(2021-10-30). An End to Privacy: Big Tech's Appetite Turns Towards Cashless Payments. indybay.org "GAFAM" is the acronym used in Europe to refer to tech behemoths Google (under parent company Alphabet), Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. In the U.S., they are more commonly known as "The Big Five" or "FAAMG". Globally, they are "big tech" and they are powerful.
(2021-10-30). Ahead of COP26, African Countries Reject EU Trying to Back Out of Climate Finance Talks. towardfreedom.org With its climate pact and a climate law, the European Union is often viewed as progressive when it comes to dealing with the climate crisis. But positions that both EU countries and the EU bloc have taken in the run-up to the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26), the largest annual climate-change conference, paint a different picture.
(2021-10-30). G20 urged to take joint actions to tackle global challenges. ecns.cn On the eve of the 16th Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Summit in Rome, leaders of several multinational organizations called on the Group comprising 19 countries plus the European Union (EU) to strengthen joint efforts to address global challenges.
(2021-10-30). The Glasgow summit, climate change, and the case for socialism. wsws.org The past two years have seen a series of escalating climate disasters in all regions of the globe, including massive wildfires from the Australian bush to the American west, devastating flooding in Europe, Asia and the Americas, and deadly heatwaves the world over.
(2021-10-30). European audience members speak on the significance of October 24 webinar, "How to end the pandemic" wsws.org The October 24 webinar evoked an enthusiastic response among audience members across Europe and internationally.
(2021-10-30). Pinochet entregó en adopción a miles de niños chilenos a Suecia para mejorar las relaciones bilaterales. cubadebate.cu La información fue dada a conocer por el medio sueco Dagens Nyheter (DN), que publicó el reportaje "Niños a toda costa", donde dejó en evidencia cómo menores provenientes de países pobres habían sido adoptados en la nación europea sin el consentimiento de sus padres en el período comprendido entre 1971 a 1992.
(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 …
(2021-10-30). NATO uses tiny Luxembourg for work on its military sites in Latvia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Bausch pledges ‚Ǩ6.9m to help Latvia clean up military sites Defence minister Franàßois Bausch on Thursday signed a ‚Ǩ6.9m agreement with Latvia to help the country clean up polluted military sites over the coming years. The document was signed on the sidelines of a Nato meeting in Brussels. Both countries already in February last year …
(2021-10-30). China opposes official exchanges between Lithuania and Taiwan region. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Saturday China firmly opposes all forms of official interactions between the Taiwan region and countries having diplomatic ties with China.
(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 …
(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.
(2021-10-30). U.S. special ops plane unloads High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for war games in Sweden. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. MC-130J Lands On Highway In Sweden To Unload HIMARS Artillery System During Special Ops Exercise The MC-130J Commando II Special Operations aircraft unloaded an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that was then loaded onto a Swedish C-130 during recent drills on Gotland island. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130J Commando II …
(2021-10-29). Biden's DOJ Dismissed Suicide Risk for Assange in Appeal of Extradition Denial. truthout.org 
The Biden administration asked two United Kingdom High Court judges to overturn the British district judge's denial of extradition of journalist Julian Assange this week during an October 26-27 appeals hearing in London. If extradited to the United States, the WikiLeaks founder would face 175 years in prison for
(2021-10-29). CIA's War On Assange, Their 'Most Prominent Critic' Takes Center Stage. popularresistance.org The Central Intelligence Agency's record of retaliation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including reported plans to kidnap or assassinate him, was focused on during the second day of the United States government's appeal hearing. | It was part of the Assange legal team's effort to convince the High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom of the gravity of the risks, which Assange would face if they overturn a district judge's decision and allow extradition. | Mark Summers QC, one of Assange's attorneys, contended this was the "first time the U.S. had sought the assistance of a U.K. court in obtaining jur…
(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 …
(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 …
(2021-10-29). 'What we did was clumsy,' Biden tells Macron during first meeting after AUKUS submarine deal row. rt.com 
Meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, his US counterpart, Joe Biden apologized for the announcement of a submarine deal with the UK and Australia, calling it "clumsy" and France an "extremely valued partner." | "What we did was clumsy, it was not done with a lot of grace," Biden said on Friday. | I was under the impression certain things had happened that hadn't happened. | "I want to make it clear, France is an extremely, extremely valued partner," he added. France is a power in its own right, and "we have the same value system." | "For me, it's the future we need to look at," the French president r…
(2021-10-29). France, Britain threaten trade war over Brexit fishing dispute. wsws.org Yesterday, France threatened to block truck freight trade with Britain starting next week unless UK authorities stop refusing fishing licenses to dozens of French boats.
