(2021-10-08). Pandora Papers: How London became a financial hub for Gulf rulers and the super-rich. middleeasteye.net 
Pandora Papers: How London became a financial hub for Gulf rulers and the super-rich | Many of the secretive structures used to hide wealth from scrutiny were created during the British Empire and involved the Middle East | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 12: 00 | A statue of a dragon marks the boundary of the City of London, the British capital's financial hub (Reuters) | Since leaving the European Union, the B…
(2021-10-08). How Facebook algorithms promote hate and toxic content. peoplesdispatch.org Whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed hard evidence—internal Facebook documents—that show it knew its algorithms promote dangerous content but did nothing about it so that it could maximize its advertising revenue.
(2021-10-08). Haugen isn't really a "Facebook whistleblower" and it's dangerous to imagine she is. dissidentvoice.org The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterised Frances Haugen as a "Facebook whistleblower" requires that we pause to consider what exactly we think the term "whistleblower" means. Haugen has brought to the surface a fuzziness in what many of us understand by the idea of whistleblowing. Even Russell Brand, …
(2021-10-08). Azerbaijan prepares troops in conquered Nagorno-Karabakh for winter operations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Azerbaijani Army has begun preparations for the winter season Supply and security work has begun in the troops, units, formations and military units of the Azerbaijani Army in preparation for the winter season. Special attention is paid to the preparation of the units of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in our liberated territories for the …
(2021-10-08). NATO on the Caspian: 30-year Azerbaijan-Turkey military collaboration reaches "even higher level" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defence chief receives Turkey's new military attache Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov has received Turkey's newly-appointed military attache Maj-Gen Zakaria Yalcin, the ministry reported on October 8. *** Along with other spheres, Azerbaijan and Turkey tightly cooperate in the military field and periodically hold joint drills to improve interaction and communication between their army units. Military …
(2021-10-08). Azerbaijan to attend NATO Parliamentary Assembly session, discuss "NATO's Asian partners" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan will be represented at the NATO PA session The 67th annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on October 8-11. The event will be attended by MP, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the NATO PA Kamran Bayramov…. …"Deepening cooperation in science and technology with NATO's Asian …
(2021-10-08). Paris demands aggressive EU policy after AUKUS treaty signed against China. wsws.org Australia's repudiation of multibillion-dollar weapons deals with France to ally with the UK and America against China has led to a lasting US-EU conflict.
(2021-10-08). Kanal Istanbul: Turkey about to open Black Sea wide open to NATO warships. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan has repeatedly asserted that the new canal will not be subject to terms of the 1936 Montreux Convention which limit the size of warships entering the Black Sea and the duration of their stay there. Soon NATO will be able to move a veritable armada into the sea. ==== Kanal Istanbul project now at …
(2021-10-08). A Macedonian Ramble: Albania High and Low. counterpunch.org by Matthew Stevenson This is the first part in a series about a journey across what used to be called Macedonia, which is now divided among Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. Just before the world closed in on itself, I decided to travel overland from the Albanian coastline to Istanbul, roughly along the front
(2021-10-08). Turkey Continues To Deploy Syrian Militants In Libya Despite Recent Reports Of Near Pullout. southfront.org 
illustrative image. | Turkey is preparing to deploy around 330 Syrian militants in Libya despite recent reports of a near Turkish withdrawal from the war-torn country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 8. | The London-based monitoring group said that the Syrian militants entered Turkey on two batches over the last few days. The militants will be replacing some 420 others who recently returned to Syria after completing their deployment in Libya. | According to the SOHR, which has been monitoring…
(2021-10-08). Bordering Belarus, Kaliningrad, Russia: first new U.S. interceptor missiles in Poland next year. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com First US air defence systems for Poland next year: minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak was speaking during a visit to Fort Sill, a US Army base in the southern state of Oklahoma, where Polish soldiers are learning to operate the American-made Patriot air defence system, state news agency PAP reported. "By the end of next year, the …
(2021-10-08). Poland reports gunfire at Belarusian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Belarus officials open fire at Polish soldiers: Border Guard A group of Belarusian officials have fired shots at Polish soldiers helping protect the two countries' shared frontier, the Polish Border Guard announced on Friday. **** Poland and fellow EU members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have accused Belarus' strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko of organising a wave …
(2021-10-08). Pentagon meeting: U.S. arms Poland, deploys more troops for conflict with Belarus, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish defence minister hails 'very successful' talks with US counterpart Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak has said he had "very successful" talks with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin when the two met at the Pentagon on Wednesday. *** Officials announced this summer that Poland would buy 250 Abrams tanks from the United States as part …
