2022-09-20: News Headlines

Infobrics (2022-09-20). Russia's Top Gold Producer Sells $670 Million of Bonds in Yuan. infobrics.org PJSC Polyus, Russia's largest gold producer, became the second company in the country to sell bonds in Chinese currency as Russian businesses increasingly turn to China and the yuan for borrowing in the face of sweeping sanctions imposed by Western countries…

Infobrics (2022-09-20). Japan maintains sanctions but boosts its LNG imports from Russia. infobrics.org Japan's economic woes are compounded by anti-Russia sanctions…

Staff (2022-09-20). Sanctions, terrorism, war results of unilateralism. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) — The Iranian President described sanctions, terrorism, and war as manifestations of unilateralism and said, "Unilateralism causes suffering in human societies".

Fight Back (2022-09-20). Tallahassee SDS marches for women's and reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On September 7, Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a march in defense of women's and reproductive rights, following the aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. More than 40 students attended the march from the Legacy Fountain to the Integration Statue, accompanied by chants like "We won't go back! We will fight back!" | FSU SDS joined organizations across the country for a National Day of Action to defend reproductive rights and resist attacks on bodily autonomy. People across the country recognize the necessity to continue the strugg…

Brenda Norrell (2022-09-20). Standing Rock Rattled Legislators into Backdoor Deal: Prison for Peaceful Protesters. indybay.org

WSWS (2022-09-20). Fired over a bathroom break: Amazon worker with debilitating Long COVID fired for publicly exposing management's abuses. wsws.org Josh was fired in mid-September by Amazon for attempting to assert his rights as a worker.

Staff (2022-09-20). øPor qué votaremos el 25 de septiembre? cubadebate.cu Este 25 de septiembre tendremos ante nosotros el privilegio de poder colocar el interés superior de la dignidad humana— que trasciende edad, raza, género, orientación sexual o cualquier otra distinción—, la justicia pendiente y el amor, por encima de credos e ideologías. Estaremos contribuyendo a que las relaciones de poder que lógicamente se reproducen en una sociedad sean dignas, afectuosas, con base en los derechos y las responsabilidades, de compromiso con el bienestar personal y común.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-09-20). Trabajadores marcharán por derechos laborales en Panamá. telesurtv.net El secretario general de Conusi llamó a los trabajadores a participar en el mitin fijado para el próximo jueves.

Staff (2022-09-19). Nuclear issues might be discussed during Raeisi's visit to NY. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — Iran's senior diplomat says that there is no defined plan to discuss the sanctions-lifting negotiations during President Raeisi's visit to the United States but does not rule out a possible meeting in this regard.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-19). Russians Save Lives Of Ukrainian Servicemen On Battlefield (Videos). southfront.org Russian servicemen have recently shared several videos from the front lines in different Ukrainian regions, showing how the treat the captured Ukrainian soldiers. | Wounded Ukrainians are often left by their comrades on the battlefields. In turn, Russian servicemen treat prisoners of war in accordance with international military law. All necessary medical care is provided to the wounded. The Russians provide first aid and then transport the wounded from the battlefields to hospitals, wher…

_____ (2022-09-19). Europe's Real-Time Experiment In Energy Contraction. popularresistance.org European society is currently undergoing a real-time experiment in energy contraction. Sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have led to a dramatic reduction in imports of Russian oil and natural gas. The Europeans are still receiving some Russian oil via pipeline though that flow was reduced last month. The reasons for the decline in natural gas deliveries from Russia—deliveries not prevented by Western sanctions—are disputed with each side accusing the other of being the cause. | Those of us who have been warning about the coming energy stringency believed that it wo…

