Monthly Archives: July 2023

2023-07-27: News Headlines

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-07-28). BRICS' Financial and Geopolitical Options: The New Development Bank (NDB). Putin Meets Dilma Rousseff in St. Petersburg. globalresearch.ca

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-27). 'The Tower has fallen' — A Win For Brixton's Anti-Gentrification Movement. unicornriot.ninja

Editor (2023-07-27). 'Concrete Coffins': Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-27). Donald Trump May Face 4 Indictments by Election Day. Here's the Breakdown. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-27). rewind] Norman Lear: Honoring One of America's Greatest Patriots on His 101st Birthday. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-27). Patrick Lawrence: No, The Truth About Biden Is Not Democratic. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Let us cast our minds back just briefly to the very fine afternoon of July 22, 2016. It was an especially bright Friday, as you may recall, because WikiLeaks released a lot of Democratic Party emails that day, so shining a light worthy of a night game at …


Editor (2023-07-27). The Chris Hedges Report: Remembering Staughton Lynd's Life of Defiance. scheerpost.com

Liberation Staff (2023-07-27). PSL Editorial — Occupation continues 70 years after the Pentagon's "forgotten" genocide in Korea. liberationnews.org Every U.S. soldier and weapon system must be immediately withdrawn. 70 years is long enough — it's time for real peace in Korea…

Michael Welch (2023-07-27). Former Journalist Blows the Whistle on CBC's COVID-19 Coverage. globalresearch.ca "On February 27 of this year, papers with hundreds of profiles of suspected COVID vaccine injuries and deaths were plastered onto the doors and windows of CBC Toronto. I had a really hard time looking at those pictures, because that …

Arthur Firstenberg (2023-07-27). "Electrosmog" is the Totality of the Electric Fields, Magnetic Fields, and Electromagnetic Radiation. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-27). Beijing Will Respond to CIA Threats of Expanding Spy Network in China. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-27). The Taylor Swift Exploitation Machine. globalresearch.ca


Dr. William Makis (2023-07-27). COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injury Treatment — Nigella Sativa (Black Seed Extract). globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-07-27). Kiev Regime Plans to Continue Attacking Crimea. globalresearch.ca

Lesley M. M. Blume (2023-07-27). Collateral Damage: American Civilian Survivors of the 1945 Trinity Atomic Bomb Test. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-07-27). Millions to Lose Job to AI in Three Years. globalresearch.ca

Ray McGinnis (2023-07-27). Justin Trudeau's "Democracy" and the Freedom Convoy: The "Coutts Four" Denied Bail, in Prison in Canada for Over 500 Days Without Trial. Are They Political Prisoners? globalresearch.ca

Stephen Karganovic (2023-07-27). A Legitimacy Scandal Rocks Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Technically a Sovereign State", Who is in Charge? globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-27). COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injury Treatment — Nigella Sativa (Black Seed Extract). globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-07-27). Kiev Regime Plans to Continue Attacking Crimea. globalresearch.ca

Lesley M. M. Blume (2023-07-27). Collateral Damage: American Civilian Survivors of the 1945 Trinity Atomic Bomb Test. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-07-27). Millions to Lose Job to AI in Three Years. globalresearch.ca

Ray McGinnis (2023-07-27). Justin Trudeau's "Democracy" and the Freedom Convoy: The "Coutts Four" Denied Bail, in Prison in Canada for Over 500 Days Without Trial. Are They Political Prisoners? globalresearch.ca

Stephen Karganovic (2023-07-27). A Legitimacy Scandal Rocks Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Technically a Sovereign State", Who is in Charge? globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2023-07-27). "The Chips War": The West versus China. globalresearch.ca

John W. Whitehead (2023-07-27). Whether You Live in a Small Town or a Big City, the Government Is Still Out to Get You. globalresearch.ca

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-07-27). Niger Soldiers Overthrow Western Allied Government. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-07-27). On Global Security Models and Their Functionality. globalresearch.ca

Mark Taliano (2023-07-27). One in Thirty-five MRNA Booster Recipients Had Jab-Associated Myocardial Injury. globalresearch.ca

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2023-07-27). President Biden Makes the CIA Director Member of His Cabinet: Message and Consequence. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-27). Selected Articles: Cardiac Arrest: Lebron James's 18-year-old Son Bronny James Had a Cardiac Arrest During Practice on July 24, 2023. He Was Fully COVID-19 Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Heatwave Impacts Heavily on North Africa. telesurenglish.net The lack of access to fresh water, let alone drinking water, is another problem increased by the heat wave in refugee camps. Refugee children have been known to drink salt water as a fatal and urgent alternative to quench their thirst for fresh water for days. | Algeria wildfires kill dozens as heat wave hits North Africa. Jul. 27, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Sany Group Committed to Sustainability in Africa. telesurenglish.net China-Africa economic relations have never been stronger and deeper. Years of hard work have allowed us to build a solid and inclusive cooperation, which in addition to purely economic issues, also includes social, cultural and environmental aspects. | Sany is today a leader in building technology and services for clean energy generation. Jul. 27, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Jamaica Hosts the Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2024. telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Russia Calls for Peaceful Dialogue in Niger. telesurenglish.net Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday in a statement called on all parties involved in the Niger conflict to resolve their issues through "peaceful and constructive dialogue." | RELATED: | Russia calls on the parties to "refrain from the use of force and resolve all contentious issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue," Zakharova said. | The diplomat also expressed Russia's hope fo…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Fishermen Stage New Protest Against Japanese Nuclear Wastewater. telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-07-27). UN High Commissioner Expresses Concern Over Violence in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk, expressed concern about the increase in violence in Ecuador amidst disputes between drug-trafficking-linked gangs. | RELATED: | He called on President Guillermo Lasso's administration to ensure that its "States of Emergency" respect the principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality. | "The authorities must protect the lives of individuals,…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). RSF Calls for Release of Guatemalan Journalist Zamora. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched an online petition demanding the immediate release of Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora. | RELATED: | The #FreeZamora initiative recalls that the founder of the El Periodico newspaper, who was arrested almost a year ago, was sentenced in June to six years in prison allegedly for money laundering. | His arrest and conviction, however, occurred after Zamora discovered ac…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Brazil Has 1.3 Million Descendants of Fugitive Slaves. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released data showing that around 1,327,802 people still live in "Quilombos," which were communities established by rebellious slaves who escaped before slavery was abolished. | RELATED: | The quilombos were typically located in inaccessible jungle areas, where emancipated slaves known as "Cimarrones" settled. | In 2020, the Brazilian census included…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Canada Wildfire Carbon Emissions Exceed 1 Bln Tonnes. telesurenglish.net Liu Zhihua, a researcher from the Institute of Applied Ecology, said that the massive carbon dioxide emissions from the raging wildfires in Canada have exceeded one billion tonnes. | RELATED: | Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emitted by the wildfires in Canada have a noticeable impact on global warming and the wildfires have evolved into a global environmental event, said Liu. | According to the Can…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Venezuela Denounces Illegal Auction of CITGO. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez denounced that the United States government continues to promote the auction of the Venezuelan state company CITGO Petroleum, a subsidiary of the state oil company PDVSA. | RELATED: | This illegal auction seeks to sell CITGO to a U.S.-Israel firm whose main manager has ties to former congressman Juan Guaido. | During a parliamentary session, Rodriguez speci…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Iran: Hamoun Lake and Wetlands Face Existential Risk. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, an Iranian environmental official warned that the Hamoun Lake and Wetlands near the common border in southeastern Iran with Afghanistan could dry up completely, leading to an "environmental and humanitarian disaster." | RELATED: | Mojtaba Zoljoudi, deputy for the marine environment and wetlands of the Iranian Department of Environment, called on environmental officials and the international community in Afghanistan to help revive the lak…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Teen in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Israeli troops shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid in the city of Qalqilya in the West Bank. | RELATED: | The deceased young man was identified by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as Fares Abu Samra, who was transferred in critical condition to a hospital after being shot in the head. | The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the incident took place during an Israeli military raid, which led to clashes with youths during which soldiers opened fire. | A…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). US Dollar Falls After Federal Reserve Rate Hike Decision. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the U.S. dollar fell after the Federal Reserve (FED) delivered a widely-expected interest rate hike. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.49 percent to 100.9027 in late trading. | RELATED: | The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to raise the benchmark rate by 25 basis points to target a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent, reaching the highest level in 2…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). European Union Reiterates Rejection of Quran Desecration. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the European Union (EU) reiterated its strong and determined rejection of the desecration of the Islamic holy book of Quran. | RELATED: | "Following the recent acts by individuals in Europe that have offended many Muslims, the EU reiterates its strong and determined rejection of any form of incitement to religious hatred and intolerance," said the EU Delegation to Lebanon. | "The desecration of the Qur…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). El Salvador Approves Mass Trials for Gang Members. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Salvadoran Congress approved reforms to the "Law against Organized Crime" to enhance penalties for gang leaders and to conduct collective criminal proceedings. | RELATED: | The first reform establishes criminal procedures based on gang groups or cells, meaning that those arrested during the "State of Exception" could be grouped into specific structures to undergo a single criminal process. | This would e…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Russia-Africa Summit Began in St-Petersburg. telesurenglish.net Today, the two-day Russia-Africa summit began in St. Petersburg, Russia, with the presence of several African leaders; the summit is the second of its kind, after an inaugural summit held in 2019 in Sochi, in southern Russia. | Related: | President Vladimir Putin gave the inaugural speech of the summit. | The summit's business program includes more than 20 sessions and the participants will discuss nuclear and space technologie…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). 4 Police Killed in Ambush in Mexico's Guerrero State. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, at least four police officers were killed during a confrontation with criminal groups in the municipality of Eduardo Neri, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. | Related: | According to some witnesses, the police officers confirmed the ambush and identified the victims as the coordinator of the State Police in the area of Eduardo Neri, two members of his escort and a municipal police officer. | Police sources stated that…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). UN Secretary-General A. Guterres Condemns Coup D'éTat in Niger. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, in an official statement released by his spokesperson, UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the coup attempt in Niger. | Related: | Several reports state that Mohamed Bazoum, the country's president, was being held hostage with his wife at his residence in the palace in the capital Niamey, after negotiations with the head of the presidential guard stalled. | "The secretary-general is…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Firefighters in Syria's Latakia Battle Wildfires Amid Heatwave. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Syria's authorities stated that various fire crews battled numerous blazes amid a heatwave and have controlled most of them in the northwestern province of Latakia. | Related: | According to Amer Ismail Hilal, governor of Latakia, firefighters have been trying to control new blazes in the area for two days as flames have burned large swathes of agricultural and forest areas in Latakia. | Firefighter…

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Philippines: Typhoon Doksuri Leaves 5 Dead, More Expected. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Philippines' national disaster agency stated that the death toll in heavy rains, floods, and landslides triggered by typhoon Doksuri climbed to five. | Related: | According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), four people were buried in a landslide in Benguet province in the northern Philippines and one in Rizal province, east of Metro Manila. | In an official…

Dana Sanchez (2023-07-27). Federal Reserve Pushes Interest Rates Even Higher To 5.5%, Making Debt More Expensive. moguldom.com The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday by a quarter of a percentage point to the highest level in more than 22 years in an effort to slow inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee determines monetary policy and dictates how expensive many forms of consumer debt will be including mortgages, credit cards, auto …

Ann Brown (2023-07-27). Democrat Mayor Of Boston Sent List of Critics To The Police. moguldom.com The mayor of Boston has come under fire for sending a list of her critics and protesters to the police department. Mayor Michelle Wu, the first woman and first Asian-American to hold the top political office in Boston history, is facing fallout after her administration admitted to creating a list of her most vocal critics …

Ann Brown (2023-07-27). Son Of LeBron James, Bronny, Suffers Cardiac Arrest At Age 18. moguldom.com The 18-year-old son of NBA legend LeBron James, Bronny James, suffered a cardiac arrest during basketball practice at the University of Southern California (USC) on July 24. The incident occurred at the Galen Center, USC's home arena, where Bronny worked out with the basketball team. Bronny was rushed to the local hospital, where his condition …

Editor (2023-07-27). Stop Congressional support for Israeli apartheid! workers.org In 1972, Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-California) introduced a bill on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus (founded in 1971), calling on Congress to pressure South Africa to end apartheid and other racist practices. CBC members would introduce at least 15 more such bills until the U.S. Congress finally passed . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-07-27). Boston Medical Center interns and residents organize for contract. workers.org BMC residents and interns rally, Boston, July 23, 2023. By Madeline Stump Boston Hundreds gathered near Boston Medical Center's (BMC) entrance, July 20, to support the residents and fellows of the Committee of Interns and Residents of Service Employees International Union (CIR/SEIU). Many BMC doctoral residents and fellows joined the . . . |

Robert Reich (2023-07-27). 5 crises Republicans made up to distract you. nationofchange.org Are they using fake crises to disguise what's really going on?>

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-27). Federal Trade Commission sues Amazon over Prime subscriptions. nationofchange.org The FTC said that for years Amazon "complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers who sought to end their membership."

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-07-27). Florida waters reach hot tub temperatures of 101.19 degrees Fahrenheit. nationofchange.org The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this time of year normal south Florida water temperatures should be from 73 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.

John Feffer (2023-07-27). Ukraine and the world order. nationofchange.org Is the war in Ukraine all about the future of global governance?>

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-07-27). Insurance crisis in Florida. america.cgtn.com Extreme heat is not the only malady affecting the state of Florida these days. Residents there are paying the country's highest auto and homeowners insurance rates, and those rates continue to rise with no short-term solution in sight.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-27). Extreme heat continues to bake Southern California. america.cgtn.com Heat advisories are in place for more than 150 million people across more than 30 U.S. states. That includes parts of Southern California where heat-related medical emergencies are on the rise, as is the threat from new wildfires.

Luis Chirino (2023-07-27). Boosting tourism between China and Cuba. america.cgtn.com With travel back on an upswing, following a few tough years brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world are vying to attract new visitors. Cuba is among them, and is working with Chinese travel professionals to help promote Chinese tourist visits.

Mark Niu (2023-07-27). How AI can help people with disabilities. america.cgtn.com Researchers are finding in AI the technology essential for work that can significantly improve lives. One such project is called EchoSpeech, the first technology on a glass frame that can track silent speech phrases. CGTN's Mark Niu reports.

Mark Niu (2023-07-27). Imagry introduces AI-powered mapless self-driving system. america.cgtn.com Remember all those predictions about everyone owning self-driving cars around now? It hasn't happened. But as Mark Niu reports, artificial intelligence may be giving new momentum to finally making autonomous driving economical and reliable.

Mark Niu (2023-07-27). Gaming adapts to growing popularity of AI. america.cgtn.com The gaming industry has benefited from cutting-edge technology, including advanced motion tracking, virtual reality and augmented reality. But many believe artificial intelligence has the potential to bring about even greater change in how games are played and developed. CGTN's Mark Niu reports.

Mark Niu (2023-07-27). Legal profession most at risk for AI mistakes. america.cgtn.com Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, are known for their stunning ability to write and translate, but also for a downside called hallucinating, where the AI simply makes things up that aren't true. A recent study from Princeton University cited the legal profession as the industry most exposed to the risks of artificial intelligence. …

Mark Niu (2023-07-27). AI system creates restaurant recipes for precision. america.cgtn.com Coming up with new recipes and preparing old favorites is the job of millions of chefs and kitchens around the world. But one place in Silicon Valley is adding a new cutting-edge ingredient — artificial intelligence. CGTN's Mark Niu has more on how AI is …

Geo Collective, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-07-27). Economics For Emancipation: Tame, Smash, Escape. popularresistance.org I'm currently the education programs and research manager at the Center for Economic Democracy and we're a movement support organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. Our work focuses mostly on capacity building in the movement, with the goal of democratizing economic power. In terms of what we actually do, what that looks like is organizing and building local coalitions, experimenting and trying to create new models of economic democracy, and also connecting trends locally with national partners to strengthen the broader Solidarity Economy movement. | And ultimately, what we're doing at CED is trying to build…

Shuaib Almosawa, Sarah Lazare, The Nation Magazine. (2023-07-27). Biden Says There's No Blockade; Tell That To Yemenis Who Need Medical Care. popularresistance.org Sana'a, Yemen – Raneem Isa Muhammad Jaber dreams of swinging in a playground or participating in a popular pastime called sahlilah, in which children use cut plastic containers to skate down a hill. "I want to play all the games, but I can't," said the 11-year-old, who has suffered since birth from a skin condition that leaves black spots all over her body and an itchy and painful black tumor-like growth that covers her backside. "I can't sit down, I can't walk, and I can't sleep." | She lives in the Yemeni port city of Al Hudaydah, which opens to the Red Sea. Her family is poor, but used to scrape together funds…

M. K. Bhadrakumar, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-27). Glimpses Of An Endgame In Ukraine. popularresistance.org The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. The Russian objectives of "demilitarization" and "de-Nazification" of Ukraine wore a surreal look. The Western narrative that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, where central issue is the Westphalian principle of national sovereignty, wore thin progressively leaving a void. | There is a realization today that the war is actually between Russia and NATO and that Ukraine had ceased to be a sovereign country since 2014 when the CIA and sister Western agencies — Germany, the UK, France, Sweden, etc.— installed a puppet regi…

Moon of Alabama. (2023-07-27). Who Can Give Security Guarantees To Ukraine? popularresistance.org A main question for Ukraine since it became an independent state was who or what could potentially guarantee its security. | In the first years after 1991 the Ukrainian government thought that it could secure itself. It had inherited some Soviet nuclear weapons and it tried to bring those to use. But it failed to circumvent the security locks the Russian engineers had integrated into the nuclear warheads. | There was also pressure from the U.S. to get rid of those devices as the Ukraine at that time was prolific in selling its Soviet era weapons to various shady actors around the world. | Ukraine, together with B…

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-07-27). What Has the Global South Given to Us?>. podcasters.spotify.com In day to day life we're taught and expected to believe that the Global South is inevitably poor and will remain that way forever – but is that true? What has the global South done for humanity? Have they always just been subjected to slavery, colonialism and imperialism? Have they had other histories? And what did/do they do as they resist oppression and fight for liberation?

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-27). More Warmongers Elevated in the Biden Administration. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jul 26, 2023 | The Biden administration looks set to become even more warlike than it already was if you can imagine, with virulent Russia hawk Victoria Nuland and virulent China hawk Charles Q Brown now being elevated to lofty positions by the White House. | Nuland, the wife of

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-27). Disagreements over Illegal Sanctions Continue to Divide Venezuela's Opposition. orinocotribune.com The lifting of illegal US and European sanctions against Venezuela has become the new issue in the endless dispute among Venezuelan opposition groups. Businesspeople, economists, and political leaders were engaged in a give and take regarding the lessening or strengthening of the unilateral coercive measures. | After the new president of Fedecámaras, Adán Celis, said that the lifting of the sanctions would allow a more fluid trade and economic recovery, right-wing precandidate to the primaries Andrés Velázquez criticized him. | Celis, the new head of the most prominent business association in Venezuela (Fedecamar…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-27). 'Where Danger Lies…': The Communal Alternative in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over two weeks old. However, an exception is being made in this case as the article remains as important today as it was at the time of its publication. | By Chris Gilbert — Jul 1, 2023 | In 2009, the same year that he launched the communal project in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez attended the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen. He spoke brilliantly there, joking that if the climate were a bank, it would have been rescued already. Riffing on Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Chávez argued that there was a "specter" haunting the conference an…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-27). Cuban president highlights force of Javier Sotomayor's sports record. plenglish.com On his Twitter account, the Cuban head of State noted that the former athlete is the man who has been closest to heaven with his own feet. | Three decades ago today, he jumped 2.45 meters in Salamanca, Spain. No one has been able to match it, the president recalled in his message. | Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is considered the best high jumper in history. | During his sports career, he won an Olympic title, two world championships, four gold medals in indoors track and field competitions, and three Pan-American titles, among others. | He set his first record at the age of 16.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Ethiopia and Russia agree to strengthen trade and collaboration. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to strengthen trade and collaborate in agriculture and manufacture.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-27). Panama's independent presidential candidate favors a dignified life. plenglish.com Panama, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) With a view to the 2024 general elections in Panama, Independent Presidential Pre-candidate Maribel Gordon presented her government program, called Plan for a Dignified Life, on Wednesday.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Cuba's Estrellas de Buena Vista Show makes Madrid dance. plenglish.com Madrid, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Singer Arahi is a dancing display and Pancho Amat's tres makes the pentagram go wild, a laconic review of the success achieved by Cuba's Estrellas de Buena Vista Show in Madrid.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Russia guarantees maritime transportation of oil. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Russia has managed to finance and insure the maritime transportation of oil, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said on Thursday at a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Taiwan and economic war make tensions between China and US grow. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) China on Thursday expressed its opposition to military exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, which it described as malicious acts that damage China's sovereignty and national security seriously.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Angola congratulates Cuba on National Rebelliousness Day. plenglish.com Luanda, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Angolan President Joà£o Lourenàßo congratulated the Cuban government and people on the the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Garrison, the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) reported on Thursday.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Panamanian workers demand end of US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Panama, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The National Workers Confederation of Panama (CNTP) on Thursday condemned the United States blockade against Cuba, which has been tightened despite several United Nations resolutions demanding its immediate end.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). India counts on Cuba's leadership for successful G77 Summit. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) India is counting on Cuba's leadership for the success of the upcoming Summit of the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China) to be held in Havana, a diplomatic source assured on Thursday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-27). Cuba reports three Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com In the daily report issued by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), 27 of 1,115,056 people diagnosed with this infectious disease, caused by the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, remain hospitalized with stable clinical evolution. No deaths or seriously or critically ill patients in intensive care in the country were reported. | The three new cases (two women and one man) come from the provinces of Mayabeque and Guantanamo, and were detected among 201 samples analyzed to verify the presence of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus. | In relation to the immunization strategy developed in the country, MINSAP pointed out that by the…

Staff (2023-07-27). GDP: Soaring Structure Investment Makes Up for Slowing Consumption, as GDP Grows at 2.4 Percent in Q2. cepr.net The economy is growing at a solid sustainable pace, with strong investment growth making up for slower consumption growth. Inflation is slowing and likely to continue to do so.

_____ (2023-07-27). Funny How the UFO Narrative Coincides With the Race to Weaponize Space. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-27). Stepan Bandera: The Man, the Myths and The Legacy. strategic-culture.org Because there is nothing funny or poetic about Ukraine's current carnage, those most implicated in it should ponder on how these rivers of blood can be stemmed both now and in the future. | Join us on , , and . | Because get…

Staff (2023-07-27). Racism Unleashed: Attack Dogs Maul, Bite & Terrorize Prisoners Across United States. democracynow.org A shocking new investigation by Insider reveals patrol dogs in U.S. prisons have attacked at least 295 people since 2017, with Virginia setting dogs on prisoners more than any other state. These attacks can leave people with grievous physical and psychological scars, sometimes permanently disabling and disfiguring them. The report also finds ties between procedures in U.S. prisons and the abuses committed by U.S. troops at Abu Ghraib, where soldiers used attack dogs to terrify Iraqi detainees along with other forms of torture and humiliation. For more, we speak with journalist Hannah Beckler, an investigations ed…

Staff (2023-07-27). Brutal Ohio Police Dog Attack on Black Truck Driver Highlights Pattern, Echoes Violence of Slavery. democracynow.org An Ohio police officer filmed unleashing a police dog on an unarmed Black truck driver during a July 4 traffic stop has been fired. We speak with legal scholar Madalyn Wasilczuk, who has helped represent teenagers in Louisiana attacked by police dogs and who says that dogs do not receive the proper amount of scrutiny when used in policing. "They're seen as these valorized K-9 cop heroes, and we don't focus so much on the real violence that they do," says Wasilczuk. "Videos like this really highlight the problems." Wasilczuk explains that the use of police dogs in apprehension i…

Staff (2023-07-27). Judge Puts Hunter Biden Plea Deal on Hold as Republicans Ramp Up Attacks on President & Son. democracynow.org On Wednesday, a federal judge in Delaware halted a plea deal reached between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors in which the president's son would avoid facing prosecution on a separate gun charge by pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges. Trump-appointed Judge Maryellen Noreika said the deal lacked legal precedent, and identified several sections of the agreement that were interpreted differently by the prosecution and defense. A new plea deal could be reached within the next six weeks. This comes as Republicans have been intensifying their attacks on the Biden family in the lead-up to the 2024 p…

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-27). Presidente de Ecuador rechaza haber pactado con la delincuencia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a las cifras obtenidas por el SNAI y la Fiscalía el país reporta 485 personas privadas de la libertad asesinadas.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-27). Embajador de EE.UU. en México cataloga de ofensa barrera antinmigrante. telesurtv.net Ken Salazar insistió en que "lo que se tiene que hacer es solucionar este fenómeno migratorio que nunca se había visto".

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-27). Ejército de Níger anuncia adhesión a grupo golpista. telesurtv.net Estado Mayor decide apoyar a los militares de la Guardia presidencial que ejecutaron un golpe de Estado contra el presidente electo de la nación, Mohamed Bazoum.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-27). Ministro de Seguridad israelí irrumpe en Explanada de Mezquitas. telesurtv.net Ben-Gvir afirmó que los israelíes tienen que mostrar su dominio en este importante lugar para el pueblo sionista.

teleSUR- jaa (2023-07-27). Corea del Norte celebra desfile militar para conmemorar armisticio. telesurtv.net En el acto estuvieron presentes una delegación rusa, liderada por el ministro de Defensa, Serguéi Shoigú; y una delegación china encabezada por el miembro del Buró Político, Li Hongzhong.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-27). ONU insta a respetar voluntad de los votantes en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos reseñó acciones judiciales para suspender a Semilla.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-07-27). Prosigue Tercer Malón por la Paz en Argentina. telesurtv.net El destino de esta movilización será llegar a la capital, Buenos Aires, el 1ro. de agosto próximo, cuando se celebra el Día de la Pachamama.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-27). Tifón Doksuri se enrumba hacia China tras afectar Filipinas. telesurtv.net La Oficina Meteorológica Central de Taiwán señaló que Doksuri presentaba vientos de 155 kilómetros por hora.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-07-27). Reportan 24 fallecidos tras accidente de tránsito en Senegal. telesurtv.net El titular del Interior de ese país, Antoine Félix Diome, confirmó que se contabilizaron un total de 76 víctimas, entre las que hubo 24 fallecidos y 52 lesionados.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-27). Mueren 97 ballenas varadas en suroeste de Australia. telesurtv.net Entre las posibles causas están las enfermedades, errores de navegación, cambios repentinos en las mareas, la persecución de depredadores o las condiciones meteorológicas extremas.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-27). México insta a EE.UU. a mayor acción contra tráfico de armas. telesurtv.net El Gobierno mexicano exigió revocar las licencias a las tiendas que venden dichos dispositivos a los cárteles mexicanos del narcotráfico.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-27). Convocan en Perú a jornada de lucha contra Gobierno de Boluarte. telesurtv.net La Gran Marcha Nacional de Todas las Sangres se realizará este viernes en todo el país.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-27). Desastres del clima causan más de 5.000 muertos en Asia en 2022. telesurtv.net El continente asiático reportó 81 desastres climáticos, de los cuales el 83 por ciento fueron crecidas y tormentas.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-27). Explosión en silo deja al menos ocho muertos en Paraná, Brasil. telesurtv.net En la madrugada de este jueves fue rescatado con vida un hombre que había sido declarado como desaparecido.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-27). Rusia y China llaman a partes de conflicto en Níger a no usar la fuerza. telesurtv.net La portavoz de la Cancillería rusa, Maria Zajárova, expresó la esperanza de que la crisis interna "se resuelva pronto".

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-27). Rusia ratifica que enviará granos gratis a países de àÅfrica. telesurtv.net El país euroasiático exportó 10 millones de toneladas de cereales a África en los primeros seis meses del año.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-27). Presidente de AN venezolana denuncia subasta ilegal de Citgo. telesurtv.net Jorge Rodríguez señaló que se trata de una farsa con la que se busca lucrar más de 15.000 millones de dólares y saquear activos del pueblo venezolano.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-27). Soldados de Israel matan a palestino de 14 años en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El incidente ocurrió cuando militares ocupantes intentaron realizar una redada nocturna, que desencadenó en enfrentamientos con jóvenes palestinos.

teleSUR, rzr, JDO (2023-07-27). Violencia en Haití suma 600 asesinatos y 271 secuestros en 2023. telesurtv.net Grupo defensor de los derechos humanos denuncia que las bandas criminales utilizan como un arma la violencia contra mujeres y niñas.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-27). Presidente de Níger llama a proteger la democracia. telesurtv.net El canciller de Níger anunció que asumirá el cargo de presidente interino y afirmó que llamará a todos los demócratas para hacer fracasar el golpe de Estado.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-27). Motín en cárcel de máxima seguridad deja tres heridos en Brasil. telesurtv.net Un grupo de 13 reclusos tomó como rehenes a dos policías en el pabellón de aislamiento del penal brasileño de Antonio Amaro, en el estado de Acre.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-27). Familiares de normalistas piden reunirse con presidente mexicano. telesurtv.net Los padres de los desaparecidos le solicitarán a López Obrador que exija la entrega de la información que ocultó al Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-27). Mueren 4 policías en emboscada en estado mexicano de Guerrero. telesurtv.net Tras el intercambio de disparos, vecinos de la zona alertaron a las fuerzas de seguridad del incidente en la que fallecieron los agentes policiales.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-27). Kim Jong-un se reúne con ministro de Defensa ruso en Pionyang. telesurtv.net Según la agencia estatal norcoreana KCNA, el funcionario ruso y Kim Jong-un conversaron sobre seguridad regional y global, entre otros temas.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-27). Parlamento salvadoreño aprueba juicios colectivos a pandilleros. telesurtv.net La norma también establece que los detenidos bajo el régimen de excepción pueden permanecer presos hasta 24 meses antes de que la Fiscalía los lleve a juicio u ordene su liberación.

Walden Bello (2023-07-27). A Mini-Revolution in Tokyo. fpif.org Satoko Kishimoto returned to her native Japan in April 2022. She was 47, and for 22 of those years she had been in Europe, most of them spent working for the progressive think-tank Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She had no firm plans for the future—maybe doing some writing, maybe engaging in care work. In any case, when she landed, she had absolutely no inkling that in two months' time, she would be mayor of Suginami, the seventh largest of Tokyo's 23 central wards, with a population of over 588,300. | "I did not know Suginami at all," she told me as I interviewed her at her office a few weeks ago. "A…

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greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Renewables not nuclear submarines: fight climate change not war. greenleft.org.au

Federico Fuentes (2023-07-27). Solidarity needed for Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky. greenleft.org.au Internationally renowned Marxist sociologist and anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky is currently being held in a Russian pre-trial detention centre and faces the possibility of up to 7 years' jail if found guilty of the trumped-up charge of "justifying terrorism". Federico Fuentes reports.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Rainbow activists call for community solidarity to defend trans rights. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). As domestic violence deaths rise, NSW gov't ponders more police powers. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). CFMEU's housing plan deserves support. greenleft.org.au

Dick Nichols (2023-07-27). Spanish election: Right blocked, but now Sánchez needs Puigdemont. greenleft.org.au Green Left's European correspondent Dick Nichols analyses the July 23 Spanish general election.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Official Yes and No cases for Voice referendum reveal two conservative agendas. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Packed-out Redfern meeting discusses how AUKUS can be stopped. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). NSW police shoot and kill man in Glebe during welfare check. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Protesting sports-washing and supporting Western Sahara. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Global outcry forces J&J to back down on TB drug patent. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Kurds and supporters protest 'canceling' of Kurdistan in Treaty of Lausanne 100 years ago. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Labor must end immigration detention and offshore processing, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Refugee rights rally demands Labor ends cruel temporary visas. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Norlane community pushes back against racist provocation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). 'Free Julian Assange' letter delivered to PM Anthony Albanese. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Video: Opposing the anti-trans hysteria. greenleft.org.au

isabella (2023-07-27). Boston's Wealthy Real Estate Players Avoid Paying their Fair Share. inequality.org

infobrics (2023-07-27). How Far the Membership to BRICS Will Be Fruitful for Bangladesh?>. infobrics.org Putting an end to all speculations and discussions, Bangladesh officially expressed its interest in getting membership in the BRICS…

infobrics (2023-07-27). Russia and India: A Defining Relationship in Uncertain Times. infobrics.org Russia and India share a strategic relationship built on trust over a period of time. The current uncertain times call for strong efforts to retain this trust and build pathways to take forward the mutually beneficial relationship to a new level, writes Pawan Anand, a Distinguished Fellow with the USI of India, and a Mentor at the National Defence College…

infobrics (2023-07-27). Namibia Contemplates Brics. infobrics.org Analyst says no harm in joining…

infobrics (2023-07-27). Ending military aid to Ukraine would surpass Afghanistan debacle, says former US Ambassador. infobrics.org With former US intelligence agents and military chiefs acknowledging that the war is over for Ukraine, Biden finds himself in a predicament where he can be remembered as the president who made the greatest geopolitical blunder in modern US history.

Be A Hero & Healthcare-NOW (2023-07-27). Sunday 7/30: Medicare for All Day of Action – Health Care is a Human Right! indybay.org Join in taking action here: act.beaherofund.com/signup/commit_take_action/

Dawn Silva (2023-07-27). Friday 8/4: The Funk Queen by Dawn Silva, book signing in the Historic Oak Park District, Sacramento. indybay.org Underground Books | 35th Ave & Broadway | Sacramento, CA…

Andrew Bacewich (2023-07-27). Ukraine and the powerful resurgence of US empire. indybay.org "NATO is not what it claims to be," reads the headline. Contrary to the claims of its architects and defenders, the alliance's primary purpose since its inception has not been to deter aggression from the East, much less to promote democracy, but to "bind Western Europe to a much broader project of a world order led by the United States."

Angela (2023-07-27). Saturday 7/29: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Checkpoint" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

EFF (2023-07-27). Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). indybay.org Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human rights defenders: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).

Housing for People, Santa Cruz (2023-07-27). Initiative for March Ballot Needs Signatures and Signature Gatherers. indybay.org Over the last year many of you have asked what you can do to help citizens regain a voice and some control over the massive developments planned for our town in the next few months and years. Well, here it is: WE HAVE A PETITION ON THE STREETS right now called Housing For People – Not Unaffordable Luxury Towers.

Jews United for Democracy & Justice, CA (2023-07-27). Wednesday 8/23: #AbortionRights: The Abortion Crisis in a Post-Roe World. indybay.org Online event…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-27). Report: Carbon Storage, Sequestration Value of California's Native Habitats Overlooked. indybay.org Offset Programs Over-Credit Developers, Fall Short of Climate Goals…

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-27). Friday 7/28: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-27). Interculturalidad y autonomías: Reflexiones a partir de experiencias mexicanas. indybay.org

WorkWeek (2023-07-27). UPS Workers Speak Out, SAG AFTRA Picket NetFlix HQ & UAW Picket UC Regents Biotech Workers. indybay.org WorkWeek Covers UPS Workers Issue, SAG AFTRA Picket of NetFlix HQ & UAW Pickets UC Regents and Biotech leaks and OSHA Cover-up…

EFF (2023-07-27). FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users. indybay.org Last May, Mastodon server Kolektiva.social was compromised when one of the server's admins had their home raided by the FBI for unrelated charges. All of their electronics, including a backup of the instance database, were seized.

LaborFest.net (2023-07-27). Friday 7/28: Photos: 1973 Durban Working Class Uprising against apartheid & 1984 ILWU Boycott Of SA Cargo. indybay.org ILWU Local 10, Henry Scmidt Room, 400 North Point St., SF…

Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-07-27). Jailed in TX Suffer from Heat-related Illnesses; Justice for Shireen; UC Union Busting. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy, Incarcerated People in Texas Suffer from Heat-related Illnesses; Justice for Shireen; Unions call out UC and Netflix; Florida to Teach that African Americans Benefited from Enslavement…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-27). ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 25.07.2023. indybay.org ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 25.07.2023 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…

David Giesen (2023-07-27). Wednesday 7/26: Bernal Litterati [sic]. indybay.org outdoor amphitheater at corner with Bernal Branch Library | 500 Cortland Avenue…

repost (2023-07-27). London Breed's Corrupt PUC Led By Dennis J. Herrera Paying Large Fines. indybay.org SF Mayor London Breed's corrupt PUC led By Dennis J. Herrera is paying large fines for violation of pollution violations.

David Giesen (2023-07-27). Saturday 7/29: Countering the liberal-progressive myth of community: the walking tour. indybay.org meet in the lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

SFMTA Employees (2023-07-27). Jeffrey Tumlin: our buses aren't jails. indybay.org This is an open letter from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) employees regarding the events of July 8th, 2023 at the annual Dolores Park Hill Bomb, where Muni buses were used by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to transport detained teenagers to SFPD's Mission Station.

Speak Out Now (2023-07-27). Saturday 8/5: Police Murder in France: A Nationwide Uprising. indybay.org Online Townhall, see website for details…

Brenda Norrell (2023-07-27). United Nations Hears Testimony on Violations of Indigenous Rights by Governments, Police. indybay.org The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and murder by federal agents and militarized forces, during this week's session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

David Giesen (2023-07-27). Saturday 8/12: David Rovics in house concert. indybay.org Notable House in Bernal Heights, San Francisco | 189 Ellsworth St.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-27). México_In memoriam: Gustavo Esteva. indybay.org

_____ (2023-07-27). Arresting Priests & Concocted Rift in Orthodox Church —Greatest Victim of the Ukraine Conflict! journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-27). The Grain Deal has become a diplomatic success story, or is there a new phase coming? … journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-27). Japan is looking for the best course for its foreign policy. journal-neo.org It may well be that some of the readers (perhaps even most of them) will be surprised by the title of this article. Since the data from this space's content adds to the idea that "Japan is not actually searching for anything in the international arena, having given its foreign policy to the capable hands […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-27). Do Black Migrant Lives Matter in Canada? libya360.wordpress.com Rinaldo Walcott A painting by artist Richard Rudnick of Black Refugees arriving in Halifax from the United States in 1814. The image is included in the Lord Dalhousie Panel's scholarly report. Image courtesy of Dalhousie University. What we are witnessing in Canada is not a glitch in the system. Nothing went wrong. It is policy—written…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-27). Evo Morales: "If Lithium Were in the Hands of the States, We Would Be a World Power" libya360.wordpress.com Juan Manuel Erazo The pre-candidate for president of Unión por la Patria, Juan Grabois, and the former president of Bolivia call for the nationalization of natural resource The pre-candidate for president of Unión por la Patria Juan Grabois, and the former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, held an event where they spoke about strategic resources…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-27). Afghanistan: The West's New Charm Offensive Targets the Taliban. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Taliban members stop women protesting for women's rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. — The Taliban violently cracked down on media coverage of a women's rights protest in Kabul on October 21 morning, beating several journalists. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images) "The policy of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-27). Russia, Donbass, and the Reality of the Conflict in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik Memorial to Children of the Donbas on Arbat Street, Moscow © Daniel Kovalik The people of the West need to come to grips with — that the government of Ukraine has done great violence against its own people in the Donbass and that the people of the Donbass had every right to choose…

Steve Sweeney (2023-07-27). Kiev using banned mines, NATO munitions to bomb civilians in Donetsk. mronline.org Ukraine has taken to using petal mines and cluster munitions in Donetsk, while also using missiles supplied by NATO to strike residential buildings.

Editor (2023-07-27). The German Left on the war in Ukraine (English/German). mronline.org The following is the text and the video of the speech delivered by the German Left (Die Linke) MP Sevim Dağdelen to a debate on the war in Ukraine and its global repercussions, organized by the "Anti-NATO Action".

Editor (2023-07-27). Is the end of Western financial dominance in Africa on the horizon or will the history of Libya repeat itself? mronline.org Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the U.S. dollar or other Western currencies. This could have major implications on the development of both African as well as Western economies. However, the Wests response to previous attempts to free Africa from the economic and political dominance of the West, then by Libya, are a source of worry.

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-27). Six House Republicans Urge Kamala Harris to Meet With Taiwan's Vice President. news.antiwar.com Six House Republicans have sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris urging her to meet with Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te when he stops in the US next month on his way to and from Paraguay, one of the few countries that has diplomatic relations with Taipei. Lai is scheduled to visit Paraguay on …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-27). Arms Control Experts Criticize US for Not Sending Russia Proposal to Curb Nuclear Weapons Deployments. news.antiwar.com Arms control experts have criticized the Biden administration for failing to send a proposal to Russia on maintaining limits on nuclear weapons deployments that was publicly floated by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan last month. Sullivan said on June 2 that the US was willing to open talks with Russia on a "framework" to preserve …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-27). US Tests Cargo Plane Missile System in the Pacific in Message to China. news.antiwar.com The US Air Force tested a new missile system in the Pacific that gives cargo planes the ability to launch long-range cruise missiles that are normally fired by large bombers. The system, known as the Rapid Dragon, allows C-130 and C-17 cargo planes to drop a missile contained in a pallet with a parachute. The …

WSWS (2023-07-27). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes across Portuguese National Health Service over pay, conditions and staffing including one-day national strike of GPs and pharmacists; electricity workers in Lebanon join indefinite four-month-long public sector pay strike; Nigerian doctors at University College Hospital begin three-week strike over colleagues' wages unpaid for three months…

WSWS (2023-07-27). Sri Lankan government's employment bill aims to abolish workers' basic democratic rights. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government's new labour laws are in order to impose the International Monetary Fund's austerity program and make workers and the poor pay for the crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Australian Labor government facilitating extradition of former US pilot on frame-up charges. wsws.org Duggan, an Australian citizen, faces extradition and life behind bars in the US for allegedly training Chinese citizens to fly planes more than a decade ago.

WSWS (2023-07-27). 70 years since the end of the Korean War. wsws.org The lessons of the Korean War should not be forgotten. It is a graphic demonstration of the ruthlessness with which US imperialism will pursue its economic and strategic interests with complete disregard for human life and suffering.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Anatomy of a sellout: UPS tentative agreement includes two-tier wages for part-timers, freezes to pension contributions for some. wsws.org In the hours after the Teamsters announced its "historic" deal, UPS workers are uncovering massive betrayals in whatever information has been released so far.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Chicago Democrats continue to warehouse migrants in police stations and makeshift shelters. wsws.org Although the city has more than ample hotel rooms to house migrants, the Johnson administration continues to place them in public facilities and infrastructure, stoking divisions between migrants and other workers.

WSWS (2023-07-27). ONLINE MEETING: The way forward against the sellout Teamsters contract at UPS. wsws.org We have to use all of the time at our disposal to organize to send this contract into the garbage where it belongs and to collectively enforce our will. Saturday's meeting will be the beginning of this fight.

WSWS (2023-07-27). US Fed lifts interest rates to two-decade high. wsws.org The Fed is trying to tread a fine line as it lifts rates to try to combat the wages struggles of the working class by slowing the economy without lifting them at such a pace as would cause major problems for financial markets.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Rising COVID hospitalizations confirm that US summer surge is underway. wsws.org The CDC reported that COVID-related hospitalizations have begun to climb, confirming that a summer surge is underway.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Hunter Biden plea deal blocked by federal judge as Republicans threaten impeachment probe. wsws.org The president's son faces charges of tax evasion and illegal weapons possession.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles are determined to fight: "It's theft. That's what capitalism comes down to." wsws.org Major concerns are being raised by actors and writers on the picket lines pertaining to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential to replace tens of thousands of entertainment workers.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Yellow freight and Apollo Global Management: What are workers up against? wsws.org Yellow's main investor is Apollo Global Management, a company known for forcing massive cuts to pay and jobs.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Flagging DeSantis campaign lays off dozens of staff, including neo-Nazi communications aide. wsws.org The 25-year-old former National Review writer was revealed to have created DeSantis' latest fascist advertisement, featuring the governor in front of a glowing Sonnenrad and marching soldiers.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Netanyahu's judicial coup and the dead end of Zionism. wsws.org Netanyahu's government of ultra-nationalists and religious Zionists seek the total annexation of the Occupied West Bank, ethnic cleansing throughout Israel and to impose authoritarian rule over a society characterized by acute social inequality, stepped up militarism and cultural reaction.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Under court order, UAW monitor admits to existence of widespread protests over voter disenfranchisement. wsws.org On Tuesday, lawyers for the court-appointed monitor overseeing the 2022-23 UAW election filed an updated post-election status report which revealed, for the first time, that three national candidates and a wide range of UAW members filed protests warning the monitor that the election was unfair because masses of members never received ballots and could not vote.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Union-NDP supported Trudeau government waging war on two fronts on behalf of Canadian capital. wsws.org The Trudeau government has expanded Canada's participation in the US-NATO war on Russia and committed to hiking military spending by tens of billions of dollars per year, even as it deploys the repressive powers of the capitalist state to break a militant strike by 7,400 West Coast dockers.

WSWS (2023-07-27). A postal worker forced to work in extreme heat dies in Turkey. wsws.org Postal worker Kƒ±rmƒ±zƒ±gàºl's death is one of the latest tragic examples of the dire situation faced by countless workers in many sectors around the world who are forced to work in unsafe conditions for the profit of their employers.

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-07-27). Johnson & Johnson's TB drug deal will fail to reach all those in need. peoplesdispatch.org A recent deal struck between Johnson & Johnson and the Global Drug Facility promises improved access to bedaquiline in a number of low income countries, but fails to address structural problems…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-27). Doctors without Borders call Israel's forceful eviction of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta a war crime. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta for generations are being constantly harassed by the occupation forces in order to force them to leave the area and allow Israel to build a firing range for the military…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-27). Protests break out across India against BJP government's inaction in Manipur State. peoplesdispatch.org Protests have broken out across India against the failure of the BJP governments at the Center and the State of Manipur to provide justice to those affected by the horrific religious and ethnic violence…

David Boddiger (2023-07-27). Editor's Note: 'Until Everybody's Free'. progressive.org As we enter into Pride Month with this special issue devoted to both celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and highlighting the barrage of threats against LGBTQ+ people from those on the right, tracking those threats has often seemed overwhelming. The onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation from state lawmakers across the country has been so fast and furious that we've had to update the list of repressive bills multiple times during our production process just to keep up.

972mag (2023-07-27). The real aim of the judicial coup's first law. 972mag.com Yariv Levin listed five gov't decisions that were blocked for being 'unreasonable.' All were about Palestinians and the occupation.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-27). A Chat with Stephen Gardner on nATO's Growing Panic. sonar21.com Stephen Gardner is a new friend and he has an audience approaching 1.5 million. Not too shabby. He is a good interviewer. Stephen gave me the chance to do a…

Tamara Nassar (2023-07-27). Anthropologists back Israel boycott in landslide vote. electronicintifada.net Filmmakers respect call to pull out of Jerusalem film festival.

David Cronin (2023-07-27). Sinéad O'Connor had courage, Ireland's leaders do not. electronicintifada.net Singer's heartfelt support for Palestinian rights contrasts with robotic messages from Dublin's government.

Deiaa Haj Yahia (2023-07-27). Israel is ignoring crime in Palestinian communities. electronicintifada.net State neglect, easy access to unlicensed arms and a lack of hope all fuel crime spike among Israel's Palestinian citizens.

Anonymous765 (2023-07-27). Tensions Escalate In Persian Gulf. southfront.org |

Anonymous669 (2023-07-27). Casualties Reported After New Blast In Sayyidah Zaynab Town Near Syria's Damascus (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 27, a blast rocked the Shia shrine town of Sayyidah Zaynab which is located some 16 kilometers to the south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. | Syrian state TV said that the blast was caused by an explosive device that was planted under a taxi, without providing any further details. | Meanwhile, a Syrian security source told Sputnik that the blast was likely a "terrorist attack." Another source who works at Sayyidah Zaynab hospital…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-27). Russian Strikes Wipe Out Ukrainian Airfields, Destroy More NATO Equipment (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had launched strikes against several airfields and ammunition depots of Kiev forces, the Ministry of Defense announced on July 27. "The Russian Armed Forces delivered concentrated strikes by airborne and seaborne long-range precision weapons against the Ukrainian army's airfields, command posts and deployment sites, assembly workshops and depots storing seaborne drones, and also missiles, armament and military hardware supplied from European countries and the United States…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-27). U.S. F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Arrive In Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran, Russia (Video). southfront.org An U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility July 25, 2023. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Sommers | A dozen F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States Air Force arrived in the Middle East to beef up the U.S. Central Command's airpower in the region and deter Iran from seizing oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, Air Forces Central (AFCENT) announced…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-27). Russia Announces Its Win-Win Model For The World. Replacing America's Win-Lose Model For The World. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse On July 26th, Russia's RT News headlined "Putin makes Africa sovereignty pledge: The Russian president has addressed the…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-27). Iranian Naval Forces Take Delivery Of Long-Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Screengrab. Source: Fars News. | On July 25, Iranian naval forces took delivery of a batch of Abu Mahdi long-range anti-ship cruise missiles, to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. | The cruise missile, which is named after former Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was first unveiled on 20 August 2020 along with a ballistic missile named after former Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. The two senior co…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-27). Saudi F-15SA Fighter Jets Crashes During Training In 'Asir. southfront.org A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA, assigned to the Royal Saudi Air Force Weapons School, lands in preparation of Red Flag-Nellis 22-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 1, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis) | On July 26, the Saudi Ministry of Defense announced that an F-15SA fighter jet of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) had crashed in the kingdom's southwestern province of 'Asir. | Brigadier General Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the MoD, said in a statement that the fi…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-27). Kiev Forces Face More Setbacks Across The Frontline (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 26 and 27, Kiev forces sustained more human and material losses while attempting to advance in several directions. | In the Kupyansk direction, Su-34 fighter bombers of the Russian Zapad Group of Forces carried out two airstrikes on positions and gatherings of Ukraine's 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade in the area of Volchiy. The group's Ka-52 and Mi-35 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft also carried out 11 airstrikes against gatherings of the 14 Separate Mech…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-27). The Star-Spangled Kangaroo. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | A new US warship has been That's right: the first US warship ever commissioned in a foreign port has been emblazoned with a kangaroo covered in the stars and stripes of the Un…

Vince Quiles (2023-07-27). Why the UPS-Teamsters showdown proves you should unionize your workplace. therealnews.com Unionizing—it's so hot right now. Whether you're a barista, a warehouse worker, or a package car driver, whether you work in Hollywood or higher education, the voracious corporate greed and exploitation workers across sectors are experiencing, and the wave of militant labor action shaking the US in response, shows why every worker needs to know their rights and why every workplace needs a union. Vince Quiles, lead organizer for Home Depot Workers United at Store 4112 in Philadelphia, breaks down the argument for why you and your coworkers should unionize, and what you can achieve together if you do.

Dave Zirin (2023-07-27). Megan Rapinoe is retiring as a legend. therealnews.com After two decades, 199 career games with the US National Team, and 63 international goals, Megan Rapinoe is retiring. Her legacy won't just be as a great athlete. She'll also be remembered for her outspoken support of social justice. Dave Zirin looks back on this dimension of her career, from her decision to take a knee with Colin Kaepernick, to her recent advocacy of transgender rights. | Studio Production: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino | Post-Production: Taylor Hebden | Audio Post-Production: David Hebden | Opening Sequence: Cameron Granadino | Music by: Eze Jackson & Carlos Guillen |
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Dave Zirin (2023-07-27). Julie Foudy on the fight for equal pay in women's soccer. therealnews.com As two-time defending champions, the US is the team to beat in this year's FIFA Women's World Cup. Long considered one of the best soccer teams in the world, the US Women's National Team hasn't always been given its dues. Former captain Julie Foudy joins Edge of Sports for a look back on the evolution of women's soccer. | Studio Production: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino | Post-Production: Taylor Hebden Audio Post-Production: David Hebden | Opening Sequence: Cameron Granadino | Music by: Eze Jackson & Carlos Guillen |
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Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, Ariel Gold (2023-07-27). Elliott Abrams has left bloody footprints across the globe. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in One bright sunny March morning in 1980, Romero started life and ministry as a conservative. But…

Jake Johnson (2023-07-27). Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction Moves Forward Thanks to Supreme Court. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a pair of lower court orders that temporarily halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300-mile fracked gas project that has long been a top priority of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry. The high court's brief order, which does not mention any dissents, sides with pipeline backers and vacates stays issued… |

Amy Goodman (2023-07-27). As Right-Wing Media Hammers Hunter Biden Story, GOP Aims to Implicate President. truthout.org On Wednesday, a federal judge in Delaware halted a plea deal reached between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors in which the president's son would avoid facing prosecution on a separate gun charge by pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges. Trump-appointed Judge Maryellen Noreika said the deal lacked legal precedent, and identified several sections of the agreement that were interpreted… |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-27). Shell's Investments in Oil and Gas Projects May Increase by 10 Percent This Year. truthout.org With much of the world reeling from record-shattering heat and devastating wildfires, the London-based oil giant Shell is poised to ramp up its investments in planet-warming fossil fuels after ditching its plan to cut oil production. An analysis released Thursday by the rights group Global Witness estimates that Shell's investments in oil and gas projects are set to surge to around $14.5… |

Frances Madeson (2023-07-27). How an Illinois City Council Passed Unprecedented Local Human Rights Protections. truthout.org To protect residents and visitors from the effects of right-wing repression so prevalent in the southern Illinois region, the Carbondale City Council has laid two new cornerstones in its legal infrastructure. On July 11, in front of a packed chamber, the council and mayor received a standing ovation after enacting a bodily autonomy ordinance stating the City will respect and protect the… |

Simone Chun (2023-07-27). Koreans Demand the US End the Korean War 70 Years After Armistice. truthout.org Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, which brought a cessation of hostilities between the opposing parties, but left the peninsula locked in a permanent state of war. Article IV of the armistice stipulates: "Within three months after the Armistice Agreement is signed and becomes effective, a political conference of a higher level of both sides beheld by representatives… |

unitedEditor (2023-07-27). Should Türkiye mediate between Israel and Palestine? uwidata.com The overlapping visits of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to Türkiye and the planned visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu raised a question: "Is Türkiye taking on a mediation role?" Is there such a plan or intention? If so, what does it mean for Türkiye and the world? We asked these questions to United World International …

unitedEditor (2023-07-27). Perspective on relations between Türkiye and NATO. uwidata.com The recent NATO summit had Sweden's membership as one of the main topics of diplomatic negotiation. Türkiye and Hungary remain the two member countries that have not yet approved that membership. Regarding his country's approval, President Erdoƒüan presented three main demands: The fight against the PKK, the updating of the customs union and the elimination …

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China's FAST reveals 'pulsar' of black hole. ecns.cn The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope(FAST) in south China's Guizhou Province, has observed for the first time in the world the phenomenon of sub-millisecond quasi-periodic oscillations in microquasars at low radio frequencies.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China launches Yaogan 36 satellite. ecns.cn A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying Yaogan-36 satellite composed of three satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). PLA Air Force showcases advanced aircraft during Changchun Air Show. ecns.cn A total of 137 sets of ground-based equipment were displayed in this year's air show.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). CIIE pre-exhibition showcases new products. ecns.cn A pre-exhibition of China International Import Expo displaying food, agricultural products, medical apparatus and instruments, and medicine and health care products, was held in Shanghai on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Ministry of Transport urges improved performances from ride-hailing apps. ecns.cn The Ministry of Transport had a regulatory talk with about 15 car-hailing platforms on Wednesday to urge them to operate business following market rules and secure passenger and driver rights and interests, and pushing forward a healthier and sustainable development of the industry.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Coastal China prepares for typhoon's arrival. ecns.cn Measures are being introduced to brace for the Typhoon Doksuri in coastal Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian provinces.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Fujian upgrades emergency response as Typhoon Doksuri approaches. ecns.cn Fujian Province has upgraded its typhoon emergency response to Level I, the third-highest level, as Typhoon Doksuri moves closer.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Variety of cuisines served at Chengdu athletes' village. ecns.cn Covering an area of about 17,000 square meters, the two dining halls in the athletes' village run 20 hours a day and the menu rotates every seven days. Food from various countries in Europe, the Mediterranean, and Asia are available for the athletes.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China to do what is necessary to safeguard cybersecurity: FM. ecns.cn China condemns the irresponsible cyberattack on the Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center, and will do what is necessary to safeguard its cybersecurity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a press conference on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China, Vietnam border residents celebrate Ha Festival. ecns.cn Border residents from China and Vietnam gathered on Wanwei Island, Fangchenggang City in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Wednesday to celebrate the grandest traditional festival of the Jing ethnic group, known as Ha Festival.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Kim pays tribute to Chinese martyrs. ecns.cn Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid tribute to the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteers on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of victory in the country's Fatherland Liberation War (1950-53), DPRK's state media reported on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Xinjiang regional GDP up 5.1%, foreign trade surges 65% in H1. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had a remarkable economic performance in the first half of 2023, with regional GDP growing 5.1 percent year-on-year and foreign trade in goods jumping 65.2 percent.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). PLA Air Force open-day event displays advanced aircraft. ecns.cn PLA Air Force open-day event and the Changchun Aviation Exhibition kicked off in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, on Wednesday, with 45 aircraft of 13 types delivering a spectacular visual show to the audience"ÄÇ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Rocket launch carries satellites into orbit. ecns.cn A Long March 2D carrier rocket launched three satellites into space early on Thursday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, China's main space contractor.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Envoy: Easing suffering in Ukraine top priority. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday said China is deeply worried about the situation in Ukraine and called for alleviating the suffering of the people and preventing an escalation in the conflict.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Wind, photovoltaic power one of China's most competitive industries: official. ecns.cn The newly installed capacity of wind and photovoltaic power in China has exceeded 100 million kilowatts in the first half of 2023, with a cumulative installed capacity of approximately 860 million kilowatts, which generated about 730 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, making wind and photovoltaic power one of China's most competitive industries, an official said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Xi inspects SW China's Sichuan. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday and Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China's new energy vehicle very impressive: West Java governor. ecns.cn Ridwan Kamil, governor of West Java in Indonesia led a delegation to Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Insights | El Salvador student: The CPC's rural revitalization strategy is admirable. ecns.cn "The principal of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will always be the people of China. That allows for a better understanding and needs of the people." Ana González, an international student from the Republic of El Salvador, shared her views in an interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Xi calls for high-quality development of armed forces with high-level governance. ecns.cn As China's Army Day, which falls on Aug 1, draws close, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Monday held its seventh group study session on strengthening all-around military governance.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Key meeting lays out long-term plan for economic work. ecns.cn Feng Xuming, an economist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said strengthening counter-cyclical regulation and policy reserves was proposed, which will drive internal economic momentum.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Scientists ID genes foiling rice breeding. ecns.cn Chinese crop scientists have pinpointed a pair of genes that have played an outsized role in impeding two distant relatives in the rice family from crossbreeding.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Renowned French macaron chef has sweet dreams. ecns.cn French pastry chef Pierre Herme, who has conceived more than 2,000 macaron recipes, will publish a book on plant-based desserts in October.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). CSRC: Capital market to spur development. ecns.cn Investment, financing and trading will be facilitated to invigorate the Chinese capital market so that it can contribute to the country's high-quality development, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said at a two-day mid-year work conference that ended on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Air Force skills enthrall fans in Changchun. ecns.cn Stunning maneuvers by a fleet of People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft at the 2023 Air Force Open-House Activity and Changchun Air Show left tens of thousands of visitors enthralled on Wednesday in Changchun, capital of Jilin province.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-27). Imperial researcher awarded £1m for magma-mapping project. imperial.ac.uk Project EARTH will map magma and assess the risk of solar storms on energy supply.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-27). Public participants help navigate AI and data science. imperial.ac.uk Members of the public co-create educational guide demystifying the role of artificial intelligence and data science in healthcare.

