✊ Progressive News | 08 September 2024

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Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)

• Shanghai Eye Chinese FM Wang Yi hails 2024 FOCAC summit as ‘complete success’, pledges all-round support
• China Up Close A new era of China-Africa friendship
• The China Academy The Upcoming China-Africa Cooperation Forum Summit: What to Expect?
• T-House A partnership rooted in shared history and mutual respect
• T-House What Sullivan’s visit reveals about China-U. S. relations
• T-House China-Africa Forum: UNSG Guterres on South-South Cooperation
• T-House Ramaphosa: China seeks to promote a mutually beneficial relationship
• T-House West talks, China acts! Who’s more reliable in investing in Africa?
• T-House What can the world expect from the upgrade of China-Africa ties as the 2024 FOCAC summit opens?
• T-House On path to modernization, why is Africa turning to China?
• T-House Difference between Chinese and Western engagement in Africa
• T-House China-Nigeria Special “Across Mountains and Seas” Premieres
• T-House Ramaphosa: China seeks to promote a mutually beneficial relationship
• T-House Ramapohsa: Visa reform will make trips easier for Chinese tourists
• T-House Central African Republic President: Cooperation with China is frank and sincere
• T-House Is China ‘colonizing’ Africa? Cooperation differs from colonialism
• New China TV Xinhua Special at FOCAC: Unfolding next-level China-Africa cooperation
• New China TV GLOBALink Vlog: How do journalists covering FOCAC summit view China-Africa cooperation?
• New China TV On-site vlog: In Chinese cities, African leaders find inspiration to African modernization
• New China TV For a Shared Dream of China and Africa
• New China TV Vlog What is FOCAC and why it matters
• New China TV GLOBALink Vlog: Why FOCAC summit is crucial for China-Africa cooperation

• New China TV A New Era of China-Africa Friendship

• Global Times (M) African countries should decide their relations with China and US

International

• Tricontinental Three New Kinds of Refugees in a World of Migrants: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2024)
• Geopolitical Economy Report Can the US Federal Reserve really control inflation?
• Geopolitical Economy Report Israel’s war on Gaza is only possible due to US support and weapons
• Geopolitical Economy Report Western ‘democracy’?: France’s Macron steals election, arrests Telegram CEO
• Jacobin RESOURCE WARS and the Economics of Scarcity with Richard D. Wolff
• Progressive International ‘They Killed A U. S. Informant’
• Progressive International No Cold War!
• Progressive International What Ocupe Estelita teaches ten years on
• Tarik Cyril Amar Lies Have Consequences
• Tarik Cyril Amar Putin in Vladivostok: The Outspoken, the Unspoken, and the Unrelenting
• Transnational Foundation Nord Stream bombing: “The ‘drunken Ukrainians’ story is frankly embarrassing”
• Transnational Foundation The Militarisation of Scandinavia & the Great Northern War 2.0
• Novara Media The Liberal World Order is OVER. Here’s Why Aaron Bastani meets Anne Applebaum
• Second Thought Why Capitalism Loves Doomers
• Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey Sachs Interviews - Will Automation and AI Revolutionize the Workforce?
• New Economic Thinking Slavery’s Legacy & the Human Cost of Efficiency
• Shanghai Eye China remains the major driving force of global growth; no more ‘overcapacity’ fuss - OECD Economist

• T-House Look behind the scenes: Up close with UNSG Guterres

• CGTN Europe (M) Fueling the Future: How Innovation Drives the Global Economy
• CGTN Europe (M) Could you resist AI ‘super adverts’?
• CGTN Europe (M) Tackling the Global Obesity Crisis - The Agenda
• Channel News Asia (M) Summer of 2024 hottest on record, with hottest day on Jul 22: Report
• Channel News Asia (M) “I’m terribly worried”: UN chief on warming temperatures in SE Asia Climate Conversations podcast
• Channel News Asia (M) Pope Francis to set off on historic 12-day visit to Asia Pacific