(2021-10-08). EU Tries To Block Russia-Belarus Integration As Migrants Die Along Its Border. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-08). Nurses left behind by Croatian government. peoplesdispatch.org 
Several hundred health workers from the trade union Nurses United, held a protest on 23 September this year in Zagreb, Croatia, calling on the government to improve their working conditions. The rally was the first significant public action in the healthcare sector after a large protest in 2019, when over 2,000 nurses, ambulance drivers, and other health workers protested exhausting working hours and worsening rights in the workplace. | In addition to the unresolved issue of overtime work, the nurses' requests expanded to more employment in public health facilities and a reversal of mandatory COVID-19 passes for…
(2021-10-08). Former Top U.S. Army Commander in Europe on Prospects for U.S. Missile System in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-08). European Energy Crisis — And Is that Gas You Think You're Burning? globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-08). Article 5: U.S. dispatches warplanes for NATO interoperability drills in Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles arrive in Greece for Castle Forge U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, arrived at Larissa Air Base, Greece, in support of operation Castle Forge, a U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa-led joint, multi-national training event. Castle Forge …
(2021-10-08). German Parties After The Elections: SPD. southfront.org 
German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and the Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz | You can read this article in German: For years the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was low in the polls and bobbed around at 15%, far behind the leading alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) and also way behind the Greens. Another decline seemed likely and apparently it was only a matter of time before the SPD would also be overtaken by the Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
(2021-10-08). Open Letter to Australian Labor MPs re IHRA & Labor "Progressive Except Palestine" (PEP). dissidentvoice.org At the outset I must declare that I am an anti-racist Jewish Australian scientist and humanitarian writer with a sole allegiance to Australia. Coming from a famous Jewish Hungarian family near-eradicated from Hungary by the WW2 Jewish Holocaust, I am inescapably bound by the key moral imperatives from that catastrophe, to whit "zero tolerance for …
(2021-10-08). U.S. hands NATO maritime group over to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Standing NATO Maritime Countermeasure Group 1 Conducts Operational Handover BELFAST, Ireland — In a ceremony on Oct. 2, Commander Michal Dziugan of the Polish Navy assumed command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) from Captain Sam Brasfield of the United States Navy in Belfast, United Kingdom, aboard the German flagship FGS Elbe. This …
(2021-10-08). Enhanced Partner Ukraine seeks completion of NATO's takeover of Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine seeks more cooperation with NATO in Black Sea region: FM Ukraine is willing to deepen cooperation with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states and partner countries in the Black Sea region, authorities said on Thursday. "NATO countries, together with Ukraine, Georgia and even Moldova, can unite their efforts on the issue of the …
(2021-10-08). HMS Queen Elizabeth Leads 16 More International Warships Into South China Sea On "Freedom Of Navigation Patrol" southfront.org 
A British aircraft carrier has led warships from Britain, America, Canada, The Netherlands, Japan and New Zealand into the disputed…
(2021-10-08). Video: U.S. troops, armor conduct live-fire exercise in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Fighting Aces conduct platoon live-fire at Bucierz range, DPTA Soldiers with Charlie Company "Fighting Aces," 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct dismounted operations from Bradley Fighting Vehicles to seize the objective at Bucierz range, Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Oct. 1, 2021.
(2021-10-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The case for continuing COVID-19 precautions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. are reportedly dropping. While the news headlines are encouraging, the country is in its fourth surge heading into flu season and winter holidays. That is why medical experts are keeping their predictions and recommendations fluid. How the virus spreads depends on human behavior. "What happens is that people read the news and say: 'We're done. We're free. It's over,'" says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's…
(2021-10-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breaking down COVID-19 vaccine booster approvals. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The path to approvals for a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has seemed complicated. "This is a confusing set of recommendations," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "So let's look at the four groups approved for only the Pfizer booster, thus far. If you got a primary series of the Pfizer vaccine, you're 65 and older, and it's been six months or more, you…
(2021-10-08). Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa Wins Nobel Peace Prize After Facing Years of Threats & Arrests. democracynow.org 
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and Russian newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov for their work to "safeguard freedom of expression." Ressa has repeatedly been arrested by the government of Rodrigo Duterte for the groundbreaking work of her news site Rappler, which has exposed Duterte's deadly war on drugs that has killed tens of thousands. "The Nobel Peace Prize committee realized a world without facts means a world without truth," said Ressa today after winning the prize. We reair a 2019 interview when Ressa came into the Democracy Now! studio.
