Daily Archives: June 17, 2023

2023-06-17: News Headlines

Frances Kuo (2023-06-16). DC restaurant combine Afrofuturism with food. america.cgtn.com A Restaurateur in Washington, D.C. is bringing Afrofuturism to the dinner table.

_____ (2023-06-16). Italy and EU Both Pay Billions to the MENA Region's New Strongman. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? strategic-culture.org The EU has shown the entire MENA region that is has pots of cash to prop up the most brutal dictators to prevent migrants from reaching its shores. | What word would you use to describe the EU diverting a billion euros towards the coffers of Tunisia's despot Kais Saied? 'Blackmail' seems to spring to mind. The EU, along with Italy's right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni have just signed off close to 2 bn euros in 'aid' to Tunisia — in exchange for Saied to do something about the hundreds of African migrants trying to leave Tunisia's shores in a quest to make it to Italy and then onto France before getting asylum…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-16). Politicization of Culture Against Cuban Poet Rejected in France. orinocotribune.com Christian Rodríguez, responsible for international relations of the La France Insoumise (LFI) party, questioned the censorship against Cuban poet Nancy Morejón—made due to her political stance in support of the Cuban revolution—in the recently concluded Paris Poetry Market. | "No one has the right to suppress an artist or intellectual's talent because of their political thinking," Rodríguez told Prensa Latina this Monday, June 12, commenting on the decision adopted by the event, held from June 7 to 11, to withdraw her honorary president status. | He reiterated that Morejón—a winner of the 2001 N…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-17). Turkey Renews Shelling On Northern Syria, Wounds Four Civilians (Video). southfront.org Image: aa.com.tr | On June 17, the Turkish military and its proxies renewed shelling on Kurdish-held areas in the northern Syrian governorate of Aleppo. | A series of artillery strikes targeted the town of Tell Rifaat and nearby areas, according to the Hawar News Agency, which is linked to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and several other sources. | The Syrian Arab Army and the Russian Military Police both maintain positions in Tel Rifaat as a part of a de-escalat…

Brittani Banks (2023-06-16). Why Turkey and Hungary Are Currently Blocking Sweden From Joining NATO. independentmediainstitute.org On July 11-12, 2023, the 31 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold their annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. To prepare for the summit, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the agenda for the summit. They spoke about the importance of Western support for Ukraine …

jacobin (2023-06-16). A Marxist Just Became the Head of Austria's Social Democratic Party. jacobin.com Andreas Babler, a Marxist who has described the EU as a worse military alliance than NATO, is the new head of Austria's Social Democratic Party.

Bruce K. Gagnon, Space For Peace. (2023-06-17). Vienna 'Peace Summit' Engineers Weak Final 'Declaration'. popularresistance.org A statement condemning Russia was issued on the peace consultation organized by American and Western European organizations in Vienna on June 10-11. | From the final text of the declaration issued by the International Peace Bureau, which emerged from obscurity, even the passage in the original draft, which mentioned NATO's "co-responsibility", was omitted. | In their closing statement, the organizers of the conference demand an immediate ceasefire and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Civilian diplomatic intervention is envisaged at their countries' embassies, including the Russian one, while condemning Rus…

The Lancet (2023-06-17). Editorial] Rethinking our approach to refugees. thelancet.com The theme of 2023's World Refugee Day is hope away from home: a world in which refugees are always included. But regrettably, in several notably high-income countries such as the UK, parts of Europe, and the USA, the approach to refugees could not be further from inclusive, and instead is focused on externalisation, deterrence, containment, and return. It is time to rethink our approach to refugees, to move away from aggression, fear, and prejudice, and to uphold a shared responsibility towards protection and dignity.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-06-16). European Commission president wraps Latin America tour. america.cgtn.com The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen is wrapping up her trip through Latin America.

cameron orr (2023-06-16). U.S. imperialism's crisis, and the fascist danger. cpusa.org The U.S. is, without a doubt, at a dangerous crossroads. U.S. global dominance is waning as country after country rushes to leave the dollar, join the BRICS initiative, resist pressure to side with U.S. imperialism's goals in Eastern Europe, or turn to China for trade and empowerment. As the U.S. pours vast amounts of …