China

• Breakthrough News The Real Chinese ‘Threat’: Lifting 850 Million Out of Poverty
• The Socialist Program Where AI Isn’t a Four Letter Word: China Builds Robots to Aid Workers
• Reports on China Sullivan misses out on new Huawei during China visit
• Reports on China CNN forced to admit China “Debt Trap Diplomacy” LIES
• China Up Close China drew four red lines with Jake Sullivan
• China Up Close China’s Renewable Energy Sector Explained
• The China Academy How Is Mongolia’s Refusal to Arrest Putin Viewed in China?
• Thinkers Forum In 2024, Who Will Likely War with China?
• Thinkers Forum This is Why Chinese Economists Back the US Chip Ban
• FridayEveryday US OFFICIALS ADMIT TO COVERT OPS AGAINST CHINA
• FridayEveryday Bloomberg’s sourness towards Hong Kong feels overdone
• FridayEveryday China firm jumps ahead in AI movies
• Empire Watch How China eradicated extreme poverty with Tings Chak
• New China TV Work suspended, fishing boats recalled as south China braces for Typhoon Yagi
• Shanghai Eye China continues to shift to greener energy mix: white paper
• Shanghai Eye China remains the major driving force of global growth; no more ‘overcapacity’ fuss - OECD Economist
• Shanghai Eye Will China’s EV market still remain a boom?
• Shanghai Eye RoboCop in real life? Chinese scientists create robot with human brain cells
• Shanghai Eye US included, the globe should look at China’s development ‘more positively’ - Turkish scholar
• Shanghai Eye Guterres on China’s role in the multilateralism citing AI governance
• Shanghai Eye ‘China’s historic patience and strategic thinking contribute to world peace’ - Antonio Guterres
• Shanghai Eye Guterres, a passionate reader of history, on Chinese philosopher he admires
• Shanghai Eye Red alert, school closed, ships back in port: Southern Chinese coast prepares for Typhoon Yagi
• T-House If Xianbin Jiao could speak
• T-House A Guide to Visa-Free Travel in China
• T-House Why China-U. S. scientific cooperation matters
• T-House UN Secretary-General: China’s key lessons on poverty reduction, sustainable development

• T-House Malaysian scholar: U. S. soft power fades, China’s initiatives bring growth

• Global Times (M) What is next for China and US after Sullivan’s Beijing visit?
• Global Times (M) Death of Chinese-American neuroscientist reveals deep-seated racial discrimination in US
• Global Times (M) Dalian: a journey to becoming a modern marine city
• CCTV Video News Agency (M) Shenzhou-18 Crew Completes Maintenance of China’s Space Station
• CCTV Video News Agency (M) Shenzhou-18 Crew Implements Microbial Control, Medicine Experiments in Space
• South China Morning Post (M) Cathay grounds jets over engine component failure
• South China Morning Post (M) Cathay Pacific’s excess baggage
• Channel News Asia (M) Spike in number of foreign tourists to China during summer travel season

South Asia

• WION (M) Pakistan Protest: Roads blocked, containers placed on highway ahead of PTI jalsa WION
• South China Morning Post (M) Deadly dust: the Indian village where silicosis made 90 per cent of the women widows
• Channel News Asia (M) India-Bangladesh ties under strain amid calls for New Delhi to extradite ex-PM Hasina

Southeast Asia

• Diplomatify The new power on the world stage?

• Diplomatify How Should Malaysia Respond to China’s Protest?

• WION (M) Super Typhoon Yagi pummel Vietnam: Four dead WION
• Channel News Asia (M) Singapore to play bigger role in improving Southeast Asia’s ability to detect haze
• Channel News Asia (M) In full: Singapore announces mpox public health measures
• Channel News Asia (M) New taskforce to bridge gaps faced by architects and engineering consultants
• Channel News Asia (M) Medical professionals can access robotics, AI technologies at Medtronic’s expanded facility
• Straits Times (M) Indonesian app-based drivers strike in protest over low pay
• Straits Times (M) KL sinkhole: Divers early morning dive hits another dead end
• Straits Times (M) Mpox vaccine to be offered to healthcare workers at higher risk of exposure
• Straits Times (M) Ong Ye Kung on characteristics of mpox and its transmission
• Straits Times (M) Singapore’s mpox response plan: 21-day quarantine for confirmed cases

East Asia

• Empire Watch Taiwan’s History and Future: Xiangyu’s Deep Dive
• Shanghai Eye Empty shelves: Japan faces rice shortage as Typhoon Shanshan rages on

