(2024-09-12). Anura Kumara Dissanayake: A Vision of Unity for Sri Lanka's Future. pressenza.com On September 21, the people of Sri Lanka have elections to vote for a new president for a five-year term. | Since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, there have been successive conservative governments, more or less authoritarian and always in the hands of the same group of privileged families since the times of the 'British Raj' in the mid-nineteenth century. | With a population of 22 million, with an agricultural economy whose main production has been tea, rice, and other agricultural produce in the past and to which today, tourism and industry are added as sources of income. The distribution of w…
(2024-09-12). BAP Condemns US Plans For Another UN Military Occupation Of Haiti. popularresistance.org Once again, the Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) strongly denounces the latest attempts by the U.S. to push for yet another UN military occupation of Haiti. We condemn this action and the relentless assaults on Haitian self-determination by the US and its criminal allies. We also urge Caribbean and Latin American governments to stand in solidarity with Haiti — just as they have stood with one another against violations of national sovereignty in Venezuela, Cuba, Honduras, etc. — as the Haitian people continue to bear the brunt of U.S. imperial policies and actions in the regio…
(2024-09-12). 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.
(2024-09-12). 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.
(2024-09-12). Why Putin Has Resisted Using Ukraine's Kursk Offensive To Call For Greater Russian Sacrifices #Putin #Resisted #Using #Ukraine's #Kursk #Offensive #Call #Greater #Russian #Sacrifices #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Kyiv's offensive into the Kursk region was a typically bold move by the Ukrainians and one which caught Russia entirely by surprise. But perhaps its most surprising …
(2024-09-12). Trump Party Versus Cheney Party. popularresistance.org Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney, has officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president. His daughter, Liz Cheney, has also endorsed Harris. | "In our nation's 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," said the former vice president in a statement, adding, "As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris." | Cheney was a charter signatory to the notorious neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century, and as vice presi…
(2024-09-12). A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815‚àí1914). pressenza.com The period in the world's history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is usually labeled as the "golden age" of the European imperialistic expansion and the making of the greater national states and overseas colonial empires in Africa and Asia. Nevertheless, in 1815 huge territories of the world still have been unknown to Europeans, and millions of people in Africa and Asia were living their lives not influenced by European civilization. Europeans even were not very familiar with China, one of the oldest, richest, and biggest civilizations globally. However, only a…
(2024-09-12). Hezbollah rocket, drone strikes damage 1,400 Israeli properties. newarab.com 
Hezbollah's Israeli financial newspaper Globes cited data from the Israel Tax Authority, which said the attacks have caused up to $1 billion shekels ($265 million) in damage, as thousands flee the north of Israel due to almost daily rocket fire from Hezbollah and other groups in southern Lebanon. | Data from the Northern Horizon Directorate in the Israeli Defense M…
(2024-09-12). Tunisia's election body rejects monitors over 'foreign funds'. newarab.com 
In In a press statement on Monday, 9 September, ISIE said it had received information from official bodies that some of these groups received "suspicious…
(2024-09-12). Civil Rights Groups Sue UCSC for Unlawful Campus Bans and Response to Student Protests. indybay.org September 9, 2024 – Today, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas Seabaugh filed a lawsuit against the University of California Santa Cruz for banning more than 100 students and faculty members from campus after they were arrested at a pro-Palestine protest this past May.
