukrainian… thealtworld.com
(2024-08-29). Thursday 9/26: PILOT LAUNCH EVENT! THE FIRST GUARANTEED CARE INCOME. indybay.org 2973 16th Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco | 1/2 block from 16th Street BART…
(2024-08-29). Local activist helps to create hour music program on KALX Radio, Berkeley. indybay.org Radio Dunya Music Program On KALX:…
(2024-08-29). Monday 8/26: Action: PELOSI Out of South Bay! indybay.org California Theater, | 345 S First St | (Just south of San Carlos Ave.) | San Jose, CA…
(2024-08-29). "What the US calls 'criminal gangs' are in reality low-income-neighborhoods demanding social change" uwidata.com By Fernando Esteche With this interview we try to take a look at Haiti, the first independent black republic in the world, which is immersed in a deep political and social crisis. The Caribbean nation, recurrently hit by natural disasters and suffering from political storms caused by the colonization of its political class, faces political …
(2024-08-29). Empowering Women: SHE Project Celebrates Five Years of Advancing SRHR and Preventing GBV in Eastern Visayas. pressenza.com 
by Geri Matthew "Choi" Carretero | Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines — The Subnational Close-Out event for the Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project was successfully held on August 27, 2024, at the Ciriaco Hotel in Calbayog City, Samar, marking the culmination of five years of transformative work in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention. The event, themed "Pasidungog," honored the achievements and contributions of local government units (LGUs), community partners, and key organizations who were instrumental in advancing these critical issues in th…
(2024-08-29). "What the US calls 'criminal gangs' are in reality low-income-neighborhoods demanding social change" unitedworldint.com The US tests its Global Fragility Act here, but Haiti resists. By Fernando Esteche With this interview we try to take a look at Haiti, the first independent black republic in the world, which is immersed in a deep political and social crisis. The Caribbean nation, recurrently hit by natural disasters and suffering from political …
(2024-08-29). Reconnected: Seven screen-free weeks with monks and Amish farmers. anabaptistworld.org It all started when Carlos Whittaker received that perky Sunday morning iPhone notification summarizing his time spent on his handheld screen in the past week. Seven hours and twenty-three minutes on average per day. Whittaker, an author and former worship pastor, did some quick math and realized that number translated to nearly 100 full days …
(2024-08-29). How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections. whyy.org 
When Swarthmore, Pa., resident Scott Richardson first voted in a U.S. presidential election, it was for Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976. | Richardson cast his ballot for Republican Donald Trump in 2016. But after being disillusioned by Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Richardson chose Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election. | "It's almost 50/50 who I have voted for," Richardson, a former restaurateur, said of the political affiliations of his chosen presidential candidates over the years. "It has never been related to [political] party. I kind of felt like I was voting for an individual." | Richardson is…
(2024-08-29). OPINION: Empowering Uganda's Gen Z in technology. independent.co.ug 
Empowering Uganda's youth to embrace careers in technology is not just a strategic move for national development—it is a moral imperative COMMENT | Anthony Tenywa | As Uganda forges its path in the digital age, technology is becoming an increasingly vital force in driving national progress. In a world where technological advancements define the future, there is …
(2024-08-29). 'Unless checked, antimicrobial resistance will cause more deaths annually than cancer'. independent.co.ug 
Everyone has a role to play in combating AMR. Individuals and farmers can help by using antibiotics only when prescribed by a healthcare professional, completing the full course of treatment, and practicing good hygiene to prevent infections. COMMENT | Dr JacksonTwebaze Ndahayo | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global health, jeopardizing decades …
(2024-08-29). Mayo Clinic Health System's new hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin, integrates innovative technologies and design to support the overall care experience for patients and staff. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LA CROSSE, Wis. — Mayo Clinic leaders and community officials today celebrated the completion of a new Mayo Clinic Health System hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which blends advanced technology with personalized care to bring an unparalleled experience to patients and equip staff with the tools to Cure more patients, Connect people with data to create new knowledge and scalable solutions and Transform community care. With patient comfort and safety as top priorities, the new…
(2024-08-29). Back pain basics and self-care tips. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When it comes to back pain, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that back pain is rarely a sign of something serious and is often relatively short-lived. The bad news is that it's a common ailment for many adults. About 80% of adults experience pain in their back at some point in their lives. Nearly 90% of back pain cases are temporary, and people make a full functional recovery within 12…
(2024-08-29). Advancing AI in healthcare: Highlights from Mayo Clinic's 2024 AI Summit. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Panelists discuss the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare at the AI Summit. Left to right: John Halamka, M.D.; Steven Hart, Ph.D.; Daniel Cabrera, M.D.; Eric Williamson, M.D.; and moderator Cui Tao, Ph.D. 2024 marks a pivotal year for advancing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in healthcare, requiring multidisciplinary teamwork and scientific rigor to bring these innovations to patient care. These key takeaways emerged from Mayo Clinic's AI Summit, "Generative and Multimodal AI — Potentials…
(2024-08-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Building a back-to-school routine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For many kids, summer is a time to stay up late, sleep in and hang out with friends. Waking up for that first day of a new school year can be a shock if young children, teenagers, parents or caregivers have not come up with a routine. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Stephen Whiteside, a Mayo Clinic child psychologist, offers some tips for getting into a back-to-school routine. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NcCbjDivMCY Journalists: …
(2024-08-29). Mayo pioneers population science to advance personalized medicine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a bold move blending pioneering technology with medical science, Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine is forging a new frontier in healthcare with the launch of its population omics strategy. This advanced approach uses large-scale "omics" data to connect genomics, environmental factors and health outcomes. The population omics strategy studies a wide range of biological data from large cohorts — including DNA, proteins, metabolites and more — to uncover patterns associated with diseases. However,…
(2024-08-29). Tomorrow's Cure: How to train medical professionals for tomorrow's cure. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Healthcare is changing rapidly. Tomorrow's cure is already here today. How do top medical educational institutes prepare and equip the workforce for the fast-changing healthcare landscape? Learn more in a new episode of Tomorrow's Cure out now. This week's podcast episode features Dr. Fredric Meyer, executive dean of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and dean of Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, and Dr. James Stoller, professor and chairman of the Education Institute…
(2024-08-29). ARPA-H lends award to project to develop precision surgical tools for cancer care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, MN ‚àí The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded an up to $33 million contract from the Advanced Research Funding Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Mayo Clinic and Illinois, through the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare, will work to develop precision surgical tools to help surgeons perform procedures accurately, providing real-time assessments for surgical decision-making in cancer care. "Through this project, we aim to build…
(2024-08-29). Smart cards boosting Islamic banking software market growth. ummid.com Smart cards issued by Islamic banks is driving Islamic banking software market growth, with a trend towards adoption of blockchain technology, according to Technavio.
(2024-08-29). Encuesta: 88,2 % de peruanos desaprueban desempeño de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net El informe refleja que un 81,2 por ciento considera que Boluarte debería dejar "cuanto antes" su cargo.
(2024-08-29). Comunidad internacional saluda victoria de Sheinbaum en México. telesurtv.net Xiomara Castro dijo que acordó con Sheinbaum "trabajar juntas por la unidad de Latinoamérica y el Caribe".
(2024-08-29). Presidente Maduro conversa con mandataria electa de México. telesurtv.net Ambas autoridades ratificaron los lazos de hermandad entre México y Venezuela, así como su disposición en fortalecer la Celac.
(2024-08-29). Espejismo de Ucrania. radiohc.cu Aunque el uso de Ucrania como guerra "proxis" de EEUU y la OTAN contra Rusia, es desde hace meses una verdad de Perogrullo, los medios occidentales no dejan de destacar declaraciones del presidente ucranio, Volodimir Zelensky, para llamar la atención sobre su condición de "víctima" y la supuesta "autonomía" del gobierno de Ucrania, en la dirección de la guerra.
(2024-08-29). Inundación de una mina de carbón en China deja tres muertos. telesurtv.net La tragedia tuvo lugar el pasado sábado alrededor de las 17H00, cuando diez trabajadores se encontraban en la zona afectada. Dos lograron escapar por sus propios medios, dejando a ocho atrapados.
(2024-08-29). Autoridades dominicanas colocan a 25 provincias en alerta verde. telesurtv.net El COE aumenta 14 provincias y al Distrito Nacional en alerta amarilla debido a una masa de aire húmeda dejada por una onda tropical en el país caribeño.
(2024-08-29). Cuba sin casos graves ni fallecidos por virus Oropouche. cubadebate.cu Desde la confirmación del virus Oropouche en Cuba el pasado mes de mayo, no se reportan en el país casos graves ni fallecidos y se han detectado 506 personas con esta arbovirosis, la cifra más baja en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, informó este miércoles el doctor Francisco Durán, director nacional de Higiene y Epidemiología.
(2024-08-29). Venezuela acogerá la Serie del Caribe en el año 2026. telesurtv.net La lista de sedes por año quedaría de la siguiente forma: Mexicali 2025, Venezuela 2026, Hermosillo 2027, República Dominicana 2028 y Puerto Rico 2029.
