Above photo: Chad declares food emergency during June 2022. There have been 20 hunger hotspots listed by United Nations humanitarian organizations while underlying problems remain unaddressed. Two of the major agencies affiliated with the United Nations are warning of the potential for widespread hunger and famine in several geo-political regions of the world. The World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) have identified numerous states warranting immediate attention as the problems of climate change, internal conflict, economic downturns and the continuing war in Ukraine are exacerbating the current crisis. In the Sahel region of Africa, the nation […]
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The Mayan Council Chilam B’alam of the K’iches, the Mayan Council Komon Ajq’ijab’, the National Coordinator of the Territories of Life Network (Coordinadora Nacional Red Territories de Vida), the National Ajq’ijab’ Council “Oxlajuj Ajpop,” and the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), inform the national and international communities that on May 4th, 2022 they presented a communication requesting urgent action by the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) […]
Above Photo: Regional Continental Meeting of the World Peace Council held in Guantanamo, Cuba (WPC) Corporate media and the US state depict Cuba as an isolated and friendless country. In fact, it is the site of many international gatheringsm where important messages on world affairs are delivered. Fraternal greetings to all of our comrades and friends. Thanks to the ICAP and the World Peace Council for organizing this important VII International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases. I am deeply honored to be addressing this important and timely Seminar. We are holding this important Seminar at the time […]
Above Photo: Guantanamo, Cuba, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The 7th International Seminar for Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases kicked off in Guantanamo, eastern Cuba, on Wednesday, with the participation of representatives from 25 countries. Leaders of the World Peace Council (WPC) and its member organizations, as well as prominent figures, academics, anti-war activists and friends in solidarity with Cuba, are present in the event, to be held until Thursday, May 5. According to the program, WPC President Maria do Socorro Gomes, that organization’s Executive secretary Iraklis Tsavdaridis and Venezuela’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron Martinez are also […]
Above Photo: Russian president Boris Yeltsin and U.S. president Bill Clinton at the 1999 OSCE summit in Istanbul (Belga). The U.S. talks about “rule based order” because international law is not on its side. The 1999 OSCE Charter explains why the Biden administration would rather make up a new phrase out of whole cloth than live up to agreements it signed. In 1999, the United States and the 56 other participating states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) signed a charter in Istanbul that is another intentionally ignored key to understanding the war in Ukraine. The OSCE is the […]
Above Photo: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell arrive before President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol on March 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite-Pool / Getty Images). Although the United States has tried mightily to undermine the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it became operational in 2002, the U.S. government is now pushing for the ICC to prosecute Russian leaders for war crimes in Ukraine. Apparently, Washington thinks the ICC is reliable enough to try Russians but not to bring […]
Above photo: Mikhail Sokolov/TASS. NO to Fascism! NO to NATO! YES to a Multipolar World based on Cooperation, not Confrontation! Now more than ever, in light of the escalating military and political confrontation between Western powers and the Russian Federation and its allies, we must remember what has led to the current crisis. On May 2, 2014, an event happened in Odessa, Ukraine, that has been called one of the worst civil disturbances in Europe since World War II. A right-wing mob led by openly neo-Nazi organizations chased a much smaller group of progressives into the city’s House of Trade Unions […]
Above photo: Algerian women in the national independence movement. Western Sahara and the anti-colonial struggle in the region continue to preoccupy the government in Algiers. In March 1962, after eight years of armed, diplomatic and mass struggles, the National Liberation Front (FLN) compelled the colonial leadership in Paris to commit to relinquishing its control to an Algerian Provisional Government (GPRA), overturning 132 years of French imperialist domination. The FLN and its allies were able to defeat the colonial regime in France setting an example for other states throughout the African continent who were then waging a revolutionary guerrilla war against settler-colonial […]
Ukraine’s Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists And CIA Cutouts By Dan Cohen, Mintpress News. March 24, 2022 Ukraine’s Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists And CIA Cutouts2022-03-242022-03-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220324.webp200px200px Dan Cohen Reveals The Network Of Foreign Strategists, Washington DC Lobbyists, And Intelligence-Linked Media Outlets Behind Ukraine’s Public Relations Blitz. Washington D.C. – Since the Russian offensive inside Ukraine commenced on February 24, the Ukrainian military has cultivated the image of a plucky little army standing up to the Russian Goliath. To bolster the perception of Ukrainian military mettle, Kiev has churned out a steady stream of sophisticated propaganda aimed at stirring […]
NATO Is Not A Defensive International Organization But Was Founded To Threaten The USSR By Dave Lindorff, This Can’t Be Happening!. March 16, 2022 NATO Is Not A Defensive International Organization But Was Founded To Threaten The USSR2022-03-162022-03-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220316-4.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Russian missiles strike a Ukrainian air base near Lviv that serves as a training site for NATO training of Ukrainian forces and now foreign volunteers, killing 34 and injuring 135, many of them reportedly foreign volunteer recruits (click image to play video from Economic Times of India). Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping […]
Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women’s Day By the Black Alliance for Peace. March 8, 2022 Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women’s Day2022-03-082022-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/haiti-factory-workers-e1646794200948.jpg200px200px Above photo: Factory workers in Haiti are on strike demanding higher wages. Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo. As the world’s eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by […]
Twin Cities Takes To The Streets For International Women’s Day By Siobhan Moore , Fight Back News. March 8, 2022 Twin Cities Takes To The Streets For International Women’s Day2022-03-082022-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220308-4.jpg200px200px Above Photo: International Women’s Day march in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis (Brad Sigal). Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women’s Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer […]
