(2024-10-24). Kamala Harris fears Donald Trump will win "Blue Wall" states. infobrics.org The declining US economy weighs heavily on voter decision-making.
(2024-10-24). Elite US Economist Warns: Dollar System Is Weakening As Gold BRICS Rise. popularresistance.org More and more countries around the world, particularly in the Global South, are seeking alternatives to the US dollar-dominated financial system, as part of an international drive known as de-dollarization. | Many Western media outlets and pundits, however, have argued that de-dollarization is overblown. | One of such naysayers is New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, a centrist economist who was awarded the so-called "Nobel Prize" in economics (which in reality is issued by Sweden's conservative central bank). | In a 2023 article, Krugman claimed to "debunk" the critics of the dollar system, asserting that "the…
(2024-10-24). Saudi Arabia Signs Agreement with Brazilian Space Agency at G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting. infobrics.org Saudi Space Agency Vice Chairman and CEO Dr. Mohammed Altamimi led the Saudi delegation to the fifth edition of the G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting, held in Foz do Iguaàßu…
(2024-10-24). Iran: BRICS must accelerate de-dollarization of global economy. presstv.ir That includes, President Pezeshkian said, creating a BRICS currency basket or a new settlement mechanism independent of the dollar.
(2024-10-24). Boeing workers vote to reject wage deal, extend strike. aljazeera.com Nearly two-thirds of workers reject offer that includes a 35 percent pay rise.
(2024-10-24). US mother says in lawsuit that AI chatbot encouraged son's suicide. aljazeera.com Florida mother sues Character.AI and Google after 14-year-old son allegedly became obsessed with AI chatbot.
(2024-10-24). Want to know who will win the US election? Take a look at the stock market. aljazeera.com The S&P 500 has a strong track record of predicting the winner of US elections, but old rulebooks may no longer apply.
(2024-10-24). Tesla reports better than expected profit, sending shares higher. aljazeera.com Texas-based company reports $2.2bn profit for July to September, after back-to-back disappointing quarters.
(2024-10-24). The economic crisis in Europe and new opportunities for Turkish Stream and the whole of Türkiye. uwidata.com By Ihsan Sefa (retired colonel, Turkish Armed Forces) The situation in the Turkish economy in recent years is far from ideal. According to the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, inflation in August was 51.97 percent compared to August last year. Why is our economy in trouble? Türkiye is not characterized by a wealth …
(2024-10-24). Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge celebrates 6th anniversary with record crossing. ecns.cn Part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Zhuhai City, south China's Guangdong Province, September 1, 2024.The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) celebrates its sixth anniversary of opening to traffic on Thursday, with a record number of passengers and vehicles crossing, according to data.
(2024-10-24). Belt and Road Energy Partnership sees cooperation expand to 34 countries. ecns.cn The number of participants in the Belt and Road Energy Partnership has expanded to 34 countries, CCTV News reported on Thursday.
(2024-10-24). Iran joins Belt and Road Energy Partnership. ecns.cn Iran became the 34th country to become a member of the Belt and Road Energy Partnership (BREP).
(2024-10-24). Former PBOC Governor: mBridge complements U.S. dollar use rather than excludes. ecns.cn Project mBridge does not exclude the use of the dollar and will focus on facilitating payments for small-amount current account transactions, said a former Chinese central bank governor.
(2024-10-24). Import expo to boost openness, market access. ecns.cn The 7th China International Import Expo is a significant effort by the world's second-largest economy to enhance its high-level openness and provide the world with access to its super-sized market.
(2024-10-24). Jan-Sept industrial output proves solid. ecns.cn China's industrial economy maintained steady growth in the first three quarters, with more efforts to boost vehicle consumption, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
(2024-10-24). BRICS' Currency Dilemma: A Necessary Quality Leap Beyond the Dollar. infobrics.org Unfortunately, bilateral trade in national currencies may impede the deepening of economic ties among BRICS countries. Hence, establishing an alternative medium of exchange is both essential and urgent…
(2024-10-24). On BRICS+ Policy Coordination. infobrics.org The idea of policy coordination among BRICS has clearly become more popular in the past several years and yet there is still a lack of detail and focus with respect to the possible modalities of such cooperation in the sphere of trade and macroeconomic policy…
(2024-10-24). Polar Silk Route And Sino-India Arctic Geopolitics. infobrics.org In the 21st century, the Arctic region has become highly significant in terms of strategy, geopolitics, and economics. Science is playing a substantial role in the Arctic, raising global awareness about its distinct ecosystem and the ongoing geopolitical maneuvers by both Arctic and non-Arctic states…
(2024-10-24). 'The Blessing' for Genocide. Nearly All BRICS+ Regimes Nurture Israel, Economically. Prof. Patrick Bond. globalresearch.ca The Biden-Harris genocide-facilitation team is
(2024-10-24). Comicomment: Closer BRICS cooperation fuels more inclusive development. ecns.cn BRICS is not merely a political or economic cooperation mechanism but a platform for diverse nations to work together on common goals of development and prosperity. The newly expanded group is expected to strengthen cooperation among nations of the Global South and advance efforts to face those challenges and improve global governance toward greater equity and inclusiveness.