(2024-08-29). Celebran sesenta y cuatro años de nexos diplomáticos entre Cuba y la RPDC. radiohc.cu La Habana, 29 ago (RHC) El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba resaltó hoy la fortaleza de los vínculos entre la nación caribeña y la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC), en ocasión del aniversario 64 del establecimiento de los nexos diplomáticos.
(2024-08-29). Donald Trump's New Ally Accused Of Bizarre Act Days After Big Political Move | US Elections | RFK Jr. hindustantimes.com Days after ending his White House bid to endorse Trump, shocking stories about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are surfacing. An environmental group calls for a federal probe into his alleged wildlife antics, including severing a whale's head with a chainsaw and dumping a bear cub in Central Park. Is RFK Jr. an "environmental criminal"?>
(2024-08-29). Ukraine set to ratify the Rome Statute and become the International Criminal Court's 125th member state. fidh.org
(2024-08-29). Libya's oilfield closures spread in standoff over central bank. newarab.com 
Libya's
(2024-08-29). Iran: Two Revolutionary Guards killed in workshop 'gas leak'. newarab.com 
"Lieutenant Colonel Mokhtar Morshedi and Captain Mojtaba Nazari were martyred," Fars news agency reported, citing a statement from the Revolutionary Guards. | It said their death came after a "gas leak incident on Wednesday night" in a Guards' workshops in the central province…
(2024-08-29). Turkey: Joint trial observation report on the case of Kurdish human rights defenders and IHD members Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın. fidh.org In a joint report, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders—a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)—and the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) present findings from the judicial observation of the first hearing in the trial of Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın, from the Human Rights Association (IHD). Both were accused of "publicly denigrating the Turkish Nation" (…) | – |
(2024-08-29). Senior Chinese military official meets U.S. national security advisor. ecns.cn Central Military Commission's Vice-Chairman Zhang Youxia meets U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Beijing…
(2024-08-29). Xinjiang's Hami boosts role in nation's electricity network. ecns.cn Equipped with cutting-edge technologies, the Tianshan Converter Station, a linchpin in the country's vast electricity network, now plays an increasingly crucial role in power transmission to Central China.
(2024-08-29). Heavy Rain Causes Balcony Collapse in Central Delhi. devdiscourse.com Heavy rain caused the balconies of a two-storey house in Central Delhi's Anand Parbat area to collapse early Thursday morning, according to officials.
(2024-08-29). AYUSH NEET UG 2024: Round 1 Registration, Choice Filling start. ummid.com AYUSH Admissions Central Counseling Committee (AACCC) has started through its official website aaccc.gov.in from today i.e. Wednesday August 28, 2024 Online Registration for AYUSH NEET UG 2024 Counselling Round 1.
(2024-08-29). Greece: Continued judicial harassment of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org The recent summons by the Athens Magistrate marks a new development in Mr Dimitras' long history of judicial harassment, this time also prospecting the criminal prosecution of his wife, constituting a major violation of their right to defend human rights as well as of the recently adopted European Union (EU) anti-SLAPP Directive. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) urges the Greek authorities to put an immediate end to this practice of harassment and to (…) | – |
(2024-08-29). Venezuela y China muestran sintonía en agenda bilateral. telesurtv.net La visita es una invitación del ministro chino de Relaciones Exteriores, Wang Yi, miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de China.
(2024-08-29). PDF of August 29 issue. workers.org 
Download the version in color. Download the black & white version. Hezbollah defends Lebanon's sovereignty Days of protests hit DNC over Palestine Editorial No vote for genocide Mundo Obrero Exigir el derecho a ser escuchado en la DNC 5 17.000 manifestantes explotan sobre Gaza Our new format To our readers: Beginning . . . |
(2024-08-29). Militares franceses en Ucrania serán blanco legítimo para tropas rusas. telesurtv.net Canciller Lavrov se reúne con su homólogo congoleño en Oyo, tras comenzar este lunes una gira por África para reforzar los vínculos de Rusia en el continente.
(2024-08-29). DNC Convention Features Former CIA Director Who Was in Charge of Drone Programs that Killed Thousands. covertactionmagazine.com Leon Panetta was drowned out by anti-war activists when he spoke at 2016 convention, but not this time Former CIA Director Leon Panetta (2009-2011) was among the featured speakers on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago on August 22 when Kamala Harris accepted the party's nomination as its presidential candidate. …
(2024-08-29). Selective Democracy: US Hegemony And Global Consequences. popularresistance.org The United States often claims to promote democracy and human rights, but its actions reveal a deeper agenda of spreading global hegemony, exposing the hypocrisy in its foreign policy. A glaring example is the Biden-Harris administration's simultaneous rhetoric of humanitarian concern and unwavering support for Israel, despite the latter's ongoing military actions in Gaza. This contradiction exposes the inauthenticity of the U.S.'s commitment to democratic principles and human rights, especially when these principles conflict with its strategic alliances. | In a recent convention speech, President Joe Biden embar…
(2024-08-29). Our media, Puigdemont's Catalonia and the violent undemocratic traditions of the Spanish state! cadtm.org
(2024-08-29). Australia: Tens of thousands of construction workers protest Labor government attack. wsws.org The mass attendance at the rallies, defying a campaign of threats, isolation and censorship, is an expression of considerable anger over Labor's anti-democratic attack on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) and the entire working class.
(2024-08-29). Will Kamala Make Idealism Great Again? counterpunch.org 
As the presidential race enters the final stretch, politicians are recycling the usual scams to make people believe this election will be different. At last week's Democratic National Convention, idealism had a starring role, accompanied by ritual denunciations of cynicism. But idealism has a worse record in Washington than a thieving New Jersey senator. "Idealism
(2024-08-29). Is anyone in power responsible for anything? therealnews.com 
I've never thought it very useful to poke and prod everything Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, mostly because I feel like criticism of her often takes on a strange disproportionality, and is a proxy for deeper ideological disputes. AOC Discourse also seems to forget she's not the leader of the Democratic Party; she's one of 535 members of Congress. But she may be the most famous progressive in Congress, and a favorite punching bag of Fox News. This doesn't, in and of itself, necessarily entail any added moral burden. But Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's comments last week on the topic of Gaza during the Democratic Nati…
(2024-08-29). FDC leaders discourage members from joining Katonga faction. independent.co.ug 
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership in Kasese District is urging its members not to join the Katonga faction, which is seeking to form a new political party. On Tuesday, the faction applied to the Electoral Commission (EC) to reserve the name "People's Front for Freedom" (PFF), signaling the …
(2024-08-29). FDC founders slam Katonga faction over party dissolution. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the founding members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) are pleading with Dr. Kiiza Besigye and others not to kill the twenty-year-old political party. There is a feeling that if the Katonga faction feels that it no longer shares the aspirations of FDC, it should quit without …
(2024-08-29). Israel delegation expected in Doha for Gaza ceasefire talks. newarab.com 
The delegation, comprised of working-level members of Mossad, Shin Bet and the Israeli army, will reportedly hold talks with mediators from the Gulf country, Egypt and the…
(2024-08-29). Bassem Youssef returns to X after quitting over 'safety issues'. newarab.com 
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(2024-08-29). Egypt sends arms to Somalia following security pact, sources say. newarab.com 
Egypt and Somalia have drawn closer together this year after Ethiopia signed a
(2024-08-29). Harris hires Egyptian American lawyer for Arab voter outreach. newarab.com 
(2024-08-29). Tough choices ahead for Egypt as IMF delays next review. newarab.com 
Negotiations have been under way between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the fourth review of the "Any delay is likely to place Egypt in an unenviable position for the government is committed to cover due payments in US dollar to foreign oil and gas companies amid a shortage of foreign cash," an Egyptian government official told The New Arab on condition of anonymity for not being authorised brief the media.
(2024-08-29). Egypt prepares e-platform for medical tourism. tvbrics.com 
The initiative aims to showcase Egypt's medical tourism capabilities and attract foreign tourists seeking medical services in the country…
(2024-08-29). Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Vehicles pass near banners displaying Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the presidential elections, in Cairo, Egypt, on December 10, 2023. | © 2023 AP Photo/Amr Nabil…
(2024-08-29). Ethiopia plants 10 million hectares using the cluster farming method. tvbrics.com 
Maize, teff, wheat, and similar crops make up a significant portion of the crops sown…
(2024-08-29). Liberia: Support to War Crimes Court get big boost at UN Forum. indybay.org The United Nations Peace-building Commission (PBC) convened a high-level Ambassadorial meeting in New York, to discuss the country's peacebuilding and sustaining peace priorities.
(2024-08-29). Libyan Prime Minister Condemns Oil Shutdowns as a Crime. themedialine.org 
(2024-08-29). Normalization of genocide in Gaza and where to look for change. workers.org 
New York, Oct. 9, 2023. This article is based on a talk on a webinar of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain, titled: "Gaza Genocide: Escalating Tragedy and the Role of Normalization in Fueling the Suffering," held on Aug.26. Flounders spoke on behalf of the International Action Center. . . . |
(2024-08-29). Why Turkey is accelerating towards normalisation with Syria. newarab.com 
(2024-08-29). Reclaim the Night! cadtm.org
(2024-08-29). Wednesday 8/28: Food! Civics! Action! a walking tour. indybay.org Starts at the black obelisk in United Nations Plaza, across Market Street from The Strand Theater. San Francisco. Guide will be wearing a California Republic bicycle cap.