Sanctions, Blockades And Economic Coercive Measures, With Introductory Webinar. Taking legal action to challenge US atrocities. Introductory Webinar March 18 — Register: https://bit.ly/launchtribunal March 1, 2022 – Presently, the United States, with the support of the United Nations and European Union, has imposed sanctions and other economic coercive measures on over 30 percent of the global population, mostly located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Sanctions are one of the key tools of U.S. imperialism, leading to mass starvation and suffering of peoples in the Global South, while opening up markets to U.S. and European corporations. The International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: […]
Above Photo: Russia-Ukraine talks underway in Belarus. In an assault on free speech and freedom of the press, the European Union announced a ban on Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik news channels on Sunday after accusing them of spreading “toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe”. In a major development crucial for peace in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, both the parties started negotiations in Gomel in Belarus, near the Ukrainian and Russian, borders on Monday, February 28. The delegates of the two countries reached Gomel early after initial hiccups regarding the venue of the talks. A Russian delegation consisting […]
March 1 to 7: International Week of Action to Stop the War with Russia The conflict in Ukraine has escalated to a dangerous level between two nuclear armed states. The United States and its allies continue to portray the current situation as one of Russian aggression without acknowledging that US-backed Ukrainian forces are attacking the Eastern region of the country and killing citizens of Russian ethnicity. This current escalation is a serious threat to world peace and requires a unified and rapid response by anti-war organizations from around the globe to stop a major war. To that end, we, the undersigned […]
Leaked Docs Show Amnesty International Was Listed As A Client Of A Professional Propagandist For Syrian Terror Groups Backed By The UK And US Governments – The Same Militias Once Condemned By Amnesty. This December, The Grayzone exposed how a shadowy communications firm, Valent Projects, enlisted a prominent YouTube influencer to front a covert state-sponsored influence operation designed to undermine critics of London’s pandemic policies. That company was founded by Amil Khan, a veteran of long-running and lavishly funded UK Foreign Office information warfare operations in Syria. The overriding objective behind Khan’s involvement in the Syrian dirty war was destabilizing the government of […]
Above Photo: Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre, Lincolnshire, England. U.K. Home Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Despite what the Murdoch press and other media may be reporting, Ghana helps refugees, it does not imprison them. The mainstream media have been replete with stories of a new Tory “red meat” initiative of right-wing policies. “Government sources” briefed the media that Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Home Secretary Priti Patel were in talks with their counterparts in Ghana and Rwanda about setting up internment camps to receive asylum seekers deported from the U.K. Apart from the fact it would be entirely illegal to deport Syrians or […]
Above photo: Cherokee Nation hosted the kickoff event for the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages on January 5-7, 2022 at the Chota Conference Center in Tahlequah. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. opened the first day of the event with a welcome. The Cherokee Nation hosted the launch of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages in Tahlequah last week. The three-day event featured language leaders from around the world, both in person and virtually, to share information and best practices on language preservation efforts. The 10-year initiative continues the work of the United Nations General Assembly’s […]
Above Photo: Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands speaks at AOL Studios In New York on Nov. 6, 2015 in New York City. Credit: John Lamparski/WireImage The Essential Advocate. The British Lawyer And Author Has Held Nazis And Presidents Accountable For Crossing The Moral Red Line. Now, He Argues, The Time Has Come To Pursue Those Who Commit Crimes Against The Environment. Brussels — Philippe Sands steps off his train at Brussels’ Midi station and sees a familiar face amidst a flurry of passengers. The British lawyer is flush with energy, despite being at the tail end of a week-long visit with […]
Above photo: Sergei Malgavko/TASS. Over the past month, in a break from its usual focus on COVID-19, the Western mainstream media has dedicated a sizeable amount of coverage to unverified claims by unnamed US intelligence officials that the Russian Federation is planning an imminent military invasion of its western neighbour Ukraine – under the rule of the successive US-EU friendly governments of Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelensky since 2014, when the CIA-orchestrated Euromaidan colour revolution toppled the pro-Russian government of Viktor Yanukovych, following his November 2013 decision to suspend an EU trade deal in favour of pursuing closer ties with Moscow. […]
Above Photo: The International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Katie Surma/Inside Climate News) Plea Takes Center Stage At The Hague During The International Criminal Court’s Annual Meeting, Three Nations Threatened By Climate Change Promoted A Fifth International Crime, Called Ecocide. The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague on Tuesday as Bangladesh, Samoa and Vanuatu advocated criminalizing environmental destruction during a virtual forum at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court’s 123 member nations. The forum, attended by more than 1,300 individual participants, represented a collective cry for justice from three of the […]
Above Photo: ana5280 via Unsplash. Call from New York City Anarchist Black Cross for yearly New Year’s Eve noise demonstrations outside of jails, detention centers and prisons. This is a call for a night of strong solidarity with those imprisoned by the state. Historically, New Year’s Eve is one of the noisiest nights of the year. This year, most of which has been consumed by a global pandemic, we encourage folks to take whatever measures are necessary to insure individual and community well-being, in response to both the virus and the state, understanding the balance each of us must strike for […]
Join Us To Demand #UNinvestigateApartheid Real solidarity means concrete action. Here are four ways to show real solidarity with Palestinians as we approach November 29th, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Decades of struggle on the ground and international solidarity, coupled with measures taken by the United Nations, ultimately succeeded in ending apartheid in South Africa. The UN established a Special Committee and a Center to help eradicate apartheid. It also imposed a military embargo and later wide-ranging economic, cultural and diplomatic sanctions on apartheid South Africa. Israel controls every facet of Palestinian life through a brutally repressive regime of […]
Such practices are widespread across the United States. Left Voice spoke to a teacher at Grinnell College about the working conditions of the severely underpaid “language assistants,” student workers who teach for-credit classes. Teaching college has the odd social position of being a job with high prestige but, in the vast majority of cases, very low wages. More than half of all teaching faculty are “adjuncts” — part-time, precarious workers paid on a per-class basis, with no benefits or guarantee of continued employment. According to one survey, more than half of all adjuncts make less than $3,500 per 3-credit course, and in 2012, the […]
