(2022-09-20). Tajik-Kyrgyz border conflict erupts in violence. wsws.org Nearly 100 people died and hundreds more suffered injuries last weekend, a consequence of the long-standing dispute between the two Central Asian countries over control of the Fergana Valley.
(2022-09-19). Activist Shareholders For Smith And Wesson Embrace The Long View. popularresistance.org The killing of seven people and wounding of 47 more in Highland Park, Illinois on July 4 was committed with a weapon made by Smith & Wesson, the world's biggest firearms manufacturer. So was the killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. | Perhaps it's no surprise that guns made by Smith & Wesson would be implicated in gun crimes, a category that reached record heights in the United States last year. Neither is it a surprise that the issue crosses U.S. borders. | In a lawsuit targeting major gun manufacturers, the Mexican government cited numerous examples…
(2022-09-19). Workers Building New US Embassy in Honduras Strike Over Severed Fingers, Illegal Contracts. orinocotribune.com By Judy Ancel — Sep 12, 2022 | The Biden administration has pledged that "the United States will work with governments to strengthen… the enforcement of labor laws, promote decent work, and support workers in exercising their freedom of association and collective bargaining rights," as one of four pillars of its strategy to address the root causes of migration from Central America. | In Honduras today the US has an opportunity to practice this with the 1,100 workers it has hired to build a new embassy. But it's blowing it. | Instead, police have been called in to bust a strike that's been going on at the…
(2022-09-19). Denver protest demands: 'Indict mass shooters in uniform'. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – About 30 people marched to District Attorney Beth McCann's office on September 12 to demand the indictment of the police officers involved in the July 17 shooting in downtown Denver. The coalition, led by the Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee (DACAC), also demanded that charges against Jordan Waddy, a 21-year-old Black man and one of the victims of the shooting, be dropped; an investigation independent of the police department to be conducted; the end of Denver Police Department's participation in the Pentagon 1033 Program; and community control of the police. | The event began at the Colorad…
(2022-09-19). Iraqi fighter jets target ISIL hideout on Syrian border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The Air Force of the Iraqi Army targeted the hideouts of ISIL terrorists on the Iraq-Syria border.
(2022-09-19). RMB usage in ASEAN countries continues to grow. ecns.cn The cross-border use of the Chinese currency renminbi in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has maintained growth momentum, with increasing recognition in ASEAN countries, a recent report showed.
(2022-09-19). More than 11,000 migrants bused out of Texas since April. america.cgtn.com The fallout continues following decisions by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican state leaders to intentionally send busloads of migrants to Democrat-controlled cities. Saturday, a second bus sent by Abbott arrived outside the home of Vice-President Kamala Harris in Washington. In all, Abbott …
(2022-09-18). Turkish soldier killed on Syrian border: MoD. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Turkish defense ministry says in clashes with "militants" on Syrian border, one Turkish soldier was killed and another soldier was wounded.
(2022-09-18). Two Syrian Soldiers Killed Near Kobane In Turkish Revenge Airstrikes (Videos). southfront.org On September 18, two soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were killed in a series of Turkish airstrikes that hit the eastern outskirt of the border town of Kobane in Syria's northeastern region. | Kobane, one of the largest urban centers in northeastern countryside of Aleppo, is a stronghold of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SAA established a network of positions in the town and its outskirts in the wake of the 2019 Turkish invasion of the northeastern region.