2022-08-17: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2022-08-17). NATO's 2030 Strategic Concept Threatens To Destabilise The World. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageAtlantic Alliance will continue targeting Russia and China until at least 2030. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The new NATO 2030 Strategic Concept indicates a disturbing change in the Alliance's strategic orientation. As a result, provocations towards Moscow, as well as Beijing, are escalating, especially after the former was labelled by NATO as "the most significant and direct threat to Allies' security and to peace and stability in…

Vijay Prashad (2022-08-17). Can We Please Have an Adult Conversation About China? orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad Aug 11, 2022 | As the US legislative leader Nancy Pelosi

Staff (2022-08-17). Iran inks deal on creating international transport corridor. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan signed the final additional protocol and agreement to establish an international transport and transit corridor under Ashgabat Agreement.

WSWS (2022-08-16). WWII battle commemoration boosts US anti-China offensive in the Pacific. wsws.org The events commemorating the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942 were used by Washington and its allies to escalate preparations for a major new war against China in the Pacific.

____ (2022-08-16). Urumqi to Moscow cargo airline opens. ecns.cn An air cargo route from Urumqi of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to Moscow was officially opened on Sunday, as a cargo plane loaded with 104.13 tons of goods departed Urumqi Diwopu International Airport and landed in Moscow after 4 hours and minutes.

____ (2022-08-16). Xinjiang purchases homegrown oral antiviral for urgent clinic use. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has purchased a batch of the domestically developed COVID-19 oral medicine Azvudine for urgent clinical use, said Hu Zhichun, an official from the regional health commission, on Tuesday.

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