Monthly Archives: September 2023

2023-09-09: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-09-09). Georgia special grand jury recommended charging 39 top Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, lawyer Cleta Mitchell and retired Gen. Michael Flynn. wsws.org The special grand jury recommended charges against top Trump advisors and Republican senators not named in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' August 14 indictment, which charged the ex-president and 18 others.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-09). "A Good Investment": The Ukraine War and the US Arms Racket. dissidentvoice.org It all tallies. War, investments and returns. The dividends, solid, though the effort expended — at least by others — awful and bloody. While a certain narrative in US politics continues in the vein of traditional cant and hustling ceremony regarding the Ukraine War — "noble freedom fighters, we salute you!" twinned with "Russian aggressors …

en.mehrnews (2023-09-09). US likely to send long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — The Biden administration is likely to send Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, according to US officials.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-09). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-09-09). Sep 9, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Billy Joel — Piano Man The West's blueprint for goading China was laid out in Ukraine, by Jonathan Cook A Theory of the Game, by James Howard Kunstler Parsing the Telescreen, Slouching into the Gulag, by Fred Reed NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion, by Caitlin Johnstone Propaganda Legalized, Censorship Weaponized, by Joseph Mercola Greenwald: EU and WaPo Escalate Censorship Campaign with a New Fraudulent.. Video Transcript Transparency International's Covert Agenda: A Pawn in Western Intelligence's Game, by Kit Klarenberg The Rise of the Public-Pri…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). NATO Chief Says No Indication Russia Intended to Hit Bloc in Strikes Near Danube. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO has no indication that Russia intended to hit the alliance in light of the recent strikes on Ukraine's Danube ports, close to the Romanian border, and fresh drone debris found on the NATO member's soil, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-09). Bombshell: NATO Says "War Started in 2014". "Fake Pretext" to Wage War against Russia? To Invoke Article 5 of Atlantic Treaty? globalresearch.ca

Sophia Tesfaye (2023-09-09). GOP Congress Members Are Calling for McConnell to Resign After Second Freeze Up. truthout.org Mitch McConnell's Republican colleagues in Congress, including at least one member of his own GOP caucus in the Senate, are now calling for the Republican leader to step aside. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. joined the ranks of Republican lawmakers who have voiced opposition to the Kentucky senator continuing to hold office after his second instance appearing to freeze during a news conference in the… |

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). NATO Says Launched Northern Coasts Exercise in Baltic Sea. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO said on Saturday it had launched the annual Northern Coasts defense exercise in the Baltic Sea amid the changing security situation in the region, with around 30 warships and 3,200 troops involved in the drills.

Reproductive Justice SF (2023-09-09). Saturday 9/16: Protest the Transphobes–TERFs Off Our Turf! indybay.org In front of the Hilton San Francisco (Chinatown) | 750 Kearny St…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Arrives in New Delhi for G20 Summit. sputnikglobe.com The 18th top-level G20 summit, chaired by India, is held in New Delhi on September 9-10. The leaders of the G20 countries and nine other states – Bangladesh, Egypt, Spain, Mauritius, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the UAE, Oman and Singapore – have been invited to attend.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Russian Navy Destroys 3 Ukrainian Boats Trying to Attack Crimean Bridge – MoD. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Vessels of Russia's Black Sea Fleet over the past week destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned boats that were going to attack the Crimean Bridge, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

TASS (2023-09-09). Two Ukrainian drones downed over western Crimea. tass.com Air defenses have shot them, the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said…

TASS (2023-09-09). Air defenses shoot down drone over Crimea — Russian Defense Ministry. tass.com The unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea by on-duty air defenses means, the Ministry said…

