Taliban Want Relations with Regional Nations— Sep. 6 (EIRNS) — TASS, citing Al Jazeera, reported this morning that the Taliban intend to invite a number of foreign countries to be present at the installation of the new government that they…
Russia Revives Witte Plan for Siberian Development — Sep. 6 (EIRNS) — Russia seems prepared to resurrect the Sergei Witte plan for the economic development of Siberia and launch a new program for Siberian development with a proposal by Minister…
Four Times More GI Suicides than Killed in Battle— Sep. 6 (EIRNS)–One of the more striking statistics compiled by the Watson Institute at Brown University on the costs of war is that, since 9/11, more than four times as many…
Sept. 1 (EIRNS)—A focus of humanitarian aid to Haiti right now is to get food, water, tarps, tents and medical supplies into those remote rural areas in the mountainous Southern peninsula, only accessible by helicopter. Partnering with USAID or with…
World Food Program’s Beasley Met With Taliban in Afghanistan on Continuity of UN Relief— Sep. 1 (EIRNS)–David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Program, was in Afghanistan last week, during the evacuation period, to personally see to arrangements to…
China’s Ambassador to U.S.: China-U.S. Relations at ‘Historical Juncture’– Sep. 1 (EIRNS)–China’s Ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, held a Zoom discussion on August 31 with the board of directors of the National Council on U.S.-China Relations and other…
On October 25, 1971, the People’s Republic of China was recognized by the UN General Assembly as „the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations,“ and the UN vote removed the representatives of Taiwan from the United Nations.…
Epidemiologists‘ `Math‘ Says Vaccinate More Before Any Boosters– Aug. 22 (EIRNS) — A low-key op-ed by two epidemiologists, „Boosters won’t stop the Delta variant: Here’s the math“, was published back on Aug. 15 in the Washington Post. While focused on…
Aug. 21 (EIRNS)–The Schiller Institute hosted an international webinar today, „Now, More Urgent Than Ever: Afghanistan—Opportunity for a New Epoch for Mankind,’ bringing together speakers with wide experience, from six nations—United States, Germany, Pakistan, Canada, and Italy. Three main themes…
One in Three ‚Food Insecure‘ In Afghanistan– Aug. 21 (EIRNS)–One in three people in Afghanistan is „food insecure,“ that is either with insufficient, or unreliable daily food, or both, according to the World Food Program Representative in Kabul this week,…