Above photo: Telesur English. Mapping of the Main Violations of International Law Directly or Indirectly Attributable to the United States of America in the Context of the Arrest and Arbitrary Detention of Alex Saab in Cape Verde. Alex Saab is a Special Envoy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and also its Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union. He was arrested and detained in the Republic of Cape Verde (“Cape Verde”) on June 12, 2020, following a request from the United States of America and remained in arbitrary detention until October 16, 2021, when he was illegally removed by the […]
Above Photo: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, political prisoner. Rashidmod.com. ‘In The Spirit Of Mandela.’ In this era of police violence, pandemic worries, and economic crisis, it is no surprise that U.S. (and local) government agencies have a poor track record of sharing information honestly and directly—especially information about their own complicity in actions and policies that are undemocratic, militaristic, racist, sexist or otherwise oppressive. Basic truths about the society we live in are actively suppressed and denied—including truths about the imprisonment of those whose political views and actions challenge the powers that be. Though the growth of the prison industry has been […]
Above photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images. Says It’s ‘Appalled.’ The world’s leading body on human rights ruled that the home detention of the attorney, who won a landmark case against Chevron, violates international law. UPDATE: The Judge Didn’t Listen. The world’s top human rights legal body just offered a crucial show of support for Steven Donziger, the attorney who won a landmark multibillion-dollar case against an oil giant over pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. The ruling came on the eve of his sentencing in a criminal trial. On Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights ruled that Donziger’s home detention is […]
Above photo: Black Alliance for Peace. Against the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and Imperialism on the African Continent. The Black Alliance for Peace’s Africa Team and the U.S. Out of Africa Network are organizing an international month of action to raise the public’s awareness as a contribution to the effort to build a popular movement for demilitarization and anti-imperialism on the African continent. This month’s events will focus on raising the public’s awareness about the use of western military power to impose western control of African land, resources, and labor on behalf of the world’s corporations. AFRICOM continues to militarily occupy Africa, with thousands of U.S. […]
International Armored Group took the opportunity at the 15th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), which was held from 21 to 25 February, to reveal a new fighting vehicle. One of the global leaders in the manufacturing of wheeled protected and armored vehicle International Armored Group (IAG) has unveiled its new wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, called the Rila. The Rila is an eight-wheeled armoured vehicle currently being developed by the IAG for out-of-area operations, meeting the full range of requirements for mobility and ruggedness. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The new infantry fighting vehicle is designed […]
Ukraine’s military export agency, Ukrspecexport, unveiled the Sokil-300 unmanned combat aerial vehicle at the biennial International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). The Sokil-300 (Falcon-300) is a strike drone developed by the Kyiv-based LUCH Design Bureau. It is a surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developing for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Sokil-300 drone is armed with four guided missiles with a range of up to 10 km. It can carry a maximum payload of 300 kg, has a maximum takeoff load of 1,225 kg, and can attain a maximum speed of 335 km/h. The drone has a wingspan of 14m and a […]
Russian next generation main battle tank will make his international debut at the 15th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from Feb. 21 to 25. Russian media on Feb. 5, 2019, reported that the state-run arms broker Rosoboronexport will be showcasing the new Armata tank at IDEX 2021. As noted that will be displayed the T-14 main battle tank and the T-15 tank support fighting vehicle built on the Armata platform. However, the real vehicles won’t be delivered to IDEX expo due to logistic problems arising from the COVID pandemic. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel December 2, 2020 Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/iran.jpg200px200px Above photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian defense ministry office shows officials praying over the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony at Saleh shrine in northern Tehran, Iran, 30 November 2020. EFE/EPA. NOTE: Palestine Chronicle reports that the United Nations Human Rights Office is calling for Israel to conduct an investigation of Israeli occupation forces shooting Palestinian children in violation of international law. Iran is asking the international community to confront […]
International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon By Loren Grush, The Verge. November 27, 2020 International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon2020-11-272020-11-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mamzon.png200px200px Above photo: The “Make Amazon Pay” logo projected onto Amazon’s campus in Hyderabad, India. Make Amazon Pay campaign. Demonstrations are planned in five continents. An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called “Make Amazon Pay,” calling on the tech giant to provide better working conditions for its employees and to reduce its expanding carbon footprint. The protests come just as the New York Times reports that the Seattle-based company has been on a hiring […]
More Money For Coup Groups From US Agency For International Development By Nan McCurdy, AFGJ.org. November 18, 2020 More Money For Coup Groups From US Agency For International Development2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nicacoup.jpg200px200px Above photo: Right wingers supporting the coup attempt. Reuters. Organizations that led the coup attempt in 2018 against the constitutional government of President Daniel Ortega, continue to receive foreign funding from the United States and some European countries. The latest information on USAID funding of the US-directed opposition was made available by journalist William Grigsby on Radio La Primerísima’s Sin Fronteras Magazine. USAID fiscal year 2021 (Oct. 1, 2020-Sept. 30, 2021) foreign […]
On Tuesday, Canada’s International Test Pilots School (ITPS)has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean Aerospace Industries to promote the KAI FA-50 for tactical and adversary training. According to a pilot’s school news release, the ITPS views T-50 / FA-50 supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft as the most optimal replacement for its aging fleet of Aero L-39 used for tactical & adversarial training. ITTC operates a fleet of Aero Vodochody L-39 featuring upgraded avionics for the FLIT program. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The KAI FA-50 is a great aircraft!” says ITPS President […]