(2021-10-08). Headlines for October 8, 2021. democracynow.org Pfizer-BioNTech Requests Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11, COVID Deaths in Russia Top 900/Day; Venezuela Accuses IMF of Withholding Pandemic Funds, Senate Cmte. Says Trump Repeatedly Asked DOJ for Help Overturning Election Loss, Senate Votes to Lift Debt Ceiling Until Early December, Minneapolis Police Joke About "Hunting Activists" During 2020 Racial Justice Uprising, Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, WSJ: U.S. Military Secretly Training Taiwanese Forces for Possible Conflict with China, Gunmen Kill 2 School Teachers in Kashmir Amid Mounting Attac…
(2021-10-08). NATO Halves Russia's Mission To The Alliance, Moscow Mulls How To Respond. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | NATO decided to halve Russia's mission to the alliance, and Russian outlet Kommersant claimed that it had discovered what response measures Moscow would apply. | According to the outlet, steps will be taken in relation to the NATO Military Liaison Mission in Moscow, operating under the auspices of the Belgian embassy. | At the same time, Kommersant's sources do not exclude that Russia will generally close its permanent mission to NATO. | The NATO Military Liaison Mission in Moscow was esta…
(2021-10-08). Central Syria Insurgency: Russian Airstrikes Killed, Wounded 44 ISIS Terrorists In Week. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out more than 200 airstrikes on ISIS terrorists in Syria's central region in the first week of October, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on October 8. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the Russian airstrikes targeted hideouts of the terrorist group in the outskirts of Ithriyah, Resafa and other areas in the Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle,…
(2021-10-08). Selected Articles: Twenty Years Ago: US Invasion of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca 
By CIA responded by preparing to foil Assange's possible Russian-assisted departure to include potential gun battles with Moscow's spies on …
(2021-10-08). Stoltenberg: NATO strengthening military ties with Black Sea enhanced partners Georgia, Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com We are continuing to strengthen our cooperation and partnership both with Ukraine and Georgia — Jens Stoltenberg We are continuing to strengthen our cooperation and partnership both with Ukraine and Georgia. Such a statement made NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council Meeting with the National Security Advisers. "I'm …
(2021-10-07). Iranian press review: Tehran fury over Israel-Azerbaijan military pact. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Tehran fury over Israel-Azerbaijan military pact | Meanwhile, conservative MP claims Iranian property investors have 'saved' Turkey's economy, and corruption heavily linked to suicide cases | Thu, 10/07/2021 – 12: 00 | A handout picture made available by the Iranian army official website on October 1, 2021, shows an Iranian army helicopter during a military exercis…
(2021-10-07). How Facebook's Quest for Profits Is Paved on Hate and Lies. independentmediainstitute.org Facebook's former employee Frances Haugen, in an interview on "60 Minutes," explained to host Scott Pelley that the social media giant has conducted internal experiments that demonstrate just how quickly and efficiently its users are driven down rabbit holes of white supremacist beliefs. The 37-year-old data scientist who resigned from Facebook earlier this year and …
(2021-10-07). Whistleblower Warns Facebook a Threat to Children and Democracy. zcomm.org Frances Haugen said the company's leaders know how to make their platforms safer, "but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people"
(2021-10-07). Haugen: Facebook has become the Terminator. zcomm.org Please Help Znet Source: Informed Comment Photo by Primakov/Shutterstock Frances Haugen's whistleblower testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security highlighted Facebook's interactions with children, but the testimony was a devastating indictment of the pernicious effects of the company's
(2021-10-07). Soviet writer Vasily Grossman's final work, An Armenian Sketchbook. wsws.org This volume, presenting an informal account of the author's trip to the small Soviet republic in 1961, is in its own slighter fashion as deeply moving as his monumental war novels.