_____ (2023-06-16). Gee, Thanks America! U.S. Sanctions Make Russian Economy Stronger and Precipitate Multipolar World. strategic-culture.org The paradoxical thing is that U.S. and European sanctions against Russia while intended to cripple the Russian economy have made the stronger. | Russia's economy is performing strongly, according to recent forecasts from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The outcome defies earlier predictions by the United States and its European allies which held that Western sanctions would bring the Russian economy to its knees and force it to submissively "Cry Uncle". | When the conflict in Ukraine escalated 16 months ago (after eight years of NATO-sponsored aggression using the Kiev Neo-Nazi regime), various W…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Desperate Crowd Funding For Ukraine War? Israel To Make First Merkava Tank Sale. southfront.org March 20, 2008. a Merkava tank during a training day held in the Golan Heights for the 188th Armored Brigade. Photography by Neil Cohen, IDF Spokesperson's Film Unit. | Israel is in talks to sell hundreds of its used Merkava main battle tanks to two countries, including one in Europe, head of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate in the Israeli Ministry of Defense revealed on June 15. | Yair Kulas told the Calcalist financial paper that his directorate, also known as SIB…

infobrics (2023-06-16). NATO's appetite to unlimited expansion continues to grow. infobrics.org The Western block reckless expansion is bound to increase domestic tensions within European states and to further provoke and antagonize Russia thus making peace an increasingly distant prospect.

Vijay Prashad (2023-06-16). The Emergence of a New Non-Alignment. dissidentvoice.org Sahej Rahal (India), Juggernaut, 2019. A new mood of defiance in the Global South has generated bewilderment in the capitals of the Triad (the United States, Europe, and Japan), where officials are struggling to answer why governments in the Global South have not accepted the Western view of the conflict in Ukraine or universally supported …

WSWS (2023-06-16). Over 500 migrants drowned near Greece: Fortress Europe and the refugee crisis. wsws.org The majority of the dead are likely still trapped in the hold at the bottom of one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean, with the search called off Friday night.

Larry Johnson (2023-06-16). Aleks of Black Mountain Analysis Snags Me For A Chat. sonar21.com I was honored to be interviewed today by Aleks of Black Mountain Analysis. He is a Serb living in Europe. Enjoy.

Julia Conley, Common Dreams. (2023-06-16). EU Advances AI Rules Restricting Facial Recognition. popularresistance.org Digital rights groups on Wednesday applauded lawmakers across the European Union after they passed a draft law that would strictly regulate the use of artificial intelligence including facial recognition technology and chatbots, potentially setting a new standard for protecting the public from the misuse of AI—but noted that some provisions could exclude vulnerable people. | The European Parliament passed a major legislative hurdle as it voted in favor of the draft rules in the Artificial Intelligence Act, with 499 lawmakers supporting the provisions, 28 opposing, and 93 abstaining from voting.

Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-16). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches Three Years. popularresistance.org This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Israel To Make First Merkava Tank Sale To Two Countries, One Of Which Is European. southfront.org March 20, 2008. a Merkava tank during a training day held in the Golan Heights for the 188th Armored Brigade. Photography by Neil Cohen, IDF Spokesperson's Film Unit. | Israel is in talks to sell hundreds of its used Merkava main battle tanks to two countries, including one in Europe, head of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate in the Israeli Ministry of Defense revealed on June 15. | Yair Kulas told the Calcalist financial paper that his directorate, also known as SIB…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Finland to Have the Most Conservative Government in Its History. telesurenglish.net The agreement reached on Thursday night between the four major right-wing parties in Finland will result in the formation of the most conservative government in the recent history of this Nordic country, according to local media. | RELATED: | The coalition is composed of the conservative party Kokoomus, the far-right True Finns – the second-largest force in the country, the Swedish People's Party (SFP) – representi…

Christoph Butterwegge (2023-06-17). Homelessness: Structural Violence in a Rich Country. indybay.org The causes can be found in present social structures, prevailing property relations and mounting socio-economic crisis phenomena. Nowhere does the capitalist economic system fail so blatantly as in the supply of living space since apartments in Germany are treated like sausages, wall tapestries and throwaway handkerchiefs.