(2024-08-29). The economy and the election: Democrats and Republicans can't deliver for workers. liberationnews.org 
Neither of the two capitalist parties have an answer for the cost-of-living crisis facing the working class.
(2024-08-29). Kamala Harris fortalece su campaña mientras Trump mantiene su base activa. cubadebate.cu A diez semanas de unas elecciones presidenciales que se perfilan reñidas, la vicepresidenta demócrata Kamala Harris y el expresidente republicano Donald Trump recorren los estados estratégicos en busca de apoyo. Movida por su investidura en Chicago, Kamala Harris, de 59 años, se embarca en una nueva fase de su campaña.
(2024-08-29). Israeli Forces Shoot Nine Palestinians Across the West Bank. imemc.org 
Israeli forces shot nine Palestinian citizens and injured others, on Wednesday, in the governorates of Tubas, Nablus, and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. On Wednesday night, Israeli forces shot one Palestinian and injured two others during the ongoing military incursion in the Al-Far'a refugee camp, southwest of Tubas in the northeastern part of the …
(2024-08-29). Hezbollah retaliation and Trump's Zionist dream team formation. thealtworld.com My reports for yesterday's UK Column News | My first report covers the first stage of Hezbollah's retaliation for the Zionist assassination of senior commander Fouad Shukr in the Beirut southern suburbs in July. | My second report is probably going to upset the Trumpwashers who appear to be twisting facts into knots to avoid the very clear (for me) Zionist club that is being created to help Trump win the elections this year — there is not one member of his dream team that is not a staunch supporter of Israel and a genocide denier. | I will be writing a full report on the damage Trump did during his last Pres…
(2024-08-29). Regional Integration Gaining Support Across the Global South. infobrics.org In recent periods, regional opinion polls across the different parts of the Global South suggest that there appears to be growing support for regional economic cooperation and regional integration…
(2024-08-29). Could Iran-Israel tensions spill into the South Caucasus. newarab.com 
(2024-08-29). 'Sustainable Square Mile' Tests Power Of Biden's Billions For Climate Justice. popularresistance.org Two days after a series of tornadoes ripped through Chicago's South Side, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity, Naomi Davis and Suzanne Waddell met in the front yard of Emmett Till's childhood home to assess the damage. Fencing had been blown down. Their organization, Blacks in Green, founded by Davis in 2007, owns the historic landmark. It will open as a playhouse, community farm and museum in 2025, honoring the life the 14-year-old deserved to have. Even in 92-degree heat, people stopped by to take photos, a regular occurrence that reminds Davis of the larger duty marginalized people in A…
(2024-08-29). Bangladesh: the 'Global South' debt crisis intensifies. cadtm.org
(2024-08-29). Typhoon causes transport cancellations in Japan. ecns.cn Typhoon Shanshan struck Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, bringing heavy rain and powerful winds, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
(2024-08-29). Data expo themed lightshow staged in Guiyang. ecns.cn Lightshow is staged on the landmark buildings to greet the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2024 in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 28, 2024.
(2024-08-29). China's two major airlines receive C919 airplanes. ecns.cn Air China and China Southern Airlines, two major airlines in China, both received their first C919 large passenger aircraft delivered by COMAC Wednesday.
(2024-08-29). Lakotas Ride in Solidarity with Havasupai 'Shut Down Uranium Mine in Grand Canyon!'. indybay.org Oglala Lakota horseback riders from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, led the rally in defense of the sacred homeland of Havasupai on Saturday, continuing the demand to shut down Pinyon Plain uranium mine, threatening Havasupai's aquifer and spewing radioactive dust across the Grand Canyon.
(2024-08-29). US military conducts live-fire drills in South Korea to test deployment readiness. presstv.ir The US military conducted live-fire drills in South Korea to exercise deployment readiness.
(2024-08-29). South Korea arrests battery maker CEO over fire that killed 23. aljazeera.com Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law.
(2024-08-29). Dozens injured, power cut as Typhoon Shanshan hits southern Japan. aljazeera.com Powerful storm with gusts of up to 216km per hour made landfall near Satsumasendai city in southwestern Kyushu.
(2024-08-29). South Korea's Digital Sex Crime Deepfake Crisis. hrw.org Click to expand Image | South Korean women protest against non-consensual filming and sharing of intimate images on August 4, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. | © 2018 Jean Chung/Getty Images | South Korea faces an epidemic of digital sex crimes, hundreds of women and girls targeted through deepfake sexual images being shared online. One group sharing these images reportedly has 220,000 members. The number of reported deepfake cases alone has soared from 156 in 2021 to 297 as of July this year.While South Korea's president spoke out this week about this issue, over the years the country's leaders seem to have…
(2024-08-29). Typhoon Shanshan Wreaks Havoc Across Southern Japan. devdiscourse.com Typhoon Shanshan unleashed torrential rain and powerful winds on southern Japan Thursday, resulting in at least three fatalities as it began to traverse the archipelago, sparking concerns over flooding, landslides, and wide-ranging damage.
(2024-08-29). Sudan's Cholera Outbreak Threatens Lives of Displaced Populations. themedialine.org 
(2024-08-29). Powerful storms knock out power for nearly 400,000 homeowners and businesses in Michigan. wsws.org A series of fast moving and powerful thunderstorms hit the lower half of Michigan on Tuesday, snapping utility poles, downing power lines and cutting off power to nearly 400,000 customers some of whom will not be restored until the Labor Day weekend.
(2024-08-29). Tunisia arrests Italian for building irregular migrant boat. newarab.com 
The 45-year-old who was not named "works in a boat building factory", Farid Jha, spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in Monastir, a coastal city in east-centra…
(2024-08-29). DTB signs the UN Principles for Responsible Banking. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Diamond Trust Bank has taken a significant step toward advancing sustainability in the banking sector by signing the United Nations Principles of Responsible Banking. This is a single framework for a sustainable banking industry developed by collaborating with banks worldwide and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). …
(2024-08-29). LIVE: Museveni graces Parliament session in Gulu. independent.co.ug 
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has acknowledged that a lot has to be done to improve the living standards in Northern Uganda. Museveni today graced a first ever regional sitting of parliament at the Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City. "The things to do are many, and there is need to focus on …
(2024-08-29). Medical interns ask gov't to scrap internships after graduation. independent.co.ug 
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 270 undeployed medical interns in Northern Uganda are asking the government to scrap medical internships after graduation. This suggestion comes a few days after President Yoweri Museveni, said the government did not have funds to pay for medical internships, and wondered why the sponsors of their education could …
(2024-08-29). 'My NIN, My Birth Right' rings out loud as Primary Schools drama festival climaxes in Mbale. independent.co.ug 
To incentivize early birth registration, the government has waived fees for birth certificate applications for children aged zero to six months Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) aims to hit two birds with one stone, when it supports artistic excellence, at the ongoing National Primary Schools' Music, Dance, and Drama …
(2024-08-29). Northern Uganda legislators task gov't to expedite repairs on Karuma bridge. independent.co.ug 
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers from Northern Uganda have tasked the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to expedite the repairs on the Karuma Bridge to ease the movement of goods and passengers. Karuma Bridge, a major link and gateway between Midwestern, Northern Uganda, and West Nile Sub regions was temporarily closed to heavy traffic …
(2024-08-29). Principle Judge Zeija moots reviews of plea bargaining procedure. independent.co.ug 
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija, the Principal Judge, is mooting for structural adjustments in the administration of the plea-bargaining procedure, to allow prompt sentencing of offenders as one of the ways of decongesting prison facilities. He proposes that if a person willingly confesses to the offenses even immediately after arrest, the …
(2024-08-29). KATANGA CASE: Wife Molly, daughter DNAs were traced around the trigger. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala heard that the handgun used to murder businessman, Henry Katanga had the DNA of his embattled wife Molly Katanga, and that of their daughter, Patricia Kankwanzi. The Director of Forensics in Uganda Police Force, Andrew Mubiru continued his testimony on Wednesday by providing scientific evidence …
(2024-08-29). Ugandan girls favourites in World Championships U-20 steeplechase final. independent.co.ug 
üü° Today ‚ú≥ 3000m W — Yeko ‚ú≥ 3000m SC W — Chepkwurui & Chekwemoi ‚ú≥ 3000m M — Kibet & Musau Lima, Peru | THE INDEPENDENT & IAAF | Five Ugandan teenagers will take to the track at World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima today as the country seeks to add to their two bronze …
(2024-08-28). Brics Model for a New World Order. infobrics.org On Jan 1, the Brics chairmanship shifted from South Africa to the Russian Federation. Russia is going to further promote strategic partnership on the basis of continuity and consensus, increase the role of Brics in global affairs, which is reflected in the motto of Russia's chairmanship: "Strengthening multilateralism for just global development and security"
(2024-08-28). How the New Development Bank Has Made an Impact on South Africa. infobrics.org New Development Bank: a bank for the global south by the global south…
(2024-08-28). Beijing prepares for upcoming China-Africa Forum. ecns.cn The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing from Sept. 4 to 6.
