(2024-10-08). Armenia: Capturing the stories of waiting and yearning. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Armenia: Operational highlights for the first half of 2024. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Azerbaijan: The inspiring journey of Sevda and her family rebuilding their lives. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Azerbaijan: Vicious Assault on Government Critics. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Police seize a poster that reads "Journalism is Not a Crime" during a protest by journalists in front of the Azerbaijan parliament building, December 28, 2021, Baku. In November 2023, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli, pictured on the right, and five of his colleagues on bogus charges. All six remain in pretrial detention. | © 2021 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images | Azerbaijani authorities have used politically motivated, bogus criminal charges to prosecute and imprison civic activists, journalists, and human rights defenders just months before Azerbaijan…
(2024-10-08). Police crack down on environmental activists protesting against the A69 route. presstv.ir Gendarmes in southern France are dislodging activists.
(2024-10-08). European police to reopen cold cases to identify 46 women's remains. aljazeera.com Campaign that began in 2023 in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands expanded to include France, Italy and Spain.
(2024-10-08). Moscow arrests doctor for 'Satanism' and 'LGBTQ propaganda'. scmp.com FSB security service said it had arrested the medical chief in the central Ulyanovsk region, accusing him of 'devil worshipping'.
(2024-10-08). Harris, Trump and Biden mark October 7 attacks as US election looms. scmp.com US presidential candidates approach the final weeks of the campaign during a widening conflict in the Middle East.
(2024-10-08). Stay and 'you are going to die': Florida braces for Hurricane Milton. scmp.com With winds reaching 230km/h (143mph) and potential storm surges of 4.5 metres, officials are warning residents staying home could be fatal.
(2024-10-08). Nobel Prize in physics, awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled AI. scmp.com John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were given the honour for pioneering work in artificial intelligence development.
(2024-10-08). Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 5 storm as it roars towards Florida. scmp.com With maximum sustained winds of 285km/h, Milton triggered evacuation orders and warnings of savage conditions on Florida's west coast.
(2024-10-08). The CADTM welcomes the sovereign stance of the new Government of Mexico of not inviting King Felipe VI of Spain to attend the inauguration ceremony. cadtm.org
(2024-10-08). Explosions, fire and tear gas at anti-government protests in Albania. aljazeera.com There were explosions and fires in Albania's capital as police confronted anti-government protesters.
(2024-10-08). Austria: stuck in the middle. cadtm.org
(2024-10-08). How The United States Destabilized The Horn Of Africa. popularresistance.org The Horn of Africa and its key waterways are the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have been the site of more destructive foreign intervention and global power competition than any other region on the continent. It seemed as though consequent strife and instability might be coming to an end in 2018, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and then Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo, signed the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Cooperation Between Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea , promising that the three countries would work tog…
(2024-10-08). Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine says. scmp.com The advance of Moscow's forces in Ukraine has underlined Russia's vast superiority in men and materiel.
(2024-10-08). Glyphosate and Neonicotinoids are Poisoning Honeybees (and the World). counterpunch.org 
Prologue The twentieth century gave birth to honeybee neurotoxins — organophosphate, carbamate and neonicotinoid pesticides. It also gave birth to glyphosate, a weed killer that achieved global significance, being the biggest selling pesticide — ever. But where does this chemical come from? Rosemary Mason, a European physician, prolific science writer, and environmentalist, tracked down the
(2024-10-08). China to impose anti-dumping measures on EU brandy imports. ecns.cn China will impose provisional anti-dumping measures on certain brandy imports from the European Union in the form of cash deposits, effective on Friday, said the Ministry of Commerce in an online notice on Tuesday.
(2024-10-08). Russia seeking to cause 'mayhem' in Britain and Europe, UK's MI5 spy chief says. scmp.com Director General Ken McCallum warned of a growing threat from Russia and Iran, as well as from al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
(2024-10-08). US, Europe Backing Savage Israeli Regime: Iranian President. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian hammered the US and the European governments for supporting the savage Zionist regime, which he said feels no compunction about massacring people.
