Daily Archives: November 8, 2021

2021-11-08: News Headlines

TASS (2021-11-08). Russia to keep supporting Venezuela in settling internal political differences — Lavrov. tass.com Russian foreign minister said Moscow took note of the "active and open position of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his government" as part of the consultations that started in Mexico City with assistance from Norway and some other countries including Russia…

Staff (2021-11-08). New emergency strikes Baldwin's 'Rust' movie set. rt.com A crew member working to wind down production of Alec Baldwin's movie 'Rust' — after the cinematographer was accidentally shot dead on set — was bitten by a venomous spider and may end up losing his arm. | The incident involving lamp operator and pipe rigger Jason Miller occurred some time ago, with Sky News learning about it through a 'Just Giving' page set up raise money for the man's treatment. | Miller was working at the production site in New Mexico when he was bitten in the arm by a brown recluse spider, which injects necrotic venom into its prey. | The crew member was hospitalized several da…

Staff (2021-11-08). Unable to breach Belarus-Poland border, migrants set up camp (VIDEO). rt.com Hundreds of migrants attempting to seek asylum in the EU have set up tents and campfires in the no-man's-land along the border between Belarus and Poland, with Warsaw deploying guards to stop them from crossing. | Aerial footage from the frontier showed smoke rising from dozens of campfires and tents popping up in the forest, as lines of Polish police and what looked like the military gathered on the other side. | Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak said more than 12,000 soldiers had been deployed to the border. | After Brussels imposed sanctions on Belarus in June, citing "human rights" vi…

TASS (2021-11-08). Belarusian Red Cross is ready to help migrants on Belarusian-Polish border. tass.com The organization added that the representatives of the Belarusian Red Cross were in constant contact with state bodies, public organizations, as well as international partners…

TASS (2021-11-08). Russian diplomat points to Warsaw's role in invasion of Iraq amid crisis with its migrants. tass.com "It is time that the Polish politicians, cursing Lukashenko and accusing Minsk of problems with Iraqi migrants, recalled how Iraq was destroyed with the most active participation of Warsaw," Maria Zakharova stressed…

TASS (2021-11-08). Most refugees at Belarus-Poland border want to go to Germany — agency. tass.com Since the beginning of 2021, more than 30,000 migrants have sought to cross the Polish-Belarusian border…

Ragip Soylu (2021-11-08). Turkey's Soylu hands Greece four demands as he sets up new dialogue channel. middleeasteye.net Turkey's Soylu hands Greece four demands as he sets up new dialogue channel | Greek and Turkish sources say interior minister told Greece's Mitarachi that pushbacks in the Aegean must end | Mon, 11/08/2021 – 09: 23 | Police officers patrol the delta of Evros river, near Alexandroupoli, along the Greek-Turkish border. Soylu has sought an end to Greece's pushbacks of refugees and migrants (AFP) | In an att…

_____ (2021-11-07). Journalist Banned From US, Detained In Mexico On The Way To Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Steve Sweeney, the international editor of the British socialist newspaper, was detained in Mexico City on Friday as he traveled to Nicaragua to cover the presidential election being held today. Sweeney is anti-imperialist and a founder of Media Workers for Palestine. His detention follows a multi-platform social media ban on independent journalists, activists and websites in Nicaragua, as detailed by Ben Norton of The Grayzone. There is also a corporate media disinformation campaign targeting Nicaragua and the current election. Sweeney's detention must be viewed in this context as an effort to prevent readers in…

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