DLI (2023-07-27). Big LIE exposed: Pentagon finally admits Chinese "spy balloon" sent no military info! indybay.org On June 30–on a Friday, typically a news-lite day–the Pentagon released a statement that the much-hyped Chinese "spy balloon" that was shot down by US air missiles back in February(costing more than $400,000 each, and it took 2 shots!) had not, after all, sent back any military information. Gee, did the US Government commit another one of those "Iraqi had WMD" moment?>

Labor Video Project (2023-07-27). SAG AFTRA Members Picket Netflix HQ-Protest 1 Cent Residuals. indybay.org Dozens of SAG AFTRA strikers picketed the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. Netflix refuses to provide information about the times it streams films to the union and also wants SAG AFTRA and Writers Guild West members to work as gig workers with no healthcare and pensions.

Frank Cappello (2023-07-27). üéß LEVER TIME: The Great Bank Robbery Of 2023. levernews.com

Fight Back (2023-07-27). First unionized Arizona charter school wins big gains in bargaining first contract. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – Asserting their power as workers, the educators at BASIS Tucson North won three major victories even before finishing bargaining a first contract. First, paid time off days will increase from five to ten. Second, some educators will receive pay at the rate of $40 per hour for being assigned extra subbing duties. Third, the punitive "attendance bonus" system, which compensated teachers for not using their days of paid time off and which unfairly punished educators with disabilities and illnesses, will come to an end. These changes will take effect starting in August of the 2023-2024 school year. | In…

Press Associates (2023-07-27). 26,000 American Airlines flight attendants begin strike authorization vote. peoplesworld.org DALLAS-FORT WORTH (PAI)—After little management movement in bargaining, even with a federal mediator involved, and no raises since January 2019, the 26,000 flight attendants at American Airlines will begin a month-long strike authorization vote on July 28. Key issues are pay and working conditions. With no raises in four years, news reports indicate the flight …

C.J. Atkins (2023-07-27). Seeking top union rights, Grindr workers hook up with CWA. peoplesworld.org As mass layoffs continue sweeping the tech sector, workers at the gay hookup app Grindr have launched a union, hoping to pre-emptively lock in place rights before their employer can pound them into the ranks of the redundant. Like many companies in the tech sector, Grindr has long stuck to a no-strings-attached, employment-at-will relationship with …

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-27). Cuba underscores importance of EuroLat Assembly in Madrid. plenglish.com Madrid, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Thursday highlighted the importance of the 15th EuroLat Assembly to bring positions closer between the European Union (EU) and Latin America, just after the EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Kremlin confirms Russia-Africa summit to debate situation in Niger. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The situation in Niger, where the coup against President Mohamed Bazoum took place, is among the issues to be debated at the Russia-Africa Summit, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Uruguay's Broad Front stands out enduring ties with Cuba. plenglish.com Montevideo, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The Chairman of Uruguay's Broad Front (Frente Amplio, FA) party, Fernando Pereira, on Thursday described the ties between the peoples of Uruguay and Cuba as imperishable.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Italian association sends aid to Cuba on historic date. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) La Villetta, a Cuba solidarity association, sent an aid shipment from Italy to the Cuban people on the historic date of July 26, an organization's spokesman said on Thursday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Russian defense chief meets with DPRK leader. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is visiting Pyongyang, met with the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong-un, on Thursday, the Russian military corps reported.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Bolivia celebrates 70th anniversary of attack on Moncada Garrison. plenglish.com La Paz, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and the Plurinational State of Bolivia are currently strengthening bilateral relations with reciprocal support and through mutually beneficial projects, Cuban Ambassador to Bolivia Danilo Sanchez said on Thursday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Cuba and UNESCO strengthen ties in higher education in Paris. plenglish.com Paris, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are strengthening ties in higher education, focusing on promoting international cooperation and education quality, University of Havana Rector Miriam Nicado said on Thursday.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-27). Chilean lawmaker condemns US blockade against Cuba in Parliament. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Legislator Boris Barrera condemned the United States blockade against Cuba and the situation that the Cuban people is going through at present, due to an unjust policy kept in force in spite of international rejection.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-27). Groups Win Legal Challenges to Massive Bay Area Biofuel Refinery Projects. indybay.org Flawed Reviews Downplayed Harms to Communities, Environment…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-27). Lawsuit Challenges EPA's 2023-2025 Renewable Fuels Standard. indybay.org WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels for 2023-2025. Last month the EPA set the 2022 required minimum volume for transportation sector use at roughly 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol and 5.63 billion gallons of advanced biofuels.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Hanfu sales gaining popularity via livestreaming. ecns.cn At an e-commerce industrial park in Daiji town of Caoxian county, Shandong province on Tuesday, a girl was using a livestreaming platform to promote hanfu— traditional Chinese clothing.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Over 1,000 volunteer stations established in Chengdu for upcoming 31st FISU World University Games. ecns.cn Over 1,000 volunteer service stations has been put into use in southwest China's Chengdu before the opening of the 31st International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Upcoming typhoon moved to red alert. ecns.cn China's national observatory on Wednesday upgraded the alert for Typhoon Doksuri to the highest level of red, as the fifth typhoon this year is expected to bring gales and downpours to the southern and eastern parts of the country.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Taiwan students, teachers in Beijing on exchange visit. ecns.cn A group of 38 students and teachers from the National Taiwan University arrived in Beijing on Tuesday as part of an exchange with counterparts from Peking University, adding to the spate of recent summer vacation cross-Strait exchanges.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-27). Condenan maltrato contra haitianos en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Expresaron su rechazo a las deportaciones masivas y a las prácticas discriminatorias.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-07-27). Líder de Hamás y presidente de Palestina se reúnen en Türkiye. telesurtv.net Los líderes intercambiaron primero a solas y luego con Erdogan en el Palacio Presidencial, a puertas cerradas.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-27). TSE de Guatemala denuncia judicialización de elecciones. telesurtv.net Rechaza el allanamiento de su sede, la retención de sus trabajadores durante diez horas y el uso de armas y pasamontañas por elementos policiales que allanaron el TSE.

teleSUR, lvm (2023-07-27). Ejército de Níger anuncia derrocamiento del presidente por un golpe de Estado. telesurtv.net Las fronteras de Níger han sido cerradas y se ha decretado un toque de queda en todo el territorio del país.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-27). Gobierno de Rusia apoya a Nuevo Banco de Desarrollo del Brics. telesurtv.net El presidente de Rusia también aseguró que los países Brics no tienen intención de aliarse contra nadie y trabajan en interés del grupo.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-07-27). Asesinan a líder social en Valle del Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net El occiso fue identificado como Fredy Alexander Bomba Campo, presidente del Movimiento MAIS de la Sa'th Tama Kiwe.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-27). Aumenta aprobación a la gestión del presidente de Bolivia. telesurtv.net La encuesta reflejó que desde el 28 de enero de este año, el mandatario registraba un 33 por ciento de aprobación, que subió a un 38 por ciento.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-27). Canciller ruso agradece a Nicaragua postura en reunión Celac-UE. telesurtv.net El alto funcionario agradeció el apoyo a la defensa, en la cita, de los valores y enfoques comunes en asuntos internacionales.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-27). OMS alerta sobre consecuencias de altas temperaturas en la salud. telesurtv.net El director general de la OMS aseguró que "el calor extremo sigue amenazando la salud en todo el hemisferio norte".

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-27). Denuncia nuevo intento de encarcelar a periodista salvadoreño. telesurtv.net La APES exige al Juzgado Segundo contra Crimen Organizado, a respetar el debido proceso y las garantías constitucionales del periodista Barahona.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-27). Alertan en República Dominicana por incidencia de onda tropical. telesurtv.net Onamet apuntó que la onda tropical está situada sobre el Canal de la Mona y no existen muchas posibilidades de que se convierta en ciclón tropical en las próximas horas.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-27). México denuncia boyas fronterizas de EE.UU. en su territorio. telesurtv.net Bárcena apuntó que su país ha enviado dos notas diplomáticas al Gobierno estadounidense mostrando su inconformidad.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-27). ONU informa sobre muerte de 18 de sus trabajadores en Sudán. telesurtv.net Decenas de trabajadores humanitarios, incluidos sanitarios, fueron heridos desde el comienzo de la guerra e incluso, una treintena han sido apresados.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-27). Autoridades de Iraq condenan nueva quema del Corán en Dinamarca. telesurtv.net Estas acciones por los autodenominados Patriotas Daneses han tenido lugar frente a las embajadas de Türkiye, Egipto y Pakistán en Copenhague.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-27). Nombran a excanciller chilena para acompañar la paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la ONU se deben detectar los obstáculos de la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) de Colombia en el proceso de la paz total.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Zhejiang braces for Typhoon Doksuri. ecns.cn China's national observatory on Wednesday issued a red alert for Typhoon Doksuri, the fifth typhoon of this year, which is expected to bring heavy winds and rain to the the country's southern coastal regions.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Beijing tops the nation in recruitment salary for H1 2023: Report. ecns.cn Beijing's average recruitment monthly salary tops the nation at 18,976 yuan ($2,654) in the first half of the year, while Shanghai posted the largest salary increase at 29.6 percent during the past six years.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Four killed after landslide in Hubei. ecns.cn Four people were killed in a landslide in Chungou village of Xianfeng county, Hubei province, local authorities reported on Wednesday afternoon.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China's FAST Telescope discovers over 800 pulsars. ecns.cn Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, FAST, in south China's Guizhou Province, has discovered over 800 new pulsars as of Tuesday, according to FAST's Operations and Development Center.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China, Russia navies to conduct exercises soon. ecns.cn The navies of China and Russia will soon conduct maritime operations in the western and northern areas of the Pacific Ocean, China's Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Giant panda Yuan Meng arrives in Chengdu for new chapter. ecns.cn Giant panda Yuan Meng arrived in Chengdu on Wednesday, embarking on a new life at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). China issues this year's first red alert for typhoon Doksuri. ecns.cn The China Meteorological Administration on Wednesday lifted the emergency response for typhoon to Level-II and a red alert for typhoon, the most serious level issued for the first time this year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Chengdu ready to welcome 31st FISU Summer World University Games. ecns.cn The 31st International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games will be held in Chengdu from July 28 to August 8.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Hong Kong's first satellite manufacturing center launched. ecns.cn Situated within the Advanced Manufacturing Centre at the Hong Kong Science Park, the center is not just Hong Kong's first satellite manufacturing center but also one of the world's largest intelligent satellite manufacturing facilities.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Starry night sky with Milky Way over Nalati grassland in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Starry night sky with Milk Way over Nalati National Wetland forms a fantasy landscape in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 24, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). FM Says: China has offered its solution and taken its action on global food security. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). See China: Life-saving relay begins after emergency landing of Flight 3U8985. ecns.cn

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-27). After Climategate I realised I had fallen into groupthink, climate expert said. expose-news.com After the revelations of Climategate, Dr. Judith Curry felt compelled to reassess the "groupthink" on climate change she had been drawn into and conduct her own independent assessment. Her independent assessment didn't …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-27). New Zealand government funds project to discredit anyone who questions safety of vaccines. expose-news.com It's not only the UK government that's refusing to acknowledge excess deaths since the mass covid injection campaign began, the New Zealand government is doing the same. Is it because they are …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-27). The Startling Truth about Vaccination against Poliomyelitis. expose-news.com Doctors trying to promote vaccines often claim that the disease poliomyelitis was eradicated by the use of a vaccine. This is, to put it politely, a bare-faced lie. I know facts are …

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-27). Pueblo de Cuba conmemora Día de la Rebeldía Nacional. telesurtv.net Un grupo de jóvenes cubanos, liderados por Fidel Castro, en el año del centenario del nacimiento del Apóstol José Martí, ejecutó el asalto al cuartel Moncada y Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-27). Incendios azotan países de Europa y àÅfrica. telesurtv.net Las fuertes llamas han provocado la muerte de al menos 34 ciudadanos y un número indeterminado de heridos en Argelia.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-27). Presidente brasileño repite infiltraciones por dolor en cadera. telesurtv.net Lula fue sometido a "un procedimiento electivo, mínimamente invasivo, de denervación percutánea, en la cadera derecha".

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-27). Sube a 31 cifra de muertos en cárcel de Guayaquil, Ecuador. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía comunicó que fueron abiertas dos investigaciones previas, una por asesinato y otra por terrorismo.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-27). Presidente ruso y premier etíope abogan por mayor cooperación. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado ruso señaló que actualmente el comercio bilateral experimenta un crecimiento del 56 por ciento.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-27). Reprimen protestas frente a la sede del Congreso de Perú. telesurtv.net Elementos de la policía peruana reprimieron a ciudadanos que realizaban un plantón contra el Congreso, varios de ellos fueron golpeados y perseguidos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-27). Países africanos condenan intentona golpista en Níger. telesurtv.net Según medios de prensa, hay calma en la capital y la población sigue sus actividades con normalidad, aunque puntos estratégicos de esa ciudad fueron acordonados por fuerzas de seguridad.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-27). Soldados israelíes asesinan a palestino en Nablus, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Al morir, Mohamad Abdulhakim Nada contaba con 23 años. Recibió un disparo en el pecho durante una incursión de los ocupantes en el campamento de refugiados de Al Ain.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-27). Presidente de Siria se reúne con enviado de mandatario ruso. telesurtv.net Abordan temas vinculados con el restablecimiento de la situación interna de la nación de Oriente Medio. Damasco trasmite su solidaridad con Moscú.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-27). Kim Jong-un rinde tributo a mártires de la Guerra de Corea. telesurtv.net El líder norcoreano visitó un cementerio dedicado a los voluntarios chinos, ubicado en la provincia de Phyongan del Sur.

The Exposé (2023-07-27). The Pfizer Effect: Europe's 63,060% increase in Child Deaths following EMA approval of Covid Vaccine proves it is 100% Safe & Effective. expose-news.com In the scorching summer of 2021, a momentous decision swept across Europe, sparking a whirlwind of emotions among parents, who had fallen for the 24/7 propaganda, eagerly awaiting a ray of hope …

The Exposé (2023-07-27). PfizerGate: Europe's Child Deaths Soared in 2022, Confirming Covid-19 Vaccine Depopulation Fears. expose-news.com If we consider the substantial rise in mortality rates in 2020 to be a result of the supposed emergence of the Covid-19 virus, one could logically assume that the widely distributed vaccine, …

Federico Fuentes (2023-07-27). Free Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). The Blak Sovereign Movement on the Voice referendum. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). CFMEU's housing plan needs support. greenleft.org.au

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-27). MSPAS to focus on more Covid-19 vaccines for domestic campaign. plenglish.com Guatemala City, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala is presently working so hard on purchasing more Covid-19 vaccine doses in order to continue implementing domestic campaign immunization campaign ahead of rising coronavirus cases reported recently and imminent expiration of last Pfizer batches.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is Takayasu's arteritis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You've been feeling fatigued, lost a little weight, and had some muscle aches and pains, and your doctor can't determine what's wrong. What seem like symptoms of a common cold could actually be early signs of something called vasculitis, a group of disorders of the blood vessels that often go undiagnosed for years. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jason Howland explores one of the rarer forms of vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Facial drooping in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband and I recently noticed our 5-year-old daughter was having difficulty blinking and eating, and one side of her face was drooping. The pediatrician referred us to a plastic surgeon who diagnosed her with facial paralysis. What is facial paralysis and what are the treatment options? Will this require surgery? ANSWER: Facial paralysis occurs when you cannot move some or all of the facial muscles. It can affect one or both sides of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Keeping kids safe outside during summer play. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Summer vacation for kids is well underway. Finding activities to keep the kids busy and destinations to visit can be on many parents' list. There is one place Mayo Clinic's Dr. Steven Maher hopes they don't have to visit — and that's the emergency medicine department. From wearing bike helmets to keeping kids hydrated, Dr. Maher says there are a few things you can do to help keep kids safe during summer play. Watch: The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Drug to prevent RSV in babies approved: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A drug to protect infants and babies from RSV has been approved by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to help protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The medication, given as a single-dose injection prior to or during RSV season, is a monoclonal antibody. It is intended for babies born during or entering their first RSV season and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe…

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-26). Indigenous Climate Activist Victor Puertas Remains in Custody Despite No Indictment. unicornriot.ninja

Editor (2023-07-26). Patrick Lawrence: The US Press, Spooks & the Church Committee. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-26). New Files Reveal MKUltra's Terrifying Reach: Ethnic Bioweapons, Mind Control and Disturbing Experiments. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News In a groundbreaking investigation, renowned anthropologist Orisanmi Burton has blown the lid off a dark chapter in CIA history. Classified Agency files, recently obtained through Freedom of Information laws, expose shocking ties between the infamous MKULTRA program and nightmarish experiments on prisoners of color within the United States. Burton's findings expose MKULTRA's …

Editor (2023-07-26). The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch While the United States, along with its allies, left Afghanistan in August 2021 in spectacularly humiliating circumstances, the departure was never entirely complete, nor bound to be permanent. Since then, Washington has led the charge in handicapping those who, with a fraction of the resources, defeated a superpower and prevailed …

Editor (2023-07-26). Beijing Vows Countermeasures After CIA Says It's Rebuilding Spy Networks in China. scheerpost.com

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-07-26). PSL statement: UPS Teamsters' victory shows how workers can fight and win! liberationnews.org The Teamsters have delivered a powerful lesson for all workers: for organized labor to have real power, the most essential thing is to be prepared to strike…

Miko Peled (2023-07-26). Miko Peled: Israel Was Never a Cohesive Democracy, and Its Disintegration Was Inevitable. mintpressnews.com Miko Peled on how long-running racial tensions, social divisions and the systemic oppression of Palestanians have all culminated in the current crisis in Israel.

Mnar Adley (2023-07-26). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-07-26). BRICS, ASEAN, OCS, contra la hegemonía del dólar. globalizacion.ca

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-07-26). Russian Military Instructors in Africa. St Petersburg Russia-Africa Summit. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-26). Albanian Narco-terrorists, the KLA and the UK Cocaine Market. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-26). Cardiac Arrest: Lebron James's 18-year-old Son Bronny James Had a Cardiac Arrest During Practice on July 24, 2023. He Was Fully COVID-19 Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2023-07-26). Germany, France Face Economic Depression, High Energy Costs, Declining Industrial Production, Cheap Russian Energy "Still Off the Table" globalresearch.ca

Jeff Pao (2023-07-26). Mongolia-SpaceX Deal Provokes a Security Stir in China. asia-pacificresearch.com

Prof Denis Rancourt (2023-07-26). There Was No Pandemic. Dr. Denis Rancourt. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Strike of Hauliers in Haiti Due to Fuel Crisis. telesurenglish.net Popular unrest over fuel prices began this September, when the government announced that prices would rise by more than 100 percent. At that time, there were strong protests that paralyzed most of the services in the country. | Haitian hauliers are demanding a 40 percent reduction in fuel prices. Jul. 26, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Soldiers in Niger Announce Coup D'état on National Television. telesurenglish.net A group of Niger's military announced on Wednesday night a coup d'état in the country in a communiqué read on national television. They announced the suspension of the constitution, a curfew and the closure of international borders. | RELATED: | "This day, July 26, 2023, we, the defense and security forces, under the National Committee for the Safeguarding of the People (CNSP), have decided to put an end to the regime you know.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Angola and South Africa Present at Russia-Africa Summit. telesurenglish.net Millions of people depend on the Russian grains: in 2020 alone, countries on the continent, notably Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Algeria, Kenya and South Africa, spent around $4 billion to import agricultural products from Russia, according to data from the Integrated Trade Center (ITC). | This is the second Russia-Africa summit after the one held in 2019 in the city of Sochi. Jul. 26, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Russian President Meets With His Egyptian Counterpart. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg. | RELATED: | Putin said that relations between the two countries have acquired a special character over the years, and "achieved great success." In this regard, he recalled that soon Egypt and Russia will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the establish…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Kiev Officially Claims Responsibility for Crimean Bridge Blast. telesurenglish.net The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the deadly terrorist attack on the Russia's Crimean bridge last October. | RELATED: | The head of Ukraine's main intelligence and security agency, Vasiliy Malyuk, said SBU was behind the sabotage operation. "The destruction of the Crimean bridge is one of our achievements," Malyuk stated. | His comments came during a televised ceremony to unveil a new pos…

Dana Sanchez (2023-07-26). Hunter Biden Sold Art To DNC Donor: 5 Things To Know About Art Being Used For Money Laundering. moguldom.com In 2021, when a New York art gallery debuted paintings by Hunter Biden with asking prices as high as $500,000, the White House said that buyers' identities were known only to the gallery, not to Hunter Biden himself. Internal documents from Georges Bergès Gallery show Biden sold $1.3 million worth of art. Of that amount, …

Ann Brown (2023-07-26). Black America Responds To Biden's Emmett Till Monument: No More Symbolism, We Want Actual Policy And Reparations. moguldom.com In a ceremony held at the White House, President Joe Biden honored the legacy of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by signing a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. The event took place on July 25 on what would have been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday. Despite the gesture, …

Ann Brown (2023-07-26). Black America Speaks Out Against Rising 'Degeneracy' Promotion In Music. moguldom.com It may sound like the complaint of an older generation, but many music lovers will agree music has gotten much more sexual over the decades. It's not that music back in the day didn't talk about sex. After all, Blues music, for example, was full of sexual innuendo. The difference would be, according to observers, …

Martha Grevatt (2023-07-26). Strike threat wins major gains in tentative Teamster contract with UPS. workers.org The 340,000 Teamsters union members at United Parcel Service have spent the past year preparing to strike when their contract expires Aug.1, but they probably won't need to employ the strike weapon this go-around. A "practice" picket line and rally were held at the main gate of the Hog Island . . . |

G. Dunkel (2023-07-26). Heat waves' uncounted death toll on workers. workers.org In most of the United States, bosses forcing workers to labor in deadly heat is totally legal. July 4, 2023, was the hottest day in recorded history. This year, June and July have set and broken records in the United States, with more than 100 million people living under heat . . . |

Will Hodgkinson (2023-07-26). COVID-19: An ongoing threat to health care workers. workers.org Health care workers around the world continue to fight for basic health protections amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition (SHWC) urged the government of Scotland to restore face mask mandates in health care settings. In May, following the lead of other bourgeois states like . . . |

Anand Naidoo (2023-07-26). The Heat: 70 Years of Cuba's Revolution. america.cgtn.com Cubans mark the 70th anniversary of the Moncada army barracks attacks that led to the Cuban Revolution. What has changed on the island since then? The Cuban people are marking National Rebellion Day on Wednesday, recalling the armed attacks, 70 years ago, against army strongholds …

Franc Contreras (2023-07-26). Mexico becomes top trading partner of United States. america.cgtn.com Mexico is now the top trading partner of the United States. In the first four months of 2023, commerce between the North American neighbors surpassed $260 billion, an eight percent increase over the previous year. It's the first time in more than 13 years that …

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-26). Actors fighting for residuals in Hollywood strike. america.cgtn.com Hollywood is locked in its biggest standoff in decades, as film and television actors joined writers on the picket lines. In addition to better pay and working conditions, artists are demanding certain guarantees when it comes to residuals, a form of royalties paid to them …

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-07-26). Florida to teach 'benefits' of slavery. america.cgtn.com Civil rights organizations and educators are railing against controversial new changes in Florida's public education standards. When students return to class next month in Florida, they will face a new social studies curriculum on Black history, one that asserts that enslaved people may have benefited …

Luis Chirino (2023-07-26). Cuba celebrates National Rebellion Day. america.cgtn.com The Cuban people celebrate National Rebellion Day on Wednesday, July 26, recalling the armed attacks of 70 years ago against army strongholds in eastern Cuba. The rebellion by a group of revolutionaries was led by Fidel Castro to overthrow the government of then-President Fulgencio Batista. …

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-07-26). Mexico City welcomes Chinese wholesale market. america.cgtn.com Cross-Pacific trade is growing between China and Mexico, with exports from China to Mexico growing by 28 percent last year. China is now Mexico's second largest import partner after the U.S. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock shows us how some Chinese businesses are seeking cooperation with Mexico …

Miko Peled, MintPress News. (2023-07-26). Israel Was Never A Democracy; Its Disintegration Was Inevitable. popularresistance.org Israel is a nation grappling with deep internal divisions, and unfortunately, it is the Palestinian people who are paying the heavy price. Recently, a group of Israeli reservists known as "Brothers In Arms" made headlines by refusing to fulfill their reserve duty in protest of the newly passed "Judicial Reform." Their stated concern was for the preservation of "Jewish democracy," with an emphasis on creating a better future for their children within such a system. | Some of the refusers who sat with their backs to the cameras, probably because they were members in some of Israel's highly secretive death squads, k…

Caribbean Popular Organizations, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-26). Caribbean People: We Must Raise Our Voices To Defend Our Region! popularresistance.org The looming threat of a US military invasion of Haiti, now supported by CARICOM, demands that the people of the Caribbean raise our voices against such a threat and against the unending US-led militarization of the region. This militarization undermines the 2014 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States' (CELAC) declaration that our region should be a zone of peace. | The USA and its core group, who operate as colonial overlords of Haiti, wantonly violate Haiti's independence and sovereignty, as they pursue their centuries' long spiteful policy of punishing the Haitian people for using force of arms to end…

Luis Feliz Leon, The American Prospect. (2023-07-26). Inside The Teamsters' Historic Contract At UPS. popularresistance.org Some 340,000 UPS Teamsters will see significant gains to pay and working conditions if they ratify a five-year tentative agreement announced by the negotiating committee on Tuesday. Rank-and-file workers were poised to proceed with what would have been the largest strike at a single private-sector employer in decades, and the resolve from workers over the past several weeks was key to getting UPS to agree to a tentative deal that meets their demands. | Negotiations, which broke down on July 5, resumed July 25, after UPS said that it would be "prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits."

Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft. (2023-07-26). Russia-Hawk Victoria Nuland Rises To Acting Deputy Secretary Of State. popularresistance.org In a little-remarked move, the Biden administration announced Monday that Victoria Nuland will take over as the acting second-in-command at the State Department. She replaces Wendy Sherman, who plans to retire at the end of this week. | Nuland's appointment will be a boon for Russia hawks who want to turn up the heat on the Kremlin. But, for those who favor a negotiated end to the conflict in Ukraine, a promotion for the notoriously "undiplomatic diplomat" will be a bitter pill. | A few quick reminders are in order. When Nuland was serving in the Obama administration, she had a now-infamous leaked call with the U…

Janine Jackson, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-26). We Need A Gender-Inclusive Understanding Of Police Violence. popularresistance.org Like most powerful exercises, it's a simple one. Professor and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw asks audience members to stand as she lists names of Black people killed by law enforcement in this country, and to sit when they hear a name that they don't recognize. | For Eric Garner, George Floyd, Michael Brown, most of the crowd—whatever crowd it is, students, academics, the general public—stay standing. But when it gets to Sandra Bland, Atatiana Jefferson, it thins and thins. And by the time it gets to Rekia Boyd and Michelle Cusseaux, generally everyone is seated. | Is that because Black women's deat…

Keith Brower Brown, Labor Notes. (2023-07-26). As Big Three Auto Contracts Expire: Hurried Line Speeds, Horrible Hours. popularresistance.org David Sandoval remembers when he and his co-workers had a whole 72 seconds to assemble their sections of each seat for the Ford F-150, back when he started at a Michigan parts plant in 2004. | Today, 60 seconds is the deadline managers give each team racing at a dozen stations: to bolt the frame together, lay electronics, add heating and cooling gear, set cushions, and attach trim. Robotic lifting arms help on only one or two steps; handheld tools and elbow grease must do the rest. Each crew is told to clear 680 seats in a 10-hour shift. | That harsh speedup makes it small wonder that repetitive motion injuries a…

Staff (2023-07-26). Vice-Presidency Announces Commander Chávez's Birthday Celebration Schedule. orinocotribune.com

mforinoco (2023-07-26). Yemen Peace Talks Collapse Due to US Interference: Ansarallah. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-26). Iván Márquez: Ideas for a Continental Vision. orinocotribune.com By Iván Márquez — Jul 24, 2023 | 240 years after the birth of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, as a tribute to the hero who—in this hemisphere and in other latitudes—fought for human dignity and respect for the free self-determination of peoples, we share these words on continental unity and the Bolivarian geopolitical strategy. | The time is coming to define the destiny of Our America; to finish what has been started, following what was written in the pages by the Liberator with his own hand. The end of the war is nearing, the great battle not concluded by Bolívar: that of continental unity. | For…

Staff (2023-07-26). FAO Report Refutes Venezuelan Food Crisis Narrative. orinocotribune.com The most recent Researcher

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-26). Milton Rengifo is Colombia's New Ambassador to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-26). BRICS Problems, BRI Solutions. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Jul 24, 2023 | While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply. | As the BRICS approach the most important summit in their history on August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, some fundamentals need to be observed. | The top three BRICS cooperation platforms are politics and security, finance and the economy, and culture. So the notion that a new BRICS gold-backed reserve currency will be announced at the South Africa summit is spurious. | What is in…

scorinoco (2023-07-26). Malnutrition: Another Threat to the Future of Syrian Children. orinocotribune.com By Sara Salloum — Jul 23, 2023 | UNICEF confirmed that acute malnutrition among Syrian children is on the rise, as the number of malnourished children aged between 6-59 months has increased by 48% from 2021 to 2022. | The severe nutritional deficiency, which many Syrian families are now suffering from, as a result of the economic blockade imposed on the country, is no longer a secret to anyone. Consequently, the siege has caused a deterioration in the exchange rate of the Syrian pound and an increase in food prices compared with low wages, in addition to the conditions of displacement and the loss of resourc…

kwjorinoco (2023-07-26). Telesur: Giving the South Its Voice for 18 Years. orinocotribune.com Al Mayadeen proudly celebrates the anniversary of Hugo Chávez's dream. teleSUR is our best ally and big brother. | On July 24, 2005, teleSUR, the new television channel of the South, was born. A project devised by the eternal leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez, to give voice to the people, social movements and political forces that fight for justice, against violence and oppression. | From its beginnings, the multinational effort was established as a counter-hegemonic and decolonizing South American television project, different from the traditional spaces that answer to capitalist interests. | Desd…

manager (2023-07-26). How Unions Can Use Universal Design to Better Serve Workers with Disabilities. cepr.net As Disability Pride Month draws to a close, today, July 26th marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The landmark civil rights legislation set out to prohibit disability-based employment discrimination and to ensure that people with disabilities enjoyed equal access to opportunities and services. While the passage of the ADA represented …

_____ (2023-07-26). Do the Pentagon leaks reveal Bidens agenda to weaken America, Israel and beyond. strategic-culture.org By Ben KERIDO | Join us on , , and . | Ominous alarms sounded. All throughout southern and central Israel, a robotic feminine voice stating "color red" echoed stoically. | Israeli residents were notified that they had as lit…

_____ (2023-07-26). The Russia-Global South Connection: Africa as Strategic Partner. strategic-culture.org Moscow now seems to enjoy all it takes to build a fruitful, Global Majority-centered strategic partnership. | Join us on , , and . | The second Russia-Africa summit, this week in St. Petersburg, should be seen as a milestone…

_____ (2023-07-26). ?Regreso vengativo de la guerra fria? En realidad esta nunca termino. strategic-culture.org */ La Guerra Fría continuará tanto como continúe el sistema belicista Occidental./* | Las hostiles declaraciones de la OTAN hacia Rusia esta semana, demuestran más allá de toda duda, que la mentalidad de Guerra Fría entre los líderes occidentales está ahora más atrincherada que nunca. | Existe un extraño sentido de retroceso en el tiempo, hacia un mundo donde los norteamericanos son catalogados como los buenos con un sombrero blanco, cuyos nobles propósitos es salvar a todos de los tipos malos que usan un sombrero negro. Todo es muy trillado y lleno de lugares comunes. Sin embargo el mundo está siendo deslumbrado…

_____ (2023-07-26). The Empire Knows It's Pouring Ukrainian Blood Into an Unwinnable Proxy War. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-26). A Legitimacy Scandal Rocks Bosnia and Herzegovina. strategic-culture.org

Staff (2023-07-26). Ben Crump: Florida's New Curriculum, Claiming "Benefits" of Slavery, Will Cause "Psychological Trauma" democracynow.org We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about two recent cases of anti-Black racism making headlines in the United States: Florida's new curriculum standards that teach students the "benefits" of transatlantic slavery to enslaved people, and a set of lawsuits against Northwestern University accusing the school's athletic teams of widespread and institutionalized hazing, including physical, racial and sexual abuse. Crump is representing former Northwestern football players in one of the lawsuits. Republican presidential contender and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has doubled down…

Staff (2023-07-26). New Witness to Malcolm X Assassination Says He Heard Police Ask If Killer Was "With Us" democracynow.org This week, a witness to the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 revealed for the first time that he overheard a New York police officer asking if Malcolm's assassin was "with us." The eyewitness, Mustafa Hassan, spoke Tuesday alongside Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and civil rights attorney Ben Crump at a press conference at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Democracy Now! spoke to Hassan at the press conference. He told us, "My testimony would have changed the outcome of the trial. It would have pointed the finger of guilt at the establishmen…

Staff (2023-07-26). Activists Demand U.S. End Korean War After 70 Years as Biden Admin Ramps Up "Nuclear Blackmail" democracynow.org North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, hours after a second American nuclear-armed submarine arrived in South Korea. Meanwhile, peace activists are gathering in Washington, D.C., for a national mobilization to call on President Biden and Congress to officially end the Korean War, 70 years after the signing of the July 27, 1953, Korean Armistice that ended active military conflict. To discuss the renewed call for peace and the history of "the dirtiest war of the 20th century," we're joined by two guests: Bruce Cumings, professor of history at the University of Chicago and t…

Staff (2023-07-26). Headlines for July 26, 2023. democracynow.org Atlantic Ocean Current at Risk of Collapse in Coming Years; Ocean Temps in Florida Surge to 101.1 ∞, Judge Blocks Biden Asylum Ban in Victory for Immigration Rights, Ex-Marine Trevor Reed Injured on Ukrainian Frontlines a Year After Release from Russian Prison, Russian Sociologist and Dissident Boris Kagarlitsky Facing Terrorism Charges, U.N. Operation Underway to Pump 1.1 Million Barrels of Oil from Decaying Tanker Near Yemen, Demonstrators Mark 2 Years Since Tunisian President Kais Saied Launched Power Grab, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen Announces Transfer of Power to Son, Days After Winning Election, M…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-26). Dotty Domains: The Pentagon's Mali Typo Leak Affair. dissidentvoice.org Fleet-footed agility and sharp thinking rarely characterise the plodding bureaucrat. An argument can be made that different attributes are prized: cherished incompetence, spells of inattentiveness, and dedication to keeping things secret with severity. What matters is not what you did, but what you pretended to do. Even with maintaining secrecy, the plodding desk-job hack can …

William Manson (2023-07-26). Authoritarian Sadism in U.S. "Foreign Policy" dissidentvoice.org Freudian depth-psychology remains an under-utilized tool in interpreting motivation and personality of recent American "leaders" who have chosen to deploy massively destructive military force on large civilian populations in places like Serbia, Iraq and Afghanistan. A president may deny (or repress) his own destructive hostility, projecting it onto "the other." Splitting-and-projection readily enables a clear …

Cathi Choi (2023-07-26). 70 Years Later, the Korean War Must End. fpif.org A fragile ceasefire halted the Korean War 70 years ago. With nuclear tensions rising and the environment under threat, it's time to end it for good.

Janet E. Lord, William Pons (2023-07-26). Commemorating the ADA and Mourning the Mass Murder of Persons with Disabilities. fpif.org July 26 marks the thirty-third anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the seventh anniversary of a horrific atrocity in Japan.

noreply (2023-07-26). Dimitri Simes Jr. And Me… smoothiex12.blogspot.com talking on Monday some military-technological issues and the fate of NATO. Enjoy, if you will.

Karsten Riise (2023-07-26). The US is in an Era of Loss. Dilemmas about Nuclear Weapons. The "Oppenheimer" Film. globalresearch.ca

Jeff Shantz (2023-07-26). Canada: Dockworkers strike declared illegal, among ominous government moves. greenleft.org.au Dockworkers ended their strike in British Columbia, following a controversial ruling by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to declare their strike illegal, reports Jeff Shantz.

Federico Fuentes, Sonny Melencio (2023-07-26). The Philippines: Amid threat of regional war, socialists oppose US militarisation and China's bullying. greenleft.org.au Filipino socialist activist and Party of the Labouring Masses (PLM) chairperson Sonny Melencio speaks with Federico Fuentes about global imperialism and the Filipino left's response to the threat of a US-China war.

Ana Zorita (2023-07-26). Peru: Thousands defy police violence to protest Boluarte coup regime. greenleft.org.au Tens of thousands of Peruvians took to the streets across the country on July 19 to protest the Dina Boluarte coup government, reports Ana Zorita, marking the first of 10 days of national action called for by unions and grassroots organisations.

isabella (2023-07-26). OLIGARCH Act Seeks to Combat Extreme Wealth Inequality. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-26). How to Raise $1.8 Billion for Green Transit. inequality.org Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass) recently introduced legislation to increase the excise tax on private jet fuel. Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-07) introduced complimentary legislation in the House. The Markey-Velazquez proposal would raise the existing excise tax from 22 cents to a $1.95 per gallon. This would effectively levy a $200 tax on every ton of carbon …

_____ (2023-07-26). Articles] Pooled allogeneic faecal microbiota MaaT013 for steroid-resistant gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease: a single-arm, multicentre phase 2 trial. thelancet.com Overall, MaaT013 was safe in this population of highly immunocompromised patients and was associated with responses in some patients with GI-aGvHD and deserves further investigation.

infobrics (2023-07-26). Is a Brics Currency a Viable Option?>. infobrics.org Adriaan Pask, chief investment officer at PSG Wealth, explains some of the requirements for a reserve currency and why it's unlikely the US dollar could be dethroned any time soon…

infobrics (2023-07-26). China to Build Icebreaker with Submersible to Reach Arctic Seabed. infobrics.org So far, only Russia has managed to send submersibles to the Arctic sea floor…

infobrics (2023-07-26). The BRICS of the Future: Why the Block Is Ascending on the World Stage?>. infobrics.org In the past several years the BRICS have greatly increased their prominence in the global economy as a rising number of developing countries are applying for membership in the block…

infobrics (2023-07-26). Germany, France face new recession but cheap Russian energy still off the table. infobrics.org Sanctions against Russia have boomeranged and affected the EU much worse, bringing to question just how much longer Germany and other countries can maintain this economically suicidal policy.

infobrics (2023-07-26). Albanian narco-terrorists ravaging UK. infobrics.org As the UK directly participated in the creation of this Albanian monstrosity, the way this has backfired cannot be considered anything but a well-deserved poetic justice.

infobrics (2023-07-26). Western experts try to justify Ukrainian counteroffensive's failure. infobrics.org According to a Western analyst, NATO's "bureaucracy" is to blame for Kiev's fiasco.

_____ (2023-07-26). The world is frozen in anticipation of the Russia-Africa Summit. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-26). Saudi's "New Oil" Change Pushing for Multipolarity With China. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-26). The Middle East: against cluster bombs and cluster thinking. journal-neo.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Josina Machel: "Colonists Are Still in Africa to Grab Resources" libya360.wordpress.com Josina Machel says the continent's people don't need to take up arms to get rid of neocolonialism, but rather must unite Josina Ziyaya Machel, the daughter of the first president of independent Mozambique, Samora Moises Machel, is part of the delegation from her country in St. Petersburg for the Russia-Africa Summit. She spoke to RT…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Nomatemba Tambo: "African Solutions Are Needed for African Problems" libya360.wordpress.com The continent must be more introspective to agree on how to move forward, says the daughter of anti-apartheid activists Oliver and Adelaide Tambo The African continent must realize that what happens within it is more important than what happens outside of it, South African diplomat Nomatemba Tambo told RT in an exclusive interview. Speaking with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Madaraka Nyerere: "Africa Can't Rely on Others for Development" libya360.wordpress.com Africa must come together as a continent and stop relying on foreign countries for its development, insists writer Madaraka Nyerere — the son of independent Tanzania's first president, Julius Nyerere. Speaking to RT ahead of the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, Nyerere said he believed it was unfortunate that some African countries were "distracted by the supposed…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Ndileka Mandela: "Africa Needs Better Leaders" libya360.wordpress.com On the eve of the Russia-Africa Summit, Ndileka Mandela sat down with RT's Moussa Ibrahim to explain why the continent needs leaders of her grandfather's stature now more than ever. Asked why a continent so rich in minerals, resources, and young workers could still find its wealth stripped by foreign interests, Mandela gave a harsh response. "Africa…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Peruvians Take Over Lima, Continuing to Pressure Boluarte Coup Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Clau O'Brien Moscoso Seven months in, and in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the Boluarte coup regime. National Strike, Day 196 On July 19th, over 7 months after the parliamentary coup that ousted President Pedro Castillo, tens of thousands of Peruvians gathered…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Chronicle of the Third Seizure of Lima. libya360.wordpress.com Julieta Díaz Castillo, Freedom and Restitution, Photo: Román Heli Paredes In total more than 100 thousand people mobilized throughout the country calling for the resignation of the coup leader Dina Boluarte in Peru. Again there were arrests and injuries. In spite of a gigantic repressive operation and a campaign of fear of several weeks, a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Virtual Slave Labor in Congo's Cobalt Mines. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison I spoke to Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, about the virtual slave labor in the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's cobalt mines. AG: Maurice, you and I have talked many times for Black Agenda Report about the wartorn northeastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Agency Project: Migrant Women in Europe Work for Political Participation. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López For a woman to become an "changemaker" she has to develop to the maximum her potential, her capacity to choose and act to modify reality in order to make decisions and to be able to control her own life, playing an active role as a protagonist in terms of her personal and…

Ann Garrison (2023-07-26). The impending pro-war Democratic Party takeover of Pacifica Radio. mronline.org The largest, most historically influential progressive non-profit radio network in America, Pacifica Radio, faces a takeover attempt by Democratic Party elements. Will Pacifica embrace the pro-war logic it was created to oppose?>

Editor (2023-07-26). The struggle for environmental justice in Africa. mronline.org The framework of our civilization is premised on the destruction of the planet.

Editor (2023-07-26). American Anthropological Association endorses academic boycott of Israel. mronline.org Members of the American Anthropological Association overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions with 71% of members supporting the measure.

Editor (2023-07-26). Small claims court victory sends clear message: Sex work is real work. mronline.org A court has ruled on the enforceability of contracts between sex workers and their clients in a precedent-setting case.

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-26). Ukrainian SBU Takes Credit for Last Year's Crimean Bridge Bombing. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) took responsibility for the October 2022 truck bombing of the Crimean Bridge that connects Crimea to the Russian mainland. While it's been clear that Ukraine was behind the bombing, which killed three people, Kyiv has not officially taken credit. SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk made the comments during …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-26). Blinken Slams China as 'Predatory' and 'Problematic' in Tonga Visit. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the Pacific Island nation of Tonga for the first time on Wednesday and took aim at China, blasting Beijing's activities in the region as "predatory" and "problematic." "As China's engagement in the region has grown, there has been some — from our perspective — increasingly problematic behavior," Blinken said …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-26). US Officials Say the Main Thrust of Ukraine's Counteroffensive Has Started. news.antiwar.com US officials told The New York Times on Wednesday that the main thrust of Ukraine's counteroffensive has started while the Russian military reported a "massive" Ukrainian tank attack in the southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Unnamed Pentagon officials told the Times that Ukraine has poured in thousands of troops who were being held in reserve to the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-26). US Marines Activate First Missile Battery Previously Banned by INF Treaty. news.antiwar.com The US Marines Corps has activated its first Tomahawk cruise missile battery, a system previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which the US withdrew from in 2019. The INF treaty banned ground-launch missile systems with a range between 310 to 3,400 miles. The new Marines Corps missile battery will use Tomahawk missiles …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-26). US Sanctions Blocked UN Earthquake Rescue System in Syria. news.antiwar.com A life-saving United Nations mapping system to coordinate rescue efforts was blocked in Syria by US sanctions following a devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6, Middle East Eye reported on Wednesday. The system, known as the Insarag Coordination & Management System (ICMS), uses a cloud-based mapping platform to help rescuers log …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-26). German Army Says Ukraine Is Wasting Its NATO Training. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the German newspaper Bild reported that the German military is blaming Ukraine's lack of success in its counteroffensive on the tactics of its commanders. According to a leaked German military report, Berlin's armed forces think Urkaine's commanders and battle-hardened troops are not using their Western training. US officials have made similar complaints in …

Staff (2023-07-26). Venezuela's Parliament: Europe's Alleged Investment in Latin America Should be Viewed With Caution. orinocotribune.com Following the European Union's announcement that it had approved an alleged investment of ‚Ǩ45 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean, members of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) expressed their reservations as to the real objective pursued by the European bloc since, among other hypotheses, it was suggested that this would lead to the indebtedness of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) countries with fewer resources and "tie them up" in the classic style of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | Another theory suggests that the investment will increase the degree of…

WSWS (2023-07-26). Germany's Christian Democrat leader moves closer to far-right AfD. wsws.org The Christian Democrats are preparing a new stage in their collaboration with the far-right Alternative for Germany. CDU leader Friedrich Merz is probing the terrain.

WSWS (2023-07-26). UK jury finds Kevin Spacey not guilty of all charges. wsws.org All the allegations against Spacey tested in court have now failed. The outcomes have vindicated the principled stand taken by the World Socialist Web Site against the #MeToo witch-hunt.

WSWS (2023-07-26). RMT union sell out London Underground dispute claiming "progress" wsws.org Tube workers have shown a clear determination to fight, but the handling of the proposed strike demonstrates how the unions have sought to suppress that sentiment.

WSWS (2023-07-26). Macron reshuffles government to prepare new round of attacks on working class. wsws.org Macron told his new cabinet to prepare for "decisive reforms" in the autumn, paving the way for new clashes between the working class and the capitalist state.

WSWS (2023-07-26). Interview with Germany's Left Party chair: a declaration of political bankruptcy. wsws.org The entire interview clearly established that the Left Party is prepared to enter the government at any time and help implement its policies of war and social devestation.

WSWS (2023-07-26). Record-shattering heat signals a global climate change tipping point. wsws.org Climate scientists at World Weather Attribution reported Tuesday that the heat seen this month in the US and Europe would have been "virtually impossible" without the impact of human-induced climate change, and that extended heat waves are no longer rare thanks to continued carbon emissions.

WSWS (2023-07-26). New York Times admits, then covers up, massive Ukraine casualties. wsws.org On Monday, the New York Times published a devastating report on the failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive. Then, the article's most stunning revelations were erased.

WSWS (2023-07-26). After posting $3.2 billion in quarterly profits, GM execs vow to maintain "cost discipline" against autoworkers. wsws.org The profit report was released as 170,000 autoworkers in the US and Canada, including 55,000 GM workers, face a contract expiration in less than two months.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-26). On second anniversary of 'Presidential coup,' Tunisians resolve to continue resistance. peoplesdispatch.org President Kais Saied, despite enjoying absolute power for the last two years, has done little to improve the economic and social situation as the people struggle with high inflation, poverty, unemployment, and acute shortages of basic food items. Meanwhile, he has concentrated power and repressed opposition…

José Ernesto Novaez Guerrero (2023-07-26). Moncada: the dawn of the Cuban Revolution. peoplesdispatch.org Lee en español July 26, 2023 marks 70 years since the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks in eastern Cuba. The attack on Moncada is of fundamental importance in the history of Cuba. This is not only because of the military importance of the fortress — the second biggest after Columbia in Havana — but also because of the bloody repression carried out by the tyrannical regime, which took dozens of valuable lives from a generation that with its blood would change the destiny of the island…

José Ernesto Novaez Guerrero (2023-07-26). Moncada: el asalto a la alborada. peoplesdispatch.org Read in English Este 26 de julio del 2023 se cumplen 70 años del asalto a los cuarteles Moncada y Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, en el Oriente de Cuba. El asalto al Moncada, sobre todo, adquirió un relieve fundamental para la historia de Cuba. No solo por la importancia militar de la fortaleza, la segunda más grande después de la de Columbia en La Habana, sino por la sangrienta represión desplegada luego por la tiranía, que costó decenas de valiosas vidas a una generación que habría de cambiar con su sangre el destin…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-26). Russia-Africa summit may discuss corridor to transport grain and fertilizers. peoplesdispatch.org At least 49 African countries will take part in the Russia-Africa summit that will begin in St. Petersburg on July 27. The food sovereignty of African countries is likely to be high on the agenda and the summit will try to finalize the establishment of a new grain deal fitting their needs…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-26). Unprecedented wildfires across Algeria kill at least 34, thousands displaced. peoplesdispatch.org The UN environment panel has warned that the Mediterranean region is warming faster than the global average and will witness more heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and other climate-related catastrophes in the coming days…

Andrei Popoviciu, In These Times. (2023-07-26). How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement To Africa. popularresistance.org When Cornelia Ernst and her delegation arrived at the Rosso border station on a scorching February day, it wasn't the bustling artisanal marketplace, the thick smog from trucks waiting to cross, or the vibrantly painted pirogues bobbing in the Senegal River that caught their eye. It was the slender black briefcase on the table before the station chief. When the official unlatched the hard plastic carrier, proudly unveiling dozens of cables meticulously arranged beside a touchscreen tablet, soft gasps filled the room. | Called the Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED), the machine is a data-extraction tool c…

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-07-26). Scotland: Climate Activists Concrete Themselves To The Road. popularresistance.org Campaign group Just Stop Oil seemed to have cornered the market when it comes to climate crisis protest — becoming notorious (for right wingers and climate chaos denialists, anyway) with its glue-laden, paint-spraying escapades. However, it's got some fierce competition in Scotland for the title of 'Most Gammon Frothing-Inducing Activists'. And it comes in the form of This Is Rigged. | This Is Rigged is an activist group that's been active since early 2023. It focuses on the climate crisis. The group said in a press release it: | is a new Scottish non-violent direct action group — They are demanding t…

Bill Blum (2023-07-26). Unequal Justice: Trump 2024 and the Blueprint to End American Democracy. progressive.org Donald Trump nearly destroyed American democracy in his first term in office. If he is reelected, he plans to try to finish the job. This isn't a matter of speculation; it's a virtual certainty.

Staff (2023-07-26). Samidoun joins international fact-finding mission to expose U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is participating in the international fact-finding mission in Venezuela launched by the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and the National Lawyers Guild (U.S.) on the impact of U.S. sanctions and coercive economic measures targeting the people and nation …

unherd (2023-07-26). How Nato seduced the European Left. unherd.com NATO has intensified its engagement with popular culture, new technologies, and youth influencers.

aljazeera (2023-07-26). Are we heading toward a far-right European Union? aljazeera.com We always assumed European unity would imply greater cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism, but that may not be the case.

