Canadian postal workers strike over axing of door-to-door deliveriesEarlier, Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound announced sweeping changes aimed at shoring up Canada Post’s finances in response to a decline in letter mail and the government corporation’s small share of the parcel market. The changes include introducing more community mailboxes and slower delivery times. The union said it had been caught off guard by the changes and argued that Canada Post and the government were creating the conditions that would further reduce demand for its letter and parcel services.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/canadian-postal-workers-strike-over-axing-door-door-deliveriesCONAIE Condemns Transfer of Protesters to High-Risk Prisons, Accuses Noboa of Criminalizing Protests“We hold Daniel Noboa’s government directly responsible for these actions that criminalize social protest and place the lives and integrity of our community members and comrades at imminent risk,” Conaie said in a statement. “We demand the immediate release of the detainees, full respect for human rights, and effective guarantees for life,” it added.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/conaie-condemns-transfer-of-protesters-to-high-risk-prisons-accuses-noboa-of-criminalizing-protests/Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army Legend, Passes Away in Exile in CubaOn Thursday, Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “At approximately 1:15 PM on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath. Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I am feeling at this time,” Kakuya Shakur, her daughter, wrote on Facebook.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21577/China launches an investigation into Mexico’s tariffs on imports from AsiaThe Commerce Ministry also announced Thursday that it was launching an anti-dumping investigation into pecans imported from Mexico and the United States. Mexico has been under pressure from the Trump administration to limit Chinese imports, some of which the U.S. says use Mexico as a backdoor to the American market.
https://apnews.com/article/china-mexico-tariff-pecan-investigation-58d4ec1c2d583dd7117c6afccaf22683Thailand to seek referendum on Cambodia border demarcation"In order to avoid further conflict, the House of Representatives has already set up a committee to study the matter, while the government policy will be to propose holding a referendum on the issue," Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters. A referendum would provide a clear mandate on the matter, he added.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-seek-referendum-cambodia-border-demarcation-2025-09-26/ After Anti-Genocide Protests, Microsoft Cuts Israeli Military Off From Cloud Services Microsoft launched a review last month, after The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call reported that the IDF’s Unit 8200 was using the cloud platform Azure to store data from “millions of mobile phone calls made each day by Palestinians” in the illegally occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces have killed at least tens of thousands of people over the past two years.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/microsoft-israelIsrael-Syria talks hit snag over humanitarian corridor, sources sayIsrael reintroduced the demand at a late stage in the talks, according to two Israeli officials, a Syrian source and a source in Washington briefed on the talks.
The Syrian source and the source in Washington said the renewed Israeli demand had derailed plans to announce a deal this week. The new sticking point has not been previously reported.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-syria-talks-hit-snag-over-humanitarian-corridor-sources-say-2025-09-26/Tony Blair proposed as chief of Gaza transitional authority, reports sayIsraeli media and the BBC reported on Friday that the former UK prime minister is being considered for the role. Blair, who took Britain to war in Iraq alongside the US in 2003, is said to have held talks about heading the proposed body. The plan would establish a transitional authority in Gaza for up to five years, excluding both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tony-blair-proposed-chief-gaza-transitional-authority-reports-sayNew digital ID will be mandatory to work in the UKSir Keir Starmer said the new digital ID scheme would make it tougher to work in the UK illegally and offer "countless benefits" to citizens, while his senior minister Darren Jones said it could be "the bedrock of the modern state". However, opposition parties argued the proposals would not stop people crossing the Channel in small boats.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn832y43ql5o Libyan militia fires on Sea-Watch migrant rescue ship, escalating EU tensions A Libyan patrol boat fired on the rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 in international waters on Friday, marking the second such attack in a month and heightening scrutiny of EU support for Libya’s coast guard, Sea-Watch said. The German NGO said its vessel was fired at with live ammunition shortly after rescuing 66 migrants. It demanded “immediate clarification and consequences from Italy and the European Union.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/libya-militia-sea-watch-migrant-rescue-ship-eu-tensions/https://archive.ph/G4GOkMadagascar imposes curfew after violent protests against water, power cutsHundreds of protesters took to the streets on Thursday to voice their anger over persistent power cuts, which often leave homes and businesses without electricity for over 12 hours. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to quash the demonstrations. The protesters barricaded roads with rocks and burning tyres. By Thursday afternoon, there were reported incidents of looting at various retailers, appliance stores and banks across the 1.4-million-strong capital.
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