WSWS (2023-06-17). Germany: Train drivers union leader turns union into a temporary employment agency. wsws.org The cooperative founded by the Train Drivers' Union (GDL) is a trap and marks a new low in the transformation of trade unions into tools of big corporations.

Drago Bosnic (2023-06-16). The Ukraine Counteroffensive has Stalled: Failures of Germany's 'Leopard 2' Battle Tanks. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-06-16). Germany's National Security Strategy: A blueprint for total war. wsws.org The ruling class sees the Russian invasion of Ukraine provoked by NATO and the current struggle for the redivision of the world as an opportunity for German imperialism to reassert itself as a military leader despite its historical crimes.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-16). Germany Fines Ukrainian Woman for Saying Russia Is Not the Aggressor. orinocotribune.com

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-17). Egypt mourns deaths in shipwreck off coast of Greece. plenglish.com Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government is currently working with Greek authorities to determine total toll of nationals dead during a boat shipwreck, with hundreds of illegal immigrants, off the coast of Greece.

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Hundreds Feared Dead After Migrant Vessel Sinks Off Greece. telesurenglish.net On Friday, officials confirmed that 104 people have been rescued and 78 bodies were recovered after a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Greece on June 14. | RELATED: | Hundreds of migrants, including women and children, remain missing and feared dead, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a joint statement. | The two agenci…

infobrics (2023-06-16). Biden proposes "Israel model" for Ukraine instead of NATO membership. infobrics.org Meanwhile, US blocks arms sale to Hungary for opposing NATO expansion.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-17). Russia, Kazakhstan agree to extend oil transit to 2033. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed to extend their agreement on transporting oil through Kazakhstan until 2033, the Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulguinov announced Saturday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-17). Science Saturday: Like filling a pothole — cell therapy for cartilage repair. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Growing up in the Netherlands, Daniel Saris, M.D., Ph.D., was exposed to the wonders of science at a young age. He listened to his father, a physicist, when he spoke at scientific conferences. His mother, an English teacher, encouraged learning about diverse societies. These experiences would grow into Dr. Saris' career as an orthopedic surgeon and regenerative medicine researcher. "I've always been intrigued with understanding how science and biology work and how we can use it…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). South African Delegation Held at Warsaw Airport on Way Ukraine. telesurenglish.net South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's security personnel and a press group en route to Ukraine were not allowed to disembark at Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland on Friday, official sources said. | RELATED: | The Presidential Protective Services and South African journalists were supposed to accompany President Ramaphosa to Ukraine and then to Russia as part of the seven-nation African peacekeeping mission in addition…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-16). Poland resolved an incident with South African personnel. plenglish.com Pretoria, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Journalists and security personnel of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who were prevented from leaving the plane that took them to Warsaw, were allowed to disembark on Friday.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-17). Russia Protests Over Provocative Actions By U.S. Forces In Syria's Raqqa. southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | Russia had protested over provocative actions by United States forces in the northeastern Syrian governorate of Raqqa, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, said on June 16. | During a briefing, Gurinov said that units from the U.S.-led coalition moved al…

