Monthly Archives: June 2024

2024-06-16: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-06-16). Socialist Equality Party election campaign wins support in Holborn and St Pancras, London. wsws.org Dozens of workers, youth and retirees stopped and spoke with SEP campaigners. The stall, with its large placards denouncing Labour's support for the Gaza genocide and NATO's proxy-war in Ukraine, attracted interest throughout the day.

newleftreview (2024-06-16). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

newarab (2024-06-16). Nations agree territorial integrity of Ukraine basis of peace. newarab.com Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the "territorial integrity" of The joint communique capped a two-day conference at the Bàºrgenstock resort in Switzerland mark…

Staff (2024-06-16). Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez Repudiates Guyana President's Warmongering. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, repudiated the warmongering of the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, who is "threatening the tranquility and peace" of the region. | On Friday, June 14, Rodríguez commented that President Ali is establishing himself as "the Caribbean Zelensky," referring to the president of Ukraine who serves as a puppet to warmongering US ambitions. | "Venezuela repudiates the warmongering of Irfaan Ali, who wants to become the Caribbean Zelensky by threatening the tranquility and peace of our region to worship his American and ExxonMobil masters," Rodríguez wrote on social media.

scorinoco (2024-06-16). Russia and Cuba, Beyond Warships. orinocotribune.com By Mi Cuba por Siempre — Jun 13, 2024 | While the international media only report on the arrival of a Russian naval detachment in Cuba, relations between the Russian Federation and Cuba go much further and are getting stronger. Unlike the Biden administration, which is focused on maintaining the economic and financial persecution measures against Cuba, the Russian government is working together with the Cuban government to reach mutually beneficial agreements, which you will certainly not read about in the major mainstream outlets. | Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban minister of Foreign Affairs, visited Russia…

Jeffrey Sachs, Friends of Socialist China. (2024-06-16). The Perils And Promise Of The Emerging Multipolar World. popularresistance.org In his recent article for Common Dreams, Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs describes the world's trajectory towards multipolarity over the past three decades. He notes that, "in 1994, the G7 countries constituted 45.3% of world output, compared with 18.9% of world output in the BRICS countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates). The tables have turned. The BRICS now produce 35.2% of world output, while the G7 countries produce 29.3%." | The West's political influence is also waning, as exemplified by the failure of the US-led sanctions against Russia from 2022…

Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. (2024-06-16). Left And Progressives Form New Popular Front To Counter Far-Right. popularresistance.org French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly following the devastating outcome of the European Parliament election on June 9. The liberal coalition to which Macron's Renaissance party belongs won only 13 seats, compared to 30 seized by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally. The announcement was initially cheered by the far-right and met with shock at the center. | Macron's government has been hemorrhaging popularity due to several controversial policies: increasing the retirement age, tightening immigration guidelines, and signaling readiness to send French soldiers to Ukraine.

Larry Johnson (2024-06-16). My Presentation at the St. Petersburg International Economic forum. sonar21.com This is short and to the point. My speech was well received. The Syria's Ambassador to Moscow was present and applauded. You can see Alexander Dugin, Maria Zakharova sitting behind me. You will also see my good friends, Pepe Escobar and Zeinab Saffar, on the extreme right of the stage.

Andrew Korybko (2024-06-16). The US' "Security Pact" With Kiev Regime: Ukraine NATO Membership No longer Contemplated. WWIII "Could Break Out Through Miscalculation. globalresearch.ca

Ben Norton (2024-06-16). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not to Expand NATO East of Germany, Newly Discovered Document Proves. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-06-16). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2024-06-16). Giving Ukraine Missiles to Shoot Into Russia Is a Declaration of War. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-06-16). America Has Been at War with Russia for More than 100 Years. globalresearch.ca

Jacques Baud (2024-06-16). Video: Russia Aims to Cripple Ukraine's Military as Putin Launches Major Offensive. Jacques Baud. globalresearch.ca

Michael Welch (2024-06-16). Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited. Escalations… The U.S., Canada, and NATO Provoking World War III. globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-06-16). Russian army advances near Kharkov. plenglish.com During the offensive, the units of the North and East battle groups made significant advances in the areas under the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in addition to defeating the enemy units, the military institution said in a statement on its Telegram profile on Sunday. | The Defense Ministry indicated that in the northern direction, the troops and equipment from the 71st Jaeger Brigade and the 125th Ukrainian Territorial Defense Brigade were destroyed in Volchansk and Ternova. | Seven counterattacks by the 36th Marine Brigade and the 13th National Guard Brigade were also rejected. | The Ukrainian Armed F…

presstv.ir (2024-06-16). Iran, Russia should swiftly implement comprehensive cooperation deal: Mokhber. presstv.ir Iran's interim president urges the implementation of a comprehensive bilateral cooperation agreement with Russia as soon as possible.

noreply (2024-06-16). Ha, CNN Reports… smoothiex12.blogspot.com actual news from Havana. Not the first half of the report, of course. But visit to Admiral Gorshkov is open for public. Upper deck only, of course. Obviously, no one is allowed on board of Kazan. As expected, the discussion board below the video is dominated by massive numbers of TSIPSO and simply genuine article Khohol and other Western fanboys, but the truth is–as I reiterated a number of times–it is what is in waters in the Eastern and Western seaboards which really matters. Couple of the US

newleftreview (2024-06-16). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.

aljazeera (2024-06-16). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 842. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 842nd day, these are the main developments.

themoscowtimes (2024-06-16). Russian Journalist Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike. themoscowtimes.com His employer said the attack happened around the Saint-Nicolas monastery near the town of Vugledar.

themoscowtimes (2024-06-16). Peace Summit Calls for Dialogue With Russia, Backs Ukraine's 'Territorial Integrity'. themoscowtimes.com "We believe that reaching peace requires the involvement of and dialogue between all parties," read a final communique.

(2024-06-16). Russia expels Austrian journalist Maria Knips-Witting in retaliatory response. rbc.ru

The Media Line Staff (2024-06-16). Iran Denounces UN, G7 Warnings on Nuclear Program and Coordination With Russia as 'Politically Biased'. themedialine.org

themoscowtimes (2024-06-16). Russian Prison Standoff Ends With Hostages Freed, Suspects 'Liquidated'. themoscowtimes.com State media reported that IS members who are due to appear in court on terrorism charges were among the hostage-takers.

tn.ai (2024-06-16). Iran's BRICS Membership Marks New Age in Regional Relations: Russian Politician. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's membership in BRICS and its cooperation agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union have opened a new chapter in the promotion of Tehran's relations with regional countries, a senior member of Russia's State Duma said.

themoscowtimes (2024-06-16). Islamic State Inmates Take Prison Guards Hostage in Southern Russia. themoscowtimes.com State media reported that IS members who are due to appear in court on terrorism charges are among the hostage takers.

aljazeera (2024-06-16). Russian forces storm detention centre, free guards taken hostage. aljazeera.com Several assailants, reportedly linked to ISIL, killed in operation to rescue two guards at Rostov detention centre.

noemail (2024-06-16). Hostage Crisis at Rostov Detention Center. devdiscourse.com Two employees of a pre-trial detention centre in Russia's Rostov region were taken hostage by detainees, Russia's RIA agency reported on Sunday, citing the Federal Penitentiary Service.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-06-16). ONU condena más de 500 asesinatos de palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Más de 500 palestinos han muerto desde el 7 de octubre en actos de violencia en la ocupada Cisjordania vinculados al asedio del Ejército israelí de ocupación en Gaza.

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