(2022-08-30). Pentagon admits it can't track Ukraine-bound weapons. infobrics.org At least since April, US military officials have been expressing frustration that Ukraine-bound "lethal aid" shipments were entering a big "black hole" once they crossed the border.
(2022-08-30). US claims Russia now in possession of Iranian drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The US assesses Russia is now in possession of weapons-capable Iranian drones that they will likely deploy on the battlefield in Ukraine, said a senior US administration official.
(2022-08-30). Ukraine announces beginning of offensive to retake Kherson. wsws.org None of the military efforts by Ukraine, which for years has ranked as the poorest country in Europe, would be possible without the arms and funding from NATO and, above all, the US.
(2022-08-30). US army to Deliver NASAMS to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The US Army has awarded a $182 million contract to Raytheon Missiles & Defense to supply six National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine.
(2022-08-30). Chancellor Scholz promotes militarisation of Europe under German leadership in Prague speech. wsws.org Germany is deliberately intensifying the war in Ukraine in order to weld Europe together under its hegemony and to upgrade it to a military world power. This was the central message contained in Scholz's speech at Charles University.
(2022-08-30). Australia hosts major war games simulating aerial combat. wsws.org The US and its key allies are carrying out exercises preparing for a major air war, as Washington wages a proxy-conflict with Russia in Ukraine and ratchets up its confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific.
(2022-08-30). Energy Sanctions on Russia Have Been a Boon for China and India. infobrics.org When the UK and the U.S. banned Russian oil imports, and the European Union approved sanctions that made it a lot harder to trade in Russian oil, media reports highlighted the argument that Russian could not possibly replace Europe with Asia as its biggest oil client…
(2022-08-30). Spiral downward and No exit! indybay.org The austerity dictates imposed on the Eurozone are only exacerbating the crisis they are supposed to be fighting. In all economies under the thumb of the "troika" of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank & the European Commission, the austerity measures are leading to a collapse in domestic demand.
(2022-08-30). China's Chery in Talks to Produce Cars in Russian Plants. infobrics.org Chinese car manufacturer Chery is in talks with Russian manufacturers about producing cars in Russian plants, Russia's state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing Vladimir Shmakov, director of Chery's Russian branch…
(2022-08-30). Nation a vital market for Europe's companies. ecns.cn China remains a key market for European companies as its economic resilience and large domestic market are vital for them to stay globally competitive, according to a survey released on Monday by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
(2022-08-29). IAEA Sends Team to Ukraine to Inspect Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has The ZNPP has been controlled by Russian forces since March. The plant has recently been the site of frequent shelling,…
(2022-08-29). Ukraine And The Politics Of Permanent War. popularresistance.org No one, including the most bullish supporters of Ukraine, expect the nation's war with Russia to end soon. The fighting has been reduced to artillery duels across hundreds of miles of front lines and creeping advances and retreats. Ukraine, like Afghanistan, will bleed for a very long time. This is by design. | On August 24, the Biden administration announced yet another massive military aid package to Ukraine worth nearly $3 billion. It will take months, and in some cases years, for this military equipment to reach Ukraine. In another sign that Washington assumes the conflict will be a long war of attrition it w…
(2022-08-29). Roger Waters Added to Ukrainian Hit List. covertactionmagazine.com Pink Floyd Star Declared "Enemy of Ukraine" I have written about the Ukrainian hit list known as Mirotvorets, or "Peacekeeper," twice before. The first time was in an article about internet censorship, and the second time was when a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl, Faina Savenkova, was added to the list for publicly speaking out against Kyiv's bloody war on Russian-speaking civilians …
(2022-08-29). US to Appoint New Arctic Ambassador With Eye on Russia. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced Friday that it will appoint a new ambassador for the Arctic, a region the US military and NATO view as a potential battleground with Russia. US Arctic policy is currently handled by an official in the State Department, but the Biden administration wants to establish a full ambassador, which would require …
(2022-08-29). Russian FSB Identified Second Ukrainian Citizen Who Took Part In Dugina's Assassination. southfront.org 
On August 29th, the Russian Security Service (FSB) claimed that the second member of the Ukrainian sabotage and terrorist group who took part in the assassination of Daria Dugina was identified. | On August 20, Daria Dugina, Russian journalist, philosopher and war correspondent, was killed in the Moscow region. The SUV she was driving exploded and burned down in the eyes of her father Alexander Dugin, the philosopher, considered to be the ideologist of the "Russian world" concept. | On August…
(2022-08-29). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). West's Neoliberal 'Age Of Abundance' Is Over. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). New Patterns of Conflict and the Weakness of Peace Movements. transcend.org The beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war in Feb 2022 dramatized a dangerous global conflict between the USA and its Cold War adversaries, Russia and China. A regional conflict that might have been resolved by negotiation or dialogues between the parties became relatively intractable, with no immediate solutions in sight.
