(2024-09-13). Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake become Sri Lanka's next president? aljazeera.com His party, the JVP, twice fought violent battles to overthrow the very Sri Lankan state that he now wants to run.
(2024-09-13). Xi stresses making solid progress toward building China into leading country in education. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.
(2024-09-13). Russian President Putin meets with Wang Yi in St. Petersburg. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, on Thursday in St. Petersburg.
(2024-09-13). Protectionism has no future: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently released the World Trade Report 2024, in which the WTO reiterated the importance of trade in reducing poverty and creating shared prosperity, and pointed out that mounting protectionism threatens to unwind 30 years of progress in closing income gaps between the poor and the rich.
(2024-09-13). China, Latin America forge stronger human rights partnership. ecns.cn The report, titled "Common Goals: China-Latin America and the Caribbean Cooperation on Human Rights Development, the Present and the Future", outlines significant progress in poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection across both regions.
(2024-09-13). The paradox of progress for Black Americans. peoplesworld.org 
As the country moves rapidly toward the 2024 elections, Black Americans are experiencing the best economic conditions they've had in generations. Record low unemployment rates, record low poverty rates, and record high levels of income and wealth paint a picture of Black prosperity. Yet African Americans remain mired in great economic insecurity, reflected in their …