(2024-10-08). Days After Putin's Vuhledar Win, NATO On Verge Of Breaking? Western Leader Warns Own EU Allies. hindustantimes.com Hungarian PM Viktor Orban launched a scathing attack on European Union during a rally in Italy on Oct 7. Orban launched a big attack on EU leadership over the issue of migrants. Orban accused the bloc of penalising Hungary over its refusal to admit migrants. Watch for more.
(2024-10-08). Call for Ceasefire: Hungary's Stand on Ukraine-Russia Conflict. devdiscourse.com At a news conference in Strasbourg, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared that Ukraine cannot achieve victory over Russia through military means alone. He urged for communication and a ceasefire as imperative strategies to preserve lives in the ongoing conflict.
(2024-10-08). Proposed Northern Ireland Public Health Bill sets into law mandatory vaccines. expose-news.com The proposed Northern Ireland Public Health Bill is attempting to implement mandatory vaccinations. UK solicitor Anna de Buisseret has written to the UK representative to the World Health Organisation's ("WHO's") ethics group, …
(2024-10-08). Good morning Italy, it's Black Rock here. strategic-culture.su 
(2024-10-08). Pogba's four-year ban reduced to 18 months. independent.co.ug 
GENEVA | Xinhua | French football player Paul Pogba's four-year ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) was cut to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday. The Juventus midfielder filed an appeal against the decision of Italy's National Anti-Doping Tribunal for committing an ADRV on February 28, 2024. He …
(2024-10-08). Malta bans Israel-bound ship from entering waters over Gaza war. newarab.com 
Pro-Palestine activists called on Valetta to bar the MV Katrin from docking in Maltese ports, saying doing so could contravene obligations under the Genocide Convention. | Israel has killed at least 41,900 people in its one-year war on Gaza, the vast majority civilians, leading to widespread accusations tha…
(2024-10-08). Trump says Gaza could be 'better than Monaco'. newarab.com 
Conservative media personality "It could be better than Monaco. It has…
(2024-10-08). North Korean troops fighting for Russia in Ukraine: Seoul. aljazeera.com Defence minister says 'highly likely' North Korean soldiers were killed in recent attack by Ukrainian forces.
(2024-10-08). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 956. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 956th day, these are the main developments.
(2024-10-08). Russian court jails US citizen for nearly seven years on 'mercenary' charge. aljazeera.com Stephen Hubbard, 72, was detained in eastern Ukraine in April 2022 and accused of fighting for Ukraine.
(2024-10-08). Russia denies freed 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout is now dealing arms in Yemen. scmp.com Wall Street Journal reported that Bout, released from US in a 2022 prisoner exchange, appears to have brokered sale of small arms to Houthis.
(2024-10-08). Russia is right to remove Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations. strategic-culture.su The Afghan movement no longer maintains the same practices as before, and is increasingly more prepared for international negotiations. | ❗️Join us on , , and . | Contact us:
(2024-10-08). The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town. grist.org 
Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The mineral, created deep within the earth when silicon-rich magmas cooled and crystallized some 370 million years ago, is essential to the production of computer chips and China, India, and Russia provide high purity quartz as well, but what's mined there does not match the quality or quantity of what lies beneath t…
(2024-10-08). Russia: Opening of criminal proceedings against human rights defender Ilya Shumanov. fidh.org
(2024-10-08). Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of microRNA. ecns.cn This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to the United States scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, judges at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, announced on Monday.
(2024-10-08). Thailand: Report on torture and ill-treatment submitted to UN body. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) submitted a shadow report to the United Nations (UN) Committee Against Torture (CAT), ahead of its review of Thailand's second periodic report under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The review of Thailand's report will take place on 5 and 6 November 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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(2024-10-08). A wave of desertions in Ukraine. wsws.org This report on the growing wave of desertions in Ukraine was submitted to the WSWS from journalists of Assembly.org.ua.
(2024-10-08). Ukraine: As a new school year begins, safety lessons about the dangers of explosive ordnance remain vital. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Ukraine: As Winter Approaches, Communities Prepare. icrc.org In the third year since the escalation of the armed conflict, communities in Eastern Ukraine prepare for the coming winter.