infobrics (2023-11-16). How BRICS Became a Club That Others Want to Join. infobrics.org The BRICS emerging market nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has gone from a slogan dreamed up at an investment bank two decades ago to a real-world club that controls a multilateral lender…

infobrics (2023-11-16). Estonian Prime Minister still ambitious for NATO job, despite recent scandal. infobrics.org An anti-Russian hardline politician, she has been involved in a major scandal over family business with Russia.

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-11-16). Don't plan yet for Ukraine reconstruction. peoplesdispatch.org Russia can carry on with the attritional war in Ukraine for years to come. Meanwhile, the cruel fate that awaits Ukraine may turn out to be far worse than what Iraq and Afghanistan experienced…

Drago Bosnic (2023-11-16). Performance of Russia's Defense Industry: Buoyant Weapons Exports, Despite the Sanctions. globalresearch.ca

World Beyond War (2023-11-16). Open Letter from a Ukrainian Facing Prison for Speaking for Peace. pressenza.com Greetings from Kyiv. Yesterday my city was disturbed again by air raid sirens, so I ran from Vernadsky scientific library to hide in the closest shelter, a subway station. Ruthless Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, as well as the Ukrainian defensive war effort. Civilians are dying, cities are being bombarded on both sides of the frontline, and that is the essence of any war — aggressive or defensive — the pure evil of war, which is barbaric mass killing by definition. | By Yurii Sheliazhenko | The air raid alert didn't stopped President Zelensky from signing a request to his pocket parliam…

WSWS (2023-11-16). German government plans to more than double military aid for Ukraine. wsws.org Germany's coalition government fully supports Israel's genocide in Gaza and rejects any ceasefire. At the same time, it is aggressively pushing ahead with the war offensive against Russia.

infobrics (2023-11-16). China and Russia Strengthen Ties on Sci-tech Cooperation at Forum in Harbin. infobrics.org The 10th China-Russia Engineering and Technology Forum, also known as the 2023 China-Russia Digital Economy Summit, was held in Harbin, Heilongjiang province…

infobrics (2023-11-16). India Is Interested in Ramping up Coal Exports from Russia. infobrics.org There are opportunities for growth in supplies via the North-South ITC using multimodal logistics schemes…

infobrics (2023-11-16). Latest American ICBM struggling with 'unknown unknowns', says USAF Secretary. infobrics.org The LGM-35A "Sentinel" is most likely inferior to the already existing Russian equivalents such as the RS-24 "Yars", which boasts a depressed flight path and limited maneuvering capabilities. In addition, Russian Strategic Missile Forces already possess 150-160 of these ICBMs, 90% of which are road-mobile, meaning that they have a much higher survivability than the LGM-35A "Sentinel" which will be entirely confined to silos. All this is without even considering hundreds of other strategic weapons in Moscow's unrivaled arsenal.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-11-16). Russian and Venezuelan foreign ministers criticize policy in Gaza. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, and Venezuela, Yván Gil, on Thursday criticized the extermination policy that Israel is enforcing against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-16). US Asking Israel To Act Faster in Gaza To Protect Biden's Approval Rating — Russian Agency. orinocotribune.com At the same time, "numerous visitors from the US State Department and Defense Department declare a desire for immediate peace," the agency said | The US is using backchannels to persuade Israel to speed up the operation in the Gaza Strip so that it does not affect President Joe Biden's approval ratings ahead of the elections, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said. | The agency said Washington publicly states its allegedly concern about the indiscriminate bombardment of hospitals and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, "numerous visitors from the US State Department and Defense Department de…

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Russia and Venezuela Cooperate to Strengthen Their Resilience. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said that cooperation between Russia and Venezuela should serve to strengthen the resilience of both countries' national economies amid Western sanctions. | RELATED: | "We have a common opinion that our bilateral cooperation should contribute to increasing the stability of our national economies, against the backdrop of the massive sanctions campaign unleash…

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Russia Says Relations With US Could Be Severed at Any Moment. telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Venezuelan FM Condemns Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil rejected the genocide that the Israeli forces are perpetrating in Gaza and demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. | RELATED: | "Venezuela has a firm stance condemning the genocide carried out by the government of the State of Israel," Gil said during a press conference carried out in Moscow with the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. | Gil stresse…

WSWS (2023-11-16). Israel's war on hospitals and the normalization of war crimes. wsws.org The imperialist powers have embraced Israel's war on hospitals, aiming to set a precedent for the mass murder of civilians in future wars against Russia, China, and Iran.

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-16). UN Security Council Passes Resolution Calling for 'Humanitarian Pause' in Gaza. news.antiwar.com The UN Security Council passed its first resolution related to Israel's war in Gaza on Wednesday that calls for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow aid and other assistance to reach Palestinian civilians. The resolution passed in a vote of 12-0, with the US, the UK, and Russia all abstaining from voting. …

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2023-11-16). IPEF: New Cold War weapon backfires. mronline.org U.S. President Joe Biden's Indo-Pacific Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) is the economic arm of his administration's Indo-Pacific Strategy, aimed at countering China's influence in the region.

ecns.cn (2023-11-16). China not to fight cold war or hot war with anyone: Xi. ecns.cn China will not fight a cold war or a hot war with anyone, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.

presstv.ir (2023-11-16). Russia warns Israeli provocations may drag Iran, Hezbollah into Gaza war. presstv.ir Russia's Lavrov says Iran and Hezbollah are not willing to intervene in the Gaza war but may get engaged if provoked by Israel.