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-26). Twitter Becomes Everything We Feared, Deadly COVID Jabs, Transgender Psyop, Climate Control & CBDCs. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/26/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Larry Johnson (2023-07-26). British Luminary Also In denial About Ukraine. sonar21.com You can have a lot of honorary titles and a wall papered with academic credentials and still expose yourself as inept analyst. Meet Sir Lawrence David Freedman, KCMG, CBE, PC,…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-26). Military Situation South Of Bakhmut On July 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-26). Military Situation On Svatove-Kreminna Frontlines On July 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Stelmakhovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery shelled AFU positions near Yampolovka; | Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Nevskoye; | The AFU retreated from the Nadia settlement; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Novojehorivka; | The Russian Army advanced up to 3 kilometres from Sergivka;…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-26). Military Situation In Syria On July 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 26, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 26, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Tal Tamar; | On July 26, Alexander Lavrentiev Russia's Presidential Envoy for Syria met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus; | On July 25, HTS arrested 13 people from the village of Batabo on charges of being members of armed cells affiliated…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-26). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery destroyed a fuel depot of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Orekhov; | The Russian Army repelled two waves of Ukrainian attacks near Rabotino. According to preliminary reports, up to 30 tanks and armoured vehicles were destroyed; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Urozhaine; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-26). America's Deteriorating Economic Performance. thealtworld.com The US military/security complex and its numerous supporters in the House and Senate can't get enough of war. The one they have going in Ukraine has denuded NATO members and the US of weapons and ammunition, thus creating a massive resupply market for US armaments manufacturers. This is great profit news for the merchants of death, but it is a foolish policy to be warring with Russia when we are out of bullets. | Not content with our precarious position, Washington if fomenting war with China. NATO is no longer limited to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It has been expanded to the South Asian Treaty Organ…

Alastair Crooke (2023-07-26). A Counter Revolution & the Ukraine Russian War w/Alastair Crooke. thealtworld.com A Counter Revolution & the Ukraine Russian War w/Alastair Crooke…

Carolyn Elerding (2023-07-26). Colorado-based water protector faces trial, shares wisdom. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in
| "Mom, I can't stop thinking about it. I'm going there." | When Mylene Vialard followed her 21-year-old daughter across the US to join the thousands of the resistance by Water Protectors

Gary Lindorff (2023-07-26). Waking from the dream of causality. thiscantbehappening.net I was reading about Italy's weather turmoil in the midst of southern Europe's continuing hellish heat wave and unprecedented storms and then I read this: "The minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, wrote on Facebook: "This is one of the hardest days in Italy's history . . . Climate change has hit our nation and … |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Progressives Unveil Bill to Tax Billionaire Wealth Up to 8 Percent. truthout.org A group of progressive lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill that would levy up to an 8 percent tax on the wealth of the richest Americans, with a goal of combating extreme and growing wealth inequality in the U.S. The bill, dubbed the Oppose Limitless Inequality Growth and Reverse Community Harms (OLIGARCH) Act, would levy a wealth tax on individuals who have at least 1,000… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-26). DeSantis Staffer Fired After He Shares Video With Gov in Front of Nazi Imagery. truthout.org An employee of Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-Florida) presidential campaign was fired on Tuesday after he produced a video featuring Nazi imagery and posted it on Twitter. Nate Hochman, who served as a speechwriter for the DeSantis campaign and previously wrote for the right-wing publication The National Review, created a meme-filled video promoting DeSantis and disparaging former President Donald Trump… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Twitter Threatens to Nix Advertisers' Verification If They Don't Spend More. truthout.org Instead of banning neo-Nazis and white supremacists who have overrun Twitter (recently renamed X) and caused concerns for advertisers on the platform, the company is threatening advertisers, saying that if they don't spend a certain amount of money each quarter, they could risk losing their verification and being impersonated on the platform. According to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-26). Federal Judge Blocks Biden Asylum Ban That Puts Migrants in "Grave Danger" truthout.org On Tuesday, a federal judge blocked President Joe Biden's asylum ban, which largely barred migrants who passed through another country on their way to the U.S.'s southern border from seeking asylum in the U.S. The asylum ban went into effect in May after the expiration of Title 42, a restrictive pandemic- era policy that was implemented by Trump and continued under Biden. |

Derek Seidman (2023-07-26). UPS Workers Disproved Corporate Media's Narrative That Strikes Are Harmful. truthout.org The Teamsters Union and UPS have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract to cover the 340,000 Teamsters who work for the package shipping giant. According to a statement released by the union, the new contract is "the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS," promising wage increases, an end to the two-tier wage system, new air conditioning in vehicles… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-26). Giuliani Legal Filing Admits He Was Wrong to Accuse Election Workers of Fraud. truthout.org In a late-night filing made on Tuesday, Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, appeared to admit that conspiracy theories he peddled about two Georgia election workers in the aftermath of the 2020 election were false. The filing, made as part of a defamation case against Giuliani by the election workers, does not mean Giuliani is admitting guilt or wrongdoing… |

Kenny Stancil (2023-07-26). Mediterranean Nations Battle Deadly Wildfires Fueled by Climate Crisis. truthout.org Algeria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, and Turkey. What do these nine countries have in common? All of them are currently battling deadly infernos made worse by the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency. And yet, governments worldwide continue to greenlight new coal, oil, and gas production — exacerbating planet-heating pollution and ensuring that heatwaves, wildfires… |

Amy Goodman (2023-07-26). Malcolm X Assassination Witness Says He Heard Police Ask If Killer Was "With Us" truthout.org This week, a witness to the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 revealed for the first time that he overheard a New York police officer asking if Malcolm's assassin was "with us." The eyewitness, Mustafa Hassan, spoke Tuesday alongside Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and civil rights attorney Ben Crump at a press conference at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Sanders, Nearly 180 Democrats Unveil Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in 14 years and end the longest period that the wage hadn't been increased since the minimum wage was established decades ago. The bill would raise the current federal minimum wage by nearly $10 an hour, increasing it from the current level of $7.25 to $17 an hour over the next five… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-26). New Evidence Surfaces That 303 Creative Owner Misled SCOTUS. truthout.org A petitioner in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people in Colorado appears to have misled the Court regarding key facts in the case. Lorie Smith, who owns the website production company 303 Creative, was represented in the case by the far right legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). In their filing to the Court… |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-26). South Florida Ocean Temperature Hits 101.1 Degrees — a Possible World Record. truthout.org A buoy positioned roughly 40 miles south of Miami recorded a sea surface temperature of 101.1°F earlier this week, stunning scientists who say the reading could mark the latest in a string of global records as fossil fuel-driven extreme weather around the world brings unprecedented heat. Meteorologist Jeff Masters wrote that the temperature in Florida's Manatee Bay reached hot tub levels on Monday… |

Jeff Ernsthausen (2023-07-26). Ultrawealthy Reap Tax Breaks From Private Foundations With Little Public Benefit. truthout.org Once a week, a little past noon on Wednesdays, a line of cars forms outside the wrought-iron gates of the Carolands mansion, 20 miles south of downtown San Francisco. From the entrance, you can see the southeast facade of the 98-room Beaux Arts chateau, which was built a century ago by an heiress to the Pullman railroad-car fortune. Not visible from that vantage point is the stately reflecting… |

Teresa Bahr (2023-07-26). 3.2 Million Children May Lose Care If Congress Lets Pandemic-Era Funds Expire. truthout.org It is grueling to be forced to choose between work and caring for one's child. Yet this is the position of countless families in communities across the country — and things are about to get worse. On September 30, pandemic-era investments under the American Rescue Plan Act for child care will cease. When this happens, more than 3.2 million children will lose access to child care nationwide. |

Guest Contributor (2023-07-26). Covid, the Cabinet and a tussle over disclosure: R (Cabinet Office) v The Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction In a decision that may come as little surprise to those working in the fields of inquiries and public law, the Divisional Court consisting of Dingemans LJ and Garnham J dismissed the Cabinet Office's application for judicial review of a notice issued by Baroness Hallett, the Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry ("the Inquiry") …

WSWS (2023-07-26). Right-wing opposition mounts to Biden's new limited student loan forgiveness program. wsws.org Details about qualifying for the program and how much relief it will offer will not be available for months, while the Biden administration goes through the "negotiated rule-making process" mandated by the Higher Education Act of 1965.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-26). Creative thinking programme achieves milestone of enrolling 400,000 learners. imperial.ac.uk The longstanding 'Creative Thinking' online specialisation is a runaway success, as its creator readies new content for eager global learners.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-26). New scholarship programme to develop next generation of health leaders. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London and Sanofi, an innovative global healthcare company, have launched a new scholarship programme for underrepresented students.

Julia Rock (2023-07-26). Senate Bill Would Stop Tax Deduction For Fox's Defamation Settlement. levernews.com Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced a new bill today that would stop major corporations from claiming tax deductions on defamation settlements. Whitehouse's legislation comes after The Lever's

Fight Back (2023-07-26). San Jose demands justice for the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA — 20 activists and community members held a rally, June 9, to demand dropping the charges against the Tampa 5, the five University of Southern Florida of protesters who were brutalized by police and wrongfully charged. | The community emphasized the threat of the bill, now law, that the Tampa 5 were protesting, warning, "Republicans, responsible for setting frightening new precedents with legislation attacking LGBT people, women, reproductive rights, and the undocumented, will not be merciful, and will use the HB 999 to silence all dissenting voices," said Andy Schaefer, a member of the Silicon…

Fight Back (2023-07-26). Protesters decry Louisiana Education Superintendent meeting with far-right extremist group. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – On July 24, protesters from across Louisiana gathered outside Jones Creek Library in East Baton Rouge Parish. They chanted and waved signs, voicing their opposition to Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley's meeting with Moms for Liberty, a far-right national organization identified as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. | The demonstrators marched around the library and received supportive honking from passing highway traffic. They chanted "Ban hate, not books!" and "Defend trans youth!" | Moms for Liberty was founded in Florida and was initially focused on suppo…

Fight Back (2023-07-26). August 9: National Day of Protest to Drop the Charges on Tampa 5! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5. | The Tampa 5 – Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Laura Rodriguez, Jeanie K, and Chrisley Carpio – are the five Students for a Democratic Society protesters at the University of South Florida who were attacked by campus police and are now facing five to ten years in prison for protesting Governor Ron DeSantis' attacks on diversity programs and all of higher education. | On July 12, 2023, the Tampa 5 had their second court appearance. At this pretrial hearing, they learned that a trial date will be set by t…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-26). "Los multimillonarios intentan reducir la población mundial": reunión secreta patrocinada por Bill Gates. globalizacion.ca Durante más de diez años, multimillonarios descritos como filántropos han realizado reuniones para reducir el tamaño de la población mundial que culminaron con la crisis de Covid 2020-2022. | Los desarrollos recientes sugieren que la "despoblación" es una parte integral de…

Iñaki Etaio (2023-07-26). Cumbre CELAC-UE: øIzando las velas de las carabelas? globalizacion.ca La cumbre celebrada en Bruselas el 17 y 18 de julio entre las y los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) y de la Unión Europea tiene lugar 8 años después…

Horacio Duque (2023-07-26). Presidente Gustavo Petro consolida su apuesta estratégica por el cambio popular. globalizacion.ca En un contundente discurso ante el Congreso de la república, con ocasión de su instalación para un nuevo periodo que ocurrió el 20 de julio, fecha que celebra la independencia nacional, el presidente de la república Gustavo Petro, ha trazado…

Jorge Sánchez (2023-07-26). EE.UU. intenta controlar recursos acuáticos de los países soberanos. globalizacion.ca En nuestro mundo los países siempre lucharon y siguen luchando por el derecho de controlar y utilizar los recursos naturales. Recientemente, el petróleo con sus reservas no exploradas se unió a la competición. La mayor parte de la gente está…

Aram Aharonian (2023-07-26). El empeño neocolonial europeo. globalizacion.ca El 12 de octubre de 1492, tres carabelas que habían zarpado en agosto desde el español Puerto de Palos, tocaron tierra en la isla de Guanahani en el Caribe, en el inicio de la invasión europea a este continente, que …

Eloy Osvaldo Proaño (2023-07-26). Ecuador va a elecciones en plena crisis de seguridad: el correísmo, favorito. globalizacion.ca Ecuador se prepara para los comicios extraordinarios que se celebrarán el 20 de agosto, luego de que el banquero-presidente Guillermo Lasso optara por la disolución del Parlamento y convocara a elecciones anticipadas: todas las encuestas coinciden que la ganadora será…

Claudio Della Croce (2023-07-26). A pedido del FMI, Argentina aplica devaluación encubierta y nuevo dólar agro. globalizacion.ca Luego de tres meses de negociaciones, el Ministerio de Economía argentino y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) anunciaron que finalizaron las negociaciones, aunque aún no se conoce la letra chica del acuerdo: se alcanzó un acuerdo técnico que luego deberá…

Daniel Kersffeld (2023-07-26). Política exterior de España: Continuidad más allá de las diferencias. globalizacion.ca Ya sea que siga gobernando el PSOE en alianza con la ascendente fuerza de izquierda Sumar, o frente a la posibilidad por ahora remota de que el Partido Popular (PP) llegue a establecer un nuevo núcleo de poder, lo que…

C.J. Atkins (2023-07-26). Disco and dictators: Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos overthrown again, this time on Broadway. peoplesworld.org Eva Perón may have long reigned as the "First Lady of Broadway," but Santa Evita better make way because the Philippines' Iron Butterfly is storming the stage in Here Lies Love, which opened July 20 at New York's Broadway Theater. A creative collaboration between singer-songwriter David Byrne and musician Fatboy Slim, the show portrays the …

Jamal Rich (2023-07-26). Nicaragua celebrates 44th anniversary of Sandinista Revolution. peoplesworld.org MANAGUA, Nicaragua—On July 19, 2023, thousands of supporters, foreign dignitaries, and friends from various countries gathered outside the Roberto Clemente Stadium here for the celebration of the Triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution on its 44th anniversary. Many of those gathered were decked out in shirts emblazoned with "44/19" for the occasion. International delegations present …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-26). Teamsters claim big win with 5-year tentative pact with UPS. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The Teamsters claimed a big win on July 25 when, within hours of bargaining restarting for the first time in three weeks, UPS agreed to a five-year tentative contract with the union. The pact gives workers substantial raises, eliminates many part-time jobs by raising the positions, and the workers in them, to full-time, and effectively …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-26). Mass Israel chaos over Netanyahu court coup draws mostly silence in U.S. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Mass chaos in Israel over the far-rightist Netanyahu government's legislative coup against the one roadblock—the Supreme Court—to its seizure of total government control drew, surprisingly, mostly silence in the U.S., Israel's closest ally. And those who spoke out split along partisan lines: Democratic union leaders, but not lawmakers, denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coup attempt; …

Hannah Gais, Rachel Janik (2023-07-26). Speaker at 'Unite The Right' Rally Charged. splcenter.org Virginia authorities have arrested and charged a white nationalist once prominent in the "alt-right" for his involvement in a torchlit march the night before the deadly 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Hatewatch has learned.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Dominican Medical College returns to strike. telesurenglish.net Next July 31, a strike organized by the Dominican Medical Association (CMD, spanish acronym) and the Specialized Medical Societies begins. They announced this 26th that it would be a strike in stages, which responds to the absence of agreements with the meetings held with government health institutions. | Related: | The College and the Medical Societies demand, among other health reforms, the creation of a Basic Universal Health Plan and a unified…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Sudanese Refugees in Chad Receive Aid From the EU. telesurenglish.net With this shipment, the EU will have allocated 18.6 million euros to refugees in Chad since the start of the war in Sudan. These funds are disbursed as an emergency measure, since Chad also receives aid to address its own humanitarian problems, which have amounted to 39.1 million this year. | Aid from the EU, WFP and other international organizations is also going directly to Sudan. Jul. 26, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Peruvians Protest Against Congress New Authorities. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Peruvian police violently repressed citizens who were protesting against the election of the new board of directors of Congress. | RELATED: | Citizens were peacefully holding a sit-in outside the Parliament building when the police arrived and lashed out at them. The protesters were then beaten and persecuted along Abancay avenue in Lima. | Delegations of social organizations from the interior of the country had also arrive…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Israel's Supreme Court to Hear Petitions Against Judicial Law. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Israel's Supreme Court announced that it will hear petitions against a new law that limits some of its powers, potentially setting up a confrontation between the court and the government. | RELATED: | A new law that cancels the Supreme Court's power to overrule government decisions by deeming them "unreasonable" was passed by Israeli parliament on Monday, sparking stormy demonstrations across the count…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Russia Backs Brazilian Plan to Increase Liquidity at BRICS Bank. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the plans to increase liquidity for the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), which is part of the economic cooperation bloc led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. | RELATED: | "We are aware that the bank's liquidity is on the agenda. There are several ideas… and we will support them," Putin said during his meeting with BRICS NDB President D…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Guatemalan Electoral Tribunal Denounces Arbitrary Raids. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Supreme Electoral Court President Irma Palencia denounced the arbitrary raids that her institution has suffered from the Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office. | RELATED: | During a virtual intervention at the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), she criticized the interference of the Guatemalan Public Ministry after the first round of the presidential elections held on June 25th. They att…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Heatwaves Fuel New Fires in Mediterranean Countries. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, large areas of southern Europe remain sweltering under an intense heat wave that has been sparking wildfires in Mediterranean countries such as Greece and Italy. | RELATED: | Helped by firefighters from Türkiye and Slovakia, the Greeks are fighting fires on the islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Euboea, where heat and wind have kept the flames alive for a week. | A large fire broke out in an agroforestry area in the Magnesia region, forcing the evacu…

Alexander Wolfheze (2023-07-26). The Yugoslav "Crucible" Revisited, Lessons to be Learned: "The US-NATO War of Aggression Against Yugoslavia" globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-26). Live Collapse: 54-year-old Former Soccer Goalkeeper and ESPN Analyst Collapsed Live on Air on July 23, 2023. He "Urged People to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine." globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-26). Selected Articles: July 26, 1953: Fidel Castro Stormed the Moncada Barracks. The Start of a Revolutionary Process. globalresearch.ca By Sometimes reality surpasses fiction. In a way, this is the case with the Cuban revolution. …

Global Research News (2023-07-26). Video: Democracy According to Justin Trudeau: "Police to Remove You". Excluding Those Who Contradict Him. globalresearch.ca

Health Freedom Defense Fund (2023-07-26). Pfizer's Neurontin: A Drug for All Seasons — A Lesson in Big Pharma Mass Marketing Manipulation. globalresearch.ca

Marcy Winograd (2023-07-26). The Movie and the Moment: An Oppenheimer Review Through the Lens of an Anti-War Activist. globalresearch.ca

Mitchell Plitnick (2023-07-26). Leading Liberal Zionist Voices Call for Ending U.S. Aid to Israel. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-26). Nuclear War. "90 Seconds to Midnight": The Pentagon's 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca

Renee Parsons (2023-07-26). Dangerous Legislation. "Formulating A U.S. Declaration of War"? US Senate Adopts 2024 National Defense Authorization (NDAA) Which Endorses NATO's Article 5 Principle of "Collective Defense" globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-26). A Setback Can Become a Victory: Cuban President Diaz-Canel>. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel participated in the closing of the official acts in commemoration of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks that occurred on July 26, 1953. | RELATED: | On that date, a group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro and his brother Raul carried out an unprecedented action against the U.S.-backed dictatorship of F…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Chilean Teachers Association Calls for 24-Hour Strike. telesurenglish.net The national board of the Chilean Teachers' Association called for a 24-hour national strike today to demand improvements in education and other demands. | Related: | In this capital, the teachers will concentrate in Plaza de la Dignidad and will march along the emblematic avenue of La Alameda. | The union demands reparations for the historical debt of the State with teachers, when during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Cuba Celebrated the Moncada Barracks Assault at Dawn on July 26. telesurenglish.net On early Wednesday, in Cuba, commemorative activities began on the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, led by Fidel Castro with the aim of overthrowing the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. | RELATED: | The Heredia Theater in Santiago de Cuba was the venue for an artistic gala to celebrate the 508th anniversary of the founding of the city and the 70th anniversary of the ass…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Death Toll From Prison Riots in Ecuador Rises to 31. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Yesterday, the Ecuadorian Attorney General's Office confirmed that the riots that began three days ago in the Litoral Penitentiary, the country's largest prison, have left 31 dead, while the authorities seek to regain control of the center. | Related: | The institution reported that 14 people were injured, among them a policeman and a soldier. | The Government, on the other hand, concluded the intervention of the public forces in pavil…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Italy Hit by Wildfires, Heat and Hail. telesurenglish.net During the last 24 hours, the southern Italian island of Sicily has been hit by wildfires. Meanwhile, storms and hail have battered the northern part of Italy. | RELATED: | The airport in the Sicilian capital of Palermo was closed to air traffic on Monday and early Tuesday, as smoke from a nearby blaze had limited visibility in the area. Officials said the airport reopened later on Tuesday, although the number of flights was severe…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Rich Students Overrepresented in US Elite Private Colleges. telesurenglish.net A study published by Opportunity Insights, a group of researchers and policy analysts at Harvard University, shows that students with parents in the top 1 percent income level are more than twice as likely to attend an elite private university than those from middle-class families with comparable SAT and ACT scores. | RELATED: | The study looked at 12 colleges from the "Ivy League Plus" group, including the eight Ivy League schools, and St…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Typhoon Doksuri Leaves Over 180,000 Affected in the Philippines. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Philippines' national disaster agency said it has so far tallied at least one dead as Typhoon Doksuri continued to batter the country with rain and strong winds. | RELATED: | Over 180,000 people have been affected by the effects of the typhoon so far. The victim drowned in a flood that inundated a province east of Metro Manila. At least two others were injured in typhoon-related incidents in Luzon is…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). US Rules-Based Order Needs Rethinking: The Nation. telesurenglish.net As the geopolitical landscape shifted over the past decade and U.S. influence declines worldwide, Washington cannot continue to mischaracterize all its interventions or involvement in conflicts as defending the "rules-based order," said an article published by The Nation. | RELATED: | "Washington must accept that friends and allies will often go their own way if their interests are not aligned with America's on the worl…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Hamas Leadership Met With Palestinian President in Türkiye. telesurenglish.net The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced that its leadership met on Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Turkish capital of Ankara. | RELATED: | Husam Badran, a member of the Hamas politburo, said that the meeting discussed the preparations for the Palestinian factions' meeting scheduled to be held in Cairo on July 30 | A Hamas delegation, headed by the movement's politburo chief Ismail Ha…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Venezuela and Palestine Strengthen Bilateral Relations. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Venezuelan authorities received the head of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, with the aim of strengthening bilateral, diplomatic and commercial relations between both nations. | RELATED: | Media reported that Fattouh held working meetings with Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez. | "It is a pleasure to receive the president of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, on his official visit to our country…

Zachy Hennessey (2023-07-26). Israel's Credit Rating Lowered by Morgan Stanley, Moody's Warns of 'Significant Risk'. globalresearch.ca

Aaron Mendelson (2023-07-26). How Republicans flipped America's state supreme courts. nationofchange.org State supreme courts were once dominated by Democrats, but not anymore.

Alexander Wolfheze (2023-07-26). The Yugoslav "Crucible" Revisited, Lessons to be Learnt : "The US-NATO War of Aggression Against Yugoslavia" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-07-26). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Ukrainian authorities confirmed damage to industrial facilities in the Kharkiv region as a result of strikes of Russian UAVs; | Last night, explosions thundered in the Kherson region; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Stelmakhovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Zhitomir;…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-26). Blast Wounds Two In Shrine Town Near Syria's Damascus (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 25, two civilians were wounded when a booby-trapped motorcycle exploded in the shrine town of Sayyidah Zaynab near the Syrian capital, Damascus. | The town, which is located some 16 kilometers to the south of Damascus, is one of the most important destinations for Shia Muslim pilgrims, who come from different parts of Syria as well as from Lebanon, Iraq and even Iran. | A source in Damascus Police Command told the official Syrian…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-26). Iraqi Popular Mobilization Deployed Large Reinforcements In Syria's Deir Ezzor: Monitoring Group. southfront.org Iranian-backed forces massing around Deir Ezzor city. | Several factions of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have deployed reinforcements in the Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The first batch of reinforcements, which included military vehicles and ammunition trucks, were deployed near the town of al-Mayadin in the southern Deir Ezzor countryside on July 25. The next day, July 26, a second batch made out mainly of fighters wa…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-26). Russian Army Stands Its Ground In Donetsk, Krasny Liman And Zaporozhye (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had repelled several new attacks by Kiev forces in the directions of Donetsk, Krasny Liman, South Donetsk and Zaporozhye, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 26. | In a statement, the ministry said that the Russian Yug Group of Forces had repelled four attacks close to Belogorovka, Severnoye, Maryinka and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk direction. The group also targeted several Ukrainian units near Bogdanovka, Spornoye and Avdeevka. | Moreover, two ammunition depots of…

Anonymous765 (2023-07-26). Convulsions Of Ukrainian Counteroffensive Shake The Southern Front. southfront.org |

Anonymous834 (2023-07-26). America's Constitutional Government Is Gone. southfront.org

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-26). Anderson Cooper Is a Disgusting CIA Goon. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jul 20, 2023 | In a Pushing back against West's claim that NATO provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine and his call for ceasefire ne…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). Bodies of disappeared people in Colombia are delivered to relatives. plenglish.com Bogotá, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The Missing Persons Search Unit (UBPD) in conjunction with the Colombian Prosecutor's Office today delivered the bodies of two people, a father and son who disappeared 34 years ago.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). Climate change linked to July heat waves due to climate change. plenglish.com Washington, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The heat waves experienced to date in China, Europe and North America, and which will increase, are largely generated by the effects of climate change, said a report by World Weather Attribution (WWA ).

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). Climate situation, an energy challenge for Latin America. plenglish.com Quito, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The climate situation today poses a challenge for electricity generation in Latin America in the midst of the transition to renewable sources, said Andrés Rebolledo, executive secretary of the Latin American Energy Organization (Olade).

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). India demands an end to the aggressions against Cuba and Palestine. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The Solidarity Committee with Cuba in India today approved two declarations of solidarity with the island and the people of Palestine in their struggle to defend their rights.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). Mexican government considers positive meeting with Biden envoys. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) Mexico today considered positive the meeting held yesterday at the National Palace with a high-level delegation from US President Joe Biden to discuss the issue of drugs, arms trafficking and migration.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). The setback can become a victory: Díaz-Canel at the Moncada. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The First Secretary of the Communist Party and Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, affirmed here today that setbacks can become a victory, closing the commemoration for the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). Venezuela highlights Cuban people as example of resistance. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) What we have to thank the brother people of Cuba the most is the example of its men and women who never gave up, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, highlighted today.

Jerry Redfern (2023-07-26). Industry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of fossil fuel extraction. nationofchange.org Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.

Jim Hightower (2023-07-26). New Label, Same Old Business As Usual. otherwords.org As John Mellencamp sings: "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." True. And here's an equally true twist on that aphorism: "If you stand for everything, you won't amount to anything." | In a remarkable achievement, a newly formed political organization calling itself "No Labels" has managed to fall into both traps, standing up for everything and nothing at all. | The fledgling entity is using every synonym in the book to assure everyone that it is a middle-of-the-road, bipartisan, centrist, both-sides party, offering hybrid liberal-conservative solutions that won't offend anyone. | But wait…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-26). Guatemalans Call for 'The Flowers March' To Defend Democracy. orinocotribune.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-26). The Next Aggression the US Is Preparing Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Mision Verdad — Jul 21, 2023 | This year, the three bills were introduced in the US Congress against Venezuela: the Prohibition of Transactions and Leases with Venezuela's Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime Act, the Venezuelan Human Rights "AFFECT" Act, and the Venezuelan Democracy Act. The bills have a common denominator: to increase the pressure of the blockade and impose on it a framework of "humanitarian assistance". | The focus of this article is the Venezuelan Democracy Act which was introduced in the newly installed US Senate last March. The bill was put together by five Republicans: Jim Risch, Marc…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-26). Crimea in solidarity with Cuba on National Rebellion Day. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) Inhabitants of the Russian Republic of Crimea stood up in solidarity with the Cuban people on the National Rebellion Day, the Vice-President of Government Irina Kivikó told Prensa Latina on Wednesday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-26). Nicaraguan network celebrates Cuba ¥s National Rebellion Day. plenglish.com Managua, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The Nicaraguan Anti-imperialist Network of Solidarity with the Peoples ®Augusto C. Sandino ® on Wednesday celebrated Cuba ¥s 70th anniversary of the attacks on both Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-26). Sinéad O'Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies at 56. plenglish.com No cause of death has yet been revealed. | In a statement, the singer's family said: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time." | The acclaimed Dublin performer released 10 studio albums, while her song Nothing Compares 2 U was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards.

Peter Certo (2023-07-26). In OtherWords: July 26, 2023. otherwords.org This week marks the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted — but didn't officially end — the Korean War. The fighting in that conflict killed tens of thousands of U.S. service members and over 4 million Koreans, most of them civilians. | As Korean American peace advocate Cathi Choi writes this week, the frozen conflict remains just as dangerous today. With tensions rising and environmental costs mounting, Also this week, Shailly Gupta Barnes marks the bittersweet second anniversar…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-26). Schools are storing your Child's Biometric Data without Consent. expose-news.com Beginning in 2001, the UK was the first country in the world to introduce the use of biometrics in schools. About half of the children at school in the UK now use …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-26). The Kissinger Report: US government's policy to depopulate the world. expose-news.com Dr. Robert Malone was sceptical about various "depopulation agenda" theories involving covid. But his mind has changed since receiving an analysis of official documents from a colleague. The incriminating documents included The …

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2023-07-26). A Bittersweet Milestone for the Anti-Poverty Movement. otherwords.org This summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. | The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement, including the powerful organizing of poor mothers and caregivers who insisted for decades that poor and low-income people didn't need to prove their worthiness to receive government assistance. | When the credit went into effect, nearly all families with children in this country started receiving monthly tax credits of up to $300 per child — wit…

Staff (2023-07-26). How Ukraine and NATO Sabotaged Istanbul Grain Deal. orinocotribune.com

The Exposé (2023-07-26). Shocking ONS Report: COVID Vaccinated 18-39 Age Group at 91% Higher Death Risk than Unvaccinated Peers in UK. expose-news.com Official figures published by the UK's Office for National Statistics show that deaths per 100,000 among double vaccinated 18-39-year-olds were on average 91% higher than deaths per 100,000 among unvaccinated 18-39-year-olds between …

WSWS (2023-07-26). Australia: Telstra cuts another 500 jobs as restructure continues. wsws.org The Communications Workers Union, which covers only some of the affected workers, but has substantial membership in other parts of Telstra, is working to ensure there is no organised opposition to the latest round of job cuts.

WSWS (2023-07-26). US West Coast dockworkers speak out against pro-corporate government intervention, call for a joint struggle with Canadian longshoremen. wsws.org The ILWU bureaucracy has made every effort to isolate dockworkers' struggles on both sides of the US-Canada border to prevent a joint strike that could effectively bring the North American and global supply chain to a halt.

WSWS (2023-07-26). Teamsters announce sellout deal at UPS to block strike by 340,000 workers. wsws.org The announcement of a tentative agreement—one week before the deadline and only hours after talks restarted—has exposed the Teamsters' strike rhetoric as a massive bait-and-switch campaign.

Jim Hightower (2023-07-26). Extremists want to ban discussing their abortion bans. nationofchange.org Thirty-nine years later, here comes a clique of theocratic extremists in our country using Orwellian manipulation in its crusade to take control over every woman's personal reproductive rights.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Colombia: 3 Social Leaders Murdered in the Last Few Hours. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) of Colombia denounced that during the last hours, three social leaders were assassinated in different regions of the country. | Related: | With the most recent cases, the number of Colombian social activists murdered so far in 2023 rose to 97, and to 1,511 since the signing of the 2016 peace agreement, Indepaz remarked in several messages pub…

thecommunists (2023-07-26). Joti Brar: Occupied Korea and the decline of US imperialism. thecommunists.org In this comprehensive interview with Red Star Radio's Alexander Mckay, Comrade Joti Brar reports back from her recent visit to south Korea with the World Anti-imperialist Platform, following a similar interview after her visit to Venezuela. Speaking about the Platform's rally in Gwangju, Joti reflects that this city is the one place in south Korea …

Akiƒçita ≈ u≈ãka-Waka≈ã Ska, Unicorn Riot. (2023-07-26). Enbridge Ordered To Shutdown Line 5 And Pay Bad River Band $5.1 Million. popularresistance.org Ashland, Wisconsin — Canadian oil corporation Enbridge has been ordered to shut down its Line 5 tar sands oil pipeline and pay the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians $5.1 million. Chief Judge William M. Conley of the U.S. District Court for Wisconsin ruled on June 16, 2023 that Enbridge must adopt a more conservative shutdown and purge plan for its remaining time on the Bad River Indian Reservation. | Water protectors gathered on the day of the ruling in Ashland, Wisconsin to demand the immediate emergency shutdown of Line 5. Unicorn Riot heard from water protectors on the state o…

Alejandro Marcó del Pont (2023-07-26). Un Bretton Woods más orgánico, más destructor, más disputado. globalizacion.ca Hay que crear una prisión para los organismos que vigilan la economía mundial. La saga Bretton Woods se desarrolló en una encrucijada única en la historia moderna. | Una superpotencia anticolonial en ascenso, Estados Unidos, usó su influencia económica sobre una…

David Giesen (2023-07-26). Saturday 7/22: Do-gooders on a rampage: the case for restoring per capita land values to Native Americans. indybay.org lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Tourism operators expect to net profits. ecns.cn Domestic tourism steadily recovered in the first half of the year, with many tourism operators becoming more confident about turning losses into profits.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). China, South Asia ties on upswing. ecns.cn China and South Asia's extensive collaboration and their highly complementary trade structure will be crucial drivers of economic and social development on both sides, Chinese officials said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). PV profits surge amid high orders, lower costs. ecns.cn Thanks to rising market demand and lower prices for upstream silicon materials, leading photovoltaic companies are anticipating a doubling of their net profits in the first half, with an increased contribution from exports.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Luxury market to shine on booming demand from consumers. ecns.cn China's wealthiest continue to drive luxury's revival as two-thirds of the consumers surveyed by Vogue Business and Barclays Research reported spending over 15,000 yuan ($2,075) on luxury fashion products.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Business magazine releases China 500 companies list. ecns.cn Business magazine Fortunereleased its latest China 500 companies list on Tuesday, with the total revenue and profits of the 500 companies hitting $15 trillion (107 trillion yuan) and $717.1 billion in 2022.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Chinese fast-fashion giants make gains in U.S. ecns.cn Online fast-fashion retailers from China are making significant strides in the U.S. fashion industry and steadily gaining market share.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). China, Vietnam launch joint action to crack down on illegal entries, exits. ecns.cn China and Vietnam initiated a joint action to crack down on illegal entries and exits on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Watchdogs taking down black sheep. ecns.cn Discipline inspection and supervision departments have intensified self-reform efforts to weed out black sheep and guarantee full and strict governance over the Party, with 2,482 of their officials investigated in the first half of this year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Entry, residency process for families of foreign executives eased. ecns.cn Recent efforts to improve the business climate for foreign businesses, including measures to facilitate the entry of company executives and their family members, will help China integrate more deeply into the global economy.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Yangtze region high-speed railway projects hit significant milestones. ecns.cn Integrated regional development is expected to reach a higher level, as infrastructure construction projects in the Yangtze River Delta region enter a new stage.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Public snaps up tickets for Universiade. ecns.cn As athletes are busy making last-minute preparations to compete in the Chengdu FISU World University Games, which officially begin on Friday, the public competition to get seats to watch the games has long been underway.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). France bids farewell to giant panda. ecns.cn French first lady Brigitte Macron bid farewell to Yuan Meng at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Tuesday afternoon shortly before the first giant panda born in France took off on a 12-hour flight to Chengdu, Sichuan province, to join a panda breeding and conservation program.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). McCarthy floats impeachment of Biden. ecns.cn A potential move to impeach US President Joe Biden has gained momentum following remarks by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy."This is rising to the level of impeachment inquiry, which provides Congress the strongest power to get the rest of the knowledge and information needed," the California Republican said on Fox News on Monday.

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2023-07-24: News Headlines

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-25). Enbridge Ordered to Shutdown Line 5 and Pay Bad River Band $5.1M. unicornriot.ninja

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Roof collapse kills 11; probe underway. ecns.cn Eleven people were confirmed dead after the ceiling of a gymnasium collapsed on Sunday afternoon at a school in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, local authorities said on Monday. An investigation is underway.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Xi to attend Universiade in Chengdu. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, and host visiting heads of state and government from six countries from Thursday to Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Measures to bolster private investment. ecns.cn China has unveiled a series of measures to stimulate the vitality of private investment and boost confidence, signaling the country's latest push to bolster the private sector and shore up the world's second-largest economy.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). NBA star now a Chinese citizen, to play for national team. ecns.cn It's official! There will be a Chinese player again in the NBA lineup in the next season.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Wang urges open, inclusive cyberspace. ecns.cn Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi called on Monday for building an open and inclusive cyberspace, saying that the issue of cybersecurity has become a common challenge for developing countries.


ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Internet economy on cusp of expansion. ecns.cn China's sprawling internet economy is entering a new stage of development, as the country takes strides toward building world-leading digital infrastructure and exploring various applications of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence.

Editor (2023-07-24). CIA-Linked Security Company Targeted Former Ecuador President Who Granted Assange Asylum. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter In addition to targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a CIA-linked private security company based in Spain allegedly spied on former Ecuador president Rafael Correa. Spanish newspaper El País reported that UC Global director David Morales instructed his employees to collect information from Correa's 2018 meetings with Latin American leaders that included …

Editor (2023-07-24). The Climate Crisis Is Most Detrimental to the Black Community. scheerpost.com As the only key to being insulated from the worst aspects of climate change in its current form is through financial stability, the economic fragility that has been a hallmark of this community due to systemic racism makes it most susceptible to feeling the effects of climate change more than any other group.

Editor (2023-07-24). Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit. scheerpost.com By Richard Wolff / CounterPunch Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many capitalists to leave that area and move production to New York and the mid-Atlantic states. Much of New England was left with abandoned factory buildings and depressed towns evident to this day. Eventually …

Editor (2023-07-24). House and Senate Set Up for Fight Over How Much Military Aid to Give Taiwan. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-24). Ralph Nader: The Cost of Re-Enforcing Political Monocultures. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org In nature, monocultures are not so resilient to predators or other ravages that exploit their inherent vulnerabilities. Farmers have known this characteristic of monocultures forever. (Agribusiness doesn't care as much, given its short-term profit outlook.) Democratic voters are at risk from the increasing political monocultures that are weakening resistance to …




Editor (2023-07-24). Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR for Amazon While Ignoring Human Costs of 'Prime Day Deals'. scheerpost.com This year, like every year, Amazon workers' attempts to draw attention to their exploitative conditions were largely drowned out by hundreds of fawning PR press releases thinly disguised as articles about how "consumers" could "take advantage" of "amazing deals" offered by Amazon on "Prime Day."

Editor (2023-07-24). Chris Hedges: There Are Very Few Good Films About War. '20 Days in Mariupol' Is An Exception. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Films about war, shorn of the bone crushing fear, the putrid stench of the corpses, the deafening noise of explosions, the constant exhaustion and the nervous anxiety that comes with trying to understand what is happening in the terrifying chaos, are pale and inadequate reflections of the vast …

Editor (2023-07-24). Thanks a Million… Times 10. scheerpost.com

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-07-24). There Are Very Few Good Films About War. popularresistance.org Films about war, shorn of the bone crushing fear, the putrid stench of the corpses, the deafening noise of explosions, the constant exhaustion and the nervous anxiety that comes with trying to understand what is happening in the terrifying chaos, are pale and inadequate reflections of the vast enterprise of industrial slaughter. And these are the good films, of which there are only a few. | Most feature war films and documentaries, from The Sands of Iwo Jima to Saving Private Ryan, are war pornography. They romanticize those wielding the terrible instruments of death. They justify the unjustifiable. They pay homa…

Mauricio Becerra Rebolledo, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-07-24). Lula And Xi Jinping Pave The Way For Trade De-Dollarization. popularresistance.org In September 2006, at the UN General Assembly, the foreign ministers of Brazil, China, Russia and India began to outline what would become a major trade and monetary support agreement. In 2010, during a meeting of the presidents of these countries in Brasilia and a year later in China, what is now known as the BRICS was ratified and began to take shape, with South Africa joining the group. Initially the BRICS countries showed their willingness to engage in closer dialogue with each other, but over the years the agenda began to include broader international cooperation and, above all, economic and financial partne…

Peter Mertens, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-24). Mutiny In South And North. popularresistance.org History proceeds in waves, and I think it is important to understand the movement of history. The unipolar era under the dominance of the United States is coming to an end. | The future belongs to multilateral relations between countries and peoples, with mutual respect and reciprocity, without outside political or military interference. Within this framework, enormous numbers of people have committed themselves in recent days to building lasting relations between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. | We all know: as the movement of history continues, some cling frenetically to the certainties of the old wo…




Kit Klarenberg, The Grayzone. (2023-07-24). Leaked Files Suggest Hidden British Hand In Latest Kerch Bridge Strike. popularresistance.org On July 16, a predawn assault on the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia left two civilians dead and a 14-year-old injured. As advisors to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted at Ukraine's culpability, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed his finger at Kiev and vowed revenge. | The attack was the second attempt at destroying the Kerch Bridge in less than a year. On October 8th 2022, a suicide attacker remotely detonated a truck bomb on the bridge, killing three and inflicting such severe damage the vehicular crossing remained closed until February this year, while railroad traffic res…

Adam Johnson, The Real News Network. (2023-07-24). Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR For Amazon. popularresistance.org Every year, America's corporate media celebrates the coming of that most sacred and deal-laden of holidays, so-called Amazon "Prime Day." The media fanfare around Prime Day is such a staple that it has become a perennial strategic rallying point for Amazon workers trying to draw attention to Amazon's low wages, unsafe working conditions, and aggressive anti-union corporate culture. These are year-round problems that ramp up to 11 during the taxing and brutal period before, during, and after Prime Day, when workers are pressured into long hours, exposed to high temperatures, and given impossible performance metric…

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-07-24). International Day Of Protest For Palestine And Its Supporters. popularresistance.org People have taken action in the UK, Canada, and France over the imprisonment of UK pro-Palestine activists. It came after high-profile campaigners, including Roger Waters, issued a joint statement condemning the British state's persecution of the six people over their activism against the state of Israel.

Barbara Barrett, In These Times. (2023-07-24). Despite Heat Deaths, Many States Don't Require Water Breaks. popularresistance.org Even as summer temperatures soar and states wrangle with protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, Texas recently enacted a law that axes city rules mandating water and shade breaks for construction workers. | In state after state, lawmakers and regulators have in recent years declined to require companies to offer their outdoor laborers rest breaks with shade and water. In some cases, legislation failed to gain traction. In others, state regulators decided against action or have taken years to write and release rules. | Heat causes more deaths in the United States each year than any other extreme weather.

Nick Cunningham, DeSmog. (2023-07-24). Proposed Pipeline Expansion Could Upend Three States' Climate Plans. popularresistance.org California, Oregon, and Washington have all passed laws and enacted policies that require utilities to dramatically cut carbon pollution over the next decade. | But TC Energy, the Canadian owner of a major regional gas pipeline, has asked federal regulators to approve a plan that would dramatically expand the line's capacity, flooding the region for decades with new supplies of methane gas — even as demand dwindles. | Called GTN Xpress, the plan calls for upgrading three compressor stations — facilities that keep up pressure in the line and propel gas forward — along the 60-year-old, 1,377-mile-…

Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Robert Lusardi, Resilience. (2023-07-24). Removing Dams From Klamath River: A Step To Justice For Native Americans. popularresistance.org The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, and along pebbled beaches where willows shade the river's edge. Closer to its mouth at Requa, the trees rising above the river are often blanketed in fog. | The Klamath is central to the worldviews, history and identity of several Native nations. From headwaters in Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin-Paiute lands, it flows through Shasta, Karuk, Hupa and Yurok homelands. The Yurok Tribe has legally r…




noreply (2023-07-24). Speaking Of US Air Defense. smoothiex12.blogspot.com I am on record and it is public–US-made (or procured) Air Defense IS NOT designed for modern battlefield. I do not say it lightly, but the use of the AIM-120 AMRAAM, which is a dedicated air-to-air missile, which, surprise-surprise, when launched from the aircraft already has Vo or initial speed that of aircraft itself and has much more energy than when launched from motionless platform is not a good idea, even with booster. And then, of course, there is an issue of modern EW environment. Here is what happens with NASAMS and its AMRAAMs when encountering highly tactically aware opponent with superb ISR. Military…

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-24). BRICS problems, BRI solutions. thealtworld.com While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply. | As the BRICS approach the most important summit in their history on August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, some fundamentals need to be observed. | The top three BRICS cooperation platforms are politics and security, finance and the economy, and culture. So the notion that a new BRICS gold-backed reserve currency will be announced at the South Africa summit is spurious. | What is in progress, as confirmed by BRICS sherpa…

Alastair Crooke (2023-07-24). Counter-Revolution — 'Do You Know What Time It Is?'. thealtworld.com Both the U.S. and Europe have stalked brazenly into traps of their own making, Alastair Crooke writes. | To be blunt, both the U.S. and Europe have stalked brazenly into traps of their own making. Caught in the lies and deceit woven around a claimed inheritance of superior cultural DNA, (vouchsafing, it is said, almost certain victory), the West is awakening to a fast-approaching disaster to which there are no easy solutions. Cultural exceptionalism, together with the prospect of a clear 'win' over Russia, are draining rapidly away — but exiting delusion is both slow and humiliating. | The coming devastatio…

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-24). Russia's Surgical Strike On The Moldovan-Romanian-Ukrainian Tri-Border Sent Several Messages. thealtworld.com

Rania Khalek (2023-07-24). Texas 'Death Star' Law Eliminates Water Breaks For Construction Workers. thealtworld.com As Texas sweltered last month under a record-breaking heat wave, the state passed a new law that eliminates mandatory water breaks for construction workers. | Tevita Uhatafe, the 1st Vice President of the Tarrant County Central Labor Council, discusses how HB 2127, which activists are calling "the law that kills", impacts workers across Texas.

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-24). We have lost our country. How do we get her back? thealtworld.com This is from three years, two months ago: China: The much needed enemy | From Mike Whitney's recent column, the situation was worsened. The US will suffer, not China. | It is very distressing to watch America's anti-American intellectual class, with its hold over public schools, univ…




Brian Berletic (2023-07-24). Hong Kong's Victory of US Meddling: Nury Vittachi on Hong Kong's Past, Present & Future. thealtworld.com Nury Vittachi tells the story of Hong Kong's transition from a British territory to a fully sovereign territory within China, free of disruptive foreign influence, maintaining its unique characteristics within the "One Country, Two Systems" arrangement, and about the violence and instability that unfolded beforehand.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-24). The Empire Knows It's Pouring Ukrainian Blood Into An Unwinnable Proxy War. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | In a new article titled " Michaels writes: "When Ukraine launched its big counteroffensive this spring, Western military officials knew Kyiv didn't have all the training or weapons‚Ää[mdash…

Scott Ritter (2023-07-24). Scott Ritter — No Choice but to End the War. thealtworld.com

thecommunists (2023-07-24). Seven decades of US imperialist interference in Ukraine. thecommunists.org This short video gives a quick run-down of the divide in Ukraine between the east and the west that has been fuelled in order to lay the groundwork for today's war against Russia on Ukrainian soil. A divide known to, studied, and exploited by the USA and its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since at least …

Basav Sen, Gabrielle Colchete (2023-07-24). Cop City and the escalating war on environmental defenders. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a

Mansa Musa (2023-07-24). Inside the fight to expand addiction care in Alaska. therealnews.com




Maximillian Alvarez (2023-07-24). The UPS showdown: What to expect from a strike. therealnews.com We are less than two weeks away from what could be the second largest single-employer strike in US history. As of this recording, contract negotiations between United Parcel Services (UPS) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reportedly "collapsed"—and the clock is ticking until the current contract expires on July 31. If a deal is not reached and a strike occurs, what will it look like for 340,000 Teamster UPSers to walk off the job? What are the key issues that workers are prepared to strike over? And what can we all do to support them, whether a strike occurs or not? In this episode,…

Simon Pirani (2023-07-24). War in Ukraine Makes Just Transition on Energy More Urgent. fpif.org Even in the midst of war, there is a struggle for Ukraine's energy future. | It's one that international allies of Ukraine's social movements need to pay attention to, because states like the United States and United Kingdom, and international organizations like the European Union, will be influential in how that tussle turns out. | In almost every country in the world there is a battle for influence between partisans of renewable, decentralized energy production, and those of legacy nuclear or carbon-intensive methods, who often have deeper pockets and stronger political connections. | But in Ukraine, that st…

Linn Washington (2023-07-24). French Fried Police Brutality — Outrage Erupts…Again! thiscantbehappening.net Editors note: The following essay is written by renowned activist/journalist Julia Wright — a resident of Paris who is the daughter of legendary African American author/activist Richard Wright. This essay provides insightful views rarely reported in news coverage in American media. By Julia Wright Two days ago, my client told me he was thinking of … |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Washington Governor: Heat Wave Is Earth "Screaming at Us" to End Fossil Fuel Use. truthout.org As the climate crisis and an El Niño event push temperatures to record highs across continents, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is raising the alarm that the "Earth is screaming at us" to stop the use of fossil fuels and move quickly to address the climate crisis. "The fuse has been burning for decades, and now the climate change bomb has gone off," Inslee said in an interview with ABC over the… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-24). Abbott Says He'll Defy Fed Order to Remove Barbed Wire Barriers on Rio Grande. truthout.org Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has indicated that he will defy an order from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove barbed wire buoy barriers in the Rio Grande, an action that has prompted a federal lawsuit against him and other Texas officials. The barriers are part of Abbott's so-called "Operation Lone Star" program, which seeks to deter migrants from entering the U.S. |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Sanders Says He's Voting Against NDAA: "The Pentagon Doesn't Need $886B" truthout.org As the Senate prepares to vote on a record-breaking $886 billion budget for defense, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has announced his intention to vote against the bill, saying that it is "long overdue" for the U.S. to shift its priorities away from piling ever-increasing amounts of money on the Pentagon and defense contractors. "The US Senate is now debating an $886 billion defense authorization… |

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-07-24). The UPS showdown: What to expect from a strike. therealnews.com We are less than two weeks away from what could be the second largest single-employer strike in US history. As of this recording, contract negotiations between United Parcel Services (UPS) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reportedly "collapsed"—and the clock is ticking until the current contract expires on July 31. If a deal is not reached and a strike occurs, what will it look like for 340,000 Teamster UPSers to walk off the job? What are the key issues that workers are prepared to strike over? And what can we all do to support them, whether a strike occurs or not? In this episode,…

Simon Pirani (2023-07-24). War in Ukraine Makes Just Transition on Energy More Urgent. fpif.org Even in the midst of war, there is a struggle for Ukraine's energy future. | It's one that international allies of Ukraine's social movements need to pay attention to, because states like the United States and United Kingdom, and international organizations like the European Union, will be influential in how that tussle turns out. | In almost every country in the world there is a battle for influence between partisans of renewable, decentralized energy production, and those of legacy nuclear or carbon-intensive methods, who often have deeper pockets and stronger political connections. | But in Ukraine, that st…

Linn Washington (2023-07-24). French Fried Police Brutality — Outrage Erupts…Again! thiscantbehappening.net Editors note: The following essay is written by renowned activist/journalist Julia Wright — a resident of Paris who is the daughter of legendary African American author/activist Richard Wright. This essay provides insightful views rarely reported in news coverage in American media. By Julia Wright Two days ago, my client told me he was thinking of … |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Washington Governor: Heat Wave Is Earth "Screaming at Us" to End Fossil Fuel Use. truthout.org As the climate crisis and an El Niño event push temperatures to record highs across continents, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is raising the alarm that the "Earth is screaming at us" to stop the use of fossil fuels and move quickly to address the climate crisis. "The fuse has been burning for decades, and now the climate change bomb has gone off," Inslee said in an interview with ABC over the… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-24). Abbott Says He'll Defy Fed Order to Remove Barbed Wire Barriers on Rio Grande. truthout.org Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has indicated that he will defy an order from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove barbed wire buoy barriers in the Rio Grande, an action that has prompted a federal lawsuit against him and other Texas officials. The barriers are part of Abbott's so-called "Operation Lone Star" program, which seeks to deter migrants from entering the U.S. |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Sanders Says He's Voting Against NDAA: "The Pentagon Doesn't Need $886B" truthout.org As the Senate prepares to vote on a record-breaking $886 billion budget for defense, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has announced his intention to vote against the bill, saying that it is "long overdue" for the U.S. to shift its priorities away from piling ever-increasing amounts of money on the Pentagon and defense contractors. "The US Senate is now debating an $886 billion defense authorization… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-24). Harvard Report: US Meat Supply Could Start the Next Global Pandemic. truthout.org A new report from Harvard Law School and New York University argues that the next global pandemic could originate from the U.S. meat supply. "Covid has infected more than 100 million Americans and killed over a million of them. But the next pandemic may be far worse and might happen sooner than we think," Ann Linder, one of the report's lead authors, said in a statement. "The stakes are simply too… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges. truthout.org Just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a new study suggests that "affirmative action" for the rich is very much alive when wealthy Americans seek acceptance to the most elite colleges in the U.S. According to a study released Monday by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research group, students from families within the… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-24). Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Ohio Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative. truthout.org A new poll published this week demonstrates that a majority of Ohio residents support expanding abortion rights beyond the six-week ban that's currently on the books, and will likely back a voter-led initiative that's set to appear on the ballot. Voters will decide this fall whether the state constitution should be amended to enshrine abortion rights, as a signature-driven initiative surpassed the… |

Julia Conley (2023-07-24). Fish Caught Near Fukushima Exceeds Limit of Radioactive Cesium by 180 Times. truthout.org With the Tokyo Electric Power Company planning to begin a release of 1.3 million tonnes of treated wastewater from the former Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan next month, reports of radioactive fish in the area have raised alarm in recent years — and new reporting on Sunday revealed that the problem is far from mitigated, prompting questions about how dangerous the company's plan… |

Amy Goodman (2023-07-24). Customs and Border Protection Is Caging Migrants Outdoors Amid Heat Wave. truthout.org As a record-breaking heat wave continues in Arizona, reporters with The Intercept say they have observed U.S. Border Patrol holding about 50 migrants inside a chain-link pen in the Sonoran Desert, at the Ajo Border Patrol Station. This comes as the group Humane Borders reports the bodies of at least 13 people were found over the past month in the Sonoran Desert where many migrants cross. |

Sasha Abramsky (2023-07-24). Trump's Attacks on the Legal System Are a Preview of How He Plans to Govern. truthout.org As Donald Trump's legal perils mount and with a trial date now set for his mishandling of classified documents, the disgraced ex-president — and many of his GOP acolytes — are launching a full-court campaign against the independence of the Justice Department. They are hoping to turn the department into a scapegoat to cushion Trump in the public eye from the impact of prosecution, and also… |