Bolivian Couper Stalk International Election Observers By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. October 16, 2020 Bolivian Couper Stalk International Election Observers2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/union-juvenil-crucenista-bolivia-fascists.jpg200px200px Above photo: Members of Bolivia’s extreme-right Santa Cruz Youth Union (Unión Juvenil Cruceñista, or UJC), and Luis Fernando Camacho (on right). Launch violent incitement campaign. By the time a team of electoral observers arrived in Bolivia – including members of The Grayzone – right-wingers had already published a flood of online threats, smearing them as “terrorists” and circulating photos captured while stalking them in the airport. Santa Cruz, Bolivia – Contributors to The Grayzone including Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil, and Ben […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106995/49/1069954969_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_aa4229c029a2fe76fadd548c8812a36d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010141080765680-russias-ultrafast-manned-soyuz-ms-17-spacecraft-docks-to-international-space-station—video/ Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a carrier with Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur spaceport and is set to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in a record-breaking three hours, owing to its ultrafast two-orbit flight plan, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Ryzhikov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, is due to dock at the ISS at 11:52 a.m. Moscow time (08:52 GMT). The crew is expected to deliver equipment that will allow to detect and eliminate an air leak, previously discovered in the Russian […]
MOSCOW 13 (Sputnik) – The French authorities have cancelled the Paris International Agricultural Show 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RTL radio broadcaster reported on Tuesday. According to the media outlet, the 58th agricultural exhibition, which was to be held from 27 February to 7 March of the next year, has been postponed to 2022. Regional agricultural competitions and farmers’ markets will still take place despite the event’s cancellation. The Paris International Agricultural Show has been held annually in the French capital since 1964. This year, the event finished a day earlier because of the pandemic. It was attended by […]
When UFC rivals Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor appeared to agree to a rematch in the UFC on social media, plenty in the MMA world were happy. One man who wasn’t, however, was former interim champion Tony Ferguson. Ferguson launched an astonishing attack on Poirier after the Louisiana lightweight stated his happiness to not just fight, but to make even more money for his charity, “The Good Fight Foundation,” after McGregor pledged $500,000 as part of their agreement to fight each other. “I fight for a lot of things, but nothing more important to me than fighting for change and giving […]
Armenian leader Nikol Pashinyan has called on the world to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, subject of a decades-long feud between Yerevan and Baku. He believes Paris will be one of the first to do this. “I expect the French president to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,” the prime minister said, speaking to French network TV5Monde. “I do believe that there is simply no other way to address the concerns raised by Emmanuel Macron in the current situation.” Along with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron last week called for “an immediate cessation of […]
Shutting Down AFRICOM, International Solidarity And The US Elections By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. October 5, 2020 Shutting Down AFRICOM, International Solidarity And The US Elections2020-10-052020-10-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/usoutof-africa.jpg200px200px October 1, 2020, marked the twelfth anniversary of AFRICOM, the United States military’s presence in Africa. An international day of action was organized to call for AFRICOM to be shut down and for the US to stop interfering in Africa. Ajamu Baraka, a human rights defender and the national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace, which coordinated the day of action, speaks about the history of AFRICOM and its impact on the continent. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1e/1080626628_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_cff6f7097c1a9a027030b5d40d80953a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202009301080626682-disgrace-off/ The much-anticipated debate on Tuesday between incumbent US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, left most audiences shocked, with some labeling it the worst presidential debate in American history. Both Trump and Biden acted like little kids on the stage in Cleveland, Ohio, bickering back and forth and repeatedly talking over one another. During the 90-minute debate, Trump often bumped heads with Fox News host Chris Wallace, who moderated the contest but struggled all the while to keep it from going off the rails. On Wednesday, Biden criticized […]
Amnesty International has suspended its work in India after the government blocked its funds in the country. The non-governmental organization (NGO) claims it has been unfairly persecuted by New Delhi. In a press release, Amnesty International India said its bank accounts had been frozen earlier this month and it was no longer able to carry out operations. The group claimed it had been targeted by India’s Enforcement Directorate, an investigative agency, because of its “unequivocal calls for transparency in the government.” In recent months, Amnesty has issued a number of reports harshly critical of the Indian government. The NGO has detailed […]
The Russian Aerospace Forces, itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, have launched a batch of three Gonets civilian communication satellites as well as 18 international rideshare payloads. Liftoff of the Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket occurred at 11:20 UTC (07:20 EDT) on Monday, 28 September 2020, from Site No. 43 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome — located 800 km north of Moscow. The rocket As part of a consolidated effort to streamline the myriad of Russian launch vehicles into two commercially viable options, the Soyuz 2 and the operationally upcoming Angara, this was the first mission in which […]
October 1: International Day Of Action On AFRICOM By the Black Alliance for Peace. September 27, 2020 October 1: International Day Of Action On AFRICOM2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bap1-e1601224809749.png200px200px Endorse the Action. We demand: -The complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Africa,-The demilitarization of the African continent,-The closure of U.S. bases throughout the world, and-The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) oppose U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conduct hearings on AFRICOM’s impact on the African continent, with the full participation of members of U.S. and African civil society. Click here to endorse the International Day of Action on AFRICOM October 1, 2020 is the 12th anniversary of […]
