(2024-09-30). Tunisia: Release Former Truth Commission President. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Sihem Bensedrine. | © 2018 NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP via Getty Images | (Beirut) — A Tunisian judge has detained a prominent activist and former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission, Sihem Bensedrine, apparently in retaliation for her work on accountability for decades of human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Tunisian authorities should immediately release her.An investigative judge of a Tunis court ordered Bensedrine detained on August 1, 2024, after a hearing connected to her work as head of the Truth and Dignity Commission between 2014 and 2018. The ju…
(2024-09-30). Sept 28: Occupy Peace Rally in Kingston, NY (Video and Photos). pressenza.com 
The rally occurred at the Four Corners of Freedom on Crown and John Streets in Kingston, N.Y. | Speakers: | Judge Andrew Napolitano, constitutional expert, and host of Judging Freedom podcast | Scott Ritter, former U.N. weapons inspector | Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News | Gerald Celente, founder of Occupy Peace, the Universal Church of Freedom, Peace and Justice and publisher of the Trends Journal magazine… | Plus live Zooms with other renowned guests, like Roger Waters invited by Randy Credico radio host, and activist. | Organized by Yo…
(2024-09-30). Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah's mother launches hunger strike. newarab.com 
"As of today, the 30th of September 2024, I consider that Alaa is unlawfully detained [and] kidnapped. I am going on a full hunger strike until he is released. This is to protest the crime committed against him by the Egyptian authorities and to protest th…
(2024-09-30). 'I Am Maroon': The life of Black Panther Russell 'Maroon' Shoatz. therealnews.com 
For nearly half a century, Russell 'Maroon' Shoatz was a political prisoner of the United States. Prior to his incarceration, Shoatz fought against US capitalism and imperialism as a member of the Black Panther Party, and then as a soldier of the Black Liberation Army. Due to his two successful escapes from prison and organizing behind bars, Shoatz spent two decades in solitary confinement. Despite this brutal repression, Shoatz continued to struggle for liberation, leaving behind a trove of political writings that continue to inspire revolutionaries to this day. Shoatz's children, Russell Shoatz III and Sh…
(2024-09-30). Labor and civil rights icon, Bill Lucy, dies at 90. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —Longtime AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer and civil rights icon Bill Lucy, who helped assemble and lead the famous "I Am A Man" unionization drive and strike by Black sanitation workers in 1968 in Lucy's hometown of Memphis, Tenn., died September 25 at his D.C. home. He was 90. Lucy, who later co-founded and was the first …
(2024-09-30). Bahrain: Joint letter on human rights priorities to all member states of the United Nations General Assembly. fidh.org International organisations, including the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, seized the occasion of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) to urge the Member States to priorities human rights issues in Bahrain, especially the multiple arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders.
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(2024-09-30). Belarus: Four years after Marfa Rabkova's arbitrary detention, repression against Viasna members must end. fidh.org Four years ago, on September 17, 2020, Viasna member Marfa Rabkova was arbitrarily detained. To this day, she remains unlawfully imprisoned. On the fourth anniversary of her detention, the Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and Viasna reiterate their call for her immediate and unconditional release, as well as the release of the other four Viasna members detained and all human rights defenders arbitrarily imprisoned in Belarus.
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(2024-09-30). Showcasing Student Achievements in Science and Math Month: A Step Towards Inclusive Education, Gender Equality, and Environmental Stewardship. pressenza.com 
A dazzling display of sustainable innovation as participants from both male and female categories showcase their meticulously crafted sci-models adorned with exquisite, recycled costumes. Starting with Mr. and Ms. SCIMA 2024: Solomon Damaso and Jehan Reese Damogos, 1st place: Jaymar Andales and Charize Ann Tambalque, 2nd place: Ralph Sapdoy and Jessica Marcos, 3rd place: Shanthy Bangyay and Erika Mae Topacio. | By: Christine S. Luyosen | The Science and Mathematics Month of September is a yearly tradition at Easter College, headed by the SciMa advisers Jessa Obispo, Algyn Kidit, Krisjane Galingan, and Elvie P…
(2024-09-30). Unexpected Tragedies Demand Paid Leave. inequality.org Millions of working American families are facing a crisis: how to care for loved ones. We all need to give or get care at some point in our lives, but all too often this can be incredibly burdensome or even impossible. Too many Americans simply cannot afford their own care or are unable to take …
(2024-09-30). Iran Raps West's Silence on Israeli Crimes. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Deploring the double standards adopted by the US and the European governments on human rights, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the silence of Westerners about the massacre of Muslims at the hands of the Israeli regime is tantamount to consent to those crimes.
(2024-09-30). Gaza: Israeli Attacks Devastate Lives of Children with Disabilities. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Muhammad Haitham Hammad, a 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, and his mother, Marwa Atef Khalil Hammad, 27, in a tent after they were displaced, following the Israeli military's order directing civilians to evacuate from the north of Gaza to the south, September 5, 2024. Muhammad experiences recurrent seizures and was not getting regular access to his medication. | © 2024 Ahmad AL lulu for Human Rights Watch | The Israeli government's attacks and unlawful blockade against Gaza have inflicted profound suffering on children with disabilities, and explosive weapons have left many ot…
(2024-09-30). Saudi executes 198 in 2024, most in over 30 years: AFP. newarab.com 
The Gulf monarchy executed the third highest number of prisoners in the world after China and Iran in 2023, according to Amnesty International. | The latest tally surpassed its previous highs of 196 in 2022 and 192 in 1995, according to the London-based human rights group, which began recording the annual data in 1990. | The co…
(2024-09-30). Azerbaijan: Unprecendent repression since January 2024. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights groups, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, alert the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Alain Berset, to the escalation of repression in Azerbaijan since January 2024.
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(2024-09-30). PDP Leaders Accuse Retiring DGP of Human Rights Violations. devdiscourse.com In a severe indictment, PDP youth president Waheed Para has accused the retiring Director General of Police, R R Swain, of human rights violations.
(2024-09-30). Niger: New Terrorism Database Threatens Rights. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Police officers on the sidelines of a march in support of the coup plotters in Niger's capital, Niamey, July 30, 2023. | © 2023 Djibo Issifou/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images…
(2024-09-30). Vietnam: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 27 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement at the 57th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for the Interactive Dialogue for the adoption of Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The statement expressed criticism of the Vietnamese government's behavior during the current UPR and urged UN member states to press the Vietnamese government to release all political prisoners and initiate legal, institutional, and (…) | – |
(2024-09-30). Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Landmark ruling in favour of victims of the Pinochet dictatorship. fidh.org
(2024-09-30). Azerbaijan: PACE should hold an Urgency Debate to address the grave human rights situation. fidh.org
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(2024-09-30). World leaders react to Israel's killing of Hassan Nasrallah. newarab.com 
World leaders warned of potential repercussions on Saturday after Lebanese group Hezbollah confirmed that its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah The killing of the Iran-backed group's chief has intensified fears of all-out war in the Middle East, with states across the region condemning it. | US President Joe Biden however claimed that it was "a measure of justice". |
(2024-09-30). Veterans Group to DOJ: Impanel Grand Jury, Indict Blinken. commondreams.org A national veterans' organization today called for a grand jury to indict Department of State (DOS) Secretary Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to Israel for lying to Congress, violating the Export Control Act, the Genocide Prevention Act and the U.S. War Crimes Act. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, Veterans For …
(2024-09-30). Rage Against the Machine Guitarist Honored With Woody Guthrie Prize. covertactionmagazine.com Tom Morello Has Nobly Carried on the American Protest Music Tradition On September 25, former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello was honored with the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for using his music to support social justice causes. Morello received the prize from Woody Guthrie's granddaughter Anna Canoni, who said that "Tom …
(2024-09-30). How the Psychology of Oppression Perpetuates Harm to Animals and the Environment. transcend.org 27 Sep 2024 – When I was four years old, I killed someone. And 43 years later, I received the Ahimsa Award for my work on global nonviolence… To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
(2024-09-30). Paulo Freire's Legacy and the Necessity of Critical Pedagogy in Dark Times. counterpunch.org 
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world —Nelson Mandela Paulo Freire, the radical Brazilian educator, would have turned 103 on September 19, 2025. Freire was not merely an academic; he was a revolutionary, a fierce champion of the oppressed whose lifelong fight for economic, educational, and social justice
(2024-09-30). Condolences for Lusikisiki mass shooting victims' families. sanews.gov.za Condolences for Lusikisiki mass shooting victims' families | President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to the families of the 18 people tragically killed in a mass shooting over the weekend in Ngobozana village, in Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape. | The President has also extended his sympathies to the survivors of the two separate attacks, which took place on the same street and predominantly claimed the lives of women. | President Ramaphosa assured the grieving families that the South African Police Service (SAPS) has mobilised all available resources to bring the perpetrators to justice. A specia…
(2024-09-30). Elizabeth Warren stumps in Montco as county launches mail-in ballot voting. whyy.org What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Early voting has begun in parts of Pennsylvania, and Democrats aren't wasting any time starting their door-to-door canvassing to get voters out to the polls. | Montgomery County became one of the first counties in the closely watched swing state to begin accepting mail-in ballots. Residents can return ballots by mail or take them to election precincts or secure boxes across the county for in-person drop-off. | "Starting Friday, you're going to be able to walk in, registe…
(2024-09-30). On Democracy NOW!—A Tale of Two Ongoing Genocides in Israel and Myanmar. transcend.org 22 Sep 2024 – Israel has succeeded in establishing an ecosystem of genocidal methods. In a breach of the Genocide Convention, it has subjected Palestinian peoples to this system of depopulating to make all occupied territories Jewish Majority.
