ARMENIAN ‘PROVOCATIONS’ KILL 71 AZERBAIJANI SOLDIERS

Azerbaijani people visit cemetery where Azerbaijani soldiers are buried who died in Nagorno-Karabakh operation that liberated occupied territories, on the first day of the year in Baku, Azerbaijan on January 1, 2021 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo : Resul Rehimov Thu 15 September 2022: In recent days, “provocations” by Armenia have resulted in the deaths of […]

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END OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ‘IS IN SIGHT’, WHO CHIEF SAYS

Thu 15 September 2022: The number of newly reported cases of COVID-19 has dropped dramatically, according to the World Health Organization’s director-general, who urged nations to maintain their efforts against the disease, which has killed over six million people. “We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom […]

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PUTIN AND UN CHIEF DISCUSSED EXPANDING BLACK SEA EXPORTS

Wed 14 September 2022: A recent agreement that allowed for grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports was recently expanded, according to statements made on Wednesday by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After the so-called Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed in July to address a global food crisis, Putin threatened […]

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SOCIAL UNREST COULD OCCUR IN EUROPE DUE TO A HARSH WINTER – IMF’S GEORGIEVA

Wed 14 September 2022: The head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that a harsh winter could cause social unrest in Europe, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already had “horrible” economic effects and is fueling concerns about an impending recession, Reuters reported. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the current situation meant that the […]

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US POLICE AGENCIES TRACKING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH CELL PHONE LOCATION DATA: REPORT

Wed 14 September 2022: Without obtaining search warrants, American law enforcement has been tracking people’s whereabouts using an obscure cellphone tracking app, a U.S. media outlet has reported. According to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press, police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million […]

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“STOLEN LAND, STOLEN RESOURCES”: NEW ZEALAND MPS REBUKE COLONIALISM IN TRIBUTE TO QUEEN

Co-leader of New Zealand’s Maori party Rawiri Waititi. Wed 14 September 2022: On Tuesday, the New Zealand parliament gathered to honor British monarch Queen Elizabeth II and held a special debate to allow lawmakers from all parties to express their condolences for her passing. Some of them criticized a monarchy based on “stolen land, stolen […]

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UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR SHOWS EU’S HYPOCRITICAL STANCE ON REFUGEES

Wed 14 September 2022:  International bodies and experts decried the unfair treatment of 1.1 million Syrian refugees by EU member states, who have welcomed more than 7 million Ukrainians in the seven months since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war this February. Syria has been embroiled in civil war for the last 11 years, since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with […]

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RUSSIA FEEDING ITS PEOPLE ‘DIET OF LIES’ TO HIDE TRUE COSTS OF WAR, SAYS US

Ukrainian soldiers raised the Ukrainian flag in the city of Vovchansk. Vovchansk is located just 5 kilometres from the Russian border. Wed 14 September 2022: The State Department claimed on Tuesday that Russia is feeding its people a “steady diet of lies” in order to hide the true costs of its more than six-month war […]

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POPE FRANCIS WARNS AGAINST USING RELIGION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POWER

The Pope spoke to representatives of the world’s religions in Kazakhstan. Wed 14 September 2022: Pope Francis told an interfaith gathering in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan on Wednesday that religion should not be used to gain power, AFP reported. “May we never justify violence. May we never allow the sacred to be exploited by the profane. The […]

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RUSSIAN MUNICIPAL DEPUTIES CALL FOR PUTIN’S RESIGNATION AMID UKRAINE LOSSES

Tue 13 September 2022: On Monday, more than 40 local elected officials from across Russia signed a two-sentence petition that concluded, “We demand Vladimir Putin’s resignation from the post of President of the Russian Federation!” New York Times reported. The petition, which was initiated by opponents of the Ukraine invasion, had no practical effect and […]

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