(2024-12-30). Jimmy Carter: the False Savoir. counterpunch.org 
A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights. The big business agenda during his term in office (1977-1981) was to roll back the welfare state, break the power of unions, fan the flames of the Cold War to increase military spending, engineer tax breaks for wealthy corporate interests, and repeal government regulation of business. While portraying himself as a peanut-farming populist, Carter delivered the goods…
(2024-12-30). üü•YEAR2024: A glimpse of Xi's global insights through maxims quoted in 2024. independent.co.ug 
BEIJING | Xinhua | Throughout the year of 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended three major diplomatic events hosted in China and made four significant overseas visits, consistently calling for stronger win-win cooperation to build a better world. Esteemed a masterly communicator, Xi incorporated into his talks, speeches and articles a string of well-known Chinese …
(2024-12-30). Washington's Unstoppable Superweapon. popularresistance.org In recent months, even across the collective West's media, growing admissions are being made about both Russia and China's superior military industrial capacity. With Russia's first use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, it is admitted that Russia (and likely China) possess formidable military capabilities the collective West currently lacks. | Despite the collective efforts of NATO in arming, training, and backing Ukraine, Ukrainian forces continue to give ground at an accelerated rate across the entire line of contact amid the ongoing Russian Special Military Operation (SMO).
(2024-12-30). Joint Actions Define Strategic Depth of Iran-China Ties: Araqchi. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The next "golden 50 years of future relations between Iran and China" will show that this journey marks the beginning of a new chapter in strategic cooperation between the two countries, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said.
(2024-12-30). China court hands schoolboy a life sentence for murder. aljazeera.com Two teenagers in Hebei given prison sentences over the killing of their 13-year-old classmate in March.
(2024-12-30). New Sri Lankan president visits India on his first overseas trip. wsws.org President Dissanayake's selection of India to visit first is to signal his government's commitment to aligning Colombo with the US-led preparations for war against China.
(2024-12-30). El derrumbe europeo. cubadebate.cu Europa Occidental se resiste a admitir la derrota militar de la OTAN en Ucrania, al tiempo que vacila sobre su lugar en el nuevo orden global que tiene a la Federación rusa como un actor central junto a China y los Brics+. Los cambios se están sucediendo con una velocidad que la institucionalidad tradicional de los países colonizadores no logra procesar con sensatez y cordura.
(2024-12-30). Sistema de Trabajo del Gobierno con participación popular. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 de dic (RHC) ´En todo lo que hagamos, lo primero que hay que pensar es cómo va a participar el pueblo: la unidad la da la participación ª, expresó el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, en la reunión del Consejo de Ministros, correspondiente al mes de diciembre.
(2024-12-30). Alertan en Brasil sobre ultraderecha y mercado contra Lula en 2025. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 de dic (RHC) El Gobierno del presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, enfrascado hoy en la recuperación de la democracia en Brasil, enfrentará en 2025 dos grandes desafíos: la extrema derecha y el cerco liderado por el mercado.
(2024-12-30). La unidad la da la participación. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 dic (RHC) Sesionó la reunión del Consejo de Ministros correspondiente al mes de diciembre. Entre otros temas, se aprobaron los Objetivos y Proyecciones de Gobierno para 2025, así como el Sistema de Trabajo del Gobierno para el próximo año.
(2024-12-30). Acuerdo Mercosur-UE, øun nuevo ALCA? strategic-culture.su Esperemos que las contradicciones internas de la Unión Europea se desarrollen y generen más malestar entre los agricultores de varios países, obligando a los gobiernos a dar marcha atrás. | àönete a nosotros en , y . | Escríbenos:…
(2024-12-30). Al menos 71 pasajeros mueren tras caída de un camión a un río en Etiopía. cubadebate.cu El portavoz del Gobierno regional de Sidama, en el sur de Etiopía, Wosenyeleh Simion, informó que al menos 71 personas murieron por la caída de un camión de pasajeros en un río, en el distrito de Bona. Simion dijo a Reuters este lunes que, como resultado del accidente, fallecieron 68 hombres y tres mujeres.
(2024-12-30). Climate change is depleting plant nutrition, threatening herbivores from grasshoppers to giant pandas. nationofchange.org Rising CO2 levels are driving faster plant growth but reducing nutrient density, with alarming impacts across ecosystems.gian…
(2024-12-30). Jimmy Carter's wide-ranging impact. america.cgtn.com 
Around the world, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being remembered for his time in office and his dedication to public service after his presidency. CGTN's Jim Spellman reports.
(2024-12-30). Trump news in 2024, ahead of second presidency. america.cgtn.com 
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump's key political promises centered on his America First slogan. On the domestic front, he doubled down on illegal immigration and articulated a hardline toward American allies regarding foreign policy. Poppie Mphuthing reports.
(2024-12-29). Iran-China Ties Ironclad: Araqchi. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi hailed the robust partnership between Tehran and Beijing, which he said have close cultural and civilizational bonds.
(2024-12-29). Iran's Araqchi Visits UAE. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araqchi had a meeting with his Emirati counterpart during a layover in Dubai while he was returning to Tehran after an official visit to China.
(2024-12-29). China attaches greater importance to minors' mental health. independent.co.ug 
BEIJING | Xinhua | China has attached increasing importance to the mental health of children and adolescents, experts said at a press conference held by the National Health Commission (NHC) on Wednesday. Epidemiological survey results from authoritative institutions show that the actual prevalence of depression among adolescents in China is about 2 percent, said Xie …
(2024-12-29). China envía donativo al sistema eléctrico de Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 29 dic (RHC) China envió este domingo un primer lote de donativo de piezas y accesorios para los equipos de grupos electrógenos de Cuba, como parte de la implementación de los consensos alcanzados entre los dos países.
(2024-12-29). Trump urges Supreme Court to pause possible TikTok ban. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump filed a legal brief on Friday, urging the Supreme Court to consider pausing a law that could see TikTok banned. | For months, TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has been fending off attempts by the U.S. government and lawmakers to shut down the popular social media app, arguing that its data and moderation operations are already based in the U.S. and that the app poses no national security risks. | CGTN's Poppie Mphuthing reports.
(2024-12-29). Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini — a historic year for MƒÅoridom. asiapacificreport.nz By Ella Stewart, (NgƒÅpuhi, Te MƒÅhurehure, NgƒÅti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao MƒÅori On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties from Tainui shook and waved fronds of greenery as they called manuhiri onto Tuurangawaewae Marae. More than 10,000 people had responded to a rare call for unity from the MƒÅori…
(2024-12-29). Despite decline, gun violence remains major crisis in U.S. america.cgtn.com 
On average, 125-people die in gun-related incidents every single day in the United States. | This includes homicides, suicides and accidental deaths. | While the numbers have edged lower in recent years — they remain near the record highs seen during the pandemic. | Violence prevention advocates are growing concerned that President-elect Donald Trump could reverse whatever modest gains have been made when he reclaims the White House next month. CGTN's Toni Waterman reports.