(2024-09-30). Israeli strike on central Beirut marks further escalation. aljazeera.com Israeli military carries out an air raid on target in the heart of Lebanon's capital for first time in years.
(2024-09-30). Israeli, US Airstrikes Expand to Lebanon, Syria and Yemen; Killing Dozens. imemc.org 
Israeli forces continue expanding their aggression on Sunday, dropping bombs on civilians in southern, central and northern Lebanon, while also bombing sites in Yemen. The US, while sending additional troops and naval air carriers to the area, also dropped bombs in Syria on Sunday. Seventeen people from one family were killed on Sunday afternoon as …
(2024-09-30). Israeli attack on Lebanon refugee site kills 32; Sunday's death toll at 109. presstv.ir Israel steps up its aerial assaults on Lebanon, killing at least 109 people and wounding 364 others in the past 24 hours.
(2024-09-30). Strong Measures Needed to Prevent Escalation of Israel-Hezbollah Armed Conflict. transcend.org "Gaza is a non-stop nightmare that threatens to take the entire region with it. Look no further than Lebanon. We should all be alarmed by the escalation. The peoples of Lebanon, of Israel, and of the world cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza." ⚪ Antonio Guterres…
(2024-09-30). Netanyahu — "Nothing Can Stop Us" — Not Even the Majority of Israelis. counterpunch.org 
Israel's Biden-backed war machine is once again bearing down on defenseless Lebanese people. Hostilities on the Israeli/Lebanon border have been occurring since the establishment of Israel and the dispossession of Palestinians and their land in 1948. But last week's war-crime-laden escalation by Netanyahu stunned the world. It started with bombings followed by the simultaneous booby-trapped
(2024-09-30). Lebanon: Over 100 people killed by new Israeli air strikes. newarab.com 
(2024-09-30). Report: Israeli army conducts targeted raids in south Lebanon ahead of ground offensive. haaretz.com Hamas says Lebanon chief killed in IDF attack amid Israeli strikes across country ‚ñ Iranian official says 'criminal acts of Zionist regime' will not go unanswered ‚ñ U.S. officials reportedly concerned Tehran planning retaliation against Israel for Nasrallah killing ‚ñ Palestinian militant group says three of its leaders killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut ‚ñ 109 people killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Health Ministry says ‚ñ IDF says air force struck militants in northern Gaza Hamas compound once used as a school…
(2024-09-30). Protesters demand end to Israeli arms shipments at Washington State weapons depot. peoplesworld.org 
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.—An estimated 150 protesters gathered in a county park across the road from the Indian Island Naval Magazine on Sunday, Sept. 22, to demand a halt to the delivery of U.S. bombs and missiles used in Israel's war on Gaza that has killed an estimated 41,000 unarmed Palestinians including 16,000 children. The crowd …
(2024-09-30). Protesters demand end to Israeli arms shipments at Washington State weapons depot. peoplesworld.org PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.—An estimated 150 protesters gathered in a county park across the road from the Indian Island Naval Magazine Sunday, Sept. 22, to demand a halt to delivery of U.S. bombs and missiles used in Israel's war on Gaza that has killed an estimated 41,000 unarmed Palestinians including 16,000 children. The crowd was grieving …
(2024-09-30). Bootleg alcohol kills six in Iran: state media. newarab.com 
Six people have died of alcohol poisoning in northern Iran banned the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages after the Ever since, smuggled and unregulated alcohol has proliferated on the black market, with methanol often added to drinks as a cheaper alternative to ethanol. | Official…
(2024-09-30). Protests across the Arab world against killing of Nasrallah. newarab.com 
People took to the streets Saturday night across the Arab world denouncing Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hezbollah confirmed their leader's death after the Israeli military said he had been killed in an airstrike. | In
(2024-09-30). World leaders slam killing of Hezbollah chief. ecns.cn World leaders have condemned Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and slammed its intensifying attacks in Lebanon that may have displaced up to 1 million people.
(2024-09-30). Video: Reporter on Lebanese fears of what Israel will do next. aljazeera.com As Israel continues its bombardment of Lebanon, Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr in Beirut says many people are concerned.
(2024-09-30). London's pro-Palestinian march marks 11 months of war in Gaza. presstv.ir Several thousand people joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration that marched through central London to the Israeli embassy.
(2024-09-30). Israeli peace movement: 'Accept the deal, end the war, out of Gaza'. peoplesworld.org 
TEL AVIV—"Accept the deal, end the war, out of Gaza!" Thousands of placards carrying this message, in both Hebrew and Arabic, were distributed last weekend in the weekly anti-government protests in cities throughout Israel. Some looked with suspicion at these signs, as they preferred sticking to the popular "Deal now!" signs. But others, many others, …
(2024-09-30). Outrage after Kemi Badenoch says that statutory maternity pay is 'excessive'. leftfootforward.org Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has caused outrage after saying that she thought statutory maternity pay is 'excessive', with her comments being condemned by fellow leadership rivals and opposition MPs. | Badenoch made the comments on Times Radio, where she said that she was in favour of parents taking "more personal responsibility" rather than burdening businesses with more regulation. | Asked if she thought maternity pay was at the right level, Badenoch replied: "Maternity pay varies, depending on who you work for — but statutory maternity pay is a function of tax, tax comes from people who are wo…
(2024-09-30). New rising tensions in Horn of Africa: What is happening between Ethiopia and Somalia? liberationnews.org 
Only a politics based on building unity and mutually beneficial cooperation can deliver on the potential of the Horn of Africa and its peoples.
(2024-09-30). Real winners of Sri Lanka's election: A people emboldened to force change. aljazeera.com Anura Kumara Dissanayake rode a wave of anger to power. But any Sri Lankan leader's position is precarious today.
(2024-09-30). Three children among 12 dead as boat capsizes off Tunisian coast. aljazeera.com At least 10 people still missing and 29 rescued in latest boat disaster in the Mediterranean.
(2024-09-30). Rwanda reports eight deaths linked to Marburg virus. aljazeera.com The deadly Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads among people through close contact.
(2024-09-30). Time for Tough Questions to Tester and Sheehy. counterpunch.org 
A recent column by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan called into sharp question the "gallingly disingenuous" refusal of Montana's Democratic Senator Jon Tester to endorse the Harris-Walz ticket at the very top of his party. And the Daily Montanan is right — it's the worst kind of phony stances taken by people who have
(2024-09-30). Closing in on the Kill: Heat and the Breadth of Land Animal Vulnerabiliity Including People, Bison, Grizzlies, and Moose. counterpunch.org 
While this article will be nowhere near a comprehensive review, a sampling of just three studies offers an introductory glimpse into heat's broad capacity to govern and regulate behavior, health and death across the realm of Earth's land animals. Some further detail will surface in subsequent paragraphs. For a first example of heat's broad impacts
(2024-09-30). The first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. wsws.org Six people have died and 20 others are being treated for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. This is the first-ever outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic disease in the country.
(2024-09-30). This week in history: September 30-October 6. wsws.org Paddington rail crash; Spinola steps down in Portugal; People's Republic of China founded; League of Nations adopts bankrupt anti-war measure.