• AJ+ How Korea’s Sex Trade Was Built For U. S. Soldiers

• WION (M) South Koreans fight against global warming in Seoul WION
• South China Morning Post (M) South Korea’s Telegram sex ‘humiliation’ problem
• South China Morning Post (M) Philippines devastated by tropical storm Yagi
• Channel News Asia (M) East Asia Tonight: Yagi hits China’s Hainan; China football team blasted after Japan thrashing

West Asia (Middle East)

• Breakthrough News Polio Strikes Gaza: How Israel Is Using Disease As a Weapon
• Breakthrough News Live Will the World Stop Israel From Making the West Bank the Next Gaza?
• Thinkers Forum Is the US Ceding the Middle East to China’s Influence？
• Double Down News The SHOCKING Truth Israel Hides from World
• Electronic Intifada News highlights on week 48 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, with Nora Barrows-Friedman
• Electronic Intifada After DNC, we’re escalating our protests for Palestine, with Hatem Abudayyeh
• Electronic Intifada Why we have to fight for the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, with Hatem Abudayyeh
• Shanghai Eye 330 days and counting: Israelis carry on protests for hostage deal and Netanyahu removal
• Shanghai Eye China on verge of brain-computer interface commercialization
• Al Mayadeen English Hezbollah’s response exposes ‘Israel’s’ vulnerabilities
• Al Mayadeen English Gaza: No space left to bury the dead
• Al Mayadeen English People of Gaza forced to share clothes
• Al Mayadeen English Inside Rafah: Israeli-made destruction, Palestinian resilience
• Al Mayadeen English States fueling ‘Israel’s’ war on Gaza are complicit in war crimes
• Al Mayadeen English Dan Boylan on Netanyahu’s trust in US billionaires’ support Exclusive Interview
• Al Mayadeen English ‘Israel’ weaponizing displacement: stories of resilience from Gaza
• Al Mayadeen English ‘Israel’ targets Gaza aid convoy: Deliberate attack on humanitarian lifeline
• Al Mayadeen English The Pentagon threatens Lebanon through Tinder
• Al Mayadeen English Listen to Gaza
• Al Mayadeen English Israeli settlers perform provocative religious rituals at al-Aqsa
• Middle East Eye The Biggest Israeli Protests Since 7th October. Why Now?
• Middle East Eye Israeli police and protesters clash in Tel Aviv
• Middle East Eye ‘Wipe out all Palestinians?’
• Middle East Eye How Israeli soldiers use Palestinians as human shields in Gaza
• Middle East Eye Jordan’s foreign minister urges Germany to impose sanctions on Israel
• AJ+ Why The Two-State Solution Never Worked
• Telesur English Libya commemorates 55 years of the al-Fateh Revolution

• Telesur English Situation in Jenin, a city in the West Bank: extremely tense and violent recently

• Islam Channel (M) Sky News asks Netanyahu why West Bank is missing from the map
• Islam Channel (M) Palestine nakba survivor recalls birthplace and ancestors
• South China Morning Post (M) ‘We failed you’: Israel mourns hostages killed in Gaza
• Channel News Asia (M) Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu pushes back on domestic pressure over hostages still held in Gaza
• Channel News Asia (M) Netanyahu prolonging Gaza war to stay in power, says expert amid protests in Israel
• Channel News Asia (M) Demonstrations put ‘unprecedented pressure’ on Netanyahu, but may have little impact: Observer

Russia

• Shanghai Eye Putin: Ukraine’s Kursk ‘provocations’ will fail, and normal life will be restored
• Shanghai Eye IAEA chief Grossi visits Zaporizhzia, says cooling tower too damaged to be used again

• Shanghai Eye Putin on gas pipeline, energy, Kursk, peace talk with Ukraine and possible mediators

• WION (M) Iran transfers ballistic missiles to Russia amid war with Ukraine World News WION
• WION (M) Russians squeeze out Ukrainians from border areas End of the Ukrainian resistance? WION GamePlan
• CGTN Europe (M) Kursk offensive changes Ukraine-Russia dynamics