(2022-08-29). Amid Curbs, India-Russia Trade Via INSTC Booms. infobrics.org The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) has been facilitating a higher volume of trade between India and Russia via Iran over the last three months amid the West's sanctions on Moscow…
(2022-08-29). Roger Waters added to Ukrainian govt-sponsored hit list/ BY DEBORAH ARMSTRONG ∑AUGUST 25, 2022. marktaliano.net 
Original Link Here: Roger Waters added to Ukrainian govt-sponsored hit list The Grayzone Russian political analyst Daria Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Moscow on Saturday, now appears as "liquidated" on the Ukrainian online hit list. The site was created under the watch of the Minister of Internal Affairs. This …
(2022-08-29). Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan deepen cooperation to bypass Western sanctions. infobrics.org North-South Corridor will make anti-Russia sanctions even more ineffective.
(2022-08-29). IAEA Mission On Its Way To Zaporozhie NPP. southfront.org IAEA experts are finally on their way to the Zaporozhye NPP in Ukraine. Head of the international agency Rafael Grossi who headed the support and assistance mission confirmed that the IAEA representatives will arrive to the plant 'later this week'. | According to the report by The New York Times, the mission of 13 experts led by the CEO of the organization should come to the power plant this week. According to the publication, it includes specialists "mainly from neutral countries": Poland,…
(2022-08-29). Military Situation In Ukraine On August 29, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU 60th infantry brigade near Novovorontsovka and the Vostok air command control point near Dnepropetrovsk with high-precision missiles, killing about 70 Ukrainian servicemen; | Russian missiles hit the temporary deployment point and ammunition depot of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade, as well as the camps of the Aidar and Azov military formations near Marganets, killing more than 100 servicemen; | Russia struck the AFU 53rd mechanized brigade and…
(2022-08-29). Jaishankar Justifies India's Decision to Buy Russian Oil. infobrics.org Justifying India's decision to import Russian crude oil amidst the Ukraine war, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that his moral duty is to ensure the best deal for Indians, most of whom cannot afford high energy prices…
(2022-08-29). America Imported Over $6 Billion in Goods From Russia Since Ukraine Invasion. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-29). Standoff On Ukrainian Front Lines. southfront.org 
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(2022-08-29). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued US Dominance. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for…
(2022-08-29). IAEA Inspection at Zaporozhye NPP To Start on August 31st. telesurenglish.net The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will assess the situation at the plant, which Russia denounces is targeted by Ukrainian forces' shelling. | RELATED: | The Wall Street Journal, quoting an internal Ukrainian government document, reported on Monday that "the inspection will begin Wednesday and last until Saturday." | IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said via Twitter that "the day has come; the IAEA…
(2022-08-29). Iranian, Russian FMs to hold talks on JCPOA, Ukraine on Wed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Monday announced that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will hold talk with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday to discuss JCPOA.
(2022-08-29). Baltic governments use war in Ukraine to accelerate removal of Soviet World War II monuments. wsws.org The reactionary campaign is designed to sow ethnic divisions and erase from historical memory the defeat of fascism and the massive victory it signified for both the Soviet and international working class.
(2022-08-29). Days After Approving Another $3 Billion for Ukraine War, US Says No More Money for Free Covid Tests. commondreams.org "Well this is quite exactly the wrong thing to do going into fall/winter," said one infectious disease doctor.
(2022-08-29). Howard Zinn at 100: the Enduring Legacy of the U.S. People's Historian. transcend.org 24 Aug 2022 marked six months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, with millions displaced and tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers killed. That same day marked the centennial of the late historian Howard Zinn's birth. He was an author, professor, and anti-war activist.
(2022-08-29). Germany Seeks to Ban National Vetoes in EU. telesurenglish.net Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, called on members of the European Union to drop the right to veto in favor of majority voting in several key areas, explaining that this would contribute to the bloc's future expansion. | RELATED: | The German official emphasized that changing the voting practices might facilitate the bloc's growth, describing how the current schemas could annulate the accession of a candidate cou…
(2022-08-29). We Need Public Utilities and We Need Them Now. commondreams.org The European Union's power sector is a good example of what market fundamentalism has done to electricity networks the world over. With the end of cheap natural gas, retail consumers and businesses are paying the price for their governments' embrace of a shoddy theory.
(2022-08-29). Why Israel fiercely opposes nuclear deal with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Mossad chief David Barnea issued a warning shot against the 2015 Iran nuclear deal while the European Union, together with Iran and the US, were engaged in a flurry of diplomatic efforts to get the nuclear deal revived.
(2022-08-29). Military Situation In Syria On August 29, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 29, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 2 in Aleppo province, 1 in Latakia province; | On August 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Safuhin area; | On August 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Ghaniya area; | On August 29, YPG artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Marea area; | On August 29, the Russian Mi…
(2022-08-29). Ignorant and Stupid Politicians Committed to Nuclear War: The Unthinkable: "Money and Mistakes" are the Driving Force behind World History. globalresearch.ca First published on August 27, 2022 | Nuclear War against both China and Russia is contemplated: | "At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable. All …
(2022-08-29). Nuremberg: Holocaust Survivor Vera Sharav's Alert about Nazi Tactics in 2022. transcend.org "Humanity Is Currently Under Siege by the Global Heirs of the Nazis" – Vera Sharav, Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate, speaks first at the 75th Anniversary Event of the Nuremberg Code in Nuremberg, Germany, on 20 Aug 2022.