(2024-09-30). Trump intensifies his racist attacks on Harris and immigrants. peoplesworld.org 
ERIE, Pa.—Republican presidential nominee, the criminal and adjudicated rapist Donald Trump, escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, here on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was "mentally impaired" while also saying she should be "impeached and prosecuted." His speech also reflected the fears of his campaign that white voters in …
(2024-09-30). Trump intensifies his racist attacks on Harris and immigrants. peoplesworld.org ERIE, Pa., — Republican presidential nominee, the criminal and adjudicated rapist, Donald Trump, escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, here on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was "mentally impaired" while also saying she should be "impeached and prosecuted." His speech also reflected the fears of his campaign that white voters …
(2024-09-30). Trump intensifies his racist attacks on Harris and immigrants. peoplesworld.org 
ERIE, Pa., — Republican presidential nominee, the criminal and adjudicated rapist, Donald Trump, escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, here on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was "mentally impaired" while also saying she should be "impeached and prosecuted." His speech also reflected the fears of his campaign that white voters …
(2024-09-30). Canada's carbon emissions down for first time since pandemic. peoplesworld.org 
Canada's carbon emissions are down for the first time since the pandemic, according to a 2023 estimate from publicly funded think tank the Canadian Climate Institute. The drop of 0.8 percent between 2022 and 2023 brings the total reduction since the baseline year of 2005 to eight percent — a long way from the 2030 goal of 40 percent, a …
(2024-09-30). Historic 'Trail of Tears' art show held for second year in Tennessee town. peoplesworld.org 
WOODBURY, Tenn.—For the second year in a row, the "Trail of Tears" art show was held in this Tennessee city a few miles from the bustling municipality of Murfreesboro, 30 miles south of Nashville. The show opened on Aug. 2 in the city art center. The exhibition was organized by Melba Checote-Eads, a citizen of …
(2024-09-30). Russia All Set To Achieve Putin's 'Main Goal' Of Ukraine War? Zelensky Loses More Of Donbas | Kursk. hindustantimes.com Russian Defence Ministry on Sep 29 claimed capturing another settlement in Donbas. The settlement of Makeevka in Lugansk People's Republic has fallen into Russian control. Russia said it destroyed a volley of western arms in its campaign in the region. Watch this video for all the details.
(2024-09-30). Shanghai to further optimize local property policies. ecns.cn Shanghai, China's economic hub, announced late Sunday that it will further optimize local property policies to better meet people's living demand.
(2024-09-30). China strives for global stability, prosperity. ecns.cn The 75-year journey of the People's Republic of China has witnessed the relentless efforts of the Chinese people to pursue development and progress, creating a miracle of long-term economic growth and social stability.
(2024-09-30). 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC. ecns.cn The country marks the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China.
(2024-09-30). Concert marks 75th founding anniversary of PRC. ecns.cn A concert was held at the Great Hall of the People on Sunday night to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
(2024-09-30). Before New Zealand's covid vaccine rollout, 2,000 people attended A&E for chest pains in a year — now it is more than 30,000. expose-news.com
(2024-09-30). The W-Curve Model: Understanding a new college student's experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The W-Curve Model was first proposed in 1963 to explain adjustment to culture shock. Starting college is a culture shock for many young people. It is often the first time students are away from home for an extended period. Freshman year is known for new experiences, but it also presents various challenges. Each new college student's experience is unique. Parents should be aware of the predictable adjustment pattern to help students navigate difficult times. The…
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: How to get hay fever relief from fall allergies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Autumn is the season of change, with green leaves turning color and temperatures cooling. It's also the season of hay fever, or allergic rhinitis. So how can people with fall allergies get relief? Dr. James Li, a Mayo Clinic allergist, has more in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script….
(2024-09-30). Let's talk low libido. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It may feel uncomfortable to talk about low libido with your partner and your healthcare team. Unfortunately, it's a common problem that affects adults everywhere, yet many people have never been asked about their sexual health by their healthcare teams. Although it may be difficult to discuss, sexual health is important and factors that are causing low libido should be addressed. Many primary care, psychology and OB-GYN professionals are trained to care for and treat…
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why more preventive screenings are needed in the Hispanic community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to a recent study by the American Cancer Society, cancer is a leading cause of death among those of Hispanic heritage living in the U.S. Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to be diagnosed with lung, colon, breast and prostate cancers than non-Hispanic white men and women. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says preventive screenings for cancer and other diseases are effective ways to help reduce these burdens. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Who is at risk for a brain aneurysm? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editors note: September is National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month Brain aneurysms affect millions of people, with 6.7 million in the U.S. living with unruptured aneurysms. Globally, they can cause nearly 500,000 deaths annually. Dr. Chris Fox specializes in endovascular and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic. He says not all brain aneurysms need to be treated immediately. However, a brain aneurysm that bursts or ruptures causes a serious medical emergency. Dr. Fox explains who may be…
(2024-09-30). As blood cancer treatments evolve, so does the patient journey. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's Note: September is Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month ROCHESTER, Minn. — Treatment for blood cancers is advancing, giving more options to people living with the disease. Sikander Ailawadhi, M.D., an oncologist and hematologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, says that physicians are identifying, monitoring and eliminating disease earlier and more deeply, thanks to targeted drug therapies and novel treatments like CAR-T cell therapy. Dr. Ailawadhi is an expert in blood cancers, particularly myeloma….
(2024-09-30). Northern Cape records second-lowest HIV prevalence rate in SA. sanews.gov.za Northern Cape records second-lowest HIV prevalence rate in SA | The Northern Cape had the second-lowest HIV prevalence at 8.9% in 2022, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) said on Monday. | This means an estimated 120 000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the province, which is 21 000 more PLHIV compared to 2017. | The information is based on the HSRC's key findings of the Sixth South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey (SABSSM VI) for the Northern Cape. | SAnews reported last week that the Western Cape had the lowest HIV prevalence (7.4%) in 2022 and second lowest in 2017 (8.6%). | REA…
(2024-09-30). Pregnant Philadelphians can still apply to the Philly Joy Bank for cash assistance. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Slots are filling up for the city's new But city leaders say there are still opportunities for people to participate and encourage eligible residents to apply sooner rather than later. | "We're still doing continuous outreach with organizations in our target neighborhoods, reminding folks, hey, we're still accepting…
(2024-09-30). SA's G20 Presidency to prioritise Africa and Global South. sanews.gov.za SA's G20 Presidency to prioritise Africa and Global South | President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced in his weekly newsletter that when South Africa takes over the G20 Presidency later this year, it will focus on the priorities of Africa and the Global South. | South Africa will assume the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to November 2025, approximately five years before the deadline of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. | The President said that as a signatory to the Pact for the Future, the country aims to push for people-driven, sustainable development. | "When South Africa assu…
(2024-09-30). In Florida's Big Bend, small towns bear the brunt of Helene's impact. grist.org 
In the hours just after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida, James Pike sat in his truck, with his mobile home behind him. He was in the parking lot of a grocery store in Inglis, a town of 1,500 people in the state's rural Big Bend region, waiting alongside dozens of other campers. Trucks rumbled by carrying utility linemen, search and rescue workers, and law enforcement as the displaced residents sat and waited for news. | Pike had moved a few months earlier into a trailer park called Eleanor Oaks, in the neighboring hamlet of Yankeetown, after being priced out of another trailer park on higher ground w…
(2024-09-30). Egypt: Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence. fidh.org
(2024-09-30). Jhumpa Lahiri Refuses New York Museum Award Over Palestine Scarf. ummid.com Pulitzer winning author Jhumpa Lahiri refused to accept an award from New York's Noguchi Museum protesting its decision to fire three employees for wearing Keffiyeh, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity and resistance.