The End Of The ‘Rules Based International Order’ September 23, 2020 The End Of The ‘Rules Based International Order’2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nam.jpg200px200px Above photo: Partners in the Alliance for Multilateralism during the UN’s high level week event – 2 April 2019. FranceONU / Martin Loper. The ‘western’ countries, i.e. the United States and its ‘allies’, love to speak of a ‘rules based international order’ which they say everyone should follow. That ‘rules based order’ is a way more vague concept than the actual rule of law: The G7 is united by its shared values and commitment to a rules based international order. That order is being challenged by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080384900_0:0:3104:1746_1200x675_80_0_0_3d0a350105518da8c7a1619d73b6f230.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080532029-us-biggest-threat-to-international-security-cuban-foreign-minister-says/ UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the “irresponsible behaviour” of Washington threatens international peace and security by igniting conflicts and trade wars. “Multilateralism and international law are being threatened by the greatest power in the world. The US irresponsible behaviour is the biggest threat to international peace and security”, Rodriguez said at the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. According to the Cuban foreign minister, the US is engaging in an arms race “of its own making”, and is not contributing to efforts aimed at […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009181080508683-iraqi-soldier-injured-by-blast-that-hit-international-coalition-convoy/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – An Iraqi serviceman has been injured by an explosion that hit a convoy of the international coalition in the northern part of the country, the national security services said. “As a result of the explosion one serviceman sustained slight injuries”, the security services said in a statement on late Friday, as quoted by the INA news agency. According to the statement, the convoy was transporting equipment of the international coalition, when it was hit by the explosion near the town of Ishaqi in the province of Saladin. The number of attacks […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080495620_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_fb7c4a7ebf1bc9687eaadc537fa46e98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202009181080495691-vaccine-virtuoso/ US President Donald Trump is trashing statements made by his very own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director in Senate testimony given Wednesday regarding the anticipated delivery date of a COVID-19 vaccine. During a Wednesday news conference, Trump told reporters that CDC Director Robert Redfield was “confused” and that he had made a “mistake” when he said during his testimony that a vaccine likely wouldn’t be widely available to the public until the summer of 2021. Trump then claimed that “under no circumstance” would a vaccine take so long, noting that a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009151080467158-eu-cant-deal-with-uk-if-london-passes-internal-market-bill/ Earlier today, the UK House of Commons passed the controversial Internal Market Bill during the second reading in a 340-263 vote. The proposed legislation would override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the EU. Source link
Just as is the case for ex-American presidents, it’s rare for former British prime ministers to criticize their successors—and rarer still for them all to argue for the same side. But, as in the U.S., convention has been forced aside by a wildly unpredictable office-bearer who has repeatedly refused to govern within the normal rules. As of Monday, all five living ex-prime ministers had created the poshest gang imaginable and teamed up against the incumbent, Boris Johnson, as he steamed ahead with his plan to break international law to push through his controversial Brexit vision. Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, […]
The British admission that UK legislation implementing the EU divorce treaty could break international law in a “limited way” proved to be a truly “kamikaze” statement that backfired spectacularly, Ireland’s deputy PM has said. “These were really extraordinary comments, and certainly set off alarm bells in Dublin. I think they have backfired,” Ireland’s deputy prime minister, Leo Varadkar, said on Wednesday while speaking to RTE. On Tuesday, the UK’s Northern Ireland minister, Brandon Lewis, admitted that Britain could break international law in a “limited way” with its new legislation linked to the implementation of its Withdrawal Agreement signed with the EU […]
The Irish border has been a consistent issue with the United Kingdom government’s Brexit negotiations over its withdrawal from the European Union. In December of this year, Britain may leave the bloc with no deal in place and as a result is threatening to scupper its Withdrawal Agreement promises. A UK government minister admitted on Tuesday that its reinterpretation of the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland included in the Withdrawal Agreement will be in breach of international law. “Yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way. We’re taking the powers to disapply the EU law concept of […]
The US State Department has gone after all sorts of entities over the years – sovereign nations, democratically elected governments, you name it. But its latest target has come from way out of left field. The department responsible for US foreign policy announced in a tweet that the International Cricket Council was in its bad books. In a message quoting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the department blasted the cricket governing body as “a rogue court with lawyers that are, frankly, corrupt and political.” Hmm… that doesn’t quite add up. It turns out the hot-shots over at the State Department couldn’t […]
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US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court. The sanctions are “unacceptable and unprecedented measures that attempt to obstruct the court’s investigations and judicial proceedings,” EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell said in a statement on Thursday. The US should “reconsider its position and reverse the measures it has taken,” Borrell added. His comments came shortly after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned the sanctions as “a grave attack against the court,” […]
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A robotic arm places a container with three panels of bacteria outside the International Space Station. ( JAXA/NASA) Could Life Travel Between Planets? Microbiologists have spent decades studying extremophiles, organisms that endure extreme conditions, to tug at the mysterious threads of how life blossomed on Earth. https://t.co/NHqzQXUhr9 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 26, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans, can survive three years and perhaps more in space. Before choosing this particular bacterium for the experiment, the bacterium was hit with types of assaults that it would experience while in space. These included high levels of radiation, vaccum-like pressures, […]
Bobby Kennedy Jr. joined members of the global community today in Berlin in an effort to raise awareness about the dangers our children face due to the vaccine lobby. Bobby Kennedy is the son of the former US Attorney General and the nephew of the US President who famously said, “I am a Berliner.” Bobby was in Berlin today to join forces with citizens around the globe who are concerned about our children’s health as a result of damaging vaccines. The group Children’s Health Defense got together in Berlin with the younger Kennedy in an effort to bring attention to corrupt […]
