Politics & environs 2022

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Headless bodies and deadly bombs: cartel violence escalates in Ecuador

 

On Tuesday, President Guillermo Lasso announced a curfew under a new state of emergency in Guayas and Esmeraldas regions

 

Dan Collyns

Wed 2 Nov 2022 15.34 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/ecuador-violence-deadly-attacks-gangs-cartels
 

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Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections

 

Russian businessman and founder of Wagner group says interfering will continue as midterms loom

 

Agence France-Presse in Moscow

Mon 7 Nov 2022 13.52 GMT








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/putin-ally-yevgeny-prigozhin-admits-interfering-in-us-elections
 

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Fresh protests erupt in Iran’s universities and Kurdish region

 

Movement against country’s regime sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death keeps going in face of crackdown

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 6 Nov 2022 17.04 GMT








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/iran-fresh-protests-universities-kurdish-region
 

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One in four Europeans say their financial position is ‘precarious’

 

Study by anti-poverty NGO shows more than half feel at financial risk and 80% have already made hard spending choices

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Mon 7 Nov 2022 05.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/one-in-four-europeans-say-their-financial-position-is-precarious
 

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Super-rich’s carbon investment emissions ‘equivalent to whole of France’

 

Analysis examining carbon impact of billionaires’ investments published as Cop27 talks get under way

 

Sandra Laville

Mon 7 Nov 2022 00.01 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/super-richs-carbon-investment-emissions-equivalent-to-whole-of-france
 

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Inside the unhinged midterm election conspiracy theories on Truth Social

 

Stuffed ballot boxes, ‘BlueAnon’, support for Russia and ‘corporate communists’ are catnip on the rightwing platform

 

Adam Gabbatt

Sun 6 Nov 2022 09.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/06/truth-social-consipracy-theories-midterm-election

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Fresh effort to ban the bomb as new generation bids for nuclear-free world

 

Today’s disarmament activists are applying a new set of tactics to respond to threats including those from Putin in Ukraine

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 10 Nov 2022 10.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/nuclear-disarmament-activists-putin-ukraine
 

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To the murderous regime that oppresses Iran, hear this: at home or abroad, we will never surrender

 

Casting so many Iranians into exile is one of the worst acts of these terrorists masquerading as leaders. But it could also be their downfall

 

Thu 10 Nov 2022 05.36 GMT

Golriz Ghahraman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/to-the-murderous-regime-that-oppresses-iran-hear-this-at-home-or-abroad-we-will-never-surrender

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US couple jailed for trying to sell navy secrets to foreign government

 

Diana and Jonathan Toebbe sentenced to 22 and 19 years for posing ‘great danger’ to US security

 

Associated Press in Charleston

Thu 10 Nov 2022 08.24 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/us-judge-hands-long-sentences-diana-jonathan-toebbe-couple-plot-sell-navy-secrets
 

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Israel: leader of far-right Jewish Power party pays tribute to late racist rabbi

 

Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose party helped prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, praises Meir Kahane at memorial

 

AP in Jerusalem

Thu 10 Nov 2022 20.41 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/israel-leader-of-far-right-jewish-power-party-pays-tribute-to-late-racist-rabbi
 

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Germans ‘disgusted’ by Iran protest crackdown, says chancellor

 

Olaf Scholz says responsibility for violence lies solely with regime and pledges new sanctions

 

Associated Press in Berlin

Sat 12 Nov 2022 12.27 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/12/german-chancellor-olaf-scholz-iran-crackdown-protests














 

Iranian activist Masih Alinejad: ‘It’s the start of the end for the Islamic Republic’
 

The exiled journalist on why Iran’s rulers fear the women’s uprising and why western leaders are failing protesters

 

Sat 12 Nov 2022 05.00 GMT

Kim Willsher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/12/iranian-activist-masih-alinejad-its-the-start-of-the-end-for-the-islamic-republic

 

 

 

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Brazil military finds no evidence of election fraud, dashing hopes of Bolsonaro supporters

 

Jair Bolsonaro frequently raised doubts about integrity of election in the run-up to his loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Thu 10 Nov 2022 00.13 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/brazil-military-finds-no-evidence-of-election-dashing-hopes-of-bolsonaro-supporters
 