(2024-09-30). Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Nablus. imemc.org 
On Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians from their homes in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank's northern part. Local and media sources stated that Israeli military vehicles invaded the eastern and western areas of Nablus and the Old Askar refugee camp in the east, leading to protests. They added that the soldiers …
(2024-09-30). How will Iran respond to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah? middleeasteye.net 
How will Iran respond to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah? | Conservatives have blamed moderate Iranian officials over the killing, and demanded direct retaliation against Israel | | A woman stands holding an Iranian flag and draped in the yellow fl…
(2024-09-30). Eat, Pray, Pollute: On The Needed Death of Tourism. counterpunch.org 
A crowd of 3,000 anti-tourism protesters descended on posh downtown Barcelona last July, their demeanor one of delighted malice. They cordoned off hotels and eateries with hazard tape, as if demarcating a crime scene. They sprayed with water guns the blithe holidaymakers seated in restaurants. Video footage showed unhappy couples and glowering young men chased from their seats by the mob, stunned at the indignity. | The protesters shouted "tourists go home." They held signs that said "Barcelona is not for sale." They spoke of "mass touristification" and inveighed against the greed of restaurateurs and hoteliers a…
(2024-09-30). Hezbollah launches attacks on Israeli military positions, settlements. presstv.ir Hezbollah continues drone and rocket attacks against Israeli military sites and settlements, as the regime presses ahead with its brutal aggression against Lebanon.
(2024-09-30). How China Broke from David Rockefeller's Slave Labor Agenda. transcend.org 25 Sep 2024 – Adding depth and nuance to oversimplified historical narratives of the past, present and future to avoid traps that will lead us to World War 3. The role of Henry Kissinger and how the Trilateral Commission's designs for China came undone.
(2024-09-30). Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88. whyy.org Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor, has died. | McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, surrounded by his family. No cause was given. | Starting in the late 1960s, the Brownsville, Texas native wrote such country and rock 'n' roll standards as "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down,…
(2024-09-30). Israel preparing to build new segregation wall in West Bank. newarab.com 
Israeli forces began sweeping farmlands on Sunday in preparation for the construction of a segregation wall in the Bulldozers leveled crops in the town of Sinjil in the central West Bank, with the wall set to deprive landowners of access to their groves and confiscate around 8,000 dunams of land. | The decision to erect the wall was taken eight months ago, part of the far-right Israeli government's plan to isolate Palestinian lands from Highway 60, a South—North intercity road…
(2024-09-30). US Bolsters Forces in Middle East, Issues Warning to Iran. scheerpost.com 
Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2024. (DoD photo by Joseph Clark) By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com The Pentagon on Sunday announced steps to bolster its forces in the Middle East amid Israel's non-stop bombardment of Lebanon. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat …
(2024-09-30). US approves $567m in military support for Taiwan. aljazeera.com The support is the latest move by Washington to boost the island's military in the face of rising tensions with China.
(2024-09-30). National Symphony Orchestra musicians back to work after brief strike in Washington DC. wsws.org The American Federation of Musicians announced a settlement providing 4 percent raises annually for the next two years.
Egyptian authorities have refused to release dissident Abdel Fattah, 42, was arrested on September 29, 2019. | Just over two years later, he was handed a five-year sentence for "spreading false news" by sharing a Facebook post about police brutality. | His family on Thursday urged the government of 
We call for the Noguchi Museum to immediately rescind its ban on the Palestinian keffiyeh, reverse its disciplinary measures against staff, and reaffirm its commitment to social justice, including the rights of Palestinians.
Image by Allison Saeng. | America and its origin story are full of unexamined assumptions, one of the biggest being that voters actually cast their ballots for presidential candidates. Is democracy — which comes from the Greek words for people (demos) and rule (kratos) — the USA's foundational "Big Lie"? Consider that, according to Ari Berman's new book Minority Rule, only 1.8% of the population of the 13 original states voted in George Washington's 1789 presidential election. In One Person, One Vote? director Maximina Juson goes behind the closed doors of 1787's Constitutional Convention, when Ame…
Israel conducted a wave of air strikes on the south of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Friday, levelling several buildings in a densely populated neighbourhood. | The The strikes were heard across the Mediterranean city, and sparked panic in the residential area. | They were by far the fiercest strikes to hit Beirut since Israel increased attacks on Lebanon this week, killing hundreds of people. | Israeli Pr…
A wounded Palestinian detainee succumbed to his wounds, just two days after Israeli soldiers shot and abducted him from his home in the Al-Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus in the northern West Bank. In a statement, the Commission for Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) announced the death of the …
Mass protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. The writer is First Secretary of Workers World Party. The presidential election this year is a watershed moment for the working-class movement and for the anti-imperialist forces within it. It is time to do what has yet to . . . | 
Violent explosions rocked the Haret Hreik neighbourhood in the Dahiyeh southern suburb of Ten loud explosions were heard in a wave of air raids that hit an area close to the road leading to Lebanon's only international airport in Beirut, with local media reporting that a large crater was seen on the site of the attack and that several buildings were flattened. | Footage aired on local media showed a massive column of smoke rising from the s…
First published on February 5, 2020 at very outset of the Covid-19 Crisis, in-depth analysis of the Simulation of a pandemic conducted in 2010 under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation. | By now, those following the novel coronavirus epidemic …
President Why it's important | Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed hundreds in recent days and have raised fears of an all-out regional war. | Washington has maintained strong military support for its ally while…
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Bahrain: UN General Assembly urged to address imprisonment of human rights activists | Meanwhile, a rights group says Manama is due to release an estimated 100 political prisoners | | People embrace after scores of prisoners were released from a notorious jail following a royal pardon in Manama, Bahr…
Egypt: Lawyer fears activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah will be held beyond prison release date | Khaled Ali said he feared the government will keep Abd el-Fattah in jail for two more years despite the impending end of his prison sentence on 29 September | | A protest in London on 6 November 2022 calling for…
As New York City's Climate Week begins, we speak to environmental justice activist Kumi Naidoo, the former head of Greenpeace International and Amnesty International and now the president of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, about his work to end the use of fossil fuels, the leading driver of climate change. Naidoo calls for "urgency and the fastest withdrawal" from the world's dependence on fossil fuel companies, slamming the "arrogance," "control" and "impunity" of their profit-maximizing CEOs. Naidoo is from South Africa, which brou…
On the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, activists and community members from the historic Black neighborhood in New York City welcomed the Cuban diplomatic delegation that traveled to New York City for the UN proceedings. The reception held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was organized by the Harlem-Cuba Welcome Committee and celebrated the historic bonds between Cuba and Harlem, and the bonds between the Cuban people and Black people in the United States. | Rosemari Mealy, the co-convener of the Harlem-Cuba Welcome Committee and the author of the book Fidel and Malcolm…
Bahrain's interior ministry on Monday announced sentencing changes for hundreds of inmates in the Gulf monarchy, which activists have said should result in the release of scores of political prisoners. | Authorities gave the green light for "replacement of custodial sentences with an alternative sentence," for 340 inmates, the ministry said, with 99 further prisoners allowed more lenient arrangements in custody under Bahrain's "open prison programme". | The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said under the changes "340 inmates of Jau Prison will have their prison sentences replaced… meaning th…
As the United Nations General Assembly meets in New York City alongside Climate Week, dozens of activists were arrested Monday at a protest outside of Citibank's global headquarters while demanding the company divest from fossil fuels. Democracy Now! spoke to many activists from the Gulf South about the impact of Citibank-funded projects in their communities. "I'm not even a teenager yet, and I have to fight for my life and many others my age," says 12-year-old Kamea Ozane from Southwest Louisiana. "I shouldn't have to do this. This is not right."…
As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
Israeli soldiers from the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), along with police officers, prison guards from the Israeli Prison Services (IPS), and interrogators from the Israel Security Agency (ISA), systematically torture Palestinian detainees during their arrest, interrogation, and detention. These methods, which include physical violence, psychological abuse, and deprivation of basic rights, have been used against Palestinians since 1948. | The widespread use of such practices has been extensively 
Tunisia: Families of jailed politicians urge ICC to investigate abuses against Black people | Lawyers are also calling on the court to investigate President Kais Saied's crackdown on dissent, which has ramped up as the election nears | | Members of civil society groups and opposition parties ho…
UK Lawyers for Israel sought Israeli help in dispute with Palestine NGOs | Leaked document seen by MEE reveals 2019 meeting between UKLFI leaders and senior justice ministry official | | UKLFI's Jonathan Turner addresses MPs during a parliamentary committee hearing in September 2023 (Pa…
PORTLAND, Ore.—Portland, Ore., seldom sees so many suits and ties. But for three weeks, Judge Adrienne Nelson's 14th-floor federal courtroom there was wall-to-wall with lawyers, national grocery executives, and hedge fund representatives. In a lockdown environment where smartphones and even laptops were banned, they were there to attend round one of the Federal Trade Commission …
The Israeli military continued striking south Lebanon and the country's eastern Beqaa region overnight, a day after it launched a massive wave of air raids on Lebanon's deadliest day in decades. It also struck the southern suburbs of Beirut for a fifth time this year. | At least 558 people have been killed and over 1,800 wounded in the two days of attacks, including children. | On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike hit the southern Beirut suburb of Ghobeiry. Two Lebanese security sources have said the raid killed senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Qubaisi, who led the group's rockets division. | Hezbollah fired doz…
In what has been the deadliest day in nearly a year of The at…
Israel continued its strikes on Lebanese Minister Nasser Yassin told Reuters that 89 shelters have been set up for those displaced, mostly in schools and other public facilities. | On Monday alone, the Israeli army said it had struck some 1,600 sites across the border, | The Israeli strikes have so far killed 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, according to Lebanese authorities, marking the dea…
Lebanon said six people were killed Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on a southern Beirut suburb, with the Israeli army confirming it had hit the capital for the second time in as many days. | The " Rescuers had earlier reported three dead in the strike. | "An Israeli strike targeted two floors in a residential building in the Ghobeiri area," a Lebanese security source earlier told AFP, requesting anony…
Lebanon's only international airport has faced a fresh series of flight cancellations on Tuesday as Over 30 airlines cancelled flights to Lebanon, where more than 560 people have so far been killed since Israel's expanded its cross-border attacks on the country, targeting it with wider indiscriminate attacks which had seen an influx of displacement. | Videos…
Four things you missed in Gaza since Israel's Lebanon bombings | While Israel carried out its bombing campaign in Lebanon, its forces continued pounding Gaza, killing at least 22 people | | A Palestinian woman reacts as she inspects the damage to a school sheltering displaced people after it wa…
Israel's massive aerial bombardment of Lebanon killed at least 558 people on Monday in what is the highest single-day death toll in Lebanon in nearly two decades. Thousands more have been injured in strikes that targeted hospitals, medical centers and ambulances, while tens of thousands of civilians have been forced from their homes. "It has been havoc," says Michelle Eid, editor-in-chief of Al Rawiya, in Beirut, describing attempts by family members to flee the attacks in the south. "The speed with which this has happened has been incredibly shocking," says Lebanese writer and trans…
Scientists in Haiti are studying seismic activity around the Caribbean island. Recently, a French research vessel dedicated its efforts to mapping the seabed to better understand the complex fault lines that traverse the region. This research comes nearly 14 years after the devastating 2010 earthquake which killed hundreds of thousands of people. CGTN's Harold Isaac reports from Port-au-Prince.
