(2024-10-21). Diplomatic Endeavors Amidst Conflict: Blinken's Middle East Mission. devdiscourse.com U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to embark on another diplomatic effort to establish a ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza war, as he travels to the Middle East, the State Department announced. His mission seeks to rejuvenate talks aimed at resolving the conflict and mitigating the escalating tensions in Lebanon.
(2024-10-21). Lebanon: ICRC deploys surgical team amid escalating humanitarian crisis. icrc.org
(2024-10-21). Israel lists its demands to end war in Lebanon: Axios. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Axios released a report on Sunday, citing U.S. officials, saying that Israel presented a document with its conditions for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon.The report said that Israel made its demands clear, stipulating that its forces must be allowed to engage in "active enforcement" to make sure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its military infrastructure close to the border.The two U.S. sources said that Israel is also demanding the freedom of operating within the Lebanese airspace at all times. The sources told Axios that Lebanon and the international community are highly unlikely to a…
(2024-10-21). China to test 'lunar soil bricks' in space for future moon base construction. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have developed "lunar soil bricks" using simulating lunar soil, aimed at constructing a future lunar base. Brick samples will soon be sent to the China Space Station aboard the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft.
(2024-10-21). Trade frameworks linking China, Africa set to broaden. ecns.cn In the face of a turbulent global landscape, characterized by escalating geopolitical tensions and rising protectionism, China and Africa should lean toward embracing globalization and win-win cooperation more than ever before, to benefit their own populations and catalyze the modernization of the broader Global South, experts said.
(2024-10-21). Lavrov sees little merit in evaluating Rutte's rhetoric on Ukraine. tass.com NATO's new chief "serves as a 'technical secretary' who is articulating the position that has been agreed upon within NATO, largely influenced by Washington's stance," the minister said…
(2024-10-21). Russian troops destroy several dozen mercenaries from Latin America in DPR over two weeks. tass.com The location of the Ukrainian army's foreign mercenaries is uncovered by data-recording equipment and radio intercepts, the defense circles said…
(2024-10-21). Did Yahya Sinwar's wife carry a $32,000 luxury bag in tunnel? albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – With pictures circulating from Israeli media and the IOF showing late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's wife, Samar reportedly holding a $32,000 luxury bag in a tunnel in Gaza, many users on social media took to several platforms and debunked the claims in question. Some claimed that the bag was a copy of the Hermes Birkin since uncanny ones to the original exist in the market. In contrast, others argued that it wasn't even a Hermes bag with one writing, "Her bag has two gold sergeant stripes on the bag handles". Did Yahya Sinwar's wife carry a $32,000 luxury bag in tunnel? : üá&AE…
(2024-10-21). After Major Industry Donor Pops Up, Harris Makes Bizarre Proposal: Crypto for Black Men. theintercept.com 
Days after a leading crypto industry figure endorsed her, Vice President Kamala Harris gave cryptocurrencies a vague embrace this week — as part of a pitch to Black men. | Along with a pledge to legalize weed, the policy document released by Harris's campaign Monday made a bid for Black men's votes with ambiguous wording about regulating crypto. The move left industry critics wondering whether she backs strong or weak safeguards at a time when the industry is pouring money into political races. | "What she is doing is reflecting the will of some of her funders." | While the crypto industry has spread its…
(2024-10-20). Trade frameworks linking China, Africa set to broaden. ecns.cn In the face of a turbulent global landscape, characterized by escalating geopolitical tensions and rising protectionism, China and Africa should lean toward embracing globalization and win-win cooperation more than ever before, to benefit their own populations and catalyze the modernization of the broader Global South, experts said.