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Former Brazilian congresswoman guilty of ordering husband’s murder

 

Celebrity gospel singer Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, famous for her 55 children, given 50-year jail sentence

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Sun 13 Nov 2022 17.18 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/former-brazilian-congresswoman-found-guilty-of-ordering-of-husband
 

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Lula faces backlash after flying to Cop27 on millionaire’s private jet

 

Brazil president-elect’s decision to fly on a jet owned by a health industry mogul criticised by both opponents and supporters

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Tue 15 Nov 2022 15.32 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/lula-cop27-private-jet
 

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Israel will not cooperate with FBI inquiry into killing of Palestinian American journalist

 

Defence minister calls investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing by Israeli army ‘interference in internal affairs’

 

Chris McGreal

Tue 15 Nov 2022 09.41 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/shireen-abu-akleh-killing-israel-fbi-investigation

How shocking.........
 

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Russia strives to avoid G20 isolation as China and India distance themselves

 

Traditional allies voice concern over Ukraine war as draft communique highlights damage to world economy

 

Patrick Wintour in Bali

Tue 15 Nov 2022 15.57 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/g20-russia-ukraine-war-global-economic-suffering
 

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Can the world feed 8bn people sustainably?

 

Food production is a major factor in the climate crisis and still millions of people go hungry. Here are some potential solutions

 

Tue 15 Nov 2022 11.00 GMT

by Weronika Strzyżyńska

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/15/can-the-world-feed-8bn-people-sustainably

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UK: There is nothing like a trip to A&E with a sick baby to make you eternally grateful for our NHS

 

The health service hangs by a thread, and yet its staff continue to treat everyone with such kindness and patience

 

Thu 17 Nov 2022 14.46 GMT

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/17/child-safety-accident-emergency-grateful-nhs

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Bernie Sanders to publish book outlining vision for ‘political revolution’

 

It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, out next year, will argue the world needs to ‘recognise that economic rights are human rights’

 

Sarah Shaffi

Thu 17 Nov 2022 14.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/17/bernie-sanders-book-political-revolution-its-ok-to-be-angry-about-capitalism
 

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Workers denounce Starbucks over union contract negotiations: ‘They don’t treat us like human beings’

 

Claims of delays, unfair labor practices and retaliation against workers as the battle for a first union contract stalls

 

Michael Sainato

Thu 17 Nov 2022 09.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/17/starbucks-union-fight-delays
 

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Lula vows to undo environmental degradation and halt deforestation

 

President-elect says he will work to save Amazon rainforest and key ecosystems in rousing Cop27 speech

 

Patrick Greenfield and Fiona Harvey in Sharm el-Sheikh

Wed 16 Nov 2022 19.10 GMT











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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/16/lula-vows-to-undo-brazils-environmental-degradation-and-halt-deforestation
 

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Iranian protesters chant anti-regime slogans at boy’s funeral

 

Footage shows mother of Kian Pirfalak telling mourners officials are ‘lying’ about cause of son’s death

 

Agence France-Presse and Reuters

Fri 18 Nov 2022 13.50 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/iranian-protesters-chant-anti-regime-slogans-at-boys-funeral
 

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Biden administration says Mohammed bin Salman should be granted sovereign immunity in Khashoggi civil case

 

Court filing says Saudi crown prince’s promotion to the role of prime minister meant that he was ‘the sitting head of government and, accordingly, immune’

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Fri 18 Nov 2022 03.26 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/biden-administration-says-mohammed-bin-salman-sovereign-immunity-civil-case-khashoggi


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FBI director ‘very concerned’ by reports of secret Chinese police stations in US

 

Christopher Wray says the FBI is investigating the existence of stations in New York, which could violate sovereignty

 

Reuters

Fri 18 Nov 2022 01.04 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/fbi-director-very-concerned-by-reports-of-secret-chinese-police-stations-in-us

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The grotesque inequality embodied by Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg is a threat to democracy

 

Something’s wrong when basic infrastructure maintenance seems utopian, while the hare-brained schemes of tech oligarchs become routine

 

Fri 18 Nov 2022 04.49 GMT

Jeff Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/18/the-grotesque-inequality-embodied-by-musk-bezos-and-zuckerberg-is-a-threat-to-democracy