(2021-10-29). Strikes erupt across Portugal as government fails to adopt budget. wsws.org António Costa's seven-year minority Socialist Party government is tottering as strikes for higher wages and better working conditions erupt across Portugal.
(2021-10-29). NATO celebrates national day of Turkey, "birthplace of civilization in the world" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeOctober 29, 2021 Turkish National Day Meet Mehmet Cetin from NATO's Cyber Security Centre. We asked him a few questions about his country and about Turkey's National Day. NATO…benefits from experienced personnel in the Turkish Armed Forces and increases the level of interoperability among alliance members. Istanbul…connects the …
(2021-10-29). Turkey Shells Two Settlements In Aleppo Province In Preparation For Hostilities. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Turkish military opened fire on the settlements of Ein Dakna and Biiluniya in the north of Aleppo province, the Kurdish ANHA news agency reported."The Turkish army and the mercenaries controlled by them fired shells and rockets at the settlements of Ein Dakna and Biiluniya on Thursday evening. Dozens <...> exploded in these settlements," the agency reported. | According to him, the Syrians retaliated from the MLRS on the positions of the militants in the area of …
(2021-10-29). Zelensky hails Turkish-Ukrainian strategic partnership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky: "Turkish-Ukrainian relations have great potential" Zelensky: Ukraine—Turkey relations have great potential "Turkish-Ukrainian relations have great potential," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter…. "Congratulations to my friend Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish people on the 98th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. I highly appreciate the strategic partnership of our states…," …
(2021-10-29). Zero Hour Nears In Syria's North As Turkey Deploys Battle Tanks And More. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-29). Turkey Deports 7 Syrian Refugees For "Provocatively Eating Bananas" On Video, Mocking Economic Crisis. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Turkey announced it would deport seven Syrian migrants accused of making "provocative" social media posts about eating bananas. | This is yet another attempt to shift focus from the deepening economic and political crisis towards arbitrary nonsense. | One of the most popular
(2021-10-29). Turkey: NATO ships engage in "planning and execution of mine warfare" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Ships Participate In Turkish Exercise Nusret 2021 Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) participated in the Turkish-led maritime exercise NUSRET 2021 in the Aegean Sea off Canakkale, Turkey. SNMCMG2, consisting of flagship ESPS Rayo, TCG Edincik, ESPS Segura, ITS Viareggio and HS Evropi, joined the other units from the Turkish Navy. NUSRET is …
(2021-10-29). Ukrainian foreign minister justifies using Turkish combat drone in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine's Foreign Minister justifies launching Turkish Bayraktar drones in Donbas Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba justified the launch of the Turkish drone Bayraktar in the Donbas conflict zone by the need for self-defense as Deutsche Welle reported. The Ukrainian military have deployed Bayraktar, the Turkey-made combat drone in the Donbas combat area for the …
(2021-10-29). Turkey Deploys More Militants In Northeastern Syria Amid Report Of Near Operation Against Kurdish Forces. southfront.org 
illustrative image. | Turkey has deployed more of its proxies in the areas occupied by its forces in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on October 29. | According to the London-based monitoring group, several groups of Turkish-backed militants were sent from the Turkish-occupied areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo to the occupied areas in the northern countryside of Raqqa and al-Hasakah through Turkey's territory. | The militants were sent by the Hamzah Division, the Rahman Legion, t…
(2021-10-29). Why Defending Nicaragua Is Important. popularresistance.org Since at least the start of the 21st century, if not earlier, two global trends have emerged very clearly. Firstly, increased North American and European aggression overseas has been accompanied by increased economic and political domestic repression in the US itself and its allied countries. This domestic repression has reached unprecedented levels over the last two years, | Secondly, despite the apparent demise of Western led economic globalization, North American and European corporate influence under various guises has co-opted international policy making and governance, as writers from Cory Morningstar to Ia…
(2021-10-29). CNE President Meets with Head of EU Election Observation Mission. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, October 28, the president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, received Isabel Santos, head of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the European Union (EU), and Xabier Melián, Santos' attaché in the presidency of the team that will survey municipal and regional elections scheduled for November 21. | The meeting was reported by the electoral authority through its Twitter account, @cneesvzla, where it was explained that the meeting was the first point on Santos' agenda to define the details regarding the deployment of the mission during the upcoming electoral proces…