(2024-10-21). Thinking about the (new) paths of the Latin American left and right in a world in crisis. internationalviewpoint.org We are publishing the foreword written by Franck Gaudichaud and Éric Toussaint at the request of the Cuban magazine Temas for a book coordinated by Julio César Guanche, to be published in Argentina under the title Izquierdas y derechas en America latina. | – | / |
(2024-10-21). The CADTM welcomes the sovereign stance of the new Government of Mexico of not inviting King Felipe VI of Spain to attend the inauguration ceremony. cadtm.org
(2024-10-21). Assailants shoot at El Debate newspaper office in Mexico. CPJ Staff
(2024-10-21). Cuba: Power Outages Prolonged Due To Delays In Energy Recovery. popularresistance.org Today, Cuba once again experienced a total power outage after the recovery process of the National Electric System (SEN), initiated the day before following a blackout caused by a failure at a thermoelectric plant, failed. The Caribbean nation is unable to purchase or modernize its electrical machinery due to the draconian, unilateral blockade of the US. | The process of re-energizing the SEN was then initiated, gradually restoring power to certain areas of the country with the goal of expanding and connecting them to eventually reach the thermoelectric plants and restart them. However, a new total disconnection…
(2024-10-21). Colombia Confers with India on Plans to Join BRICS. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Colombia has discussed with India its aspiration to join BRICS, Colombian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Enrique Rojas Rodriguez has said.
(2024-10-21). Colombia Confers with India on Plans to Join BRICS. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Colombia has held discussions with India regarding its aspiration to join BRICS, Colombian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Enrique Rojas Rodriguez has said.
(2024-10-21). Cuba's president warns against unrest over nationwide blackout. scmp.com Cubans struggled with an extended power outage and a new tropical storm.
(2024-10-21). CPJ, partners demand a fair hearing for Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora. CPJ Staff
(2024-10-21). The Immigration Dilemma on Nevada's Ranchland. devdiscourse.com Janille and Tom Baker's expansive ranch in remote eastern Nevada epitomizes the American West with its grand landscapes and cowboy culture. However, despite its productivity, the ranch depends heavily on a guest worker program that imports Mexican labor to thrive in a challenging economic environment.
(2024-10-21). Singapore's Pritam Singh, US sends migrants back to China: 5 weekend reads you missed. scmp.com From US sending migrants back to China to Singapore's Pritam Singh trial, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
(2024-10-21). Fans mourning One Direction singer Liam Payne leave tributes in London and other cities. scmp.com Vigils also held in Paris, Sydney, New York as fans grieve for Liam Payne, 31, who died in Argentina on Wednesday after fall from hotel balcony.
(2024-10-21). Lula Da Silva cancels BRICS trip following brain hemorrhage. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Following a mild cerebral hemorrhage from a fall at home, Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva canceled his journey to Russia for the BRICS meeting on Sunday.Following medical advice to temporarily avoid long-haul flights, Lula will participate via videoconference, according to a statement from the presidential office. His original departure time was set for Sunday at 5 p.m.In an interview with GloboNews TV, Lula's physician, Roberto Kalil, stated that the president had a "small brain hemorrhage" in the temporal-frontal area as a consequence of a fall that left the back of his skull "greatly" damaged…
(2024-10-21). Brazil's Lula cancels trip to BRICS summit. rt.com 
The president will not be able to attend the event in person due to a head injury | Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not be able to travel to Russia for the annual BRICS meeting due to an injury he sustained earlier this week. | The three-day summit in Russia's fifth-largest city, Kazan, will start on Tuesday. Lula was expected to meet with presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China on the sidelines of the event. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will attend the conference instead. | "President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in accordance with medical advice, will not be tr…
(2024-10-21). 'Head injury' forces Brazil's Lula to cancel BRICS summit trip. rt.com The president will not be able to attend the event in Russia, his office has announced | Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not be able to travel to Russia for the annual BRICS meeting due to an injury he sustained earlier this week. | The three-day summit in Russia's fifth-largest city, Kazan, will start on Tuesday. Lula was expected to meet with presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China on the sidelines of the event. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will attend the conference instead. | "President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in accordance with medical advice, will not…
(2024-10-21). Brazil's Lula cancels Russia Brics trip after minor brain haemorrhage from fall. scmp.com The 78-year-old president was treated at a hospital after cutting his head in an accident at his home.