TASS (2023-09-09). Damaged part of Crimean bridge to reopen to motor traffic September 15. tass.com It needs to put asphalt on it and to install the lights and road signs, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Western Sanctions Fail as Trade Between Russia and One of US' Closest Neighbors Hits Historic High. sputnikglobe.com In 2022, the US and its allies launched a grand campaign aimed at smothering most Russian trade activity (apart from a few strategic materials, like uranium, which they themselves need). Over 18 months on, Russia has not only successfully reoriented exports away from the West, but started reclaiming lost Western markets.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Russia Repels 56 Ukrainian Attacks in Donetsk Direction in Past 7 Days – MoD. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian armed forces repelled 56 attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk direction in the past seven days, with Kiev losing over 2,100 soldiers, 23 tanks and other armored combat vehicles in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

TASS (2023-09-09). Ukrainian forces shell DPR 39 times over day, one civilian killed, seven wounded. tass.com The mission specified that the districts of Gorlovka, the Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), and Makeyevka were shelled…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-09-09). West Using Zelensky's Jewish Heritage To Distract From Nazism in Ukraine — Putin. orinocotribune.com Kiev is glorifying those responsible for a quarter of the Holocaust, the Russian president has said | Using Vladimir Zelensky's Jewish heritage to cover for the culpability of Ukrainian nationalists in the Holocaust during WWII is disgusting, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding that the followers of Stepan Bandera were responsible for the killing of 1.5 million Jews. | "I think it's important to repeat that Western handlers placed at the head of modern Ukraine an ethnic Jew, a man of Jewish background, with Jewish roots — in this way, in my opinion, covering up the anti-human basis of t…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). G20 Declaration on Ukraine a 'Blow to Western Countries'. sputnikglobe.com The declaration of the G20 summit in India was a blow to the West, a British business newspaper reports, adding that this highlights the lack of global consensus in support of Kiev.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). UK 'Hired Gun' in Ukraine Found Dead in Pond, Hands Tied Behind Back. sputnikglobe.com The "meat grinder" that is Ukraine's botched summer counteroffensive has resulted in over 43,000 troops killed to date, Russia's Ministry of Defense has estimated. Amid the outflow of fighting-age men from the country, Kiev is suffering growing difficulties recruiting more conscripts and, accordingly, ramping up its recruitment of mercenaries.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). US 'Lies' About Ukraine's Failed Counteroffensive – Ex-CIA Analyst. sputnikglobe.com As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced over $1 billion in aid for Ukraine during a surprise visit to the country's capital, he said Washington had noticed "good progress" in Kiev's counteroffensive, despite all facts pointing to the opposite.

Jonathan Cook (2023-09-09). The West's blueprint for goading China was laid out in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org The West is writing a script about its relations with China as stuffed full of misdirection as an Agatha Christie novel. In recent months, US and European officials have scurried to Beijing for so-called talks, as if the year were 1972 and Richard Nixon were in the White House. But there will be no dramatic, …

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). G20 Split Over Ukraine Sign of Battle Between US Unipolarity, Rising Multipolar World Order. sputnikglobe.com Leaders and representatives of the world's 20 largest economies met in New Delhi Saturday, reaching a compromise on a joint declaration on global priorities by leaving out Western-proposed criticism of Russia over its military operation in Ukraine. Sputnik spoke to experts to get a sense of what the declaration's "consensus language" really means.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Russian Soldier Recalls Day He Repelled Ukrainian Drone Assault. sputnikglobe.com Ukraine initiated a counteroffensive against Russian forces in early June, following multiple delays. As of August 4, estimates from the Russian Defense Ministry indicate that Ukraine has incurred significant losses in this counteroffensive, with approximately 43,000 troops and 4,900 units of military equipment affected.