People against destroying our planetary home often favor "No Growth" — "steady as she goes" — or even the rhetorically catchier "DeGrowth" — "shrink baby shrink." Their pro-growth opponents sometimes say, "grow baby grow," or more pointedly, "drill baby drill." But if you asked me, "where do you stand vis a vis growth? Give yourself a really short label that includes the word growth." I would reply, "I favor what I think most degrowthers and no-growthers also favor and what many pro-growthers oppose. That is, I am for "post-growth" or, to clarify, I am for good growth and against bad growth.
Hunger continues to be an urgent and serious problem in Brazilian society, even though it has been alleviated by some of Brazilian President Lula's policies, such as Bolsa Família. However, today, there are still many families in conditions of food insecurity in over 5,000 municipalities across Brazil. | Seeking to advance policies against hunger, for development, and for a dignified life in the country's Agrarian Reform areas and municipalities, in this year's municipal elections the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is mobilizing more than 600 candidates, including landless workers and supporters of agrari…
"The Trump and Vance acceleration of their attacks on Haitian immigrants and their continued red-baiting of Kamala Harris are signs of the increasing danger of fascism. They're getting more and more desperate. But the U.S. people aren't buying. Still, no stone has to be left unturned in the effort to defeat not only them but …
HENDERSON, N.C.— The body of 21-year-old Javion Magee was discovered on Wednesday, Sept. 11 with his back against a tree, and a rope, connected to a tree branch, tied eleven times around his neck. Magee was a newly licensed truck driver reportedly pleased about his newly acquired credentials. While Vance County Sheriff Curtis R. Brame …
I guess by way of full disclosure I should state at the outset that I've known Marvin Zuckerman for almost 30 years, from the time I assumed the directorship of the Southern California District of Workers Circle/Arbeter Ring, of which he's been a member all his life, and he's over 90 now. When he asked …
ORONO, Maine—Members and allies of the University of Maine Graduate Workers Union—United Auto Workers staged work-in and rally actions on Sept. 17 and 18 in response to the University of Maine System's no-show at contract negotiations on those dates. The system cited a need to "focus" on an upcoming hearing for a prohibited practice complaint …
Accompanying people who are going through critical moments due to illness or approaching the end of their lives is a noble deed full of meaning and sense. It is an action that does not require particular personal skills, but it requires a certain inner situation. Essentially, it means allowing them to express, in a correct and appropriate way for the other person, the love, kindness and compassion that we all have within us. When this happens, "accompaniment" becomes "art". My body, my heart and my mind come together in a valid act whose sole purpose is the well-being and inner freedom of the other heart and mind…
The 2024 election is a time of great risk and opportunity. The outcome of this election will determine the direction of our country and the daily lives of working people for years to come. That is why building the broadest unity possible and joining others in political action to defeat Trump and win progressive victories up and down the ballot is critically important. | A working-class victory in November would mean new opportunities to protect our planet better, increase workers' rights, defend reproductive rights, defend and expand our voting and democratic rights, and so much more. | The people's movement i…
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The CT machine stood ready like a giant white gleaming donut, but the patient wasn't quite cooperating. | It was evening, and the third floor of the Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was mostly empty. Medical testing and imaging during regular business hours were done for the day. | But in this one exam room, half a dozen people crowded around the CT scanner bed, trying to position the patient just right. | "Can we move it?" asked Leening Liu, a PhD…
A workers' rights package is on the table. And it's one of the only hopes many people have for the new Labour government. However, comments from chancellor Rachel Reeves at an unbroadcast fringe event at Labour conference have put the party's plans in doubt. So, is it really possible to trust Keir Starmer's Labour Party […] | By 
When the In August 2023, Letby, 34, was convicted of seven counts each of murder and attempted murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment…
Disgusting inhumanity and arrogance is all a bit of fun for sociopath red Tory Keir Starmer's conference speech today was a long drone of slogans and nonsense — but he exposed the real dark heart both of the Zionism to which he subscribes and the war-criminal mindset of the Labour right he represents. A protester …
A pro-Palestine protester questioned Britain's A 24-year-old man interrupted the chancellor, Rachel Reeves' speech at the ACC Arena in Liverpool. | A video of the incident which circulated online showed the protester saying: "We are still selling arms to Israel. I thought we were supposed to be changed, Rachel," in reference to the conference's theme being "change…
In what it called "China Week", the U.S. House of Representatives approved 25 anti-Chinese laws over a few days, in bipartisan votes. Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in Washington.
Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned as part of a probe into pagers that were detonated by Israel Lebanon, investigators said Friday, as top officials insisted the devices were not from the island. | Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to the militant group after hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies detonated across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 37 people and wounding nearly 3,000. | The New York Times reported this week that Israel had inserted explosive material into a shipment of pagers from Taiwan's Gold Apo…
The aftermath of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is clear: Washington's economic and diplomatic influence on the continent is set to wane even further.
Over the last few months, activists have taken to the streets of Istanbul, calling out Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan's involvement and inaction on Israel's genocide in Gaza. | Now, two Palestinian activists face deportation for holding up an The activists, part of a group called 1000 Youth for Palest…
Jill Stein Demands US Halt Weapons to Israel to Prevent Wider War — Democrats Relying on War to Win Election…
Included in these condemnations were reminders on the importance of 
According to Israeli sources, the Biden administration wanted to avoid a broader regional conflict that might involve the Resistance in Lebanon, Yemen and Iran, at least until after the U.S. elections in November. However, all indications suggest that Netanyahu is resisting the American demands, and even disregarding the opinion of his own war minister who does not believe it's the right time to expand the war. Netanyahu's preparations for the war could also include dismissing Yaov Gallant and replacing him with Gideon Sa'ar from the New Hope Jewish racist party. This prompted Biden to send Hochstein to warn the…
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We explain how Putin's statement with respect to the West granting Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles on Russian soil, whereby he said in that scenario Russia would be at war with NATO, was completely misinterpreted by western commentators. We then explain what he really meant and what the consequences might be for NATO countries. 
