Politics & environs 2022

[umbertino]

Sweden reports fourth Nord Stream pipeline leak

 

Reports say largest rupture causing circle of bubbles at Baltic Sea surface of about 900 metres in diameter

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Thu 29 Sep 2022 11.19 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/sweden-reports-fourth-nord-stream-1-2-pipeline-leak
 

[umbertino]

More than 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade – report

 

Figures likely to be an underestimate, says Global Witness, as land defenders are killed by hitmen, crime groups and governments

 

Patrick Greenfield

Thu 29 Sep 2022 00.01 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/29/global-witness-report-1700-activists-murdered-past-decade-aoe
 

[umbertino]

Chicago Fourth of July parade shooting survivors sue Smith & Wesson

 

Lawsuits accuse maker of gun used in attack of illegally targeting ads at young men at risk of committing violence

 

Associated Press in Chicago

Thu 29 Sep 2022 13.04 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/29/chicago-fourth-july-parade-shooting-survivors-sue-gunmaker-smith-wesson
 

[umbertino]

Sirhan Sirhan, man who assassinated Robert Kennedy, asks judge to free him

 

Lawyer, who says he no longer poses a risk, files request to reverse California governor Newsom’s decision to deny Sirhan parole

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 28 Sep 2022 22.48 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/28/sirhan-sirhan-robert-f-kennedy-california
 

[umbertino]

‘I want Lula back’: Brazil’s leftist veteran could be poised for stunning comeback

 

Bolsonaro loses centrist support after mishandling of the pandemic, lack of empathy and alleged coup-mongering

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 29 Sep 2022 12.17 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/29/i-want-lula-back-brazils-leftist-veteran-could-be-poised-for-comeback
 

[umbertino]

Iran launches airstrike against Kurdish group in northern Iraq

 

Deadly attack comes in response to KDPI support for ongoing protests over Mahsa Amini death in custody

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Wed 28 Sep 2022 18.35 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/28/iran-launches-airstrike-against-kurdish-group-northern-iraq-mahsa-amini-protests


That's nothing new ( unfortunately)...They're getting regularly attacked by the official gov'ts of the countries where they reside ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran)...It sure got better in Iraq in recent years ( as far as I know)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister ahead of Khashoggi lawsuit

 

New role likely to grant prince sovereign immunity in case concerning journalist murdered in Saudi Arabian embassy

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Tue 27 Sep 2022 23.19 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/27/mohammed-bin-salman-named-prime-minister-ahead-of-khashoggi-lawsuit
 

[umbertino]

Moving the British embassy to Jerusalem would be an outrage

 

Liz Truss’s pledge to Israel’s Yair Lapid to review the location has appalled the Palestinians and breaks international consensus

 

Sun 25 Sep 2022 09.30 BST

Donald Macintyre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/25/moving-british-embassy-jerusalem-outrage

[umbertino]

Cause for optimism at Cop15 – but could Bolsonaro scupper the deal for nature?

 

There are many reasons to suggest a deal to save the natural world is possible in Montreal, if division can be overcome and the Brazilian president doesn’t cause problems

 

Wed 28 Sep 2022 06.30 BST

The Secret Negotiator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/28/secret-negotiator-cop15-talks-optimism-bolsonaro-brazil-aoe

[umbertino]

The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord

 

The giant asset management firm used to target places where people worked and shopped. Then it started buying up people’s homes. In one country, the backlash was ferocious

 

Thu 29 Sep 2022 06.00 BST

by Hettie O'Brien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/blackstone-rebellion-how-one-country-worlds-biggest-commercial-landlord-denmark

[umbertino]

Human rights lawyer in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike

 

Salah Hamouri stages protest against being imprisoned without charge for the last six months

 

Bethan McKernan Jerusalem correspondent

Wed 28 Sep 2022 16.38 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/28/human-rights-lawyer-salah-hamouri-in-israeli-prison-goes-on-hunger-strike
 

[umbertino]

‘I felt like I failed’: inflation puts healthy food out of reach for millions of Americans

 

Public health experts worry rising grocery costs could increase the risk for diet-related diseases in the long run

 

Fri 30 Sep 2022 11.00 BST

by Jessica Fu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/30/inflation-healthy-food-eating-america

[umbertino]

Press coverage of declining U.S. life expectancy evades the truth about class

 

September 28, 2022 10:29 AM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/press-coverage-of-declining-u-s-life-expectancy-evades-the-truth-about-class/

[umbertino]

Iranian students defy security forces after violence at university

 

Rights groups ‘extremely concerned’ about violent repression of demonstrations in Tehran and Isfahan

 

Patrick Wintour and Haroon Janjua

Mon 3 Oct 2022 13.47 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/03/iranian-students-defy-security-forces-as-anti-regime-protests-continue
















 

[umbertino]

Brazil election: ex-president Lula to face Bolsonaro in runoff

 

Brazilians will go to the polls again after former president won the first vote but failed to secure a majority over the incumbent

 

Tom Phillips and Andrew Downie in São Paulo and Ana Ionova in Rio de Janeiro

Mon 3 Oct 2022 10.12 BST










Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/brazil-election-ex-president-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-wins-vote-but-not-outright-victory-jair-bolsonaro


Lula is still ahead of about 5 points by the way....Bolsonaro said that in case of Lula victory he ( Bolsonaro) might consider asking for army to step in......He really believes in democracy......
 

