(2022-04-05). IMF Admits US Dollar Hegemony Declining, due to Rise of Chinese Yuan, Sanctions on Russia. orinocotribune.com 
By Benjamin Norton — Mar 31, 2022 | The US-dominated International Monetary Fund warns of an "erosion of dollar dominance," noting use of Chinese yuan in global central bank reserves is increasing, while Western sanctions on Russia could strengthen other currencies. | The US-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged that the hegemony of the dollar is in noticeable decline. | At the same time, the Chinese currency, the yuan or renminbi, is slowly growing in influence, along with other currencies, according to the IMF. | In 2000, roughly 70% of global foreign exchange reserves were held in U…
(2022-04-05). US secretly test-fires hypersonic missile in mid-March. en.mehrnews.com The United States carried out a test-fire of a hypersonic missile in mid-March, but kept it secret in order to avoid tensions with Russia.
(2022-04-05). Zero Waste Theory is the answer to waste problems. indybay.org Zero Waste Theory can solve many problems of waste, thought to be intractable. It depends on redesigning all items for reuse, instead of for discard as today. Two photos from Costa Rica and France show examples.
(2022-04-05). Cabinet approves Agreement between India, Portugal on recruitment of Indian citizens to work in the Portuguese Republic. aninews.in New Delhi, [India], September 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet approved the signing of an agreement on the recruitment of Indian citizens to work in Portugal between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Portugal, on Wednesday.
(2022-04-05). India-South Korea relations have become multidimensional: Om Birla. aninews.in Vienna [Austria], September 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said that relations between India and South Korea have made great progress and have become multidimensional.
(2022-04-05). India, EU strategic convergence reflects 'our positions' on Afghanistan: Jaishankar. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the strategic convergence between India and the European Union (EU) is reflected in "our positions" on key regional and global issues, including on Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific.
(2022-04-05). Sanctions imperil space cooperation, Russia says. ecns.cn The head of Russia's space program said on Saturday that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the space agencies of the United States, the European Union, and Canada missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware.
(2022-04-05). MEA condoles death of Indian Envoy Dr Anju Kumar. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Dr Anju Kumar, Charge d' Affaires in the Embassy of India, Germany passed away on Wednesday.
(2022-04-05). Russophobia a cover for anti-communism in Germany. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN—Almost every day, I have the job of taking scores of tourists to some of the most important historical landmarks in the German capital city of Berlin. For many, this is their first glimpse of a city that was the focal point for so many of the 20th century's most important struggles. At the famed …
(2022-04-05). China, Hungary agree to enhance cooperation in various fields. ecns.cn China and Hungary on Monday pledged to continue to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields to build a stronger comprehensive strategic partnership.
(2022-04-05). Washington is Trying to Open a "Second Front" in Central Asia against Russia and China. journal-neo.org 
The events in Kazakhstan conspired by the United States and the UK in January and the ongoing pressure of external factors experienced by the Central Asian region, primarily from the United States and a number of its Western allies, indicate the presence of continuing threats here. The escalation of US-Chinese conflict, and the special military operation …
(2022-04-05). Abramovich: Surprise Participant in Russia-Ukraine Talks. themoscowtimes.com Abramovich has every personal interest in seeing a peaceful end to the conflict and possibly performing a role that could allow him to win back favor in the West.
(2022-04-05). More Weapons, Sanctions: U.S. Lays Out Next Phase of Response Against Russia. themoscowtimes.com The United States is upping pressure on multiple fronts against President Vladimir Putin, officials said Monday.
(2022-04-05). U.S., Britain to Seek Russia's Suspension From UN Rights Council. themoscowtimes.com Suspending Russia from the council would require a vote in favor by two-thirds of the UN General Assembly.
(2022-04-05). US Stops Russian Bond Payments. anti-empire.com 
Source: The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of U.S. dollars. | Under sanctions put in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, foreign currency reserves held by the Russian central bank at U.S. financial institutions were frozen. | But the Treasury Department had been allowing the Russian government to use those funds to m…
(2022-04-05). PM Modi meets Russian NSA, reaffirms intention to strengthen coordination on Afghanistan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, during which they reaffirmed their intention to strengthen coordination in the field of enhancing regional stability, including on Afghanistan.
(2022-04-05). Putin signs decree with visa restrictions against 'unfriendly countries'. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree with visa restrictions against "unfriendly countries," RIA reported.
(2022-04-05). Jaishankar meets Russian NSA, discusses Afghan situation. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met with visiting Russian Secretary of Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and discussed a number of international and regional problems, including the situation in Afghanistan.
(2022-04-05). China sincerely wants peace in Ukraine: FM. ecns.cn China hopes Russia and Ukraine would stick to peace talks until a ceasefire agreement is reached and the only thing that China wants is peace in Ukraine, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday.