(2024-08-28). One fifth of world's youth not in employment, education or training. wsws.org These conditions testify to the powder keg that is Africa and indeed vast parts of the world. Youth-led protests have broken out in several countries over recent months calling for political change.
(2024-08-28). Monkeypox: Soap Opera of the Summer or New Edition of the Pandemic of Fear? libya360.wordpress.com àÅngeles Maestro Known US bioweapons labs in Africa On Wednesday, August 14, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on behalf of WHO, declared an "international public health emergency" due to monkeypox. He cited the existence in several African countries of 40,000 cases and 1,456 deaths from this cause since 2022. He called for the governments of different countries…
(2024-08-28). Presidential Elections: Will Tunisia Consolidate the "New Republic"? libya360.wordpress.com Alba Granada Information Office for North Africa THIRTEEN YEARS after the "Jasmine Revolution", which has been confiscated since 2011 by the Anglo-Zionist alliance of NATO and the mercenaries of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ennahda, on October 6, 2024 new presidential elections will take place in Tunisia . Since 2019, it is the democratically elected President Kais…
(2024-08-28). South Africa opens exhibition to accelerate the adoption of solar and storage technologies. tvbrics.com 
The event aims to catalyse the development of sustainable energy solutions in South Africa and beyond‚Å…
(2024-08-28). Black August: Our resistance is essential. mronline.org 
Black August is a month to commemorate and tell the history of those African men and women brutalized, locked up, and killed by the U.S. criminal justice system.
(2024-08-28). Chinese hospital ship pays friendly visit to South Africa. plenglish.com Pretoria, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The visit of a Chinese hospital ship to South Africa will help to strengthen bilateral relations, Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga said.
(2024-08-28). Kenyan officers in Haiti frustrated over inadequate pay. plenglish.com The African military officers were concerned about the missing supplemental payments because they will soon have to pay for their children's school fees and guarantee current expenses and food for their relatives back home. | Le Nouvelliste newspaper, based on a report by CNN, informed that those officers were expecting a significant financial bonus for their mission in Haiti. | They are involved in an exhausting mission more suited for a military force than a police detachment, the source said, noting that the officers are not allowed to leave their base in Port-au-Prince after working hours.
(2024-08-28). Eleva a 22 el número de muertos por inundaciones en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Las graves inundaciones han afectado casas que han sido arrasadas por las aguas del temporal, así como carreteras anegadas y árboles arrancados de raíz.
(2024-08-28). Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi Ghares. newarab.com 
Algerian authorities on Tuesday arrested opposition figure Fethi Ghares, former coordinator of the In a video posted on Facebook and tit…
(2024-08-28). Algeria calls on UNSC to halt 'mercenary activities' in Mali. newarab.com 
On Monday, Ammar Benjamaa, Algeria's representative to the UN, urged international accountability for "those responsible for a drone attack" that struck civilians in Mali's Tinzaouatene, near the Algeria-Mali border. | The attack claimed the lives of more than 20 Malian civilians. | "We need to stop the violations committed…
(2024-08-28). Dozens, including civilians, killed in militant attack in Burkina Faso. presstv.ir Civilians are among the dozens of people killed in an attack by militants in Burkina Faso.
(2024-08-28). Docentes universitarios realizan paro nacional en Argentina. telesurtv.net Si no encuentran una respuesta satisfactoria, los manifestantes han declarado que existen posibilidades de que la semana próxima vayan nuevamente al paro.
(2024-08-28). Irán inicia etapa de calificación de candidatos a elecciones. telesurtv.net Tras el proceso de investigación, el Ministerio del Interior anunciará los candidatos finales el 11 de junio, y los calificados tendrán 15 días, del 12 al 26 de junio, para llevar a cabo sus campañas electorales.
(2024-08-28). At least 11 Palestinians killed in Israeli raids, strikes across occupied West Bank. presstv.ir The PRCS says Israel has carried out airstrikes against several towns across the occupied West Bank, killing at least 10 Palestinians.
(2024-08-28). West Bank Resistance Launches Operation Terror of the Camps. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen In the northern West Bank, the Resistance continues to engage in fierce confrontations and carry out operations against the occupation forces' vehicles and soldiers, achieving confirmed hits in response to the widespread Israeli occupation aggression. The Palestinian Resistance in the northern occupied West Bank region continues to confront the extensive aggression by the Israeli occupation…
(2024-08-28). No vote for genocide. workers.org 
The Workers World Party delegation marched in the protest outside the Democratic National Convention carrying a banner that read in part, "We won't vote for genocide!" If the only two candidates who can win the presidency both support an obvious, ongoing genocide by Israel in Gaza, there is no possible . . . |
(2024-08-28). Over 3000 Physicians And 16 Medical And Humanitarian Organizations Demand An Arms Embargo On Israel. popularresistance.org On August 26, 2024 medical and humanitarian organizations demand the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the NDP to enforce a full and complete arms embargo on Israel in recognition of the ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity as well as plausible genocide of the people of Gaza. | We are alarmed that Canada is engaging in violation of Canadian and International Law by supplying Israel with munitions: | The M933A1 120mm High Explosive mortar cartridges with M783 fuzes that are going to be shipped to Israel via the U.S. is illegal under Canadian and International law. This is in violatio…
(2024-08-28). Israel will bleed America dry and discard it like an old shoe. strategic-culture.su 
There are some simple truths surrounding all the nonsense being spewed by Israel's agents and its cheerleaders in the United States, Canada, Europe as well as elsewhere in the Anglophone world. First of all, Israel is no democracy and never has been one since its foundation over seventy-five years ago. It used massacres of entire villages and other assorted terrorism to drive three quarters of a million indigenous Palestinians from their homes.
(2024-08-28). ALBA-TCP Summit: Heads of State Warn of Fascist Threats Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; Bolivia, Luis Arce; and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, expressed their support for the government of Venezuela in the face of the onslaught of imperialist powers during the 11th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America—Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). | President Díaz-Canel said that on behalf of the people of Cuba, "we reiterate the congratulations already expressed to the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, for the victory achieved in the elections of July 28." | He said that at th…
(2024-08-28). 7 years of Rohingya crisis: International community must be serious in the crisis resolution. pressenza.com The Rohingya crisis has lasted for seven years, and there still seems to be no sign of an end in sight. More than a million Rohingya people in Myanmar crossed the border to seek refuge in Bangladesh in 2017 as a result of systematic ethnic cleansing operations carried out by their government, which the world appears to be allowing to continue apace. This represents one of the worst cases of human rights violations in recorded history. The violent crackdown by the Myanmar government in 2017 also led to 9,000 fatalities and widespread destruction. | By Ozair Islam | As the major Rohingya refugee crisis has been ove…
(2024-08-28). War on Gaza Crystalizes Israel's Image. globalresearch.ca Modern Israel attracts much attention from analysts and the public but our ability to understand it is hindered by ideology, prejudice, and myth. Many tread carefully when discussing Israel lest they be accused of antisemitism. In an
(2024-08-28). 'Anti-Worker' Trudeau Forces Arbitration On Rail Union. popularresistance.org The Canadian government on Thursday moved to end a lockout of workers at the country's two major rail corporations by forcing the two sides into arbitration, drawing sharp criticism from the union, which is challenging the move, and left-leaning political figures, including an ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) locked out about 9,300 engineers, conductors, and yard workers starting Thursday morning, shutting down the vast majority of the country's freight operations—a major disruption to the national economy and supplies chains across Nort…
(2024-08-28). A Landmark Federal Ruling Against Union-Busting Has Boosted Organizing. popularresistance.org Five years ago, after a majority of workers at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas signed cards to join the Culinary Workers Union, supervisors marched them into a series of mandatory meetings. The company promised employees free health care and new retirement benefits if they voted down the union, and vowed to drag out negotiations if the union won.
(2024-08-28). Workers, Unchecked: The Case For Card Check This Labor Day. popularresistance.org The process of union certification is a critical area of labor rights, acting as a precursor to collective bargaining. One method, card check, simplifies this process by allowing workers to express their desire for union representation through majority sign-up. Because it reduces opportunities for employer interference and expedites union certification, card check has come under significant fire from those who oppose unions. | Card check is a quick and efficient way for workers to indicate whether they want to be represented by a union. Workers who desire a union simply sign authorization cards indicating their s…
(2024-08-28). Nurses End Seven-Day Strike In Chicago. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois — Working as a nurse in a large university hospital is a hard job. Large numbers of patients roll through. Vulnerable people look for hope, remedy and help. Despite this persistent pressure, hospital administrators ask for quick patient turnover. Supervisors ask overstressed nurses to do the work of housekeepers, food service, technical staff and others, who are often in short supply. Some doctors are nice, while others boss nurses around. | This is the case at the University of Illinois Health (UIH) as well as healthcare facilities across the country. One difference is that the nurses at…
(2024-08-28). Workers, Unchecked: The Case for Card Check This Labor Day. scheerpost.com 
(2024-08-28). Trans Adults' Care Is Already Being Terminated in Florida Following Court Ruling. truthout.org Several transgender youth and adults are being told their care will be terminated following a ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals by a majority-Trump appointed panel. The court ruled that a 2023 law, which restricts transgender care at any age, can go back into effect after being permanently blocked in June 2024. The ruling, released late Monday, stated that transgender people are… |
(2024-08-28). Overdose Prevention Centers Save Lives, But Politics Stand in the Way. truthout.org Like similar facilities in Canada and Europe that have been around for years, the two overdose prevention centers in New York City drastically reduced public drug use in the areas they serve and intervened in more than 1,500 potentially fatal drug overdoses since opening in 2021. Emergency 911 calls also dropped since the centers opened, saving the city's health care system time and money. |
(2024-08-28). China to mull support for more families who lost only child. ecns.cn China will consider ramping up support for more families whose only child died, ranging from providing special elderly care and medical services to facilitating their access to assisted reproductive tools and child adoption.
