2022-09-23: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-09-23). EU states thrust aside Kremlin's warnings of nuclear war over Ukraine. wsws.org The reckless and utterly irresponsible statements of EU officials are leading Europe and the world straight to nuclear war over Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-23). Japan, ROK leaders try to break the ice. ecns.cn Yoon Suk-yeol, president of the Republic of Korea, and Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, met in New York on Wednesday, marking the first one-on-one talks between leaders of the two countries since December 2019.

Contributing Writers (2022-09-22). Putin responded UK's Liz Truss on using nuclear weapon against Russia. marktaliano.net

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-22). Medvedev Says Russia Can Defend New Regions With Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Referendums to join Russia will be held in the Donbas republics of Donestk and Luhansk and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions starting Friday. "Referendums will be held, and the Donbas republics and other territories will be accepted into Russia," Medvedev wrote on Telegram. | Medvedev, who currently serves as…

Andy Kroll (2022-09-22). The Nightmare of Military Spending on an Overheating Planet. tomdispatch.com On October 1st, the U.S. military will start spending the more than $800 billion Congress is going to provide it with in fiscal year 2023. And that whopping sum will just be the beginning. According to the calculations of Pentagon expert William Hartung, funding for various intelligence agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, and work on nuclear weaponry at the Energy Department will add another $600 billion to what you, the American taxpayer, will be spending on national security. That $1.4 trillion for a single year dwarfs Congress's one-time provision of approximately $300 billion under the recently pas…

_____ (2022-09-22). Iran: What is the Future of the Nuclear Deal? journal-neo.org While many around the world hoped for a positive reaction from the United States to Iran's latest response, the European trio at the talks in Vienna (E3 the UK, Germany, France) have separately issued a statement that could undo all the positive results of a year of painstaking negotiations. After Tehran responded to an …

_____ (2022-09-22). Yoon Suk-yeol: A U-Turn to Nuclear Power. journal-neo.org One area where the difference in strategy between the old and new presidents is particularly evident is the attitude towards the role of nuclear power. It should be recalled that the Moon administration, under the guise of a green agenda, attempted to destroy the country's nuclear power industry, with the president's personal "wants" rather than …

Anatol Lieven (2022-09-22). Putin Escalation Makes Diplomacy Measures More Urgent. commondreams.org With news of possible annexation and potential use of nuclear weapons, Washington must put on the brakes and press for talks.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-09-22). Irán ratifica en la ONU que no construirá armas nucleares. telesurtv.net Teherán, asimismo, acusó a EE. UU. de desestabilizar Oriente Medio y de apoyar a grupos terroristas en esa región.

TeleSUR (2022-09-22). S.Korean Currency Tumbles After Fed's Rate Hike. telesurenglish.net South Korea's currency tumbled on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hike led to a strong U.S. dollar. | The won/dollar exchange rate finished at 1,409.7 won per dollar, up 15.5 won from the previous close. | RELATED: | It marked the highest close in more than 13 years since March 2009 when the global financial crisis roiled financial markets across the world. | The Fed took a giant step again overnight, raising its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percen…

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