2024-10-06: News Headlines

Robert Hunziker (2024-10-06). Can You Afford Climate Change? pressenza.com Consumer pocketbooks are taking the heat. Climate change is no longer a theoretical issue that will happen at some distant point in the future, like 2050 or 2100. Already, unprecedented climate change is happening on a regular basis and clobbering the American capitalistic system via consumer pocketbooks. People can't afford ordinary life. They're priced out of the market. Everything is getting more expensive by the year, every year. | "We're no longer in a world where climate change affects the economy, or where voters prioritizing economic or inflationary concerns are responding to something distinct from clima…

infobrics (2024-10-06). Threshold Effects in BRICS Expansion. infobrics.org We have extensively covered the BRICS expansion as well as its key implications for the world economy, most notably from the viewpoint of which categories of countries would benefit the most from the enlargement of the BRICS core. One aspect, however, of this expansion that has not received sufficient attention in the discussions was the rise in the consolidated share of the expanded BRICS grouping in international organizations such as the IMF…

infobrics (2024-10-06). Charting India's Foreign Policy Course: Challenges and Prospects Under Mody 0.3. infobrics.org From April 19 to June 1, India conducted its general elections to select 543 Lok Sabha members. These elections, regarded as the world's largest festival of democracy, involved 969 million eligible voters, approximately one-eighth of the global population. India is the fifth-largest economy and a rising global power, so its polls carry significant global importance…

United World International (2024-10-06). The African perspective on French imperialist policy in Africa. uwidata.com By Dr Halim Genàßoƒülu (The Wretched of the Earth) French colonialism in Africa, spanning from the 19th to the mid-20th century, profoundly impacted the continent's political, economic, and cultural landscape. Driven by economic interests, national prestige, and the mission civilisatrice (civilizing mission), France established colonies across West, Central, and North Africa, including territories such as …

Margaux Hourigat (2024-10-06). A MEAL Officer (M/F) – Full-time fixed-term contract. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) composed of 188 national human rights organisations from 116 countries. FIDH is a nonpartisan, non-sectarian, apolitical, and not for profit organisation. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all human rights — civil, political, economic, social, and cultural — as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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____ (2024-10-06). Resetting Tides: Muizzu's India Mission Amid Economic Crisis. devdiscourse.com Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu embarked on a crucial four-day visit to India on Sunday, aiming to mend the strained relations between the two countries amidst a looming economic crisis in the Maldives.

Rachael Swindon (2024-10-06). #SwindonsSundaySermon: Starmer is looking as popular as a night on the tiles with Diddy. thecanary.co Prime minister Keir Starmer has not yet reached one hundred days, and in that time we have seen the staggering hypocrisy of the freebies scandal, the intolerable Labour MP for Narcissism West Rosie Duffield quitting the party in disgust, a pre-Christmas death sentence for at least 4,000 pensioners — going by the governments own figures […] | By

Hannah Sharland (2024-10-06). Labour wants more DWP NHS co-working: putting JOB ADVISORS in HOSPITALS. thecanary.co New articles in the Times and the Guardian look to be little more than a cut and paste job from a government press release. What were both servile client media lapdogs banging on about on behalf of the new Labour cabinet ministers on the block? Well, that would be yet another back-to-work scheme, courtesy of the […] | By

UMMID (2024-10-06). IIT Delhi to research on Aviation Textiles for IAF. ummid.com Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Headquarters Maintenance (HQ) Command, Indian Air Force Nagpur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing innovative technologies for aviation textiles.

Rasha Abou Jalal (2024-10-06). Seeking surgery during genocide. electronicintifada.net Six displacements, damaged hospitals and shuttered laboratories mark one man's struggle to get medical treatment in Gaza.

Pressenza IPA (2024-10-06). 3rd World March Art for Peace Activity in Coimbatore, India. pressenza.com On the 2nd of October, 2024 which is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanthi in India and International Non-violence Day world over, the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence started symbolically from Costa Rica which is the first nation to abolish its Army after the 2nd World War. | In these trying and testing times, world leaders are faced with an obvious choice between a 3rd World War of annihilation and our 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence. | Art for Peace is an Activity, organized by World Without Wars and Without Violence in collaboration with likeminded organizations, including the Rotary Club of Coim…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-10-06). Mayo Clinic awarded federal grant to study experimental ALS drug. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getty Images JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic in Florida has received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to begin an innovative study that will provide hundreds of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) access to the experimental drug ibudilast over six months. The grant totals $22 million. Mayo Clinic will receive $12 million and manage the distribution of the remainder to its collaborators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

Staff (2024-10-06). Una ballena queda varada en Playa Baracoa y conmociona a la comunidad (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Un insólito suceso tuvo lugar ayer en Playa Baracoa cuando un zifio o ballenato de Cuvier quedó varado cerca de la orilla, causando sorpresa y tristeza entre los habitantes locales. A pesar de los esfuerzos para rescatar al animal, no se logró salvarlo. Bomberos, policías y miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas acudieron a la playa para retirar los restos del cetáceo, en colaboración con vecinos de la comunidad.

newarab (2024-10-06). Elon Musk to attend sovereign wealth fund forum in Oman. newarab.com Oman will host the forum's 16th annual gathering in Muscat. | "We are delighted to announce that @elonmusk, CEO of @SpaceX and @Tesla and Chairman of @X, will be joining us this November at our annual meeting in Muscat, Oman. He will discuss the #Technology and trends shaping today's world and the likely changes it will cast in…

newarab (2024-10-06). Turkey anti-inflation steps don't go far enough, experts warn. newarab.com Although

Patrick Bond (2024-10-06). Forum on China-Africa Cooperation evades contradictions at the end of the Belt and Road: Chinese investment, finance and trade controversies in Southern Africa. cadtm.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-10-06). RegenBio Summit: Understanding regulations for bringing breakthrough treatments to patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Learn about navigating regulatory pathways that advance promising biotherapies to daily patient care at RegenBio Summit: Transforming Next-Gen Biotherapeutics 2024. Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will deliver a keynote address about guiding the development of new cell, gene and tissue therapies. Dr. Marks leads the Center within FDA that is responsible for ensuring that biological products are safe, effective and…

Editor (2024-10-06). 100% Tariffs on China's EVs: Is this Canada's "Just Transition"? socialistproject.ca The Liberal government recently imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs). What's at stake in this move? Is this simply another attempt to cozy up to America's new cold war against China? Is it an attempt to gain support from autoworkers in the leadup to the next federal election? EVs may not be the only answer to the climate catastrophe we face today, but are they part of the solution? Panelists discuss Canada-China relations and the environment. | Sam Gindin is co-author (with the late Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso) and the former research d…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-10-06). DPRK's President inspects construction sites. plenglish.com Pyongyang, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un toured the construction sites of local industrial factories on Sunday in North Phyongan Province.

A a (2024-10-06). NATO further shackles 75 year-old Communist China in its spider webs of island chains. strategic-culture.su

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