Eyeball Haibo News (3 October 2024)

South African farmer feeds women to pigs, and retirees revolt in Florida.

I’m highlighting Ryan Grim’s article, ‘A Revolt in The Villages takes a stunning turn’. It’s about political corruption in Florida, and the link between Ron DeSantis and the massive retirement gated community called The Villages. I previously shared a link to ‘The Bubble’, an excellent free documentary about this boomer utopia (watch it!).

AFRICA

• Outrage over South African farmer accused of feeding women to pigs

• 17 people, including 15 women, killed in 2 mass shootings in rural town in South Africa

• South Africa’s stance on Palestine opens questions about Apartheid and history

• How the US destabilized the Horn of Africa

• RSF declares end to negotiations with Sudanese army

• Collective effort essential to get DR Congo on firm path to peace

• South Africa's new government cracks down on illegal immigration (video)

ASIA

• India’s largest paramilitary force got away with terror

• To scale peaks, Chinese hikers are hiring personal cheerleaders [fascinating story]

• China’s biggest cities ease property rules [more interesting than you think]

• China property shares jump as major cities ease buying curbs

• Nepal floods and landslides death toll climbs to 193, dozens still missing (video)

• Leaked files expose covert US government plot to ‘destabilize Bangladesh’s politics’

• Local police chief jailed for 3 years over deadly South Korea crowd crush that killed 150 in 2022

CAUCASUS

• The Armenian catastrophe

• Georgia Elections 2024 Guide (discussing latest news)

EUROPE

• Manufacturing the Far-Right: Who is shaking the Jar?

• Belarus expects approval as BRICS prepares to add 10 new members

• ‘Earthquake’: Austria’s far-right Freedom Party wins election

• Email from Athens set to cause von der Leyen, Metsola headaches

• France’s Le Pen and party on trial for alleged EU funds abuse

• In Albania, keeping big cats is the latest fad for organized crime

• Trade unions in Spain demand total cut in ties with Israel

• Guilty

LATIN AMERICA

• Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as president of Mexico

• Kenya to send more soldiers to Haiti

• Dominican Republic 'to deport up to 10,000 migrants a week'

• ‘The forest is burning. Animals are burning. Everything’s burning’

• Milei threatens university funding veto amid nationwide protests to protect it

MIDDLE EAST

• John Mearsheimer: Israel's lost escalation dominance

• Israel - Invading Lebanon to prolong and expand its supremacists war

• Russia’s UN envoy says Israel bears all blame for Middle East escalation

• Israel continues to play the victim while killing more

• Families deserve answers about 88 bodies returned in a container

RUSSIA & UKRAINE

• Russian court freezes funds of US banks JP Morgan and Mellon

• More evidence of Biden/Democrat corruption in Ukraine

• Has Russia’s military improved enough to take on NATO?

• Ukraine should rush back to Istanbul

• Why is Russia seeking to create Zangezur Corridor?

• You know the world is changing when Putin opens drone training college in Moscow

• NATO is desperate on Russia, and delusional on China

U.S.A.

• The Pentagon goes to school

• Militarism Abuse Disorder

• Collapsing Empire: The Day Sanctions Died

• Trump promises global trade war (podcast)

OTHER

• The Brain of a Fly: 130,000 cells and 50 million connections

• The Pact for the Future seems nice

VIDEOS

TAKE A WALK: MURMANSK, RUSSIA

DOCUMENTARY

* "Haibo!" is a Zulu word from South Africa. Pronounced "Hai-bore". It's an exclamation of astonishment, often used together with disbelief, like "No way!", but sometimes with negativity.