Prior to the pandemic, the head of UN World Food Programme warned that 2020 would be the worst year since the Second World War because of the severe damage inflicted upon food systems by natural disasters and conflicts. The coronavirus pandemic will result in a “widespread famine of biblical proportions”, said David Beasley, chief of the United Nations World Food Programme, urging the international community to act now in order to avoid a catastrophe. “We are not talking about people going to bed hungry. We are talking about extreme conditions, emergency status – people literally marching to the brink of starvation. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/15/1080232269_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_fc5d982896c18f2f93a0ff72d233a5e8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202008211080232349-sore-successor/ US President Donald Trump spent his Wednesday evening rage-tweeting as he watched former President Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech. It is common knowledge that Trump loathes Obama, with many still speculating that Trump ran for the presidency because Obama scathingly mocked him at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where Trump was the only person not laughing in the audience. During his Wednesday evening Democratic National Convention speech from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Obama argued that Trump has turned the presidency into “one more reality show that he […]
Greek-Turkish relations worsened recently after Turkey’s announcement that its geological survey ship Oruc Reis had started seismic exploration activities in an area south of Castellorizo island, which Greece considers its exclusive economic zone. Sputnik talked to experts to discuss the political and legal sides of the issue. ‘Eastern Mediterranean is Turning Into Tinderbox’ Christian Fleury, French expert, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, member of the research group at the Espaces et Sociétés Can Centre of University of Can-Normandy, pointed out the complexity of the hydrocarbon production issue, particularly coordinating the scale of the work performed: “Before embarking on offshore oil production, one […]
SpaceChain said the test advances its dreams of building a decentralized blockchain infrastructure in space. Source link
International Lawyers Make Urgent Appeal To British Government By Lawyers for Assange, Consortium News. August 17, 2020 International Lawyers Make Urgent Appeal To British Government2020-08-172020-08-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/assange.jpg200px200px An array of international lawyers have written to the British prime minister, foreign secretary, secretary of state for justice and home secretary outlining his illegal treatment and demanding Julian Assange’s release. Lawyers for Assange Independent international legal observers of the proceedings in the case of Julian Assange Open Letter to the UK Prime Minister Mr Boris Johnson, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland QC, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107639/72/1076397293_0:163:1200:838_1200x675_80_0_0_a3900832f5857abeba71dc7adc5270a7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008151080180132-indias-captain-cool-ms-dhoni-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Former captain of the Indian cricket team and one of the most loved Indian cricketers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit Test Cricket in 2014. Since then speculation has been rife as to when the former skipper could end his international career. Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni – who led the Indian team to World Cup Victory in 2011 – announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday. Announcing his retirement on Instagram, Dhoni said, “Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. From 1929 consider me as Retired.” The 39-year-old batsman cum […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080061202_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ded32c9f53053fc1e4b0fb220f58db2c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202008041080061273-jew-kidding-me-yosemite-/ This week, US President Donald Trump had some difficulty pronouncing “Yosemite” while reading a speech regarding the iconic national park, making it sound more like he was addressing people of Jewish heritage. On Tuesday, Trump went viral for all the wrong reasons after mispronouncing the name of one of America’s most famous national parks at a ceremony touting his signature on a major piece of conservation legislation. During his speech about Yosemite National Park, located in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, Trump dropped the ball while speaking about the giant sequoia trees in Yosemite and […]
Transparency International Silent On Jailed Transparency Journalist Assange By Patrick Maynard, The Grayzone. July 26, 2020 Transparency International Silent On Jailed Transparency Journalist Assange2020-07-262020-07-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/transparency-international.png200px200px For over a year, the West’s top anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International, has not said a word about the world’s most prominent jailed transparency activist, Julian Assange. Is US and UK government funding a factor in the organization’s silence? Berlin, Germany – On a cool July day, the Berlin neighborhood where Transparency International’s global headquarters is situated feels a thousand miles away from London’s Belmarsh Prison. But it is not just the pleasant setting a few blocks from […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079978303_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_546e85e69d1beac29ed01dd3b370c511.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202007241079978347-first-place-foolishness/ US President Donald Trump sure loves being braggadocious about the “great” job he’s doing handling the novel coronavirus pandemic, all while infections in the United States have now officially surpassed 4 million and health officials are reporting over 2,600 new COVID-19 cases every hour on average. The United States has the highest amount of COVID-19 infections in the world, having surpassed 4 million cases this week, and the current death toll is nearing 145,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Even more unsettling, the jaw-dropping rate of transmission stands at 2,600 new cases every hour […]
Israel’s Secret List Of Officials Who May Stand Trial At International Court July 20, 2020 Israel’s Secret List Of Officials Who May Stand Trial At International Court2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/end-israeli-war-crimes-e1595261491291.jpg200px200px Above photo: End Israeli War Crimes from YaLibnam. Ahead of the ICC’s decision on whether to investigate suspected war crimes in the territories, a list of 200 to 300 officials was compiled, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternative Prime Minister Benny Gantz Israel is drawing up a secret list of military and intelligence officials who might be subject to arrest abroad if the International Criminal Court in the Hague opens an investigation into alleged […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, international air travel has been severely restricted for months and this has also affected the business of drug cartels, said an officer of India’s nodal drug law enforcement and intelligence agency. India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday said it had seized 1.7 kg of “high-grade” heroin while it was being smuggled into the country through international courier services. It has an estimated worth of about $909,000. A video of it that was shared by the agency shows officials taking out the heroin, which was concealed in LED lights, cosmetics, and soaps. NCB […]