(2024-10-21). Writin' is Fightin': 30 Years of Punching Back. counterpunch.org 
(2024-10-21). Brazilian president to skip BRICS summit due to head injury — media. tass.com It is reported that the Brazilian president was hospitalized on October 20 with "a wound in the back of his head"
(2024-10-21). Colombia inaugurates UN biodiversity summit. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, indigenous authorities and artists inaugurated a United Nations biodiversity summit in the city of Cali. The so-called Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention…
(2024-10-21). UN chief seeks 'significant' funding at biodiversity summit to save nature. scmp.com Environmental delegates are gathering in Colombia for the two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or Cop16.
(2024-10-21). SA participates in UN biodiversity conference. sanews.gov.za SA participates in UN biodiversity conference | Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, will lead the South African delegation to the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD COP 16) in Cali, Colombia., , The delegation will actively engage in negotiations to promote global biodiversity conservation priorities, enhance sustainable use, and advocate for fair and equitable benefit-sharing from the utilisation of genetic resources and digital sequence information on genetic resources., , "We approach COP16 with a c…
(2024-10-21). Public transport strike in Peru challenges Boluarte government. wsws.org Boluarte is a reviled figure whose 4 percent approval rating testifies to her lack of any mandate to rule.
(2024-10-21). Why NCPCR crackdown on Madrasa Education must be contested. ummid.com The talk of banning the madrasa system of education that imparts modern education along with Islamic teaching has to be viewed after the perusal of some hard facts about madrasas explained here.
(2024-10-21). The Bolivarian Revolution: 25 years fighting imperialism. thecommunists.org Twenty-five years have passed since Hugo Chávez initiated Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution in February 1999. Twenty-five years of PSUV (United Socialist party) governments working to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of the masses. Twenty-five years of participatory democracy; of empowering people to transform society on the road to socialism. Twenty-five years during which the …
(2024-10-21). Venezuela's Public Ministry Has Attended to More Than 317,000 Complaints of Violence Against Women During 2017-2023. orinocotribune.com The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that the Venezuelan Public Ministry (MP) has received 317,584 complaints of violence against women during 2017-2023. These complaints were received through the ministry offices as well as at squares, parks, and neighborhoods where the institution has organised events to receive complaints from citizens. | Saab explained that based on these complaints, "we have been able to prosecute and charge 74,037 individuals who have committed these crimes against women, and 62,392 accusations have been processed, of which 6,788 have been for convictions that bec…
(2024-10-21). Video: Understanding Venezuela's election — why claims of fraud are different this time. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-10-21). Storm Oscar hits Cuba as island grapples with blackout. scmp.com The storm's arrival comes as Cuba tries to recover from its worst blackout in at least two years.
(2024-10-21). Cuba Is Restoring Electricity Supply in a Controlled Manner. orinocotribune.com The process of restoring the electrical system in Cuba is making considerable progress at the national level. | According to the director general of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Lázaro Guerra, the electricity supply in the western zone, which suffered the worst of the blackouts, is already in the process of recovery. The Santa Cruz del Norte thermoelectric plant is in the start-up phase, and it is expected that the Mariel plant will soon begin to operate. | "We already have energy in Santa Cruz and we will soon have energy in Mariel to begin the start-up of this plant, which is very important…
(2024-10-21). Hurricane hits Cuba amid massive blackouts. rt.com 
The island plunged into darkness on Friday after the collapse of its largest power plant | Hurricane Oscar slammed into Cuba on Sunday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds as the country's 10 million people were already grappling with a massive power outage. | The storm struck shortly after the collapse of the island's largest power plant on Friday, which crippled the national grid and resulted in an almost country-wide blackout, according to reports. Oscar, classified as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of nearly 80 mph (130km/h), made landfall in the eastern province of Guantanamo, near…
(2024-10-21). Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid huge power outage. geo.tv 
The Hotel Nacional is pictured during a blackout as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island, in Havana, Cuba October 20, 2024. — ReutersHurricane…
(2024-10-21). Oscar se convierte en tormenta tropical a su paso por Cuba. cubadebate.cu Oscar ha comenzado gradualmente a debilitarse y ahora sus vientos máximos sostenidos han disminuido hasta 110 kilómetros por hora, por lo que se convirtió en una tormenta tropical. Se encuentra a 30 kilómetros al estesudeste de Palenque Yateras y a 30 kilómetros al nortenordeste de San Antonio del Sur en la provincia de Guantánamo, así como a 45 kilómetros al sursudeste de Moa, Holguín. En las provincias de Guantánamo, Holguín y Las Tunas continúan registrándose lluvias, chubascos y tormentas eléctricas.
