(2023-09-09). Correspondence] The promise of peace talks for Yemen's health-care system. thelancet.com The possibility of peace in Yemen presents a glimmer of hope for the country's beleaguered health-care system, which has been gravely impacted by years of conflict that first began in 2014. Hospitals and clinics have been destroyed, medical supplies and equipment are scarce, and health-care workers are struggling to provide care during the violence.1 In addition to the collapsed health-care system, Yemen is in the middle of a famine that has resulted in one of the highest current rates of child malnutrition globally.
(2023-09-09). 22 Years Of Drone Warfare And No End In Sight. popularresistance.org That's what a young Pakistani boy named Zubair told members of Congress at a hearing on drones in October 2013. That hearing was during the Obama years at a time when the government had barely even acknowledged that an American drone warfare program existed. | Two years earlier, however, a Muslim cleric, Anwar Al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman, both American citizens, were killed by U.S. drone strikes in Yemen just weeks apart. Asked to comment on Abdulrahman's killing, Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs said: "I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father if they are trul…
(2023-09-09). Construction Work Stopped Briefly As Cop City Protesters Enter Site. popularresistance.org Thursday morning a group of Cop City activists invoked a "people's stop work order" and chained themselves to equipment at the construction site for the proposed Atlanta Safety Public Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City. | "This is a war happening against protesters," Ayeola Omolara Kaplan, one of the five activists arrested, said via written statement. "If we don't stand up for our right to protest now, standing up in the future will be vain. Cop City is in the process of being built, and this can only continue if we allow it." | Kaplan, a self-described Atlanta based revolutionary artist, was joine…
(2023-09-09). President Maduro Begins Official Visit to China With Full Tech and Friendship Display in Shenzhen. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas ( "Arrived in China, in the middle of a deluge," Maduro wrote in a social media post on Friday, September 8. "Arrived in the city of Shenzhen on a historic visit on behalf of all Venezuelans."
(2023-09-09). Sri Lankan president to visit Cuba next week. plenglish.com Colombo, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will leave next week for Cuba to participate in the upcoming Summit of the Group of 77 (G77) plus China, a journalistic source confirmed.
(2023-09-09). President Maduro Makes 'Historic' Visit to China to Reinforce Alliance. venezuelanalysis.com Maduro thanked China for support against US sanctions and said his visit would promote "the construction of a new world geopolitics."
(2023-09-09). Activism for Cuba Ramping Up in Southern California. orinocotribune.com 
By Eric A. Gordon — Sep 1, 2023 | The L.A. chapter of the U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee (LAHOC) is gearing up for its fall calendar. A stunningly affecting concert performance on Sun., Aug. 27 in San Pedro, on the intimate stage of Alvas Showroom, was for many of those lucky enough to be attending that afternoon, their introduction to the work of this anti-imperialist group. | LAHOC's mission focuses on three clear demands toward normalizing relations between the U.S. and Cuba: The removal of Cuba from the bogus list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT); the end of the blockade and the sanctions on trade an…
(2023-09-09). Palestine and Empire. internationalviewpoint.org
(2023-09-09). Ronald Acuña and the 40-40 club in US baseball. plenglish.com Washington, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Ronald Acuña seems destined to enter the select club of players with 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season of Major League baseball in the United States, in which today only four superstars play.
(2023-09-09). The Heat: U.S. Politics. america.cgtn.com 
Former U.S. President Donald Trump might be barred from running again for the White House. We will explain the latest legal entanglement. | Some activists and legal scholars in the U.S. are trying to prevent Donald Trump from running for President again. They are invoking the 14th amendment that says anyone who engaged in insurrection against the constitution, after taking an oath to defend it, is ineligible to hold office. Will that argument hold in court? | In another legal trouble for Trump, a report was released in the Georgia racketeering case, in which he is accused of trying to overturn the results of the…
(2023-09-09). Friday 9/15: Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now! indybay.org The Pedestrian Bridge over Geary Blvd @ Webster, near Japantown…
(2023-09-09). Presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, arriba a Shanghái, China. telesurtv.net A través de sus redes sociales, el primer mandatario nacional anunció su llegada a la segunda ciudad que visita en su gira de Estado.
(2023-09-09). Presidente de Venezuela visita ciudad china de Shenzhen. telesurtv.net Nicolás Maduro y la delegación que lo acompaña presenciaron desde Shenzhen Talents Park un espectáculo de luces dedicado a Venezuela.
(2023-09-09). Desarticulan red para reclutamiento de mercenarios en Cuba. telesurtv.net 17 ciudadanos cubanos vinculados con la red que reclutaba mercenarios para luchar por Rusia en Ucrania fueron arrestados.
(2023-09-09). Presidente de Venezuela visita museo de arte en Shenzhen, China. telesurtv.net El mandatario Nicolás Maduro observó junto a su comitiva la exposición del 40 Aniversario de la Reforma y Apertura de Guangdong.
(2023-09-09). China y Venezuela avanzan en cooperación en Zonas Económicas Especiales. telesurtv.net La rúbrica se desarrolló en el contexto de la visita del presidente venezolano al Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y Urbanismo de Shenzhen.
(2023-09-09). Presidente de Venezuela se reúne con secretario general del PCCh en Shenzhen. telesurtv.net La entrevista "permitió intercambiar experiencias en el área política, así como también fortalecer los lazos de integración y respeto mutuo".
(2023-09-07). Cuban National Ballet performs in Dominican Republic. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) will perform ®Swan Lake ® -by the prima ballerinas Viengsay Valdes, Anette Delgado and Dani Hernandez- forthcoming September 9 at the National Theater "Eduardo Brito", in this capital.