John J. Mearsheimer (2023-06-17). In Ukraine, it's coming down to an endless war of position. indybay.org Russia sees itself as existentially threatened – regardless of whether NATO and the West ever had and have in mind to attack Russia. What is relevant is what the Russian leadership and the majority of Russians are convinced of. Russia has long accused NATO of wanting to turn Ukraine into a Western bulwark on its border with Russia. | Since 2008, Russia has repeatedly made it clear to the West that this is unacceptable.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-17). Russia to assess peace proposals for Ukraine. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Peace initiatives on Ukraine presented by different nations have ideas that could work, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-17). SPIEF proves strength of Russian economy. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on Saturday said that the 26th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) has proved that plans to isolate Russia and destroy its economy failed.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-17). Putin: Russia Has More Nuclear Weapons Than All NATO Countries. southfront.org © Sergey Bobylev/TASS | Russia will use its nuclear weapons only if faced with an existential threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 16. | Answering a question on his stance on using tactical, low-yield nuclear weapons as a deterrent, Putin stressed that his attitude about the idea of using such weapons was "negative" and pointed to Moscow's nuclear doctrine."Nuclear weapons are created to ensure our security in…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-17). Russian MoD Announces Attack On Decision-Making Centers In Kiev (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On June 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had targeted decision-making centers in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. | In a statement, the ministry said that the Russian military launched strikes with long-range sea- and air-based high-precision missiles against one of the decision-making centers of Kiev forces, adding that the was successful."The assigned target has been neutralized," the statement reads. | The ministry added that Kiev forces launched more attacks in the south…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-17). Uneasy Locations: The Russian Embassy Site In Canberra. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | They think we are mugs — and it's insulting. It's all fine for politicians to be swimming, swerving and tossing about in the goo of paranoia that is surveillance, chatting to the ghost called foreign interference; but to expect the rest of the citizenry to be morons is rather poor form. But the formula has always been such: We terrify you; you vote us in, and we increase the budget of the national security state. | Regarding the business of the…

Editor (2023-06-17). Seymour Hersh: Partners in Doomsday. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-06-16). On the Real Importance of New Sino-Russian Economic Pacts. journal-neo.org In March 2023, when China's President Xi visited Moscow, he told his Russian counterpart that the scope of the changes taking place in today's world is such that has not been "seen for 100 years." The pace and the scope of these changes — which we can understand in terms of a visible shift towards […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Andrew Korybko (2023-06-16). Russia's Energy Industry Is Betting Big on South Asia. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Russian Fighter Jets Flew Over U.S. Garrison In Southeastern Syria After F-22 Deployment. southfront.org Su-35 fighter — © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 16, Russian fighter jets carried out a series of sorties over the United States garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at al-Tanf, which blocks a strategic highway linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of neighboring Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around the garrison. | The London-based…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Russian MoD Reveals Targets, Results Of Israel's Last Attack On Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Russian Ministry of Defense has provided new details on the On June 15, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the ministry's Center for Reconciliation in Syria, said that two F-15 fighter jets from the Israeli Air Force carried out the attack."On June 14 … two IDF [Israeli Defense…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Russian MoD Shares Details On Rewards Paid For Troops For Destroying Ukrainian Equipment (Videos). southfront.org File image. | More than 10,000 Russian service members have been paid awards for destroying or capturing military equipment since the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on June 16."Since the special military operation was launched, more than 10,000 service members of Russia's Armed Forces have received special [award] payments for personally destroying or capturing enemy military equipment," the ministry said in a statement.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Ukraine Suffers More Losses On The Front, Reports Attack On Kiev (Videos). southfront.org File image. | Kiev forces reported sustained more losses in equipment and manpower on June 15 and 16 while attempting to advance in the Zaporozhye and south Donetsk sectors as a part of their so-called spring counteroffensive. | The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Ukrainian troops attempted to attack in the south Donetsk and Donetsk sectors more than once in the last 24 hours. | In Vremevka salient, heavy fighting took place in the areas of Rovnopol and Urozhaynoye in Donetsk…

infobrics (2023-06-16). Expanded BRICS Would Bring Widespread Benefits. infobrics.org Interestingly, a new "continent "of multiculturalism is in the making in the shape of a strategic expansion of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — with more countries keen to join…

Jonathan Cook (2023-06-16). Russia-Ukraine war: Another act of terror met by western media silence. mronline.org Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and Nord Stream pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

Kyle Anzalone (2023-06-16). Zelensky Slams Trump for Saying He Would End the War in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com In an interview with NBC News, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attacked former President Donald Trump's pledge to end the war. He argued that if Kiev does not defeat Moscow, Russia will attack a NATO member state and force the US into a direct conflict. Zelensky was asked about Trump's claim he would immediately engage the …