(2024-10-21). Díaz-Canel: Cuba está viviendo una situación excepcional (+ Videos). cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, expresó al concluir la reunión del Consejo de Defensa Nacional, que el país está viviendo una situación excepcional, marcado por dos eventos fundamentales y complejos: la emergencia energética y, por otro lado, la fase de alarma ciclónica para las provincias orientales.
(2024-10-21). Actual presidenta de Moldavia encabeza elecciones en primera vuelta con el 36% de los votos. cubadebate.cu La actual presidenta de Moldavia, Maia Sandu, obtiene el 36% de los votos en las elecciones presidenciales, mientras el ex fiscal general Alexandru Stoianoglo recibe el 29%, consta en el informe de la Comisión Electoral Central tras procesar el 78% de las papeletas. En caso de que ningún candidato obtenga más de la mitad, habrá una segunda vuelta el próximo 3 de noviembre.
(2024-10-21). Huracán Oscar azota el norte de la provincia de Guantánamo. cubadebate.cu El centro del huracán Oscar a las nueve de la noche se localizó en los 20.2 grados de latitud Norte y los 74.6 grados de longitud Oeste, posición que lo sitúa a 15 kilómetros al norte-nordeste de Imías, Guantánamo y a 60 kilómetros al sudeste de Moa, Holguín. En las provincias de Guantánamo, Holguín y Las Tunas se han reportado lluvias y tormentas eléctricas en las últimas doce horas.
(2024-10-21). Israel intensifica su guerra de exterminio en Gaza: Ascienden a 87 los muertos tras la nueva masacre. cubadebate.cu Fuentes médicas palestinas en la Franja de Gaza denunciaron hoy la muerte de al menos 87 civiles en un bombardeo israelí contra un complejo residencial en la ciudad de Beit Lahia, en el norte de este enclave costero. Indicaron que la mayoría de las víctimas mortales son niños y mujeres, y que decenas resultaron heridos o se encuentran desaparecidos.
(2024-10-21). Fuerza Aérea israelí atacó 4 distritos de la parte sur de la capital libanesa. cubadebate.cu Aviones de combate de la Fuerza Aérea israelí atacaron 4 distritos de la parte sur de la capital libanesa, donde se encuentran las instalaciones de la organización chií Hezbolá, informó una fuente de defensa civil a nuestra agencia. Se llevaron a cabo incursiones aéreas contra casas en los barrios de Gobeiri, Tahwita Al Ghadir y Ash Shiyah.
(2024-10-21). Martinique: 'Our economy is based on a colonial model'. internationalviewpoint.org For the past month, the popular movement against the high cost of living in Martinique has been gathering momentum. Marcel Sellaye, an activist in the GRS (Groupe révolution socialiste) and a former leader of the Respé (Résistance ESPoir, Émancipation) list, explains the reasons for the anger and how the movement is continuing. | – | / |
(2024-10-21). UEFA'dan Halil Umut Meler'e gà∂rev. aa.com.tr FIFA kokartlƒ± hakem Halil Umut Meler, UEFA ≈ûampiyonlar Ligi'nde Portekiz'in Benfica ile Hollanda'nƒ±n Feyenoord takƒ±mlarƒ± arasƒ±nda 23 Ekim àáar≈üamba gàºnຠoynanacak màºsabakayƒ± yà∂netecek.
(2024-10-21). Anadolu Otoyolu'nda sis gà∂ràº≈ü mesafesini dàº≈üàºrdàº. aa.com.tr ƒ∞stanbul ile Ankara arasƒ±nda ula≈üƒ±mƒ± saƒülayan Anadolu Otoyolu'nun Dàºzce kesiminde sabah saatlerinde sis etkili oldu.
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(2024-10-21). The Government has a Way of Tackling Entrenched Health Inequalities Ready To Go — Will It Implement It? bylinetimes.com The But what if the Government had a well-established, potentially life-saving, nationwide screening programme at its fingert…