(2024-10-24). IMF and BRICS: no return to Bretton Woods. cadtm.org This week the IMF-World Bank semi-annual meeting takes place in Washington, US. At the same time, the BRICS+ group meets in Kazan, Russia, that set the future world economic order to be established at the end of WW2. At the time, the then US president Franklin Roosevelt offered these prophetic words: "The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger. The world will either move toward unity and widely shared prosperity or it will move apart into necessarily competing (…) | – | / | <...
(2024-10-24). IMF and BRICS: no return to Bretton Woods. cadtm.org This week the IMF-World Bank semi-annual meeting takes place in Washington, US. At the same time, the BRICS+ group meets in Kazan, Russia, that set the future world economic order to be established at the end of WW2. At the time, the then US president Franklin Roosevelt offered these prophetic words: "The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger. The world will either move toward unity and widely shared prosperity or it will move apart into necessarily competing (…) | – | / | <...
(2024-10-24). Report: Billionaire Investors Are 'Supercharging' Housing Crisis. popularresistance.org A new report out Monday puts "into numbers the trend that ordinary Americans have known to be true for years," said economic justice advocates behind the analysis: "Their everyday struggles of affording a home are made worse by the sweeping influence that billionaires have over the market." | The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) joined Popular Democracy in compiling a 71-page report titled Billionaire Blowback on Housing, aiming to get to the bottom of growing concerns in recent years about how Wall Street, as Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said earlier this month, is "buying u…
(2024-10-24). IMF forecasts low growth and calls for unending government spending cuts. wsws.org The best-case scenario in the World Economic Outlook report was that medium-term global growth would remain lacklustre at 3.1 percent.
(2024-10-24). What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World? counterpunch.org 
Today, we are smothered in a fake storyline, a fake origin myth for economics. Margaret Thatcher typifies this attitude. You have to pay the debts. You have to let the rich people take over because they get wealthy. And unequal wealth is what civilization is all about. The ability of wealthy people to crush and destroy civilization is Western progress.
(2024-10-24). 5G application speeds up digital transformation of Chinese industries. ecns.cn China has integrated 5G applications into about 76 of the 97 national economic categories, indirectly generating output of about 14 trillion yuan, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced Wednesday.
(2024-10-24). IMF warns of challenges to global growth. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund has warned about the global economic outlook, downgrading its growth projections and highlighting many challenges, from escalating geopolitical conflicts to the looming threat of increased trade protectionism.
(2024-10-24). Demanding Debt, Economic and Climate Justice! cadtm.org
(2024-10-24). The World Bank mired in contradictions about poverty. cadtm.org
(2024-10-24). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org
(2024-10-24). CNBC Hides the Extent to Which Trump Tax Proposal Would Hurt Moderate and Middle-Income Families. counterpunch.org CNBC, which is owned and controlled by people who will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House, ran a PR piece for Donald Trump's tax agenda. The piece is headlined "Trump Tax Plans Could Exempt 93 Million Americans From Income Tax." The piece highlights several proposals that Trump has thrown out
(2024-10-24). Trump campaign accuses UK Labour Party of election interference. newarab.com 
The Republican candidate's camp has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, calling for an investigation into what it termed apparently ille…
(2024-10-24). Starmer's Chief of Staff is at the helm of Britain's interference in US elections. expose-news.com Yesterday, The Telegraph reported that senior aides to Sir Keir Starmer have been drawn into a row with Donald Trump over claims the Labour Party broke US electoral law by advising Kamala …
(2024-10-24). Assisted dying lobby group Dignity in Dying has direct links to Keir Starmer and Alan Milburn. thecanary.co One of the major lobby organisations calling for MPs to back a new assisted dying bill, Dignity in Dying, has significant ties to Labour Party prime minister Keir Starmer. On top of this, a board member of its sister charity has connections to none other than new Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) head […] | By
(2024-10-24). NZ's Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in Israel's illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territories. "It is great that Christchurch is the first council in New Zealand to take up this cause. We hope others will follow…
(2024-10-24). Left parties in India protest arms exports to Israel. peoplesdispatch.org On October 21, left-wing parties in India held a protest and sit-in outside the Adani-Elbit factory in Hyderabad, Telangana, demanding an immediate ban on all weapon supplies to Israel. The protesters, carrying flags and banners depicting Israel's massacre of Palestinians, chanted slogans condemning Israel's Zionist regime and its collaboration with India. | S. Veeraiah, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Telangana,
(2024-10-24). Australian construction workers speak out against Labor government attack on CFMEU. wsws.org "This is a way of stopping dissenting voices. This is a threat. It can apply to any union who steps out of line."