(2024-08-28). Zheng brings Paris mentality, not medal. ecns.cn China's reigning Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen didn't carry her gold medal from Paris to New York, obeying her parents' instructions to keep the family treasure safe at home.
(2024-08-28). Gaza Health Ministry warns of 'hospital crisis' amid lack of fuel, medical supplies. presstv.ir Gaza's health ministry warns that healthcare facilities in the territory are nearing closure due to an acute fuel shortage for generators and a severe lack of medical supplies.
(2024-08-28). Djibouti denouncee US economic blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Djibouti, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of the Presidency of Djibouti, Mohamed Abdillahi Wais, denounced the policy of economic, commercial and financial blockade implemented by the United States against Cuba and the Caribbean island's inclusion on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
(2024-08-28). Salvadorean wife killer gets 40 years in prison. plenglish.com The Attorney General's Office (FGR) reported the conviction of Cristian Otoniel Roque Carias, for the crime of aggravated femicide against his former partner in April 2022, in the district of Zaragoza, La Libertad, at a time when there is an upturn in the victimization of women in the country. | A report of the Observatory of Gender Violence of the Organization of Salvadoran Women for Peace (Ormusa) stated that, from January 1 to August 1, 2024, at least 21 women were murdered in El Salvador, which keeps the country in the list of the countries in the region of the Americas with the highest rate of feminicides.
(2024-08-28). France orders terrorist trial for far-right group planning attacks against Muslims. middleeasteye.net 
France orders terrorist trial for far-right group planning attacks against Muslims | Action des Forces Operationnelles planned to 'kill 200 radicalised imams', poison halal food, throw grenades into 'Arab cars' and 'explode a couscous maker from a distance' | | Worshipers leave a mosque where Nazi…
(2024-08-28). Japan issues emergency warning as Typhoon Shanshan approaches. aljazeera.com Authorities on Kyushu and Honshu islands order evacuations and carmaker Toyota suspends operations at 14 plants.
(2024-08-28). Venezuelan opposition rallies in Caracas one month after disputed vote. aljazeera.com Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says President Nicolas Maduro is becoming 'more isolated' after election.
(2024-08-28). Sinner, Swiatek ease into US Open second round but Raducanu crashes out. aljazeera.com Second day of US Open sees former champs Alcaraz and Osaka go through as Evans wins longest-ever match over Khachanov.
(2024-08-28). Study finds limits to storing CO2 underground to combat climate change. imperial.ac.uk Imperial research has found limits to how quickly we can scale up technology to store gigatonnes of carbon dioxide under the Earth's surface.
(2024-08-28). Jogos dos BRICS: Alternativa para a decadência dos Jogos Olímpicos? strategic-culture.su
(2024-08-28). Cheptegei calls for improved health services in Sebei region. independent.co.ug 
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei has urged the government to enhance healthcare services and infrastructure in the Sebei sub-region as a token of appreciation for the significant contributions of athletics to the country. Sebei sub-region comprises three districts: Bukwo, Kween, and Kapchorwa, the latter being the mother district. In an …
(2024-08-28). Mesmo quando se trata de crianàßas, o governo alemà£o ignorou seus próprios cientistas para impor vacinas COVID rigorosas e mandatos de máscaras. globalresearch.ca A resposta da Alemanha à pandemia de COVID-19 foi baseada em objetivos políticos, e o governo implementou contramedidas que muitas vezes contradiziam evidências científicas e a opinià£o dos próprios cientistas do governo, de acordo com documentos vazados por um ex-funcionário …
(2024-08-28). Encuesta: 88,2 % de peruanos desaprueban desempeño de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net El informe refleja que un 81,2 por ciento considera que Boluarte debería dejar "cuanto antes" su cargo.
(2024-08-28). Comunidad internacional saluda victoria de Sheinbaum en México. telesurtv.net Xiomara Castro dijo que acordó con Sheinbaum "trabajar juntas por la unidad de Latinoamérica y el Caribe".
(2024-08-28). Presidente Maduro conversa con mandataria electa de México. telesurtv.net Ambas autoridades ratificaron los lazos de hermandad entre México y Venezuela, así como su disposición en fortalecer la Celac.
(2024-08-28). Inundación de una mina de carbón en China deja tres muertos. telesurtv.net La tragedia tuvo lugar el pasado sábado alrededor de las 17H00, cuando diez trabajadores se encontraban en la zona afectada. Dos lograron escapar por sus propios medios, dejando a ocho atrapados.
(2024-08-28). Autoridades dominicanas colocan a 25 provincias en alerta verde. telesurtv.net El COE aumenta 14 provincias y al Distrito Nacional en alerta amarilla debido a una masa de aire húmeda dejada por una onda tropical en el país caribeño.
(2024-08-28). Venezuela acogerá la Serie del Caribe en el año 2026. telesurtv.net La lista de sedes por año quedaría de la siguiente forma: Mexicali 2025, Venezuela 2026, Hermosillo 2027, República Dominicana 2028 y Puerto Rico 2029.
(2024-08-28). Day 326 Update: Israel Kills Dozens, Displaces More Families In Gaza" imemc.org 
On Tuesday, Day 326 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across the coastal enclave and displaced, yet again, dozens of families, in central Gaza. A Palestinian woman was killed and four residents were injured when the army fired a missile …
(2024-08-28). Did Hezbollah's attack undermine Israel's assassination approach? thealtworld.com What are the most recent communications sent towards the negotiation delegation in Doha and Cairo? | "Hezbollah's" response of missiles and drones early yesterday morning in Israeli territory, specifically in the central area of Tel Aviv, is significant because it means that Israeli operations to kill leaders of resistance groups in Lebanon, Palestine, and Yemen will now be met with a prompt and effective response. Furthermore, these operations have come to incur substantial costs. | Suppose the primary objective of Israeli assassination operations is to reinstate "deterrence" and uphold the reputation of the int…
(2024-08-28). 'We won't leave our people': the medical workers refusing to evacuate central Gaza's last functioning hospital. mondoweiss.net 
Medical staff at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital are refusing to abandon their patients after an Israeli army evacuation order. "If we leave our positions, we will fail ourselves and our society," a doctor at the hospital told Mondoweiss.
(2024-08-28). US backs UN bid to resolve dispute over Libya central bank. newarab.com 
(2024-08-28). Central-local fiscal ties in the spotlight. ecns.cn China is expected to make more efforts to optimize the fiscal relationship between the central and local governments, thereby strengthening fiscal sustainability while ensuring macroeconomic adjustment capability.
(2024-08-28). Blueprint for Advancing Chinese Modernization Has Been Outlined. globalresearch.ca The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its Third Plenary Session in Beƒ≥ing from July 15 to 18, 2024. One of its principal objectives was studying the issue of further deepening reform comprehensively to advance …
(2024-08-28). Authorities send condolences after accident in Cuban factory. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban authorities sent messages of condolences on Wednesday to the relatives, friends and acquaintances of worker Raymundo Narciso Sarría, victim of an accident at the Cement Factory in Cienfuegos province (central-south).
(2024-08-28). Cuba and Belize review migration issues. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Diplomatic representatives from Cuba and Belize are holding the 4th round of migration talks in Belmopan, the capital of that Central American nation, on Wednesday and Thursday.
(2024-08-28). UK: Muslim groups urge government to engage with Muslim Council of Britain after riots. middleeasteye.net 
UK: Muslim groups urge government to engage with Muslim Council of Britain after riots | The government did not respond to communications from the MCB throughout the recent far-right riots | | The Islamophobia Action Group announces its joint declaration at a press conference in central Lo…
(2024-08-28). Venezuela y China muestran sintonía en agenda bilateral. telesurtv.net La visita es una invitación del ministro chino de Relaciones Exteriores, Wang Yi, miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de China.
(2024-08-28). 28 August, Brussels: Protest in solidarity with Palestine, Venezuela, Congo and Yemen against Imperialism, Colonialism, Zionism and Fascism. samidoun.net 
Join us on Friday in front of the European Parliament to stand with the people of Palestine, Venezuela, Congo, Yemen, the Philippines, and all oppressed people who suffer and pay the price for Western colonialism and its imperial war machine. The United States and the EU continue to unconditionally support the fascist Zionist Entity in …
(2024-08-28). More than 600 deaths from Mpox in DRC this year. plenglish.com Kinshasa, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) At least 610 people died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year due to monkeypox (Mpox), the Minister of Public Health, Roger Kamba, informed.