Julie Appleby (2023-07-24). House GOP Proposes Cheaper Health Care at the Cost of Consumer Protections. truthout.org Forget "repeal and replace," an oft-repeated Republican rallying cry against the Affordable Care Act. House Republicans have advanced a package of bills that could reduce health insurance costs for certain businesses and consumers, partly by rolling back some consumer protections. Rather than outright repeal, however, the subtler effort could allow more employers to bypass the landmark health… |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-24). Israeli Parliament Passes Part of Reforms Popularly Opposed as "Judicial Coup" truthout.org Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved part of a proposed judicial overhaul that would limit the Supreme Court's power to check government action, a key priority of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government. The vote took place as protests raged outside the Israeli Knesset and across the country. Polling has shown that a majority of Israelis oppose the sweeping overhaul… |

Melissa Price Kromm (2023-07-24). North Carolina GOP's Plan to Hijack Elections Should Concern Voters Everywhere. truthout.org The Supreme Court recently prevented Republicans from hijacking state and county election boards in its 6-3 ruling against North Carolina Republicans in Moore v. Harper. If the state GOP had been successful, they would've been able to run federal-level elections in North Carolina and across the country without any pathway for citizens to challenge unfair election laws. But voting rights are still… |

_____ (2023-07-24). If Everybody's Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations? strategic-culture.org Join us on , , and . | Dear friends, | Greetings from the desk of The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) hel…

_____ (2023-07-24). Goodness Gracious, David Ignatius: The Light at the End of the Tunnel. strategic-culture.org By Melvin GOODMAN"The thing about tunnels is that if you keep moving through them, darkness eventually gives way to light." | — David Ignatius, Washington Post, July 19, 2023 | "The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train." | — Robert Lowell | The Washington Post's senior international affairs columnist, David Ignatius, is one of the leading stenographers in the mainstream media. He has excellent sources in the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency because he reliably and accurately reports their briefings and so-called leaks to influence public perceptions. His mo…

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-24). Shahba, Syria: Survival as Resistance. unicornriot.ninja

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Ukrainian Counter-Offensive On July 24: Losses Grow Without Victories. southfront.org The military situation on the southern Ukrainian frontlines remains unchanged. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are likely preparing for another wave of large-scaled attacks which could mark the second stage of Kiev's counter-offensive. | The frontlines did not change in the Zaporozhie region. Ukrainian assault groups, together with foreign mercenaries, attempted several attacks on the village of Rabotino but failed to advance. They were timely spotted by Russ…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Military Situation On Northern Donbass Frontlines On July 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian forces destroyed 95 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored vehicles, 3 pickups, 1 artillery system in the Kupyansk area; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Sinkovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Sinkovka. | Ru…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). In Video: Russian Fighters Capture Ukrainian Trenches In Close Combat. southfront.org

Anonymous765 (2023-07-24). Kiev's Revenge Leads To More Damage To Ukraine. southfront.org |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Kissinger's 'Sino-Soviet Split 2.0' Destined To Fail. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageKissinger's room for maneuver was extremely narrow, despite the overall cordiality of his hosts. Beijing is perfectly aware of the rabid hostility and ever-growing Sinophobia in Washington DC, as well as the fact that the belligerent thalassocracy will not change its course anytime soon. | Written by A bit over half a century ago, the United States under the Nixon administration sent its then-S…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Military Situation In Syria On July 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 24, SNA's Military Police carried out a security operation in Tal Abyad city. One SNA member was killed and an SNA leader was arrested during the operation; | On July 24, unknown attackers riding a motorcycle attacked a HTS military vehicle in the Jabal al-Arbaeen area. Three HTS members were wounded; | On July 23, a rocket…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). US Grows Tired Of Zelensky, Who Burning Bridges With Europe — Former Pentagon Official. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageAnglo Alliance enables Zelensky's petulant behaviour. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | US officials are growing tired of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky making endless demands for Western support, writes Douglas MacKinnon, a former adviser for policy and communications at the Pentagon, in an op-ed for The Hill. Even without MacKinnon's insight, it is evident that Western leaders are becoming weary of Zelensky's demands, as seen at the rece…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery destroyed a fuel depot of the AFU near Orekhov; | Russian artillery destroyed a command post of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachka; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Rabotino; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orikhiv; | Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 2 D-30 howitzers were destroyed in Kherson region, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 2 arti…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Eric Zuesse: How U.S. Congress Just Voted to Make War Permanent. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by In a bold display of the bipartisan determination of the U.S. Congress after 9/11 to lock-in forever the bonanza that the Congress temporarily granted to America's 'Defense' industries (manufacturers of war-weapons, etc.), the proposed congressional Resolution, on July 19th,

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Last night, explosions thundered in the Sumy region; | Last night, explosions thundered in the Odessa region; | The Russian Army struck the port of Renil; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Sinkovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Yampolovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Serebryanka; | Russian artillery destroyed a fuel depot of the AFU near Orekhov; | Russian artillery destro…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Russian Forces Continue Advance On Northern Donbass Frontlines. southfront.org While the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue their attempts to breck through Russian defence on the southern and eastern frontlines, Russian forces maintain the military initiative and are gaining new strongholds on the battlefields in the northern Donbass. | In the area of Kupyansk, Russian troops continue their offensive operations in order to gain a stronghold on the eastern bank of the Oskol River in the northern part of the Kharkiv region. The battles are ongoing near the village of P…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Ukrainian Drone Attack In Moscow On July 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

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Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Ukraine Is Ammunition-Starved, And The West Simply Cannot Keep Up With Its Pledges. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe current state of affairs, with a Western deindustrializations crisis, makes it very difficult for the West to pursue its proxy attrition war: it simply cannot produce all the weapons it promises to give Ukraine. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts | While Western discussions have focused on sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev, Hal Brands, a Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Mighty Drones Or Storm Shadow Missiles: Another Attack Destroyed Military Warehouse In Crimea. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the morning of July 24, Ukrainian forces launched another major attack on Crimea. Drone strikes on the peninsula have been ongoing almost daily since July 17, when Kiev struck the Crimean bridge. In recent days, the Ukrainian military managed to reach several targets, while previously Russian air defence forces had been intercepting all targets over the peninsula. | According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, in total 17 UAVs were intercepted over the Crimean peninsula on July 24.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). 11 dead in gym roof collapse in NE China. ecns.cn Eleven people were killed in a roof collapse in a middle school gymnasium on Sunday. There were 19 people in the gymnasium at the No. 34 Middle School of Qiqihar when the accident occurred. Four people escaped on their own and 15 were trapped.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). NBA player Kyle Anderson expected to play for China. ecns.cn American-born forward Kyle Anderson has completed a naturalization procedure and has acquired Chinese citizenship to be eligible to play for his mother's home country on the international stage.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China's central bank to enhance data security. ecns.cn The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, released a set of draft administrative measures on Monday to strengthen the security management of data related to the PBOC's activity.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Fire breaks out at centuries-old temple in NW China's Gansu. ecns.cn A fire broke out at the Giant Buddha Temple, also known as the Dafo Temple in Shandan County, Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province, on early Monday morning, CCTV reported.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). South China delivers first of 8 super container vessels for MSC. ecns.cn The largest container vessel in South China was delivered for use after it was named MSC NOA ARIEILA in Nansha district in the Guangdong provincial capital on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). American-style Chinese Cuisine gathers popularity, curiosity in Beijing. ecns.cn A newly opened American-style Chinese Cuisine restaurant has unexpectedly gone viral on Chinese social media, drawing throngs of young foodies, especially those with overseas experiences. But here is the catch — the real challenge lies in converting short-term fancies into sustained popularity.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). 33rd Naadam Fair opens in Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn The 33rd Naadam Fair opened on Sunday in Xilinhot City, Xilingol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Nearly 100,000 people were dressed in costumes to celebrate the grassland gala.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). India rejects BYD's $1 billion factory proposal. ecns.cn India has rejected BYD's proposal to set up a $1 billion factory in the country in partnership with Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, the Economic Times reported on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Kyle Anderson obtains Chinese citizenship. ecns.cn Chinese Basketball Association announced on Monday morning that Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kyle Anderson has obtained Chinese citizenship.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Alipay, WeChat Pay expand service scenes for overseas users. ecns.cn Chines mobile payment service providers Alipay and WeChat Pay announced to upgrade application scenes and services for overseas users traveling to China as the 31st FISU Summer World University Games and the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou draw near.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). School collapse claims 11 lives. ecns.cn The last trapped person has been found dead on Monday morning after a collapse on Sunday afternoon at a school in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, China Central Television reported.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Giant panda Mei Xiang's 25th birthday celebrated at U.S. zoo. ecns.cn Giant panda Mei Xiang's 25th birthday was celebrated at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China unveils measures to boost private investment. ecns.cn China pledged on Monday to boost the private sector with a raft of policy measures designed to stimulate the vitality of private investment and boost confidence.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China sends first satellite with flexible solar array into space. ecns.cn Three of the satellites will be used to obtain remote sensing observation data and provide commercial remote sensing services. China's first flat-panel communication satellite with a flexible solar array, Lingxi-03, will be used for satellite communications technology verification.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Giant panda Mei Xiang celebrate 25th birthday at U.S. zoo. ecns.cn Mei Xiang celebrated her 25th birthday on Saturday. Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji are the three giant pandas currently living in the zoo.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). International dance troupe brings classic to Xinjiang festival. ecns.cn The 6th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival, with a theme of "Dreams of Dance, Harmony of Silk Road," attracted more than 1,000 artists from Asia, Europe and Africa.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Photovoltaic power the second-largest power source in China: official. ecns.cn China's newly added photovoltaic installed capacity has ranked first in the world for ten consecutive years, and in the first half of this year, the cumulative installed capacity exceeded 470 million kilowatts, making it the second-largest power source in terms of installed capacity in China," said Li Chuangjun, director of the Department of New Energy and Renewable Energy Sources of the National Energy Administration (NEA).

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). NYT: U.S. chipmakers need China. ecns.cn Chipmakers are finding it increasingly hard to operate in China but say doing business in the country is still key to their survival, writes Ana Swanson of The New York Times, who covers international trade and tracks the U.S.-China relationship.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Xi to attend opening ceremony of Chengdu Universiade. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu and hold a welcome banquet and bilateral events for foreign leaders attending the event.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-24). Plant pathogens and science festivals: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-24). Imperial students win climate prize for peatland wet farms funding project. imperial.ac.uk

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-24). Retired stars still have a role to play in planet formation. imperial.ac.uk Old stars roaming through new star-forming regions could be responsible for a radioactive heat source thought to be important for young planets.

David Giesen (2023-07-24). Wednesday 7/26: Bernal Litterati [sic]. indybay.org outdoor amphitheater at corner with Bernal Branch Library | 500 Cortland Avenue…

repost (2023-07-24). London Breed's Corrupt PUC Led By Dennis J. Herrera Paying Large Fines. indybay.org SF Mayor London Breed's corrupt PUC led By Dennis J. Herrera is paying large fines for violation of pollution violations.

David Giesen (2023-07-24). Saturday 7/29: Countering the liberal-progressive myth of community: the walking tour. indybay.org meet in the lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

SFMTA Employees (2023-07-24). Jeffrey Tumlin: our buses aren't jails. indybay.org This is an open letter from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) employees regarding the events of July 8th, 2023 at the annual Dolores Park Hill Bomb, where Muni buses were used by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to transport detained teenagers to SFPD's Mission Station.

Speak Out Now (2023-07-24). Saturday 8/5: Police Murder in France: A Nationwide Uprising. indybay.org Online Townhall, see website for details…

Brenda Norrell (2023-07-24). United Nations Hears Testimony on Violations of Indigenous Rights by Governments, Police. indybay.org The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and murder by federal agents and militarized forces, during this week's session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

David Giesen (2023-07-24). Saturday 8/12: David Rovics in house concert. indybay.org Notable House in Bernal Heights, San Francisco | 189 Ellsworth St.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-24). México_In memoriam: Gustavo Esteva. indybay.org

DLI (2023-07-24). Big LIE exposed: Pentagon finally admits Chinese "spy balloon" sent no military info! indybay.org On June 30–on a Friday, typically a news-lite day–the Pentagon released a statement that the much-hyped Chinese "spy balloon" that was shot down by US air missiles back in February(costing more than $400,000 each, and it took 2 shots!) had not, after all, sent back any military information. Gee, did the US Government commit another one of those "Iraqi had WMD" moment?>

Labor Video Project (2023-07-24). SAG AFTRA Members Picket Netflix HQ-Protest 1 Cent Residuals. indybay.org Dozens of SAG AFTRA strikers picketed the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. Netflix refuses to provide information about the times it streams films to the union and also wants SAG AFTRA and Writers Guild West members to work as gig workers with no healthcare and pensions.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-24). Lawsuit Challenges EPA's 2023-2025 Renewable Fuels Standard. indybay.org WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels for 2023-2025. Last month the EPA set the 2022 required minimum volume for transportation sector use at roughly 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol and 5.63 billion gallons of advanced biofuels.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-24). Groups Win Legal Challenges to Massive Bay Area Biofuel Refinery Projects. indybay.org Flawed Reviews Downplayed Harms to Communities, Environment…

David Giesen (2023-07-24). Saturday 7/22: Do-gooders on a rampage: the case for restoring per capita land values to Native Americans. indybay.org lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

Michael Hudson (2023-07-24). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

FOX (2023-07-24). 25 to 50 Fox Farms Remain in the U.S. indybay.org Some of the remaining fox farms in the United States.

Greenpeace USA, Protect the Protest Coalition (2023-07-24). Tuesday 7/25: We Will Not Be Silenced! Protecting Our Right to Protest & Dissent Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-07-24). Sunday 8/6: Peace in Ukraine: Rally and March. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific and Water street, Santa Cruz…

Labor Video Project (2023-07-24). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-24). Friday 7/21: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-24). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

La Peña Cultural Center (2023-07-24). Friday 7/21: La Peña Cultural Center's Baila Party! indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave)…

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-24). PNW Street Medics and Military Medicine. indybay.org

Kameron Hurt (2023-07-24). Ruchell Magee, longest-held political prisoner, wins freedom. liberationnews.org Magee is an 84-year-old man who has lived a long life in pursuit of justice and the end of white supremacist oppression.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Drug to prevent RSV in babies approved: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A drug to protect infants and babies from RSV has been approved by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to help protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The medication, given as a single-dose injection prior to or during RSV season, is a monoclonal antibody. It is intended for babies born during or entering their first RSV season and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Keeping kids safe outside during summer play. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Summer vacation for kids is well underway. Finding activities to keep the kids busy and destinations to visit can be on many parents' list. There is one place Mayo Clinic's Dr. Steven Maher hopes they don't have to visit — and that's the emergency medicine department. From wearing bike helmets to keeping kids hydrated, Dr. Maher says there are a few things you can do to help keep kids safe during summer play. Watch: The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is Takayasu's arteritis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You've been feeling fatigued, lost a little weight, and had some muscle aches and pains, and your doctor can't determine what's wrong. What seem like symptoms of a common cold could actually be early signs of something called vasculitis, a group of disorders of the blood vessels that often go undiagnosed for years. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jason Howland explores one of the rarer forms of vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Facial drooping in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband and I recently noticed our 5-year-old daughter was having difficulty blinking and eating, and one side of her face was drooping. The pediatrician referred us to a plastic surgeon who diagnosed her with facial paralysis. What is facial paralysis and what are the treatment options? Will this require surgery? ANSWER: Facial paralysis occurs when you cannot move some or all of the facial muscles. It can affect one or both sides of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Alan Macleod (2023-07-24). Biden's Desperation and the Human Cost of Cluster Munitions in Ukraine, with Medea Benjamin. mintpressnews.com Fresh from a recent trip to Ukraine, veteran anti-war activist Medea Benjamin speaks on the Biden administration's controversial move to send cluster munitions to the country and more in this revealing interview with Alan Macleod.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-07-24). From Oslo to Unity: Reimagining Palestine Solidarity for the Future. mintpressnews.com

José Seoane (2023-07-24). The eco collapse we were warned about has begunÔøº. nationofchange.org The banners of a change inspired by social and climate justice and the effective paths of this socio-ecological transition raised by popular movements are becoming more imperative and urgent today.

Dana Drugmand (2023-07-24). This database exposes the client conflicts of more than 1,500 Big Oil lobbyists. nationofchange.org New group reveals that hundreds of schools, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and more are paying lobbyists who also represent the fossil fuel industry.

Brett Wilkins (2023-07-24). Secret doc exposes flaws in Pentagon claim that no civilians were killed in al-Baghdadi raid. nationofchange.org "Over the past 20 years, the U.S. military has struggled with escalation of force and many civilians were killed when they were falsely viewed as a threat. This incident appears to be one of many such cases," said one expert.

Chuck Collins (2023-07-24). Tax the fat cat private jet class, invest in green transit. nationofchange.org Democrats introduce a bill to hike fuel taxes on private jets and invest the new revenue in public transportation.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-24). Jóvenes organizadores hablan de sindicatos con Biden y Bernie en la Casa Blanca. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Por lo general, Kumbar Nambiar, un joven graduado de Yale, pasaría los lunes libres antes de lanzar como relevista durante el resto de la semana para los Lansing Lugnuts, un club agrícola de béisbol de ligas menores de los Tigres de Detroit en el estado de Michigan. Sin embargo, no el 17 de julio. En …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-24). Plight of part-timers key issue in Teamsters' struggle vs UPS. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The plight of part-time UPS drivers and warehouse workers, who are approximately half the firm's workforce, has become a key issue in the Teamsters' struggle with UPS. With talks resuming on July 24, after company bargainers walked out at 4 am on July 5, a forced strike by the 340,000 Teamsters members that work for …

Eric A. Gordon (2023-07-24). 'No Choice But Love': A tenor's double CD calls for LBGTQI+ liberation. peoplesworld.org "It gets better…much, much better." Such are the opening lyrics heard on tenor Eric Herring's CD No Choice But Love: Songs of the LGBTQ+ Community. They appear in the song "Hold On," the first of four titles in a 2011 cycle called Love Remained by American composer Ben Moore (b. 1960). On this opener to …

Jocelyn Noveck, R.J. Rico (2023-07-24). The majority of striking actors are not known by their names. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kravits gets a lot of this: People recognize him — they're just not sure how. "I'm that guy who looks like the guy you went to high school with," says Kravits. "People think they've just seen me somewhere." Actually, they have — on TV, usually as a lawyer or a …

Press Associates (2023-07-24). Laborers, Transportation Trades blast Republicans' infrastructure cuts. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA —In just two weeks, thanks to federal infrastructure funds from legislation last year—and coordination by state, federal, and local officials plus round-the-clock work from unionists—the collapsed I-95 bridge in Philadelphia was replaced and reopened, thus solving a major transportation bottleneck in the Northeast U.S. But if the House's ruling Republicans have their way, in …

Morning Star (2023-07-24). U.S. to establish national monument to Emmett Till. peoplesworld.org U.S. President Joe Biden will establish a national monument to honor Emmett Till, the black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured, and killed in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said at the weekend. Mr. Biden will sign a proclamation on …

Project Censored (2023-07-24). Police Accountability / Global Women for Peace United Against NATO Conference. projectcensored.org On this week's Project Censored Show: In the first half of the program, host Eleanor Goldfield speaks with investigative reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis. They talk about police accountability…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Gambia: Death of Children by Cough Syrup. telesurenglish.net The executive director of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA), Markie Janneh Kaira, and her deputy executive director were fired for being responsible, according to investigations, for failing to register lots involved in the poisoning deaths of 70 children. | Related: | "The government is seeing the possibility of opening a case against them for having ignored their official duty," explained Gambia's health minister Ahmadou Lam…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Grenada to Celebrate Its Spicemas Carnival. telesurenglish.net They call it the island of space. According to tourists, Grenada has been impregnated with the aroma of its spices, making the smell of saffron, cloves, cardamom, laurel, pepper, ginger, cinnamon, or vanilla an eternal evocation of the days spent visiting the island. | Grenada gets ready for the Spicemas Carnival. Jul. 24, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Putin Says Russia-Africa Trade Reached About $18 Billion in 2022. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian-African trade increased last year and reached nearly $18 billion. His statements came in an article published Monday on the Kremlin's website dedicated to the second Russia-Africa summit. | RELATED: | The article is titled "Russia and Africa, joining efforts for the sake of peace, progress, and a successful future." It was published ahead of the second Russia-Africa summit to be h…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Ecuador's Security System Is Inefficient -AME. telesurenglish.net The Association of Ecuadorian Municipalities (AME) on Monday called on President Guillermo Lasso to convene an urgent meeting of the State and Public Security Council (Cosepe) following the murder of the mayor of Manta, Agustin Intriago. | RELATED: | "The security situation of mayors and mayorsesses is critical, and today has hit rock bottom. We are elected representatives whose faces and agendas are in the public domain, so we are const…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Armed Incident Leaves Three Dead in Guatemala Prison. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, at least three people died after a confrontation between inmates of a prison located in the north of Guatemala's capital. | Related: | According to the Ministry of Interior of Guatemala, the deputy director of the prison, a policeman and a prisoner died due to the incident that occurred in the Preventive Detention Center for Men in zone 18. | The Guatemalan agency indicated that in addition to the three dead, at leas…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Brazil Moves Towards Solving the Marielle Franco Murder. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the investigation into the murder of leftist councilor Marielle Franco entered a new phase after the confession of one of the perpetrators and the arrest of a new suspect. | RELATED: | "We are close to clarifying all aspects related to this barbaric crime", Justice Minister Flavio Dino said at a press conference attended by Federal Police Director Andrei Rodrigues. | Brazilian authorities have arrested a former firefighter for his…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Scientists Detect Water in a Young Star's Planet-Forming Disk. telesurenglish.net The scientific journal Nature published an investigation noting that a scientific team discovered water in PDS 70, a young star that is about 370 light years away and hosts two distant exoplanets. | RELATED: | The liquid is inside its disk of gas and dust from which new rocky or terrestrial planets with properties similar to ours could form. This finding was possible thanks to observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, which allowed sc…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). The King of Spain to Call Consultations to Form a Government. telesurenglish.net Due to the political deadlock caused by the general elections, King Felipe VI will initiate a round of consultations with the Spanish parties to form a government after August 17. | RELATED: | On Sunday, the Popular Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) did not obtain the necessary majority to govern. They need support from other political organizations, which seems unlikely to be achieved. | According to the Spani…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). BRICS International Youth Camp to Gather 60 Participants. telesurenglish.net From August 1 to 6, the Third BRICS International Youth Camp is traditionally going to be held in the Ulyanovsk region in Russia. | RELATED: | This year the goal of the Camp is to develop new approaches to promote BRICS among young people by attracting young professionals in the field of journalism, information and communication technologies and graphic design in the Internet information environment from the BRICS count…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Russian Descendants Keep Their Cultural Tradition in Argentina. telesurenglish.net The great importance that immigrant cultural clubs play in Argentine social life has been noted earlier. They epitomise the values shared by Argentine society, respect and affection for one's roots. "Vissarion Belinski" is one of such clubs, named in honour of the 19th century Russian literary critic. | RELATED: | It all started among Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian migrants who arrived in Argentina in the 1930s. At first,…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Russia Hosts a Photographic Exhibition on Nelson Mandela. telesurenglish.net Until July 27, the Moscow House of Nationalities will host "Nelson Mandela. Life in Photographs," an exhibition that depicts various stages of the career of the outstanding African politician. | RELATED: | Here you can see his photographs of him as a child, pictures taken during his imprisonment of him, his photographs of him as President of South Africa and many other captured episodes of his life of him. | The exhibition…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Chaotic Weekend in Ecuadorian Prisons Leaves 6 Dead. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, six inmates were killed and 11 others injured in armed clashes between rival groups at a prison in southwest Ecuador. | RELATED: | The National Administration of Prisons (SNAI) said that the violence broke out on Saturday at Guayas Prison No. 1 in Guayaquil, which is known as Ecuador's most violent city. | Security personnel and elite police units are searching the prison in the wake of the riot, and security protocols have b…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Floods in Afghanistan Leave 38 Dead and 57 Injured. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Disaster Management Minister Spokesman Malavi Shafiullah Rahimi confirmed that at least 38 people died from the floods that have affected Afghanistan for the past four days. | RELATED: | The largest number of victims occurred in the provinces of Maidan Wardak, Kabul, Khost, Paktya, Nooristan, Ghazni and Nangarhar, he said, adding that 57 people have been reported injured and two citizens missing. | During…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Hitmen Assassinate Manta Mayor Intriago in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Agustin Intriago, the mayor of the Ecuadorian port city of Manta, was assassinated in an armed attack. | RELATED: | The 38-year-old mayor was shot several times as he was unveiling city projects at a local neighborhood. He was taken to a hospital for emergency treatment but died from his wounds. | Intriago was re-elected in 2023 by the Citizen Revolution Movement, the most important opposition party led by form…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Russia Thwarts Ukrainian Drone Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that electronic warfare teams managed to thwart a new Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, although two drones managed to hit two non-residential buildings. | RELATED: | One of the Ukrainian drones crashed in the vicinity of the Ministry of Defense and another hit a business center near one of the main avenues of the capital city, the TASS agency reported. | "There is no significant damage or injuries…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). TeleSUR Celebrates 18 Years of Informative Sovereignty. telesurenglish.net On July 24, 2005, Hugo Chávez's dream came true: the creation of teleSUR, the New Television of the South, currently a multimedia that exposes the voices of the peoples, social movements and political forces that fight for justice and against oppression. | Related: | From its beginnings, teleSUR emerged as a counter-hegemonic and decolonizing South American television project from the media point of view, different from the…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Tanzania: PM Urges African Women Police Officers To Join Forces. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa urged African women police officers to join forces in fighting crime. | Related: | At the opening of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Africa Chapter's training conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's economic hub, Majaliwa called on women police networks in African countries to sharpen their skills in fighting crime. | According to official st…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Tanzania: +1000 Delegates To Attend Africa Human Capital Summit. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Albert Chalamila, Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, said that at least 1,200 delegates will attend the Africa Human Capital Heads of State Summit slated for July 25-26 in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam. | Related: | According to Chalamila, the delegates, including heads of state, will come from more than 30 African countries. | "Dar es Salaam has already prepared to receive the delegates, who will also have a chance…

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Greece: Wildfires Still Raging, Front Reinforced. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, wildfires continued to rage on Greece, forcing more evacuations as the firefighting front was reinforced by ground and air. | Related: | According to several reports, Greece is experiencing its worst heatwave in decades, with temperatures reaching up to 45 degrees Celsius. Extremely high temperatures, combined with humidity levels, are increasing the risk of the outbreak and spread of fires. | According to the police, as…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-24). Ecuador activa protocolos de seguridad en centros penitenciarios. telesurtv.net En 13 centros penitenciarios existen personas en huelga de hambre y se toman medidas para restablecer la normalidad.

teleSUR, JCM, YSM (2023-07-24). teleSUR recibe felicitaciones al cumplir su 18 aniversario. telesurtv.net teleSUR, la primera multiestatal de Latinoamérica y El Caribe, nació como canal de televisión el 24 de julio de 2005 y coincide con la fecha del natalicio del Libertador Simón Bolívar.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-24). Comunidad salvadoreña denuncia incremento de presencia militar. telesurtv.net Las organizaciones locales asocian este incremento de la presencia militar al caso judicial que se le sigue al líderes locales relacionados con la lucha ambiental.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-24). Corea del Norte lanza dos misiles balísticos a mar de Japón. telesurtv.net Se trataría del decimoquinto lanzamiento de misiles de este tipo por el Gobierno norcoreano en lo que va del 2023.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-24). Venezuela conmemora natalicio del Libertador Simón Bolívar. telesurtv.net El acto de conmemoración del natalicio del Libertador se llevó a cabo en el Panteón Nacional de Caracas donde reposan sus restos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Avanza Mundial de Fútbol femenil en Nueva Zelanda. telesurtv.net Este lunes todos los grupos ya entraron en acción y se espera que mañana martes empiece la segunda jornada de la novena copa mundial de fútbol femenil.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-24). EE.UU. emplaza otro submarino nuclear en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El USS Kentucky marca la primera visita de un submarino de EE. UU. de misiles balísticos con armas nucleares a Corea del Sur desde la década de 1980.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-24). Congreso israelí aprueba reforma judicial en medio de protestas. telesurtv.net La Policía detuvo a una veintena de manifestantes "por violar el orden público", y grupos de movilizados realizaron acciones de desobediencia civil.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-24). Detienen en Brasil a cómplice en asesinato de Marielle Franco. telesurtv.net El arresto sucede por el acuerdo de colaboración que firmó uno de los autores del homicidio, el expolicía Elcio Queiroz.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Cierra Festival Mundial de Poesía en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El ministro de Comunicación e Información de Venezuela, Freddy Ñáñez, clausuró este domingo el XVII Festival Mundial de Poesía de Venezuela.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-24). Naufragio de barco de pasajeros deja 15 muertos en Indonesia. telesurtv.net Como parte del operativo para buscar supervivientes, equipos de emergencia lograron rescatar con vida a seis personas.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-24). Incendios obligan a evacuar localidades en isla griega de Corfú. telesurtv.net Las llamas han quemado hasta el momento más de 5.000 hectáreas de bosque virgen, como también varias viviendas y algunos hoteles.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-24). Unicef reporta que 435 niños han muerto durante crisis en Sudán. telesurtv.net Probablemente la cifra sea mucho mayor en un país donde casi 14 millones de niños necesitan ayuda humanitaria.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-24). Rey español anuncia consultas en agosto para formar Gobierno. telesurtv.net Es una prerrogativa constitucional que Felipe VI proponga al Congreso de los Diputados el candidato que, a su juicio, debe ser el jefe de Gobierno.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Ejército ruso repele ataque de Ucrania con drones contra Crimea. telesurtv.net Serguéi Axiónov, el gobernador de Crimea, dijo que los drones alcanzaron un depósito de municiones en el distrito de Dzhankoi.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-24). Al menos 13 palestinos resultan heridos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Los combatientes de la Resistencia palestina detonaron un artefacto explosivo contra los vehículos militares israelíes.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-24). Convocan a paro nacional en Guatemala contra la corrupción. telesurtv.net La Alianza por las Reformas exigirá la renuncia de todos los funcionarios que apoyan el llamado pacto a favor de la corrupción.

teleSUR, NG, JGN, SH (2023-07-24). Rasgos de Simón Bolívar que lo hicieron el Libertador. telesurtv.net Simón Bolívar organizó un ejército de distintas nacionalidades, con el objetivo de poner fin al proceso de colonización europeo llevado a cabo en la región durante más de 300 años.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-24). Colapso de techo en gimnasio de China deja al menos 11 muertos. telesurtv.net Los primeros datos de la investigación revelaron que los constructores habían usado materiales no adecuados en la construcción del gimnasio.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-24). Rusia frustra nueva ataque de Ucrania con drones contra Moscú. telesurtv.net La portavoz de la Cancillería rusa, María Zajárova, tachó de acto de terrorismo internacional el nuevo atentado con drones contra Moscú.

teleSUR- SH (2023-07-24). Incidente armado deja tres muertos en cárcel de Guatemala. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Guatemala no descartan que existan otras víctimas mortales del enfrentamiento entre reos en el centro penitenciario.

teleSUR, YSM, SH (2023-07-24). teleSUR celebra 18 años de soberanía informativa. telesurtv.net Al celebrar un nuevo aniversario teleSUR da el salto al mundo de los podcast y se lanza de lleno para llevar su contenido a nuevas plataformas y conquistar nuevas audiencias.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-07-24). Indepaz denuncia asesinato de líder social en Policarpa, Nariño. telesurtv.net Con Ilder Díaz los líderes asesinados ascienden a 93 solo este año y 1.507 desde la firma del Acuerdo de Paz.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-24). Terroristas masacran a agentes policiales al sureste de Irán. telesurtv.net Ocurrió en la provincia de Sistán y Baluchistán, fronteriza con Pakistán. Tras matar a los agentes, los terroristas se dieron a la fuga.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-07-24). Rusia dispuesta a reemplazar envío ucraniano de granos a àÅfrica. telesurtv.net El comunicado de Vladímir Putin tien lugar en vísperas de la Cumbre Rusia-África prevista para los próximos 27 y 28 de julio en la ciudad de San Petersburgo.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). How They Are Destroying Millions of Lives. expose-news.com Interest rates were kept absurdly low for years in order to trap businesses and homeowners into acquiring huge debts. As interest rates race up towards normal the cost of servicing loans and …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). Wind turbines are an eyesore, a hazard and an environmental disaster. expose-news.com Wind turbines, once touted by the few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat. Will Wind …

WSWS (2023-07-24). Spain in election limbo after right-wing Popular Party and far-right Vox fail to secure majority to govern. wsws.org Calls for "Unity against fascism" will be used as a weapon against the working class, to try and blackmail workers into uniting behind a renewed Socialist Party-Sumar government to try and stifle a movement to the left that has seen an eruption of struggles against their pro-war and austerity policies.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Union calls more limited strikes by Southern California hotel workers. wsws.org Unite Here Local 11 started a third "strike wave" last Thursday while it maneuvers with owners and Democrats.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Striking actors and writers in New York speak to the WSWS: "This money, this greed, could ultimately end art as an industry" wsws.org The WSWS spoke to a variety of people, including actors and writers, but also scenic artists, members of IATSE. Also present were New York City teachers and high school students.

WSWS (2023-07-24). The past 20 days have been the hottest ever recorded. wsws.org The simultaneous heatwaves across the world are a direct result of global warming.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Australian government's universities report demands restructuring for big business and war. wsws.org "Courses must be designed with the skills needs of industry in mind," Labor's Accord report insists.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Fiji government imposes "belt-tightening" austerity budget. wsws.org With Fiji experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis the seven-month-old Rabuka-led government has launched a sweeping attack on living standards.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Australian Pharmaceutical Industries workers' four-week strike shut down with no real wage gains. wsws.org Under the proposed union-management deal, API workers will receive an average nominal wage rise of 4.5 per annum over four years, keeping their wages lower than their counterparts in other warehouses.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Teamsters announces last-minute deal at Yellow to block strike, as hundreds of workers gather to discuss industry-wide strategy at rank-and-file meeting. wsws.org The agreement to avert a strike is a sellout that resolves nothing for Yellow freight workers and does not commit the company to pay a penny of its $50 million pension obligations.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Hot labor summer: Growing strike movement colliding with pro-corporate union bureaucracies. wsws.org A powerful strike movement has begun to emerge in the US and internationally in recent weeks, involving tens of thousands of workers across different industries, coming into headlong conflict with the union apparatuses.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Workers speak out: Actors and writers, UPS workers, and autoworkers across the US. wsws.org We are posting here a roundup of video comments from actors and writers, UPS workers and autoworkers that appeared on the World Socialist Web Site in the last week.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Stop the censorship of socialist students at Macquarie University! wsws.org The IYSSE is being targeted because it "is the only organization that advances a genuine anti-war perspective based on the unification of the international working class against the capitalist nation-state system."

WSWS (2023-07-24). ILWU leadership forcing Canadian dockers to vote on government-dictated sellout contract previously rejected by union delegates. wsws.org The decision marks yet another miserable capitulation by the union bureaucracy to the pro-war, pro-austerity Liberal government, which made clear its intention to employ ruthless state repression if dockers had resumed strike action.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Study shows substantial increase in childhood diabetes rates during COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org A recently published study found that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of new cases of type 1 diabetes in children has increased far beyond expectations.

WSWS (2023-07-24). This week in history: July 24-30. wsws.org This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

WSWS (2023-07-24). City of New York agrees to $13.7 million settlement for police brutality in George Floyd protests. wsws.org Each of 1,380 plaintiffs will receive about $10,000 for claims of abuse and illegal arrest.

infobrics (2023-07-24). The BRICS Dream Towards 2050. infobrics.org The BRIC group thesis, defended in the essay "Dreaming with BRICS: The Road to 2050", held that Brazil, Russia, India and China — South Africa had not yet been accepted — had promoted global capitalism have changed their political systems to adopt…

infobrics (2023-07-24). BRICS Rising: The Multipolar World Order. infobrics.org Increasing acceptance of BRICS and interests among many in the developing & emerging economies is significant for many reasons. What will be the shape of the things and how the world will look like by the end of this decade?>

infobrics (2023-07-24). Weighing Expansion, BRICS Increasingly Draws Membership Requests. infobrics.org Nearly 25 countries seeking participation in BRICS, as Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa endeavor to enhance their global roles…

infobrics (2023-07-24). Kiev regime kills Russian journalist with illegal US-supplied weapons. infobrics.org War correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev was assassinated in Zaporozhye region during terrorist attack against civilian vehicle with journalists inside.

infobrics (2023-07-24). US grows tired of Zelensky, who is burning bridges with Europe — former Pentagon official. infobrics.org Anglo Alliance enables Zelensky's petulant behaviour.

_____ (2023-07-24). Blood Commodities: BlackRock's Role in the Ukraine Carnage. journal-neo.org Ukraine has become a symbol for all those who understand the war; there is money for blood. And there has been no negotiation to end hostilities because the money is and will continue to flow by the tanker load. Let's briefly examine who stands to gain from the death of hundreds of thousands. BlackRock and […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-24). Turkey's role in mediating the Russian-Ukrainian situation is wearing thin. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-24). Mongolia, a victim of neo-colonial looting — how Western capital obtained control over Oyu Tolgoi. journal-neo.org

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-07-24). CIA Has Been Working to Overthrow the People's Republic of China (PRC) Since Its Inception in 1949. covertactionmagazine.com New book details saga of two CIA officers, Jack Downey and Richard Fecteau, who were imprisoned for 19 years in China following a botched covert operation in the "Asian Bay of Pigs." Six years ago, The New York Times reported that the Chinese government systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing …

Emir Sader (2023-07-24). Brasil — Lula vence al catastrofismo. globalizacion.ca Brasil se recupera. Nunca ha sido tan bueno. El optimismo se propaga. La economía vuelve a crecer, se generan empleos, aumenta el apoyo al gobierno. El país parece estar entrando en un nuevo ciclo de expansión, que proyecta a Brasil…

Jorge Alemán (2023-07-24). Capitalismo invisible/antagonismos borrosos. globalizacion.ca La insistencia en el carácter digital del nuevo capitalismo financiero no es suficiente. Hay una mutación antropológica testimoniada por los 23000 millones de dispositivos conectados a la red. Como bien señala Mauricio Ferraris el siervo de la gleba que trabajaba…

Eric Nepomuceno (2023-07-24). Brasil y el medioambiente. globalizacion.ca Hay al menos un punto en común entre Lula da Silva y su antecesor, el desequilibrado ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro: la preocupación por el medioambiente y los cambios climáticos. | Son, sin embargo, preocupaciones opuestas. Mientras Bolsonaro trató de destrozar la naturaleza,…

Enric Llopis (2023-07-24). El 42% de los habitantes del planeta no puede permitirse una dieta saludable. globalizacion.ca øDe qué modo recibe Occidente a las personas migrantes y refugiadas que llegan a sus territorios? En el Reino Unido, el Parlamento aprobó el 18 de julio la ley migratoria promovida por el Gobierno Conservador, que dificulta las peticiones de…

Rubén Ramos (2023-07-24). Acuerdos de Estambul sobre granos: Hechos y realidades. globalizacion.ca La tiranía mediática impuesta por Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y los gobiernos de los países de la Unión Europea (UE) ha difundido en los últimos días una serie de falsedades respecto al retiro de Rusia de los Acuerdos de…

Ezequiel Beer (2023-07-24). Una reconfirmación geopolítica ante una certera incertidumbre. globalizacion.ca El desarrollo del conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania dista de una rápida resolución donde los ingentes recursos materiales que ambos flancos purgan en el escenario no hacen más que predecir — y porque la Historia también lo predetermina — un…

Mark Keenan (2023-07-24). Is Psychiatry "Fake Science"? globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-24). Unvaccinated Transplant Patients Denied Treatment in Canada, Resulting in Death. globalresearch.ca

Ivan Timofeev (2023-07-24). Why Russia and the US Will Never Go Back to the Pre-2022 State of Affairs. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-07-24). The International Systems of States and Security. globalresearch.ca

Great Game India (2023-07-24). Pandemic 2025: US Creates Permanent New Pandemic Agency for Decade of Vaccines."Catastrophic Contagion" Simulation. globalresearch.ca

Samir Bhattacharya (2023-07-24). On Russia-Africa Matters and the Emerging Multipolar World. globalresearch.ca

Julian Rose (2023-07-24). Alert! New 'Redesigned GMOs' Being Forced on Farmers and Consumers. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-07-24). The Cold War Between Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates Heats Up. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-24). Selected Articles: Trudeau, NATO and Climate Change, Another Boondoggle. globalresearch.ca By The more the government of Canada piles on the hocus pocus of climate change/net zero, the more the incentive grows for the Trudeau-Singh regime …

Karsten Riise (2023-07-24). US Is Losing Culture. We Don't See Masterworks From Hollywood Anymore. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-24). Congressional Concerns: Stalling Nuclear Submarines for Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-24). El hambre en el mundo y la guerra en Ucrania. peoplesdispatch.org Read in English El lunes 17 de junio, Dmitry Peskov, vocero del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin,

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-24). Leftist parties condemn EU-Tunisia agreement to curb migration. peoplesdispatch.org The Workers' Party of Tunisia and the Italian leftist party Potere al Popolo said that Tunisia's deal with the EU on migration and an upcoming agreement with the IMF are a "perfect pact between liberalism, authoritarianism and xenophobia"

Tanya Wadhwa (2023-07-24). Fresh protests against Dina Boluarte met with violent police repression in Lima. peoplesdispatch.org According to a new survey conducted by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), the disapproval rating of de-facto president Dina Boluarte has risen from 71% in January to 81.6% in July, while that of the right-wing dominated Congress has increased from 89% to 90.4%…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-24). Israel arrested 570 Palestinian children in first half of 2023. peoplesdispatch.org At least 29 of the Palestinian children arrested by the Israeli forces this year in six months were below the age of 12, and two of them were just 10 years old. Israel has already killed 31 Palestinian children this year…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-24). "79 days too late": Outrage across India as video of sexual assault exposes violence in Manipur. peoplesdispatch.org The northeastern State of Manipur in India has seen horrific ethnic and religious violence for nearly three months. The opposition alleges that the central and the Manipur State government led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have failed to uphold law and order in the State by deliberate inaction…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-24). State of the nation of Philippines: People give Marcos Jr's administration a failing grade. peoplesdispatch.org As the president of Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers his State of the Nation Address, we spoke to leaders of the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) on how the people of the country have assessed the first year of the Marcos' administration.

Shealeigh Voitl (2023-07-24). How Corporate News Distorts Gun Violence. progressive.org In Chicago as elsewhere, mainstream outlets regularly omit stories of people living in close proximity to gun violence.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Nation's battery sector powers ahead both at home and overseas. ecns.cn China's electric car battery industry is growing rapidly, driven by a sustained surge in the new energy vehicle market, according to the latest data from the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Efforts to isolate China put technology leaps at risk, academic says. ecns.cn A Chinese political scholar has raised concerns over the implications of the United States' policy of so-called de-risking for China's technological advancements and international collaboration.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China achieves mass production of domestic MRI instrument. ecns.cn China has achieved the mass production of domestically-made magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument, breaking through a long-standing foreign technological blockade, CCTV reported on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Realty policies to assuage concerns, boost confidence. ecns.cn China recently extended the timelines for a basket of financial policies supporting the real estate market.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Dinosaur egg fossils discovered for the first time in China's Heyuan Basin. ecns.cn Four dinosaur egg fossils were uncovered in the Heyuan Basin for the first time recently in Heyuan, a city known for its extensive collection of dinosaur egg fossils in South China's Guangdong Province.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-24). Spanish people didn ¥t fall into right-wingers ¥ trap, says AMLO. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday said he is quite pleased with what happened to right-wingers in Spain after failing in reaching absolute majority to elections.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-24). Venezuela to overcome with Simón Bolívar, says Diosdado Cabello. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The first Vice President of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello on Monday claimed the Venezuelan people will win alongside Simón Bolívar.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-24). Ethiopia, African nations to assess cooperation with Italy. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday held talks with the leaders of Italy, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya in order to establish areas of common interest for a structured cooperation among the countries.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-24). No damage as magnitude 6.8 quake shakes El Salvador. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador ¥s Environment and Natural Resources Ministry on Monday informed the country continues to face seismic movements in its territory following a magnitude 6.8 tremor was reported on July 18.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-24). Diaz-Canel meets with Santiago de Cuba residents. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Hours before the celebration on Wednesday of the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met here on Monday with a couple of Santiago residents who have excelled in urban agriculture.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-24). Cuban solidarity festivals concludes in Italy. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The three-day Cuba Solidarity Festival in Ostia, a district of the Italian capital, concluded on Monday after a final day dedicated to honoring Cuban-born Italian writer Italo Calvino.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-24). Italy hosts United Nations Summit on Food Systems. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The 2nd United Nations Summit on Food Systems opened on Monday in Rome and will close on July 26, with the participation of more than 2,000 delegates from 160 countries.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-24). Revolutionary feat commemorated in Cienfuegos. plenglish.com Cienfuegos, Cuba, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The city of Cienfuegos lived another patriotic day on Monday, when the 70th anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks were commemorated.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Another national doctor kidnapped in Haiti. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Doctor Pierre-Marie Reynold Grand Pierre was kidnapped in Tabarre, the same area where journalist Marie Lucie Bonhomme and her husband Pierre-Louis Opont were also abducted in June, relatives confirmed on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Venezuela ratifies unrenounceable defense of Palestine's cause. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Monday ratified the stance of the Government of Nicolás Maduro regarding the unrenounceable defense of the Palestinian people's cause.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-07-24). Reportan cinco muertos tras motines en cárcel ecuatoriana. telesurtv.net En la Penitenciaría del Litoral se han producido varias de las masacres más sangrientas en las cárceles de Ecuador desde 2020.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-24). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-24). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

The Lever (2023-07-24). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Attribution Science Can Help Curb Climate Change. levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello and reporter Julia Rock sit down with climate scientist Dr. Andrew Pershing, who explains the advent of 'attribution science.'üëâTo get access to Lever Premium Podcasts, click

Andrew Perez (2023-07-24). The Church Of Leonard Leo. levernews.com

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-07-24). Israel pulls the trigger, US lets it off the hook. electronicintifada.net Palestinians call for urgent accountability as abuses spike.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-07-24). Podcast Ep 80: From NYC to Florida, students fight lobby smears. electronicintifada.net Fatima Mohammed and Ahmad Daraldik stand strong against racist campaigns over their Palestine advocacy.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-24). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-24). Lavrov to meet with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet on Tuesday in this capital with his counterparts from Azerbaijan and Armenia, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, respectively, it was reported on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Russia denounces misuse of grain agreement by US and Europe. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin charged that the Black Sea grain agreement was used by companies from the United States and Europe that exported and resold cereals from Ukraine, local media reported on Monday.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-24). Syria commemorates Cuba's National Rebelliousness Day. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Syrians and Cubans on Monday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the attacks on on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista (1952-1958).

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Yemeni ambassador to Havana sends congratulations on July 26. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Cuba, Mohamed Saleh Nasher, sent a congratulatory message to the people and the top authorities of the country, on the occasion of National Rebelliousness Day on July 26, it was learned on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Twenty soldiers killed in attack in the capital of Somalia. plenglish.com According to Radio Shabelle, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a military base in the Hodon district after entering the facility posing as a soldier. | Other Somali sources pointed out that the number of fatalities might be higher, while Al Shabaab speaks of 73 soldiers killed and some 125 wounded.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-24). Syrian army clashes with Daesh terrorists in the desert. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Units of the Syrian Armed Forces clashed with terrorists of the Islamic State (Daesh in Arabic) in the vast desert area of Al-Badieh on Monday.

Staff (2023-07-24). Is Hollywood Still Afraid of the Truth About the Atomic Bomb?: Greg Mitchell on "Oppenheimer" democracynow.org The movie Oppenheimer about J. Robert Oppenheimer — the "father of the atomic bomb" — focuses on Oppenheimer's conflicted feelings about the weapons of mass destruction he helped unleash on the world, and how officials ignored those concerns after World War II as the Cold War started an arms race. Journalist Greg Mitchell says that while the film is well made and worth seeing, "the omissions are quite serious." He says there is little mention of the dangers of radiation and no focus on the impact of the bomb on its victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The film also does not…

Staff (2023-07-24). "Chaos & Violence": NYC to Pay $13M to Those Attacked by Police in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. democracynow.org In a landmark $13 million settlement, New York City has agreed to pay 1,300 people attacked by police while protesting the Minnesota police murder of George Floyd in 2020. Sow v. City of New York yielded the largest total payout to protesters in a class-action suit in U.S. history, totaling about $10,000 per person. The suit focused on how police violated protesters' civil and constitutional rights by making mass arrests and using excessive force that included improper use of pepper spray and using a tactic called kettling to trap and arrest protesters before a curfew went into effect. The case used a video…

Staff (2023-07-24). The Intercept Reveals Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors in Deadly Arizona Heat. democracynow.org As a record-breaking heat wave continues in Arizona, reporters with The Intercept say they have observed U.S. Border Patrol holding about 50 migrants inside a chain-link pen in the Sonoran Desert, at the Ajo Border Patrol Station. This comes as the group Humane Borders reports the bodies of at least 13 people were found over the past month in the Sonoran Desert where many migrants cross. "You really can't overstate how deadly this ecosystem is," says reporter Ryan Devereaux, who describes the well-funded border agencies' lack of support for border crossers. Roland Gutierrez, Democratic sta…

Staff (2023-07-24). DOJ Threatens to Sue Texas Gov. Abbott for Installing Barrels Wrapped in Razor Wire in Rio Grande. democracynow.org The U.S. Justice Department is threatening to sue the state of Texas after Republican Governor Greg Abbott installed barrels wrapped in razor wire in the Rio Grande in an attempt to block migrants from crossing the river. This comes just after a whistleblower state trooper at the Texas Department of Public Safety recently protested the state's inhumane policies in a letter to superiors. "What's happening at the border in Texas right now is criminal," says Democratic Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez. "There's state crimes, there's federal crimes, and there's internatio…

Staff (2023-07-24). Headlines for July 24, 2023. democracynow.org 30,000 Flee Rhodes as Greece Battles Dozens of Wildfires; Italy Hit by Ice Storms After Record Heat, Monsoon Brings Deadly Floods, Landslides in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Triggers Dengue Outbreak, Nova Scotia Inundated with 3 Months' Worth of Rain; Washington Wildfire Tops 52,000 Acres, Right Underperforms Expectations in Spain Election; Separatist Parties Emerge as Kingmakers, Hun Sen Retains Cambodian Leadership, Likely to Hand Power to Son, After Suppressing Opposition, Israel Passes Contentious Judicial Reform as Protesters Say They Won't Back Down, Israeli Forces Kill Two More Palestinian Tee…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-24). EE.UU. dispone de otro submarino nuclear en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El USS Kentucky marca la primera visita de un submarino de EE. UU. de misiles balísticos con armas nucleares a Corea del Sur desde la década de 1980.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-24). Mueren nueve personas al estrellarse avión civil en Sudán. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las Fuerzas Armadas, el hecho ocurrió en la ciudad de Port Sudán, tras el despegue de la aeronave y presumiblemente a causa de una falla técnica.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-24). Gobierno de Nicaragua: teleSUR es una gran victoria de Chávez. telesurtv.net Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo envían mensaje de congratulaciones por el aniversario 18 de nuestra multiestatal.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-07-24). Alertan sobre muerte de 5.000 pingàºinos en costas de Uruguay. telesurtv.net "Esto es mortandad en el agua, en un 90 por ciento son ejemplares jóvenes que llegan sin reservas de grasa y con los estómagos vacíos", refirió Carmen Leizagoyen.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-24). El PSOE con alianzas en camino a formar Gobierno tras elecciones en España. telesurtv.net Ultraderecha de Vox capta menos votos y escaños de lo estimado y la derecha del Partido Popular, aún siendo más votada, no logra mayoría parlamentaria para formar Gobierno.

PACBI (2023-07-24). American Anthropological Association Votes by 71% to Boycott Complicit Israeli Universities. bdsmovement.net

Alex Salmon (2023-07-24). For trans liberation and social change. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews Shon Faye's debut book, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Global outcry forces J&J to back down on TB drug patent. greenleft.org.au

Fred Leplat (2023-07-24). Ban cluster bombs — Ukraine is no exception. greenleft.org.au Fred Leplat, on behalf of British organisation, Anti*Capitalist Resistance, critically examines the controversial supply of cluster munitions from the United States to Ukraine.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Kurds and supporters protest 'canceling' of Kurdistan in Treaty of Lausanne 100 years ago. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Labor must end immigration detention and offshore processing, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

Taroa Zúñiga Silva (2023-07-24). In Chile, having a good constitution doesn't guarantee social change. greenleft.org.au Bárbara Navarrete, newly-elected secretary general of the Communist Youth of Chile speaks to Taroa Zúñiga Silva.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Refugee rights rally demands Labor ends cruel temporary visas. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Norlane community pushes back against racist provocation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). 'Free Julian Assange' letter delivered to PM Anthony Albanese. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Video: Opposing the anti-trans hysteria. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). The Blak Sovereign Movement on the Voice referendum. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Traditional Owners defeat proposed Kimba radioactive waste dump. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Gas industry peak body referred to regulator for alleged greenwashing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Public housing tenant Margaret Kelly given eviction date. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Anti-war protesters say Talisman Sabre war games should be cancelled. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Calls grow for public housing to be saved, more built. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Finance union urges NAB workers to vote up improved agreement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Four Big Banks refuse to renew loans to Whitehaven Coal. greenleft.org.au

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-24). Russia Accuses Ukraine of Killing Journalist With US Cluster Bombs. news.antiwar.com Russia on Saturday accused Ukrainian forces of killing a Russian journalist in the southern Zaporizhzhia region using US-provided cluster munitions, which are widely banned due to the harm they cause civilians. The Russian Defense Ministry said that Rostislav Zhuravlev, a reporter for Russia's RIA news agency, was killed, and three other journalists were wounded by …

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Alipay, WeChat accept overseas cards for payment. ecns.cn WeChat Pay and Alipay announced they will now allow overseas cards like Visa and Mastercard to be added to their pay accounts, in order to facilitate mobile payment for overseas users in China.–…

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Summer movie frenzy drives industry recovery. ecns.cn The scorching summer heat seems to be driving moviegoers by the thousands into the theaters. As of the weekend ending Saturday, the country's summer box-office haul had exceeded 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion).