WSWS (2023-11-15). The American Medical Association rejects a resolution for ceasefire in Gaza. wsws.org While the AMA leaders claim they must observe "neutrality" in relation to the Israel war on Gaza, they had no such scruples in condemning Russia for its war with Ukraine.

Staff (2023-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital, Turning Gaza's Largest Medical Facility into War Zone, "We Will Drown": Displaced Gazans in Refugee Tents Face Heavy Rain, Israeli Forces Kill 8 Palestinians, Attack Hospital in West Bank, Israel Confirms Death of Oct. 7 Hostage; Hamas Blames Israeli Airstrike, Belize Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Israel; U.N. Palestine Observer Slams Olaf Scholz's Defense of Israel, "March for Israel" Brings Together Celebrities with Right-Wing Leaders, White Nationalist Pastor, Russian-Backed Attacks in Syria Ramp Up, Killing 66 People over Past Month, House Passes…

Editor (2023-11-15). Israeli nuclear arsenal major threat to stability amid Gaza war: Iran. mronline.org Iran's envoy to the United Nations calls on the IAEA and the UNSC to take immediate action to avert any potential threats posed by the Israeli entity.

Scott Ritter (2023-11-15). Israel's Nuclear Weapons in the Spotlight. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-11-15). HOW THE United States and Its NATO Allies Sabotaged Peace Between Russia and Ukraine. sonar21.com We now know that the United States played the primary role in sabotaging the March 29, 2022 tentative peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine thanks to the recently

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-15). Why the US Needs This War in Gaza. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington needs to win its Gazan war against Iran because it failed to win its Ukrainian war against Russia. The Global South was expecting the Dawn of a New Arabian Reality. After all, the Arab street — even while repressed in their home nations — has pulsed with protests expressing ferocious rage against…

infobrics (2023-11-15). Russian defense industry powers through sanctions as its weapons dominate in Ukraine. infobrics.org Despite the March data published by the Swedish SIPRI which claims that the US share of global arms exports rose from 33% to 40%, while Russia's supposedly fell from 22% to 16% during the 2013-17 and 2018-22 period, respectively, the portfolio of orders of Rosoboronexport is stable and currently stands at over four trillion rubles (roughly $45-50 billion).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-15). Walter Rodney and Palestinian Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com Chinedu Chukwudinma During my visit to the Atlanta Archive last autumn, I noticed some scribbled notes on the back of Walter Rodney's draft syllabus for his 1970-71 course on the Russian Revolution at the University of Dar Es Salaam. "September 12th, 1970", read his handwriting, "Hijackings — T.W.A Boeing + Swissair DC 8 to Jordan"….

ecns.cn (2023-11-15). EU mulls 12th round of curbs on Russia. ecns.cn European Union officials are finalizing the "last details" of a proposed 12th package of sanctions on Russia that will include a diamond ban, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-15). Cuban General Prosecutor concludes visit to Russia. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) A delegation headed by Cuba's general attorney , Yamila Peña, ended a successful visit to Russia, the ambassador of the Caribbean nation, Julio Garmendía, told Prensa Latina.

John Feffer (2023-11-15). Defrosting the Cold War with China. fpif.org Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in the United States this week to participate in the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. He also met one-on-one with President Joe Biden. | But it hasn't been exactly a red-carpet kind of visit. | For one thing, because the two leaders will be talking in San Francisco, their confab will generate very little of the pomp and circumstance of a U.S. president welcoming a foreign dignitary to Washington. Second, the focus of Xi's visit is the APEC meeting. He'll be absorbed in wooing the other 20 members of the group, which works on facilitating trade and investme…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-15). UN says global conflicts are at their highest point since Cold War. plenglish.com United Nations, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) The intensity and duration of global tensions are at their highest level since the end of the Cold War, according to a senior UN conflict resolution officer.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-11-15). Rusia acusa a EE.UU. de no querer detener a Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net El titular de Exteriores recordó que la posición del presidente ruso Vladimir Putin , la solución de la crisis de Oriente Medio solo es posible sobre la base de una fórmula de "dos Estados".

Linda Pentz Gunter (2023-11-15). The Dann Aisters Blazed an Anti-Nuclear Trail. counterpunch.org The Dann sisters campaigned to assert the rights of their Indigenous Western Shoshone people, committing themselves to a political and legal battle to retain their ancestral lands, harmed by nuclear tests carried out by the US government, then threatened with the deep geological radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain (for the time being defeated).

Linda Pentz Gunter (2023-11-15). The Dann Sisters Blazed an Anti-Nuclear Trail. counterpunch.org The Dann sisters campaigned to assert the rights of their Indigenous Western Shoshone people, committing themselves to a political and legal battle to retain their ancestral lands, harmed by nuclear tests carried out by the US government, then threatened with the deep geological radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain (for the time being defeated).

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). All Israel's nuclear sites must be placed under IAEA safeguards: China. presstv.ir China has backed calls for a Middle East free of nuclear arms, saying all Israel's nuclear sites must be placed under IAEA safeguards.

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). Russia warns Israeli provocations may drag Iran, Hezbollah into Gaza war. presstv.ir Russia's Lavrov says Iran and Hezbollah are not willing to intervene in the Gaza war but may get engaged if provoked by Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). Iran warns against grave threat posed by nuclear-armed Israel to region. presstv.ir Iran's UN ambassador warns against the threat posed by Israel to regional stability as the illegitimate regime maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity regarding its nuclear weapons.