(2024-08-28). Militares franceses en Ucrania serán blanco legítimo para tropas rusas. telesurtv.net Canciller Lavrov se reúne con su homólogo congoleño en Oyo, tras comenzar este lunes una gira por África para reforzar los vínculos de Rusia en el continente.
(2024-08-28). The Uncommitted Movement is Uncommitted to Resistance, Committed to the Establishment. orinocotribune.com 
By Julia Kassem — Aug 24, 2024 | Employing faux-radical theatrics and performative tactics, the Uncommitted Campaign sprung up prior to last November's presidential primaries. According to the movement, their core demand and core movement strategy is to pressure the Democratic party candidate to a ceasefire by selecting "uncommitted" on their primary ballot. As the movement's platform has said, "If we can demonstrate our political power and discontent through thousands of 'Uncommitted' votes in the Michigan Democratic primaries, then Biden would feel more at risk of losing Michigan in the general election, p…
(2024-08-28). AIPAC Planned to Spend $100M on Elections This Year. It Already Surpassed That. truthout.org The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful lobbying group widely known as AIPAC, has officially spent more than $100 million in the 2024 election cycle so far, pouring staggering sums into Democratic primary races in an effort to unseat progressive opponents of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip. Citing new Federal Election Commission filings, Sludge reported Tuesday that AIPAC's… |
(2024-08-28). Release comrade Bogdan Syrotiuk unconditionally and immediately! wsws.org The persecution of Bogdan demonstrates that the defense of democratic rights is inseparable from the mobilisation of the international working class against imperialist war and capitalism.
(2024-08-28). The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights. wsws.org Medhurst said of his detention at the UK's Heathrow Airport, "I believe I'm the first journalist to be arrested under this provision of the Terrorism Act."
(2024-08-28). Kim Jong un witnesses multiple rocket launchers test. plenglish.com Pyongyang, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Kim Jong-un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), supervised the operation of a rocket launcher system equipped with a new remote-control mechanism, KCNA informed on Wednesday.
(2024-08-28). Harris and Walz to sit down with CNN for first formal interview of campaign. aljazeera.com Thursday's interview with presenter Dana Bash will be first since Harris replaced Joe Biden as US Democratic nominee.
(2024-08-28). Afghanistan's Communist Rulers: A Study in Secular Radicalism. muslimskeptic.com The emergence of state communism within societies that are commonly considered to be the most religiously observant is a particularly puzzling reality of the Muslim world's modern political history. I am referring, of course, to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Both, while beginning roughly around the same time …
(2024-08-28). Why Egypt is wading into Somalia and Ethiopia's dispute. newarab.com 
Rapid developments in Egyptian-Somali relations culminated in the signing of a The agreement was preceded by an understanding between Mogadishu and Cairo to deploy Egyptian forces as part of an Egypt's involvement in the Somali crisis through military…
(2024-08-28). Al-Warraq Nile Island faces erasure for UAE luxury development. newarab.com 
Sabri al-Qot, a 45-year-old plumber from Egypt, says he would rather die than leave the house where he and his children were born. | "This house means everything to us: our past, present, and future," Sabri told The New Arab. "They're putting immense pressure on us and offering money, but we'll never leave." | Sabri is at the heart of a growing conflict with the Egyptian government over the The residents of Al-Warr…
(2024-08-28). A brief history of tax and the resistance to it. expose-news.com Taxation has played a significant role in shaping societies, economies and political landscapes throughout history, from ancient Egypt to the present day. Tax resistance has also contributed to shaping history; sparking revolutions …
(2024-08-28). Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia to strengthen their economic ties by establishing new business council. tvbrics.com 
The work of the business council will be aimed at improving trade and investment opportunities between the two countries…
(2024-08-28). Saudi-Ethiopian Business Council to strengthen economic ties. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia will strengthen their economic ties by improving trade and investment opportunities through the establishment of a new business council for the period 2024-2028, Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported.
(2024-08-28). Israel Invades West Bank, Curfew In Mass. Due To Suspect Mosquito EEE Risk & The Monkeypox Deception. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/28/24). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2024-08-28). What role have artists played in Kenya's antigovernment protests? aljazeera.com We discuss the role of musicians and influencers in the ongoing protests against the Kenyan government.
(2024-08-28). Liberia: Support to War Crimes Court get big boost at UN Forum. indybay.org The United Nations Peace-building Commission (PBC) convened a high-level Ambassadorial meeting in New York, to discuss the country's peacebuilding and sustaining peace priorities.
(2024-08-28). Israel Begins Biggest West Bank Operation in Decades. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle The Israeli army is planning forced evacuations of West Bank civilians, and the military operation in the territory is expected to last several days. The Israeli army launched its biggest operation in the occupied West Bank in over two decades early on 28 August, raiding Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas with hundreds of troops…
(2024-08-28). Dangerous Heights: Israel's Ascent on the Escalation Ladder. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle's Military Correspondent While Israel continues its military escalations with limited options and increasing risk, the Axis of Resistance remains strategically low on the 'escalation ladder,' waiting for the moment when the enemy's troops and munitions near exhaustion. Following Hezbollah's recent rocket and drone reprisal, which successfully targeted Israel's Glilot military intelligence facility "Aman" and…
(2024-08-28). Guardian's Zionist Gatekeeper Rewrites Holocaust History. libya360.wordpress.com Tony Greenstein The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, by Jonathan Freedland, John Murray (paperback edition, 2023) Jonathan Freedland is a senior journalist at British newspaper The Guardian as well as a columnist for the Jewish Chronicle. He is the latter's figleaf liberal Zionist. It was therefore a surprise that Freedland should…
(2024-08-28). Saif Al Islam Qaddafi's Letter to the Libyan Interior Minister. libya360.wordpress.com INTRODUCTION After the fall of the Qaddafi's government in 2011, an event orchestrated with NATO involvement, many supporters and allies of Muammar Qaddafi suffered serious consequences. Their property was confiscated, and their livelihoods have been cut off, leading to widespread displacement both within Libya and abroad. These actions not only resulted in the loss of…
(2024-08-28). Democrats Sue to Halt Georgia Rules That Could Block Election Certification. truthout.org New voting rules in key battleground states could impact the 2024 election results. In Georgia, Democrats are suing to halt a set of Trump-backed election rules which Democrats say could be used to block certification of election results if they win in November. "It appears that Georgia Republicans are laying the groundwork not to certify the presidential election if Kamala Harris wins… |
(2024-08-28). "Five-Alarm Fire for Democracy": New GOP Rules Could Block Election Results in Georgia and Beyond. democracynow.org 
New voting rules in key battleground states could impact the 2024 election results. In Georgia, Democrats are suing to halt a set of Trump-backed election rules which Democrats say could be used to block certification of election results if they win in November. "It appears that Georgia Republicans are laying the groundwork not to certify the presidential election if Kamala Harris wins," explains Ari Berman, who is the voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones magazine. Berman also discusses Tim Walz and JD Vance's voting rights records and a recent voting rights law out of Arizona that requi…
(2024-08-28). Iranian president: 'We are looking for removal of illegal sanctions'. presstv.ir Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his government is looking for ways to get illegal sanctions removed that have been imposed against the Islamic Republic.