Download the color version. Download the black & white version. Hezbollah condemns Israel's cyberattack in Lebanon PFLP: Harris, Trump both support genocide Assembly Sept. 29 to celebrate China at 75 Editorials Harris auditions for top warmaker Racist xenophobe Trump seeks second term Mundo Obrero La ejecución de Ay≈üenur Ezgi Eygi . . . | 
During the US Since she embarked on her presidential bid, Harris has framed her campaign against Trump as a showdown between "the prosecutor" and "the fe…
A recent poll shows Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein beating Kamala Harris among Muslim voters in multiple swing states as pro-Palestinian voters weigh the upcoming U.S. presidential race.
This article was written hours before the mass terrorist act that targeted Hezbollah members through pagers in the afternoon of 17 September, thus enhancing its title's topicality. | In recent days, Israeli threats regarding an imminent attack on Lebanon have multiplied, especially since the Israeli pre-emptive attack on Hezbollah on the 25th of August, which was followed by the party's attack in retaliation for the assassination of military commander Fouad Shukr. Since that day, a chorus began to blame Benjamin Netanyahu for the size of the pre-emptive operation, which some Zionist commentators saw as less th…
UK abstention on UN vote 'marginalises it on world stage', say NGOs | The UN resolution demanded Israel end its 'unlawful presence' in Gaza and the West Bank within a year | | Palestinian representative Ryad Mansour is congratulated on the result of a vote during the emergency session o…
Israeli forces arrested Palestinian journalist Mujahed Al-Saadi at dawn on Thursday during the storming of his home in According to Al-Saadi's brother Amjad, the raid on his house occurred around 2.30am, The New Arab's Arabic sister outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed 
After the death of six Israeli captives in Gaza, and instead of caving to the mounting internal and external pressure to allow a ceasefire deal with Hamas, Netanyahu presented a Netanyahu was called untethered from reality for setting up this 'newly found' corridor, afte…
Beirut – Patients screamed in pain and paramedic teams shouted frantic orders to attend to gaping wounds at Beirut's Hotel Dieu hospital on Tuesday afternoon, after thousands of handheld pagers belonging to Hezbollah members Ambulances rushed through the hospital gates, 
Fourteen people were killed and over 450 wounded Wednesday when walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon, the government said, a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, killing 12 and wounding up to 2,800. | The Iran-backed group blamed Israel for the first wave of blasts on Tuesday, vowing revenge and stoking fears of all-out war in the region. | "The new wave of walkie-talkie explosions… killed fourteen people and wounded more than 450," the health ministry said in a statement. | A source close to the Iran-backed group said walkie-talkies used by its members exploded in a southern suburb of Beirut during…
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Nearly 3,000 people, mainly members of Hezbollah but including many civilians, were wounded when…
ALBAWABA – Lebanon experienced a consecutive wave of wireless device explosions in the past two days, targeting pager and walkie-talkie devices used by Hezbollah members. Many people now are worried that their devices could explode at any moment.Pager explosions in Lebanon: On Tuesday, Lebanon witnessed the explosion of thousands of pagers, wireless telecommunications devices that receive and display alphanumeric or voice messages. It is worth noting that pager devices are widely used by Hezbollah group members. In the recent explosive incidents, 32 people were killed and more than 3,000 were injured. | Wa…
Lebanon pager attack: Israelis receive threatening texts after blasts | Messages appear to be sent by Hezbollah affiliates after the movement vowed retaliation | | An Israeli soldier uses a mobile phone near the boundary with Gaza on 26 November 2023 (Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko) | Thousands o…
Green Left's Alex Salmon spoke to Tamer Shaaban, a 20-year-old engineering student trapped in Gaza, about how his family's life was torn apart when Israel launched its genocidal war in October last year.
According to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry, Germany put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges. | The Economy Ministry said on Thursday that there was no ban on 
A group of 27 Israeli ministers and members of the Knesset are calling for the Israeli Prime Minister to expel civilians in In a letter to The plan…
US Congresswoman The Palestinian-American representative urged her fellow lawmakers to vote against the bill, saying that a 'yes' vote would be "erasing the existence of Palestinians". | Tlaib, a member of the Democrat's left-leaning 'The Squad' bloc, has consistently criticised Israeli abuses against Palestinians. | "It seeks to erase Palestin…
The UK was among 43 member states who abstained at the 
Egypt will not accept any changes to the security arrangements that were in place on its border with Gaza before the war on Gaza broke out last October, the Egyptian foreign minister said on Wednesday. | Security on the border, and whether Israel will maintain a troop presence along a 14-km (9-mile) buffer zone known as the Israeli troops entered the buffer zone in May as th…
ALBAWABA — Israel began importing cars from Morocco as its automotive sector faced multiple challenges as a result of the Turkish boycott.Israel imports cars from Morocco: Israel imported a small number of Moroccan-made cars from Renault Group from the Stellantis Kenitra plant and plans to import more from other brands, including Peugeot 208 cars, according to Calcalist, an Israeli economic news site and engine. | Stellantis Kenitra plant, a Moroccan car plant belonging to the international automobile manufacturing group Stellantis, was founded in 2019. Stellantis factories managed to increase its pr…
Pegasus: UK-based spyware victims ask police to investigate hacking | Four men living in the UK, believed to have been targeted by Middle Eastern states, file criminal complaint against Israeli spyware firm and linked companies | | New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan P…
Saudi crown prince says no normalisation with Israel without Palestinian statehood | Bin Salman also denounces 'Israeli occupation crimes' and violations of international humanitarian law in his annual speech to lawmakers | | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman delivers his annual address at Shura…
On 14 September, Algeria's incumbent president, Since taking office following the low-turnout election in 2019, Tebboune, a former minister under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has increasingly mirrored his predecessor's style. | During the campaign, opponents withdrew, citing "unfair conditions," while those who…
Seventy-six years ago, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced and scattered across refugee camps in neighbouring Middle Eastern countries during the Many Palestinians, seeking safety from persecution, undertook long journeys, even crossing the Atlantic to North, Central, and South America. | As they migrated, large, weathered ships filled with people departed from various Mediterranean ports, and they headed towards an uncertain future far from their belo…
Following a US congressional hearing this week, whose focus became the On Wednesday, the day after giving testimony at the Sen…
Over 130 world leaders will meet at the While the 
Yerevan, Armenia – Twenty-year-old Susanna Hovsepyan recalls her final September in Although any military-related item could have endangered her and the Her father, a serviceman,…
In a few words, the book There is pain, suffering, love, history, politics and geography, all felt and told by fictional characters living in this unique town next to Detroit, Michigan. | There the book sets its scenography for "The Actors of Dearborn", where a middle-aged man named Samir becomes Uncle Sam, especially after 9/11 and begins decorating his…
The arms industry plays a major role in influencing A new report by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and the World Peace Foundation has claimed that defence companies have regular access to senior government figures, including a "dedicated arms export promotion agency" in the business department. | The report sounds the alarm over the arms industry's ap…
Iran's new president, Arash Zerehtan was appointed head of the western state, IRNA news agency said, citing government spokesman Fatemeh Mohajerani. | He is the first Sunni to be made a regional governor in the predominantly 
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Like eager lice on a ripe scalp, tourists have become a much-reviled feature of various economies. While cash and contributions come in their wake, such an industry depletes, drains and pollutes the very site it idealises. International tourism does its bit to bloat global greenhouse gas emissions, with transportation constituting the lion's share. All this has engendered yet 
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Last week the president of the U of T allowed the Jewish Defense League, bolstered by Toronto police, to break up, brutalize and physically assault anti-genocide protesters on the campus encampment. This was even reported in Ha-aretz but not in local news. In this article I liken the president, Merick Gertler, to Hannah Arendt'spicture of 
The following statements condemning Israel's cyberattack in Lebanon by detonating thousands of pagers were posted on Sept. 17, 2024, by Resistance News Network. Hamas: We, in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), strongly condemn the Zionist terrorist aggression that targeted Lebanese citizens by detonating communication devices in various areas of Lebanese . . . | 
Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023. — Reuters DUBAI: Hezbollah accused its arch-foe Israel of detonating pagers across…
From Taiwan to Budapest: The murky trail of Lebanon's exploding pagers | Hours after 12 were killed and thousands injured in surprise attack, details are emerging about the origins of the weaponised devices | | A building in Budapest where BAC Consulting is said to be registered (Reuters/…
Lebanon deadly pager blasts: What we know so far | Thousands have been injured across Lebanon after pagers, commonly used for communication by Hezbollah, exploded almost simultaneously | | Ambulances are surrounded by crowds at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center (A…
Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that it authourised its brand on the The AR-924 pagers used by the Hezbollah militants were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary's capital, according to a statement released Wednesday by Gold Apollo . | "According to the cooperation agreement, we authorise BAC to use our brand trademark for product sales in designated regions, but…
The governments of Thousands of people in Lebanon and Syria have been wounded and at least 12 killed when pagers belonging to Hezbollah-linked personnel and other in…
Two large-scale, coordinated attacks this week rocked Lebanon — the latest iteration in a historical pattern of booby-trapping electronics. | On Tuesday, one attack 
Following the recent Houthi hypersonic missile strike on Tel Aviv, we highlight why by extension the US is militarily a paper tiger, in light of this and other developments we have witnessed in recent years. 