(2024-10-24). Desde Camagàºey hasta Guantánamo, la ayuda de los eléctricos tras Oscar. radiohc.cu Hasta Guantánamo, provincia de Cuba severamente afectada tras el paso del huracán Oscar, llega la Formación Especial Eléctrica Ignacio Agramonte, de Camagàºey, para colaborar en las tareas de recuperación.
(2024-10-24). Tuesday 11/12: Black Musicians' Fight for Labor Equality with Leta Miller. indybay.org Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz, 402 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz…
(2024-10-24). Pommeck Dalaloy, un pilar en la colaboración médica Cuba-Laos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 oct (RHC) Cuando hace 51 años la primera brigada médica cubana llegó a la zona liberada de Laos el joven doctor Pommeck Dalaloy fungía ya, desde su apertura en 1972, como director del Hospital de la Amistad Lao-Vietnam.
(2024-10-24). Stop Privatization, School Closing & Union Busting In SFUSD & CCSF. indybay.org The mayor of San Francisco has taken over the SFUSD and put her privatizer Maria Su in as Superintendent although she has no education experience which has been required for the position. She has also supported the attack on CCSF Free City College Program budget. The UESF leadership has also supported Mayor Breed's taking control of the District with her hand picked appointment…
(2024-10-24). Abre Cuba con triunfo en inicio de Copa del Caribe de Beisbol. radiohc.cu Nassau, Bahamas, (24 oct).- El equipo Cuba B se apoyó en una gran labor del derecho José Ignacio Bermúdez, quien colgó cinco ceros, propinó 10 ponches y permitió solo tres imparables, para abrir con victoria de 8×0 sobre el de San Martín en la VI Copa del Caribe de Beisbol, con sede en esta ciudad.
(2024-10-24). How Billionaire Investors Are Disrupting the U.S. Housing Market. counterpunch.org 
The over-focus on expanding housing supply through for-profit development misses a key contributor to the housing crisis: the concentration of wealth and power. The challenges of the U.S. housing crisis go beyond supply or fixing local land use regulations. The billionaire class and billionaire-backed private equity investors have become a driving force in the U.S. housing crisis.
(2024-10-24). AEMO Head Avoids Endorsing a Government Guarantee that Renewables will Reduce Energy Prices. wattsupwiththat.com The Australian Energy Market Operator, the industry body tasked with overseeing electricity supplies in East Coast Australia, has shied away from endorsing an Aussie government claim that renewables will reduce prices.
(2024-10-24). Leaked Report Finds Israel Targeting United Nations Troops In Lebanon. popularresistance.org Israel's military has attacked UNIFIL troops deployed on the Lebanon—Israel border a dozen times, including possibly with white phosphorus, the Financial Times (FT) reported on 22 October. | According to a confidential report prepared by a country contributing troops to the UN mission, Israeli forces forcibly entered a clearly marked UN base and are suspected of using the incendiary chemical white phosphorus, injuring 15 UN soldiers. | Israeli forces began targeting UN troops shortly after launching ground operations across the border into Lebanon on 1 October. | UNIFIL has called the attacks "deliberate" a…
(2024-10-24). BRICS plans 'multi-currency system' to challenge U.S. dollar dominance: Understanding Russia's proposal. mronline.org The BRICS Cross-Border Payment Initiative (BCBPI) will use national currencies, instead of the U.S. dollar. Russia's finance ministry and central bank released a report detailing plans to transform the international monetary and financial system.
(2024-10-24). Can BRICS reshape the financial world order? aljazeera.com BRICS's first summit since its expansion in 2023 discussed proposals to reduce reliance on US dollar and SWIFT system.
