Monthly Archives: October 2021

2021-10-31: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2021-10-31). China, Russia agree to uphold multilateralism, warn of 'small circles'. ecns.cn China is ready to work with Russia to uphold multilateralism and oppose "small circles," "false democracy" and "new Cold War," Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Saturday while meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

TASS (2021-10-31). Two Syrian soldiers wounded in attack of Israeli fighter jets near Golan Heights. tass.com Apart from that, Kulit pointed out that Russian military personnel were continuing to fulfil peacekeeping missions in northern Syrian cities of Ain-Issa and Tel Rifat…

TASS (2021-10-31). G20 countries to draft measures for boosting global healthcare — Russian ministry. tass.com G20 healthcare and finance ministers met in Rome on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Friday…

ecns.cn (2021-10-31). Putin urges mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines among G20 members. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) countries should solve as soon as possible the problem of mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination certificates.

John V. Walsh (2021-10-31). Cover-up of U.S. Nuclear Sub Collision in South China Sea. dissidentvoice.org "When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled." So warned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2020. He was referring to the consequences for East Asia of a conflict between the US and China. Fast forward to October 2, 2021, about one year later, …

ecns.cn (2021-10-31). Chinese, Indonesia FMs voice serious concerns over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indonesia counterpart Retno Marsudi met Friday, vowing to enhance bilateral ties and voicing serious concerns over the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.

sputniknews (2021-10-31). Jellyfish En Masse Flood Scottish Nuclear Power Plant, Causing Emergency Inactivation. sputniknews.com The same incident happened in 2011, when the plant's staff noticed that incoming water flow was reducing. Lack of water may cause overheating of the reactors, requiring their deactivation.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-30). Military Situation In Iraq On October 30, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 30, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 8 times: 3 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On October 30, Russia reported that over the past 322 hours, 322 refugees returned to the Syria, 311 people from Lebanon through Jaydet Yabus checkpoints, Tel-Kalah, 11 people from Jordan through the Nasib checkpoint | On October 30, Israeli Army targeted SAA positions in t…

sputniknews (2021-10-30). Russian Fleet Monitoring US Navy Destroyer in Black Sea. sputniknews.com On Friday, the US Sixth Fleet said that a destroyer, the USS Porter, was transiting to the Black Sea in order to operate with its NATO allies.

Aaron Maté (2021-10-30). CrowdStrike one of Russiagate's 'biggest culprits': ex-House investigator. thegrayzone.com Former Congressional investigator Kash Patel, who helped expose the Steele dossier fraud, on the overlooked, suspicious role of another Clinton campaign contractor, CrowdStrike, which accused Russia of hacking the DNC. As a top investigator on the House Intelligence Committee, Kash Patel helped uncover the Clinton campaign's funding of the Steele dossier and the FBI's extensive and deceptive reliance on it. Patel joins Aaron Maté to discuss Steele's new attempt to defend his discredited work via a softball interview with ABC …

_____ (2021-10-30). Russia Changes the Rules of Global Logistics while Bypassing the Suez. journal-neo.org After the container ship Ever Given got stuck in the waters of the Suez Canal in 2020, global trade faced the consequences of a crisis factor that was previously considered unlikely. This incident highlighted the need, at least, to improve infrastructure capable of meeting the requirements of the ongoing growth of the global supply chain …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-30). Finns being conditioned for war with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg Says Door Remains Open For Finland To Join Military Alliance Finns increasingly critical of Russia, survey finds Finnish residents are increasingly critical of Russia, according to a values and attitudes survey commissioned by the think tank Eva, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum. Slightly more than one-third of respondents had a …

Staff (2021-10-30). Eastern European nations facing sharp spike in Covid-19 cases, with low rates of vaccination undermining efforts to end pandemic. rt.com With Covid-19 infections again on the rise across much of Eastern Europe and many countries struggling to meet vaccine rollout targets, a number of nations are imposing new restrictions, while governments in the West relax them. | On Friday, Russian health officials

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-30). Turkey to Russia: We sold drones to Ukraine for war in Donbass but aren't to blame for them being used for…war in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Story below. Under the terms of NATO's nuclear sharing/burden sharing, 50 American B61 tactical nuclear bombs stored at the ƒ∞ncirlik Air Base in Turkey can be — in fact it's mandated they would be — delivered by Turkish F-16s to their destined targets. Were several of Russia's major cities reduced to smouldering, irradiated rubble in …

Frank Boulton (2021-10-30). [Correspondence] Reinforcing security through prohibition of nuclear weapons. thelancet.com The Nuclear Weapons Group of Medact, the UK affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, commends the Editors1 for drawing attention to the first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will be held in January, 2022. Publications in The Lancet have previously referred to the controversial but important public health issue of nuclear war.2,3…

MEE, agencies (2021-10-30). Iran nuclear deal: Western leaders urge Iran to act in 'good faith'. middleeasteye.net Iran nuclear deal: Western leaders urge Iran to act in 'good faith' | Leaders of the US, the UK, Germany and France, who are hoping to persuade Tehran to stop enriching uranium to near-weapons-grade levels, say they want a negotiated solution | Sat, 10/30/2021 – 19: 32 | Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi (L) accompanied by the chief of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Mohammad Eslami,…