Europe

• Breakthrough News Turkiye’s Erdogan Pretends to Support Gaza While Cozying Up to the US War Machine
• Novara Media Macron Imposes Right Wing PM On France
• First Thought How French Elections Revealed a Fascist Problem
• Al Mayadeen English Jeremy Corbyn presses UK Foreign Secretary on military support for ‘Israel’
• Middle East Eye Turkey faces calls to halt oil flow to Israel
• Middle East Eye Tens of thousands protest in London, demanding arms supply cessation
• Middle East Eye Tens of thousands of protesters march in London
• AJ+ An Israeli Sniper Paralyzed Him. Now He’s Competing In Paris

• Telesur English France Over 50% of citizens reject Michel Barnier as Prime Minister

• Channel News Asia (M) Demographic crisis looms over Ukraine
• Straits Times (M) We have a legitimate right to shoot down Russian missiles: Poland’s Foreign Minister

Africa

• People's Dispatch South Africa’s Zolani Mkiva on art, resistance and Venezuela
• Thinkers Forum Debt Trap: A Western Conspiracy Hindering Africa’s Development
• Africa is Watching Niger Kicks Out German Military After Unsuccessful Negotiations with the New Government
• Africa is Watching Africa to Meet China in Summit as the West Continue to Peddle Propaganda on Relationship
• Africa is Watching China Pledged Over US$50 Billion to Africa’s Military to Redress Historical Injustices
• Africa is Watching How Africa Will Defeat the Forces Trying to Stop Its Farmers From Feeding the Continent
• Shanghai Eye ‘African debt problems did not appear because of China cooperation’ - Guterres
• T-House Growing and flourishing China-Uganda ties
• T-House Interview with former Egyptian FM: What does high-level China-Africa cooperation mean for the world?
• T-House UN Secretary-General: China-Africa cooperation the symbol of South-South cooperation
• T-House Confucius Institute at Makerere University: Gateway to Chinese culture and better opportunities

• T-House Is China trapping Africa into debt? Former Egypt FM disputes the slander

• Islam Channel (M) Sudan’s health ministry declares cholera epidemic
• Channel News Asia (M) Millions for military aid to Africa shows Beijing moving past traditional development help: Analyst

North America

• Breakthrough News Democrats Want to Turn Israel’s Murder Spree Into Background Noise, w/ Alana Hadid
• Democracy at Work Economic Update: Labor Day And Abe Lincoln, Honoring Both Together
• Democracy at Work Capitalism Hits Home: The Spirit Level of the United States
• Novara Media Noam Chomsky on The Collapse of American Empire with Matt Kennard
• Al Mayadeen English Kamala Harris Is a “chameleon” and “mouthpiece for Neocons”
• Al Mayadeen English Will Trump’s rhetoric and Harris’s Gaza silence decide the November vote?
• Middle East Eye “The U. S Empire refuses to grow up” Dr. Cornel West UNAPOLOGETIC
• Middle East Eye What is the US’ response to Americans killed in Palestine?

• Telesur English United States: Judge delays ruling against Trump until after the election

• Islam Channel (M) Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march in New York City

Latin America and The Caribbean

• Breakthrough News Maduro’s Victory Confirmed: Will the US Accept It or Plot Another Coup?
• Breakthrough News Why Does the US Not Want Mexico to Vote for Their Own Judges?
• Jacobin Jacobin’s first documentary — The Ecuadorian Candidate
• Shanghai Eye ‘If Elon thinks Brazil is banana republic, he is wrong!’ Young Brazilians reacts to X blocking
• Telesur English Brazil: Ban on ‘X’ comes into effect
• Telesur English Venezuela U. S. government hijacked aircraft used by Pres. Maduro
• Telesur English Venezuela, economy recovers despite the impact of blockade
• Telesur English Honduras President Xiomara Castro demands immediate prosecution of drug traffickers
• Telesur English Pres. Maduro “Salvador Allende is the example of the brave left”
• Telesur English Colombia Pres. Petro requests investigation into Israeli software ‘Pegasus’
• Telesur English Xiomara Castro: We deplore any action and any negotiation to attack our nation
• Telesur English Honduras Pres. Xiomara Castro condemns destabilizing actions
• Telesur English Argentina : Citizens rally in support of the cease of the genocide against the Palestinian people

Oceania

• T-House It’s time Australia came out of the ‘kangaroo’s shadow’