(2024-10-24). The Heat: BRICS Summit. america.cgtn.com 
On the second day of the BRICS Summit in Russia, the leaders of developing countries issued the Kazan Declaration. It outlines common goals in global issues, with more cooperation to de-escalate conflicts and work on improving the financial system. Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of the role of the bloc's members in an increasingly turbulent world. | Our guests: | Anton Fedyashi…
(2024-10-24). If silencing Canadian doctors who support Palestine doesn't always work, the sting of punishment does. judyhaiven.substack.com Many Canadian Jews who exercise political, financial or other power, refuse to address the genocide that is going on in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon.
(2024-10-24). Leaked Report Finds Israel Targeting UN Troops in Lebanon, Injured Several With White Phosphorus. scheerpost.com 
"UNIFIL Peacekeeper Patrols 'Blue Line'" by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. By The Cradle Israel's military has attacked UNIFIL troops deployed on the Lebanon—Israel border a dozen times, including possibly with white phosphorus, the Financial Times (FT) reported on 22 October. According to a confidential report prepared by a country contributing troops to the UN mission, …
(2024-10-24). As Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney, Bernie Sanders hails war criminal Joe Biden in New Hampshire. wsws.org As Kamala Harris crisscrossed battleground states with ultra-right warmonger Liz Cheney, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders appeared alongside Joe Biden in New Hampshire to tout the pro-corporate Inflation Reduction Act.
(2024-10-24). Israeli forces carry out death marches in north Gaza. electronicintifada.net Israel broadens assaults on civilian life in Lebanon.
(2024-10-24). Courting Republicans and ignoring Palestine is no way to win, progressives tell Harris. peoplesworld.org 
The polls are tightening as the presidential election races toward its final week, and it's clear that successfully blocking Trump is going to hinge on turnout. But with the Harris campaign spending considerable time showcasing its big-name Republican endorsers and refusing to differentiate itself from the Biden administration when it comes to enabling Israel's genocide …
(2024-10-24). Zikalala to address KZN investment conference. sanews.gov.za Zikalala to address KZN investment conference | Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minster Sihle Zikalala is today expected to deliver a keynote address at the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (RNM) Investment Conference., , Held under the theme: "Driving sustainable growth through strategic investments", Thursday's conference aims to unlock sustainable investment opportunities within RNM and the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast region. , , Zikalala is expected to speak on programmes such as the new harbour development in the South Coast and support infrastructure for the new Smart City Project under the District Developme…
(2024-10-24). Zikalala to address KZN investment conference. sanews.gov.za Zikalala to address KZN investment conference | Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minster Sihle Zikalala is today expected to deliver a keynote address at the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (RNM) Investment Conference., , Held under the theme: "Driving sustainable growth through strategic investments", Thursday's conference aims to unlock sustainable investment opportunities within RNM and the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast region. , , Zikalala is expected to speak on programmes such as the new harbour development in the South Coast and support infrastructure for the new Smart City Project under the District Developme…
(2024-10-24). In West Africa, Canadian mining firms come up against bloc of independent states. mronline.org 
An increasingly assertive group of African nations are constraining the ability of Canadian companies to profit from resources.
(2024-10-24). Sri Lankan delegation tells IMF and World Bank it will continue austerity onslaught. wsws.org The new JVP/NPP government has fully committed to the brutal IMF agenda initiated by the former Wickremesinghe regime to make working people pay for the crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism.
(2024-10-24). China to build first-class industrial workforce by 2035 for national rejuvenation. tvbrics.com 
The initiative to foster skilled artisans and modernise vocational education aims to boost industrial talent and drive national growth…
(2024-10-24). Rice grown in Xinjiang desert. ecns.cn In an agricultural industrial farm in Hotan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, rice is thriving on three-tiered cultivation racks in a plant factory, thanks to vertical, multi-layered space utilization and soilless culture technology, which significantly boosts yield per unit area.
(2024-10-24). Abu Dhabi to host Bitcoin Conference 2024. ummid.com Billed as the world's largest Bitcoin event, Bitcoin Conference 2024, is set to hold its inaugural Middle East and North Africa (MENA) conclave in Abu Dhabi.
(2024-10-24). Australia announces $7 billion missile purchase for war against China. wsws.org The purchase, unveiled in Washington, is transparently aimed at preparing the navy to conduct offensive operations against China throughout the Indo-Pacific.