____ (2022-09-19). Latin Americans Reject Resource Plundering by Same NATO Countries Fueling Military Conflict in Ukraine. transcend.org 13 Sep 2022 — It's a witch hunt where Washington is saying either you are with the U.S., NATO and the West, or you're against us. Anyone trying to be 'neutral' becomes 'pro-Russia'. Meanwhile, no one is sanctioning the U.S. or the EU for their plundering wars or their violent crimes against humanity and war crimes throughout the world.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-19). Austrian Citizens Dissatisfied With Anti-Russian Measures. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageProtests against sanctions and gas prices are likely to increase in the entire European continent. | Written by Protests against gas prices are rising in Europe. European citizens are increasingly dissatisfied with the directions taken by their countries and organize demonstrations to express their opinions against…

People's World (2022-09-19). Die Linke Lawmaker: Russia Sanctions Causing 'Social and Economic Catastrophe' in Germany. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-19). Violating sanctions against Russia to be gigantic mistake. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden says he told Chinese President Xi Jinping it would be a "gigantic mistake" to violate sanctions against Russia.

Staff (2022-09-19). US sanctions 3 Iranian airlines cargo planes over Russia link. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The US Department of Commerce announced on Monday that it has blacklisted three Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to Iranian airlines that provide cargo services to Russia.

Ghada Al-Haddad (2022-09-19). Why did I "swap" US for Gaza? electronicintifada.net Even if we live in an open-air prison, it is our duty to sow hope.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-19). Former OSCE Employees Sentenced To Prison In Luhansk People's Republic. southfront.org On September 19th, the Supreme Court of the Luhansk People's Republic sentenced former employees of the OSCE mission in the Republic to 13 years in prison. Two employees of the OSCE mission in Luhansk were detained on cases of treason in July, 2022. | Dmitry Shabanov was found guilty of high treason. He was a security assistant at the Stakhanov patrol base of the mission and passed on secret military data to representatives of foreign intelligence services. |

Hans Stehling (2022-09-19). Queen Elizabeth Declined to Visit Israel Due to Its Violation of Human Rights. globalresearch.ca

Rqorinoco (2022-09-19). Workers Building New US Embassy in Honduras Strike Over Severed Fingers, Illegal Contracts. orinocotribune.com By Judy Ancel — Sep 12, 2022 | The Biden administration has pledged that "the United States will work with governments to strengthen… the enforcement of labor laws, promote decent work, and support workers in exercising their freedom of association and collective bargaining rights," as one of four pillars of its strategy to address the root causes of migration from Central America. | In Honduras today the US has an opportunity to practice this with the 1,100 workers it has hired to build a new embassy. But it's blowing it. | Instead, police have been called in to bust a strike that's been going on at the…

Staff (2022-09-19). US releases senior Taliban member after two decades. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The United States released a senior figure of the Taliban from Guantanamo prison after two decades, a Taliban spokesperson confirmed.

Pleiades Talukder, Kurt Stiller (2022-09-19). Women leaders meet in Texas, plan October offensive for abortion rights. peoplesworld.org HOUSTON—"We are in Texas because this is the frontline of the struggle." That's the message Rachel O'Leary Carmona, the Executive Director of the Women's March, had for a gathering of nearly 0 women in Houston determined to stop the right-wing's assault on abortion rights. And come Oct. 7, they'll be leading marches nationwide as part …

____ (2022-09-19). UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the End of All Unilateral Sanctions against Iran. transcend.org 14 Sep 2022 – Alena Douhan also expressed the need to create a legal framework to prevent countries such as the US taking unilateral action against others.

____ (2022-09-19). Xinjiang hits back over UN assessment. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has said that it will not accept investigations by the international community into its alleged human rights issues following the release of a recent United Nations report on the region that it says is based on false information and rumors.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-18). Iran Says It's Ready to Implement Prisoner Swap Deal With US. news.antiwar.com Iran's Foreign Ministry Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that an agreement had already been reached on the issue. | "We have already voiced our readiness to exchange prisoners with the US, and we are still ready to do so. Negotiations have been conducted in different ways over the matter, and parties have reached the necessary agreements," Kanaan…

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