[umbertino]

UK: Kwarteng’s tax U-turn was inevitable – and he has already done damage

 

Chancellor’s reversal shattered his reputation and did unnecessary harm to an already weak UK economy

 

Mon 3 Oct 2022 10.51 BST

Larry Elliott

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/03/kwasi-kwarteng-45p-tax-u-turn-uk-economy

[umbertino]

In Idaho, we’re seeing how freedom of speech is being curtailed around abortion

 

In red states, women’s options and speech are being dramatically constrained by the misogynist laws that have sprung into effect since the reversal of Roe v Wade

 

Mon 3 Oct 2022 15.00 BST

Moira Donegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/03/university-of-idaho-abortion-emergency-contraception

[umbertino]

The US ultra-rich justify their low tax rates with three myths – all of them rubbish

 

A record share of the nation’s wealth is in the hands of billionaires, who pay a lower tax rate than the average American. This is indefensible

 

Sun 2 Oct 2022 11.15 BST

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/02/ultra-rich-low-tax-rates-economy-myths

[umbertino]

Brazil election: why was Sunday’s result so disappointing for the left?

 

Closer than expected result in first round of voting means Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro face runoff

 

Archie Bland

Mon 3 Oct 2022 10.19 BST






Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/03/brazil-election-explained-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-jair-bolsonaro-wins-first-round-far-right-momentum
 

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: the former shoe-shine boy hoping to reclaim Brazil’s presidency

 

The country’s first working-class president seeks to return to power after corruption scandals and a jail term

 

 

Tom Phillips in São Paulo

Sun 2 Oct 2022 23.06 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-the-former-shoe-shine-boy-hoping-to-reclaim-brazils-presidency














 

‘We want no more hatred’: leftwing ex-president Lula on verge of comeback in Brazil

 

Polls suggest Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is close to majority of votes needed to stop election run-off against Jair Bolsonaro

 

 

Tom Phillips in São Paulo

Sun 2 Oct 2022 18.58 BST






https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/we-want-no-more-hatred-leftwing-ex-president-lula-on-verge-of-comeback-in-brazil
 

Edited October 3, 2022 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Who’s paying for Britain’s disastrous mini-budget? We are, with our health

 

From stress about homelessness to illnesses caused by food poverty and cold homes, this financial chaos will take a heavy toll

 

Mon 3 Oct 2022 08.00 BST

Devi Sridhar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/03/britain-mini-budget-paying-with-our-health-stress-illness-food-poverty-cold-homes-financial-chaos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini-budget will result in ‘social murder’ this winter

 

Victoria Canning and Steve Tombs on the preventable excess deaths that could follow from the chancellor’s policy decisions

 

Letters

Sun 2 Oct 2022 17.22 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/02/mini-budget-will-result-in-social-this-winter
 

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The lesson from the first round of Brazil’s election: Bolsonarismo is here to stay

 

It seems likely that Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva will eventually oust the president. Even if he does, a turbulent time in office awaits

 

Tue 4 Oct 2022 13.35 BST

Christopher Sabatini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/04/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-president

[umbertino]

Failure to extend Yemen ceasefire leaves millions at risk, say charities

 

International organisations cite 60% fall in civilian casualties over six months, but critics say benefits of truce have been exaggerated

 

Kaamil Ahmed

Tue 4 Oct 2022 11.22 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/04/yemen-ceasefire-truce-deadline-charities-houthis
 

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Turkey must give me the evidence it has about the murder of my husband, Jamal Khashoggi

 

It is four years since his killing, but my fight for justice continues. I need details about the plot and the technology that was exploited

 

Sun 2 Oct 2022 13.58 BST

Hanan El Khashoggi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/02/turkey-must-give-me-the-evidence-it-has-about-the-of-my-husband-jamal-khashoggi

[umbertino]

Trump sues CNN for defamation and seeks $475m in punitive damages

 

Cable news has tried to smear ex-president ‘with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels’, says court filing

 

Guardian staff and agency

Mon 3 Oct 2022 23.08 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/03/trump-sues-cnn-defamation-punitive-damages