There’s a lot Andy Tu was looking forward to as a freshman at Claremont McKenna College, a small private college in California. He imagined having intellectual debates on the quad and meeting “highly motivated, open-minded friends.” Coming from an environment that’s “intolerant of unconventional ideas,” he says he was looking forward to being able to express himself freely on campus. He’d even been daydreaming about learning how to surf. But every morning he wakes up at home in Shanghai, he feels like that iconic American freshman year is slipping further and further away. “This uncertainty is making me anxious,” he says, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/11/1079919899_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ec977ecc8c5de4223b2f525e6da66eb0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202007181079920439-sinking-ship-shakeup/ Amid sinking to embarrassingly low numbers in most national polls, US President Donald Trump has shaken up his reelection campaign team. Trump appointed a new campaign manager this week, likely in an effort to boost his poll numbers. But the president claims that there’s no trouble in paradise and that he’s still winning – an interesting philosophy. “I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager. Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and […]
Users of Facebook-owned messenger service WhatsApp are reporting outages around the globe, sending many scurrying onto other social media platforms to complain. WhatsApp users in nearly a dozen countries including the US, Brazil, Germany, India, UK, France, Netherlands, Lebanon, and Mexico have been reporting outages since about 4pm EST, according to DownDetector, which tracks social media outages. Thousands of users took to Twitter to complain and find out whether they were alone in not being able to connect. Many reported they were stuck on the “connecting” screen and could not access their new messages. At one point, more than 6,000 users […]
Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States. Charles Krupa/AP One week ago, the Trump administration announced it would ban international students from attending U.S. colleges in the fall if they only take online classes. Now hundreds of colleges […]
Billion-dollar fund manager Fidelity International has doubled its equity investment in bitcoin mining company Hut 8, bringing its total stake to over 10%. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
In January, Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, urging the court to revoke the company’s export license and restrict it from selling technology allegedly used to violate human rights across the globe. The Tel Aviv District Court has rejected a petition filed by Amnesty International to suspend Israeli spyware firm NSO Group’s export license over allegations that the company’s technology is used to target journalists, lawmakers and activists around the world, including one of the NGO’s employees, according to The Times of Israel. The court ruling, issued on Sunday and published on Monday, stated that lawyers for […]
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by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …with PressTV, Tehran [ Note: It was nice to see the UN get the Soleimani assassination back in the news. But despite its solid legal basis, I can’t see any effect it will have on the Trump regime which is full rouge Unipolar, ‘might makes right’ mode. The structure of the UN is the problem, not the competence of its people. Simply put, it is an outdated organization as it has no rules for punishing or sanctioning rouge members for illegal attacks and killings. Israel has told the UN where it can shove its calls […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 22 May, an airplane crash in Karachi killed 97 of the 99 people onboard. It was stated in the provisional inquiry report that the pilot and the air controller were responsible for the incident. In June, Pakistan International Airlines grounded 150 pilots over holding fake licenses. Following the suit of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Malaysia’s aviation regulatory authority, the US Department of Transportation has suspended Pakistan International Airline’s special permit to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing concerns over the carrier’s safety measures and pilots’ “suspicious licenses”. “The PIA will not […]
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UN: US Violated International Law By Assassinating Iranian General By Bill Bostock, Business Insider. July 7, 2020 UN: US Violated International Law By Assassinating Iranian General2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/a-portrait-of-qasem-soleimani-in-tehran-on-3-january-the-day-after-the-iranian-general-was-assassinated-in-an-american-air-attack-on-baghdad-airport.-by-morteza-nikoubaz-for-sipa-e1594152107461.jpg200px200px Above photo: A portrait of Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran on 3 January, the day after the Iranian general was assassinated in an American air attack on Baghdad airport. By Morteza Nikoubaz for SIPA. At the time, the US said it had evidence showing that the top Iranian general posed an “imminent threat” to US assets. In a report, Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution, said the US supplied “no evidence that […]
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Many countries shut down international air travel when the pandemic began. Routes are reopening again, but you may need a COVID-19 test before you board. (Image credit: Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
More than 4,000 foreign-born doctors officially begin their residencies at hospitals across the United States today. They’ll confront two historic challenges: The coronavirus pandemic and some of the most restrictive immigration policies this nation has seen in decades. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages hide caption toggle caption smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages More than 4,000 foreign-born doctors officially begin their residencies at hospitals across the United States today. They’ll confront two historic challenges: The coronavirus pandemic and some of the most restrictive immigration policies this nation has seen in decades. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages Dr. Basim Ali graduated at the top of his medical school class in Pakistan and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107976/15/1079761508_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_4bfddad8cd821765444e3f5bd66b18a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006301079761554-white-house-scramble/ Reports have surfaced of White House staffers frantically trying to track down US President Donald Trump over the weekend to get him to delete his retweet of a video in which a man yelled “white power,” but Trump wasn’t answering his phone while partying it up on the green at his Virginia golf course. The president is not a stranger to saying and tweeting incendiary things. The divisive footage that Trump retweeted Sunday showed a supporter of his, who happens to be a white man, driving a golf cart and yelling “white power” at […]