TASS (2023-09-09). Ukraine's activity towards Energodar is of terrorist nature — Karchaa. tass.com An adviser to the CEO of the Rosenergoatom concern emphasized that the Ukrainian forces were aiming to hit homes and civilian infrastructure in the town…

F. William Engdahl (2023-09-09). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

WSWS (2023-09-09). As Ukraine offensive collapses, US tries to drum up support for war at G20. wsws.org The G20 summit convened Friday in New Delhi, India, against the backdrop of the debacle of Ukraine's offensive and a deepening economic, political and social crisis of American capitalism.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). G20 Leaders Say Had Different Views on Ukraine Conflict During Summit Discussions. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The G20 leaders said in the New Delhi Summit Declaration on Saturday they had different views on and assessments of the Ukraine conflict during discussions of the issue, while jointly calling for respect for the UN Charter.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). 'No Decision Made': Pentagon Official Rejects Reports Alleging ATACMS May Be Headed to Ukraine. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A Pentagon official told Sputnik no decision has been made to supply Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) following reports that claimed the weapons were likely to be sent in the coming months.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Report: White House Scolded Hillary Clinton for Asking Ukraine for Help With Afghan Exit. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly scolded former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to help evacuate Afghan women during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). UK Prime Minister Touts 'Very Strong Language' in G20 Declaration on Ukraine. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Saturday that the G20 Summit Declaration used "very strong language" in relation to the conflict in Ukraine, while the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry described the wording as "nothing to be proud of."

TASS (2023-09-09). US may include ATACMS missiles in new military aid package to Ukraine — TV. tass.com Washington's plans for this type of weapon could change…

TASS (2023-09-09). G20 diplomats hammer out compromise language on Ukraine – Bloomberg. tass.com The summit in New Delhi is running in an in-person format on September 9-10…

Frank Haubold' (2023-09-09). Ukraine war: the business with death. indybay.org State-sponsored arms shipments cause corporate profits to skyrocket. That warlike conflicts boost the business of arms corporations is a well-known fact, but never in recent history have Western arms firms and corporations been able to enrich themselves so shamelessly from human suffering as in the Ukraine conflict.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-09). Russian army destroys Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk. plenglish.com Moscow, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Units of Russia's Eastern grouping destroyed two bastions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of Nikolskoye, to the south of Donetsk, declared the group's spokesman, Oleg Chekhov.

TASS (2023-09-09). Russian artillerymen disrupt Ukrainian rotation in Krasny Liman with howitzer fire. tass.com A senior gunner of the D-20 howitzer with the call sign Kot said that the military hit an enemy fighting vehicle, an American M777 howitzer, and also worked on a Polish Krab howitzer…

TASS (2023-09-09). Ukrainian forces shell DPR communities 69 times on September 9. tass.com The Ukrainian bombardments killed two men, the DPR's acting head Denis Pushilin said…

WSWS (2023-09-09). Russia strengthens ties with African military juntas calling to expel French troops. wsws.org Bitter historical experience, including the 1987 toppling of pro-Soviet Burkinabè president Thomas Sankara, shows African workers cannot rely on military alliances with Moscow to oppose imperialism.

Kirill Medvedev (2023-09-09). Russia Policing and Repression Prisons The Persecution of Azat Miftakhov Is Designed to Silence Russia's Left. internationalviewpoint.org

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-09). Russia and Tajikistan in favor of strengthening bilateral ties. plenglish.com Dushambe, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the leader of Tajikistan, Emomali Rakhmon, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic, the press service of the Tajik head of state reported.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Kim Jong Un, Daughter Attend North Korea's 75th Anniversary Military Parade. sputnikglobe.com The Founding Day military parade was the third such event staged this year in North Korea. In July, the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement in the 1950-1953 Korean War was also marked by solemn celebrations, with a Russian delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attending at the invitation of the North Korean Defense Ministry.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Putin Says Russia Carries on With All Plans Despite Challenges. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia is implementing all of its plans and advancing despite multiple challenges, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, adding that no development programs had been scaled down.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Vietnam on a Diplomatic Tightrope: Can Biden Align Hanoi Against China? sputnikglobe.com President Joe Biden is set to arrive in Hanoi on Sunday, with Vietnam and the US reportedly planning to sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership agreement" of a kind similar to one the Asian nation already has with China and Russia. What can be expected from Biden's trip? Sputnik reached out to a veteran expert in regional affairs for details.