(2022-04-05). Russia to present facts about situation in Bucha s to UNSC. en.mehrnews.com Russia will soon brief the United Nations Security Council on the actual situation in Ukraine's Bucha and will reveal evidence that Russian troops have nothing to do with this provocation, Vassily Nebenzya said on Monday.
(2022-04-05). Biden Urges War Crimes Trial After Bucha Killings. themoscowtimes.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blames Russian troops for the killings, but the Kremlin has denied responsibility.
(2022-04-05). Russian NSA expressed strong commitment to further deepen strategic partnership with India: PMO. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday, in which the senior Russian offical expressed his country's strong commitment to deepen its 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership' with India."
(2022-04-05). Is Russia an imperialist state? A letter from a Russian socialist to David North. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received this letter from a Russian socialist, commenting on a letter written by David North, posted on the WSWS on April 2.
(2022-04-05). UK workers and youth speak out against war and NATO. wsws.org SEP campaign teams have been speaking to workers across the UK who want to record their opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine and to NATO's plans to utilize a conflict it deliberately provoked to bring about regime change in Moscow.
(2022-04-05). The Polish Prime Minister Is Engaging In World War II Revisionism About Hitler. oneworld.press The Polish Prime Minister shamelessly engaged in historical revisionism about Hitler by implying that his own country never negotiated with that Nazi beast despite having agreed to a non-aggression pact with it in 1934 prior to jointly dismembering Czechoslovakia several years later right after Munich.
(2022-04-05). Peace is the 'only goal' that China hopes for, FM says. ecns.cn China does not seek selfish geopolitical gains or to do anything that adds fuel to the fire over the Ukraine crisis, and peace is the only goal that the nation has been hoping for, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Monday.
(2022-04-05). China slams EU agency for 'selective blindness' over its position on Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn China on Monday expressed "strong disapproval" of claims by the EU's anti-disinformation agency that it says deliberately distort its position on the Ukraine crisis.
(2022-04-05). "Fridays for Future" climate protest leaders back German war drive. wsws.org By taking the side of the German government in the midst of the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Fridays for Future protest movement show that they are not having the slightest impact on climate protection—unless they want to stop global warming through a nuclear winter.
(2022-04-04). New witness testimony about Mariupol maternity hospital 'airstrike' follows pattern of Ukrainian deceptions, media malpractice. thegrayzone.com A key witness to the widely publicized incident at the Mariupol maternity hospital has punctured the official narrative of a Russian airstrike on the facility, and raised serious questions about Western media ethics. Meanwhile, news of a massacre in the city of Bucha contains suspicious elements. On March 9th, shocking news of a deliberate Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, began spreading widely via social media and news outlets. Fiery condemnation from Western officials, pundits, and …
(2022-04-04). Imperialist powers escalate Ukraine war over allegations of Russian war crimes in Bucha. wsws.org The campaign brings the cynical hypocrisy of the imperialist powers over war crimes to a new level and is being used to significantly escalate the war.
(2022-04-04). US Veteran Who Volunteered to Fight for Ukraine Describes 'Suicide Mission'. orinocotribune.com 
by Alexander Rubinstein — Mar 30, 2022 | An American volunteer for Ukraine tells The Grayzone how his foreign legion tried to use him as cannon fodder. | A decade after Henry Hoeft joined the US Army at age 18, he was back on the battlefield, but this time as a volunteer for a foreign military engaged in a proxy war against a powerful foe. After answering the Ukrainian government's call for foreign fighters this February, however, the American veteran quickly decided he was being sent on a "suicide mission" against the Russian military. | After escaping with his life, claiming his own allies had threatened…
(2022-04-04). Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Is This Barbarism or Civilization? transcend.org The West's actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order that shuns the U.S. for weaponizing the dollar and Western control over the global financial system.
(2022-04-04). Make Peace, Not War, in Ukraine. transcend.org 31 Mar 2022 – There were a series of provocations by NATO that aroused security concerns in Moscow, including the expansion of NATO after the Cold War was over, the threat from the Soviet Union had disappeared, and promises were made by Western leaders to Gorbachev of no further NATO expansion. Such geopolitical behavior amounted to imprudent statecraft by the West,…
(2022-04-04). Ukrainians Could Defeat a Russian Occupation by Scaling Up Unarmed Resistance. transcend.org 28 Mar 2022 – As scholars of nonviolent resistance, we see four key ways Ukrainians can organize and expand the civil resistance that's already happening.