(2024-10-24). Exposed: Israeli Spies in U.S. Media & How the Media Manufactures Consent for Genocide and Empire. soundcloud.com Most people don't know the extraordinary methods used to influence and shape a pro-Israeli narrative in the corporate owned mainstream media. Practices like banning the use of the word genocide allows U.S. policy makers to normalize imperialism and Israel's killing spree in Gaza and Lebanon. Brian Becker is joined by Alan MacLeod, a journalist with …
The US dollar is gradually losing its dominance, and foreign central banks are buying fewer Treasury securities, instead holding more gold in their reserves, warns mainstream American economist Mohamed El-Erian. Countries are seeking financial alternatives, especially Global South nations around BRICS.
New institutional economics has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity & democracy.
At the end of October, the United Nations General Assembly, for the 32nd consecutive year, will be voting on a resolution submitted by Cuba claiming "the necessity to put an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba." As they do every year, the delegates will most likely …
A delegation of Indian businessmen is visiting Zimbabwe in a bid to explore investment opportunities in the country based on its potential economic growth…
A UK minister has told parliament that arms exports to Israel comply with UK Labour Minister It comes a…
SEATTLE—Flak flew against Machinists leaders as 32,000 members who work for Boeing in Seattle, Everett, and elsewhere around Puget Sound in Washington and another 1,200 who toil in Portland, Ore., went to the polls on October 23 to vote on a second tentative agreement with the giant, but financially reeling, aircraft maker. There were two …
Whoever owns the narrative owns the world—and things just got a lot tougher for those of us opposed to the metastasising brain cancer known as U.S. influence campaigns—or "perception management".
The far-right Heritage Foundation may have drafted its Project 2025 as an ambitious agenda for a second Trump presidency, but Republicans in Congress aren't waiting around for that. GOP lawmakers in the House of Representatives have already added more than 300 Project 2025 poison pills into draft government spending bills that must be passed before …
The initiative will focus on enhancing research infrastructure and supporting innovation-driven projects…
Saudi Arabia ranked first in the list of BRICS countries with the highest investment in Egypt…
Space companies in India are leading the way with affordable satellite production, attracting global attention and investment…
Dear Prime Minister, | We, the undersigned humanitarian, religious, community and civil society organizations from all over Canada, express profound alarm at the rapidly worsening situation in northern Gaza. Civilians are being burned alive in an ongoing campaign of violence that has reached unimaginable levels of brutality. | The humanitarian infrastructure has completely collapsed — no clean water is available, with 
Ethiopia's transport and logistics ministry strengthens services for economic growth‚Å…
He also noted the importance of expanding trade and economic relations…
Egypt's President "If these challenges will make us put unbearable pressure on public opinion, then the situation must be revie…
A policy brief by 3 top economists warns continent is in the worst crisis in 80 years ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has long struggled with a silent debt crisis, one that has exacerbated its vulnerability to climate shocks and constrained its economic potential. It is time to give voice to these challenges and address …
Egyptian security forces arrest economist Abdel Khaleq Farouk | Farouk was detained previously in 2018 after the publication of a book criticising the government's economic policy | | Economist Abdel Khaleq Farouk was detained by security forces on Sunday and taken to an unkn…
UN rapporteur criticises London School of Economics for 'measures' against pro-Gaza students | The school has placed seven students in 'precautionary measures' over a protest held on 7 July | | A file image of a Palestinian protester in London on 4 August (AFP) | The UN special rapporteur on peac…
An old theme within social theory holds that societies with very unequal distributions of wealth can sustain their social cohesion so long as total wealth is growing. Such total growth enables all who get a distributed share of that wealth—even those with the smallest shares—to experience at least some increase. The rich with the biggest shares can grab most of the growth so long as some is provided to those with small shares. The pie analogy works well: so long as the pie is growing all distributed shares of it can also grow. Some will grow more, others less, but all can grow. If all do grow, social…
Israeli jets hit financial institutions as they pound Beirut and southern Lebanon | US envoy arrives in Beirut to try and negotiate resolution to violence in Lebanon | | An overnight Israeli air strike targeted a branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan finance group in Beirut's southern suburbs on 21 Oct…
This renewed partnership sets the stage for significant growth in the tourism sectors of both nations…
Following a six month back-and-forth with a climate think tank, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has now upheld a complaint against the newspaper over an article published in April this year, which claimed there had been a "fall in weather [related] delays" on the rail network. | The story claimed that it "eroded" the Network Rail chief's warnings over the impact of climate change on the sector. | But in response to a complaint from the non-profit Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, which tackles misinformation on the climate crisis, Ipso found that the article's headline and opening sente…
This story originally appeared in Striking union members who work for the aerospace giant Boeing reached a tentative contract agreement Saturday after nearly 6 weeks on the picket line demanding better wages and benefits. | The International Association of Machinists (IAM) and Aerospace Workers District 751, which has been on strike since September 13, announced the breakthrough in a statement and B…
It has been a safe assumption for generations that young people tend to be more liberal than their elders. However, in today's United States, some of the conventional wisdom around age and ideology is being upended. Young women are moving farther to the left than expected while their male peers are disturbingly tending toward conservatism, even in comparison to older men. The reasons behind this cleaving, broadly speaking, stem from the twilight of patriarchy and the failure of capitalism. 