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Expansion of BRICS set to be discussed. ecns.cn The discussion on expanding BRICS, the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is expected to be high on the agenda of an upcoming meeting of senior officials to prepare for the BRICS Summit in August, observers said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). World University Games Village opens in Chengdu. ecns.cn The Chengdu FISU World University Games Village opened on Saturday in Chengdu, Sichuan province, with members of the Chinese delegation becoming the first guests to move in.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Major test for new type of rocket engine completed. ecns.cn China's rocket scientists and engineers carried out a major test on Saturday on a new type of engine, which will be the most important component in the nation's attempt to land astronauts on the moon.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). First satellite launched with flexible solar wing. ecns.cn China launched the country's first satellite equipped with a flexible solar array on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). National Museum issues strict code of conduct banning livestreaming. ecns.cn The notice also says, during visits, misconduct such as loud noise, chasing others, climbing, lying on the floor, littering, touching or damaging the exhibits are not allowed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Globalization of renminbi to boost stability. ecns.cn The internationalization of the renminbi is gathering momentum, and such a trend will help facilitate China's further opening-up and encourage the country's global trade and investment.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Tripartite meeting of central bankers to help East Asian economy. ecns.cn The Central Bank Governors' Meeting of China, Japan and South Korea was held on Sunday in Japan with candid exchange of views on regional economic and financial developments.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China achieves mass production of domestic MRI instrument, breaking foreign tech blockade. ecns.cn China's domestically developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument has been successfully developed and mass-produced, breaking through a long-standing foreign technological blockade.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China successfully tests high-thrust engine for moon landing. ecns.cn China successfully carried out a trial test on the main engine of the Long March-10, a new carrier rocket designed for manned moon landing missions, on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Mainland university delegation wraps up visit to Taiwan island, a 1st in 3 years. ecns.cn A group of 37 teachers and students from Chinese mainland universities concluded their exchange visit to the Taiwan island on Sunday and returned to the mainland.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Majestic view of Hukou waterfall. ecns.cn The renowned Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River along the border area between north China's Shanxi and northwest China's Shaanxi Provinces, has seen an increase in water flow due to"ÄÄintense"ÄÄrainfall in summer.

Livermore Conversion Project (2023-07-24). Friday 8/4: Daniel Ellsberg Presente! indybay.org Livermore Lab | Corner of Vasco & Patterson Pass | Livermore, CA 94550…

Revolution Books (2023-07-24). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-24). Ascienden a 27 los muertos por alud en la India. telesurtv.net El jefe de distrito, Yogesh Mhase, señaló que el alud dejó 21 personas heridas, incluidos 8 hospitalizados.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Argentina y FMI alcanzan acuerdo para pago de deuda. telesurtv.net Se esperaba un adelanto de por los menos 8.400 millones de dólares de los 10.400 millones que correspondía desembolsar.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Al menos 12 personas mueren tras derrumbe de un edificio en Camerún. telesurtv.net La causa del colapso aún está bajo investigación, pero las autoridades han dicho que puede deberse a materiales de construcción o prácticas de construcción deficientes.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Grecia evacua a 19 mil personas de la isla de Rodas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades realizan la mayor evacuación en la historia de Grecia por los incendios en una isla turística.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Realizan jornada en defensa de la democracia en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Autoridades Ancestrales y sociedad civil del departamento de Sololá presentan una querella contra la fiscal general Consuelo Porras y contra el juez séptimo de instancia penal Fredy Orellana.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Tiroteo en RD del Congo deja 13 muertos, incluidos nueve niños. telesurtv.net El tiroteo ocurrió en la aldea de Nyakova, a orillas del lago Alberto, en la provincia oriental de Ituri, en el Congo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Presidente Putin afirma que contraofensiva de Ucrania fracasó. telesurtv.net El mandatario Vladímir Putin mantuvo conversaciones con su homólogo bielorruso en la ciudad rusa de San Petersburgo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-24). Rusia rechaza haber atacado una catedral ortodoxa en Odesa. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas rusas atacaron durante la noche con armas de precisión instalaciones militares de la ciudad ucraniana.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-24). Alcalde de Manta, Ecuador, fallece tras ataque armado. telesurtv.net El burgomaestre recibió al menos tres impactos de bala de fusil en el pecho. Ocurrió mientras recorría una obra en construcción.

teleSUR, SH -JCM (2023-07-24). Avanza escrutinio de votos de las elecciones generales en España. telesurtv.net Los electores deberán elegir a los 350 diputados que integran el Congreso y a 208 senadores de los 266 que componen el Senado.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-24). Minuto a minuto de las elecciones generales en España. telesurtv.net Pedro Sánchez convocó a elecciones generales tras los resultados negativos del PSOE en los comicios autonómicos y municipales del 28 de mayo.

teleSUR, YSM, SH (2023-07-24). teleSUR celebra18 años de soberanía informativa. telesurtv.net Al celebrar un nuevo aniversario teleSUR da el salto al mundo de los podcast y se lanza de lleno para llevar su contenido a nuevas plataformas y conquistar nuevas audiencias.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-24). Reportan cuatro desaparecidos por inundaciones en Canadá. telesurtv.net La portavoz de la Real Policía Montada Canadiense señaló que los desaparecidos fueron reportados en West Hants.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-24). Inundaciones dejan más de 30 fallecidos en Afganistán. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Ministerio de Emergencia del Gobierno Talibán, Shafiullah Rahimi, reportó más de 40 desaparecidos.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-24). Partido Popular de Camboya anuncia victoria en elecciones. telesurtv.net La portavoz de la bancada, Sok Eysan, señaló que el CPP "lidera y va a ganar al 100 por ciento seguro".

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-24). Ejército sudanés inicia operación para retomar Jartum. telesurtv.net Las autoridades castrenses anunciaron el inicio de las operaciones de peinado mediante una unidad especial.

WSWS (2023-07-24). The past twenty days have been the hottest ever recorded. wsws.org The simultaneous heatwaves across the world are a direct result of global warming.

Editor (2023-07-24). The revolutionary spirit of the Buddha. mronline.org Marx and Engels both took a surprising interest in the ideas of the great Indian spiritual leader, argues Sean Ledwith.

Julie Hollar (2023-07-24). Covering 'Racist State' backlash—but not the reality that Israel is a racist state. mronline.org When Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D.—Wash.) called Israel a "racist state" at the Netroots Nation conference, corporate media dutifully covered the political backlash—but scrupulously avoided evaluating the veracity of Jayapal's statement.

Ann Brown (2023-07-24). Adidas and Ye's Battle Over a $100 Million Marketing Fund. moguldom.com The drama between Kanye West, who is changed his name to Ye, and Adidas continues. Back in October 2022, Adidas ended its highly profitable and long-term partnership with Ye to sell his Yeezy products over remarks he made that were deemed anti-Semetic. Then in May 2023, after losing a whopping $540 million, Adidas said it would …

_____ (2023-07-24). A Tribute to Tony Bennett: Body and Soul (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org Legendary jazz singer Tony Bennett died on 21 Jul 2023 at age 96. RIP | Please click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy this treat.

_____ (2023-07-24). Argentina's Yuan Lifeline Is Sign of Brinkmanship between China, US. transcend.org 17 Jul 2023 – Buenos Aires has been looking for ways to safeguard its dwindling dollar reserves and has found a willing partner in Beijing.

_____ (2023-07-24). Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.

_____ (2023-07-24). Complexity in Modern Lifestyles. transcend.org The world that we see around us is complex. Trying to live meaningfully in it is not easy, be it physically or mentally.

_____ (2023-07-24). Congressional Testimony of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the Weaponization of the US Federal Government. transcend.org 21 Jul 2023 – The hearing examined the federal government's role in censoring North Americans, the Missouri v. Biden case, and Big Tech's collusion with out-of-control government agencies to silence free speech on social media.

_____ (2023-07-24). Coronavirus/COVID Pandemic: New Doubts, Revelations by US Congress. transcend.org 18 Jul 2023 – Communications between officials and scientists who wrote the key paper promoting a natural origin for Covid-19 show doubts, interference, politicized science, and more.

_____ (2023-07-24). Economics According to the Dharmic Way. transcend.org This is a simple explanation of how we should view economics according to the principles of Vedic Dharma.

_____ (2023-07-24). Eliciting Patterns of Global Consensus via Tensional Integrity. transcend.org 18 Jul 2023 – Interweaving Agreement and Disagreement Coherently with Force-Directed Layout Tensegrity – Much is made of the need for consensus in global affairs, most notably in a major crisis such as climate change. Efforts are made for a consensus, as is evident in the current initiative of the World Health Organization…

_____ (2023-07-24). Facing Climate Change as One World. transcend.org 19 Jul 2023 – When it comes to climate change, one word has me totally perplexed: "we." A transcendent "we" grabbing control over the planet's rising temperature.

_____ (2023-07-24). From Enlightenment Corruption to Cybernetics Fusion. transcend.org 18 Jul 2023 – We are told that we are living through the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". In this period humans will merge with the machines engineered by social engineers and will be part of a new "organism." This new species of "transhuman" will be liberated from all outdated ideas of Soul, morality, freedom, free will or any relationship with the Divine.

_____ (2023-07-24). Haitians Protest UN Occupation and Pending Foreign "Intervention" transcend.org 19 Jul 2023 – The US and Canada argue for a multilateral military intervention in Haiti, possibly led by Rwanda, to support the puppet regime they installed. They are using "gang violence" as the excuse, but there are actually more gang killings in Jamaica or El Salvador.

_____ (2023-07-24). In Sicily, Top of the Mountain, Watching the New Barbarians. transcend.org 18 Jul 2023 – NATO, already humiliated in Afghanistan, is now being demilitarized, a process running in parallel to the state of the economy prevailing amongst all NATOstan members. War? Against a nuclear, hypersonic superpower? Give us a — Thucydides — break.

_____ (2023-07-24). (Italiano) Studi di pace: ispirazione, obiettivi, conseguimenti. transcend.org La pace piace ai cuori, gli studi al cervello. Sono necessari entrambi, anzi indispensabili. ma altrettanto indispensabile è una connessione valida fra cervello e cuore. Ed è ben questo, in essenza, cià≤ di cui trattano gli studi e la prassi di pace.

_____ (2023-07-24). No Aloha in Reaper Drones Now Based in Hawaii. transcend.org 17 Jul 2023 – Recent news reports noted Russian jets "harassing" MQ-9 Reaper US drones over Syria. What was not reported was that the Russians are operating at the request of the Syrian government whereas the US drones are operating illegally, aiding theft of oil. The US acts like an international mafia boss, assassinating people and stealing other countries' oil.

_____ (2023-07-24). Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur Report on Guantanamo. transcend.org On 26 Jun 2023–the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture–,the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism released the final report of her technical visit to the Guantanamo detention facility. It covers the rights of victims of terrorism, the rights of detainees at Guantánamo, and the rights of former detainees–with a fair amount of detail.

_____ (2023-07-24). The Contributions and Impact of Contemporary Religious Rituals on Pillars of Peace (Part 5). transcend.org Contemporary Religious Rituals Are to Be Respected in Interfaith Initiatives Towards Social Harmony Peaceful Coexistence…

_____ (2023-07-24). The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO's Ukraine Roulette. transcend.org 19 Jul 2023 – Ultimately, NATO must be recognized not only as a criminal organization, a blustering vestige of a moribund Western imperialism, but as a mortal danger to the survival of civilization on Earth. NATO is on the wrong side of history.

_____ (2023-07-24). Tony Bennett, Master Jazz Vocalist, Dies at 96. transcend.org 21 Jul 2023 – Bennett had a professional career spanning eight decades. Winner of 18 Grammy Awards (with 36 total nominations), and a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in 2001, he also garnered two Emmy Awards and was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2005 and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2006. RIP…

_____ (2023-07-24). UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine into 'An Open-Air Prison' to Further Annexation Plans. transcend.org 16 Jul 2023 – Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians as a people."

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Humiliating Revenge: Kiev Again Targeted Moscow With Drones. southfront.org Amid the ongoing Russian retaliation strikes on the Ukrainian ports, Zelensky threatened Moscow with response. On the night of July 24, Ukrainian drones targeted the Russian capital. | According to the mayor of Moscow, two drones attacked the city at about 4 am. As a result of the attack, non-residential buildings were damaged. An explosion took place in a business center on Likhachev Avenue when a drone hit on the 17th and 18th floors. The wreckage of another drone was found on Komsomolsk…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Russia Launched Retaliation Strikes On Ukrainian Ports On Danube River. southfront.org On the night of July 24, the Russian military continued massive retaliation strikes throughout Ukraine. They continue every night in response to Kiev's strike on the Crimean Bridge on July 17. | Last night explosions thundered in the Sumy region. Meanwhile, the main wave of strikes targeted the Odessa region, where Ukrainian ports are being destroyed. After Russian drones and missiles hit all seaports located on the coast of the Black Sea, last night, Russian forces began destroying Ukrainia…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-24). Projects to Shift Media Further Rightward Get Kid Glove Treatment From Centrist Press Journal. fair.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-24). One-Stop Shops Can Change The Game For City's Small Business Growth. popularresistance.org

Larry Johnson (2023-07-24). U.S. Secretary of STate Blinken Really is this Out of Touch With Reality. sonar21.com My friend, Andrei Martyanov, published a short piece on Antony Blinken's latest public demonstration of schizophrenia and I want to elaborate on Andrei's astonishment at Blinken's total detachment from reality….

scorinoco (2023-07-24). President of Cuba: Solidarity Remains an Indestructible Weapon of Struggle and a Message of Peace. orinocotribune.com The following is the English translation of the speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic of Cuba, at the People's Summit Solidarity Festival, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 17, 2023 (stenographic version from the Presidency of Cuba). | Brother Centella; | Brother Manu; | Sisters and brothers from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe; | Comrades who fight for social justice (Applause): | I was told that someone was asking if we were going to be at this event, and we ask you: do you think we would ha…

Staff (2023-07-24). When A.I. Gets Smarter Than Us, We're In BIG Trouble. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-24). YouTube Wants To Ban One of Only Black Leftist Channels! leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-24). Spanish conservatives obtain lead in parliamentary elections but may struggle to form government. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative People's Party (PP) led by Alberto Núñez Feijoo emerged as the frontrunner in the parliamentary elections held in Spain on Sunday, July 23. Elections were held to the 350-seat Congress of Deputies and for 208 seats out of the total 266 in the Senate. The PP has taken the lead in both the …

Staff (2023-07-24). Cops nicking a Black woman over a bus fare is misogynoir in action. thecanary.co Cops have arrested a woman in Croydon, south London, for not paying her bus fare. People have been kicking off on social media, and rightly so — not least because the woman had actually paid, but also because the cops' response was disproportionate in the extreme. A number of officers tussle with the woman, yanking …

Staff (2023-07-24). Palestine and its supporters were the subject of a day of international protest. thecanary.co People have taken action in the UK, Canada, and France over the imprisonment of UK pro-Palestine activists. It came after high-profile campaigners, including Roger Waters, issued a joint statement condemning the British state's persecution of the six people over their activism against the state of Israel. Imprisoned for resisting Israel's apartheid As the Canary has …

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-24). Gang attack leaves three dead in Haitian commune. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, armed gangs attacked Liancourt, a commune of Artibonite in northeastern Haiti, and killed at least three people, in addition to setting fire to several houses.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Tencent announces Weixin opening to international card organizations. ecns.cn Tencent Holdings announced on Thursday that it will fully open Weixin Pay to international card organizations like Mastercard, Visa, JCB and Discover Global Network, so as to further improve overseas users' digital payment experience in China.

Editor (2023-07-23). Young Arab and Black Men Jailed and Fined in France's Riot Trials. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-23). People's Summit in Brussels Calls for Respect of Democracy and Self-Determination. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-23). Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act. scheerpost.com By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human rights defenders: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). As we've written before, KOSA would lead to censorship and privacy invasions for all social media users. But the most …

Editor (2023-07-23). Oppenheimer's Deadly Legacy of Nuclear Terror. scheerpost.com For every second you sit in the air conditioned theater with a warm buttery popcorn bucket in your lap, 18 people dead in the blink of an eye. Thanks to Oppenheimer.

Alastair Crooke (2023-07-23). The 2006 war on Lebanon: A pilot for Re-setting the Military Balance? thealtworld.com Hezbollah had taken the trouble to 'deep-study' their enemy; to know their strengths and weaknesses, and therefore know how to mount the feints to deceive them. | Re-reading my

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Western Marxism and the Politics of Abstract Humanism By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Western Marxism is dominated by the use of empty phrases when the need arises for a practical intervention in the conjuncture. Slavoj Žižek, for instance, has been calling for a "stronger NATO" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so that "European unity" can be preserved. The analytical focus is wholly tilted towards ahistorical cultural symbols. For Žižek, a "Eurasian" project is not about the reduction of European count …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun By: José Seoane. midwesternmarx.com In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.​Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius with respect to preindustrial values. In a similar direction—although in lower values—the average temperature of the seas at the global level increased. On the other hand, the retraction of Antarctic ice reac …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

Valerie Jean-Charles (2023-07-23). We Can't Tackle Gun Violence Until We Address Racial Inequity. truthout.org Two years ago, I was nearly caught in the crossfires of teenagers shooting at each other in northwest Washington, D.C. I was on the phone with my mother when I heard a blast go off just inches away from me. I can still feel the kickback of the gun reverberate across my skull. Had I not run into traffic to save my life, chances are my mother would've been subjected to hearing her daughter get shot… |

Mary Hudetz (2023-07-23). Indigenous Remains Destroyed as Federal Studies Undermine Repatriation Efforts. truthout.org Two decades ago, an anthropology professor at the University of Utah asked the National Science Foundation to fund research on Native American ancestors to determine when the cultivations of crops like corn first became prevalent in their cultures. The studies, according to the research proposals, would involve analyzing Ancestral Pueblo remains that museums had excavated around 1900 from some of… |

Tamara Pearson (2023-07-23). Mexico's Migrant Shelters Are Operating at 900% Capacity Due to US Border Policy. truthout.org Thousands of migrants are sleeping on the streets of Mexico, waiting to get an appointment for an interview at the U.S. border, only to be deported back to dangerous and impossible living conditions. Since the pandemic border measure Title 42 ended in early May, English-language mainstream media has emphasized that fewer people are trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. But the need to migrate… |

Justin Miller (2023-07-23). Abbott's Billion-Dollar Barrier Barrels Forward. truthout.org Mary Ann Ortiz has deep roots on Vega Verde Road, which runs along the Rio Grande west of Del Rio. Ortiz was born and raised in this border town of 35,000 in Val Verde County, a couple of hours southwest of San Antonio, where her father owned a sizable ranch on the north side of the road. When he passed away, the ranch was sold off in various parcels. She bought her 16 acres of land in the 1990s… |

_____ (2023-07-23). Across the West, People Are Dying in Greater Numbers. Nobody Wants to Learn Why. strategic-culture.org There's only one plausible explanation for continuing silence on excess deaths: governments, media and regulators are frightened of what the research may uncover | Join us on , , and . | During the pandemic, the challenge fo…

_____ (2023-07-23). NATO's Shame — Ukraine's Epidemic of Human Trafficking. strategic-culture.org As millions of Ukrainian women and children fled into the supposed safety of NATO, their new hosts were researching how to rape them. | Join us on , , and . | Because our objective is to identify the guilty parties implicate…

Sameena Rahman (2023-07-23). US Congress votes 412-9 that Israel isn't an apartheid state, denying reality. liberationnews.org The U.S. is Israel's chief benefactor and plays a significant role in advancing Israeli policies and thus is directly complicit in Israeli apartheid.

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain's General Elections: PP Fails to Obtain Absolute Majority. telesurenglish.net With 99.23 percent of the votes counted for Sunday's general elections in Spain, the PP wins the elections but does not have an absolute majority; the PSOE holds on with a narrow margin. | RELATED: | The Popular Party is the party that obtains the most deputies, with 32.84 % of the votes (136 seats out of the 350 that make up the Congress of Deputies), while the Socialist Party practically equals it in votes with 31.81 % of th…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Iranian & UAE FMs Condemn Quran Desecration in Denmark, Sweden. telesurenglish.net The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone call with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart late Saturday. | RELATED: | During the phone call, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the recent desecration of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden hurt the feelings of Muslims worldwide. The minister called for serious action against the perpetrators of the insults. | The Iranian top diplomat also…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Guatemalans Call 'The Flowers March' to Defend Democracy. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Highlands Farmers Committee (CCDA), the Palin Indigenous Mayor's Office, and students from the University of San Carlos (USAC) called for a "march of flowers" to defend democracy in Guatemala. | RELATED: | This happens at a time when the Prosecutor's Office is carrying out persecutory actions against the Seed Movement party (Semilla), which might jeopardize the holding of the presidential run-off sch…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). TeleSUR is Commander Chavez's Great Achievement: Nicaragua. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, the Nicaraguan Government congratulated the multiplatform channel teleSUR for the 18th anniversary of its creation and praised its informative work at the service of the peoples of the world. | RELATED: | "In the world that we have to inhabit and keep changing, it is not easy to reach 18 years of efforts, which only the absolute conviction about our liberation routes make possible," President Daniel Ortega and Vice President…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Israeli Lawmakers Debate Judicial Overhaul Bill Amid Protests. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Israeli lawmakers began a marathon debate on the first major bill of a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary ahead of a final vote on Monday, as massive crowds rally across the country to protest against the plan. | RELATED: | The bill would cancel the Supreme Court's power to override decisions by the ministers that it deems "unreasonable." The two final rounds of votes at the Knesset, the Israeli pa…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Syria to Receive People With Chronic Diseases From Rebel Areas. telesurenglish.net The Syrian military stood ready to open crossings for patients from rebel-held regions to seek medical treatment in government-controlled areas. | RELATED: | Citing Idlib Governor Thaer Salhab, Syrian Al-Watan newspaper on Sunday reported that the government forces would open the crossings for cancer patients, including children, and other people with chronic diseases. | His remarks came after media reports circulat…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). Covid Related News: The death cult delusions infecting our times. expose-news.com Covid injections affect our ability to think, promote cancer, possibly cause seizures and brain bleeds in young people and are the cause of many cases of "died suddenly." Vaccinated animals in zoos …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). Dutch economist let the cat out of the bag about "carbon emission rights" expose-news.com In August 2022, Dutch economist Barbara Baarsma appeared on BNR Newsradio to explain her plan for the carbon dioxide wallet. In doing so, Baarsma, who was CEO of Rabo Carbon Bank until …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). We Need To Talk About Midazolam: Homicide Detectives are investigating Nicola Sturgeon over Cruel Deaths in Care Homes during the Pandemic. expose-news.com Scotland's covid-era First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being criminally investigated by homicide police for over 5,500 deaths in care homes during Covid. This would be Scotland's largest-ever mass-death investigation in its history. …

The Exposé (2023-07-23). CIA, DoD & Rockefeller Foundation confirmed as architects of Deagel .com 2025 Depopulation Forecast & current Mortality Rates imply Covid Vaccination has made it a target that could be hit. expose-news.com In a world where reality often seems stranger than fiction, the machinations behind global events can be an enigma wrapped in mystery. One such intrigue revolves around Deagel.com, an obscure online entity …

WSWS (2023-07-23). Stage and screen workers rally in London to support SAG-AFTRA strike. wsws.org Chants of "One struggle, one fight, we support SAG-AFTRA's strike!" rang across Leicester Square at Friday's rally of Equity members.

WSWS (2023-07-23). Striking UK First Manchester bus drivers: Unite union "try and split us, but we've all stuck together so they can't push us around" wsws.org One driver said, "All the big companies made profits over COVID. The government is investing in things we don't need, like going to war. We're in a war here with our circumstances."

WSWS (2023-07-23). Kenya's President Ruto unleashes mass violence against austerity protestors. wsws.org Protests are regularly outlawed, with police setting up blockades to stop marching demonstrators and refusing to provide details of the rising number of dead, injured and arrested.

_____ (2023-07-23). Following a visit to the PRC by the US Treasury Secretary. journal-neo.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). Joe Biden Triggers Paralysis in the Production of Strategic Semiconductor Chips. Worldwide Collapse of the Automobile Industry? globalresearch.ca Semiconductors constitute a strategic commodity, used in a variety of sectors including electronics, medical devices, electronic and communications networks etc. | There is evidence of manipulation, which has led to artificial shortages of semiconductors affecting a number of key sectors of …

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-23). Neocons Want War with China. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-07-23). The US "Chip War" Takes Aim at all of China. globalresearch.ca

South Front (2023-07-23). Video: "Saving Ukraine": NATO Prepares for War. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-23). How Central Bankers Rule the World. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-07-23). Trudeau, NATO and Climate Change, Another Boondoggle. globalresearch.ca

Lauren Smith (2023-07-23). Nicaraguans Celebrate 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Karsten Riise (2023-07-23). Ukraine's Surprising Admission. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-07-23). Netanyahu Is Powerless to Stop the Protests. Will His Government Collapse? globalresearch.ca

James Howard Kunstler (2023-07-23). The Downfall of Blobism. "Joe Biden must go, and as soon as possible?" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-23). End the Attacks Against Puente Madera! Justice for Juan Cortés! itsgoingdown.org Communique regarding the recent attacks against members of the Binnizá community of Puente Madera, Oaxaca. With rage and sadness, we want to share with everyone that on Friday July 14, at around 9: 30pm, two inhabitants of Puente Madera were traveling in a red pointer headed for the Tehuantepec bus terminal to deliver two boxes of…

Peter Mertens (2023-07-23). Peter Mertens: Mutiny in South and North. peoplesdispatch.org At the Cumbre de los Pueblos (Peoples' Summit) at the European Parliament, Peter Mertens, Secretary General of the PTB, spoke about the mutinies that are needed to turn the world around…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-23). Progressive sections call for change as Netherlands gears up for elections in November. peoplesdispatch.org Surprising both his supporters and opponents, Mark Rutte, the leader of the center-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the longest-serving prime minister of the country, has resigned. Progressive opposition forces are preparing for the elections…

Jose Seoane (2023-07-23). The eco collapse we were warned about has begun. peoplesdispatch.org 2023 has already seen a number of climatic anomalies that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level. These have led to droughts, fires, and water scarcity…

Andrew Perez (2023-07-23). Finally, A Third Party For Billionaires. levernews.com

Ali Abunimah (2023-07-23). UK union cancels "Weaponising Anti-Semitism" book launch. electronicintifada.net Senior leaders of Unite accused of political censorship.

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain Update: Exit Polls Point to a Conservative Victory. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Spanish go to the polls to elect the President of the Government, 350 representatives for the Lower House and 208 Senators. It is expected that 37.5 million citizens turn out to vote, 2.3 million of them reside abroad. Below are the major events as they occur. | RELATED: | 8: 00 p.m.: The conservatives would be victorious in the elections. According to the exit polls released so far, the conservative Popular Party (PP) wou…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Guantanamo Features Most Flagrant Human Rights Violation. telesurenglish.net Jose Ramon Cabanas, director of Cuba's Center for International Policy (CIPI), denounced that the prison at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay sees the most flagrant violation of human rights perpetrated by the U.S. administration. | RELATED: | "This is a topic that has been presented again before the international community, but it is one of the longest human rights violations in U.S. history," Cabanas recalled. | Sp…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Cuban President Denounces US Blockade's Damage to Economy. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the U.S. embargo's damage to the island's economy. | RELATED: | Addressing legislators at Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power in Havana, he said that the U.S. embargo is an external factor that harms the economic development of the Caribbean nation. | "This huge external factor gravitates against the country's development," he said, adding that capital…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Canadian Province Declares State of Emergency to Fight Flooding. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, a provincewide state of emergency has been declared in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia in response to severe flooding. | RELATED: | The Nova Scotia Government's Emergency Management Office said that the order is in place to protect the entire province as the storm progresses. | "This is a very serious event. This flooding has been fast and furious, and we are taking strong action to ensure Nova Scotia…

Florence CGTN (2023-07-23). Celebrating Mei Xiang's birthday. america.cgtn.com In a birthday celebration on Saturday at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the beloved giant panda, Mei Xiang, turned 25.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-07-23). Extreme weather stretches across the U.S. america.cgtn.com Dramatic weather events continue to play out across North America. The extremes seen this week in the U.S. have taken a toll on people across the country.

Mark Niu (2023-07-23). Comic-Con provides business opportunities for talented artists. america.cgtn.com One of the world's largest conventions on pop culture continues in San Diego, California. We're talking about Comic-Con, where dressing up and embracing heroic and evil characters is one part passion, one part geekiness, and another part business.

Fight Back (2023-07-23). The Milwaukee Area Labor Council stands in solidarity with Teamsters fighting for a fair contract at UPS. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following resolution passed by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO executive board in July 2023. | The collective bargaining agreement representing 340,000 Teamsters at UPS across the country, including Wisconsin Teamsters Local 344, expires at midnight, August 1, 2023. | If UPS Teamsters go on strike, it will be the largest strike against a single business in U.S. history, and the largest strike since the last UPS Teamsters strike in 1997. This is a struggle that will impact every working person in the country. | UPS makes over $13 billion in profits every year on…

Fight Back (2023-07-23). Milwaukee Anti-War Committee rallies against the Milwaukee Air & Water Show. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, July 22, activists and community members united at The Calling sculpture in downtown Milwaukee to protest the annual Milwaukee Air & Water Show. The rally was organized by the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee (MAC) to demonstrate that the show is not a harmless family event as it is often portrayed, but a celebration of U.S. militarism and a polarizing affair for the city. | Members from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR), and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) came together with the community to demand an…

Fight Back (2023-07-23). Waste workers at Republic Services rally as potential strike approaches. fightbacknews.org Atlanta GA – On July 21, waste workers at Republic Services, who are represented by Teamsters Local 728 in Atlanta, rallied in support of a potential strike. The rally was held less than two weeks after 95% of waste workers in Local 728 voted to authorize a strike if the company refuses to offer a decent contract before July 31. | The action started with a march of about 60 people to the front gate of Republic Services, where management was watching from their offices. Union members and supporters from the community chanted "Who are we? Teamsters!" and "Hey hey! Ho ho! Corporate greed has got to go!" The march wa…

Fight Back (2023-07-23). Louisianans rally, GOP bans kids' trans healthcare, other anti-LGBTQ bills fail. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA — Dozens of protesters gathered at the Louisiana State Capitol building, July 18, for an emergency demonstration against three anti-LGBTQ bills. The Republican supermajority called a special legislative veto override session after these bills were vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards. The governor's move in support of the LGBTQ community resulted from substantial pressure from the people of Louisiana. | Demonstrators chanted "Racist, sexist, anti-gay – GOP go away!" and "Louisiana say it clear, trans youth are welcome here!" on the steps of the capitol building as the veto override session b…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Feminicides in Dominican Republic:unfinished goal on official agenda. plenglish.com Santo Domingo (Prensa Latina) Being a woman in the Dominican Republic is dangerous, because so far this year there have been 42 femicides, an increase of 23,5% compared to the same period in 2022, while the government is trying to take measures to avoid more pain.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Four possible scenarios in Spain's elections. plenglish.com Madrid, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Spain moves into quicksand, with four possible scenarios in the general elections that seem to lean to the right, although with a slight margin for surprises.

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-23). CARICOM's 10-Point Plan For Reparatory Justice Is Reasonable. orinocotribune.com

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Bin Salman Toys With Religious Reform. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Military Situation In Donbass On July 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org A woman was killed and three others were wounded by the AFU artillery shelling in Donetsk; | Nine buildings were damaged by Ukrainian artillery shelling in Donetsk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Stelmakhovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Serebryanka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Stupo…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery destroyed a fuel depot of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artillery destroyed a command post of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Novoivanovka; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Rabotino; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Marfopol; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orikhiv; | Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored vehicles, 9 motor vehicles we…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Military Situation In Syria On July 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 23, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Amma; | On July 22, HTS reportedly arrested 59 people during a security campaign in the western and northern countryside of Idlib province; | On July 22, the Kurdish Asayish forces arrested an ISIS leader in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor. | MOR…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Russian Army struck production sites of unmanned boats near Odessa with high precision weapons; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Stelmakhovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Priyutnoye; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artil…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Military Situation In Yemen On July 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 110 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On July 21, unidentified gunmen assassinated Moayad Hamidi, Head of the World Food Programme office in Al-Turba town, in Taiz governorate; | On July 21, Al-Qaeda militants attacked positions of the STC in the Wadi Omran area in the Mudiya district and Wadi Al-Khayala in Al-Mahfad district; | On July 20, a US military helico…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Shahed Stealth Drones Family (Infographics). southfront.org MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-23). Ukrainian Attacks On Crimea From July 16 To July 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 22, Ukrainian drone strike hit an ammo depot in the Krasnogvardeysky district; | On July 19, a fire broke out at a military warehouse in the Kirovsky district of Crimea. The causes of the incident have not been revealed; | On July 20, a drone strike killed a girl in the village of Razdolnoe; | On July 18, Russian forces shot down 28 UAVs that targeted Crimea; | On July 17, the AFU attacked the Crimean Bridge with two naval drones. Two civilians were killed, a…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). 17 Government Fighters Killed Or Wounded In Blast Near Gaz Field In Central Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On July 22, eight Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed when a blast hit a bus that was carrying them in Syria's central region. | The deadly blast took place near Tuinan gas field, which is located right on the administrative border between Hama, Homs and Raqqa. In addition to the eight fatalities, nine soldiers and pro-government fighters were wounded. | The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other pro-opposition news sou…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Iran's Revolutionary Guard Unveils Upgraded Version Of Shahed-149 Combat Drone (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On July 22, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled an upgraded version of the Shahid-149 combat drone. | The Shahed-149, which was developed by the Shahed Aviation Industries, is a high-altitude long-endurance combat drone similar in size, shape and role to the American MQ-9 Reaper. The drone was first unveiled and named after the Gaza Strip in honor of the Palestinians' struggle against Israel amid the May 2021 Palestinian-Israeli c…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Iraqi Intelligence Uncover Armored Vehicle-Borne Improvised Device In Nineveh (Video). southfront.org The official coat of arms of the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate. | On July 22, the Iraqi official Security Media Cell announced that the military intelligence directorate had uncovered an armored vehicle-borne improvised device (VBIED) in the northern province of Nineveh . | In a statement, the cell said that the VBIED was uncovered at the village of Sahel Abbas in the Mohalabiya district by the 11th and 15th divisions of the intelligence service. | Four containers each fil…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Russian Army Strikes Drone Sites In Odessa, Crushes Leopard Tanks In Zaporozhye (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had carried out a series of strikes with long-range, sea and air launched precision-guided weapons against Ukrainian sites where "terrorist acts" against Russian territories were being prepared, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 23. | In a statement, the ministry said that the strikes targeted sites where naval drones were stored as well as areas where they were being manufactured near Odessa. Foreign mercenaries were present in the targeted facilities, accordi…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Terrorist Attack Leaves Four Iranian Police Officers Dead In Zahedan. southfront.org Illustrative image. | At least four road police patrol officers were killed as a result of a terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Sunday. | Zahedan, the capital of the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a key drug trafficking route."Today, attackers ambushed the police car.. and shot at the vehicle," Tasnim report reads. | The news agency said that a judicial order to arre…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Ukraine Losses In Counteroffensive Exceeded 26,000: Putin. southfront.org Russian President Vladimir Putin — © Alexey Danichev/POOL/TASS | The losses of Kiev forces since the beginning of the counteroffensive attempts have already exceeded 26,000 troops, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. | Putin was responding to Lukashenko, who said that the irrecoverable Ukrainian losses since the beginning of the counteroffensive on June 4 amounted to 26,000 troops."More," Putin pointe…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-23). Experts Say Demining Ukraine Could Take Hundreds of Years. news.antiwar.com Ukraine is the most heavily mined country in the world, and demining efforts could take decades or even hundreds of years, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. "The sheer quantity of ordnance in Ukraine is just unprecedented in the last 30 years. There's nothing like it," Greg Crowther, director of programs for the Mines Advisory …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-23). Lukashenko Claims Wagner Fighters Want to Go Into Poland. news.antiwar.com Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed on Sunday that members of the Wagner group who are in Belarus want to go into Poland, comments that come amid heightened tensions between Warsaw and Minsk. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Lukashenko told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is "starting to get tense with the Wagner …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-23). US, Australia Launch Largest-Ever Joint Military Exercise. news.antiwar.com The US and Australia on Friday launched the largest-ever iteration of their Talisman Sabre exercise as the US is increasingly focused on building alliances in the Asia Pacific against China. The Talisman Sabre started in 2005 as a biennial exercise between the US and Australia. This year's iteration involves participants from 11 other countries and …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-23). US Sending Marines, More Warships to Middle East Over Iran Tensions. news.antiwar.com US Central Command announced on July 20 that the US was deploying a Marines Corps unit and additional warships to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran. The command said in a press release that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of an Amphibious Readiness Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG/MEU), which typically consists …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-23). WSJ: Western Officials Knew Ukraine Didn't Have Enough Weapons and Training for Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-23). Cardiac Arrests: Young Women Are Dropping Dead Everywhere. COVID-19 Vaccine Myocarditis in Women Is Up to 1 in 30 Per Jab. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2023-07-23). WHO, CDC and Bill Gates Pushing for Peel-and-Stick Vaccine Patches Mailed Directly to People's Homes. globalresearch.ca

Helen Kim, LA Progressive. (2023-07-23). When The River Roars: 70 Years Of Confusion. popularresistance.org This year is incredibly important to me and the Korean people. Next Wednesday, July 27th is the 70th anniversary of the armistice of Korean War, the longest war in American history. I turn 34 this year, almost half of that number. And my grandmother, who left a memoir that I finally found in 2015, was aged 70 years when she published these words, translated by me: | I only understood what that war was, felt it against my flesh only after I came down from the mountains. Nobody was whole after the war. It spared no one. People either lost their lives, lost their families, lost their legs or arms, or were irrevocabl…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Buoys placed by Texas government in Rio Bravo violates Water Treaty. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The placement of buoys called floating wall that the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is placing in the Rio Bravo, violates the Water Treaty of 1944, an environmentalist warned today.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). India develops project on cannabis-based medicines. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) India is developing its first research project on the use of cannabis in the medical sector, which Minister Jitendra Singh considered today of great potential to use this drug for the good of humanity.

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Valerie Jean-Charles (2023-07-23). We Can't Tackle Gun Violence Until We Address Racial Inequity. truthout.org Two years ago, I was nearly caught in the crossfires of teenagers shooting at each other in northwest Washington, D.C. I was on the phone with my mother when I heard a blast go off just inches away from me. I can still feel the kickback of the gun reverberate across my skull. Had I not run into traffic to save my life, chances are my mother would've been subjected to hearing her daughter get shot… |

Mary Hudetz (2023-07-23). Indigenous Remains Destroyed as Federal Studies Undermine Repatriation Efforts. truthout.org Two decades ago, an anthropology professor at the University of Utah asked the National Science Foundation to fund research on Native American ancestors to determine when the cultivations of crops like corn first became prevalent in their cultures. The studies, according to the research proposals, would involve analyzing Ancestral Pueblo remains that museums had excavated around 1900 from some of… |

Tamara Pearson (2023-07-23). Mexico's Migrant Shelters Are Operating at 900% Capacity Due to US Border Policy. truthout.org Thousands of migrants are sleeping on the streets of Mexico, waiting to get an appointment for an interview at the U.S. border, only to be deported back to dangerous and impossible living conditions. Since the pandemic border measure Title 42 ended in early May, English-language mainstream media has emphasized that fewer people are trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. But the need to migrate… |

Justin Miller (2023-07-23). Abbott's Billion-Dollar Barrier Barrels Forward. truthout.org Mary Ann Ortiz has deep roots on Vega Verde Road, which runs along the Rio Grande west of Del Rio. Ortiz was born and raised in this border town of 35,000 in Val Verde County, a couple of hours southwest of San Antonio, where her father owned a sizable ranch on the north side of the road. When he passed away, the ranch was sold off in various parcels. She bought her 16 acres of land in the 1990s… |

Nadra Nittle (2023-07-22). LA Unified School District Is Spending Millions on Urgent Climate Adaptation. truthout.org The clouds that blanket Los Angeles in the late spring, keeping temperatures cool and skies overcast, dissipate by the first weeks of summer. The months known in the city near the ocean as "May Gray" and "June Gloom" give way to an exposed July sun that blazes relentlessly until well after the school year starts. It is not unusual for Angelenos to contend with triple-digit heat until shortly… |

Aallyah Wright (2023-07-22). White Leaders Prevent an Alabama Town's First Black Mayor From Serving. truthout.org Newbern, Alabama — There's a power struggle in Newbern, Alabama, and the rural town's first Black mayor is at war with the previous administration who he says locked him out of Town Hall. After years of racist harassment and intimidation, Patrick Braxton is fed up, and in a federal civil rights lawsuit he is accusing town officials of conspiring to deny his civil rights and his position because of… |


Brett Wilkins (2023-07-22). Secret Document Reveals US Covered Up Evidence of Civilian Deaths in Syrian Raid. truthout.org A formerly classified document published Friday by NPR revealed how the Pentagon dismissed highly credible evidence of civilian deaths caused by the October 2019 U.S. assassination of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria. In a raid hailed by then-U.S. President Donald Trump as "impeccable," U.S. special forces stormed al-Baghdadi's hideout just outside Barisha in Idlib province on… |

Tatyana Tandanpolie (2023-07-22). Trump Campaign Reportedly Spending Over Half of Recent Donations on Legal Bills. truthout.org As former President Donald Trump's legal woes mount, the line between his criminal defense and his 2024 presidential campaign is blurring, a political and financial muddying that The Washington Post projects will only worsen as multiple prosecutions continues to dominate his time, resources and messaging. Trump's appeals to stay out of prison on social media, in rally speeches and in interviews… |

Jonathan Ng (2023-07-22). New Book Exposes the Horror of the US's Endless, Invisible Wars. truthout.org This June, the Swiss journalist Maurine Mercier found several United States citizens fighting in Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian work. "All of them are veterans, former soldiers who fought in all the recent American wars: the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan," she reports. Many suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, carrying the embodied ghosts of past conflicts and deep psychic wounds to… |

Pranav Jani (2023-07-22). GOP Planned to Destroy Public Education in Ohio. We Defeated Them — for Now. truthout.org Ohioans invested in the integrity and well-being of public universities across the state breathed a sigh of relief in late June after Ohio Senate Bill 83 — Republicans' big push to overhaul higher education across the state — failed in its bid to become law before the summer recess began. A few of the bill's lowlights — in its original and revised forms — include: SB 83 teems with contradictions. |

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Xi to attend opening ceremony of Chengdu Universiade. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu and hold a welcome banquet and bilateral events for foreign leaders attending the event.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China achieves mass production of domestic MRI instrument. ecns.cn China has achieved the mass production of domestically-made magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument, breaking through a long-standing foreign technological blockade, CCTV reported on Saturday.


ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Dinosaur egg fossils discovered for the first time in China's Heyuan Basin. ecns.cn Four dinosaur egg fossils were uncovered in the Heyuan Basin for the first time recently in Heyuan, a city known for its extensive collection of dinosaur egg fossils in South China's Guangdong Province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). National Museum issues strict code of conduct banning livestreaming. ecns.cn The notice also says, during visits, misconduct such as loud noise, chasing others, climbing, lying on the floor, littering, touching or damaging the exhibits are not allowed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Tripartite meeting of central bankers to help East Asian economy. ecns.cn The Central Bank Governors' Meeting of China, Japan and South Korea was held on Sunday in Japan with candid exchange of views on regional economic and financial developments.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China successfully tests high-thrust engine for moon landing. ecns.cn China successfully carried out a trial test on the main engine of the Long March-10, a new carrier rocket designed for manned moon landing missions, on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China achieves mass production of domestic MRI instrument, breaking foreign tech blockade. ecns.cn China's domestically developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument has been successfully developed and mass-produced, breaking through a long-standing foreign technological blockade.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Mainland university delegation wraps up visit to Taiwan island, a 1st in 3 years. ecns.cn A group of 37 teachers and students from Chinese mainland universities concluded their exchange visit to the Taiwan island on Sunday and returned to the mainland.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Dinosaur egg fossils discovered for the first time in China's Heyuan Basin. ecns.cn Four dinosaur egg fossils were uncovered in the Heyuan Basin for the first time recently in Heyuan, a city known for its extensive collection of dinosaur egg fossils in South China's Guangdong Province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). National Museum issues strict code of conduct banning livestreaming. ecns.cn The notice also says, during visits, misconduct such as loud noise, chasing others, climbing, lying on the floor, littering, touching or damaging the exhibits are not allowed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Tripartite meeting of central bankers to help East Asian economy. ecns.cn The Central Bank Governors' Meeting of China, Japan and South Korea was held on Sunday in Japan with candid exchange of views on regional economic and financial developments.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China successfully tests high-thrust engine for moon landing. ecns.cn China successfully carried out a trial test on the main engine of the Long March-10, a new carrier rocket designed for manned moon landing missions, on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China achieves mass production of domestic MRI instrument, breaking foreign tech blockade. ecns.cn China's domestically developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument has been successfully developed and mass-produced, breaking through a long-standing foreign technological blockade.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Mainland university delegation wraps up visit to Taiwan island, a 1st in 3 years. ecns.cn A group of 37 teachers and students from Chinese mainland universities concluded their exchange visit to the Taiwan island on Sunday and returned to the mainland.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Alipay, WeChat accept overseas cards for payment. ecns.cn WeChat Pay and Alipay announced they will now allow overseas cards like Visa and Mastercard to be added to their pay accounts, in order to facilitate mobile payment for overseas users in China.–…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Globalization of renminbi to boost stability. ecns.cn The internationalization of the renminbi is gathering momentum, and such a trend will help facilitate China's further opening-up and encourage the country's global trade and investment.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). First satellite launched with flexible solar wing. ecns.cn China launched the country's first satellite equipped with a flexible solar array on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). World University Games Village opens in Chengdu. ecns.cn The Chengdu FISU World University Games Village opened on Saturday in Chengdu, Sichuan province, with members of the Chinese delegation becoming the first guests to move in.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Major test for new type of rocket engine completed. ecns.cn China's rocket scientists and engineers carried out a major test on Saturday on a new type of engine, which will be the most important component in the nation's attempt to land astronauts on the moon.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Expansion of BRICS set to be discussed. ecns.cn The discussion on expanding BRICS, the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is expected to be high on the agenda of an upcoming meeting of senior officials to prepare for the BRICS Summit in August, observers said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Tencent announces Weixin opening to international card organizations. ecns.cn Tencent Holdings announced on Thursday that it will fully open Weixin Pay to international card organizations like Mastercard, Visa, JCB and Discover Global Network, so as to further improve overseas users' digital payment experience in China.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Majestic view of Hukou waterfall. ecns.cn The renowned Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River along the border area between north China's Shanxi and northwest China's Shaanxi Provinces, has seen an increase in water flow due to"ÄÄintense"ÄÄrainfall in summer.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China tests main rocket engine for manned lunar missions. ecns.cn China carried out a new trial run of the main rocket engine for the manned lunar mission on Saturday, paving the way for the nation's first-ever moon landing endeavor. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). (W.E. Talk) Fundamental Nature of Chinese Civilization (4). ecns.cn Where should the future of human civilization be headed? Can the ancient Eastern civilization be an"antidote" to today's worldwide predicament? How should China reinvigorate traditional culture and make new strides by going back to tradition in exploring the origin of Chinese civilization? How can China help the world understand universal harmony and other important social ideals and world outlooks in traditional Chinese thoughts?

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China sends four satellites into space. ecns.cn China on Sunday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, sending 4 satellites into preset orbit. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Insights | Westerners should have deeper understanding of CPC's achievements: Swedish researcher. ecns.cn "One of the reasons I think that has been so successful, in terms of China's internal modernization improvement,is because of the foundation of the common good," said Stephen Brawer, chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, in a recent interview with China News Network. He also voiced his ideas on socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Chinese modernization, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Culture Fact | Solar term: Major Heat. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Comicomment: 'De-risking' cannot conceal the true face of U.S. ecns.cn Recently, United States politicians have cunningly rebranded their "decoupling" rhetoric as "de-risking."The essence of "de-risking" is to create "a small yard with high fences" targeting China and make a more refined attempt to "decouple economies or sever supply chains," with the goal of excluding and suppressing China.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Wireless charging road unveiled in NE China's Jilin. ecns.cn A high-power dynamic wireless charging road system was unveiled in Changchun, capital city of northeast China's Jilin Province on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Insights | Common good is the foundation of China's internal modernization improvementÔºöSwedish Researcher. ecns.cn "One of the reasons I think that has been so successful, in terms of China's internal modernization improvement is because of the foundation of the common good", said Stephen Brawer, chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden in a recent interview with China News Network on his ideas on the Chinese modernization and the Belt and Road Initiative.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Full text of Xi Jinping's letter to representatives of academicians and experts in 'Science and China' program. ecns.cn I have received your letter. You have taken an active part in the lecture tours over many years to widely disseminate scientific knowledge and promote the spirit of science, and you have played a crucial role in promoting popularization of science.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Xi writes back to academicians and experts, encouraging more sci-tech workers to participate in science popularization. ecns.cn Xi on Thursday wrote back to representatives of academicians and experts who have participated in the lecture tours "Science and China". In the letter, he expressed his sincere hope that sci-tech workers will support, and participate in science popularization.

Florence CGTN (2023-07-23). Celebrating Mei Xiang's birthday. america.cgtn.com In a birthday celebration on Saturday at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the beloved giant panda, Mei Xiang, turned 25.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-07-23). Extreme weather stretches across the U.S. america.cgtn.com Dramatic weather events continue to play out across North America. The extremes seen this week in the U.S. have taken a toll on people across the country.

Mark Niu (2023-07-23). Comic-Con provides business opportunities for talented artists. america.cgtn.com One of the world's largest conventions on pop culture continues in San Diego, California. We're talking about Comic-Con, where dressing up and embracing heroic and evil characters is one part passion, one part geekiness, and another part business.

Brenda Norrell (2023-07-23). United Nations Hears Testimony on Violations of Indigenous Rights by Governments, Police. indybay.org The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and murder by federal agents and militarized forces, during this week's session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

David Giesen (2023-07-23). Saturday 8/12: David Rovics in house concert. indybay.org Notable House in Bernal Heights, San Francisco | 189 Ellsworth St.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-23). México_In memoriam: Gustavo Esteva. indybay.org

DLI (2023-07-23). Big LIE exposed: Pentagon finally admits Chinese "spy balloon" sent no military info! indybay.org On June 30–on a Friday, typically a news-lite day–the Pentagon released a statement that the much-hyped Chinese "spy balloon" that was shot down by US air missiles back in February(costing more than $400,000 each, and it took 2 shots!) had not, after all, sent back any military information. Gee, did the US Government commit another one of those "Iraqi had WMD" moment?>

Labor Video Project (2023-07-23). SAG AFTRA Members Picket Netflix HQ-Protest 1 Cent Residuals. indybay.org Dozens of SAG AFTRA strikers picketed the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. Netflix refuses to provide information about the times it streams films to the union and also wants SAG AFTRA and Writers Guild West members to work as gig workers with no healthcare and pensions.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-23). Lawsuit Challenges EPA's 2023-2025 Renewable Fuels Standard. indybay.org WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels for 2023-2025. Last month the EPA set the 2022 required minimum volume for transportation sector use at roughly 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol and 5.63 billion gallons of advanced biofuels.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-07-23). Groups Win Legal Challenges to Massive Bay Area Biofuel Refinery Projects. indybay.org Flawed Reviews Downplayed Harms to Communities, Environment…

David Giesen (2023-07-23). Saturday 7/22: Do-gooders on a rampage: the case for restoring per capita land values to Native Americans. indybay.org lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

Michael Hudson (2023-07-23). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

FOX (2023-07-23). 25 to 50 Fox Farms Remain in the U.S. indybay.org Some of the remaining fox farms in the United States.