TASS (2023-09-09). Developing Russia-North Korea ties in line with ensuring regional security — Putin. tass.com Putin also pointed out that the Soviet Union was the first to recognize the new sovereign state…

TASS (2023-09-09). Lavrov arrives in New Delhi for G20 summit. tass.com Russian Foreign Minister heads the Russian delegation to the G20 summit at the request of President Vladimir Putin…

TASS (2023-09-09). Mistake in use of ICTs may lead to all-out war — Russian MFA. tass.com President for International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security Artur Lyukmanov also noted that dialogue is the right way to prevent escalation…

TASS (2023-09-09). Turnout at elections in Kherson Region above 62% on second day of voting. tass.com The turnout in the Genichesk municipal district was at 45.74%,the chair of the regional election commission Marina Zakharova said…

TASS (2023-09-09). Putin points to importance of laser physics research for Russia's national economy. tass.com Laser physics research allows to study the properties of matter and trace the evolution of the universe…

TASS (2023-09-09). Russian intelligence poses great threat to US, FBI director says. tass.com "The Russian traditional counterintelligence threat continues to loom large," the Hill newspaper quoted the chief as saying…

TASS (2023-09-09). Kurds capture one of IS leaders in Syria's Raqqa. tass.com According to the agency, Kurdish fighters jumped from US Air Force helicopters and landed near the house where one of the leaders of the extremist group Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia) Abu Amir was hiding…

en.mehrnews (2023-09-09). Russia summons Armenia's envoy over unfriendly steps. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — Russia has summoned Armenia's ambassador to Moscow following a number of unwelcome gestures by Yerevan, including its announcement of joint war games with the United States.

ecns.cn (2023-09-09). Moscow Zoo releases photos of one-week-old panda cub. ecns.cn This image shows a one-week-old panda cub born to parents Ru Yi and Ding Ding at Moscow Zoo. It is the first giant panda cub born in Russia.

Volodymyr Artiukh (2023-09-09). Labour, protests, and state capitalism in Belarus, three years on. internationalviewpoint.org

TASS (2023-09-09). Battlegroup East repels three Ukrainian attacks in South Donetsk area — spokesman. tass.com Oleg Chekhov added that a US M777 howitzer was destroyed, as well as mortar crews in the areas of Makarovka, Ugledar and Novomikhailovka…

TASS (2023-09-09). Battlegroup East destroys two Ukrainian strongholds north of Nikolskoye — spokesman. tass.com According to Oleg Chekhov, the sites of temporary deployment of the 72nd Ukrainian mechanized brigade in Vodyanoye, places of accumulation of Ukrainian servicemen in the areas of Urozhaynoye and Novodonetskoye were also hit…

Ed Holt (2023-09-09). World Report] Ukrainian medic prisoners of war speak out. thelancet.com Civil society groups say that the detention of medical personnel is probably a breach of the Geneva Conventions. Ed Holt reports.

TASS (2023-09-09). Lugansk republic sees 60.99% turnout toward end of second voting day. tass.com According to the deputy chairman of the regional election commission, Marianna Sumskaya, in the afternoon, false reports were recorded about mining of some polling stations…

TASS (2023-09-09). Turnout in election of Donetsk republic's legislature rises to above 70%. tass.com Based on the results of the first day, taking into account early voting and voting at extraterritorial polling stations, the turnout in the elections of members of the People's Council of the DPR was 59.04%, and in the elections of the Donetsk City Council – 56.10%…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-09-09). Ejecutan operativo tras asesinato de Villavicencio en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Se ejecutaron cuatro detenciones en los Centros de Rehabilitación Social de El Inca (Quito) y de Cotopaxi (Latacunga).

teleSUR, MER (2023-09-09). Asesinan a defensor de derechos humanos en Maicao, Colombia. telesurtv.net La víctima fue identificada como Fredy Rhenals, quien era abogado y servidor público de la Defensoría del Pueblo en la regional La Guajira.

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