It includes key components and technologies such as basic chips, sensors, computing platforms and chassis control…
A large body of scholarship has emerged in recent years attempting to assess if Amazon is a monopoly. Such accounts generally define monopoly in terms of the neoclassical "quantity theory of competition," which measures competition by the number of sellers in a market. 
Diesel and gasoline prices will increase by between 11% to 17% effective immediately, the government said. | "The state will c…
The BRICS Cross-Border Payment Initiative (BCBPI) will use national currencies, instead of the US dollar. Russia's finance ministry and central bank released a report detailing plans to transform the international monetary and financial system.
In the last 20 years, China, Russia, India and Iran are blossoming in harnessing energy and building infrastructures. Economically BRICS currency will eventually marginalize the dollar. What is amazing to us is the vast denial system that Mordor and its vassal has hypnotized itself into believing. Bruce Lerro's article is about how the ideology of Eurocentrism, paternalism, racism and imperialism keeps the West in a fog about how bad its situation actually is.
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson have been awarded the Nobel (really the Riksbank prize) in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity."
A delegation from Jiangsu has arrived for talks at the New Administrative Capital…
Several international organisations are now engaged in the business of measuring what they call "poverty".
Scottish voters hate what they've seen of Starmer and mini-Starmer Sarwar Voters in Scotland and around the UK are continuing to abandon Keir Starmer's Labour, causing a collapse in the party's projected number of parliamentary seats at the next election regardless who is leading the Tory party, according to the latest poll of Westminster voting …
BRUSSELS | Xinhua | A forum on green industry cooperation between China, the European Union (EU), and Africa has underscored opportunities for technological collaboration and sustainable practices, particularly the use of bamboo as an alternative to plastic. The forum, co-hosted on Thursday by the Chinese Mission to the EU and the International Bamboo and Rattan …
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By Kit Klarenberg — Oct 13, 2024 | All my investigations are free to access, thanks to the generosity of my readers. Independent journalism nonetheless requires investment, so if you took value from this article or any others, please consider sharing, or even becoming a paid subscriber. Your support is always gratefully received, and will never be forgotten. To buy me a coffee or two, please Leaked files expose the intensive interest taken in Palestinians by British intelligence operatives, and Foreign Office-funded and d…
Uganda is one of the "fresh" places with a massively growing gaming market. And even though it comes with some regulations regarding gaming and betting, they are still not entirely developed and in some aspects are also weak. That's the very reason why there is an urgent necessity for alternative gambling balancing tools …
Western observers have treated inequality as a domestic issue but this framing often overlooks the plight of hundreds of millions of impoverished people around the world COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into …
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for October 20, 2024… | Ukraine unveils its "victory plan," including membership in NATO, additional weapons, and all restrictions on their use lifted; | Ukraine has also warned that it will pursue nuclear weapons if NATO membership is not granted; | No aspect of the "victory plan," or the pursuit of nuclear weapons acknowledges the disparity between Ukraine, its Western sponsors and Russia in terms of military industrial capacity or trained manpower; | Western-Ukrainian escalation with Russia at this juncture risks forcing a greater imperative for Russia in expanding the sc…
The 5G network already covers all 36 states in India…
The leaders of Southeast Asian countries gathered in Laos this year for the annual ASEAN summit. Among areas of focus, they agreed to upgrade a free trade agreement with China. What is the importance of Southeast Asia for the global economy? | Joining the discussion: | 
Turkish-American academic Daron Acemoglu won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. | U.S.-based academics Simon Johnson and James Robinson also won the prize. | The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million). | "Reducing the vast differences in income between countries is one of our time's greatest challenges. The laureates have de…
Iron Sheets Case: Minister Lugoloobi Asks Court to Acquit Him Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lawyers representing State Minister for Economic Monitoring Amos Lugoloobi who is accused of dealing with suspect property after receiving iron sheets meant for vulnerable people of Karamoja have asked the Anti Corruption to acquit him. The submissions were …
The Labour government just announced a £1.1bn investment in a Stansted Airport expansion over the next five years, ultimately showing how little it cares about the planet and climate crisis: We are pleased to today release details of a £1.1bn investment programme in @STN_Airport over the next five years ‚úàÔ∏è Announced as part of the […] | By 
Egypt has recently In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, and the United States Agenc…
As Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaigns for a second term in the White House, the former president has repeatedly promised to enact the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in U.S. history. It's a bold threat that legal experts say should be taken seriously, despite the significant technical and logistical challenges posed by deporting Even if only somewhat successful, Trump's hard-line approach to immigration — with it…
Last academic year saw university students across North American campuses form Gaza solidarity encampments to protest Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians and their universities' financial complicity in the carnage. The sit-ins received widespread media coverage and helped carry Israel's crimes against Palestinians to the top of the Western news agenda. Although these campus protests were overwhelmingly peaceful 