ALBAWABA – Elon Musk, the American billionaire, and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, announced today on "X" platform the official launch of Starlink services in Yemen.Starlink now in Yemen: Musk posted on "X," formerly Twitter, this morning that Starlink services are now available in Yemen.It is worth noting that Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing coverage to over 100 countries and territories. | Yemen's government finalized a deal with Musk to provide satellite…
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Mr. President, The ongoing wars in Gaza, the West Bank and Ukraine raise serious questions about American foreign policy, questions that call for honest answers. 1. Gaza Why do you continue to enable Israel's genocide against Palestinian civilians in Gaza? The death toll from IDF bombs and missiles has reached more than 40,000 (not counting untold 
Most American Jews perceive the conflict between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians according to some variation of the Zionist narrative. That is that Israel's creation was a legitimate response to historical antisemitism and particularly the Holocaust. The Palestinians are classified in much the same category as the American Indians. That is, the struggle is between a 
The number of According to a new report from Save the Children, 158 children have been killed since last October, as raids by Israeli forces and attacks by 
The United States voted against a U.N. resolution that sets a 12-month timeframe to end Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
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New York ⚪ U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, defended her country's repeated use of the The U.S. has vetoed five resolutions, including three calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, one Russian oral amendment, and a proposal for full Palestinian membership in the U.N. | In remarks to Al-Araby A…
A MintPress investigation reveals that the Atlantic Council's call for NATO nuclear deployments is directly tied to millions in donations from weapons manufacturers who profit from war escalation.
The following statement was issued by Hezbollah on Sept. 17, 2024, by @Suppressed News on X. The first confirmed death was a 10-year-old girl named Fatima Abdullah from Beirut, Lebanon, due to a Pager device exploding after a cyberattack by Israel. Hezbollah fighters After thoroughly reviewing all the current facts, . . . | 
Hezbollah vowed on Wednesday to retaliate against Israel after thousands of There was no immediate comment from Israel on the explosions that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800 others. | Iran-backed Hezbollah vowed Wednesday to continue its fight against Israel in support of Gaza, while reiterating it would avenge the attack. | "This path is ongoing and separate from the difficult reckoning…
Israel's A Shin Bet statement, which said the plot was foiled "in its final stages", was issued 
A Taiwanese manufacturing firm has been thrust into what has become a global paper trial over how Gold Apollo in New Taipei had its office raided by police on Wednesday, with its director faci…
Israel just turned thousands of Lebanese people into involuntary suicide bombers in the name of fighting terrorism. | At least nine people have been killed and thousands injured in According 
Hundreds of the wireless devices exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday, hours after Israel said it was broadening the aims of the Israel has yet to c…
Unverified video and images on social media showed a huge ball of flame blasting high…
Vice President Kamala Harris's performance Sept. 10, in what may be her only presidential debate this election, showed the ruling class that she has adopted U.S. imperialism's foreign policy, hook, line and sinker regarding Russia, Ukraine, China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, not to mention Israel where she . . . | 
Gaza: Doctor dies in Israeli custody after being abducted from al-Shifa Hospital, officials say | Ziad Mohammed al-Dalou is the third physician from Gaza to die in Israeli detention within 11 months | | Israeli forces abducted Dr Ziad Mohammed al-Dalou from Gaza City's al-Shifa H…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed on Wednesday to intensify Blinken's visit to Cairo came hours after a wave of This marks Blinken's 10th trip to the Middle East since the start of Israel's war on the Gaza S…
Thousands of Gazans who lost their limbs due to Israel's war on the enclave will be receiving prosthetic limbs. | Sky News reports that the Jordan-led initiative involves UK-based companies Koalaa and Amparo, both of which have developed "easy-to-fit" sockets for upper and lower limb prosthetics. | The Brigadier General Mustafa al Hiyari, from the Jordanian A…
At least one thing is now obvious in the Middle East: the Biden administration has failed abjectly in its objectives there, leaving the region in dangerous disarray. Its primary stated foreign policy goal has been to rally its partners in the region to cooperate with the extremist Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu while upholding a 
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MBS condemned the "crimes of the Israeli occupation" against the Palestinian people…
ALBAWABA — Tupperware, the American multinational company that produces home product lines that include kitchen gadgets, preparation, storage containers, and serving products for the kitchen and home, announced filing for bankruptcy. The company permanently closed its only factory and laid off 150 employees.Tupperware files for bankruptcy: Tupperware announced plans to file for bankruptcy as soon as possible, according to sources. The company spent years attempting to revive the business amid decreased demand and struggles in the business. | The brand is planning to seek court protection after violat…
The global sporting landscape has evolved significantly over the years. | Historically, Western countries This Western-centric approach shaped events like the Olympics and the World Cup, often overlooking the potential of the MENA region. | For instance, in the 1966 World Cup, only one of the…
Baghdad — Mohammed Imad ⚪ General Qaani's visit comes amid an ongoing political crisis, following last month's revelation of…
Jordan's King Abdullah II swore in a reformist government on Wednesday tasked with accelerating IMF-backed reforms and pushing through political and economic modernisation crucial to reversing a decade of sluggish growth, officials said. | The Harvard-educated prime minister, Jafar Hassan, headed the monarch's office in his last job. Hasan has proven to be an able administrator during a long public career in which he oversaw economic reforms as a deputy premier and during a stint as planning minister, according to officials and politicians. | Politicians say a key task is accelerating IMF-guided reforms and re…
On 11 September, a man identifying himself as Matt Nelson spoke on a 
According to Hamas senior official Osama Hamdan, the Islamic movement's political bureau chief Remarking to AFP on Monday, Hamdan said, "Sinwar will deliver his direct message to our people and to the world and to confirm that he will never leave Palestine as he did everything to liberate our lands." | Hamadan added the Palestinia…
In On Monday, 16 September, an armed group killed two shepherds in a forested area of Beni Snouss in western Algeria, near the Moroccan borders. The victims, Abdelhamid Jorda and Abdelkader Ben Chert, aged 40 an…
A historic US congressional hearing on the proliferation of hate crime in the US was overshadowed by a series of questions seemingly accusing an Arab speaker of supporting Hamas, At the centre of the hearing was the case of Wadea Al-Fayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy from Plainfield, Illinois near 
Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. — Photo via reporterLONDON/NEW YORK: The New York based attorney and General Counsel of pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice , Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, through his attorneys has filed a civil lawsuit in the US Federal District Court…
Kashmiri women stand in a queue to vote at a polling station, during the first phase of assembly election, in Kokernag, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on September 18, 2024. — Reuters9 million voters choosing members for 90-seat legislature.Vote count, results are…
18 September 2024, Quezon City, Philippines/ Bangkok, Thailand. Environmental health organizations Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste Coalition) and Ecological Alert and Recovery — Thailand (EARTH) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand for its action to stop the production and trade of 12 skincare cosmetics contaminated with mercury. | Together with the Foundation for Consumers (FFC) and the International Pollutants Elimination Network — Southeast and East Asia (IPEN-SEA), the two groups had earlier sought the help of the Thai FDA in addressing the illegal p…
SAN FRANCISCO—Should workers beware? Some 88 present and former corporate CEOS signed a letter endorsing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president. They say she'd bring stability and promote "a sound business environment," and that's good for…well, for them. That's not to say that such backing automatically disqualifies Harris from workers' support. Far from it. After …
WASHINGTON—The hate of Haitians and other people of color, spewed by the Republican presidential ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. "Childless Cat Lady" Vance, is hurting and endangering other innocent people. Especially now in Springfield, Ohio, a small city in the Republican senator's home state. Vance began the latest spurt of hate with what …
