(2020-10-06). China's High-Speed Rail Reaches into Southeast Asia. thealtworld.com 
There is a significant reason why political unrest fueled by US interference is flaring up across Southeast Asia — an attempt at derailing Beijing's ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. | When completed, it will cement not only China's regional rise, but permanently replace the United States as Asia's largest and most influential power. | The "stitching" holding this emerging shift together is a regional high-speed rail network running from the southern Chinese city of Kunming, through Laos, and into the heart of Thailand. Construction in Laos is well underway with construction having already star…
(2020-10-06). Richard Hofstadter's Discontents. thenation.com Richard Hofstadter's Discontents…
(2020-10-06). Distance and plexiglass: Democrats insist on BARRIER during upcoming Pence-Harris VP debate — report. rt.com 
Plexiglass barriers will reportedly be used in the upcoming debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Joe Biden's running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, said to be requested by Democrats after President Donald Trump caught Covid-19. | Trump tested positive for the coronavirus just two days after debating Biden in Cleveland, Ohio. While Biden has so far tested negative, the Commission on Presidential Debates — the NGO running the process — decided to almost double the distance between Pence and Harris, from 7 feet (2.1 meters) to 13 (4 meters). | On Monday, the CPD agreed to put plexiglass barriers not j…
(2020-10-06). Distance and plexiglass: Democrats reportedly insist on BARRIER during upcoming Pence-Harris VP debate. rt.com Plexiglass barriers will reportedly be used in the upcoming debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Joe Biden's running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, said to be requested by Democrats after President Donald Trump caught Covid-19. | Trump tested positive for the coronavirus just two days after debating Biden in Cleveland, Ohio. While Biden has so far tested negative, the Commission on Presidential Debates — the NGO running the process — decided to almost double the distance between Pence and Harris, from seven feet (2.1 meters) to 13 (four meters). | On Monday, the CPD agreed to put plexiglass barrier…
(2020-10-06). CBS reporter says it's 'safer reporting in North Korea' than at White House as more Trump officials test positive for Covid-19. rt.com 
The mainstream media is sounding alarms that reporters' lives are at risk amid a coronavirus outbreak in the White House, with a reporter likening the working conditions to North Korea. The comparison drew derision on Twitter. | "You shouldn't risk your life reporting to work at the White House," CNN security analyst Sam Vinograd CBS White House co…
(2020-10-06). 'Don't let Covid-19 dominate you': Trump tells Americans to 'get out' & 'be careful' in first statement after hospital stay. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has urged Americans not to fear the coronavirus and pledged that he would soon be "back to work" in his first statement from the White House since leaving hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19. | The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt "better than I have in a long time" after his three-day stay. | "One thing that's for certain: Don't let [Covid-19] dominate you, don't be afraid of it, you're going to beat it. We have the best medical equipmen…
(2020-10-06). Defund… hospitals? WaPo blogger lambasted over call to cut funding for Walter Reed medical center after Trump discharged. rt.com 
Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin was taken to the woodshed online after labeling Walter Reed medical center a "public health hazard" and calling for its budget to be slashed following Donald Trump's brief stay there. | The self-ordained "NeverTrump, pro-democracy" opinionator took calls to 'defund' public institutions to another level on Monday, urging Congress to slash Walter Reed's budget for reasons left unstated — presumably something to do with the president, who was discharged from the medical center later that day after spending the weekend there to be treated for Covid-19. | "Congress might…
(2020-10-06). 'America don't give a f**k about us': WATCH BLM vigil group clash with armed, pro-Trump militia in Texas. rt.com 
Texas Rangers have charged Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas with murder for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. A vigil was held on Monday night, and there were violent clashes between BLM activists and locals. | Jonathan Price, 31, was tasered and then shot to death on Saturday while trying to break up an altercation at a gas station in Wolfe City, 80 miles northeast of Dallas. | Officer Lucas responded to a call about a fight in progress when he encountered Price, who reportedly resisted arrest in a non-threatening way. As Price walked away from Lucas, the officer shot him with his Taser before…
(2020-10-06). Guatemalan and Mexican governments use pandemic to turn back refugee caravan. greenleft.org.au …
(2020-10-06). Despite COVID outbreaks, NFL season continues in front of tens of thousands of spectators. wsws.org Despite COVID-19 outbreaks of two NFL teams, the professional football season continues.