About 200 demonstrators protesting The protesters chanted "Let Gaza live!" and "Up up with liberation, down down with occupation! in front of the stock exchange's landmark building in lower Manhattan. | "The reason we're here is to demand that the US government stop sending bombs to Israel and stop profiti…
On 3 October, Israeli military forces struck a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) post in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, During the incident, and for the first time since hostilities began in October 2023, Lebanese soldiers 
This month we are re-publishing our conversation with Steven Attewell along with a new written transcript and episode graphic. Attewell is author of the incredible book, People Must Live by Work: Direct Job Creation in America from FDR to Reagan, published in 2018 by University of Pennsylvania Press. The book examines the history of job creation programs in the United States from the Great Depression to the Humphrey-Hawkins Act of 1978.
In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reported that Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease in multifamily housing starts, and a rise in single-family home prices. The following month, the City of Chicago's 2025 Budget Forecast projected a $982.4 million budget gap for the fiscal year. Budget gaps can often result in 
Many maritime crimes negatively impact oceanic health, such as illegal fishing or harvesting, ocean dumping, and polluting. In addition to overfishing, where necessary species are removed from the food chain, and accelerating biodiversity loss, unsustainable industrial development along coastlines has also contributed to ocean pollution. "All of these threats erode the capacity of the ocean to provide nutritious food, jobs, medicines, and pharmaceuticals as well as regulate the climate," stated a 2020 article in the journal Nature. "Women, poor people, Indigenous communities, and young people are most affected."
International tourism contributed approximately US$5.46 billion to the country's economy in 2023…
Over the past few years, numerous West African states have taken steps toward greater economic and security sovereignty, often in opposition to Western (specifically French) designs on the region.
Free markets? Free trade? The modern economic world has little time for these erroneous, misdirected terms. More evident are the feelings of resentment, prejudice and indignant parochialism more accurately called My Country First, and Everyone Else Last. Back your industries; hobble the competitors. And everyone is doing it, except certain ideologues who, childishly, cling to the view that there ever 
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Prologue: The ambiguous dream of Western civilization The idea of Western civilization has always been an ambiguous dream among rulers and thinkers in Europe and North America. It sounds good, yet industrialization, the two world wars of the twentieth century, and American planetary hegemony, all but transformed the idea of Western civilization into a dream. 
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"We are going to be Earth's best employer | and Earth's safest place to work." ( At the end of March 2021, a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama, by the Retail Workers (RWDSU) — one of the earliest attempts to organize an Amazon FC (Fulfillment Center) — failed to get the requisite numbers for certification. The campaign nevertheless highlighted workers' frustrations over health and safety and created anxieties among Amazon executives over future unionization drives. | That apprehen…
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African countries' large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa's sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable debt burdens, restructuring negotiations with Western governments and multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund have …
Supposedly aiming to reassure 'the City', Nu-Labour's re-commitment to cuts has trashed confidence worse than the shortest-lasting PM in history Keir 'Starver' Starmer and Rachel 'Freeze' Reeves are said to be pursuing their programme of cuts and austerity to keep poor children hungry and condemn thousands of pensioners to die each winter — and who …
LONDON | Xinhua | As the United Kingdom's Labour government marks 100 days in office on Saturday, political commentators are markedly less enthusiastic than in the aftermath of the party's landslide win in the July 4 general election. Instead, they are asking whether Labour will be able to get back on course after an apparently …
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Music and conversation are muted as anti-genocide march passes in silence — except at one US-themed bar Liverpool's Bold Street, the busiest in the city for dining and socialising, fell into an eerie quiet this afternoon as a march for Gaza and against Britain's complicity in Israel's genocide — silent today for a large part …
Malawi have called on the government to reassess its position on the Gaza conflict, criticising its diplomatic and economic ties with Israel as a contradiction to the nation's core values of peace and respect for humanity. | Malawi Palestine Solidarity Movement (MPSM), a leading pro-Palestine organisation in the country, issued a statement on Monday to demand the government to withdraw its support, amid intensifying calls globally to hold Israel accountable for 
It is more than a bit bizarre reading pieces that talk about automation or job-killing AI as something new and alien. These are forms of productivity growth. They allow more goods and services to be produced for each hour of human labor. Productivity growth is usually thought of as a good thing. It's the reason 
rop. 6, appearing on the ballot Nov. 5, would amend the California constitution's forced labor clause, giving prisoners the right to refuse work without retaliation by prison or jail officials.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Standard Chartered Bank Uganda and Prudential Uganda have concluded a strategic partnership aimed at deepening access to financial services and providing long-term financial security solutions to customers. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in both organizations' commitment to enhancing financial inclusion and delivering exceptional value to clients. Through …
Credit card data is extremely valuable for companies aiming to predict how people will spend money in the future. Knowing how much people spend, where and on what day says a lot about consumers' financial situations.