(2021-10-29). 1979 Assassination of U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs Set Groundwork for America's Longest War. covertactionmagazine.com New evidence links Zbigniew Brzezinski, the CIA and European fascists who formed the Safari Club to the crime. Dubs had …
(2021-10-29). EU Election Observers Arrive In Venezuela, Legitimizing Upcoming Vote. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The European Union has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Venezuela to observe the regional and local elections. | Campaigning has kicked off for regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21, which are set to include opposition candidates as well. | More than 3,000 positions — including governors, mayors and municipal councillors — are up for grabs next month, according to Venezuela's elections authority. Some 21 million voters are eligible to…
(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. …
(2021-10-29). Mass deaths hit Eastern Europe as COVID-19 surges across the continent. wsws.org COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising in almost every European country as thousands die each day, especially in hard-hit Eastern Europe.
(2021-10-29). Zervou Refugee Camp: Silence Is Not an Option for Greece's Samos Island. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-29). Lithuania becomes co-founder of NATO fund for AI, other next-generation warfare modalities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Lithuania becomes co-founder of NATO's EUR 1 b innovation fund Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas, defense ministers from 16 other NATO countries, and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg signed on Friday the Declaration of Intent for the NATO Innovation Fund. The 1-billion-euro venture capital fund will aim to attract investment from NATO countries as well as …
(2021-10-29). Trudeau pushes NATO "climate security" center in Canada, war against "disinformation, propaganda" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Dutch PM supports Canada's plan to establish NATO centre for climate security The new Canadian centre would become a strategic addition to the more than two dozen such NATO think-tanks… The Netherlands threw its support behind a new NATO centre of excellence to study the security threats posed by climate change during Prime Minister Justin …
(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 …
(2021-10-29). Ukraine plays dangerous game with drones in Donbass – Russia's UN ambassador. tass.com Vassily Nebenzia pointed out that the use of that warfare contradicts the Minsk accords…
(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). 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). 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 …
(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.
(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…
(2021-10-29). 'Your Show-Offs Not Worth Our Lives': Ukrainian Soldiers Address President Zelensky. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The situation in Eastern Ukraine continues to escalate and the village of Staromaryevka has recently become one of the hot spots of the conflict. | On October 26, the Ukrainian army (UAF) reportedly advanced and took control over the village of Staromaryevka, located in the "gray" zone (buffer zone). On October 27, there were reports that the village had been recaptured by the militia, however, this statement was later denied, and, without any confirmation, DPR military correspondents proclaimed once again their control over the village. | On the morning of October 28, two videos, w…
(2021-10-29). Britain poised to supply air-to-ground/anti-ship missiles and ships to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian Navy may receive British Brimstone Sea Spear missiles The new Brimstone Sea Spear missile, developed by the British company MBDA UK, can be delivered to Ukraine to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Department of Military-Technical Policy, Armament Development and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated…. …
(2021-10-29). U.S. Urges Allies To Lift Restrictions On Lethal Aid For Ukraine. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The United States, which has been providing Ukraine with lethal "defensive" aid is urging allies and partners to lift restrictions on security assistance. | Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper said that at an online event "U.S. Defense and Security Engagement in the Black Sea Region," held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies."The first thing I would mention is I would like to see all allies lift their restrictions on defensive lethal assistance," Coope…
(2021-10-29). NATO promotes Ukraine to full participant in North Atlantic Council's Conference of National Armaments Directors. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Closer to NATO: Benefits of Ukraine's participation in NAC's Armaments Committee On October 26, Ukraine took part in a meeting of the NATO North Atlantic Council's Conference of National Armaments Directors. The event is truly unprecedented. That's because, despite the fact that our country has been involved in earlier conferences…this was the first time when …