(2024-08-28). Chile: From one Gabriel to another Gabriel, betrayal as policy. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein In 1946, the Chilean Congress elected Gabriel González Videla as president of the republic. His victory was supported by an alliance made up of radicals, communists and democrats, after obtaining the largest number of votes in the September 4 elections. During his first year in office, González Videla included the communists …
(2024-08-28). Justice, Brought To You By Big Oil. levernews.com 
On Sept. 1, Texas is slated to open its new business courts, a brand-new legal system backed by Big Oil — and several of the court's main judges have in the past represented fossil fuel companies as lawyers, The Lever has found.The judges were hand-picked over the last two months by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, a major recipient of oil industry cash — and many can be quickly replaced if they hand down decisions he opposes, a judicial design that he championed.The courts consist of 11 regional business courts and a new statewide court of appeals to hear appellate litigation, which are expected t…
(2024-08-28). Chile: From one Gabriel to another Gabriel, betrayal as policy. unitedworldint.com How during the Cold War a government betrayed and persecuted the communists who then left, and how they are trapped in another government today despite persecution. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein In 1946, the Chilean Congress elected Gabriel González Videla as president of the republic. His victory was supported by an alliance made up of radicals, …
(2024-08-28). The good soldier Petr Pavel takes aim at Russia but shoots the Czech Republic in the foot. strategic-culture.su
(2024-08-28). Latino Rights Groups Urge DOJ to Investigate TX Attorney General for Raiding Homes of LULAC Leaders. democracynow.org 
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing accusations he is using his office to suppress Latino voters in the state. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the country's oldest Latino civil rights group, is calling on the Justice Department to investigate Paxton over a series of police raids on the homes of LULAC members, state lawmakers and other community leaders in the San Antonio area last week. Previously, Paxton had tried and failed to shut down the Houston-based and immigrant-led civil rights group Familias Inmigrantes y Estudiantes en la Lucha (FIEL) by claiming it engage…
(2024-08-28). Israeli Forces Abduct Ten Palestinians in Jerusalem and Hebron. imemc.org 
Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, nine Palestinian citizens, including a father and his two sons, in the Jerusalem governorate, and one in the southern West Bank governorate of Bethlehem. At dawn Tuesday, Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian citizen and his two sons after invading and searching their home in the town of Ar-Ram, north of …
(2024-08-28). Israeli Army Assassinates Four Palestinians In Tubas. imemc.org 
On Wednesday dawn, the Israeli army assassinated four Palestinians and injured several residents, after firing a missile from a drone at them in the Al-Far'a refugee camp, south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said after killing the four and wounding several Palestinians, the army surrounded the refugee …
(2024-08-28). Israeli Drone Strike Kills Three Palestinians Near Jenin. imemc.org 
An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians, on Wednesday, near the village of Sir, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Media sources said that before dawn Wednesday, an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at a vehicle, killing three Palestinian young men near the village of Sir, south of Jenin. The Palestinian Red …
(2024-08-28). Israeli Drone Strike Kills Three Palestinians Near Jenin. imemc.org An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians, on Wednesday, near the village of Sir, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank. | The slain young men were identified as follows; | 1. Mohammad Nidal Abdul Rahman "Zamiro", 21,…
(2024-08-28). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 325: Ceasefire Talks Falter. popularresistance.org Lebanon's foreign minister, Abdallah Abu Habib, urged the European Union to pressure Israel to end its attacks on Lebanon and comply with UN resolution 1701. The resolution calls for the full cessation of hostilities, the deployment of Lebanese forces to Southern Lebanon, the parallel withdrawal of Israeli forces behind the Blue Line, the strengthening of the UN force (UNIFIL) to facilitate the entry of Lebanese Forces into the region and the establishment of a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line and the Litani River. | The Lebanese minister reportedly made his remarks during a conversation with the EU chief…
(2024-08-28). Israel's Attacks on Lebanon Since October 7 Have Displaced Over 100,000 People. truthout.org For months, Lebanon has been on edge as cross-border strikes between Israel and Hezbollah rattle the country. On October 8 of last year, Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel to show its support for Hamas; in the months that followed, its objectives changed to pressuring Israel to end the war on Gaza. Israel has bombarded Lebanon with greater ferocity, turning the south of Lebanon into a war zone… |
(2024-08-28). Despite US Military Threats, Hezbollah Avenges the Assassination of Lebanese Military Leader Foud Shukr with an Attack on Israel. globalresearch.ca At 4: 45 am., local time, Sunday August 25, Israel began a series of 50 preemptive airstrikes over villages in the south of Lebanon resulting in civilian casualties and injuries. | According to Israel, they had information that Hezbollah was planning a …
(2024-08-28). Turkey, Azerbaijan hope for 'lasting peace' in South Caucasus. newarab.com 
Top diplomats from Turkey and Azerbaijan held talks in the capital Ankara on several sticking issues including ongoing "In our meet…
(2024-08-28). US Starts Another Round Of War Games In Korean Peninsula. popularresistance.org The US and South Korea began yet another military drill in the Korean Peninsula this week, further heightening the possibility of nuclear confrontation and threatening peace and stability in the region. The Ulchi Freedom Shield, as the exercise is called, allegedly aims to strengthen both countries' joint "defense capabilities" against nuclear power North Korea, as stated by the spokespersons of both nations earlier this month.
(2024-08-28). US Military Open To Escorting Philippine Ships in South China Sea. news.antiwar.com Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command, said Tuesday that the US military was open to consultations with the Philippines on escorting Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, which would put the US in direct confrontation with China. The US has repeatedly vowed that the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty applies to attacks …
(2024-08-28). US military conducts live-fire drills in South Korea to test deployment readiness. presstv.ir The US military conducted live-fire drills in South Korea to exercise deployment readiness.
(2024-08-28). Zelensky's Misadventures in Kursk. strategic-culture.su It has been three weeks since ground units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed into the Kursk province in southwestern Russia, surprising — or maybe not surprising — the U.S. and its clients in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Two days later, the AFU began artillery and drone attacks in Belgorod, a province just south of Kursk.
(2024-08-28). South Vietnamese city fights measles outbreak. plenglish.com Hanoi, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The southern Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh City is currently fighting an outbreak of measles, which has been spreading at neck break speed, causing 525 cases of fever accompanied by rash.
(2024-08-28). UK government wants police to start recording non-criminal hate incidents. middleeasteye.net 
UK government wants police to start recording non-criminal hate incidents | Move by Labour government designed to tackle increase in antisemitic and Islamophobic abuse | | Police officers stand guard outside the Southport Islamic Society Mosque in Southport, northwest England, on 31 July 2024 (AFP…
(2024-08-28). UN's WFP investigates its Sudan operations as famine spreads. newarab.com 
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(2024-08-28). Paramilitary shelling kills 20 in Sudan camp: committee. newarab.com 
(2024-08-28). UN considers sanctioning two RSF generals in Sudan. newarab.com 
(2024-08-28). Ecobank, Ria partner for easier remittances. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ecobank Uganda has joined forces with Ria Money Transfer, a global leader in cross-border remittance services, to revolutionize the way Ugandans send and receive money. This strategic partnership will make it easier than ever for the Ugandan diaspora to support their loved ones back home. Under the new agreement, customers …
(2024-08-28). Equity Bank Uganda re-affirms commitment to GROW Project. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda, one of the partners of the GROW project which is being spearheaded by the ministry of gender and labour, World Bank and PSFU, have customised several of their services to suit ordinary women interested in loans. Women entrepreneurs will be able to access a minimum of 4 …
(2024-08-28). Gov't Chief Whip applauds Speaker Among on regional sittings. independent.co.ug Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua has applauded the 11th Parliament for holding the first ever regional plenary sittings in Gulu City, Northern Uganda. Obua made the remarks during the plenary sitting at Kaunda grounds, Gulu City on Wednesday, 28 August 2024. He paid tribute to Speaker, Anita Among …
(2024-08-28). GULU SITTING: Museveni to address parliament tommorrow. independent.co.ug 
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The first regional parliamentary sitting has today, 28 August 2024 kicked off in Gulu city, Northern Uganda. Speaker Anita Among who is chairing the sitting, emphasised that the decision to hold parliamentary sittings in Uganda's four traditional regions is aimed at bridging the gap between Parliament and the people. She …
(2024-08-28). TEENAGE PREGNANCY: Hoima reports over 30 cases each month. independent.co.ug 
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers operating at the Kigorobya Health Center IV in Hoima district are concerned over the increasing cases of teenage pregnancies and early marriages in the area. Information obtained from the health facility reveals that it receives more than 30 cases of teenage pregnancies monthly. Most of the girls are …
(2024-08-28). KCB screens green loans worth KShs. 615bn in 2023. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCB Group screened loans worth KShs. 615 billion for environmental and social risks in 2023 as the Bank races to support projects with positive environmental impacts. This constitutes half of the Group's loan book as of last year's end, cementing KCB commitment to sustainable finance. Additionally, KCB approved green loans …
(2024-08-28). MTN Foundation partners with UCU to empower youth with digital skills. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of MTN Uganda, has today partnered with Uganda Christian University (UCU) to empower Uganda's youth with essential digital skills. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at MTN Uganda, highlighting a shared vision of equipping the next generation with the …
(2024-08-28). New law to regulate engineering professionals in the offing. independent.co.ug 
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A law that will regulate the operations of technologists and technicians, has been mooted for consideration by Parliament. The Bill was tabled by the State Minister for Works and Transport, Musa Ecweru during the first day of the regional plenary sittings in Gulu City on Wednesday, 28 August 2024. The …
(2024-08-28). Zimbabwe and India negotiate cooperation in the training sector. tvbrics.com 
Countries start exchanging students and educational technology…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes Head Coach Paul Put has named 28 players for Uganda's upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Congo. At least 20 of the 28 players summoned are foreign-based players many of whom have been part of the Cranes setup for the last three years. …
Museveni started his speech in his characteristic nonchalant style and somewhat turned to 'lecturing' fellow heads of state about Pan Africanism. Nairobi, Kenya | EMMANUEL WANJALA — THE STAR KENYA | Uganda President Yoweri Museveni threw guests into stitches while delivering his speech during the official unveiling of Raila Odinga's candidature for the African Union …