Lucas Leiroz (2023-06-16). West Asked Kiev to Kill as Many Russians as Possible — Ukrainian MD. dissidentvoice.org According to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Kiev's sponsors reportedly demanded that the regime eliminate as many Russians as possible as a condition for sending weapons. The case shows how the West really does not expect a Ukrainian victory on the battlefield, only seeking to weaken Russia as much as possible. Kiev's defense chief Aleksey …

Manlio Dinucci (2023-06-16). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

noreply (2023-06-16). Since The Friday Is Coming… smoothiex12.blogspot.com I want to remind people again, that before 2001: A Space Odyssey Russians (Soviets) have been doing it all a decade before. It is really amazing to watch a famous Soviet Sci-Fi from 1959

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-16). Russia has been available to new markets ¥ doors, says President Puti. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Russia had been opening to Latin American, African and Asian markets' doors long before the war with Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin assured on Friday.

scorinoco (2023-06-16). Venezuela Strengthens Financial Ties with Russia Through Interbank Connections and Mir Card Integration. orinocotribune.com The president of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), Calixto Ortega Sánchez, has announced that the Venezuelan financial system has made significant progress in interbank connections between Russian and Venezuelan banks, as well as in the use of Russian Mir cards. | In statements to the Russian media Sputnik, the BCV chief explained that Venezuela has already completed the necessary technological modifications in order to be connected to the interbank messaging system of the Central Bank of Russia. | "This will allow a fluid communication to facilitate import and export transactions in our currencies: the bolíva…

Brian Berletic (2023-06-16). The New Atlas LIVE: Mark Sleboda Explains Ukraine's Offensive as it Enters Week 3. thealtworld.com Mark Sleboda is an international relations and security expert living in Russia. Today he talks about Ukraine's long-anticipated offensive as it enters week 3.

Elijah Magnier (2023-06-16). CIA Didn't Believe Russia Was Behind Nord Stream Attack. thealtworld.com On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Melik Abdul discussed several topics from around the globe, including the Wall Street Journal's latest revelation about the CIA doubting Russia's involvement in the Nord Stream sabotage attack. | Mark Sleboda — Military and Political Analyst | Misty Winston — Radio and Podcast Host | Elijah Magnier — Veteran War Correspondent | Ted Rall — Host of The Final Countdown | In the first hour, military analyst Mark Sleboda spoke to the Fault Lines team about the Wall Street Journal article about the CIA knowing Russia was not behind the Nord Str…

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-16). US deploys F-22 squadron to Jordan to 'ward off' Russian jets in Syria. thecradle.co

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-06-16). Asia-Pacific Is Where China-Russia "No Limits" Partnership Will be Put to Test. asia-pacificresearch.com

Staff (2023-06-16). Eyewitness Donbas: Why the Majority Reject Ukraine's Counter-Offensive. youtube.com The Ukrainian military offensive is underway with an attempt to regain territory in the Donbas, the four regions that have been at the heart of the conflict since 2014. The only problem for Ukraine? The majority clearly want to remain part of Russia. Journalist Johnny Miller, who has been living in Donetsk, joins the show …