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Ignacio Ramonet, académico y ex editor de Le Monde diplomatique, ha escrito una carta abierta al presidente Joe Biden. Ofrece a las naciones, organizaciones e individuos un momento de oro para deshacerse de una pieza crítica del sistema estadounidense de bloqueo económico a Cuba. Ramonet argumenta en los términos más enérgicos posibles que el presidente …
At least 18 people have been killed in Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Gaza City on Saturday morning and killed the family members, who included women and children. | "We have recovered the bodies of 11 martyrs, including four children and three women, after an Israeli air strike hit the house of the Bustan family…
Thousands of people again took to the streets of Israel's main cities on Saturday in a bid to increase pressure on the government to secure the release of Of 251 
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An explosive device had been planted at a spot in a street where many young people had gathered to take photos, Abdullahi Sheikh Abdirahman, district commissioner of Mogadishu's Kahda district, told reporters. | "I saw several people lying on the street minutes after the first explosion, and when rescuers came to assist, another blast happeneed, causing most of the casualties," witness Abdisamad Osman told The Associated…
Moscow and Kyiv swapped 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a deal brokered by the The Russians released in the swap were captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, Mosc…
A man who attacked "He was isolated in a cell so that he could calm down yesterday after his arrest. Investigators found his lifeless body lying on the floor this morning. A doctor declared him dead," Ali Mohamed Djounaid told a press conference. | "An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of his death," he added. | Government spokeswoman Fatima Ahamada said on Saturday that 65-…
A London woman was acquitted of a racially aggravated public order offence on Friday after displaying a placard depicting former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Marieha Hussain, 37, was 
The Lebanese group Hezbollah Hezbollah said it had destroyed an Israeli tank and bombed military bases and logistical depots in northern Israel. | On Friday one person was killed and four others, including children, were injured in an Israeli strike on the town of Al-Ahmadiya in the west of the Biqaa Valley region in Lebanon. | Israeli strikes on a building in Nabatiyeh in south Lebanon also…
Baloch human rights and political activist Aomar Karim brought attention to the ongoing issues in Balochistan during his participation in the "Solidarity with Ukraine" and Trade Union Congress (TUC) conference in London. | In his address, Aomar Karim outlined the campaign's objective: to inform UK lawmakers and activists about the critical situation in Balochistan and to urge them to advocate for the cessation of human rights abuses by Pakistan. | He emphasised the need for these influential figures to amplify their voices on Balochistan's plight and to pressure the Pakistani government to address the human right…
A federal jury in Florida has found members of the pan-Africanist group African People's Socialist Party guilty of conspiring with the Russian government to "sow discord" and "interfere" in U.S. elections. They face up to five years in federal prison. In a major victory for the activists, however, the jury acquitted them of the more serious charge of acting as foreign agents. "The trial of the Uhuru Three is proving to be one of the most important First Amendment cases thus far in the 21st century," says attorney Jenipher Jones, who is on the legal support committee for d…
Supporters of Leonard Peltier are calling on President Biden to grant clemency to the Indigenous leader and activist, who marked his 80th birthday behind bars on Thursday after nearly a half-century in prison for a crime he says he did not commit. The ailing Peltier, who uses a walker and has serious health conditions, including diabetes, has always maintained his innocence over the 1975 killing of two FBI agents in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation. His conviction was riddled with irregularities and prosecutorial misconduct, and he is considered to be the longest-serving political prisoner in the United S…
The Aysenur Eygi was shot in the head by Israeli troops after she had taken cove…
The body of Turkey said they are seeking international arrest warrants against those responsible, while the family has demanded the US do the same and show sensitivity. | Eygi was shot by Israeli forces while near a protest…
Senator The progressive lawmaker, who is of Jewish descent, highlighted in his call on Washington the latest killings in the so-called safe zones in Gaza, as well as the shooting of a US activist in the West Bank by Israeli forc…
In Sudan, a recent United Nations fact-finding mission documented "harrowing" human rights violations committed by both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians, schools, hospitals, water and power supplies. Civilians have also been subjected to torture, arbitrary detention and gruesome sexual violence. Over 20,000 people have been killed and 13 million displaced over the past 16 months. The war has also destroyed the country's healthcare system and caused an outbreak of diseases like cholera, malaria and dengue. Sky News correspo…
Israel intensified its raids on the Global condemnations of Israel's The strike on Wednesday killed 18 people at a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians, including six UN employees. The…
Four people were Liad Aviel, spokesman for the Asaf Harofe Medical Center in central Israel, said it "mourns the deaths of four individuals injured in the Ramla incident", adding that six other casualties were receiving treatment there. | The Israeli police said it…
Rescue workers help a stranded woman from a flooded area at the border town of Mae Sai, following the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand on September 12, 2024. — ReutersHANOI: Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled Thursday with flooded…
As the country moves rapidly toward the 2024 elections, Black Americans are experiencing the best economic conditions they've had in generations. Record low unemployment rates, record low poverty rates, and record high levels of income and wealth paint a picture of Black prosperity. Yet African Americans remain mired in great economic insecurity, reflected in their …
Children of the 80s and 90s can now rejoice that there is a Transformers movie that dives back into the heart of what made the early iterations of the Autobots inspiring and exciting to watch. Sure, it may have started—and continues—as a way for the companies Hasbro and Takara Tomy to sell toys. Still, it …
People's World offers you this Sudoku puzzle as we head into election season. Instead of the numbers 1-9, we offer a set of nine letters, in alphabetical order: A F L O P R V W Z Fill them in and read our message. Here's a clue about a certain #2: Nothing weird about this …
The catastrophic war in Sudan continues on unabated. It intensifies with ever-worsening cruelty, resulting in thousands of innocent victims and the unprecedented movement of people desperately fleeing to save their lives. Over eleven million people have been displaced, seeking refuge in areas away from the military conflict raging in the country. Over two million of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel traveled to Austin, Texas, to tour …
The New York Times is reporting today what national and international peace forces have known for a long time — the war in Ukraine is much more than a battle between the two countries directly involved. It is also part of a major effort by the U.S. to permanently weaken Russia, thereby extending its economic …
SEATTLE—By an overwhelming ratio of more than 19-to-one, 33,000 Boeing workers, Machinists members in Seattle and the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Ore., voted down a tentative four-year agreement with the big, financially troubled, plane manufacturer. Then, by an even bigger ratio, they voted to strike—a strike which immediately began at 12: 01 am on …
Far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and National Security Minister Ben-Gvir had demanded that a special budget be given for his plan to build 5,000 new prison spaces – a request that was refused by Finance Minister Smotrich, according to the report. | Smotrich reportedly told Ben-Gvir to use funds and staff already allocated to his ministry, prompting an angry retort from the Jew…
The Israeli version of the shooting, which the Biden administration swiftly adopted, was quickly shown by witnesses, cellphone videos and a detailed investigation by the Washington Post to be not only implausible but absolute bunk. The murder of Ay≈üenur Eygi took place at least 20 minutes after the last confrontation between Palestinian villagers and IDF troops. Ay≈üenur never threw any stones and was never within 200 yards of anyone who did. The rooftop sniper had a clear view of where Ay≈üenur was standing, talking to her friend Helen, and she couldn't be confused for a Palesti…
Joseph Couch is accused of shooting five people on a rural highway in Kentucky last weekend. The search for the 32-year-old continues while the local community remains vigilant and uneasy. | CGTN's Dan Williams spoke with locals from London, Kentucky on Wednesday, Sept 11.
Philadelphia Several thousand people turned out for the Save Chinatown Coalition rally on Sept. 7 to protest the Philadelphia 76ers' proposal to build a new $1.55 billion arena near Chinatown called "76 Place." While the National Basketball Association team's billionaire owners repeatedly say a new arena at 10th and Market . . . | 
Search efforts for a highway shooting suspect who has been on the run since Saturday, Aug. 31 in the U.S. state of Kentucky are continuing. Joseph Couch is accused of shooting five people on a rural highway over the weekend. A reward for any tip that leads to his arrest was raised to $35,000 this week. | CGTN's Dan Williams has the latest.