(2022-04-04). The Alarming Rise of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi MPs Since the 2014 "Pro-democracy Revolution" globalresearch.ca Over elapsing time from the February 2014 US-instituted "pro-democracy revolution", an ever expanding group of neo-Nazis has been elected to office in the Ukrainian parliament. Over the past five years of what the Washington Post calls "fledgling democracy"
(2022-04-04). Russian Operations in Ukraine: Week 6 Update. thealtworld.com Russian operations in Ukraine enter week 6. Russian forces have completed a withdrawal from around Kiev and other cities in north-central Ukraine after announcing a reduction of operations in these areas almost a week ago. | The focus will now be on Donbas — the protection of which serves as the primary objective of Russia's operations in Ukraine. | The southern port city of Mariupol is all but taken by Russia. Together with Kherson, a land bridge exists between Crimea and the Russian border with the Donbas region. | Recently, Ukraine's presidential adviser complains that Ukraine's defense industry has been…
(2022-04-04). Grain Shortages Produce Unrest — Ukraine War Is Wake-Up Call for Global South. thealtworld.com As the war continues in Ukraine, food prices are going up worldwide — because the world is interdependent on others for food and energy. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine took place this week in Turkey. Is there hope for peace? What's coming next? | Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute, discusses where the conflict is headed, the potential coming food crisis and Russia's economic relations with India.
(2022-04-04). War of the 21st century: Azerbaijan celebrates war, as it does everyday. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzernewsApril 4, 2022 April battles: Beginning of historic victory One of the glorious pages in Azerbaijan's Karabakh war history, the 2016 April battles later dubbed the four-day war, bolstered a national soldier's combat spirit and paved the way for the ultimate victory gained by Azerbaijan over Armenia in 2020. *** As a result of four-day …
(2022-04-04). Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey sign Trans-Caspian Corridor deal, Russia circumvented. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The MessengerApril 1, 2022 Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Kazakhstan have signed a declaration on the Trans-Caspian East-West Middle Corridor, which aims at strengthening the transit potential of the signatory states According to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, the declaration underscores the significance of strengthening cooperation and integrating the Trans-Caspian East-West Corridor …
(2022-04-04). Georges Abdallah's statement for 2 April day of action. samidoun.net 
The following statement was released by Georges Abdallah on 2 April 2022 as part of the international day of action for his release that coincided with his 71st birthday. Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been jailed in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. Georges Abdallah is part …
(2022-04-04). March in Paris supports Palestinian resistance and Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net 
At the call of the Coordination to Support the Palestine Resistance in Paris, France, a march in support of the Palestinian resistance was organized from Barbès to République on Saturday, 2 April. A crowd displaying Palestinian flags and numerous banners came out despite the Parisian cold to affirm their support for the Palestinian people and their …
(2022-04-04). Over 100 protest outside Lannemezan prison to demand release of Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net 
At the call of Collectif 65 for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah, over 100 demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the Lannemezan prison in France to demand the release of the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. This initiative was organized as part of an international day of mobilization for the release of the imprisoned Lebanese communist. The …
(2022-04-04). International day of action mobilizes for freedom for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 2 April — Georges Abdallah's 71st birthday — people across France and around the world joined in an international day of action to demand the freedom of the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years. Abdallah, the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, has been eligible for release …
(2022-04-04). French presidential candidates silent on COVID-19's human cost. wsws.org While the COVID-19 is again on the rise in France, candidates for the upcoming election are silent on the new wave and the 142,000 lives the virus has already cost.
(2022-04-04). France's Macron not rules out new sanctions against Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — France will discuss with its EU partners the introduction of new sanctions against Russia over the situation in the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kyiv, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
(2022-04-04). Nuland to visit Turkey in trip to rally Europe against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hurriyet Daily NewsApril 4, 2022 U.S. undersecretary will visit Turkey amid Russia-Ukraine war U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Turkey on April 4 as part of her regional trip, which includes paying visits to France, Greece, Cyprus and Germany between April 2 and 9. Her discussions would aim to further strengthen the …
(2022-04-04). Madrid mobilization calls for Palestinian liberation on Land Day. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 2 April, the Masar Badil (Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement) organized a demonstration marking Palestinian Land Day at the Puerta del Sol in downtown Madrid, Spain, with the involvement of Samidoun Spain, Alkarama Palestinian Women's Mobilization and Al-Yudur Palestinian Youth Mobilization. The demonstration included strong chants and speeches in support of the Palestinian …
(2022-04-04). Two-Thirds of Russian Troops Have Left Kyiv — Pentagon. themoscowtimes.com A senior Pentagon official said they have mostly been sent back to Belarus with plans to redeploy elsewhere in Ukraine.
(2022-04-04). Educators up in arms in Belgium demanding pay rise, smaller classrooms. peoplesdispatch.org 
Schools teachers across Belgium are suffering due to the combined effect of the COVID-19 crisis, harsh workloads, crippling infrastructure, inconsistent sectoral agreements and the insensitivity of the government. Now, the worsening cost of living crisis marked by higher energy prices has pushed teachers to the brink…
(2022-04-04). Iran Says US Responsible For Halt In Vienna Nuclear Talks. popularresistance.org On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the United States is responsible for the halt in Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). | Iran has transmitted its "clear" message to the United States through Enrique Mora, the European Union coordinator for the Vienna talks, but no new response has been received from them yet.