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE WEB OF POWER POLITICS Statement by Dr. Hans Köchler on the Executive Order signed by the President of the United States on 11 June 2020 Vienna, 26 June 2020RE/20689c-is The decision by President Donald Trump to block property and restrict entry into the United States of any foreign person directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate or prosecute United States personnel without the consent of the United States constitutes a serious interference with judicial independence. As such, any attempt to coerce a court, whether domestic or international, is incompatible with the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107738/44/1077384410_0:0:1921:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_533207dd24ea75d81370f3a5f14e9b80.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006281079738236-pompeo-says-south-china-sea-disputes-must-be-resolved-in-line-with-international-law/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that Washington supports the stance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in that China cannot be allowed to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire. “The United States welcomes ASEAN Leaders’ insistence that South China Sea [SCS] disputes be resolved in line with international law, including UNCLOS [United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea]. China cannot be allowed to treat the SCS as its maritime empire. We will have more to say on this topic soon”, Pompeo […]
Cressida Dick shouldn’t just be carpeted by Priti Patel over the Brixton riots she should be sacked. And whilst Priti is at it she should also sack the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset who allowed his officers to stand by whilst an anarchic mob, hiding within the Black Lives Protest, pulled down the statue of the slave trader Colston. This would send a clear signal to all the other PC Chief Constables around the UK that the days of rainbow laces, Pride painted panda cars, dancing in the street and skateboarding on London’s bridges with extinction rebellion are over. Running […]
In today’s episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamal Thomas and Shane Stranahan discussed a variety of issues from the latest charges against Julian Assange to the strategies and tactics of the Black Lives Matter protesters. Guests: Caleb Maupin – Speaker, writer, journalist, political analyst, and author of City Builders and Vandals in Our Age: Articles and Essays on Socialism | The Politics of CHAZ, The Never-Ending Battle For The Confederacy William Ayers – Author and Former Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) | Black Lives Matter, 60s History Taylor Hudak – […]
The Voice of America building in Washington, D.C., part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. VOA has increasingly been a target of the Trump administration. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP The Voice of America building in Washington, D.C., part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. VOA has increasingly been a target of the Trump administration. Andrew Harnik/AP New U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack swept into office like a man on a mission last week, firing the top executives and advisory boards of federally funded international broadcasters which weekly reach 340 million people abroad. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/23/1079702317_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_5f60f7dc310541ef58f42ebd75a927b3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006241079702447-statutory-statuary/ US President Donald Trump is authorizing the arrest and criminal prosecution of individuals who attempt to take down monuments amid nationwide protests. Following days of unrest that have seen the destruction of monuments viewed as historically oppressive towards minority groups amid nationwide protests for social justice, Trump vowed that the federal government would jail and prosecute anyone who participated in such activity. Trump took to Twitter early Tuesday morning in an attempt to prevent additional statues and monuments across the country from being pulled down or vandalized. I have authorized the Federal Government to […]
Securitize Japan became the first global token issuance platform to join the Japan Security Token Offering Association (JSTOA), the company announced Thursday. The Japanese subsidiary of U.S.-based Securitize, the company token platform could not join the association until now because JSTOA only accepts Japanese-regulated entities into its ranks. Securitize co-founder and Chief Executive Carlos Domingo told CoinDesk that a leading Japanese financial services company, SBI Holdings, was one of the founding members of JSTOA, and is a Securitize shareholder. Six major Japanese brokerages created JSTOA as a self-regulatory organization last year in a bid to consolidate expertise on securities and develop […]
Since the killing of George Floyd on 25 May, anti-racism protests have been taking place globally demanding equality for black people. Responding to this movement a number of organisations have reevaluated their policies to tackle racial discrimination. A leading wine institution has taken action regarding their use of the term ‘master’. The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas has pledged to drop the requirement for master sommeliers to be addressed as ‘master’ amid criticisms over the organisation’s lack of inclusion. The organization has released a statement saying that the organisation “universally condemns racism, prejudice, and racially motivated violence in all its forms.” […]
‘Black Lives Matter’ Is International By Roger Harris, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. June 19, 2020 ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is International2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-lives-matter-e1592572451492.jpg200px200px Where there is oppression, there will be resistance. Corte Madera, California – The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 was the spark that ignited the tinder of accrued injustice throughout the US and globally. This injustice has deep antecedents in the US and indeed in much of what is now called the Global South. There is a shared history of colonial conquest of the Indigenous and the abominable institution of the enslavement of African peoples. What happened has its roots in systemic […]
Etti Shlomo, a Jewish refugee from Egypt doesn’t hold grudges, nor does she look back at the property and life she left behind in Cairo. But after immigrating to Israel in 1950 and establishing a new life there, she does feel that Jews were treated unfairly. The 20th of June marks international refugee day honouring 25.9 million people around the world, who have been forced to flee their homes. Many of them fled from their home towns in the Middle East, seeking refuge in Europe and the Americas. Etti Shlomo, from the northern Israeli city of Yoqneam, also considers herself a refugee […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/79/1079657914_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_6fcf49f21d7da103cdb81d6aed938931.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006181079658006-bolton-down-the-hatches/ US President Donald Trump is lashing out at former national security adviser John Bolton over explosive claims made in a new tell-all book, marking the latest former Trump administration official to turn on the president. Excerpts and summaries of Bolton’s explosive tell-all book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” were released Wednesday, detailing conversations that Bolton said took place inside the Trump White House, where “obstruction of justice” was seen “as a way of life.” Trump wasted no time and took to Twitter to lash out with a rant at the […]