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2022-10-08: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-08). Can Europe Turn A Blind Eye To Possible US Role In Pipeline Blasts? popularresistance.org The sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines leaves Europeans certain to be much poorer and colder this winter, and was an act of international vandalism on an almost unimaginable scale. The attacks severed Russian gas supplies to Europe and caused the release of enormous quantities of methane gas, the prime offender in global warming. | This is why no one is going to take responsibility for the crime — and most likely no one will ever be found definitively culpable. | Nonetheless, the level of difficulty and sophistication in setting off blasts at three separate locations on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeli…

_____ (2022-10-08). Who Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines? popularresistance.org A pair of natural gas pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, which were built to transport natural gas underwater through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, were sabotaged in a series of explosions on September 26. | These suspicious attacks came mere hours before NATO members Norway, Denmark, and Poland officially opened their own natural gas pipeline, called the Baltic Pipe, which was built with European Union funding in order to compete with Nord Stream. | The Nord Stream pipelines are operated by company that is majority owned by Russia's state gas giant Gazprom. Authorities in Norway and Denmark hav…

Kevin Barrett (2022-10-07). Did Uncle Sam Blow Up the Wrong Pipeline? globalresearch.ca

Jonathan Cook (2022-10-07). Can Europe Afford to Turn a Blind Eye to Evidence of a US Role in Pipeline Blasts? globalresearch.ca

Pepe Escobar (2022-10-07). "Pipeline Terror": Nord Stream 2 Offers Germany a Date with Destiny. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-10-07). 27 Countries Reported Cholera Outbreaks Throughout 2022 – WHO. telesurenglish.net At a press conference in Geneva, Dr. Tedros pointed to poverty, conflict, and climate change as the factors fueling the current cholera outbreak in the world. | RELATED: | According to the Director General, "the average number of fatalities so far this year is almost three times that of the last five years." | In this regard, Tedros brought up the alarming situation in Syria and Haiti. Syria has reported more than 10 000 suspected cases…

Julia Conley (2022-10-07). UK Accused of Giving 'Two Fingers Up' to Climate With New Oil and Gas Licenses. commondreams.org "By encouraging greedy fossil fuel companies to keep looking for more fossil fuels, the U.K. government is denying the reality of the climate emergency," said one campaigner.

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-07). Naomi Klein Spotlights Perils of UN Climate Summit Hosted by Despotic Egyptian Regime. commondreams.org "Unless political freedoms are defended, there will be no meaningful climate action. Not in Egypt, nor anywhere else. These issues are intertwined, as are our fates."

____ (2022-10-07). Sweden's Svante Paabo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. ecns.cn Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries "concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution," the Nobel committee announced here on Monday.

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