(2022-08-29). First China-Russia Railway Bridge Could Start Official Operation Soon. infobrics.org One year after tracklaying work was completed on the first China-Russia railway bridge across the Heilongjiang River, a source familiar with the construction progress told the Global Times that the bridge is expected to begin official operation as early as this month…
(2022-08-29). Freeze or Starve? Sanctioning Russia Leaves Germans a Choice this Winter. libya360.wordpress.com C.J. ATKINS Freeze or starve: With energy costs driving up the price of everything, Germans will face a choice this winter. Here, a pedestrian walks through the freezing winter fog in Berlin. | Maurizio Gambarini / dpa via AP The biggest beneficiary in the whole affair, Pohl argues, has been U.S. imperialism. Its energy companies…
(2022-08-29). Export of Iranian goods to Russia hit over 18k tons. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Over 18 thousand tons of goods have been exported to Russia over the past 50 days, Head of Iranian Customs Administration (IRICA) said.
(2022-08-29). 8 Y.O. Child Prodigy Plays Chopin's Nocturne (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org Elisey Mysin was born in 2010 in Russia. He performed Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor in 2018 in his first performance on a TV show.
(2022-08-29). Jordanians Keen to Maintain Palestinian Tourism. telesurenglish.net After Israel opened an airport near its southern border with Jordan to Palestinian passengers travelling abroad last week, several Jordanian travel agents expressed concern that the Israeli move would significantly reduce the number of Palestinians travelling via Jordan. | RELATED: | Dozens of Palestinians departed for Cyprus from Israel's Ramon Airport on Aug. 22 after Israel launched a pilot program to enable Palest…
(2022-08-29). Germany Reactivates Second Coal-Fired Power Plant to Save Gas. telesurenglish.net Germany has reactivated another coal-fired power plant in an attempt to reduce the amount of natural gas it uses to generate electricity, plant operator Uniper said on Monday. | RELATED: | Since its commissioning in 1987, the Heyden plant in Petershagen in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia has been "one of the most powerful power plants" in the country with a capacity of 875 megawatts. | In early August, the…
(2022-08-29). The Netherlands Is Building an Ark for Its Bees. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-29). Cardiac arrest survival rates are improving. healtheuropa.com 
A study by the University of Gothenburg has found that survival rates after a cardiac arrest have doubled over the last 30 years. Around 10,000 people in Sweden suffer a sudden cardiac arrest every year. Speed is crucial when treating someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest, and the actions of bystanders who are able …
(2022-08-29). Ford-Spain signals plant closure, more attacks on auto workers in Valencia. wsws.org Last week, Ford Spain announced it was refusing millions of euros in corporate bailout from the Spanish government, citing a "revised outlook for Europe".
(2022-08-29). Union strangles dockworkers' strike movement in Germany. wsws.org On closer inspection, the wage settlement turns out to be a sham. Nothing has been decided yet, and dockers should make it clear that they will not accept this sell-out.
(2022-08-29). 'Untouchable' to vie at British, Albanian film festivals. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Avazeh Shahnavaz, "Untouchable" is set to vie at 2 international film festivals in Albania and the United Kingdom.
(2022-08-29). Cuban Foreign Minister begins official visit to Serbia. en.cubadebate.cu Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla began an official visit to Serbia, as part of the celebration of 120 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations between the two nations. This is what he wrote on his Twitter account. There he meets with various Serbian officials with whom he discusses unity and cooperation between the two countries. The anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and Serbia is celebrated on November 4. In 120 years, they have been characterized by respect and historical ties of friendship.
(2022-08-29). European Central Bank Says Cash 'Not Fit' for Digital Economy, Dismisses CBDC Privacy Concerns. transcend.org 25 Aug 2022 – In the digital economy, cash is no longer a useful tool, and a Central Bank Digital Currency is the "only solution" to continue the existing monetary system, according to a new paper, "The Economics of Central Bank Digital Currency."
(2022-08-28). Every Meddling Tactic the U.S. Empire Has Used in Ukraine Has a Historical Precedent. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The perception of the events in Ukraine that U.S. imperialism seeks to propagate is one of "see no evil, hear no evil" when it comes to the role Washington has played. The demonization of Russia is so extreme that Kiev supporters often can't even admit the conflict is a proxy war, for fear…
(2022-08-28). Russian Allegations of Rampant Nazism in Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Gilbert Doctorow A couple of weeks before Vladimir Putin announced his 'special military operation' in Ukraine, he met in the Kremlin with Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz. At their joint press conference following the meeting, Putin mentioned in passing that Ukraine is controlled today by neo-Nazis. This remark was famously ridiculed by Scholz as "laughable," thereby…