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Playwright Carole Eglash-Kosoff's The Double V is an entertaining history lesson about an overlooked, if not entirely forgotten cause that is arguably a forerunner to the Civil Rights movement. While Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her public bus seat to a white passenger in 1955 is common knowledge, how many …
Summer is on its last bony legs. As I write this we are less than 30 days out from the autumnal equinox which officially sticks the fork in the season's withering carcass and signals the arrival of more dark than light/ more bouts of the shivers as we slide into another winter. The Maine state 
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a heartwarming gesture that underscores the company's commitment to empowering local businesses, MTN Uganda on Monday handed over a brand-new pickup truck to Night Ampurire, a hardworking entrepreneur and single mother of five from Entebbe. The handover ceremony took place at Kitooro, Entebbe, with MTN Uganda's Chief Executive Officer, …
24,500 full size posters reading "We Heart Joe" were held high by virtually every Democratic Party Convention delegate and attendee jammed into Chicago's United Center to cheer for yesterday's disgraced and withdrawn presidential candidate, Genocide Joe Biden. That the Biden-Harris administration presided over a new congressionally approved $20 billion for the racist Zionist, apartheid Israeli 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katonga faction of FDC has applied to the Electoral Commission-EC seeking to reserve a name People's Front for Freedom-PFF. The move marks the beginning of another splinter group from the Forum For Democratic Change (FDC). The FDC was the largest opposition political party in the country following the return …
Attempts to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal in This follows the two-day talks in the Egyptian capital over a However, a new proposal ha…
Palestinian Culture Minister Imad Hamdan has arrived in Over the weekend, Hamdan met with his Moroccan counterpart Mehdi Bensaid during a visit to the headquarters of the Bayt Mal Al-Quds…
Nearly every US member of Congress, be they Republicans or Democrats, holds a peculiarly uniform policy stance on Israel. This position is largely hawkish and violent, via their continued support for appropriations of funds and provision of weapons to Israel despite the ICJ's July 19th advisory opinion stating that Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem is unlawful. | The ICJ also ruled that Israel's annexation, settlement regime, and exploitation of natural resources in the Palestinian territories are illegal under international law. Additionally, the court found that Israel's di…
The Syracuse Police Department responds to stabbings in neighborhoods South State Street/East Fayette Street: On Friday, August 23rd, around 2: 03 p.m., Syracuse Police Officers responded to the intersection of South State Street and East Fayette Street for a report of a stabbing. When they arrived, Officers found an adult male suffering from a minor puncture wound to his lower right back. The victim refused transport to the hospital. South Salina Street: On Friday, August 23rd, around 2: 39 p.m., Syracuse Police Officers responded to the 600 block of South Salina Street for a report of a stabbing. When they arrive…
Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten people have been killed in a road crash in Kyenjojo District. The crash happened on Wednesday at 4: 00 am at Kaihura Trading Center along the Fort Portal-Kampala highway. Vincent Twesige the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson, says that the accident involved a bus registration number UBE 807T belonging to Pokopoko …
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gulu City have asked Parliament to prioritise the completion of the regional cancer centre in the new financial year describing the rising cases of cancer patients in the region as distressing. According to the Laroo-Pece Member of Parliament, Hon. Charles Onen more than 10,000 cancer patients were registered …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A forensics expert who examined the late Henry Katanga's DNA and matched it with that of his widow Molly Katanga and their daughters testified before the High Court in Kampala as the 8th Prosecution's witness. The Acting Director of Forensic Services of Uganda Police, Andrew Kizimula Mubiru told the court …
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prosy Awusi, a suspect previously released by the court, has been re-arrested and remanded to Nakifuma Prison. Awusi, a resident of Kateete village in Kasawo Town Council, Nakifuma-Mukono District, is accused of viciously attacking her co-wife, Sylvia Achola, and Achola's twelve-year-old daughter with acid. The incident left Achola, who was four …
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The regional plenary sitting in Gulu city has kicked off with a large section of opposition members of Parliament boycotting the event. The plenary kicked off at 10 am with the proclamation of the speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among at Kaunda Playgrounds in Gulu City. "Noting that Rule 17.1 …
Gen. Odongo emphasizes need for foreign service to contribute to Uganda's development aspirations Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Ambassadors and Heads of Missions abroad have been urged to align the Ministry's work with Uganda's National Development framework, including Vision 2040 and the Third National Development Plan. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of Foreign …
ANITA AMONG: Boycotters won't stop regional parliament sittings GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni is expected to attend the Parliamentary sitting in Gulu City on Thursday according to Hamson Obua, the Government's Chief Whip. Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among has meanwhile defended the move to hold regional parliamentary sittings. She insists it will …
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This story originally appeared in Police and soldiers from Uganda's U.S.-trained army cracked down on demonstrators at two Monday protests against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, continuing the globally condemned In the capital city of Kampala, where protesters tried to march on P…
According to the rights group, Israeli forces are abducting medical workers to detention facilities in Israel, where they are tortured and mistreated. | Doctors, nurses and paramedics released from Israeli detention told H…
Luxury SUVs carried important people into important buildings for important events. And between us and the importance, there were police with rifles strapped to their chests. A couple of weeks ago, I plunged into Lake Michigan. Unlike usual, the water felt warm. It was easy to run all the way in and easy to float 
Money or Your Life. Alphonse Daumier's caricature of the Europeans ready to kill Greece unable to pay back the money it borrowed primarily from England, February 15, 1850. Public Domain In 2009, Greece had a deficit of 6 percent of GDP. But concocted statistics made the deficit 12.5 percent of GDP. This higher deficit became 
The process of union certification is a critical area of labor rights, acting as a precursor to collective bargaining. One method, card check, simplifies this process by allowing workers to express their desire for union representation through majority sign-up. Because it reduces opportunities for employer interference and expedites union certification, card check has come under 
Throughout this year's Notting Hill Carnival, the Met police, the corporate media, and the far right have reared their usual display of rancid racism. Social media has been awash with this vile show of bigotry — proving all the more why the world's second largest street festival with its roots in fighting racial injustice is […] | By 
A top UN official tells reporters the repeated evacuation orders have upended the organisation's aid operations. | The United Nations has been forced to halt its aid operations in Gaza due to Israel's new evacuation orders for Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, a senior UN official says. | Briefing journalists on Monday at UN headquarters in New York, the official said: "We're unable to deliver today with the conditions that we're in."
United Nations staffers and humanitarian workers in Gaza are once again sheltering from airstrikes after yet another evacuation order was issued by the Israeli government. The order, released on Sunday evening, gave residents of Deir al Balah, in central Gaza, just a few hours to leave as Israeli forces aimed to target Hamas militants in … 
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council have unveiled a set of guidelines to ramp up green transition in all areas of economic and social development.
Motaz Azaiza takes the stage at Massive Attack concert | The Palestinian photojournalist spoke to a crowd of over 30,000 about Gaza at the hotly anticipated show | | Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza joins pro-Palestinian supporters preparing to march through central London, on 18 M…
As Kamala Emanuel (the Other Kamala) and I were touring on the west coast, people frequently wished us luck in Chicago, particularly with regards to the Chicago police, who will, for good reason, forever be associated with the police riots at the Democratic National Convention in 1968. I wasn't worried about the cops. I've been 
The meeting demonstrated the desire of both countries to actively co-operate on energy and sustainable development issues…
The Israeli army said they had located several tunnels on the Gaza side of the border in recent weeks, however, Egypt reasserted that all tunnels have been blocked on the Egyptian side,…
The initiative will help strengthen the country's economy…
The country's manufacturing output grew by more than 10 per cent last year…
Thousands of migrants have attempted to cross the border from Videos broadcast on Spanish media over the weekend showed Spanish police intercepting migrant…
Early Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinian citizens from the Hebron Governorate in the occupied West Bank's southern part. According to media sources, several military vehicles invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, where the soldiers stormed and ransacked homes. They added that the soldiers abducted Hisham Ramadan Reb'ey, Ayman Rasmi Al-Haroush, 23, and Wissam …
On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a former political prisoner whom the army also assaulted, in Bethlehem and Salfit, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the army invaded the Al-Manshiyya village, south of Bethlehem, before storming and ransacking homes. They added that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Taha Abu Hussein and …
War on Gaza: Israeli troops free Palestinian Bedouin captive held in Gaza | Qaid Farhan Alkadi was taken by Palestinian fighters on 7 October while working as a guard at a kibbutz in southern Israel | | The brother of freed captive Qaid Farhan Alkadi shows a mobile phone picture of him with anothe…
War on Gaza: UN halts aid operations after Israeli ejection order | Pause in operations comes ahead of UN campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio | | Palestinians inspect damage following Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 27 August 2024 (AFP/Basha…
Alaska's permafrost is melting and revealing high levels of mercury that could threaten Alaska Native peoples. That's according to a new study released earlier this month by the University of Southern California, analyzing sediment from melted permafrost along Alaska's Yukon River. Researchers already knew that the Arctic permafrost was releasing some mercury, but scientists weren't …
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? More than a year ago, resident doctors at Penn Medicine 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Temple University's Institute on Disabilities' new community center engages and teaches community members with and without disabilities about life-enhancing technology and seeks to remove the stigma of having a disability via technology. | The program, housed at the center is 
A dam collapsed in Sudan's eastern In a statement late Sunday, the ministry said that the Arbaat dam had collapsed and that resources had been deployed to the area to help the people who had been stranded. | The statement said at least four people had died in the 
Sudan: Dam bursts killing 30 and destroying thousands of homes | The devastation comes amid an intense rainy season that has helped spread a cholera epidemic | | A person is transported in an excavator's bucket following devastating floods, in Port Sudan, 26 August 2024 (Reuters) | At least 30 peo…