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Putin Thanks the United Arab Emirates for Mediation in Ukraine. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked his Emirati counterpart, Mohamed bin Zayed, for his country's mediation in prisoner exchanges and other humanitarian matters between Russia and Ukraine. | RELATED: | "I would like to thank you for your efforts to resolve the humanitarian issues related to the events in Ukraine," Putin told him in a meeting held on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International E…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Russian Foreign Minister Warns of F-16 Jets Overflying Ukraine. telesurenglish.net Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Moscow is ready to give a military-technical response if F-16 fighters fly over Ukraine. | RELATED: | "If we see that these planes fly over Ukraine and pose a threat to us, of course there will also be a military-technical response," Lavrov said in an interview with the RT television channel. | According to the Russian diplomat, the F-16 aircraft can be equip…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Russia's Rosneft & China's CNPC Switch to Payments in Local Currency. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Russian oil giant Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) switched to payments in their national currencies. | RELATED: | The Russian company made the announcement via a press release, in which it noted that "cooperation between Rosneft and CNPC significantly contributes to the realization of the goal set by the leaders of the two countries to reach a turnover of $200 billion." | It sa…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Venezuela: A New International Economic Order Key for WT. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, in Russia, on the XXVI ST. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2023, Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, said that the construction of a new international economic order is part of the key to the regionalization of world trade. | Related: | "The call is to de-dollarize international trade, the crude oil trade (…), we are already beginning to see Arab countries and Gulf countri…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-16). Russian Army repels Ukrainian attacks on Vremevsky outpost. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered significant losses in their unsuccessful attempts to attack in Donetsk and South Donetsk directions, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-17). Serbia declara estado de emergencia tras intensas lluvias. telesurtv.net Días de aguaceros torrenciales han causado inundaciones en Serbia, y también Bosnia, obligando a las autoridades a declarar el estado de emergencia en muchas áreas.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-16). Serbia formalizes arrest of Kosovar policemen so tension rises. plenglish.com Belgrade, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Serbian Justice ordered on Friday provisional prison for three Kosovar policemen arrested past Wednesday, incident that raised the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina in the middle of new demonstrations in the Kosovar north zone.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-16). Serbia formalizes arrest of Kosovar policemen and increases tension. plenglish.com Belgrade, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Serbian Justice ordered provisional imprisonment of three Kosovar policemen arrested last Wednesday, a fact that raised the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina in the middle of new demonstrations in the Kosovar north zone.

WSWS (2023-06-17). Are nuclear weapons the next red line NATO will cross in Ukraine? wsws.org Facing the failure of Ukraine's "spring counteroffensive," the United States is moving to escalate its own intervention in the conflict.

WSWS (2023-06-17). Intensifying witch hunt over Radio New Zealand's "pro-Kremlin" Ukraine war reports. wsws.org The manufactured furore presages a return to the reactionary atmosphere and methods of the 1950s anti-communist witch-hunts to prepare for a vast escalation of imperialist war abroad and class war at home.

thecommunists (2023-06-17). Why is Britain so set on escalating the war in Ukraine? thecommunists.org The recent announcement that Rishi Sunak's government would be providing first depleted uranium shells to Ukraine and then Storm Shadow long-range missiles represent two of the latest of examples of the British government's consistent and active efforts to escalate the war in Ukraine. It is doing so with zero concern for the lives of British …

Anonymous765 (2023-06-16). Profiting From Dam Disaster, Kiev Attempts Attacks On Dniepr River. southfront.org |

Iain Muir (2023-06-16). How Ukraine Has Become a Magnet for Western Neo-Nazis. globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-06-16). Chinese translation available: 'Metal of Dishonor, Depleted Uranium'. iacenter.org By Janet Mayes June 15, 2023 As NATO forces resume using radioactive weapons, now shipping them to Ukraine, China has translated "Metal of Dishonor," a groundbreaking book compiled 25 years ago by the International Action Center warning of the devastating consequences of deploying depleted uranium (DU) munitions. The danger of these weapons spreading radioactive material was raised at a White House press briefing last winter, as reported by The Intercept, and callously dismissed by the U.S. spokesperson. (Jan. 26) The IAC thanks the Chinese translator, Associate Professor Jia Jun of the Center for Modern World Hi…

Peter Koenig (2023-06-16). Video: Ukraine Is Harvesting Children's Organs in Adrenochrome Labs. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-06-16). Beginning of the end? — The Grayzone Friday live. youtube.com Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the progress of Ukraine's vaunted counter-offensive — or complete lack thereof — and whether its failure could lead to negotiations. They also cover US actions against South Africa and Saudi Arabia ahead of a momentous BRICS conference, the Trump indictment, and a revealing editorial "scandal" in New Zealand.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-16). Water supply controlled in the United Kingdom. plenglish.com South East Water supplier announced this Friday that two southeastern regions would be subjected to an irrigation ban due to a lack of water at the beginning of a summer that threatens to be drier than usual. | Watering gardens, washing cars, and filling swimming pools will be banned for residents in Kent and Sussex areas from June 26 until further notice. | Britain recently recorded its hottest-ever temperature reading, with more than 32 degrees Celsius in South London on June 10. | Rainfall has been lower than the average for several weeks in a country where it rains regularly during the year.

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