This becomes the fifth concession acquisition in the past seven years Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has officially taken over Kilembe Investments Limited (KIL), a rural power distributor in Uganda's Western Service territory, marking the fifth concession acquired by UEDCL. The handover ceremony, held on Sept.30 at Rwenzori Square …
In northern Rafah lies the remnants of a once-thriving farmland, now reduced to rubble after being razed by Israeli forces. | Palestinian farmer Yaqoub Abu Daabs, 55, surveys the devastation of his farm, unable to approach the land to assess the full extent of the damage or retrieve any agricultural tools and supplies partially buried beneath the destruction. | After losing his son Muath, 27, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike three months ago while trying to reach the farmland, Abu Daabs now refuses to risk venturing near the area again. | 
Two well-known economists from Turkey, Ahmet Tonak and Sungar Savran, have brought together a selection of their papers and essays presented as Chapters in their book, In the Tracks of Marx's Capital (Palmgrave). The authors are prominent representatives of contemporary Marxist social science in Turkey. These are papers on Marxist political economy. The scope is 
The country aims to expand trade and attract Russian investors for the establishment of economic zones…
Many former NewsClick employees are struggling to find an alternative job even after months of unemployment due to the vilification and fear mongering campaign launched by the ultra-right government in India.
By Les Leopold / Original to ScheerPost Since 1993, 60.2 million workers who had been on the job for at least three years have been laid off, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Another 75.7 million with less than three years tenure have also been let go. Working people understand that the periodic ups …
The Teamsters backhanded endorsement of Donald Trump for president has caused an uproar in the U.S. trade movement. Teamster General President Sean O'Brien, who just a year and a half ago was being touted as a new militant leader of the Teamsters, hosted at Labor Notes conferences, toured the country with Bernie Sanders and Sarah Nelson, and received enthusiastic coverage in 
Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | At the 13th mineral wealth conference organized by Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, there was an urgent call from everyone: we need more funding. A national mining company is in the works and so investors are positioning themselves to tap into the country's mineral wealth. The keynote speech …
Reporting for this story was supported by the Climate Equity Reporting Project at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. | In the first few years after Monique Figueiredo founded Compostable LA in 2019, it grew rapidly. The small business picked up food scraps from homes, event spaces, and businesses — ranging from Walmart to Nike — and delivered it to urban farms and community gardens where it was made into high-quality compost. It wasn't long before the venture had more than 1,000 customers throughout the city of Los Angeles. | Figueiredo's business diverted food waste from landfills whil…
How EU agreed to delay deforestation-free coffee export directive to December 2025 COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Sustained pressure from both within the European Union and coffee-producing countries such as Uganda has compelled the EU to extend the implementation of its Deforestation Regulation directive by 12 months. The ban is now set to take effect on …
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 …
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McSweeney ran Labour Together, which didn't declare hundreds of thousands in donations — who better to take over in the middle of a freebies-for-access scandal? Former civil servant Sue Gray has resigned as Keir Starmer's chief of staff, as Starmer reshuffles his back office team. He has promoted Morgan McSweeney back to being his chief …
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…
Thousands are attending the Los Angeles Comic Con this weekend, a three-day convention that brings together creators, directors, and writers of some of the most popular U.S. comic books and animations. | The event is also a major platform for artists and creators of all kinds, as well as merchants looking to expand their business.
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…
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