(2024-09-12). Hurricane Francine strengthens to Category 2 as it hits Louisiana coast. geo.tv 
Waves from Lake Pontchartrain crash against the seawall along Lakeshore Drive as Hurricane Francine was intensifying before its expected landfall on the US Gulf Coast, in New Orleans, Louisiana, US September 11, 2024. — Reuters
(2024-09-12). Haiti: Under chronic stress and in constant fear, health workers strive to save lives. icrc.org
(2024-09-12). Why Nations Are Rushing to Join BRICS. infobrics.org > "Malaysia has sent a letter of application to join the (BRICS) organisation to Russia as the BRICS chairman, besides expressing openness to participate as a member country or strategic partner," Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced…
(2024-09-12). BRICS — Shaping the Future of Global Finance and Investment. infobrics.org Imagine a world where five powerhouse nations are redefining the global economic landscape. BRICS—an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is not just a coalition of emerging markets; it is a formidable alliance shaping the future of global finance and investment…
(2024-09-12). Six UNRWA staff killed in Israeli raids on Gaza's Nuseirat camp. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced that six of its employees were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, marking the largest loss of UNRWA staff in a single attack since the war began. Earlier, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the Israeli military conducted heavy bombardments on the camp, hitting a school where displaced families had sought refuge.The Director General of Gaza's Ministry of Health informed Al Jazeera that Israeli forces have carried out four massacres in the past 24 hours. Medical sources further confirmed that 32 people…
(2024-09-12). Norway lifts restrictions on defence material exports to Turkey. newarab.com 
Norway has normalised its practice for the export of defence material and multi-purpose goods for military use to "This means that the ministry of foreign affairs lifts the restrictions from 2019 and returns to an ordinary licensing practice for Turkey," the foreign ministry said in a statement. | Norway joined other European nations five years ago in suspending new arms sales to fellow NATO member Turkey due to con…
(2024-09-12). Azerbaijan: Civil society demands attention to human rights and climate justice ahead of COP29. fidh.org Human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, highlight the urgent need to address serious human rights concerns in Azerbaijan in the lead-up to its hosting this year's United Nations Climate Conference (COP29), to be held in Baku from November 11 to 22, 2024.
11th September 2024. We, the undersigned civil (…) | – | /…
(2024-09-12). Exporters ready for big annual ASEAN fair. ecns.cn Business leaders from China and economies involved in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to further strengthen cooperation at the upcoming 21st China-ASEAN Expo to be held from Sept 24 to 28 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
(2024-09-12). US Presidential Election. internationalviewpoint.org The US presidential election has been upended this summer by a series of dramatic events that reversed the electoral fortunes of the Democratic and Republican parties while left-wing third-party candidates such as Green Party USA Ecosocialist candidate Jill Stein and radical intellectual Cornell West fight for ballot access in many states. | – | / |
(2024-09-12). Trump-Harris debate attracted over 67 million TV viewers. geo.tv 
Members of the media use a screen to watch the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, September…
(2024-09-12). Republican 'noncitizen' push could penalise US voters, official warns. geo.tv 
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes at an event in Tucson, Arizona, US, April 12, 2024. — Reuters WASHINGTON: A top election official from the battleground state of Arizona warned the US Congress on Wednesday that a Republican drive against noncitizen voting in the…
(2024-09-12). Republic of Korea: Preserving humanity in war by upholding the Geneva Conventions. icrc.org
(2024-09-12). Marx's anti-colonialism, new sub-imperialisms and consistent internationalism in a bipolar world. internationalviewpoint.org Kevin B Anderson is a Marxist humanist and Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author and editor of various works, including the forthcoming book The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism and A Political Sociology of Twenty-First Century Revolutions and Resistances: From the Arab World and Iran to Ukraine, Africa, and France (2024). In this interview with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Anderson discusses Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin's writings on colonia…
(2024-09-12). Ecuador: From Rafael Correa to Guillermo Lasso via Lenin Moreno. cadtm.org
(2024-09-12). The World Bank did not Foresee the Arab Spring Popular Uprisings and still Promotes the very same Policies that triggered them. cadtm.org
(2024-09-12). Kiev regime asks for London's support in attacks with long-range missiles. infobrics.org The neo-Nazi junta is desperate to get support for its irresponsible plan to use long-range missiles against "deep" Russian territories.
(2024-09-12). Israel and the Occupied Territories: International Day of the Disappeared. icrc.org
(2024-09-12). Lavrov Addresses Ambassadors at Roundtable Discussion on Ukraine Crisis. sputnikglobe.com Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that territories were not the key issue of the Ukraine conflict, but the protection of human rights.