Karl Grossman (2021-10-30). Science Committee hearing: 'Accelerating Deep Space Travel with Space Nuclear Propulsion'. nationofchange.org New systems using solar power are being developed—past the current use of thin film such as Mylar for solar sails.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-10-30). Al pueblo de Cuba: øEstá Washington orquestando un "golpe blando"? La cooptación de los intelectuales cubanos. globalizacion.ca Nota del autor | En octubre de 2010, fue invitado a la casa de Fidel Castro en las afueras de La Habana para discutir la política exterior de Estados Unidos, los peligros de la guerra nuclear, la crisis económica global y…

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2021-10-30: News Headlines

_____ (2021-10-30). Russia Changes the Rules of Global Logistics while Bypassing the Suez. journal-neo.org After the container ship Ever Given got stuck in the waters of the Suez Canal in 2020, global trade faced the consequences of a crisis factor that was previously considered unlikely. This incident highlighted the need, at least, to improve infrastructure capable of meeting the requirements of the ongoing growth of the global supply chain …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-30). Finns being conditioned for war with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg Says Door Remains Open For Finland To Join Military Alliance Finns increasingly critical of Russia, survey finds Finnish residents are increasingly critical of Russia, according to a values and attitudes survey commissioned by the think tank Eva, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum. Slightly more than one-third of respondents had a …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-29). Latvian MEP: Europe living in cold war conditions with EU, NATO on one side, Belarus and Russia on the other. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com We are living in cold war conditions, with the EU on one side and Russia and Belarus on the other — MEP Kalniete RIGA — We are currently living in cold war-like conditions, where the European Union (EU) is on one side and Belarus and Russia on the other, Sandra Kalniete (New Unity), Member of …

Brittani Banks (2021-10-29). 'Fascist' Doesn't Mean What It Used To. independentmediainstitute.org The question of whether or not Russia is fascist rarely if ever gets asked nowadays because it seems so obvious: Why waste the time it takes to even ask the question? International relations scholars; major media organizations; non-scholarly yet high-profile shapers of the prevailing wisdom; and politicians on both sides of the aisle seem almost …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-29). EUCOM/NATO commander hosts top brass for Russia Strategic Roundtable, China Strategic Roundtable. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The commander of U.S. European Command is also the top military commander of NATO: Supreme Allied Commander Europe. ==== USEUCOM Commander Hosts Russia Strategic Roundtable Commander of U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), Air Force General Tod D. Wolters, hosted a senior U.S. military leader forum focused on global campaigning and integrated deterrence at the Pentagon today. …

Anonymous669 (2021-10-29). 38 Russian Airstrikes Hit ISIS Hideouts In Central Syria: Monitoring Group. southfront.org Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | Late on October 28, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out 38 airstrikes on ISIS cells in Syria's central region, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). | The Russian airstrikes targeted hideouts of the terrorist group in the Amour mount in the eastern countryside of Homs as well as in the al-Bishri mount which lays along the administrative border between…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-29). FM: NATO should use Turkey-Ukraine bloc to confront Russia in Black Sea. Turkish drones "game changer" in Donbass war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey, Ukraine cooperation vital for Black Sea security: Minister The introduction of the drone is a potential game-changer in the yearslong conflict, considering that Turkish drones were used by Azerbaijan last year to overpower Armenia's army in Nagorno-Karabakh — another frozen post-Soviet conflict. Cooperation between Turkey in Ukraine is vital for security in the Black …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-29). Pentagon pressures NATO allies to send more weapons to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon urges US allies to lift restrictions on defensive arms supplies for Ukraine The US Department of Defense called on their allies to lift the restrictions on supplies of defensive firearms for Ukraine. Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia said so at an online event, organized by the Centre …

WSWS (2021-10-29). German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer threatens Russia with nuclear weapons. wsws.org The fact that Kramp-Karrenbauer speaks of the use of nuclear weapons against Russia without blinking an eye gives harrowing insight into the state of mind at the highest levels of the German state.

Editor (2021-10-29). Communists face rare crackdown in Russia, upending old balance. mronline.org Boris Kagarlitsky, a veteran left-wing dissident, holds the distinction of having been a political prisoner under the regimes of Leonid Brezhnev and Boris Yeltsin. Now he can add President Vladimir Putin to that list.

_____ (2021-10-29). Peace in Afghanistan is No Longer 'Made in the US'. journal-neo.org Even though the US fought the war in Afghanistan for twenty years and it decided to withdraw after signing a deal with the Taliban (banned in Russia), the end of the war and the US withdrawal has not automatically transitioned into 'peace.' The US' utterly chaotic and irresponsible withdrawal from Afghanistan and the consequent resurgence …

_____ (2021-10-29). It's World War III Already — And Humanity Is Losing. journal-neo.org We are at war here on Earth. World War III has been going on under our noses. Or, perhaps World War 2 never even ended? I wonder, has anyone else ever considered these ideas? Looking at the narratives of modern detente, one can easily conclude we will never have peace. It's time the people of …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-29). Pressure To Dissolve The UN Security Council: Putin Warns Of League Of Nations Revival. What Are The Implications? southfront.org Written by Matthew Ehret-Kump. originally published on Global Research Faced with increasing pressure to dissolve the five member UN Security…

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