The Global South
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Facing war in the Middle East and Ukraine, the US looks feeble. But is it just an act?
www.theguardian.com Facing war in the Middle East and Ukraine, the US looks feeble. But is it just an act? | Adam ToozeThe idea that all Biden is doing to trying to avoid a third world war isn’t convincing. Look closely and his foreign policy has been as radical as Trump’s, says history professor Adam Tooze
- www.brasildefato.com.br Lula criticizes the UN for its inability to make Israel negotiate
On Wednesday (2), a flight of the Brazilian Air Force will bring to the country Brazilians trapped in Lebanon
- www.aljazeera.com Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community
The chaotic face-off between Trump and Harris added to concerns over the state of US democracy.
- thechinaacademy.org Sorry Mr. Sullivan, But You Just Got China So Wrong
Sullivan arrived without a red carpet, just clear red lines on the ground. But he came anyway.
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AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South | WIRED
www.wired.com AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global SouthWith generative AI affecting politics worldwide, researchers face a “detection gap,” as the biases built into systems mean tools for identifying fake content often work poorly or not at all in the Global South.
- americanaffairsjournal.org China Is Winning. Now What? - American Affairs Journal
If we lost a trade war, how long would it take us to find out? The vitality and flexibility of our financial system has obscured the degree to which we are living in the aftermath of a Chinese trade war victory—one in which the PRC not merely succeeded in subjecting the developed countries to trade…
- www.world-grain.com From the editor: Proposed BRICS grain exchange worth monitoring
BRICS alliance considering starting an inter-bloc exchange
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Russia discusses integration of payment infrastructures with BRICS
> 159 foreign participants from 20 countries have already joined the Russian system.
- mondoweiss.net ‘Words like Slaughter:’ A comparative study of The New York Times reporting in Ukraine and Gaza
An in-depth comparison of The New York Times coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine vs. Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shows how the Times dutifully launders the news to fit the U.S. government’s agenda.
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Gen Z Filipinos, the loneliest youths in Southeast Asia, are struggling. This is how and why - CNA
www.channelnewsasia.com Gen Z Filipinos, the loneliest youths in Southeast Asia, are struggling. This is how and whyThe pandemic and heavy use of social media are just two of the contributing factors to the social isolation faced by the country’s youth. The programme Insight delves deeper and finds out what is being done to help them.
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- www.bbc.com Russian ally Niger cuts ties with Ukraine as rivalry spills over into Africa
Niger follows Mali's lead, signalling a burgeoning rift with Kyiv.
- www.thecanary.co 20 groups slam HRW report on 7 October as 'propagandistic' and 'genocide-enabling'
Pro-Palestine groups have called out a HRW report that whitewashes Israel's genocide in Gaza and cherry-picks the facts on October 7
- www.bbc.com South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem
In the piece titled Means of Unification, the man hailed Pyongyang's socialist system.
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Palestine Talks | Professor David Miller reveals how Zionist lobbies fuel Islamophobia which has led to riots in the UK
Palestine is the heart of global issues, the people of Bangladesh know that and are waving Palestine flags as world is starting to see the entire world is oppressed by the same group of countries.
- www.aljazeera.com Turkey to submit bid to join South Africa ICJ genocide case against Israel
Foreign minister says Turkey will formally submit its declaration of intervention on Wednesday at The Hague.
- www.aljazeera.com Mali cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine over Wagner attack controversy
Move follows Kyiv’s official’s comments on attacks last month targeting Malian soldiers and Russia’s Wagner group.
> Mali said it had learned “with deep shock” of the remarks and that Yusov had “admitted Ukraine’s involvement in a cowardly, treacherous and barbaric attack by armed terrorist groups that resulted in the death of members of the Malian Defence and Security Forces”. > > Mali also cited comments by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Senegal Yurii Pyvovarov, who was summoned by Senegal on Saturday over a video published on Facebook in which Pyvovarov provided “unequivocal and unqualified support for the terrorist attack” in Mali. > > Ukraine’s actions violated Malian sovereignty and constituted unacceptable foreign interference and support for international terrorism, according to Maiga.
- www.thenation.com International Law Strikes Back
The World Court’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal rewards growing judicial activism by states of the Global South.
> As the US invasion of Iraq, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s indiscriminate and disproportionate onslaught on Gaza demonstrate, however, it is also often the most powerful nations that violate the most important principles of international law.
- geopoliticaleconomy.com US gov’t cites groups it funds to allege electoral ‘fraud’ in Venezuela
The US State Department, which has backed several coup attempts in Venezuela, claimed opposition candidate Edmundo González won the July 28 presidential election. But as supposed
- www.aljazeera.com Why has America risked it all in Gaza?
American ‘ironclad’ support for Israel has much to do with the insecurity of a declining superpower.
- www.politico.eu ‘Blood minerals’: EU accused of fueling conflict with Rwanda deal
Facing criticism it is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Brussels seeks to clarify the aims behind its minerals pact with Kigali.
- www.washingtonpost.com John Bolton said he planned foreign coups. The global outcry was swift.
Evo Morales, the former president of Bolivia, tweeted Wednesday that the remarks showed the United States was “the worst enemy of democracy and life.”
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Joe Biden has imposed MORE sanctions on countries than any other president: The US sanctions 60% of all low income countries
www.thecanary.co Joe Biden has imposed MORE sanctions on countries than any other president60% of low income countries are under US sanctions, and Joe Biden has imposed more than any other American president
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Peeling The American Onion
www.michaelmoore.com Peeling The American OnionIt Ain't Over 'Til The Last Burger King Leaves Kandahar
> We spent over $2.4 trillion in Afghanistan for 20 years while the poor in America went without food, medical care, decent schools. The water in the Black-majority city of Flint was poisoned by the Governor. A thousand people shot by the police in the U.S. each year. > > The pundits on TV wail: “We’ve abandoned our Afghan helpers! No one will ever trust us again! No one will ever believe us! Our word is no good!!” > > EXACTLY! Correct! Yessss! We should never be believed! Note to the rest of the world: You see us coming? RUN! Nothing but tragedy awaits you. Do NOT help us. If we sign a climate agreement, we will not follow it! If we sign a nuclear deal with your mullahs, don’t believe it. It only means we’re getting ready to bomb you. And you should know that when it comes to we, the American public, there is not a single morning where we ever wake up thinking about you or giving a rat’s ass whether 80% of your people live in a state of oppressive abject poverty. It’s always only about us, baby — and what YOU can do for US, for our AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE!
