2021-09-07: News Headlines

New Atlas (2021-09-07). BBC Xinjiang/Uyghur Lies Spread to Afghanistan. newatlas.report September 7, 2021 (The New Atlas) — What happens when British state media — the BBC — combines its war propaganda in Afghanistan with its anti-China propaganda in Xinjiang? New Sinophobic narratives depicting Beijing as hunting Uyghurs down far beyond its borders and for apparently no real reason. References: BBC — Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the …

WSWS (2021-09-07). Illegal Woman: The plight of immigrants in Spain. wsws.org The film, streaming on Netflix, exposes the brutal Spanish immigration policy, and more broadly, the European and global mistreatment of immigrants and refugees.

WSWS (2021-09-07). New Zealand government axes emergency benefit payments to migrants. wsws.org The widening attack on the basic rights of migrants belies the veneer of "kindness" and "compassion" promoted by the Labour-Greens government.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-07). NATO deploys "counter hybrid" team against Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Counter Hybrid Support Team arrives in Lithuania A NATO Counter Hybrid Support Team has come to Lithuania to help the country's authorities deal with the migrant crisis and other pressures from neighbors, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. [The] team of security experts "will analyze the hybrid aggression against Lithuania" and "will make recommendations …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-07). Science Saturday: Opioids provide low evidence of pain relief for migraine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Evidence that opioids provide pain relief for migraine headaches is low or insufficient, a large Mayo Clinic meta-analysis published recently in JAMA has found. However, some newer therapies, along with established migraine treatments, were associated with moderate to high evidence of pain relief. The meta-analysis — which combined results from multiple scientific studies — included 15 systematic reviews and 115 randomized clinical trials of 28,803 patients. While the researchers note that this study provides a good starting point for treatment conversations…

Staff (2021-09-06). US condemns Guinea coup, hints at sanctions after elite army unit detains president, shuts borders & imposes curfew. rt.com The US State Department has slammed the military coup in Guinea, saying it undermines the West African country's path to 'a brighter future', after a special forces unit apparently seized power and detained President Alpha Conde. | "The United States condemns today's events in Conakry," the US State Department statement said. "These actions could limit the ability of the United States and Guinea's other international partners to support the country as it navigates a path toward national unity and a brighter future for the Guinean people." | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres previously voiced similar sentim…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-06). Poland accuses Belarus of "hybrid war against NATO" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Belarus border crisis is 'hybrid war against NATO,' Polish FM says in Vilnius The Polish foreign minister [Zbigniew Rau] said on Monday that a migrant crisis on the European Union's border with Belarus was a 'hybrid war' against countries on the eastern edge of NATO, including Poland and Lithuania. **** He also said both countries …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-06). Suicide Attack Of Taliban Movement In Pakistan Left Four Soldiers Dead, Dozens Injured. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 5, a terrorist attack hit the border guards checkpoint in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. At least 4 border service employees were killed, 19 were injured, including two civilians. | The death toll may grow, as some of wounded are in critical condition. | Click to see full-size image | According to reports by the Geo News TV channel, a suicide bomber on a mot…

Andrew Moss (2021-09-06). Immigration and National Identity. counterpunch.org Debates will soon begin in Congress over a path to citizenship for up to 10.2 million undocumented individuals, but the run-up to these debates has already been marked by recent court rulings representing significant setbacks for immigrant rights. In July, a federal judge in Texas ruled that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is unlawful, continuing to cast in doubt the fate of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients (those who came here when just children, most often with parents, frequently so young they have few memories of any other country than the US, including many who are now adults with degre…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-09-06). Dispersan caravana migrante en el sur de México. telesurtv.net El grupo salió de Tapachula, Chiapas, pero fue frenado a su llegada a Huixtla.

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