2023-09-18: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-19). Gadi/Sydney marks Jina Mahsa Amini murder and Iran uprising. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-18). Gadi/Sydney marks Jina Mahsa Amini murder and Iran uprising. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-09-18). Headlines for September 18, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Revises Death Toll from Libya Floods as Recovery Efforts Continue, 75,000 March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC as Hundreds of Thousands Worldwide Demand Climate Justice, Striking Workers Warn U.S. Automakers They May Expand Work Stoppage, Zelensky to Visit D.C. as Congress Debates Billions of Additional Dollars for Ukraine, Military Juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Sign Mutual Defense Pact, Office High-Rise Burns in Sudan's Capital Amid Fierce Fighting by Rival Factions, Iran and U.S. Finalize Prisoner Swap, Father of Mahsa Amini Arrested on First Anniversary of Her Death in Police Custody, Rights Gr…

Kyle Anzalone (2023-09-17). US, European Partners Sanction Iran Amid Prisoner Swap Negotiations. news.antiwar.com The US issued dozens of sanctions on Iran as Washington and Tehran negotiate a deal that could see several prisoners released. Additionally, France, Germany, and the UK extended sanctions on Iran that were set to expire. On Friday, the State Department announced dozens of sanctions targeting Tehran. Twenty-five Iranian individuals, three media outlets, and one …

teleSUR (2023-09-18). Iran and US Conduct Prisoner Swap, Releasing 5 Each. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Iran and the United States conducted a prisoner swap, releasing five detainees from each side. | RELATED: | Five American prisoners, along with two of their family members, boarded a plane that left Tehran for Qatar's capital Doha, Al Jazeera reported. In the meanwhile, U.S. media reported that U.S. President Joe Biden has granted clemency to five Iranians as part of the prisoner swap deal. | Earlier on Monday, Iran's Foreign Affairs Min…

unitedEditor (2023-09-18). As non-Western countries cooperate more, US influence will diminish inevitably and globally. uwidata.com The Islamic Republic of Iran will be one of the new members of BRICS from 2024. What are the country's expectations? How will this membership affect the Iranian-US relations and the Palestine question? We talked about these issues with Seyed Mohammad Marandi, professor at the University of Tehran, a frequent guest in international media who …

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-18). Five Americans Released as Part of Prisoner Swap Deal With Iran. news.antiwar.com Five Iranian Americans arrived in Qatar on Monday after being released by Iranian authorities as part of a prisoner swap deal between Washington and Tehran that was mediated by Doha and unfroze $6 billion in Iranian funds. The five Americans were greeted by US and Qatari officials and given a brief medical check before boarding …

Jimmy Cloutier (2023-09-17). Nearly $2 Million in Dark Money Floods Historic Virginia Campaigns. truthout.org This story was originally published by OpenSecrets in collaboration with the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO. Independent political groups backed largely by "dark money" organizations and wealthy donors have spent nearly $1.7 million on Virginia candidates this election cycle, raising concerns about transparency and the influence of outside money in the tightly contested… |

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-17). Angola plans to eliminate refrigerant gases by 2030. plenglish.com Since 2012 the country began to apply the schedule for the gradual elimination of these gases, which are harmful to the ozone layer and cause global warming, in compliance with the Montreal Protocol, Ivone Pascoal, the person in charge of the issue in the aforementioned ministry, explained to the Angolan Press Agency. | It is expected that the application of the measure of not importing these gases and their exclusion from consumption will be completed by 2025, leaving a margin until 2030 for their total disappearance. | Reaching this point, required intense awareness-raising work on good refrigeration practices…

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