(2020-10-06). 'Armenian assaults on civilian targets sign of desperation'. yenisafak.com Armenia's attacks on civilian settlements in Azerbaijan are not only a "crime against humanity" but also "a sign of the desperation" that the country fell into, said Turkey's foreign minister on Tuesday."We will [continue to] support the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, just as we did with Georgia, Ukraine, Syria, and Iraq's territorial integrity," Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital.Cavusoglu also criticized the Minsk Group's neutral stance on the conflict, saying that victimized Azerbaijan cannot be considered the same as Armenia, whi…
(2020-10-06). Black hole discoveries net Nobels for 3 physicists. yenisafak.com One half of the monetary award is going to Roger Penrose of Oxford University for the "discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity," the academy said in a press release."His groundbreaking [1965] article is still regarded as the most important contribution to the general theory of relativity since [Albert] Einstein," the theory's original author, it added.The other half is being jointly awarded to Reinhard Genzel, the director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, and Andrea Ghez, an astronomer and physicist at the University of Californ…
(2020-10-06). Civilian losses rise in indiscriminate Armenian attacks. yenisafak.com Armenia deliberately and non-discriminately targets the civilian settlements, Azerbaijani chief prosecutor said in a statement. Since Sept. 27, Azerbaijan's civilian casualties rose to 27, while 141 have been wounded in Armenian attacks on civilian settlements. | Border clashes broke out on Sept. 27, when Armenian forces targeted Azerbaijani civilian settlements and military positions, leading to casualties. Azerbaijan's parliament declared a state of war in some of its cities and regions following Armenia's border violations and attacks in the occupied Upper Karabakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, region.On Se…
(2020-10-06). EU falling behind on plastic recycling targets, auditors say. yenisafak.com The European Union is at risk of missing its plastic packaging recycling targets, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Tuesday, warning an incoming ban on exports of trash to poorer nations will increase the risk of a plastic waste pile-up.Europe produced 29 million tonnes of post-consumer plastic waste in 2018, more than 60% of it packaging. More plastic waste is incinerated than recycled in Europe."There is a huge need for recycling capacities," said ECA member Samo Jereb, adding that the EU and national governments also need to better enforce laws on illegal waste disposal.The European Commission could…
(2020-10-06). Kyrgyzstan: Election body annuls parliamentary polls. yenisafak.com Kyrgyzstan's election commission on Tuesday announced it is annulling the results of the parliamentary elections after protests erupted in the country.In a statement by the Central Election Commission, the parliamentary elections that took place on Oct. 4 have been declared invalid.The decision came shortly after the country's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov called on all political parties to obey the rule of law and place the fate of the country above political ambitions.Jeenbekov had said he has ordered the Central Election Commission to thoroughly investigate the violations and to annul the election results if n…
(2020-10-06). Swiss footballer Shaqiri tests positive for COVID-19. yenisafak.com Swiss footballer Xherdan Shaqiri has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Swiss Football Association said in a statement on Tuesday.The 28-year-old Liverpool winger has been kept in isolation, it added.Shaqiri became the third Liverpool player to contract COVID-19. Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara and Senegalese forward Sadio Mane were infected last week.A former Bayern Munich and Inter Milan player, Shaqiri joined Liverpool from Stoke City in 2018.He won the UEFA Champions League twice, the 2013 title with Bayern Munich and in 2019 with Liverpool.The attacking midfielder also helped the Reds win the…
(2020-10-06). Britain's Johnson says he was too fat when fighting COVID. yenisafak.com British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was too fat when he became gravely ill with COVID-19 and that he has since lost 26 pounds (11.79 kg)."I have to admit the reason I had such a nasty experience with the disease is that although I was superficially in the peak of health when I caught it, I had a very common underlying condition – my friends I was too fat," he said in an online speech to his party conference."And I've since lost 26 pounds…and I'm going to continue that diet."
(2020-10-06). Greece says onus on Turkey to ease tensions. yenisafak.com Greece welcomes moves by Turkey to de-escalate recent tensions in the east Mediterranean, its prime minister said on Tuesday, but Ankara needs to show a firmer commitment to improving relations.Relations between the two NATO allies and neighbours are fraught with disagreements ranging from maritime boundaries to the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. Tensions came to a head this summer when each made overlapping claim to swathes of the east Mediterranean, and Turkey dispatched a survey vessel to map out possible oil and gas drilling prospects, infuriating Greece.Turkey pulled out the vessel in mid-September."Ou…
(2020-10-06). Israel bars money transfers to Palestinian prisoner kin. yenisafak.com The Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday signed four orders to seize money recently transferred by the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas resistance group to families of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs."The orders targeted funds transferred by both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to Palestinians serving prison sentences in Israeli jails for terror attacks, as well as to family members of terrorists who were killed during the attacks," the Israeli English language newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday.Other orders included blocking transmission of funds to the mother of the Palestinian…
(2020-10-06). Nagorno-Karabakh says 21 more servicemen killed in fighting with Azerbaijan. yenisafak.com Ethnic Armenian officials in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh said on Tuesday that 21 more servicemen had been killed in fighting with Azerbaijan, bringing its total military death toll to 244 since war broke out on Sept. 27.The fighting has surged to its worst level since the 1990s, when some 30,000 people were killed.