Greenpeace USA, Protect the Protest Coalition (2023-07-23). Tuesday 7/25: We Will Not Be Silenced! Protecting Our Right to Protest & Dissent Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-07-23). Sunday 8/6: Peace in Ukraine: Rally and March. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific and Water street, Santa Cruz…

Labor Video Project (2023-07-23). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-23). Friday 7/21: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-23). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

La Peña Cultural Center (2023-07-23). Friday 7/21: La Peña Cultural Center's Baila Party! indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave)…

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-23). PNW Street Medics and Military Medicine. indybay.org

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-23). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-23). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-23). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

Revolution Books (2023-07-23). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-07-23). Friday 7/21: Take Revolution to the Movie Lines for the film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

LA Sentinel (2023-07-23). First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District. indybay.org Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District… stay tuned…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). Joe Biden Triggers Paralysis in the Production of Strategic Semiconductor Chips. Worldwide Collapse of the Automobile Industry? globalresearch.ca Semiconductors constitute a strategic commodity, used in a variety of sectors including electronics, medical devices, electronic and communications networks etc. | There is evidence of manipulation, which has led to artificial shortages of semiconductors affecting a number of key sectors of …

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-23). Neocons Want War with China. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-07-23). The US "Chip War" Takes Aim at all of China. globalresearch.ca

South Front (2023-07-23). Video: "Saving Ukraine": NATO Prepares for War. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-23). How Central Bankers Rule the World. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-07-23). Trudeau, NATO and Climate Change, Another Boondoggle. globalresearch.ca

Lauren Smith (2023-07-23). Nicaraguans Celebrate 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Karsten Riise (2023-07-23). Ukraine's Surprising Admission. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-07-23). Netanyahu Is Powerless to Stop the Protests. Will His Government Collapse? globalresearch.ca

James Howard Kunstler (2023-07-23). The Downfall of Blobism. "Joe Biden must go, and as soon as possible?" globalresearch.ca

Stephen Karganovic (2023-07-23). Weaponization of Food Goes Into High Gear. "Eating Insects for Dinner" globalresearch.ca

Mark Taliano (2023-07-23). Misinformed Westerners and the Demise of Ukraine: "The West Supports the Destruction of Ukraine and its People" globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-23). Cardiac Arrests: Young Women Are Dropping Dead Everywhere. COVID-19 Vaccine Myocarditis in Women Is Up to 1 in 30 Per Jab. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2023-07-23). WHO, CDC and Bill Gates Pushing for Peel-and-Stick Vaccine Patches Mailed Directly to People's Homes. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Perez (2023-07-23). Finally, A Third Party For Billionaires. levernews.com

Sameena Rahman (2023-07-23). US Congress votes 412-9 that Israel isn't apartheid, denying reality. liberationnews.org The U.S. is Israel's chief benefactor and plays a significant role in advancing Israeli policies and thus is directly complicit in Israeli apartheid.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Drug to prevent RSV in babies approved: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A drug to protect infants and babies from RSV has been approved by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to help protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The medication, given as a single-dose injection prior to or during RSV season, is a monoclonal antibody. It is intended for babies born during or entering their first RSV season and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Keeping kids safe outside during summer play. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Summer vacation for kids is well underway. Finding activities to keep the kids busy and destinations to visit can be on many parents' list. There is one place Mayo Clinic's Dr. Steven Maher hopes they don't have to visit — and that's the emergency medicine department. From wearing bike helmets to keeping kids hydrated, Dr. Maher says there are a few things you can do to help keep kids safe during summer play. Watch: The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is Takayasu's arteritis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You've been feeling fatigued, lost a little weight, and had some muscle aches and pains, and your doctor can't determine what's wrong. What seem like symptoms of a common cold could actually be early signs of something called vasculitis, a group of disorders of the blood vessels that often go undiagnosed for years. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jason Howland explores one of the rarer forms of vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Facial drooping in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband and I recently noticed our 5-year-old daughter was having difficulty blinking and eating, and one side of her face was drooping. The pediatrician referred us to a plastic surgeon who diagnosed her with facial paralysis. What is facial paralysis and what are the treatment options? Will this require surgery? ANSWER: Facial paralysis occurs when you cannot move some or all of the facial muscles. It can affect one or both sides of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). Covid Related News: The death cult delusions infecting our times. expose-news.com Covid injections affect our ability to think, promote cancer, possibly cause seizures and brain bleeds in young people and are the cause of many cases of "died suddenly." Vaccinated animals in zoos …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). Dutch economist let the cat out of the bag about "carbon emission rights" expose-news.com In August 2022, Dutch economist Barbara Baarsma appeared on BNR Newsradio to explain her plan for the carbon dioxide wallet. In doing so, Baarsma, who was CEO of Rabo Carbon Bank until …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). We Need To Talk About Midazolam: Homicide Detectives are investigating Nicola Sturgeon over Cruel Deaths in Care Homes during the Pandemic. expose-news.com Scotland's covid-era First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being criminally investigated by homicide police for over 5,500 deaths in care homes during Covid. This would be Scotland's largest-ever mass-death investigation in its history. …

The Exposé (2023-07-23). CIA, DoD & Rockefeller Foundation confirmed as architects of Deagel .com 2025 Depopulation Forecast & current Mortality Rates imply Covid Vaccination has made it a target that could be hit. expose-news.com In a world where reality often seems stranger than fiction, the machinations behind global events can be an enigma wrapped in mystery. One such intrigue revolves around Deagel.com, an obscure online entity …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Western Marxism and the Politics of Abstract Humanism By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Western Marxism is dominated by the use of empty phrases when the need arises for a practical intervention in the conjuncture. Slavoj Žižek, for instance, has been calling for a "stronger NATO" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so that "European unity" can be preserved. The analytical focus is wholly tilted towards ahistorical cultural symbols. For Žižek, a "Eurasian" project is not about the reduction of European count …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun By: José Seoane. midwesternmarx.com In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.​Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius with respect to preindustrial values. In a similar direction—although in lower values—the average temperature of the seas at the global level increased. On the other hand, the retraction of Antarctic ice reac …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

_____ (2023-07-23). Leaked Files Suggest Hidden British Hand in Latest Kerch Bridge Strike. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-23). Across the West, People Are Dying in Greater Numbers. Nobody Wants to Learn Why. strategic-culture.org There's only one plausible explanation for continuing silence on excess deaths: governments, media and regulators are frightened of what the research may uncover | Join us on , , and . | During the pandemic, the challenge fo…

_____ (2023-07-23). NATO's Shame — Ukraine's Epidemic of Human Trafficking. strategic-culture.org As millions of Ukrainian women and children fled into the supposed safety of NATO, their new hosts were researching how to rape them. | Join us on , , and . | Because our objective is to identify the guilty parties implicate…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain's General Elections: PP Fails to Obtain Absolute Majority. telesurenglish.net With 99.23 percent of the votes counted for Sunday's general elections in Spain, the PP wins the elections but does not have an absolute majority; the PSOE holds on with a narrow margin. | RELATED: | The Popular Party is the party that obtains the most deputies, with 32.84 % of the votes (136 seats out of the 350 that make up the Congress of Deputies), while the Socialist Party practically equals it in votes with 31.81 % of th…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Iranian & UAE FMs Condemn Quran Desecration in Denmark, Sweden. telesurenglish.net The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone call with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart late Saturday. | RELATED: | During the phone call, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the recent desecration of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden hurt the feelings of Muslims worldwide. The minister called for serious action against the perpetrators of the insults. | The Iranian top diplomat also…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Guatemalans Call 'The Flowers March' to Defend Democracy. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Highlands Farmers Committee (CCDA), the Palin Indigenous Mayor's Office, and students from the University of San Carlos (USAC) called for a "march of flowers" to defend democracy in Guatemala. | RELATED: | This happens at a time when the Prosecutor's Office is carrying out persecutory actions against the Seed Movement party (Semilla), which might jeopardize the holding of the presidential run-off sch…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). TeleSUR is Commander Chavez's Great Achievement: Nicaragua. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, the Nicaraguan Government congratulated the multiplatform channel teleSUR for the 18th anniversary of its creation and praised its informative work at the service of the peoples of the world. | RELATED: | "In the world that we have to inhabit and keep changing, it is not easy to reach 18 years of efforts, which only the absolute conviction about our liberation routes make possible," President Daniel Ortega and Vice President…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Israeli Lawmakers Debate Judicial Overhaul Bill Amid Protests. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Israeli lawmakers began a marathon debate on the first major bill of a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary ahead of a final vote on Monday, as massive crowds rally across the country to protest against the plan. | RELATED: | The bill would cancel the Supreme Court's power to override decisions by the ministers that it deems "unreasonable." The two final rounds of votes at the Knesset, the Israeli pa…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Syria to Receive People With Chronic Diseases From Rebel Areas. telesurenglish.net The Syrian military stood ready to open crossings for patients from rebel-held regions to seek medical treatment in government-controlled areas. | RELATED: | Citing Idlib Governor Thaer Salhab, Syrian Al-Watan newspaper on Sunday reported that the government forces would open the crossings for cancer patients, including children, and other people with chronic diseases. | His remarks came after media reports circulat…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain Update: Exit Polls Point to a Conservative Victory. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Spanish go to the polls to elect the President of the Government, 350 representatives for the Lower House and 208 Senators. It is expected that 37.5 million citizens turn out to vote, 2.3 million of them reside abroad. Below are the major events as they occur. | RELATED: | 8: 00 p.m.: The conservatives would be victorious in the elections. According to the exit polls released so far, the conservative Popular Party (PP) wou…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Guantanamo Features Most Flagrant Human Rights Violation. telesurenglish.net Jose Ramon Cabanas, director of Cuba's Center for International Policy (CIPI), denounced that the prison at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay sees the most flagrant violation of human rights perpetrated by the U.S. administration. | RELATED: | "This is a topic that has been presented again before the international community, but it is one of the longest human rights violations in U.S. history," Cabanas recalled. | Sp…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Cuban President Denounces US Blockade's Damage to Economy. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the U.S. embargo's damage to the island's economy. | RELATED: | Addressing legislators at Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power in Havana, he said that the U.S. embargo is an external factor that harms the economic development of the Caribbean nation. | "This huge external factor gravitates against the country's development," he said, adding that capital…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Canadian Province Declares State of Emergency to Fight Flooding. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, a provincewide state of emergency has been declared in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia in response to severe flooding. | RELATED: | The Nova Scotia Government's Emergency Management Office said that the order is in place to protect the entire province as the storm progresses. | "This is a very serious event. This flooding has been fast and furious, and we are taking strong action to ensure Nova Scotia…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Norway Remembers the Victims of the July 2011 Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store urged the nation to commemorate the July 22 attacks in 2011 that killed 77 people, while emphasizing the importance of respecting diversity. | RELATED: | "Elected representatives must be able to find compromises, joint solutions and good settlements. And people must respect disagreement and diversity. Not to and from, now and then, but all the time," Store sai…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Greece Evacuates Tourists in Rhodes Island as Wildfire Rages. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, at least 2,000 residents and holidaymakers were evacuated by sea in the fire-stricken areas of Rhodes island in Greece. | RELATED: | A massive wildfire on Rhodes has raged since Tuesday afternoon burning down a dense forest. Although firefighters had managed to put out several flare-ups on the island over the last few days, the strong winds and extreme temperatures rekindled the fires on the island's central-eastern si…

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain Holds General Elections. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Spaniards head to the polls to elect their President, 350 representatives for the Lower House, and 208 Senators. | RELATED: | The polling stations opened at 9: 00 am and will close at 8: 00 pm. It is expected that 37.5 million Spaniards will participate in the voting, with 2.3 million of them residing abroad. | In Spain, 1.6 million citizens will be able to participate for the first time in a general election, having r…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Zoo animals fend off summer heat. ecns.cn China's zoos have taken various measures to help animals through the summer heat."ÄÄ "ÄÄ Chongqing Lehe Ledu Wildlife Zoo has tried every means to help animals fend off the summer heat in southwest China's Chongqing in recent days. Zookeepers sent watermelons to porcupines, black bears, African elephants and ring-tailed lemurs to help them cool off. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Chongqing Zoo holds birthday party for 2 one-year-old giant pandas. ecns.cn Zookeepers on Saturday held a birthday party for two one-year-old giant pandas at Chongqing Zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality."ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y6 launches 2 satellites. ecns.cn China on Saturday launched the CERES-1 Y6 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Central operating platform of an oilfield project in Bohai installed. ecns.cn The central operating platform of Bozhong 19-6 Condensate Gas Field is an 8-leg multi-functional integrated offshore oil and gas platform.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Airbus Helicopters H175 granted CAAC certification. ecns.cn Airbus Helicopters has received certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for the H175 helicopter. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Asian Games Special Train rolls off production line in Changchun. ecns.cn The Fuxing intelligent high-speed trains, specially built for the 19th Asian Games, rolled off the production line on Friday in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. During the Asian Games and Asian Para Games, the trains will be put into rail transit operation services in Hangzhou and five co-host cities"ÄÄ–"ÄÄNingbo, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Shaoxing, and Huzhou. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Aerial view of 700-year-old Guanyin Pavilion standing in Yangtze River. ecns.cn Aerial video on Thursday shows 700-year-old Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Pavilion standing in Yangtze River.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Cradle of Civilization: Zengpiyan National Archaeological Site Park. ecns.cn Zengpiyan National Archaeological Site Park in Guilin of Guangxi is a Neolithic archaeological cave site dating back 7,000 to 12,000 years. It is regarded as one of the most important scales and databases of prehistoric archaeology in South China and Southeast Asia.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Xi stresses strengthening farmland protection, quality improvement to expand room for agricultural production. ecns.cn Xi delivered an important speech, stressing that food security is among a country's most fundamental interests, and farmland is the lifeblood of grain production.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-07-23). Reportan cinco muertos tras motines en cárcel ecuatoriana. telesurtv.net En la Penitenciaría del Litoral se han producido varias de las masacres más sangrientas en las cárceles de Ecuador desde 2020.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Mueren nueve personas al estrellarse avión civil en Sudán. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las Fuerzas Armadas, el hecho ocurrió en la ciudad de Port Sudán, tras el despegue de la aeronave y presumiblemente a causa de una falla técnica.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Gobierno de Nicaragua: teleSUR es una gran victoria de Chávez. telesurtv.net Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo envían mensaje de congratulaciones por el aniversario 18 de nuestra multiestatal.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-07-23). Alertan sobre muerte de 5.000 pingàºinos en costas de Uruguay. telesurtv.net "Esto es mortandad en el agua, en un 90 por ciento son ejemplares jóvenes que llegan sin reservas de grasa y con los estómagos vacíos", refirió Carmen Leizagoyen.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). El PSOE con alianzas en camino a formar Gobierno tras elecciones en España. telesurtv.net Ultraderecha de Vox capta menos votos y escaños de lo estimado y la derecha del Partido Popular, aún siendo más votada, no logra mayoría parlamentaria para formar Gobierno.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Alcalde de Manta, Ecuador, fallece tras ataque armado. telesurtv.net El burgomaestre recibió al menos tres impactos de bala de fusil en el pecho. Ocurrió mientras recorría una obra en construcción.

teleSUR, SH -JCM (2023-07-23). Avanza escrutinio de votos de las elecciones generales en España. telesurtv.net Los electores deberán elegir a los 350 diputados que integran el Congreso y a 208 senadores de los 266 que componen el Senado.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-23). Inundaciones dejan más de 30 fallecidos en Afganistán. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Ministerio de Emergencia del Gobierno Talibán, Shafiullah Rahimi, reportó más de 40 desaparecidos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Tiroteo en RD del Congo deja 13 muertos, incluidos nueve niños. telesurtv.net El tiroteo ocurrió en la aldea de Nyakova, a orillas del lago Alberto, en la provincia oriental de Ituri, en el Congo.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Minuto a minuto de las elecciones generales en España. telesurtv.net Pedro Sánchez convocó a elecciones generales tras los resultados negativos del PSOE en los comicios autonómicos y municipales del 28 de mayo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Al menos 12 personas mueren tras derrumbe de un edificio en Camerún. telesurtv.net La causa del colapso aún está bajo investigación, pero las autoridades han dicho que puede deberse a materiales de construcción o prácticas de construcción deficientes.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Argentina y FMI alcanzan acuerdo para pago de deuda. telesurtv.net Se esperaba un adelanto de por los menos 8.400 millones de dólares de los 10.400 millones que correspondía desembolsar.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-23). Ejército sudanés inicia operación para retomar Jartum. telesurtv.net Las autoridades castrenses anunciaron el inicio de las operaciones de peinado mediante una unidad especial.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-23). Partido Popular de Camboya anuncia victoria en elecciones. telesurtv.net La portavoz de la bancada, Sok Eysan, señaló que el CPP "lidera y va a ganar al 100 por ciento seguro".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Realizan jornada en defensa de la democracia en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Autoridades Ancestrales y sociedad civil del departamento de Sololá presentan una querella contra la fiscal general Consuelo Porras y contra el juez séptimo de instancia penal Fredy Orellana.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Presidente Putin afirma que contraofensiva de Ucrania fracasó. telesurtv.net El mandatario Vladímir Putin mantuvo conversaciones con su homólogo bielorruso en la ciudad rusa de San Petersburgo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Grecia evacua a 19 mil personas de la isla de Rodas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades realizan la mayor evacuación en la historia de Grecia por los incendios en una isla turística.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-23). Reportan cuatro desaparecidos por inundaciones en Canadá. telesurtv.net La portavoz de la Real Policía Montada Canadiense señaló que los desaparecidos fueron reportados en West Hants.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Rusia rechaza haber atacado una catedral ortodoxa en Odesa. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas rusas atacaron durante la noche con armas de precisión instalaciones militares de la ciudad ucraniana.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-23). Ascienden a 27 los muertos por alud en la India. telesurtv.net El jefe de distrito, Yogesh Mhase, señaló que el alud dejó 21 personas heridas, incluidos 8 hospitalizados.

teleSUR, ats, JGN (2023-07-23). Conoce siete importantes descubrimientos de la NASA. telesurtv.net El exoplaneta Kepler 452-b fue confirmado por la NASA el 23 de julio del año 2015.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Presidentes de Rusia y Belarús se reúnen en San Petersburgo. telesurtv.net Ambos presidentes también podrían dialogar sobre seguridad, cooperación económica y la resistencia conjunta a las sanciones de EE.UU.

teleSUR, AC, JGN, SH (2023-07-23). FSLN: nacido y pensado por la libertad de Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El FSLN, influenciado por la lucha de Augusto César Sandino, se preparó en zonas rurales y urbanas para enfrentar a la dictadura, que recibía apoyo de EE.UU.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Masacre deja al menos 14 muertos en el centro de Myanmar. telesurtv.net El gobierno paralelo de Myanmar advirtió que a diario se reportan masacres cometidos por la junta militar con absoluta impunidad.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Detienen a autor de incendió que dejo 12 muertos en México. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía General del estado de Sonora señaló que el detenido será acusado de los delitos de homicidio doloso, lesiones graves y daños en propiedad ajena.

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-23). Climate Lockdowns & MSM Admits Kids Not "Psychologically or Emotionally Ready" For Gender Ideology. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/213/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Norlane community pushes back against racist provocation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). 'Free Julian Assange' letter delivered to PM Anthony Albanese. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Video: Opposing the anti-trans hysteria. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). The Blak Sovereign Movement on the Voice referendum. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Traditional Owners defeat proposed Kimba radioactive waste dump. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Gas industry peak body referred to regulator for alleged greenwashing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Public housing tenant Margaret Kelly given eviction date. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Anti-war protesters say Talisman Sabre war games should be cancelled. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Calls grow for public housing to be saved, more built. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Finance union urges NAB workers to vote up improved agreement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Four Big Banks refuse to renew loans to Whitehaven Coal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Video: Caste and Class in India today. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-23). Stage and screen workers rally in London to support SAG-AFTRA strike. wsws.org Chants of "One struggle, one fight, we support SAG-AFTRA's strike!" rang across Leicester Square at Friday's rally of Equity members.

WSWS (2023-07-23). Striking UK First Manchester bus drivers: Unite union "try and split us, but we've all stuck together so they can't push us around" wsws.org One driver said, "All the big companies made profits over COVID. The government is investing in things we don't need, like going to war. We're in a war here with our circumstances."

WSWS (2023-07-23). Kenya's President Ruto unleashes mass violence against austerity protestors. wsws.org Protests are regularly outlawed, with police setting up blockades to stop marching demonstrators and refusing to provide details of the rising number of dead, injured and arrested.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). Joe Biden Triggers Paralysis of the Production of Strategic Semiconductor Chips. Worldwide Collapse of the Automobile Industry? globalresearch.ca Semiconductors constitute a strategic commodity, used in a variety of sectors including electronics, medical devices, electronic and communications networks etc. | There is evidence of manipulation, which has led to artificial shortages of semiconductors affecting a number of key sectors of …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-23). End the Attacks Against Puente Madera! Justice for Juan Cortés! itsgoingdown.org Communique regarding the recent attacks against members of the Binnizá community of Puente Madera, Oaxaca. With rage and sadness, we want to share with everyone that on Friday July 14, at around 9: 30pm, two inhabitants of Puente Madera were traveling in a red pointer headed for the Tehuantepec bus terminal to deliver two boxes of…

Peter Mertens (2023-07-23). Peter Mertens: Mutiny in South and North. peoplesdispatch.org At the Cumbre de los Pueblos (Peoples' Summit) at the European Parliament, Peter Mertens, Secretary General of the PTB, spoke about the mutinies that are needed to turn the world around…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-23). Progressive sections call for change as Netherlands gears up for elections in November. peoplesdispatch.org Surprising both his supporters and opponents, Mark Rutte, the leader of the center-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the longest-serving prime minister of the country, has resigned. Progressive opposition forces are preparing for the elections…

Jose Seoane (2023-07-23). The eco collapse we were warned about has begun. peoplesdispatch.org 2023 has already seen a number of climatic anomalies that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level. These have led to droughts, fires, and water scarcity…

WorkWeek (2023-07-23). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

Editor (2023-07-23). Young Arab and Black Men Jailed and Fined in France's Riot Trials. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-23). Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act. scheerpost.com By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human rights defenders: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). As we've written before, KOSA would lead to censorship and privacy invasions for all social media users. But the most …

Editor (2023-07-23). Oppenheimer's Deadly Legacy of Nuclear Terror. scheerpost.com For every second you sit in the air conditioned theater with a warm buttery popcorn bucket in your lap, 18 people dead in the blink of an eye. Thanks to Oppenheimer.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Buoys placed by Texas government in Rio Bravo violates Water Treaty. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The placement of buoys called floating wall that the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is placing in the Rio Bravo, violates the Water Treaty of 1944, an environmentalist warned today.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Massa and Rossi lead voting intentions in Argentine elections. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The formula integrated by Sergio Massa and Agustín Rossi, of Unión por la Patria, or United for the Homeland (UP), would be the most voted in the primary, open, simultaneous and mandatory elections in Argentina, the Centro de Estudios de Opinión Pública (CEOP) reported today.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). India develops project on cannabis-based medicines. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) India is developing its first research project on the use of cannabis in the medical sector, which Minister Jitendra Singh considered today of great potential to use this drug for the good of humanity.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Russia confirms new attacks against military targets in Odessa. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Russia launched a new missile attack in the last day against several military targets in the area of the Black Sea port of Odessa, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported today.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Feminicides in Dominican Republic:unfinished goal on official agenda. plenglish.com Santo Domingo (Prensa Latina) Being a woman in the Dominican Republic is dangerous, because so far this year there have been 42 femicides, an increase of 23,5% compared to the same period in 2022, while the government is trying to take measures to avoid more pain.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Reservists' rebellion threatens Israeli government. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Some 10 thousand Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists joined today the protest against a controversial judicial reform promoted by the Government, which tries to limit the growing unease in the Army.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). President's resignation is the only way out in Peru. plenglish.com Lima, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Former Peruvian Defense Minister Jorge Nieto ratified his demand to President Dina Boluarte to resign as the only way out of the crisis that, he warned, tends to worsen with her permanence in office.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Four possible scenarios in Spain's elections. plenglish.com Madrid, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Spain moves into quicksand, with four possible scenarios in the general elections that seem to lean to the right, although with a slight margin for surprises.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Israeli Prime Minister has cardiac pacemaker implanted. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker, a week after his medical admission after suffering from dehydration, a statement from his office reported today.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Ukrainian army attacked Russian journalists. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian army with the use of drones, tracked down Russian journalists who were seeking information about the use of cluster munitions, the Telegram channel "Operation Z: Military Commissioners" reported today.

teleSUR, SH -JCM (2023-07-23). Cierran mesas electorales de los comicios generales en España. telesurtv.net Los electores deberán elegir a los 350 diputados que integran el Congreso y a 208 senadores de los 266 que componen el Senado.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). ONU llama al Estado de Guatemala a respetar el derecho al voto. telesurtv.net António Guterres afirmó que sigue con gran preocupación la situación sobre las elecciones en Guatemala.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Presidente cubano señala avances y desafíos de desarrollo local. telesurtv.net Destacó que durante reciente sesiones parlamentarias se abordaron temas medulares del país, como la producción de alimentos, la generación eléctrica, la delincuencia, la inflación y los precios abusivos, entre otros.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Exigen en Guatemala renuncia de funcionarios por acciones antidemocráticas. telesurtv.net Autoridades indígenas responsabilizan a Consuelo Porras, Rafael Curruchiche y Freddy Orellana de la actual crisis en el país y de proteger a una élite corrupta.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Mueren nueve personas tras accidente de bus al norte de Colombia. telesurtv.net Se reportan 32 heridos, de ellos 25 con heridas de gravedad. Autoridades estiman que ocurrió una falla mecánica que provocó que el conductor perdiera el control.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Policía peruana reprime a manifestantes durante protestas. telesurtv.net Lanzan gases lacrimógenos a movilizados que ingresaron a la Plaza San Martín, en Lima. Denuncian que agentes golpearon a mujeres aymaras. Se reporta un herido de consideración.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). FMI anuncia que llegó a un acuerdo con Argentina. telesurtv.net Se esperaba un adelanto de por los menos 8.400 millones de dólares de los 10.400 millones que correspondía desembolsar.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-23). Congressional Concerns: Stalling Nuclear Submarines for Australia. dissidentvoice.org Any security arrangement with too many variables and multiple contingencies, risks stuttering and keeling over. Critical delays might be suffered, attributable to a number of factors beyond the parties concerned. Disputes and disagreements may surface. Such an arrangement is AUKUS, where the number of cooks risk spoiling any meal they promise to cook. The main …

Ali Abunimah (2023-07-23). UK union cancels "Weaponising Anti-Semitism" book launch. electronicintifada.net Senior leaders of Unite accused of political censorship.

_____ (2023-07-23). Following a visit to the PRC by the US Treasury Secretary. journal-neo.org

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-23). Kagame And Other Stooges Do US Bidding In Haiti. popularresistance.org It can be argued that Rwanda's president Paul Kagame is the Black head of state most useful to the U.S. and its allies. There are many human tools in their box but Kagame is the most willing to act on behalf of the collective west. He can reliably be called upon to enthusiastically do the dirty work of the U.S. and Europe. When he arrived at the recent CARICOM summit it was clear that a terrible plot was being hatched. | When the United Kingdom wanted to stop the flow of asylum seekers they hatched a plot with Kagame, giving him $180 million to take them to Rwanda against their will. UK courts have blocked the pl…

Zoe Alexandra, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-23). People's Summit Calls For Respect Of Democracy And Self-Determination. popularresistance.org Without sovereignty and mutual respect, dialogue between regions is impossible. Throughout the days of debate and work at the People's Summit held parallel to the III CELAC-EU Summit, trade union activists, community leaders, left political leaders, artists, and students from across Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe ratified the importance of spaces for democratic and plural debate between equal partners. The summits occurred simultaneously in the Belgian capital of Brussels from July 17-18 after a eight-year pause. | The People's Summit, held at the Free University of Brussels, was organized by a broad…

scorinoco (2023-07-23). Foreign Minister of Venezuela on Official Visit to Türkiye. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil is currently on an official visit in Türkiye,during which he will be meeting with the country's national authorities, with a special focus on his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan. | #21jul En nombre del Presidente @NicolasMaduro, hemos llegado a Türkiye donde sostendremos una reunión con el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores Hakan Fidan para revisar la agenda bilateral y continuar profundizando lazos de cooperación para el beneficio mutuo de nuestros pueblos. Staff (2023-07-23). Peru: Social Movements Demand Resignation of De Facto President. orinocotribune.com The National Unitary Coordination Platform of Struggle (CNUL), composed of several Peruvian social movements, called for a new march on Saturday to demand the resignation of de facto President Dina Boluarte. | The platform of social movements announced that Saturday, July 22, will be a day of peaceful struggle, with marches in working class neighborhoods of the northern, southern and eastern parts of Lima, and in other regions of the country. | On Wednesday, July 19, marchers from all over the country took over the capital and 59 other provinces, and the CNUL plans to continue the same during July 24-29. | La Coo…

mforinoco (2023-07-23). China Built More 5G Base Stations in 3 Months than US did in 2 Years. orinocotribune.com

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-23). CARICOM's Ten Point Plan For Reparatory Justice Is Actually Quite Reasonable. orinocotribune.com

mondoweiss.net (2023-07-23). How Jeremy Corbyn was toppled by the Israel lobby. mondoweiss.net Asa Winstanley's new book shows how the Israel lobby weaponized antisemitism to create a new McCarthyism to bring down Jeremy Corbyn.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-23). Don't Buy The Hype That Wagnerians Are Masterful Trainers. sonar21.com You know the adage, "a picture is worth a thousand words." If the above photo, which purports to show two Wagnerians training Belorussian soldiers, is genuine then I can tell…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). 17 Government Fighters Killed Or Wounded In Blast Near Gaz Field In Central Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On July 22, eight Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed when a blast hit a bus that was carrying them in Syria's central region. | The deadly blast took place near Tuinan gas field, which is located right on the administrative border between Hama, Homs and Raqqa. In addition to the eight fatalities, nine soldiers and pro-government fighters were wounded. | The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other pro-opposition news sou…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Ukraine Losses In Counteroffensive Exceeded 26,000: Putin. southfront.org Russian President Vladimir Putin — © Alexey Danichev/POOL/TASS | The losses of Kiev forces since the beginning of the counteroffensive attempts have already exceeded 26,000 troops, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. | Putin was responding to Lukashenko, who said that the irrecoverable Ukrainian losses since the beginning of the counteroffensive on June 4 amounted to 26,000 troops."More," Putin pointe…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Iran's Revolutionary Guard Unveils Upgraded Version Of Shahed-149 Combat Drone (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On July 22, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled an upgraded version of the Shahid-149 combat drone. | The Shahed-149, which was developed by the Shahed Aviation Industries, is a high-altitude long-endurance combat drone similar in size, shape and role to the American MQ-9 Reaper. The drone was first unveiled and named after the Gaza Strip in honor of the Palestinians' struggle against Israel amid the May 2021 Palestinian-Israeli c…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Terrorist Attack Leaves Four Iranian Police Officers Dead In Zahedan. southfront.org Illustrative image. | At least four road police patrol officers were killed as a result of a terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Sunday. | Zahedan, the capital of the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a key drug trafficking route."Today, attackers ambushed the police car.. and shot at the vehicle," Tasnim report reads. | The news agency said that a judicial order to arre…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Russian Army Annihilates NATO Equipment In South Donetsk, Zaporozhye (Videos). southfront.org File image | The Russian military repelled several large-scale attacks by Kiev forces in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions between July 22 and 23. | While repelling the attacks, the Russian military reportedly destroyed seven German-made Leopard 2 main battle tanks and American-made Bradly infantry fighting vehicles. Video footage that surfaced online did show at least three damaged or destroyed Leopard 2 tanks as well as a fourth Leopard 2 and a Bradly vehicle receiving direct hit…

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-23). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). China conducts anti-dumping investigation into propanoic acid imports from U.S. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Friday to launch an anti-dumping investigation into imported propanoic acid originating in the U.S. starting from July 21, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). One Chinese citizen injured in Auckland shooting incident. ecns.cn One Chinese citizen got injured in the shooting incident that happened in downtown Auckland in New Zealand on Thursday, China Media Group reported.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Tropical storm Doksuri forms, to affect coastal areas in SE China. ecns.cn The 5th typhoon in 2023, or Doksuri, a tropical storm, has formed in the ocean in the east of the Philippines, according to China Meteorological Observatory (CMO) on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Over 700,000 pieces of fake online content deleted. ecns.cn More than 700,000 pieces of fake information on the internet have been eliminated by Chinese police during a 100-day campaign against rumors, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Sanya-Jakarta air route opens. ecns.cn A Boeing 737-900 aircraft operated by Lion Air from Indonesia, carrying 180 passengers, arrived at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in South China's Hainan Province at 0: 54 a.m. on Friday, marking the official opening of the Sanya-Jakarta international air route.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan: Chinese FM. ecns.cn No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan and the protests from neighboring countries and the questions raised by people within Japan are all clear evidence, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a press conference on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Insights | U.S. experts: U.S. and China should coexist peacefully for a better future. ecns.cn While talking exclusively with China News Network, Douglas Paal, distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Sourabh Gupta, resident senior fellow at ICAS, elucidated their thoughts on the trend of the U.S.-China relationship.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Field with blooming cole flowers attracts visitors in Sichuan. ecns.cn A field with blooming cole flowers and clusters of white clouds in the blue sky create a splendid landscape in summer in Ruoergai County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Hangzhou Asian Games themed Fuxing high-speed train unveiled in Changchun. ecns.cn A Hangzhou Asian Games themed Fuxing high-speed train rolls off production line in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 21, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Giant panda Fu Bao celebrates 3rd birthday in South Korea. ecns.cn A special birthday party was held on Thursday at Everland theme park in South Korea for giant panda Fu Bao, who turned 3. It might be her last birthday celebrated in the country, as according to an agreement between China and South Korea, Fu Bao is expected to be sent to China before reaching age 4. "ÄÄ…

Planned Parenthood (2023-07-23). Wednesday 7/19: History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice Teach-in. indybay.org Online event | ACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning will be available.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-23). Asesinan a otro firmante de la paz en Huila, Colombia. telesurtv.net Era un firmante del acuerdo de paz de 2016, expresidente de la Junta de Acción Comunal de la vereda Las Palmas en Algeciras, Huila…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-23). Muere un oficial del Programa de Alimentos de la ONU en Yemen. telesurtv.net Los hutíes controlan Saná desde que se inició la guerra en Yemen en 2014, debido a la intervención extranjera lo que obligó a unos de los gobiernos del país a desplazarse a Adén.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-23). Israelíes protestan contra la reforma judicial de Netanyahu. telesurtv.net Las marchas comenzaron bajo el lema "No le permitiremos destruir nuestro hogar", en referencia al primer ministro israelí Benjamín Netanyahu.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-23). Israel asesina a joven de 18 años en territorios palestinos. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de la Autoridad Palestina dijo que el conductor del automóvil, Fawzi Hani Mukhlafa, de 18 años, fue llevado al Hospital Rafidia en Naplusa, donde fue declarado muerto.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Al menos 17 muertos deja accidente de autobús en Bangladés. telesurtv.net Los heridos han sido trasladados al Hospital Jhalokati Sadar. El autobús transportaba más de 50 pasajeros.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Aumenta a 26 cifra de muertos tras avalancha en Quetame, Colombia. telesurtv.net El Ejército Nacional informó que ya llegó el primero de dos puentes metálicos con los que se espera dar paso en la vía al Llano entre dos y tres semanas,…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Guardacostas griegos rescatan a un centenar de migrantes. telesurtv.net Las autoridades griegas realizaron frente a las costas del país dos operaciones de salvamento que también se saldaron con la detención de tres presuntos contrabandistas de migrantes.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Volcán de Fuego entra en erupción en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Las explosiones generan columnas de gas y ceniza de casi cinco mil metros de altura.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Irán exige a Suecia entregar al autor que quemó ejemplar del Corán. telesurtv.net El líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Ali Jameneí, pidió este sábado que el autor de la quema de un ejemplar del Corán en Estocolmo sea sometido al "máximo castigo".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Denuncia ataque ucraniano con drones en la península de Crimea. telesurtv.net Por otra parte, las fuerzas ucranianas han lanzado un ataque masivo de artillería, incluidas tres municiones de racimo contra un pueblo en la provincia rusa de Bélgorod.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Muere periodista ruso en ataque ucraniano con bombas de racimo. telesurtv.net Otros tres periodistas han resultado heridos en la zona de la operación militar especial rusa.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Presidente Maduro: Venezuela quiere elecciones libres de ilegales sanciones y bloqueos. telesurtv.net El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, rechazó nuevamente las medidas coercitivas unilaterales impuestas por Estados Unidos (EE.UU.).

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-23). Presidentes de Türkiye y Argelia se reúnen en Estambul. t.co Tras visitar China y Rusia, el presidente argelino, Abdelmadjid Tebboune y una importante delegación ministerial, se encuentran en Türkiye para reunirse con Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Incendio en isla griega de Rodas obliga a evacuar miles de turistas. telesurtv.net El siniestro es de grandes proporciones y permanece fuera de control. Tiene un frente de 25 km y obligó a evacuar a unos 30.000 pobladores de al menos siete localidades.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-23). Policía reprime a manifestantes durante marcha nacional contra Gobierno peruano. telesurtv.net Lanzan gases lacrimógenos a movilizados que ingresaron a la Plaza San Martín, en Lima. Denuncian que agentes golpearon a mujeres aymaras. Se reporta un herido de consideración.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Reportan el lanzamiento de varios misiles por Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net El nuevo lanzamiento de misiles por parte de Pyonyang ocurrió tres días después del disparo de dos misiles de corto alcance al mar de Japón.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Convocan a nuevas marchas en Perú contra presidenta Boluarte. telesurtv.net La Coordinadora Nacional Unitaria de Lucha convocó a nuevas protestas en Perú para la próxima semana en el marco de las fiestas patrias.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Presidente colombiano condena atentado en departamento de Arauca. telesurtv.net El presidente Gustavo Petro afirmó que su administración no tolerará más hechos que produzcan zozobra a la población.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). (W.E. Talk) Fundamental Nature of Chinese Civilization (4) Liu Dong: Why does universal harmony necessarily come from the common rationality ofhuman? ecns.cn Where should the future of human civilization be headed? Can the ancient Eastern civilization be an"antidote" to today's worldwide predicament? How should China reinvigorate traditional culture and make new strides by going back to tradition in exploring the origin of Chinese civilization? How can China help the world understand universal harmony and other important social ideals and world outlooks in traditional Chinese thoughts?

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Abren centros de votación para elecciones generales en España. telesurtv.net Los electores deberán elegir a los 350 diputados que integran el Congreso y a 208 senadores de los 266 que componen el Senado.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Peace agreement is advancing and Ethiopian government committed (+Photo). plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen, reportedly affirmed that the implementation of the peace agreement is advancing and ratified the government's commitment to complete the process…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Pope Francis calls for a generational alliance of youth and elders. plenglish.com Vatican City, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) At Mass for the upcoming World Day of Grandparents and Elders, to be celebrated on July 26, Pope Francis highlighted them as the roots that the young generation needs so that they can become sound adults.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-23). Shusha Forum calls for Non-Aligned media platform. plenglish.com Shusha, Azerbaijan, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The First Shusha 2023 Global Media Forum concluded today with a parallel declaration on the need to create an information platform of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). March of the Flowers in defense of democracy in Guatemala. plenglish.com Guatemala City, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Social, student and union organizations are carrying out today the "March of the Flowers" along the streets of this capital against the actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP, in Spanish) and in favor of democracy in Guatemala.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Russian army repels Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk and Zaporozhye. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Russian forces repelled attacks by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas and caused heavy casualties to the enemy, Oleg Chekhov, spokesman for the Eastern group of troops, informed today.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Wounded and arrests in new march for presidential resignation in Peru. plenglish.com Lima, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The Nat ional Coordinator for Unified Struggle (CNUL, in Spanish) of Peru condemned today the police repression against a peaceful march demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, on the fourth day of protests for her exit.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-23). We Need To Talk About Midazolam: Homicide Detecives are investigating Nicola Sturgeon over Cruel Deaths in Care Homes during the Pandemic. expose-news.com Scotland's covid-era First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being criminally investigated by homicide police for over 5,500 deaths in care homes during Covid. This would be Scotland's largest-ever mass-death investigation in its history. …

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-23). Sube participación del electorado 2,4 puntos más que en 2019 en elecciones en España. telesurtv.net Los electores deberán elegir a los 350 diputados que integran el Congreso y a 208 senadores de los 266 que componen el Senado.

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-22). Greek Seas: Europe's Largest Migrant Cemetery. unicornriot.ninja

Ricardo Vaz (2023-07-22). Venezuela: Judge Sets CITGO Auction Date as US Treasury Extends Bond Protection. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela's most prized foreign asset is being targeted by corporations looking to collect on international arbitration awards.

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-22). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

Mark Steele (2023-07-22). Fifth Generation (5G) Directed Energy Radiation Emissions In the Context of Contaminated Nanometal Covid-19 Vaccines with Graphite Ferrous Oxide Antennas. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-22). "Billionaires Try to Shrink World's Population": Secret Gathering Sponsored by Bill Gates, 2009 Meeting of "The Good Club" globalresearch.ca

The Vigilant Fox (2023-07-22). Video: Dr. Naomi Wolf Uncovers Pfizer's Depopulation Agenda, as Evidenced by Its Own Documents. globalresearch.ca

Nauman Sadiq (2023-07-22). Who is Volodymyr Zelensky? globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-22). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Robert E. West (2023-07-22). History: England's "Irish Slaves" globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note | In 2008 (reposted in 2015), Global Research posted a short Oped article entitled

Alexander Wolfheze (2023-07-22). "Eagle in the East": The Serbian Nation and Its Courageous Freedom Fight. globalresearch.ca

Mike Adams (2023-07-22). World War III Has Already Begun, but the Truth Is Being Withheld from the Public Until the Very Last Moment. globalresearch.ca

Lawyer Lisa (2023-07-22). Bombshell "Leaked" Pfizer "Confidential Report": "Trading in Death and Disease". 393 Pages of Vaccine "Adverse Events" globalresearch.ca

Keerti Gopal (2023-07-22). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Illinois Abolishes The Cash-Bail Trap. levernews.com Good things are happening! Illinois takes the lead on curbing pretrial discrimination, the EPA gets serious about lead poisoning, incarcerated students regain access to federal aid, and another college ends legacy admissions.When You Land On Illinois, Get Out Of Jail Free: Illinois is the first state to abolish cash bail, with its supreme court determining it's unconstitutional to hold defendants in jail based on their inability to pay.Cash bail allows people to put up a sum of money in exchange for leaving jail and awaiting trial at home. It's entirely contradictory to the principle of "innocent until pr…

Zach Patnoe (2023-07-22). Wisconsin Teen Killed in Sawmill Amid National Push to Expand Child Labor. liberationnews.org Amid the ongoing push to expand child labor across the nation, 16-year-old Michael Schuls was tragically killed while working at a sawmill in northern Wisconsin. Florence Hardwoods had illegally employed the teen despite Wisconsin state law prohibiting minors from all occupations in logging and sawmills.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). The insane and dangerous One Health cult that regards humans as a pollutants. expose-news.com The idea of a holistic concept of health — that our environment influences our well-being — is far older than written history. "One Health," a modern term for this holistic approach to …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). Generation Zapped: The health hazards of wireless technology. expose-news.com

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). Hospitals aren't safe for the sick. expose-news.com Patients aren't just in danger because hospitals are badly designed and badly run. One of the reasons why hospitals are no longer suitable for sick people is the fact that ambitious, modern …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). The characteristics of psychopathy and why psychopaths rise to power. expose-news.com Psychopaths are very charming, very manipulative and they don't care about your feelings. So, what makes them this way? In the video below, three scientists — Kevin Dutton, James Fallon and Michael …

Carolyn Marie Peterson (2023-07-22). What is a Woman? — A War on Biological Reality is being fought by Misogynistic & Child Abusing Men. expose-news.com As a steadfast advocate for women's rights and gender equality for decades, my journey has taken me through tides of societal change. I've witnessed the evolution of the feminist narrative, growing from …

Bella DeVaan (2023-07-22). Cuentas 401(k) vacías, deuda estudiantil: los trabajadores jóvenes realmente necesitarán el Seguro Social. peoplesworld.org "El consejo más importante sobre cómo ahorrar para la jubilación es este", comienza la guía de ahorro para la jubilación del New York Times: "Empiece ahora". Si los jóvenes estadounidenses tuvieran un centavo por cada vez que reciben ese consejo, bueno… no tendrían que preocuparse por la jubilación. Pero a muchos trabajadores jóvenes les resulta …

_____ (2023-07-22). Ter-se-a o estilo de vida demente e acionado a drogas de Hunter Biden tornado simbolo da sociedade ocidental? strategic-culture.org Fomos todos apanhados nesse pesadelo conhecido como governo Biden. O melhor que todos podemos fazer agora é aguentar o tranco. | Há crianàßas/jovens que por mais que queimem os dedos nà£o conseguem resistir a tocar no cachimbo de crack novamente, e de novo, e de novo… Esse é o caso (parece) do mais deplorável usuário de drogas dos Estados Unidos, Hunter Biden, filho pródigo do país e aspirante a garoto-propaganda do early intervention treatment*, se pelo menos tivesse sido administrado. | *early intervention treatment -Abordagem proativa para lidar com problemas de abuso de substâncias antes que se…

_____ (2023-07-22). Australia Hosting Its Largest Ever Military Games to Simulate War Against China. strategic-culture.org More than 30,000 military personnel from around the world are descending on north and north-east Australia for the country's largest ever military exercises. The biennial Talisman Sabre war games, held over the past eighteen years, have been expanded into what is probably one of the biggest military operations to have occurred in the southern hemisphere in decades.

_____ (2023-07-22). Their Fantasy, Our Nightmare. strategic-culture.org Ukraine's offensive is getting nowhere and when a compromise is eventually reached Zelensky will be in deep trouble, argues Daniel Lazare | Join us on , , and . | Nato is on a collision course with reality — the rhetori…

_____ (2023-07-22). In English or in Farsi, Hypocrisy Has the Same Tawdry Ring. strategic-culture.org The word as it is used in English will do perfectly, because it hits the nail on the head and with devastating accuracy. | Join us on , , and . | "Hypocrite" is a concept that is much overworked but lately it has gained a ne…

The Lancet (2023-07-22). Editorial] Genomic newborn screening: current concerns and challenges. thelancet.com 60 years ago, the first newborn screening test for phenylketonuria, a rare inherited metabolic disease, was developed. The heel prick test, devised by Robert Guthrie, enabled babies with the condition to be identified soon after birth and begin a diet low in foods containing phenylalanine, thereby preventing them from developing intellectual disability, seizures, and behavioural problems. Since Guthrie's breakthrough, blood-based screening programmes have been expanded to cover more genetic disorders.

Justin McCurry (2023-07-22). World Report] Fukushima water discharge approved. thelancet.com Wastewater will be released into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Justin McCurry reports from Tokyo.

Dinesh C Sharma (2023-07-22). World Report] Climate disasters challenge health infrastructures in India. thelancet.com Plans are being drawn up to make the Indian health system resilient to floods, storms, and heatwaves. But implementation will be challenging. Dinesh C Sharma reports.

Niall Boyce (2023-07-22). Perspectives] Kay Redfield Jamison: healing in mind. thelancet.com I am talking on Zoom with Kay Redfield Jamison, Co-Director of the Mood Disorders Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, about her new book Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind. Its optimistic title is belied by the dustjacket photograph depicting flames rising from Notre Dame cathedral during the 2019 fire. While pointing out that she does not choose her cover art, Jamison nevertheless thinks it is an appropriate image: "Since I wrote about Notre Dame, and what it is that you can bring from ruin and destruction, it has…

Meredith Reiches (2023-07-22). Perspectives] What we get wrong about patriarchy. thelancet.com In June, 2022, when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 case protecting the right to abortion at the federal level, Senator Susan Collins, a Republican legislator from Maine, criticised the decision in a statement in a press release. The Supreme Court, she wrote, had "abandoned a fifty-year precedent at a time that the country is desperate for stability" and she drew attention to "the importance of supporting long-standing precedents". It is noteworthy that, in her statement, Collins did not reach for the language of freedom, equality, or progress to express dismay at the abrogation of a right th…

AbdulRahman A Saied (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Building Africa's first mRNA vaccine facility. thelancet.com For Africa, mRNA vaccines are beneficial and could be used to combat various bacterial and viral infections other than COVID-19 in the continent. mRNA vaccines can be produced in large quantities and are efficient and safe. Moreover, these vaccines can also be produced quickly, with minimal effort and without previous knowledge of biological pharmacological agents.1,2 With mRNA technology, malaria and tuberculosis vaccines can be developed, giving African nations good chances to fight these diseases endemic to the region.

Nataliia Olkhovych, Nataliia Gorovenko, Laurent Servais (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Universal newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Ukraine. thelancet.com Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by progressive muscle atrophy and weakness. Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by the deficit of SMN protein that results with homozygous deletion of SMN1 in 96% of patients.1 In its most frequent and severe form, untreated spinal muscular atrophy leads to death or permanent ventilation before the age of 2 years. Three drugs that increase SMN protein through SMN2 splicing modification or SMN gene transfer are currently approved.

Richard Armitage (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Rehabilitation needs during disasters. thelancet.com Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues1 rightly draw attention to the orthopaedic surgical needs in Türkiye and Syria after the earthquakes in the region in February, 2023. However, in addition to these requirements is the associated and indispensable need for rehabilitation services.

Sara E Boyd, Scott J C Pallett, Luke S P Moore (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Orthopaedic preparedness for disasters must extend to infection surveillance. thelancet.com We read with interest the work of Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues who highlight the unique surgical requirements and barriers to quality provision of orthopaedic care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) during disaster situations.1 Development of the suggested collaborative framework has merit, but preparedness stretches beyond adequacy of surgical equipment and must consider the entire care pathway. Disaster situations are associated with considerable disruption to diagnostic microbiology laboratory infrastructure, exacerbating limited capacity in many LMICs.

ELEL (2023-07-22). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Agarwal N, Azad AA, Carles J, et al. Talazoparib plus enzalutamide in men with first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (TALAPRO-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 291—303—In table 3 of this Article, the number of patients with an adverse event resulting in dose interruption should have been 247 (62%) for talazoparib and 156 (39%) for enzalutamide in the talazoparib plus enzalutamide group, and 84 (21%) for placebo and 78 (19%) for enzalutamide in the placebo plus enzalutamide group.

Gashirai K Mbizvo, Andrew J Larner (2023-07-22). Clinical Picture] A treatable cause of dizziness: vestibular paroxysmia. thelancet.com A 52-year-old right-handed woman was referred to our clinic reporting a 4-year history of spontaneous unpredictable episodes of dizziness. The patient was seen remotely due to restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She described the episodes as a sudden sensation of feeling like the room was spinning for 5—40 s; they were happening approximately three times a day and she could identify no triggers. Occasionally, the episodes were associated with nausea and vomiting; they had also caused her to fall but did not result in any impairment of consciousness.

Derrick Broze (2023-07-22). Study Shows Pesticide Companies Hid Developmental Neurotoxicity Data From EU Regulators. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recently published study reveals that pesticide companies have failed to disclose data related to brain toxicity. What does this mean for toxicity data in other fields of research? Recently, the U.S. Geological Survey acknowledged that at least 45% of the nation's tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals

WSWS (2023-07-22). Judge sets May 2024 trial date in criminal case against Trump for stealing classified documents. wsws.org The setting of the trial date, in the midst of an escalating war against Russia and a growing wave of strikes and protests by workers in the US and internationally, highlights the unprecedented crisis and breakdown of the US political system.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Australia: Sydney apartment residents face $50 million repair bill for building defects. wsws.org Vicinity apartment owner Patrick Quintal told World Socialist Web Site reporters that the collapse of Toplace means that owners of defective apartments may be liable for the full cost of complying with the rectification orders.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Statement from Brazil opposes censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "Macquarie's management sees the IYSSE anti-war campaign as a risk to its multiple connections with the military industrial sector, and has felt emboldened amid the establishment's militaristic campaign."

WSWS (2023-07-22). The Spanish elections: Podemos/Sumar and the return of Francoism. wsws.org Across Europe, a dangerous pattern has been seen time and again when a mass leftward shift has prompted the formation of "broad left" parties, only to see them betray and hand the initiative to the far right.

WSWS (2023-07-22). US writers and actors continue their fight against entertainment giants. wsws.org With the contracts of hundreds of thousands of UPS and autoworkers expiring soon, the possibility of major shutdowns of critical industries looms.

WSWS (2023-07-22). "They're trying to strip us of our right to our livelihoods": Ford Kentucky Truck workers denounce Biden intervention into auto talks. wsws.org Ford workers spoke about Biden's meeting with the UAW president and the need for rank-and-file control over the contract struggle.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Thai military blocks general election winner from forming government. wsws.org The Move Forward Party has responded, not by calling protests in defense of the democratic right to vote, but instead by caving in to the conservative establishment.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Three dead, 10 injured in New Zealand mass shooting. wsws.org The tragic shooting is already being used to demand tougher sentencing and more police powers, as New Zealand prepares for an election in October.

WSWS (2023-07-22). 16-year-old immigrant killed while working in Mississippi poultry plant. wsws.org Duván Robert Tomás Pérez, an immigrant from Guatemala, was killed on the evening of July 14, when his body became trapped on a conveyor belt he was cleaning inside the Mar-Jac plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

WSWS (2023-07-22). 10,000 airport ground workers strike across Italy. wsws.org Almost 1,000 flights had to be cancelled and an estimated quarter of a million passengers were affected.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Oklahoma and Alabama carry out back-to-back executions by lethal injection. wsws.org Lethal injection was used to execute Jemaine Cannon on Thursday morning in Oklahoma and James Barber on Friday morning in Alabama, after last-minute legal challenges were struck down by an appeals court and the US Supreme Court.

WSWS (2023-07-22). New York Times publishes graphic details of US hi-tech war with China. wsws.org Bans on the exports of computer chips to China imposed last October "essentially seek to eradicate, root and branch, China's entire ecosystem of advanced technology."

WSWS (2023-07-22). Texas agents told to push immigrant children back into Rio Grande, according to trooper. wsws.org The move is the latest in Abbott's Operation Lone Star, a border security initiative launched in 2021 to deter asylum seekers.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Latin American bourgeois nationalist, pseudo-left parties gather at Sà£o Paulo Forum in Brazil. wsws.org Created in 1990, the Sà£o Paulo Forum claims to have inaugurated a "renewal" of Latin America's nominal left.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Protests resume against US-backed Boluarte regime in Peru. wsws.org The July 19 protests were the largest nationwide since March, but still dominated by indigenous peasant groups and students as the official "left" refuses to mobilize the working class.

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org Sri Lankan health workers hold nationwide protests; Bangladeshi secondary-level school teachers strike; Australia: Queensland power workers walk out for higher pay; New Zealand nurses to strike for 24 hours.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-22). Maghreb: Displaced Denied Permission to Dream of Happiness. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo The European Union (EU) continues to intensify its operations in the Mediterranean to prevent the arrival of more refugees to the continent. It is applying greater political pressure and providing millions of euros to ensure that the sending countries contain in their own territories the thousands of displaced people who dream of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-22). Liberal Democracy: Africans Can Survive, Not Thrive. libya360.wordpress.com Lonzen Rugira The first sign of the liberal scam was the promotion of democracy that was primarily responsive to markets rather than to people Liberal democracy was sold to Africa as a cure-all against its turbulent decades of post colonial misrule, a magic wand that that would, in tandem with economic liberalization, also serve as…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-22). Africa as a Motive Force for Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Mikatekiso Kubayi The African effort at negotiating for peace between the parties is not only a laudable one but one that holds significant merit not only for Africa but for the Global South and the globe generally. An interest in peace The effort by African heads of state to help find a peaceful end to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-22). Algeria Applies for BRICS Membership. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle Dozens of nations are looking to join the group of emerging economies as part of a larger push toward de-dollarization Algeria has officially applied to join the BRICS group of emerging economies and submitted a request to become a shareholder of the New Development Bank with an amount of $1.5 billion, Ennahar TV…

Editor (2023-07-22). Africa is burning! DRC in environmental crisis. mronline.org Much attention is paid to the ongoing environmental crises engulfing the regions of South Asia, North America, and Europe, and rightfully so. The global climate crisis—as well as environmental injustice generally—is contiguous and virulent. But much less attention, however, is paid to the ongoing ecological crisis of Africa; the mother of all civilization.

Editor (2023-07-22). Over 3 thousands protesters arrested during week of unrest in France. mronline.org France's Interior Minister reports that one-third of those imprisoned during the week of violence were young rioters.

Editor (2023-07-22). Newly organized nurses in Texas and Kansas strike for a first contract. mronline.org Through wet weather in Wichita, Kansas, and scorching heat in Austin, Texas, hundreds of nurses walked picket lines June 27 in a one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety. Nearly 2,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU) walked out.

Editor (2023-07-22). When can there be a fall in the rate of profit? mronline.org SEVERAL major economists have put forward theories predicting a falling tendency of the rate of profit under capitalism; Marx had seen in this fact an awareness on their part of the essential transitoriness of the capitalist system. But while some of these theories have logical validity, others do not. Among the latter is Adam Smith's theory.

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-22). If everybody's going to join NATO, then why have the United Nations? The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11—12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Editor (2023-07-22). The evolution of a solution. mronline.org After 20 plus years of educating and organizing throughout the Alabama prison system, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is, "What is a work stoppage like?" Well, it's surreal, it's really hard to put into words and I don't want to be cliche about it, but I'll do my best.

It's Going Down (2023-07-22). This Is America #188: Vishal Singh on Bloody Brawls Marking Pride in SoCal; Action Camp Kicks off in Michigan. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, July 21th, 2023. On today's episode we present an interview with antifascist journalist and researcher Vishal Singh about the bloody brawls erupting outside of school board meetings in Southern California and how the fight against the far-Right is evolving as gender fascists double down against LGBTQ+ communities. We then feature…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-22). Storm clouds gathering over Black Sea. peoplesdispatch.org The NATO Summit in Vilnius signaled that there is absolutely no possibility of talks to settle the Ukraine war in the foreseeable future. The war will only intensify, as the US and its allies still hope to inflict a military defeat on Russia although that is clearly beyond their capability…

Sarah Cords (2023-07-22). The Interrogation of Reality Winner. progressive.org HBO's "Reality" painstakingly adapts the official FBI transcript of the whistleblower's questioning inside her home.

Staff (2023-07-22). From Scranton to Ukraine, All Is Not As It Seems. davidswanson.org

Editor (2023-07-22). 'I wasn't sentenced to be cooked': Heat desperation in a Texas prison. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-22). Indigenous Children's 'Miracle' Survival Has Backdrop of Colombian Violence. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-22). PA President Mahmoud Abbas: A Puppet in the Hands of Israel and the US? scheerpost.com Despite its near complete failure, the Oslo Accords succeeded in one thing: it provided Israel with a Palestinian force whose main mission is to assist the Israeli occupation in its quest to maintain total control over the West Bank.