(2021-10-07). Azerbaijan, Turkey conduct more war games near Iranian, Armenian borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish, Azerbaijani militaries hold more drills in Nakhchivan Indestructible Brotherhood-2021 includes live-fire tactical exercises by land and air units from the two countries, according to a statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry on Tuesday evening. "In order to ensure the interoperability of units, troops are constantly monitored from command posts through control systems as well …
(2021-10-07). Iran Closes Its Airspace to Azerbaijani Military, Warns Russia to be Wary of Geopolitical Changes in Caucasus. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-07). Aliyev awards Azerbaijani troops for serving NATO in Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijani peacekeepers serving in Afghanistan awarded —Azerbaijani servicemen acted within the NATO/U.S.-led peacekeeping forces in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Sudan from September 1999. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on awarding servicemen of the Defence Ministry on October 6, Azertag has reported. Under the order, the servicemen, who represented Azerbaijan at a high …
(2021-10-07). Tensions mount between Iran, Azerbaijan in Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tensions mount between Iran, Azerbaijan in Caucasus region Tensions mount between Iran and Azerbaijan as Tehran heckles Baku over its ties with Israel and Baku criticizes Tehran's "provocative" military actions near its borders. Most recently, Iran said Wednesday that it has "serious concerns" about Israel's presence in the Caucasus. The comments came a day after …
(2021-10-07). Report: Azerbaijan mulls buying Israeli Arrow-3 interceptor missiles amid tensions with Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan weighs buying Israeli Arrow-3 missile amid Iran tensions Azerbaijan is considering buying Israel's Arrow-3 missile defense system amid tensions with Iran, according to Israel Hayom newspaper. The move would be a major step in typically quiet Israel-Azerbaijan defense ties. Azerbaijan's government began stopping, fining and in at least two cases detaining Iranian vehicles transiting …
(2021-10-07). The Iran-Azerbaijan Standoff Is a Contest for the Region's Transportation Corridors. strategic-culture.org 
By Pepe ESCOBAR | The last thing the complex, work-in-progress drive towards Eurasian integration needs at this stage is this messy affair between Iran and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus. | Let's start with the Conquerors of Khaybar — the largest Iranian military exercise in two decades held on its northwestern border with Azerbaijan. Zangezur is one of the strategic areas in the competition for connectivity routes in West Asia and the South Caucasus. | Among the deployed Iranian military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) units there are some serious players, such as the 21st Tabriz Infant…
(2021-10-07). AUKUS Inadvertently Opens Diplomatic Opportunities for Russia with France & India. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-10-07). Jihadist Attacks In Mali Becoming The Norm As France Increasingly Abandons It. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv…
(2021-10-07). Key Witness In Assange Case Jailed In Iceland. popularresistance.org Sigurdur Thordarson, a key witness for the FBI against Julian Assange, has been jailed in Iceland. The notorious alleged hacker and convicted pedophile was remanded to custody in Iceland's highest security prison, Litla Hraun, on September 24. àûórà∞arson ¥s lawyer, Húnbogi J. Andersen, confirms that he is in custody. Thordarson was given immunity by the FBI in exchange for testimony against Julian Assange. | Thordarson was arrested the same day he arrived back in Iceland from a trip to Spain, and was subsequently brought before a judge after police requested indefinite detention intended to halt…
(2021-10-07). Crimea and beyond: Turkish, Ukrainian DMs, FMs to meet for second time in quadriga format. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine, Turkey to meet in quadriga format by year-end "I will be happy to meet again with my colleague, the Minister of Defense, with Minister àáavu≈üoƒülu and the Minister of Defense of Turkey in the quadriga format by the end of the year," Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said at a briefing …
(2021-10-07). Foreign ministers to honor Ukrainian troops killed in Donbass, Turkish troops killed in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Turkish troops to be honored by the foreign ministers of Turkey and Ukraine are presumably those attached to the 15th Corps deployed to Galicia to fight against the Russian Empire, of which contemporary Ukraine was a part. Foreign Minister of Turkey to visit Ukraine During their stay in Lviv, the ministers will lay flowers …
(2021-10-07). Ukrainian-Turkish military partnership at highest level in 30 years of post-Soviet history. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba: Ukraine—Turkey partnership is at peak of its development over past 30 years Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu discussed the preparation of the 10th meeting of the High-Level Strategic Council, security in the Black Sea, military-technical cooperation…. **** Ukraine—Turkey strategic partnership today is …
(2021-10-07). Re-visiting Red Vienna: as an urban project. mronline.org 
The "Vienna Model" for providing subsidized housing is unquestionably one of the singular achievements of Austrian social policy and architectural production.