Editor (2023-07-22). DOJ Vows to Sue If Texas Gov. Abbott Doesn't Remove Floating Barrier From Rio Grande. scheerpost.com Texas' actions "violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment, and may interfere with the federal government's ability to carry out its official duties."

Adam Johnson (2023-07-22). Chasing clicks through ad money, media does PR for Amazon while ignoring human costs of 'Prime Day Deals'. therealnews.com Every year, America's corporate media celebrates the coming of that most sacred and deal-laden of holidays, so-called Amazon "Prime Day." The media fanfare around Prime Day is such a staple that it has become a perennial strategic

Fight Back (2023-07-22). California: Tustin rallies in solidarity with Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Tustin, CA – On July 12, over 20 activists and community members rallied in front of the Tustin Police Department in solidarity with the Tampa 5 and against police repression in Orange County. The rally was held for an emergency National Day of Action with rallies happening across the country. The Tampa 5 are student and worker activists who were arrested while for protesting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's attacks on education. The activists now face up to ten years in prison. | Diana Terreros, a member of Community Service Organization Orange County (CSO OC), explained, "The Tampa 5 were attacked, body slammed,…

Mike Walter (2023-07-22). The Heat: China-U.S. Relations. america.cgtn.com Henry Kissinger is the latest in a string of high-profile American visitors to Beijing. What does this mean for China-U.S. relations? In a flurry of diplomatic activity, current and former U.S. government officials have traveled to China. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger just met …

SAMIR (2023-07-22). Filmmakers withdraw from apartheid Israel's Jerusalem Film Festival. bdsmovement.net

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-22). Does Putin Understand that Russia Is at War? dissidentvoice.org This morning Russian media sources reported that a Ukrainian followup attack to the one on the Crimea bridge by 28 drones was defeated by Russian air defenses. In response, Russia destroyed the manufacturing sites of the drones and fuel storage facilities that provide fuel for Ukraine's military. The two words, "in response" tells us what …

Dongsheng News (2023-07-22). China Plans to Reach the Moon in 2030. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China. | ‚Ä¢ US companies call for end to sanctions on China | ‚Ä¢ China's GDP grows 5.5% in the first half of 2023 | ‚Ä¢ China plans to reach the Moon in 2030 | ‚Ä¢ Shijiazhuang: City of Rock…

Mickey Z. (2023-07-22). No Child Was Safe around Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. dissidentvoice.org Anyone watching Sound of Freedom might wonder how such evil has become so embedded in human culture. One method involves the world of "entertainment" and the individuals we're conditioned to view as heroes. For example, below you will find a brief glimpse at two writers who enjoy places of honor in the American literary canon. …

Friends of the Congo (2023-07-22). Assassination in Kinshasa. dissidentvoice.org One week ago, on Thursday, July 13, Congolese opposition figure Chérubin Okende was found dead in his car riddled with bullets. Mr. Okende is a former transportation minister in the Tshisekedi Administration, member of parliament and spokesperson for presidential candidate Moise Katumbi's Ensemble Pour La Republique political party. Okende was reported kidnapped from the front …

Ralph Nader (2023-07-22). The Cost of Re-Enforcing Political Monocultures. dissidentvoice.org In nature, monocultures are not so resilient to predators or other ravages that exploit their inherent vulnerabilities. Farmers have known this characteristic of monocultures forever. (Agribusiness doesn't care as much, given its short-term profit outlook.) Democratic voters are at risk from the increasing political monocultures that are weakening resistance to the GOP and Big Business …

Paul Larudee (2023-07-22). Free Press, Propaganda and Censorship. dissidentvoice.org In war, truth is the first casualty. — Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC — 456 BC) How many of us learn about Russia from a Russian point of view? Or about Syria from a loyal Syrian? Or Cuba from a Cuban supporter? Or Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, China or many others on our current …

Peter Koenig (2023-07-22). The Planned "Epidemics Tyranny". Germany's Military Regime. globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-07-22). Protests to call for end of Korean War, 70 years after 1953 ceasefire. iacenter.org By Joe Piette July 17, 2023 July 27 marks 70 years since the Korean War armistice was signed. In just three years, an estimated 4 million people — more than half of them Korean civilians — had been killed by the time of the 1953 ceasefire agreement. Credit: Korea Peace Action And up to this year, seven decades later, the ceasefire is still a fragile one, made ever more dangerous since the U.S. first introduced nuclear weapons in South Korea in 1958, unilaterally abrogating paragraph 13d of the Armistice Agreement and breaking it despite concerns by its allies in the United Nations. Joseph Han, acclaim…

_____ (2023-07-22). A wave of fake news about famine in today's North Korea. journal-neo.org In the second half of June 2023, a wave of claims hit the world media that North Korea was allegedly experiencing a famine comparable to the Arduous March of the 1990s. A BBC article supposedly based on covert interviews with anonymous sources straight from North Korea (DPRK) and a documentary film based on the same […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-22). The decline of America is becoming an accepted fact. journal-neo.org On July 5 of this year, the New York Times published an article titled "America Lives on Borrowed Money." It states that borrowing is expensive. A rising portion of federal earnings, money that could be utilized to help the American people, is returned to investors who buy government bonds in the form of interest payments. […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Nick Corbishley, Naked Capitalism. (2023-07-22). Latin America Again Refuses To Fall In Line With The Collective West. popularresistance.org Volodymyr Zelensky is accustomed to being the star guest, whether in person or on-screen, at just about every Western international summit, though his shine does appear to be fading. But at the summit that took place in Brussels early this week between the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the president of Ukraine was nowhere to be seen. This was despite the best efforts of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is current holder of the EU Council's rotating president, to get his name on the guest list. | At a bare minimum, Zelensky's participation would have requ…

Dan DiMaggio, Courtney Smith, Labor Notes. (2023-07-22). Auto Workers Kick Off Bargaining With 'Members' Handshake'. popularresistance.org Bargaining between the United Auto Workers and Big 3 automakers is looking very different this year. | New UAW leaders ditched the public handshake ceremony with company executives that has traditionally kicked off bargaining. "I'm not shaking hands with any CEOs until they do right by our members," said President Shawn Fain in a Facebook live talk July 11. | Instead, officers—recently elected on promises of greater transparency and militancy, in the union's first-ever direct election for top posts—established what could become a new tradition: "the Members' Handshake." Fain and other executive board…

Molly Shah, The Real News Network. (2023-07-22). Louisville's Small Unions Give Boost To UPS Teamsters Strike Prep. popularresistance.org With the possibility of 340,000 Teamsters going on strike next month at United Parcel Service (UPS) seeming more and more likely, the world will be looking to Louisville, Kentucky, where UPS headquarters and UPS Worldport, the largest sorting and logistics facility in America, are located. With over 25,000 employees, 10,000 of whom are members of Teamsters Local 89, UPS is by far the city's largest employer. If the Teamsters and UPS do not reach an agreement by July 31, when the current contract is set to expire, the picket line outside these facilities could be the largest the city has seen in decades.

Colonel Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-07-22). Knives Are Out Again For Advocates Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula. popularresistance.org The knives are out again for those advocating for peace on the Korean Peninsula. Almost eight years to the day, I wrote "The Knives are Out For Those Who Challenge Militarization of the Korean Peninsula," about Washington Beltway pundits and those on the payroll of organizations and corporations that make money out of the U.S. bureaucracy's need for an enemy. These groups had focused their outrage and diatribes at Women Cross DMZ for organizing the 2015 trip to North and South Korea and daring to challenge the status quo of U.S. policy toward North Korea. | Eight years later as Women Cross DMZ and other Korea pea…

Karl Grossman, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-22). Projects To Shift Media Further Rightward Get Kid Glove Treatment. popularresistance.org Quill is the magazine of the oldest press organization in the United States, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), which describes itself as having "roughly 6,000 members" and being "the nation's most broad-based journalism organization." It features a five-page story in its current issue (Summer/23) headlined "Refreshing the Pool: Right-Leaning Organizations Keep the Conservative Press Pipeline Flowing." | The piece, touted on Quill's cover, is a largely uncritical and superficial look at efforts to push journalism further to the right. | It begins with Corey Walker, who "didn't major in journalism" and…

Vanessa Beeley (2023-07-22). BBC Normalizes a Terrorist Organization to Frame Syrian President — Updated. orinocotribune.com By Vanessa Beely — Jul 15, 2023 | The BBC appears to work in lockstep with US and UK deep state to facilitate new raft of sanctions against Syria. | Finally, could I get a comment from the BBC please about why a BBC documentary failed to inform their audience that the organisation interviewed in Idlib, Syria are, in reality. the intelligence arm of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) a UK and US proscribed terrorist organisation formerly Jabhat Al Nusra (Al Qaeda) and that the individuals interviewed are responsible for war crimes in Syria including the murder of children in Idlib? | The above is taken from an email…

mforinoco (2023-07-22). BP Financed Colombian Military. orinocotribune.com By John McEvoy — Jul 19, 2023 | Documents reveal how the oil company offered to finance Bogota's military as it was killing opponents during the 1990s and collaborated with a general accused of kidnap, torture and murder, John McEvoy reports. | BP offered to aid Colombia's "national defence activities" when the country had the worst human rights record in the Western hemisphere | Foreign Office promised to "do anything we could to help BP operate smoothly in Colombia" | Colombian trade unionist who holds BP partly responsible for his kidnapping and torture tells Declassified he hopes "BP will be judged for i…

scorinoco (2023-07-22). President of Honduras Condemns Politicization of UN in Anti-Corruption Issue. orinocotribune.com The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, condemned the politicization of the United Nations in her country, in response to the support of the UN representative in Tegucigalpa for the director of the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA). | "The politicization of the United Nations in Honduras is unacceptable!" President Castro wrote in a Twitter post, after the UN representative in Tegucigalpa, Alice Shackelford, supported CNA director Gabriela Castellanos, who had left the country due to alleged threats on June 18 but had returned on July 20. | °Inaceptable la politización de Naciones Unidas en Honduras!

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-22). US Will Continue Its Hostile Blockade Policy Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com

scorinoco (2023-07-22). Governor of Zulia State Wants End of Sanctions That Are Destroying Venezuela's Industrial Production. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-22). Venezuela's El Panal 2021 Commune Welcomes Vietnam's Communist Party Delegation (+Arreaza & PCV). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Socialist Commune El Panal 2021 welcomed the Commission of Mass Mobilization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, accompanied by Venezuelan Minister for Communes and Social Movements Jorge Arreaza. The aim of the meeting is sharing the advances made in social and communal organizing in both countries in order to resolve problems of the communities. | The Vietnamese delegation toured the productive spaces of the commune and noted the progress and experiences of Venezuela's grassroots organizations. | "With a tour of its productive facilities, the Socialist Commune El Panal 2021 re…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-22). President Díaz-Canel Holds Cuba's Name High at CELAC-EU Summit. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jul 18, 2023 | This week, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended the III Summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) held on July 17 and 18 in Brussels, Belgium. For 48 hours, the Cuban leader and other government authorities put the island in the spotlight and felt the love and respect that authorities and political figures from other regions throughout the world expressed toward Cuba and Cubans. | Díaz-Canel arrived in Brussels after a very welcoming and successful visit to Portugal, where he received th…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-22). In Latin America and Asia, Canada Supports the US Government's New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Owen Schalk — Jul 18, 2023 | Washington and Ottawa are openly challenging the economic influence of their geopolitical competitors around the world | Over the past few weeks, two events have occurred that seem unrelated, but are deeply interconnected. | First, the US government dispatched roughly 1,000 military personnel to Peru to participate in a joint military exercise between June and August. Their arrival coincides with the return of pro-democracy protests aimed at applying pressure to the unelected right-wing government of Dina Boluarte (who took power after elected President Pedro Castillo's remova…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). The Insanity of the Venezuela Hawks. daniellarison.substack.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). Now Is the Time For Russia to Offer Peace Terms to European Nations. theduran.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). Nicaragua's School For Food Sovereignty. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). Mutual Aid Organizers in NYC Fill the Dire Gaps Left by the City and Nonprofits. truthdig.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). The Cycles and Spirals of Capitalism. dissidentvoice.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). Tribes Take The Lead On Regenerative Agriculture. popularresistance.org

Staff (2023-07-22). REVEALED: Hilarious Truth Behind Chinese Secret Police Freak Out! leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-22). Congressional Softball Game Disaster! leecamp.com

noreply (2023-07-22). Why Some Polish Agitation… smoothiex12.blogspot.com especially when Poland is reminded of a cold hard fact of Stalin giving Poland German territories after WW II. Official Warsaw went ballistic. Plus this: When this guy speaks, world listens.

susanrosenthal (2023-07-22). Gender Rebels: A Threat to Capitalism. susanrosenthal.com Why are gender rebels being attacked? Why are they being attacked now? Who benefits from such attacks?>

progressive.international (2023-07-22). When bosses tried to sack them, these automotive workers took over their factory. progressive.international In July 2021, 422 employees at the GKN automotive factory received an email explaining they had been fired en masse.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-22). Putin Issues Stark Warning to Poland and NATO. sonar21.com Putin held a video conference on Thursday with members of Russia's Security Council. I hope folks in the West pay attention to what he said, which is why I'm presenting…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Military Situation In Bakhmut Region On July 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Klishchiivka; | The AFU captured new areas along the water channel west of Klishchiivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Khromove; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Berkhivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Dubovo-Vasilievka; | Russian artillery shelled AFU positions in Bogdanivka; | Russian artillery shelled AFU positions…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Hunter Biden Expected To Face Up To 10 Criminal Referrals, Here Are The Top Bombshells From Last Week. southfront.org Originally published by ZeroHedge The Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, James Comer (R-KY), says he plans to…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Military Situation In Donbass On July 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Belogorvika; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Konstantinovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Klishchiivka; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Klishchiivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Torske; | Clashes between Russian forc…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Military Situation In Iraq On July 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). The Impact of Kusama on Future Blockchain Governance. southfront.org SPONSORED: | With its unique approach and emphasis on decentralized decision-making, Kusama is revolutionizing the way communities govern themselves in the digital world. In this article, we will delve into Kusama's Unique Approach to Governance and Kusama influence on the future of blockchain governance. Everyone in the crypto market doesn't have a successful trading experience but you can! Just start using Kusama's Unique Approach to Governance: | Kusama stands out among blockchain platforms…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Urozhaynoye; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Pryyutne; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Marfopol; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Malaya Tokmachka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kamyanske; | Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 2 D-30 howitzers were destroyed in Kherson region, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 190…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Legalized Sale Of Children For "Spare Parts" And Ukrainian Justice: Why Did Court Release Transcarpathian Child Trafficker? southfront.org Today it is no secret that Ukraine has become the main "supplier" of organs for "black transplantologists". Thanks to video…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Military Situation In Syria On July 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 22, Turkish authorities deported 115 people to Syria via Tel Abyad border crossing; | On July 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra; | On July 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Amma; | On July 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-22). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Stelmakhovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kharkov; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Konstantinovka; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Urozhaynoye and Priyutne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-22). How CIA-Linked Companies Make Money On Military Aid To Ukraine. southfront.org Written by Today, we are going to show how the fraud scheme involving U.S. supplies of UAVs to Ukraine is organized. Moreover, we are to name personalities in the American intelligence community, who stay behind this money theft. | They are CIA-lin…

Ramona Wadi (2023-07-22). An exercise in omitting Israel's colonial foundations. thealtworld.com

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-22). The True Symbol Of The United States Is The Pentagon. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The real symbol of the United States is not the stars and stripes, nor the bald eagle, nor the Statue of Liberty, nor even the mighty McDonald's logo. The real symbol of the United States is the Pentagon. | The Pentagon should feature centrally on the US flag. It should be on the coins and on all the bills, and it should appear next to the name of every American in the Olympics. When anyone sees a five-sided polygon, they should immediately think "United States of America". | There is nothing more representative of the most significant things about…

thecommunists (2023-07-22). Capitalist contradictions abound: Victorian illnesses on the rise. thecommunists.org Around 11,000 people in England were hospitalised with malnutrition last year. Read that again. Provisional data recently obtained by the Times Health Commission under freedom of information laws reveal that cases of malnutrition have more than doubled in a decade and have quadrupled since the banking collapse of 2007/8 and the harsh regime of cuts and austerity …

Dean Baker (2023-07-22). Governor DeSantis Says He Would Sue the Drug Company Gilead for Trying to Save Lives. cepr.net I'm serious, you just have to carry through with a little bit of logic. (I know Governor DeSantis is opposed to logic, but this is for the rest of the country.) Governor DeSantis is on the warpath against whatever he decides is "woke." DeSantis decided that it was woke when Anheuser-Busch, signed a contract with …

Dean Baker (2023-07-22). Patent Monopolies Lead to Corruption #64,526. cepr.net The New York Times ran a piece this morning claiming that Gilead delayed the introduction of a new drug for treating HIV, because it wanted to take full advantage of the patent life for its drug Truvada, which was a huge blockbuster for the company. The new drug has a patent life that runs to …

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Angola celebrates anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. plenglish.com Luanda, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban representatives in Angola celebrated today the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons, a revolutionary milestone in the contemporary history of their country.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). China prepares national census to improve macroeconomic governance. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) China will conduct its fifth national economic census next August to obtain scientific and accurate information to improve macroeconomic governance, local press reported today.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Cuba and French cities strengthen sports ties for Paris-2024. plenglish.com Paris, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), Osvaldo Vento, highlighted here today the support of several French cities to the training of Cuban athletes for the Paris-2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Cuba reports three new Covid-19 cases. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported today that three new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the country, and nobody died as a result of the disease.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Cuban deputy prime minister pleased with parliament's debates. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Prime Minister Ines Maria Chapman said she was satisfied with the debates of the deputies of the 10th Legislature of the Cuban Parliament, who are concluding today their First Ordinary Period of Sessions.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Cuban festival with Caribbean sun, breeze and sea in Italy. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Casa del Mar in the Roman town of Ostia, hosts today a Cuban festival with its culture, music and traditional cuisine, coupled with a sun, heat and breeze that mentally transport attendees to that Caribbean island.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). India, to hand over, naval vessel, to Vietnam. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) On an official visit to Vietnam, the Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, R Hari Kumar, will preside the handover of a naval vessel to the Vietnam People's Navy today.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Panama expects 400,000 irregular migrants may cross the border. plenglish.com Panama City, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) By the end of this year, 400 000 irregular migrants will cross the Darien jungle, on the Colombian-Panamanian border, on their way to the United States, authorities estimated today.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Penguin mortality on Uruguayan coasts still to be determined. plenglish.com Montevideo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The mortality of penguins and other species on the coasts of Uruguay continues today without a determined cause, although the cold and lack of food could have played a role.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). Raul and Diaz-Canel attend closing debates of the Cuban parliament. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raul Castro, and the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel, are participating today in the last day of debates of the First Ordinary Period of Sessions of the Cuban Parliament.

Ann Garrison (2023-07-22). Haitians Protest UN Occupation and Pending Foreign 'Intervention'. orinocotribune.com

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). In Video: Syrian Artillery Strikes Kill HTS Militant In Greater Idlib. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On July 22, the artillery of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled several positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the northwestern Syria region of Greater Idlib. | A militant of the terrorist group was killed and several others were wounded near the town of Kafr Taal in the western Aleppo countryside. The slain militant, identified as Hussein Ahmed al-Masry or "Abu Ahmed Takad," was reportedly a member of the group's elite Omar bin Al-Kha…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). Iran Downplays U.S. Military Buildup In Middle East. southfront.org File image. | Iran's defense minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani has downplayed the United States

Anonymous834 (2023-07-22). Biden's Tech-War Goes Nuclear. southfront.org Written by Mike Whitney; The article was originally published on "Lots of people don't know what happened yesterday. To put it simply, Biden has forced all Americans working in China to pick between quitting their jobs and losing American citizenship. Every American executive and engineer working in China's semiconductor manufacturing…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-22). The Significance Of The Congressional Probes Into FBI-Biden Corruption. southfront.org

Connor Freeman (2023-07-22). FBI's Unapproved Snooping on US Lawmakers Fuels Debate Over Surveillance Powers. news.antiwar.com A newly declassified court document has revealed the FBI improperly searched a surveillance database seeking information about a US senator, a state senator, and a state judge. The disclosure comes during a heated Congressional debate over intelligence agencies' ability to conduct warrantless spying on American citizens and their communications. Released by the Office of the …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-07-22). The Absurdity of the World — and the Meaning of Life. Albert Camus. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2023-07-22). Many People Fully Vaccinated for COVID Are Now Going Blind. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-07-22). Ukraine, It Was All Written in the Rand Corp Plan. "the U.S. Plan against Russia was Formulated 3 Years Ago" globalresearch.ca

Mojmir Babacek (2023-07-22). Control The Human Brain, Control the World. globalresearch.ca

TheCOVIDBlog (2023-07-22). The Phoney Nitrogen Crisis: The Netherlands Is Ground Zero for Global Famine Agenda. Precipitating "30,000 Farmers Out of Business" globalresearch.ca

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-07-22). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-07-22). Abuela de Plaza de Mayo lamenta desapariciones en México. telesurtv.net Estela de Carlotto agradeció el apoyo de México en la lucha de las abuelas y madres de la Plaza de Mayo.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-07-22). Canciller mexicana: la voz del sur está teniendo más presencia. telesurtv.net La funcionaria mexicana destacó que asumir la cartera de Exteriores en la última etapa del Gobierno de López Obrador, constituye un honor.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-22). Colombia reporta 92 líderes sociales en primeros meses del 2023. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Defensoría del Pueblo el departamento del Cauca reporta 17 líderes y defensores de Derechos humanos asesinados.

David Starr (2023-07-22). Right-Wing Has Not Tried to Suppress Teaching the History of Anti-Imperialist Movements Because They Are Rarely Discussed in Any Course. covertactionmagazine.com Most Americans Don't Know About the Real Patriots Who Opposed the Nation's Forever Wars Going Back to the 19th Century On February 20, journalist Max Blumenthal gave a powerful address at the Rage Against the War Machine rally across from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., in which he emphasized how Ukrainians had been used …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-07-22). House Judiciary Committee Report Reveals How FBI Schemed with Ukrainian Intelligence Services to Censor Social Media Accounts of American Journalists and Even State Department Officials. covertactionmagazine.com Among the corrupting aspects of the Ukraine War has been the further erosion of democratic standards in the U.S. On July 10, the House Committee on the Judiciary and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government issued an interim staff report detailing how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked with the Security …

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in New Zealand. ecns.cn Co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup opened on Thursday. A total of 32 teams will compete across 64 matches in 9 host cities.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). UAE unveils climate action plan for COP28. ecns.cn The United Arab Emirates has launched a summit plan focused on fast-tracking energy transition, climate finance, livelihoods and inclusivity as it prepares to host this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai in November..

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). TSMC delays chip production at Arizona plant. ecns.cn Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) — the world's largest chipmaker — will delay mass production of chips at its new Arizona-based chip plant until 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | CPC never forgets its main mission to serve people: Italian expert. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests. The distinctive model of the socialist market economy has tried to combine private profits and common prosperity, productivity and welfare, merit and social demand, something even impossible to think of nowadays in the West.

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-22). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2023-07-22). Concluye campaña presidencial para elecciones en España. telesurtv.net Pedro Sánchez refirió que si es reelegido como presidente del Gobierno le dará una respuesta al problema de las hipotecas de las familias.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-07-22). Venezuela celebra festival de poesía en el estado Anzoátegui. telesurtv.net El encuentro se nombró "Con el Río en la Espalda" como homenaje al libro del escritor trujillano Pedro Ruiz.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-22). OMS advierte sobre un posible aumento de dengue en Europa. telesurtv.net La OMS ha visto un aumento de ocho veces en los casos de dengue entre 2000 y 2022, de 500.000 casos a 4,2 millones.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-22). Registran nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 55 en 2023. telesurtv.net Las victimas se identificaron como Juan Gabriel Duarte, Jimmy Geovanni Vargas y Robinson Mora.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-22). Denuncian persecución contra activistas de DDHH en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Los entes denunciaron que el Instituto de Medicina Legal está ocultando las cifras de fallecidos en prisiones consecuencia de violaciones de DD.HH. en centros carcelarios.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-22). Productores bananeros cortan ruta fronteriza en Paraguay. telesurtv.net "Ahora estamos en la etapa de recolección de los cachos, pero esto se retrasó por la situación que estamos atravesando", señaló el productor Luis Galeano.

teleSUR- lvm- YSM (2023-07-22). Fiscalía de Guatemala allana sede del Movimiento Semilla. telesurtv.net De igual manera el Movimiento Semilla rechaza la persecución política a sus afiliados y simpatizantes.

Jessica Buxbaum, Mintpress News. (2023-07-22). Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leaders' Greenwashing 'Apartheid Tours'. popularresistance.org In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel. | The workers' resolution puts its words into action by ensuring union funds aren't investing in Israel's settler enterprise and contributing to the oppression of Palestinians. It also calls for establishing a Palestine solidarity committee to foster relationships with Palestinian-led organizations and help educate members on the connections between Palestine and Indigenous struggles in…

SF Protests (2023-07-22). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

Staff (2023-07-22). Letters to the Canary: give Sir Kid Starver a break, Huw Edwards, interest rates, and the death of Twitter. thecanary.co The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people's responses to the news, politics, or anything else they want to get off their chest. We've now opened the letters page up so anyone can submit a contribution. As always, if you'd like to subscribe to the Canary — starting …

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-22). Syria is committed to providing health care to all citizens. plenglish.com In a statement published on its website, the Ministry expressed great concern about the health of civilians in the northern regions, especially children, women and the elderly who do not have access to medical services. | Despite limited resources, we are ready to offer any kind of treatment to patients wherever they are, especially in cases of cancer and chronic diseases, the text stated. | The Ministry made it clear that this attitude stems from a sense of responsibility and commitment, and is part of the national duty that every Syrian, even those living in areas dominated by terrorist and radical groups, has…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). U.S. Deployed Additional HIMARS Systems In Syria — Report. southfront.org A U.S. M142 HIMARS systme firing during the coalition's rehearsal in Syria's Deir Ezzor. U.S. Army photo. | The United States has deployed additional M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) in Syria, the The Iranian news agency said that the systems were deployed in the country's northeastern region, where the U.S. main…

Art Persyko (2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-22). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Guidance greeted as stimulative for entrepreneurs. ecns.cn China's latest guidance to drive the development of the private sector will boost confidence among private enterprises, allowing them to make more innovations and stimulate market vitality for greater economic growth.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Heavy rainfall to cool off sweltering north. ecns.cn The heaviest rainfall so far this year began hitting areas in North China on Thursday, bringing some relief to a region that has been scorched in recent weeks by persistently high temperatures.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Top fighter jets to take part in Changchun air show. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army Air Force will send its best aircraft to perform at an air show in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, according to officers.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | BRI doesn't distinguish participants based on ideologies, nor does it respond to zero-sum game logic: expert. ecns.cn "The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests," said Fabio Massimo Parenti, professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florencein an online interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Meteorological routing center established in Beijing. ecns.cn A meteorological routing center under the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) was established in Beijing on Thursday. The center will provide weather navigation services for ships based on weather conditions, sea conditions, vessel performance, and more.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Chinese, Ukrainian commerce officials eye deepening economic cooperation, expanding imports. ecns.cn China's Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Representative Ling Ji met with Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Kachka in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Culture Fact | Get ready for 'Zhongfu'. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Beloved giant panda Fu Bao turns to three in South Korea. ecns.cn Fu Bao, the first giant panda born through natural breeding in South Korea, turned to three on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Mascot of 31st FISU World University Games featured with 'face changing' on display. ecns.cn The design of the Mascot Rongbao was inspired by the changing faces of Sichuan Opera, one of the symbols of Tianfu culture. Face changing, or "bian lian," traces its history back some 300 years, and is unique to the southwestern province of Sichuan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). China's Shenzhou-16 crew completes first spacewalk. ecns.cn The Shenzhou-16 crew members on board China's orbiting space station completed their first spacewalk on Thursday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-22). Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Moscow. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, who will pay a working visit to Moscow, will meet on July 23, the Kremlin informed.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-22). Arab world needs to boost food sector. plenglish.com Cairo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Arab countries import 40 billion dollars worth of food every year, a volume that will increase to 90 billion dollars by 2050, in view of which it is necessary to boost the sector, a specialized sources said on Friday.

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2023-07-22: News Headlines

Mike Walter (2023-07-22). The Heat: China-U.S. Relations. america.cgtn.com Henry Kissinger is the latest in a string of high-profile American visitors to Beijing. What does this mean for China-U.S. relations? In a flurry of diplomatic activity, current and former U.S. government officials have traveled to China. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger just met …

SAMIR (2023-07-22). Filmmakers withdraw from apartheid Israel's Jerusalem Film Festival. bdsmovement.net

Paul Larudee (2023-07-22). Free Press, Propaganda and Censorship. dissidentvoice.org In war, truth is the first casualty. — Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC — 456 BC) How many of us learn about Russia from a Russian point of view? Or about Syria from a loyal Syrian? Or Cuba from a Cuban supporter? Or Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, China or many others on our current …

_____ (2023-07-22). The decline of America is becoming an accepted fact. journal-neo.org On July 5 of this year, the New York Times published an article titled "America Lives on Borrowed Money." It states that borrowing is expensive. A rising portion of federal earnings, money that could be utilized to help the American people, is returned to investors who buy government bonds in the form of interest payments. […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ


AbdulRahman A Saied (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Building Africa's first mRNA vaccine facility. thelancet.com For Africa, mRNA vaccines are beneficial and could be used to combat various bacterial and viral infections other than COVID-19 in the continent. mRNA vaccines can be produced in large quantities and are efficient and safe. Moreover, these vaccines can also be produced quickly, with minimal effort and without previous knowledge of biological pharmacological agents.1,2 With mRNA technology, malaria and tuberculosis vaccines can be developed, giving African nations good chances to fight these diseases endemic to the region.

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-22). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-22). Syria is committed to providing health care to all citizens. plenglish.com In a statement published on its website, the Ministry expressed great concern about the health of civilians in the northern regions, especially children, women and the elderly who do not have access to medical services. | Despite limited resources, we are ready to offer any kind of treatment to patients wherever they are, especially in cases of cancer and chronic diseases, the text stated. | The Ministry made it clear that this attitude stems from a sense of responsibility and commitment, and is part of the national duty that every Syrian, even those living in areas dominated by terrorist and radical groups, has…

Ann Garrison (2023-07-22). Haitians Protest UN Occupation and Pending Foreign 'Intervention'. orinocotribune.com




Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). U.S. Deployed Additional HIMARS Systems In Syria — Report. southfront.org A U.S. M142 HIMARS systme firing during the coalition's rehearsal in Syria's Deir Ezzor. U.S. Army photo. | The United States has deployed additional M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) in Syria, the The Iranian news agency said that the systems were deployed in the country's northeastern region, where the U.S. main…

Art Persyko (2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

Carolyn Marie Peterson (2023-07-22). What is a Woman? — A War on Biological Reality is being fought by Misogynistic & Child Abusing Men. expose-news.com As a steadfast advocate for women's rights and gender equality for decades, my journey has taken me through tides of societal change. I've witnessed the evolution of the feminist narrative, growing from …

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-22). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.




David Giesen (2023-07-22). Saturday 7/22: Do-gooders on a rampage: the case for restoring per capita land values to Native Americans. indybay.org lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

Dinesh C Sharma (2023-07-22). World Report] Climate disasters challenge health infrastructures in India. thelancet.com Plans are being drawn up to make the Indian health system resilient to floods, storms, and heatwaves. But implementation will be challenging. Dinesh C Sharma reports.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Guidance greeted as stimulative for entrepreneurs. ecns.cn China's latest guidance to drive the development of the private sector will boost confidence among private enterprises, allowing them to make more innovations and stimulate market vitality for greater economic growth.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). TSMC delays chip production at Arizona plant. ecns.cn Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) — the world's largest chipmaker — will delay mass production of chips at its new Arizona-based chip plant until 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor.




ecns.cn (2023-07-22). UAE unveils climate action plan for COP28. ecns.cn The United Arab Emirates has launched a summit plan focused on fast-tracking energy transition, climate finance, livelihoods and inclusivity as it prepares to host this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai in November..

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). China conducts anti-dumping investigation into propanoic acid imports from U.S. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Friday to launch an anti-dumping investigation into imported propanoic acid originating in the U.S. starting from July 21, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). One Chinese citizen injured in Auckland shooting incident. ecns.cn One Chinese citizen got injured in the shooting incident that happened in downtown Auckland in New Zealand on Thursday, China Media Group reported.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Tropical storm Doksuri forms, to affect coastal areas in SE China. ecns.cn The 5th typhoon in 2023, or Doksuri, a tropical storm, has formed in the ocean in the east of the Philippines, according to China Meteorological Observatory (CMO) on Friday.




ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Heavy rainfall to cool off sweltering north. ecns.cn The heaviest rainfall so far this year began hitting areas in North China on Thursday, bringing some relief to a region that has been scorched in recent weeks by persistently high temperatures.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Top fighter jets to take part in Changchun air show. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army Air Force will send its best aircraft to perform at an air show in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, according to officers.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Over 700,000 pieces of fake online content deleted. ecns.cn More than 700,000 pieces of fake information on the internet have been eliminated by Chinese police during a 100-day campaign against rumors, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | BRI doesn't distinguish participants based on ideologies, nor does it respond to zero-sum game logic: expert. ecns.cn "The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests," said Fabio Massimo Parenti, professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florencein an online interview with China News Network.




ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Meteorological routing center established in Beijing. ecns.cn A meteorological routing center under the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) was established in Beijing on Thursday. The center will provide weather navigation services for ships based on weather conditions, sea conditions, vessel performance, and more.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Sanya-Jakarta air route opens. ecns.cn A Boeing 737-900 aircraft operated by Lion Air from Indonesia, carrying 180 passengers, arrived at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in South China's Hainan Province at 0: 54 a.m. on Friday, marking the official opening of the Sanya-Jakarta international air route.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan: Chinese FM. ecns.cn No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan and the protests from neighboring countries and the questions raised by people within Japan are all clear evidence, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a press conference on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | U.S. experts: U.S. and China should coexist peacefully for a better future. ecns.cn While talking exclusively with China News Network, Douglas Paal, distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Sourabh Gupta, resident senior fellow at ICAS, elucidated their thoughts on the trend of the U.S.-China relationship.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Meteorological routing center established in Beijing. ecns.cn A meteorological routing center under the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) was established in Beijing on Thursday. The center will provide weather navigation services for ships based on weather conditions, sea conditions, vessel performance, and more.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Sanya-Jakarta air route opens. ecns.cn A Boeing 737-900 aircraft operated by Lion Air from Indonesia, carrying 180 passengers, arrived at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in South China's Hainan Province at 0: 54 a.m. on Friday, marking the official opening of the Sanya-Jakarta international air route.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan: Chinese FM. ecns.cn No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan and the protests from neighboring countries and the questions raised by people within Japan are all clear evidence, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a press conference on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | U.S. experts: U.S. and China should coexist peacefully for a better future. ecns.cn While talking exclusively with China News Network, Douglas Paal, distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Sourabh Gupta, resident senior fellow at ICAS, elucidated their thoughts on the trend of the U.S.-China relationship.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Chinese, Ukrainian commerce officials eye deepening economic cooperation, expanding imports. ecns.cn China's Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Representative Ling Ji met with Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Kachka in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Xi stresses strengthening farmland protection, quality improvement to expand room for agricultural production. ecns.cn Xi delivered an important speech, stressing that food security is among a country's most fundamental interests, and farmland is the lifeblood of grain production.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Culture Fact | Get ready for 'Zhongfu'. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Beloved giant panda Fu Bao turns to three in South Korea. ecns.cn Fu Bao, the first giant panda born through natural breeding in South Korea, turned to three on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Mascot of 31st FISU World University Games featured with 'face changing' on display. ecns.cn The design of the Mascot Rongbao was inspired by the changing faces of Sichuan Opera, one of the symbols of Tianfu culture. Face changing, or "bian lian," traces its history back some 300 years, and is unique to the southwestern province of Sichuan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). China's Shenzhou-16 crew completes first spacewalk. ecns.cn The Shenzhou-16 crew members on board China's orbiting space station completed their first spacewalk on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | CPC never forgets its main mission to serve people: Italian expert. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests. The distinctive model of the socialist market economy has tried to combine private profits and common prosperity, productivity and welfare, merit and social demand, something even impossible to think of nowadays in the West.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in New Zealand. ecns.cn Co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup opened on Thursday. A total of 32 teams will compete across 64 matches in 9 host cities.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Field with blooming cole flowers attracts visitors in Sichuan. ecns.cn A field with blooming cole flowers and clusters of white clouds in the blue sky create a splendid landscape in summer in Ruoergai County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Hangzhou Asian Games themed Fuxing high-speed train unveiled in Changchun. ecns.cn A Hangzhou Asian Games themed Fuxing high-speed train rolls off production line in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 21, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Giant panda Fu Bao celebrates 3rd birthday in South Korea. ecns.cn A special birthday party was held on Thursday at Everland theme park in South Korea for giant panda Fu Bao, who turned 3. It might be her last birthday celebrated in the country, as according to an agreement between China and South Korea, Fu Bao is expected to be sent to China before reaching age 4. "ÄÄ…

Editor (2023-07-22). The evolution of a solution. mronline.org After 20 plus years of educating and organizing throughout the Alabama prison system, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is, "What is a work stoppage like?" Well, it's surreal, it's really hard to put into words and I don't want to be cliche about it, but I'll do my best.

ELEL (2023-07-22). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Agarwal N, Azad AA, Carles J, et al. Talazoparib plus enzalutamide in men with first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (TALAPRO-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 291—303—In table 3 of this Article, the number of patients with an adverse event resulting in dose interruption should have been 247 (62%) for talazoparib and 156 (39%) for enzalutamide in the talazoparib plus enzalutamide group, and 84 (21%) for placebo and 78 (19%) for enzalutamide in the placebo plus enzalutamide group.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-22). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

FOX (2023-07-22). 25 to 50 Fox Farms Remain in the U.S. indybay.org Some of the remaining fox farms in the United States.

Gashirai K Mbizvo, Andrew J Larner (2023-07-22). Clinical Picture] A treatable cause of dizziness: vestibular paroxysmia. thelancet.com A 52-year-old right-handed woman was referred to our clinic reporting a 4-year history of spontaneous unpredictable episodes of dizziness. The patient was seen remotely due to restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She described the episodes as a sudden sensation of feeling like the room was spinning for 5—40 s; they were happening approximately three times a day and she could identify no triggers. Occasionally, the episodes were associated with nausea and vomiting; they had also caused her to fall but did not result in any impairment of consciousness.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Anti-war protesters say Talisman Sabre war games should be cancelled. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). The Blak Sovereign Movement on the Voice referendum. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Calls grow for public housing to be saved, more built. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Finance union urges NAB workers to vote up improved agreement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Four Big Banks refuse to renew loans to Whitehaven Coal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). 'Free Julian Assange' letter delivered to PM Anthony Albanese. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Gas industry peak body referred to regulator for alleged greenwashing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Norlane community pushes back against racist provocation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Public housing tenant Margaret Kelly given eviction date. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Traditional Owners defeat proposed Kimba radioactive waste dump. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Video: Caste and Class in India today. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Video: Opposing the anti-trans hysteria. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

Greenpeace USA, Protect the Protest Coalition (2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/25: We Will Not Be Silenced! Protecting Our Right to Protest & Dissent Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-22). Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Moscow. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, who will pay a working visit to Moscow, will meet on July 23, the Kremlin informed.

It's Going Down (2023-07-22). This Is America #188: Vishal Singh on Bloody Brawls Marking Pride in SoCal; Action Camp Kicks off in Michigan. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, July 21th, 2023. On today's episode we present an interview with antifascist journalist and researcher Vishal Singh about the bloody brawls erupting outside of school board meetings in Southern California and how the fight against the far-Right is evolving as gender fascists double down against LGBTQ+ communities. We then feature…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-22). Arab world needs to boost food sector. plenglish.com Cairo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Arab countries import 40 billion dollars worth of food every year, a volume that will increase to 90 billion dollars by 2050, in view of which it is necessary to boost the sector, a specialized sources said on Friday.

Jessica Buxbaum, Mintpress News. (2023-07-22). Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leaders' Greenwashing 'Apartheid Tours'. popularresistance.org In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel. | The workers' resolution puts its words into action by ensuring union funds aren't investing in Israel's settler enterprise and contributing to the oppression of Palestinians. It also calls for establishing a Palestine solidarity committee to foster relationships with Palestinian-led organizations and help educate members on the connections between Palestine and Indigenous struggles in…

Justin McCurry (2023-07-22). World Report] Fukushima water discharge approved. thelancet.com Wastewater will be released into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Justin McCurry reports from Tokyo.

La Peña Cultural Center (2023-07-22). Friday 7/21: La Peña Cultural Center's Baila Party! indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave)…

LA Sentinel (2023-07-22). First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District. indybay.org Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District… stay tuned…

Labor Video Project (2023-07-22). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

Meredith Reiches (2023-07-22). Perspectives] What we get wrong about patriarchy. thelancet.com In June, 2022, when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 case protecting the right to abortion at the federal level, Senator Susan Collins, a Republican legislator from Maine, criticised the decision in a statement in a press release. The Supreme Court, she wrote, had "abandoned a fifty-year precedent at a time that the country is desperate for stability" and she drew attention to "the importance of supporting long-standing precedents". It is noteworthy that, in her statement, Collins did not reach for the language of freedom, equality, or progress to express dismay at the abrogation of a right th…

Michael Hudson (2023-07-22). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Mojmir Babacek (2023-07-22). Control The Human Brain, Control the World. globalresearch.ca

Nataliia Olkhovych, Nataliia Gorovenko, Laurent Servais (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Universal newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Ukraine. thelancet.com Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by progressive muscle atrophy and weakness. Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by the deficit of SMN protein that results with homozygous deletion of SMN1 in 96% of patients.1 In its most frequent and severe form, untreated spinal muscular atrophy leads to death or permanent ventilation before the age of 2 years. Three drugs that increase SMN protein through SMN2 splicing modification or SMN gene transfer are currently approved.

Niall Boyce (2023-07-22). Perspectives] Kay Redfield Jamison: healing in mind. thelancet.com I am talking on Zoom with Kay Redfield Jamison, Co-Director of the Mood Disorders Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, about her new book Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind. Its optimistic title is belied by the dustjacket photograph depicting flames rising from Notre Dame cathedral during the 2019 fire. While pointing out that she does not choose her cover art, Jamison nevertheless thinks it is an appropriate image: "Since I wrote about Notre Dame, and what it is that you can bring from ruin and destruction, it has…

noreply (2023-07-22). Why Some Polish Agitation… smoothiex12.blogspot.com especially when Poland is reminded of a cold hard fact of Stalin giving Poland German territories after WW II. Official Warsaw went ballistic. Plus this: When this guy speaks, world listens.

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-22). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-22). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

Planned Parenthood (2023-07-22). Wednesday 7/19: History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice Teach-in. indybay.org Online event | ACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning will be available.

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-22). PNW Street Medics and Military Medicine. indybay.org

Revolution Books (2023-07-22). Friday 7/21: Take Revolution to the Movie Lines for the film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-22). Friday 7/21: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). The characteristics of psychopathy and why psychopaths rise to power. expose-news.com Psychopaths are very charming, very manipulative and they don't care about your feelings. So, what makes them this way? In the video below, three scientists — Kevin Dutton, James Fallon and Michael …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). Generation Zapped: The health hazards of wireless technology. expose-news.com

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). Hospitals aren't safe for the sick. expose-news.com Patients aren't just in danger because hospitals are badly designed and badly run. One of the reasons why hospitals are no longer suitable for sick people is the fact that ambitious, modern …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-22). The insane and dangerous One Health cult that regards humans as a pollutants. expose-news.com The idea of a holistic concept of health — that our environment influences our well-being — is far older than written history. "One Health," a modern term for this holistic approach to …

Richard Armitage (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Rehabilitation needs during disasters. thelancet.com Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues1 rightly draw attention to the orthopaedic surgical needs in Türkiye and Syria after the earthquakes in the region in February, 2023. However, in addition to these requirements is the associated and indispensable need for rehabilitation services.

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-07-22). Sunday 8/6: Peace in Ukraine: Rally and March. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific and Water street, Santa Cruz…

Sara E Boyd, Scott J C Pallett, Luke S P Moore (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Orthopaedic preparedness for disasters must extend to infection surveillance. thelancet.com We read with interest the work of Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues who highlight the unique surgical requirements and barriers to quality provision of orthopaedic care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) during disaster situations.1 Development of the suggested collaborative framework has merit, but preparedness stretches beyond adequacy of surgical equipment and must consider the entire care pathway. Disaster situations are associated with considerable disruption to diagnostic microbiology laboratory infrastructure, exacerbating limited capacity in many LMICs.

SF Protests (2023-07-22). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-22). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-07-22). Expertos advierten sobre temperaturas récord en Chile. telesurtv.net Es crucial implementar medidas de prevención y control de incendios para evitar una temporada desastrosa en términos de incendios forestales.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-22). 59,5 % de ecuatorianos indecisos ante elecciones, según sondeo. telesurtv.net Empresa encuestadora Cedatos estudió el contexto previo a los comicios y afirmó que existe un "ambiente de pesimismo, indecisión y desconocimiento del proceso electoral".

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-22). Realizan protestas en la India tras violencia contra mujeres. telesurtv.net Las mujeres locales arrojaron piedras y quemaron algunas partes de la casa que pertenecía al principal acusado en un pueblo.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-22). Apuñalamiento deja un muerto y tres heridos en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El agresor, quien no ha sido completamente identificado, atacó a las personas sobre las 14H07 hora local (05H07 GMT).

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-22). Hallan a 116 migrantes hacinados a bordo de camión en Sonora, México. telesurtv.net Dos conductores de autobús fueron detenidos como sospechosos del delito de tráfico de personas.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-22). Naciones del mundo islámico reaccionan tras agravio al Corán. telesurtv.net Los países islámicos tomaron acciones diplomáticas basadas en el retiro del encargado de negocios en Suecia.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-22). Sube a 112 cifra de muertos por lluvias monzónicas en Pakistán. telesurtv.net La Autoridad Nacional de Gestión de Desastres de Pakistán señaló que la mitad de los decesos han sido en Punyab.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-07-22). Abuela de Plaza de Mayo lamenta desapariciones en México. telesurtv.net Estela de Carlotto agradeció el apoyo de México en la lucha de las abuelas y madres de la Plaza de Mayo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-22). Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe examinan estrategias de lucha. telesurtv.net Promueven la lucha por los derechos y emancipación de las mujeres, así como un espacio regional soberano y libre de la intervención imperialista.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-22). Organizan en barrios de Lima nuevos actos en rechazo a Gobierno peruano. telesurtv.net Durante esta jornada se realizarán mítines y marchas en los Conos de Lima, donde reside un elevado número de personas que emigraron desde provincias.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2023-07-22). Concluye campaña presidencial para elecciones en España. telesurtv.net Pedro Sánchez refirió que si es reelegido como presidente del Gobierno le dará una respuesta al problema de las hipotecas de las familias.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-22). Lula anuncia medidas para reforzar la seguridad en Brasil. telesurtv.net Lula anunció también el Plan de Seguridad y Soberanía para la Amazonía (AMAS) ante la creciente violencia en esa región.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-22). Candidato peronista es atacado durante acto en Argentina. telesurtv.net Juan Pablo Luque, candidato de Unión por la Patria a gobernador de Chubut, alertó que la situación provincial "no es apta para la violencia ni el oportunismo nefasto ".

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-22). Accidente vial deja unos 20 migrantes heridos en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net El accidente ocurrió poco antes de las 04H00 (hora local, 10H00 GMT). En el autobús viajaban unos 60 migrantes.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-22). Manifestaciones en Israel dejan al menos 15 detenidos. telesurtv.net Unas siete personas fueron detenidas solo en Tel Aviv, donde los activistas bloquearon la autopista Ayalon varias horas.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-07-22). Canciller mexicana: la voz del sur está teniendo más presencia. telesurtv.net La funcionaria mexicana destacó que asumir la cartera de Exteriores en la última etapa del Gobierno de López Obrador, constituye un honor.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-07-22). Venezuela celebra festival de poesía en el estado Anzoátegui. telesurtv.net El encuentro se nombró "Con el Río en la Espalda" como homenaje al libro del escritor trujillano Pedro Ruiz.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-22). OMS advierte sobre un posible aumento de dengue en Europa. telesurtv.net La OMS ha visto un aumento de ocho veces en los casos de dengue entre 2000 y 2022, de 500.000 casos a 4,2 millones.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-22). Registran nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 55 en 2023. telesurtv.net Las victimas se identificaron como Juan Gabriel Duarte, Jimmy Geovanni Vargas y Robinson Mora.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-22). Convocan a nuevas marchas en Perú contra presidenta Boluarte. telesurtv.net La Coordinadora Nacional Unitaria de Lucha convocó a nuevas protestas en Perú para la próxima semana en el marco de las fiestas patrias.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-22). Defensa de expresidente peruano denuncia violación a sus DD.HH. telesurtv.net Robles detalló que entre las humillaciones destacan la prohibición de comunicarse con sus familiares desde que fue internado hace siete meses.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-22). Denuncian persecución contra activistas de DDHH en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Los entes denunciaron que el Instituto de Medicina Legal está ocultando las cifras de fallecidos en prisiones consecuencia de violaciones de DD.HH. en centros carcelarios.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-22). øPor qué es el perro el mejor amigo del hombre?>. telesurtv.net Una investigación del 2015 develó que cuando una persona mira a los ojos a su perro este último libera una hormona relacionada con el cariño.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-22). Productores bananeros cortan ruta fronteriza en Paraguay. telesurtv.net "Ahora estamos en la etapa de recolección de los cachos, pero esto se retrasó por la situación que estamos atravesando", señaló el productor Luis Galeano.

teleSUR- lvm- YSM (2023-07-22). Fiscalía de Guatemala allana sede del Movimiento Semilla. telesurtv.net De igual manera el Movimiento Semilla rechaza la persecución política a sus afiliados y simpatizantes.

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-07-22). Nicaragua's School For Food Sovereignty. popularresistance.org Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. | This episode is an inside look at the Latin American Institute of Agroecology (IALA) Ixim Ulew in Chontales, Nicaragua. | Ixim Ulew means "Land of Corn" in Maya K'iche', paying homage to the Indigenous pe…

The Lancet (2023-07-22). Editorial] Genomic newborn screening: current concerns and challenges. thelancet.com 60 years ago, the first newborn screening test for phenylketonuria, a rare inherited metabolic disease, was developed. The heel prick test, devised by Robert Guthrie, enabled babies with the condition to be identified soon after birth and begin a diet low in foods containing phenylalanine, thereby preventing them from developing intellectual disability, seizures, and behavioural problems. Since Guthrie's breakthrough, blood-based screening programmes have been expanded to cover more genetic disorders.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-22). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-22). Greek Seas: Europe's Largest Migrant Cemetery. unicornriot.ninja

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-22). If everybody's going to join NATO, then why have the United Nations? The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11—12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania.

WorkWeek (2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

WSWS (2023-07-22). Three dead, 10 injured in New Zealand mass shooting. wsws.org The tragic shooting is already being used to demand tougher sentencing and more police powers, as New Zealand prepares for an election in October.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org Sri Lankan health workers hold nationwide protests; Bangladeshi secondary-level school teachers strike; Australia: Queensland power workers walk out for higher pay; New Zealand nurses to strike for 24 hours.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Australia: Sydney apartment residents face $50 million repair bill for building defects. wsws.org Vicinity apartment owner Patrick Quintal told World Socialist Web Site reporters that the collapse of Toplace means that owners of defective apartments may be liable for the full cost of complying with the rectification orders.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Latin American bourgeois nationalist, pseudo-left parties gather at Sà£o Paulo Forum in Brazil. wsws.org Created in 1990, the Sà£o Paulo Forum claims to have inaugurated a "renewal" of Latin America's nominal left.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Thai military block general election winner forming government. wsws.org The Move Forward Party has responded, not by calling protests in defense of the democratic right to vote, but instead by caving in to the conservative establishment.

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

WSWS (2023-07-22). "They're trying to strip us of our right to our livelihoods": Ford Kentucky Truck workers denounce Biden intervention into auto talks. wsws.org Ford workers spoke about Biden's meeting with the UAW president and the need for rank-and-file control over the contract struggle.

WSWS (2023-07-22). 10,000 airport ground workers strike across Italy. wsws.org Almost 1,000 flights had to be cancelled and an estimated quarter of a million passengers were affected.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Texas agents told to push immigrant children back into Rio Grande, according to trooper. wsws.org The move is the latest in Abbott's Operation Lone Star, a border security initiative launched in 2021 to deter asylum seekers.

WSWS (2023-07-22). US writers and actors continue their fight against entertainment giants. wsws.org With the contracts of hundreds of thousands of UPS and autoworkers expiring soon, the possibility of major shutdowns of critical industries looms.

WSWS (2023-07-22). The Spanish elections: Podemos/Sumar and the return of Francoism. wsws.org Across Europe, a dangerous pattern has been seen time and again when a mass leftward shift has prompted the formation of "broad left" parties, only to see them betray and hand the initiative to the far right.

WSWS (2023-07-22). 16-year-old immigrant killed while working in Mississippi poultry plant. wsws.org Duván Robert Tomás Pérez, an immigrant from Guatemala, was killed on the evening of July 14, when his body became trapped on a conveyor belt he was cleaning inside the Mar-Jac plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Statement from Brazil opposes censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "Macquarie's management sees the IYSSE anti-war campaign as a risk to its multiple connections with the military industrial sector, and has felt emboldened amid the establishment's militaristic campaign."

WSWS (2023-07-22). New York Times publishes graphic details of US hi-tech war with China. wsws.org Bans on the exports of computer chips to China imposed last October "essentially seek to eradicate, root and branch, China's entire ecosystem of advanced technology."

WSWS (2023-07-22). Judge sets May 2024 trial date in criminal case against Trump for stealing classified documents. wsws.org The setting of the trial date, in the midst of an escalating war against Russia and a growing wave of strikes and protests by workers in the US and internationally, highlights the unprecedented crisis and breakdown of the US political system.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Oklahoma and Alabama carry out back-to-back executions by lethal injection. wsws.org Lethal injection was used to execute Jemaine Cannon on Thursday morning in Oklahoma and James Barber on Friday morning in Alabama, after last-minute legal challenges were struck down by an appeals court and the US Supreme Court.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Protests resume against US-backed Boluarte regime in Peru. wsws.org The July 19 protests were the largest nationwide since March, but still dominated by indigenous peasant groups and students as the official "left" refuses to mobilize the working class.

Michelle Begue (2023-07-21). U.S. changes drug war policy toward Colombia. america.cgtn.com The United States is suspending its annual monitoring of illicit crops in Colombia.

April Lanuza (2023-07-21). Donald Trump faces more legal troubles. america.cgtn.com Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces legal troubles…

April Lanuza (2023-07-21). Brazil's tourism industry rebounds after COVID-19. america.cgtn.com Brazil's tourism industry is bouncing back after COVID-19. Although the country is seeing a record number of tourists, analysts say there' still room for growth.

manager (2023-07-21). IMF Surcharge Fees Hurt Those the Fund Is Meant to Help. cepr.net DC Journal Opelika-Auburn News See article on original site When Rep. Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois, learned about the International Monetary Fund's surcharge policy, it felt familiar: "To me, this looks like the business model of payday lenders here in Chicago, not an economic development agency." The IMF is the lender of last resort to countries experiencing economic difficulties. …

Staff (2023-07-21). "The Wind Knows My Name": Novelist Isabel Allende on Child Separation from the Nazis to U.S. Border. democracynow.org In an in-depth interview about her work, we speak with Isabel Allende, one of the world's most celebrated novelists, author of 26 books that have sold more than 77 million copies and have been translated into 42 languages. Her books include The House of the Spirits, Paula and Daughter of Fortune, and her latest novel is The Wind Knows My Name, which looks at the trauma of child-family separation, from Nazi Germany to the U.S.-Mexico border, and those on the frontlines helping migrant children. "That idea of separating the kids is extremely cruel, but it keeps happening," Allende tells Democracy…

Staff (2023-07-21). "Immensely Invisible": Immigrant Women in ICE Jails Face Sexual Abuse Despite Reforms, Report Reveals. democracynow.org A damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they are at their most vulnerable. It comes more than a decade after Hinojosa's report for PBS Frontline about sexual abuse in ICE detention. But allegations of abuse have continued. "If you complain, you are goin…

Staff (2023-07-21). Headlines for July 21, 2023. democracynow.org Russia Targets Ukrainian Grain Supplies; Ukraine Starts Deploying U.S.-Supplied Cluster Bombs, Nebraska Teen Who Used Abortion Pill Gets Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail, Women Suing Texas over Abortion Ban Share Harrowing Personal Accounts, Florida's New Black History Standards Say Slavery Had "Personal Benefit", Florida Rights Groups Sue over Law Cracking Down on Immigrant Communities, Florida Rights Group Sue for Illegal Intimidation of People with Felonies Seeking to Vote, GA to Purge Nearly 200,000 Voters; AL Legislature Ignores SCOTUS Redistricting Order, Alabama Executes James Barber as It Re…

Robert Hunziker (2023-07-21). Antarctica's Threatening Winter. dissidentvoice.org Rolling Stone In the dead of winter, the Antarctic Peninsula, an 800-mile extension of the Antarctic continent, temperatures hit 32 ∞F. Global warming has been on a hot streak, accelerating its record-setting impact on the planet over the past couple of years. And even though it's winter down below, Antarctica has joined the party. The icy …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-21). The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game. dissidentvoice.org While the United States, along with its allies, left Afghanistan in August 2021 in spectacularly humiliating circumstances, the departure was never entirely complete, nor bound to be permanent. Since then, Washington has led the charge in handicapping those who, with a fraction of the resources, defeated a superpower and prevailed in two decades of conflict. …

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-21). If Everybody's Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations? dissidentvoice.org Bassim Al Shaker (Iraq), Symphony of Death 1, 2019 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11—12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqué released after the first day's proceedings claimed that 'NATO is a defensive alliance', a statement that encapsulates why many struggle to grasp its true essence. A look at …

_____ (2023-07-21). Egypt and India: a clear example of the multipolar character of today's world. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-21). NATO Promises a Tricky Long War on Russia. journal-neo.org The latest NATO summit has been 'successful' insofar as it brought Sweden's membership very close to becoming a reality. At the same time, the summit also made clear that the alliance, even though it fell short of offering membership to Ukraine, is gearing up for a long war with Russia. The most prominent proponent of […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-21). Victims of US military action meet in Hanoi to discuss the disposal of hazardous chemicals. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-21). Historical Falsification in the Service of Pro-War Propaganda. strategic-culture.org In its latest foray into the realm of historical falsification, the New York Times on Tuesday published a news analysis pinning the blame for World War II on the Soviet Union. The lengthy article authored by Andrew E. Kramer, entitled "A Current War Collides with the Past: Remnants of World War II in Ukraine," makes no mention of either the Holocaust or the Nazi war of annihilation against the Soviet people.

_____ (2023-07-21). Pole Vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva: MI6's Latest Assassination Target. strategic-culture.org The Russians will return and some of them will be up for settling scores with those who think Russian or other women make easy targets for their bile, Declan Hayes writes. | Join us on , , and . | As sport shifts its focus f…

_____ (2023-07-21). Ukraine's Agent Zelensky… a Puppet Show Produced by the West. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-21). U.S. Military Sought to Experiment on Africans for Big Pharma: Kremlin. strategic-culture.org The allegations involve Metabiota, a firm with links to US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter | Join us on , , and . | The Pentagon planned to use its biolaboratories in Africa to test unregistered medicines on local populati…

Ahmed Adel (2023-07-21). US Presses Ukraine for "Decisive Breakthrough": "Ukrainian Forces are being Methodically Neutralised". Heavy Casualties. globalresearch.ca

Alessandra Bergamin (2023-07-21). How suing the US government can empower the climate movement. nationofchange.org

Alfredo Rada Vélez (2023-07-21). El Perú de la protesta permanente. globalizacion.ca En varias ciudades de este país sudamericano comenzó una nueva oleada de movilizaciones contra el gobierno de facto de Dina Boluarte. Otra vez el epicentro de las protestas es Lima, la capital de 10 millones de habitantes. | Hacia esa urbe,…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-21). Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals. truthout.org A damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they… |

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-21). Manuel Rosales' UNT Withdraws Candidate for Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-21). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves New Tax Law Aimed at Safeguarding Citizen Rights and Fostering Economic Growth. orinocotribune.com The National Assembly of Venezuela has approved the Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities. | The law was approved by the National Assembly during a second round of discussions on Tuesday, July 18. It is aimed at protecting the rights of Venezuelan people embroiled in tax issues. | Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, emphasized that the primary objective of this law is to establish a systematic framework for tax regulations while safeguarding the rights of individuals, merchants, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Additionally,…

Ann Brown (2023-07-21). 7 Signs The Ad-Supported Media Business Is Headed For Financial Crisis. moguldom.com Media companies are being hit hard by the current economic downturn the U.S. is experiencing. Media companies, big and small, are announcing total shutdowns or major workforce cuts. While it is mainly media that is ad-supported, even non-profit media companies are making deep cuts as well. But this is really nothing new; media job losses …

Ann Brown (2023-07-21). Federal Reserve Set to Launch Instant Payments Service FedNow: 3 Things to Know. moguldom.com On July 20, the Federal Reserve's new system for instant payments, the FedNow Service, went live. Much like Zelle, this new tool will allow banks and other financial institutions to instantly transfer money for their customers, 24/7, 365 days a year. Instant payment is a method of exchanging money and processing payments, allowing for almost …

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). Anglo-French Storm Shadow Cruise Missile (Infographics). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). Russian Legendary Military Commander Igor Strelkov Arrested In Moscow. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageIgor Strelkov once said that if he was allowed to go fighting on the Ukrainian frontlines, then (the Kremlin) made the decision to fight until Russia wins the war. If he is jailed, i.e. that the "surrender party" definitely won in Russia. | On July 21, former DPR Defense Minister, Russian military and political activist, Igor Girkin (Strelkov) was arrested. He is charged with public calls to extremist activities through Internet. | The court arrested the former head of the DPR Defense…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Israel Receives Three New F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets From U.S. (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | The Israeli Air Force (IAF) had received three new F-35 stealth fighter jets, the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, announced on July 21. | The jets landed at the Nevatim air base a day earlier. The delivery brought the number of F-35s in service with the IAF to 39. Adding to the number, an experimental fighter jet known as AS-15 stationed at the Tel Nof air base. | The IAF operates a special version of the F-35A modified with Israeli-ma…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Israeli Army Started Fire On Front With Lebanon To Remove Mines (Videos, Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib. | On July 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) started a fire along the separation line with Lebanon, causing dozens of old mines planted there to explode. |

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Russia Says U.S.-Led Coalition F-16 Fighter Jet Homed On One Of Its Warplanes Over Syria. southfront.org Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson, 2d Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat broadcaster, and Royal Jordanian Air Force Lt. Col. Firas Masadeh, a flying wing commander, taxi in an RJAF F-16 Fighting Falcon before an aerial photography mission May 13, 2014, at an air base in northern Jordan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Sara Greco/Released) | On July 20, the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria announced that a F-16 fighter jet of the United States-led coalition had used its targeting system on an airplane o…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Russian Army Launches More Strikes Against Ukraine After Repelling Another Wave Of Attacks (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had delivered another series of strikes against Ukrainian sites where "terror attacks" with the use of drones were plotted against Russia, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov announced on July 21. "Last night, Russian forces delivered a new strike by seaborne long-range high-precision weapons against the sites where terrorist acts with the use of attack unmanned aerial vehicles were plotted against the Russian Federation," the spokesman said. | T…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Syrian Army Held Tactical Live-Fire Exercise In Central Desert (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On July 20, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced that different formations of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had held an operational-tactical live-fire exercise in the country's central desert, also known as Badiya. | The exercise mimicked a large-scale attack on hastily prepared enemy defenses. The attack began with a series of air and artillery strikes. Under the cover of the strikes, armored formations advanced across the frontline, while several…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). U.S. To Deploy More Warships, Marines In Middle East To Counter Iran. southfront.org The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), front, the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) are underway in formation through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, June 9, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting/Released) | United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of an Amph…

Anonymous765 (2023-07-21). "Saving Ukraine" NATO Prepares For War. southfront.org |

Anonymous767 (2023-07-21). Kyiv PR Unit Has Hard Time Denying Reality. southfront.org A screenshot from the video | Pro-Kyiv propaganda machine has a well documented history of denying reality and pushing forward fake explanations of key developments that surrounds the conflict on the territory once known as Ukraine. This propaganda easily uses conflicting conceptions and ignores facts demonstrating unprecedented level of hypocrisy. | Western diplomats, MSM outlets and their minor friends operating under the Kyiv regime simultaneously claim that the Russians fight with wooden sticks and complain ab…

Carlos Eduardo Sánchez (2023-07-21). Venezuela's President Maduro Celebrates Milestone: 4.6 Millionth House Completed under GMVV Program. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the completion of the 4.6 millionth house, a remarkable achievement delivered through the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (GMVV) program, which stands as a significant milestone of the Chavista government's commitment to providing millions of homes. "We did it, we made it," Maduro said in his announcement. "Here is a milestone of 4,600,000 housing solutions, and from here we will keep moving forward." | The head of state reported thatSan Isidro housing development in the Tocuyo parish of the Monseñor Iturriza municipality, Falcón state, witnessed the allocation of 11…

Chris Hedges (2023-07-21). Remembering Staughton Lynd's life of defiance. therealnews.com

Chris Walker (2023-07-21). Alabama GOP Defies Supreme Court Order to Pass Maps Empowering Black Voters. truthout.org The Republican-controlled Alabama state legislature is set to defy a mandate from the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts by passing a new congressional map that will only include one majority-Black district. After the last census, Alabama passed new maps that "packed" Black voters in the state within a single district. A federal court ruled last year that the map in question was unfair… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-21). Report: McCarthy Promised to Expunge Trump's Impeachments. truthout.org A new report suggests that Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-California) promised Donald Trump that he would hold a vote on the House floor to expunge the former president's two impeachments — an action he cannot legally take as it is not included in the U.S. Constitution. Politico reported on the promise, citing a source with knowledge of the situation. McCarthy… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-21). Trump-Appointed Judge Sets Mar-a-Lago Docs Trial Date for May 2024. truthout.org A federal judge has set the trial date regarding the 37 charges former President Donald Trump faces for improperly retaining thousands of government documents, including hundreds of classified materials, at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate. Pending any further delays, the trial will commence on May 20, 2024, according to an order from District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is planned to last for around… |

Connor Echols (2023-07-21). "Oppenheimer" Leaves Out Victims of Nuclear Testing. truthout.org On July 16, 1945, the world ended. Or at least it seemed that way to residents of the Tularosa Basin in New Mexico. Unbeknownst to local civilians, J. Robert Oppenheimer had chosen their backyard as the proving ground for the world's first nuclear weapon. The explosion, which U.S. officials publicly claimed to be an accident at a local ammunition depot, tore through the morning sky, leaving a 40… |

David Sirota (2023-07-21). Workers Demand The Jordan Rule That Amazon Touted. levernews.com

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-21). Covid Vaccine Jab: Brain Bleeds in Young People. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-21). Censored: UFC Fighters Are Exposing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injuries and Deaths. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-21). The Covid Vaccine Causes Seizures in Young People. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-21). History: Germany Pursues 'Drang nach Osten' Once Again? More Weapons for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-21). Why the Political West Still Doesn't Want Ukraine to Join NATO. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-07-21). Ecocide, war and the "New American Century" mronline.org Ecocide is the deliberate destruction of an environment so that it can no longer sustain life.

Editor (2023-07-21). Inexcusable Inaction: Manipur's horrific video exposes sexual violence, Govt failure. mronline.org The police only swung to action after a video of the savage incident of two Kuki women being paraded naked on May 4 went viral and sparked political outrage.

Editor (2023-07-21). Congressional Testimony of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. scheerpost.com The hearing examined the federal government's role in censoring Americans, the Missouri v. Biden case, and Big Tech's collusion with out-of-control government agencies to silence speech.

Editor (2023-07-21). Decriminalizing Being Human. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-21). In Ukraine, US Adds to Barbaric Cluster-Bomb Legacy. scheerpost.com Millions of people have been affected by the use of cluster munitions by the US in countries like Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, even years after the wars have ended. The same plight awaits civilians in the current war zone in Ukraine…

Editor (2023-07-21). 'Israel Is an Apartheid State': Progressives Explain Decision to Boycott Israeli President's Speech. scheerpost.com "It's contradictory to claim to support human rights when you're arming the oppressors with billions of dollars of bullets and bombs," said Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush.

Editor (2023-07-21). Mandatory Media Literacy Education Could Be Coming to California Schools Soon. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-21). Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet. scheerpost.com By Luis Feliz Leon / Labor Notes In the middle of Amazon's Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing the facility to the brink of a total shutdown. A delivery station is the last warehouse an Amazon package passes through …

Editor (2023-07-21). Sports Betting Is a Tax on Fans—And a Ticking Time Bomb. scheerpost.com The industry's erstwhile disavowal of gambling now seems quaint, as smartphones have made sports betting ubiquitous in professional sports—to the detriment of fans and the games themselves.

Editor (2023-07-21). What We Can Still Learn From J. Robert Oppenheimer. scheerpost.com "We believe," he wrote in 1945, "that the safety of this nation—as opposed to its ability to inflict damage on an enemy power—cannot lie wholly or even primarily in its scientific or technical prowess."

Eds. (2023-07-21). Tomorrow: De-linking in Theory and Practice: Commemorating Samir Amin. mronline.org Join us at a conference tomorrow to commemorate the remarkable contributions of Samir Amin, a visionary scholar who dedicated his life to challenging dominant paradigms and advocating for de-linking from oppressive systems.

Elisa Gentilotti, Anna Górska, Adriana Tami, Roy Gusinow, Massimo Mirandola, Jesús Rodríguez Baño, Zaira R. Palacios Baena, Elisa Rossi, Jan Hasenauer, Iris Lopes-Rafegas, Elda Righi, Natascia Caroccia, Salvatore Cataudella, Zeno Pasquini, Thomas Osmo, Lidia Del Piccolo, Alessia Savoldi, Samir Kumar-Singh, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Maria Giulia Caponcello, Gerolf de Boer, Gabriel Levy Hara, ORCHESTRA Study Group, Pasquale De Nardo, Surbhi Malhotra, Lorenzo Maria Canziani, Jade Ghosn, Aline-Marie Florence, Nadhem Lafhej, Bernardina T.F. van der Gun, Maddalena Giannella, Cédric Laouénan, Evelina Tacconelli (2023-07-21). Articles] Clinical phenotypes and quality of life to define post-COVID-19 syndrome: a cluster analysis of the multinational, prospective ORCHESTRA cohort. thelancet.com Our study provides new evidence suggesting that PCS can be classified by clinical phenotypes with different impact on QoL, underlying possible different pathogenic mechanisms. We identified factors associated to each clinical phenotype and to severe PCS. These results might help in designing pathogenesis studies and in selecting high-risk patients for inclusion in therapeutic and management clinical trials.

Eva Tesfaye, Barn Raiser. (2023-07-21). Tribes Take The Lead On Regenerative Agriculture. popularresistance.org Not only do the bees produce honey that is sold, but the tribe's agricultural operation, Ioway Farms, also uses the bees to pollinate its orchard. It's all part of the work the tribal nation is doing to better farm the land. Rhodd says just a few years ago they used the same row cropping practices as the rest of the Midwest. | "What folks didn't see was the financials of our operation. We were spiraling downwards," Rhodd says. "Financially we weren't a profitable farming operation, and it's due to the mindsets that's been instilled in us." | The tribe decided to stop "chasing yields" and start implementing practi…

Global Research News (2023-07-21). Selected Articles: 9/11 and COVID Hoaxes: Disguising Bioweapons as "Medical Cures" globalresearch.ca By Clearly there's a growing array of people out there who recognize that some knowledge of the lies an…

Global Research News (2023-07-21). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Igor Derysh (2023-07-21). Trump May Face Racketeering Indictment in Georgia Election Probe. truthout.org Fulton County, Ga. District Attorney Fani Willis has amassed enough evidence in the investigation of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to charge a "sprawling racketeering indictment" next month, according to The Guardian. Willis previously said she was considering racketeering charges but the report adds new details about the scope of the charges… |

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-21). Citizen science shows widespread exposure to drug-resistant fungal spores. imperial.ac.uk Fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has acquired resistance to agricultural fungicide and first-line clinical antifungal drugs.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-21). Professor Michele Dougherty elected next President of the Institute of Physics. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Head of the Department of Physics will begin her two-year term as President of the Council of Trustees in 2025.

infobrics (2023-07-21). NATO changing its weapons strategy in Ukraine. infobrics.org The focus now will be on fixing damaged weapons instead of sending new ones.

infobrics (2023-07-21). BRICS Has Grand Visions for Itself. infobrics.org It is no secret that BRICS wants to knock the United States off its pedestal, but is it realistic?>

infobrics (2023-07-21). Should Indonesia Join BRICS?>. infobrics.org Much has been said about BRICS potentially expanding its membership to countries such as Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain and Indonesia. Indonesian academic Siwage Negara explains the draw of joining BRICS from Indonesia's perspective…

infobrics (2023-07-21). Has the US Lost the UAE to Russia, China?>. infobrics.org The fabric of America's strategic ties to the Gulf region is fraying. The leader of its most consequential nation, Saudi Arabia, has essentially told the Biden administration with regard to oil supply, arms sales or nuclear power, "If you want to work with me fine, but if not, there are others who will."

infobrics (2023-07-21). James Cleverly rules out UK and US troops joining conflict in Ukraine. infobrics.org Meanwhile, Germany does not have a single combat-ready division.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-21). An Afrofeminist Reading from Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Merlyn Pirela A Conversation with Merlyn Pirela (Part II) Hegemonic feminist currents focus on patriarchal oppression, but racialized forms of oppression seldom enter their discourse. Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer, and a member of the Afro-Venezuelan Women's Cumbe. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explored the historical…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-21). Peru Escalates the Struggle against the Boluarte Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Garcia The people of Peru took to the streets this Wednesday and Thursday to demand the resignation of the main leaders of President Dina Boluarte's regime, the advancement of general elections, and the restitution of democracy in the Andean nation. More than 20,000 Peruvians are the protagonists of the Great March of the Peoples,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-21). Storm Clouds Gathering in the Black Sea. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Turkish President Recep Erdogan (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) with President Biden & NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (C), NATO Summit, Vilnius,July 11, 2023 The NATO Summit in Vilnius (July 11-12) signalled that there is absolutely no possibility of talks to settle the Ukraine war in a foreseeable future. The war…

John V. Walsh (2023-07-21). Arming Taiwan Is an Insane Provocation. asia-pacificresearch.com

Jonathan Cook (2023-07-21). Across the West, People Are Dying in Greater Numbers. Nobody Wants to Learn Why. globalresearch.ca

Jorge Marchini (2023-07-21). Renegociación de la deuda es crítica para la Argentina y también para el FMI. globalizacion.ca Un período electoral siempre supone un entorno de tomas de posición y expectativas que se manifiestan no solo en el plano político sino también, y muy sensiblemente, en las cuestiones financieras. | Para quienes se mueven en ese micromundo no importan…

Klee Benally, Indigenous Action. (2023-07-21). Oppenheimer's Deadly Legacy Of Nuclear Terror. popularresistance.org To glorify such deadly science and technology as a dramatic character study, is to spit in the face of hundreds of thousands of corpses and survivors scattered throughout the history of the so-called Atomic age. | Think of it this way, for every minute that passes during the film's 3-hour run time, more than 1,100 citizens in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki died due to Oppenheimer's weapon of mass destruction. This doesn't account for those downwind of nuclear tests who were exposed to radioactive fallout (some are protesting screenings), it doesn't account for those poisoned by uranium mines, it doesn't acc…

Kyle Anzalone (2023-07-21). White House Rushing to Get F-16s to Ukraine By the End of the Year. news.antiwar.com The Joe Biden administration believes it is important to get F-16s to the Ukrainian military and estimates the warplanes could arrive around the end of the year. Although, the White House does not assess the F-16s will alter the course of the war. National security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said at the Aspen Security Forum Washington …

Last Real Indians. (2023-07-21). Navajo Chapters Oppose Huge Pumped Storage Projects. popularresistance.org Black Mesa, Arizona – Tó Nizhóní àÅní, Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity submitted resolutions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today from Navajo chapters and agencies opposing three pumped storage projects on the Navajo Nation's Black Mesa, southeast of Kayenta. A total of 18 chapters and agencies have passed resolutions opposing the projects. | "People who live here don't want these projects, and we don't want more damage from industrial energy development to the land and aquifers that we depend on," said Adrian Herder of Tó Nizhóní àÅní…

Lawrence S. Wittner (2023-07-21). Robert Oppenheimer's Tragedy―and Ours. fpif.org The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography,

Leo Earle (2023-07-21). Women's game brings silky skills to the world stage, with powerful displays of solidarity behind the scenes. greenleft.org.au With the hopes of a nation delicately balanced, the Matildas took on the Republic of Ireland, in front of a record crowd of 75,784, in their opening game of the Women's World Cup. Leo Earle takes a look behind the tournament.

Lowkey (2023-07-21). The True Cost of Julian Assange's Persecution: An Exclusive Interview with Stella Assange. mintpressnews.com Lowkey catches up with legal expert and human rights defender Stella Assange to talk about her battle to free her husband Julian, the world's most famous political prisoner.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-07-21). US/ NATO Changing Its Weapons Strategy in Ukraine. Western Political Despair? globalresearch.ca

Luis De Jesus Reyes (2023-07-21). Does religious freedom exist in Cuba? peoplesdispatch.org In a report published in December 2022, the State Department placed the island on its Washington affirms that in the Caribbean country there is no "religious freedom", but Cuban religious leaders who spoke to CLARIDAD, have a different opinion, assuring that this is an excuse to damage the image of the Caribbean country and justify the imposition of more sanctions.

Maria Fe Celi Reyna (2023-07-21). Peru's lonely road on Boluarte's shoulders: what's next for the Pacific Alliance? peoplesdispatch.org "The de facto president is only sustained by the support of the US. I dare say that Peru has never been so alone," writes Maria Fe Celi Reyna…

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). Africa's path to socialism By: Tanupriya Singh. midwesternmarx.com 200 delegates from 40 organizations are gathering in South Africa for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. For the next four days, progressive movements and organizations will discuss the challenges posed by capitalism, and articulate the socialist way forward On Monday, July 17, 200 delegates from progressive organizations, political parties, people's movements, and trade unions across the African continent will gather in Bel …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). COMMUNISTS CONDEMN DEATH THREATS AGAINST BROTHERS ALEXANDER AND MIKHAIL KONONOVICH IN UKRAINE By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Communist Party of Ireland Statement: Solidarity with Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich The Communist Party of Ireland joins communist parties and other leftist and progressive forces around the world in condemning the death threats, persecution and other forms of ongoing intimidation against communist youth leaders Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich who are under house arrest in Ukraine.Following the onset of the proxy NATO war against R …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York By: David Walsh. midwesternmarx.com The strike by tens of thousands of US film and television actors officially began Friday. The actors, members of the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), have now joined the 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), on strike since May 2.The actors and writers are striking against the cabal of giant film and television production companies organized in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over fundamental …

Mikatekiso Kubayi (2023-07-21). The Geopolitics of Russia-Africa Relations: Critical Challenges, Refined Practices. globalresearch.ca

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |

Mike Whitney (2023-07-21). Biden's Tech-War against Beijing "Goes Nuclear". China and The Battle for Semiconductors. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-07-21). Brzezinski's Warning. NATO Moves to Asia-Pacific. globalresearch.ca

Molly Shah (2023-07-21). 'Strike City': Louisville's small unions give boost to UPS Teamsters strike prep. therealnews.com With the possibility of 340,000 Teamsters going on strike next month at United Parcel Service (UPS)

Natalia Marques (2023-07-21). 4 things to know before 340,000 UPS teamsters potentially strike. peoplesdispatch.org It is now less than two weeks until the contract covering 340,000 UPS workers, organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), expires. UPS workers have spent the past several months organizing to show their employer that they are 100% As the July 31 expiration date nears, here are five major news items to keep in mind for the upcoming potential strike. | 1. UPS releases misleading claims on part-…

Natalia Marques (2023-07-21). Ruchell Magee wins his release after 67 years in shackles. peoplesdispatch.org Black liberation fighters across the US rejoice with the news that the longest-held political prisoner in the US, Ruchell "Cinque" Magee, who fought bravely behind bars in the 1960s and 70s liberation movement, will be released. | "We must be clear that Ruchell has been the main driver of his own release. This release will allow him to spend the rest of his life outside of prison walls, with his loved ones,"

Nathan J. Cheetham, Rose Penfold, Valentina Giunchiglia, Vicky Bowyer, Carole H. Sudre, Liane S. Canas, Jie Deng, Benjamin Murray, Eric Kerfoot, Michela Antonelli, Khaled Rjoob, Erika Molteni, Marc F. àñsterdahl, Nicholas R. Harvey, William R. Trender, Michael H. Malim, Katie J. Doores, Peter J. Hellyer, Marc Modat, Alexander Hammers, Sebastien Ourselin, Emma L. Duncan, Adam Hampshire, Claire J. Steves (2023-07-21). Articles] The effects of COVID-19 on cognitive performance in a community-based cohort: a COVID symptom study biobank prospective cohort study. thelancet.com Cognitive deficits following SARS-CoV-2 infection were detectable nearly two years post infection, and largest for individuals with longer symptom durations, ongoing symptoms, and/or more severe infection. However, no such deficits were detected in individuals who reported full recovery from COVID-19. Further work is needed to monitor and develop understanding of recovery mechanisms for those with ongoing symptoms.

Nick Cunningham (2023-07-21). Proposed pipeline expansion could upend three states' climate plans. nationofchange.org "These XPress projects are putting millions of cubic feet of gas into the United States at a time when Texas is baking and Oregon is burning."

Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff, Project Censored. (2023-07-21). Mandatory Media Literacy Education Could Be Coming To California Schools. popularresistance.org California is currently considering two media literacy bills, both of which have sailed through the California State Assembly and are being reviewed by the Senate Education Committee. The first, Assembly Bill 873, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, requires teaching media literacy in K-12 schools throughout the Golden State. The Second bill, sponsored by Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland), Assembly Bill 787, mandates schools to implement curriculum at every grade level and relies on a more informed and civically engaged society. As part of these efforts, the bill seeks input from teachers, tech experts…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Cuba successfully resumes Lima-Havana flights. plenglish.com Lima, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) A thunderous applause broke out on Friday at the roomy hall of the stately Country Hotel in Peru, as the representative of the Cuban Ministry of Tourism unfolded the upcoming resumption of direct flights to Cuba.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Cuban jurists urge to raise awareness of human trafficking. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Jurists, representatives of civil society organizations and the media in Cuba on Friday agreed on the pressing need to raise awareness of human trafficking, as a pivotal element to crack down on it.

Pablo Jofré Leal (2023-07-21). Ucrania, øContraofensiva u operación mediática? globalizacion.ca El régimen de Kiev, administrado por Volodimir Zelensky, lleva un mes ya de una publicitada contraofensiva contra las fuerzas rusas en la zona del Donbás. Dicha operación no ha mostrado resultados positivos, que permitan augurar un cambio en la actual…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Venezuelan FM visits Türkiye to strengthen bilateral cooperation. plenglish.com/feed/ Ankara, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil on Friday arrived in Ankara to hold a meeting with his Türkiye counterpart Hakan Fidan in order to review the bilateral agenda and continue strengthening cooperation ties for mutual benefit.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Cuban Parliament debates on foreign policy issues. plenglish.com In the context of the First Ordinary Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), Bruno Rodríguez told the press that one of the essential issues was Cuba's G-77 + China pro tempore presidency. | It was also discussed issues closely related to the hostile and unjust blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over 60 years, in addition to the media slanders. | During the Commission's work, core elements of Cuba's foreign policy were also debated, by laying stress on relations with Cuban nationals living abroad. | In this regard, the Cuban diplomat referred to the celebration next November of…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Cuban President calls to strengthen local productive systems. plenglish.com At the First Ordinary Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), the Cuban leader said major productive forms must make up robust and efficient systems subordinated by municipalities. | "Where are the workers from? Who discusses the problems? Who takes care of labor force?", the President asked as he urged for provincial and municipal autonomies to boost local development. | By empowering the municipalities, provinces and the entire country are empowered. It ¥s necessary to order, structure and transform, he added during discussions on the implementation of the Food Sovereignty and Food and N…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Immunization on the rise after Covid-19 pandemic — WHO. plenglish.com Geneva, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) New encouraging data indicated that immunization services are increasing in some countries after interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, assured the World Health Organization (WHO).

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). WHO launches new action plan on neurological disorders. plenglish.com Geneva, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) WHO's Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, published today in all six UN languages, sets out the actions needed to improve access to care and treatment for people living with neurological disorders through a comprehensive, coordinated response across sectors.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Belgium hosts movements from across Latin America and Europe in People's Summit. peoplesdispatch.org We bring you glimpses of the People's Summit in Brussels which brought together people's movements, trade unions, and left parties from across Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Death toll mounts in Kenya as police intensify crackdown on protests against US-IMF backed tax regime. peoplesdispatch.org After police killed six protesters and arrested more than 300 on July 19, Kenya's left and human rights group warned of a resurgent police state. Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto's Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was spied on by Spanish company for CIA. peoplesdispatch.org According to El País, private security company UC Global SL spied on Rafael Correa after he left office and passed information about his private meetings to the CIA as well as to his successor Lenín Moreno…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). One Palestinian youth killed, four others wounded in Israeli occupation's raid on Nablus. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians were resisting Israeli occupation forces who stormed the area to provide security cover to illegal settlers invading the locality. Since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, extremist right-wing settlers have tried to claim exclusive access to Joseph's Shrine, which has been visited by people of all faiths for ages…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Thousands of Peruvians partake in 'Third Takeover of Lima', revive struggle against Boluarte regime. peoplesdispatch.org Tens of thousands of Peruvians took to the streets across the country on Wednesday, July 19, to revive the struggle against the coup-installed regime led by de-facto President Dina Boluarte who took office after democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo was removed in a legislative coup and subsequently arrested in December 2022. Boluarte, who was elected on a progressive ticket alongside Castillo, has been fiercely criticized by the people for betraying them and entering into a political alliance with the country's right-wing forces to govern. | Workers, peasants, students, members of various Ind…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). UN proposes elimination of all nuclear weapons as first step under new agenda for peace. peoplesdispatch.org Rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions across the globe need a better, reformed, and updated UN system which reflects the growing multipolarity and is more representative, unbiased, and effective…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-21). "It's Not Socialism": China is a Capitalist Cheap Labour Economy, Based on Exceedingly Low Wages. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-07-21). Canada Out of NATO. US-NATO Want to "Militarize Climate" globalresearch.ca

Prof. Sam Ben-Meir (2023-07-21). The Riots in France as Seen Through the 'Long Take'. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin (2023-07-21). "Unfreedom": Fifty Years Later. globalresearch.ca

Renán Vega Cantor (2023-07-21). La robotización de lo sublime. globalizacion.ca "El peligro del pasado era que los hombres se convirtieran en esclavos. El peligro del futuro es que el hombre se convierta en robot". Erich Fromm. | La imagen no puede ser más demencial: la orquesta sinfónica de Corea del Sur…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). Climate engineering is already having severe negative impacts on our weather, food supplies, biodiversity and health. expose-news.com US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently interviewed Dane Wigington, founder of Geoengineering Watch, about climate engineering and its hidden role in climate change. According to Wigington, geoengineering projects of various …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). The Freemasons' MYCHIP programme used to track children. expose-news.com North American Masonic Lodges have an initiative called the Masonic Child Identification Programme ("CHIP"). CHIP programmes are supported monetarily at the Grand Lodge level, and are staffed by volunteers from subordinate lodges …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). WHO's power grab through surveillance and "triple billion" targets. expose-news.com During an interview with Peter Sweden, Noor Bin Ladin exposed how the World Health Organisation ("WHO") does not care about your health, but instead, it acts as a globalist organisation under the …

Robert Reich (2023-07-21). How to fix a broken Supreme Court. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court derives its strength not from the use of force or political power, but from the trust of the people.

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-21). Biden Admits "COVID Policy" Permanent, Censoring A Censorship Hearing & Docs Expose Biden Corruption. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/21/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

scorinoco (2023-07-21). Russian Insulin Shipment Breaks Blockade: Venezuela Receives 1.1 Million Vials and 40,000 Syringe Pens. orinocotribune.com A shipment of 1.1 million vials of rapid- and intermediate-acting recombinant human insulin and more than 40,000 reusable syringes arrived in Venezuela from Russia. | The Russian Embassy in Venezuela reported on Wednesday, July 19, that "a large batch of Russian insulins, including syringes from Geropharm company, has reached Caracas. More than 1.1 million vials of human insulin have arrived, which can cover the needs of diabetic patients nationwide for three months." | Llegó a Caracas un lote de mayor volumen de insulinas rusas incluyendo las plumas jeringas de la compañía Geropharm! | Más de 1.1 millones de in…

scorinoco (2023-07-21). Simón Bolívar Statue Unveiled in Moscow. orinocotribune.com A true-to-life replica of the statue of Liberator Simón Bolívar, which stands in Bolívar Square in Caracas and was originally inaugurated in 1874 by Antonio Guzman Blanco, has been unveiled in Moscow, Russia. The grand unveiling ceremony took place on Wednesday, July 19, just a few days prior to the 240th anniversary of the birth of this eminent South American revolutionary. | Simón Bolívar, a revered leader, played a momentous role in emancipating the people of Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru from the yoke of the Spanish Crown. | The monument is located at the intersection of Vernadsky Avenue and…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-21). House Passes "Hateful" Bill to Defund Schools That Give Asylum Seekers Shelter. truthout.org The House passed a bill this week aimed at barring schools and universities from giving shelter to asylum seekers in a time when members of both major parties are increasing their attacks on migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. The Schools Not Shelters Act, originally introduced by Republican Rep. Marcus Molinaro (New York), passed the House 222 to 201 on Wednesday, with Republicans joined by four… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-21). Senate Democrats Advance Bill to Force Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Code. truthout.org Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation on Thursday that would force the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code for the first time in history. The committee voted along party lines to approve Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-Rhode Island) Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act, which is aimed at reining in corruption among justices in a time when new… |

Susana Khalil (2023-07-21). Judaism Is a Religion, Not a People; Palestine Is Not a Religion, It Is a People. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Jul 19, 2023 | The epitome of artificial secularism and the true Euro-Zionist colonial anachronism: Israel. | Honor and glory to Europe; its secularism cost it centuries of blood, cruelty, horror, and terror. With its so-called secularism nowadays, it atrociously defends and venerates its fictional "nation-state" Israel, which does not hold its origins in a people, but in a religion. | The European Zionist movement succeeded in 1948 in imposing a colonial regime in Palestine. It makes aesthetic use of Judaism, the mere religious semitic legacy that is part of Arab ancestry and heritage, f…

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis (2023-07-21). Cuffed for creativity: Texas chalk artist's arrest triggers First Amendment dispute. therealnews.com Chalk artist Joshua Hinson was finishing up a community art project in Leon Valley, Texas when local cops confronted him over his art, which they incorrectly described as "graffiti." Hinson's arrest, which was captured on video, has raised questions about the protection of art under the First Amendment, and the overreach and abuse of power exercised by police in regulating public space. The charges against Hinson were ultimately dropped, but the problems his case raises about the police as an institution remain. Police Accountability Report investigates. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Produ…

Teddy Ostrow (2023-07-21). Union Freight Has Hit Rock Bottom. Can the Teamsters Turn it Around? therealnews.com In the In the early minutes of the film, M…

Trisha Trigilio (2023-07-21). The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling, Explained. aclu.org Under a Why was there a lawsuit over it?: | Despite broad support for this law, including support from victims' rights advocates, law enforcement officials filed multiple lawsu…

WSWS (2023-07-21). Australian entertainment union opposes industrial action to support striking US actors and writers. wsws.org The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance has made clear to the US entertainment corporations that there will be no disruption to their productions in Australia during the strike.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Two Australian schoolgirls die amid surge of flu infections. wsws.org The tragic deaths highlight the danger of flu, which has killed at least 134 people in Australia this year, and, in particular, Influenza B, the effects of which tend to be most severe among pregnant women and children, including those who are otherwise healthy.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Congress, Biden embrace Israeli racists and warmongers. wsws.org While Congress overwhelmingly approved a resolution denying that Israel is a racist state, the White House invited the racist-in-chief, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to make an official visit to Washington..

WSWS (2023-07-21). Reject management-union privatisation and job destruction program at Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. wsws.org Appeals for increased retrenchment payouts is a cynical manoeuvre by union bureaucrats who are simply asking for a higher price for the destruction of jobs that they have no right to sell.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Illinois and Kentucky UPS workers speak on conditions and approaching strike deadline. wsws.org "A lot of times big companies look down on the little guys, but this time we really mean it and we want it. I one hundred percent support the strike."

WSWS (2023-07-21). Australia hosting its largest ever military games to simulate war against China. wsws.org The centerpiece of Talisman Sabre is a massive land, air and sea invasion of an island in the Pacific, clearly directed against the Chinese military.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Striking National Steel Car worker on the need for rank-and-file committees: "All the USW bureaucrats have made their peace with the system a long time ago" wsws.org A leading member of the National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee explained why workers' took the decision to establish the NSC-RFC in opposition to the United Steelworkers bureaucracy.

Zane McNeill (2023-07-21). 19-Year-Old Girl Sent to Jail for Self-Managed Abortion in Nebraska. truthout.org A 19-year-old woman in Nebraska has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for ending a pregnancy with abortion pills. Although she was 17 when she ended her pregnancy in April 2022, she was charged as an adult and faced up to two years in prison. Self-managed abortion is only explicitly illegal in Nevada and South Carolina, not in Nebraska. But prosecutors have criminalized… |

Zara Jemuel (2023-07-21). Militant Black Unionism Offers Best Resistance to Growing White Nationalism. truthout.org The United States economy keeps Black labor at the bottom because when bosses conceded on slavery, they settled on poverty wages. While white nationalism's most visible soldiers are terror organizations and politicians, the quest for racial purity is made possible by Sears, General Motors, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Chase Bank, and other so-called job creators. Corporate benefactors fund extremist… |

Zoe Alexandra (2023-07-21). La Cumbre de los Pueblos en Bruselas pide que se respete la democracia y la autodeterminación. peoplesdispatch.org Más de 1.000 personas participaron en la Cumbre de los Pueblos que reunió a los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe y de Europa…

Zoe Alexandra (2023-07-21). People's Summit in Brussels calls for respect of democracy and self-determination. peoplesdispatch.org

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Ukraine loses boats and soldiers in attempt to cross Dnieper river. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Russian forces frustrated two attempts by the Ukrainian army to cross the Dnieper river in the Kherson region, eliminating five boats and more than 30 soldiers, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Ukrainian troops suffer losses in Zaporozhye. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Russian aviation attached to the Eastern group conducted an airstrikes against over a dozen staging areas of personnel and war matériel of the Ukrainian army in the direction of Zaporozhye, the group's spokesman Oleg Chekhov reported.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Arab League sends medical supplies to Sudan. plenglish.com Cairo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Arab League sent medical supplies to Sudan, which has been affected by a civil war between the Army and a rebel militia since April, displacing millions of people, the local press reported.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Arab League condemns new desecration of the Koran in Sweden. plenglish.com Cairo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Arab League condemned a new desecration of a copy of the Koran, a holy book for Muslims, for the third time in Sweden this year.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Russia will help countries in need of agricultural products. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensas Latina) Russia will be able to help countries in need of agricultural products and the West will not be able to prevent it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov assured at the annual meeting of friends of the Gorchakov Foundation.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). China prosecutes corrupted public servants of various ranks. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Chinese authorities investigated 316,000 cases of corruption in the first half of the year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) reported.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Chilean organizations call not to involve soldiers in public order. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) A study carried out by the University of Chile warns about the risks of involving the Armed Forces in the resolution of public order conflicts.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). Caribbean region establishes alliances for energy transmission. plenglish.com Port of Spain, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) and the Korea Energy Agency (KEA) signed a two-year memorandum of understanding to promote energy transmission in the Caribbean.

_____ (2023-07-22). In English or in Farsi, Hypocrisy Has the Same Tawdry Ring. strategic-culture.org The word as it is used in English will do perfectly, because it hits the nail on the head and with devastating accuracy. | Join us on , , and . | "Hypocrite" is a concept that is much overworked but lately it has gained a ne…

_____ (2023-07-22). Ter-se-a o estilo de vida demente e acionado a drogas de Hunter Biden tornado simbolo da sociedade ocidental? strategic-culture.org Fomos todos apanhados nesse pesadelo conhecido como governo Biden. O melhor que todos podemos fazer agora é aguentar o tranco. | Há crianàßas/jovens que por mais que queimem os dedos nà£o conseguem resistir a tocar no cachimbo de crack novamente, e de novo, e de novo… Esse é o caso (parece) do mais deplorável usuário de drogas dos Estados Unidos, Hunter Biden, filho pródigo do país e aspirante a garoto-propaganda do early intervention treatment*, se pelo menos tivesse sido administrado. | *early intervention treatment -Abordagem proativa para lidar com problemas de abuso de substâncias antes que se…

_____ (2023-07-22). Their Fantasy, Our Nightmare. strategic-culture.org Ukraine's offensive is getting nowhere and when a compromise is eventually reached Zelensky will be in deep trouble, argues Daniel Lazare | Join us on , , and . | Nato is on a collision course with reality — the rhetori…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). Saudi Arabia Buys Akinci Drones From Turkey's Baykar. southfront.org A Bayraktar Akƒ±ncƒ± combat drone. Source: the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. | On July 18, Saudi Arabia had agreed to buy Turkish drones in what was described as the biggest defense contract in Turkey's history. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended the signing ceremony between Turkish defense firm Baykar and the Saudi Ministry of Defense. | Saudi Arabia will acquire the drones "with the aim of enhancing the…

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Cradle of Civilization: Zengpiyan National Archaeological Site Park. ecns.cn Zengpiyan National Archaeological Site Park in Guilin of Guangxi is a Neolithic archaeological cave site dating back 7,000 to 12,000 years. It is regarded as one of the most important scales and databases of prehistoric archaeology in South China and Southeast Asia.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-22). Colombia reporta 92 líderes sociales en primeros meses del 2023. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la Defensoría del Pueblo el departamento del Cauca reporta 17 líderes y defensores de Derechos humanos asesinados.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-22). Reportan el lanzamiento de varios misiles por Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net El nuevo lanzamiento de misiles por parte de Pyonyang ocurrió tres días después del disparo de dos misiles de corto alcance al mar de Japón.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-22). Presidente colombiano condena atentado en departamento de Arauca. telesurtv.net El presidente Gustavo Petro afirmó que su administración no tolerará más hechos que produzcan zozobra a la población.

progressive.international (2023-07-22). When bosses tried to sack them, these automotive workers took over their factory. progressive.international In July 2021, 422 employees at the GKN automotive factory received an email explaining they had been fired en masse.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-22). Putin Issues Stark Warning to Poland and NATO. sonar21.com Putin held a video conference on Thursday with members of Russia's Security Council. I hope folks in the West pay attention to what he said, which is why I'm presenting…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). Kiev Forces Sustain More Losses In Donetsk And Zaporozhye (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 21 and 22, Kiev forces sustained heavy losses while attempting to advance in South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and several other directions. | In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces neutralized two Ukrainian reconnaissance groups west of Makarovka. The group's artillery also destroyed a mortar of Kiev forces to the east of Urozhayne, an Msta-B towed howitzer in the area of Velikaya Novosyolka, and a counter-battery radar in the Vodiane area. | Moreover, t…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). U.S. Abducted Three People From Deir Ezzor In Helicopter Raid: Syrian State Media. southfront.org AIR FORCE HELICOPTER CREW RESCUES FEMALE HIKER — The 943rd Rescue Group had to use night vision goggles to rescue a severely injured hiker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald/Released) | The United States-led coalition and its proxy, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), abducted three people during a helicopter raid in Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported on July 21. | Citing local sources, the state-run news agency said that the coalition's raid took place in…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-22). Ukraine Strikes Crimea Again, Targets Russian Journalists With Cluster Munitions (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 22, a Ukrainian drone strike targeted an ammunition depot in the central part of Crimea, according to the peninsula's governor. | Writing on Telegram, governor Sergey Aksyonov said that the ammunition depot, which is located in the Krasnogvardeysky district, had been blown up. Videos of the explosion surfaced online. However, there were no casualties, according to the governor."A decision has been made to evacuate the population within a 5km radius from the site of the emergency and…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-22). Biden's Tech-War Goes Nuclear. southfront.org Written by Mike Whitney; The article was originally published on "Lots of people don't know what happened yesterday. To put it simply, Biden has forced all Americans working in China to pick between quitting their jobs and losing American citizenship. Every American executive and engineer working in China's semiconductor manufacturing…

David Starr (2023-07-22). Right-Wing Has Not Tried to Suppress Teaching the History of Anti-Imperialist Movements Because They Are Rarely Discussed in Any Course. covertactionmagazine.com Most Americans Don't Know About the Real Patriots Who Opposed the Nation's Forever Wars Going Back to the 19th Century On February 20, journalist Max Blumenthal gave a powerful address at the Rage Against the War Machine rally across from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., in which he emphasized how Ukrainians had been used …

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Xi writes back to academicians and experts, encouraging more sci-tech workers to participate in science popularization. ecns.cn Xi on Thursday wrote back to representatives of academicians and experts who have participated in the lecture tours "Science and China". In the letter, he expressed his sincere hope that sci-tech workers will support, and participate in science popularization.

Keerti Gopal (2023-07-22). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Illinois Abolishes The Cash-Bail Trap. levernews.com Good things are happening! Illinois takes the lead on curbing pretrial discrimination, the EPA gets serious about lead poisoning, incarcerated students regain access to federal aid, and another college ends legacy admissions.When You Land On Illinois, Get Out Of Jail Free: Illinois is the first state to abolish cash bail, with its supreme court determining it's unconstitutional to hold defendants in jail based on their inability to pay.Cash bail allows people to put up a sum of money in exchange for leaving jail and awaiting trial at home. It's entirely contradictory to the principle of "innocent until pr…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-22). Storm clouds gathering over Black Sea. peoplesdispatch.org The NATO Summit in Vilnius signaled that there is absolutely no possibility of talks to settle the Ukraine war in the foreseeable future. The war will only intensify, as the US and its allies still hope to inflict a military defeat on Russia although that is clearly beyond their capability…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is Takayasu's arteritis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You've been feeling fatigued, lost a little weight, and had some muscle aches and pains, and your doctor can't determine what's wrong. What seem like symptoms of a common cold could actually be early signs of something called vasculitis, a group of disorders of the blood vessels that often go undiagnosed for years. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jason Howland explores one of the rarer forms of vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Facial drooping in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband and I recently noticed our 5-year-old daughter was having difficulty blinking and eating, and one side of her face was drooping. The pediatrician referred us to a plastic surgeon who diagnosed her with facial paralysis. What is facial paralysis and what are the treatment options? Will this require surgery? ANSWER: Facial paralysis occurs when you cannot move some or all of the facial muscles. It can affect one or both sides of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Keeping kids safe outside during summer play. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Summer vacation for kids is well underway. Finding activities to keep the kids busy and destinations to visit can be on many parents' list. There is one place Mayo Clinic's Dr. Steven Maher hopes they don't have to visit — and that's the emergency medicine department. From wearing bike helmets to keeping kids hydrated, Dr. Maher says there are a few things you can do to help keep kids safe during summer play. Watch: The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Drug to prevent RSV in babies approved: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A drug to protect infants and babies from RSV has been approved by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to help protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The medication, given as a single-dose injection prior to or during RSV season, is a monoclonal antibody. It is intended for babies born during or entering their first RSV season and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-22). Putin asegura que Ucrania perdió decenas de miles de efectivos. telesurtv.net En el Consejo de Seguridad ruso, el mandatario señaló que las fuerzas ucranianas "han sufrido enormes pérdidas".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-22). Muere periodista ruso en ataque ucraniano con bombas de racimo. telesurtv.net Otros tres periodistas han resultado heridos en la zona de la operación militar especial rusa.

readthemaple (2023-07-21). Olivia Chow The Latest Target Of Anti-China Media Witch-hunt. readthemaple.com The attacks on Chow are some of the most ludicrous and thinly-evidenced contributions to the 'Chinese interference' narrative to date.

thenation (2023-07-21). In Jenin, as Elsewhere, Netanyahu Knows He Can Count on Washington's Complicity. thenation.com As America's nonresponse to the attack on Jenin demonstrates, support for Israeli apartheid is fully bipartisan.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-21). Dogs, Squirrels, the West and Prigozhin. sonar21.com I am a dog lover. I have two Rottweilers. And as smart and athletic as my dogs are, they fail to understand that their chance of nabbing a pesky squirrel…

Alastair Crooke (2023-07-21). Accord JCPOA : à l'approche des élections, Netanyahou ressort la carte ´Iran ª pour jouer au héros. thealtworld.com Quel paradoxe, les machinations de Netanyahou sur l'Iran contribuent à la condamnation de Trump et, théoriquement, à son emprisonnement ! | Que se passe-t-il ? D'un cà¥té, Israà´l claironne haut et fort que des progrès majeurs ont été faits lors des négociations du JCPOA (Plan d'Action d'Entente Commune) entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran — et qu'un nouvel accord devrait arriver dans les prochaines semaines — incluant le déblocage d'environ 20 milliards de dollars d'avoirs iraniens gelés. Bonté divine ! Israà´l n'est absolument pas prêt à l'empêcher — tout le monde aux abris, hurlent…

Amiad Horowitz (2023-07-21). Want to see how foreign policy should be crafted? Look to Vietnam. peoplesworld.org It was not too long ago that Vietnam was one of the poorest and most diplomatically isolated countries in the world, but those days are gone. Vietnam today is playing an increasingly important—and constructive—role on the international stage. In recent years, the country has had one of the most successful tenures as chair of the …

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-21). Putin Exposed Poland's Regional Plans In An Attempt To Deter Them. thealtworld.com

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Russian Army Inflicts More Losses On Kiev Forces In Different Directions (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has inflicted more human and material losses on Kiev forces in different directions within the special operation zone. | The Zapad Group of Forces announced on July 21 that its Su-34 fighter bombers had launched airstrikes against a gathering of Ukraine's 36th Separate Rifle Battalion near Kolodyazi in the Kupyansk direction. | The artillery of the group also thwarted an attempt to rotate units from the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade at the front near Novoselovskoe. | In addi…

Brandon Sanchez (2023-07-21). Guatemalans remember 1954 U.S.-backed coup as they battle today's right-wing election theft. peoplesworld.org On June 25, Guatemala held presidential elections that saw some 22 candidates in the running. To the surprise of many in the ruling class, Bernardo Arévalo of the center-left Semilla (Seed) Movement advanced to the second round due on August 20. Their response? Do everything possible to try to block Semila. Previous polls showed Arévalo …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-21). Punch The Empire In The Fucking Face: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com

CounterSpin (2023-07-21). Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name. fair.org CounterSpin230721.mp3 (Haymarket Books, This week on CounterSpin: If corporate news media didn't matter, we wouldn't talk about them. But elite, moneyed outlets do, of course, direct public attention to some issues and not to others, and suggest the possibility of some social responses, but not others. It's that context that the

Craig Louis Stehr (2023-07-21). Available for Spiritually Focused Direct Action. indybay.org Available on the planet earth for spiritually focused direct action.

David Masciotra (2023-07-21). Biden Is Completely Ignoring the 'Root Causes' of Immigration. progressive.org For Camilo Perez-Bustillo, director of the National Lawyers Guild, immigration policy must contend with the legacy of U.S. imperialism.

Editor (2023-07-21). Organized crime in Vilnius. workers.org To evaluate the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this July it helps to observe it in the framework of what this military alliance's meeting really is: an international gathering of the heads of criminal gangs and some local stooges. If that argument seems to stretch reality, consider these points: Downtown . . . |

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-07-21). We Can Have a World Without Spam. progressive.org In this new book, the author encourages readers to unsubscribe from Big Banks, Big Brands, Big Media, Big Politics, and Big Tech.

Esther Schrader (2023-07-21). Complaint details discriminatory impact of school closures in Louisiana parish. splcenter.org

Fidel Castro (2023-07-21). Our right to be Marxist-Leninists. workers.org This commentary, reprinted from Havana Times, was given May 7, 2015, by late Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz. We share this now in honor of the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks, which launched the Cuban Revolution. This 2021 graphic honors the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Hospital, opened . . . |

Joe Piette (2023-07-21). 'If we don't get it, shut it down!'. workers.org With the expiration of the United Parcel Service contract with the Teamsters union fast approaching, dozens of Teamsters Local 623 members and supporters from other unions and progressive organizations held a "practice" picket line and rally on July 13. The picket, held at the main gate of the Hog Island . . . |

Jonah J. Lalas (2023-07-21). California Hotel Workers Are Fighting to Simply Afford to Live. progressive.org Many of these mostly Black and brown workers have to drive an Uber or sleep in their cars during back-to-back work days, just to afford rent.

Judy Greenspan (2023-07-21). Bay Area activists launch new anti-APEC coalition. workers.org San Francisco A broad coalition of Filipino progressive organizations, anti-imperialist groups, labor and other supporters gathered on July 11 in front of San Francisco City Hall. This was part of a countrywide push to demand "No to APEC! People Before Profits!" Demonstration against APEC, San Francisco, July 11, 2023. Photo: . . . |

Kevin Gosztola (2023-07-21). What's Next In Julian Assange's Case?>. thedissenter.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his legal team believe that Assange may be extradited to the United States before the end of summer.It is unfortunately time for us to prepare for court proceedings, and so far, you came through for us marvelously.I am so grateful to our readers for exceeding our goal of raising $1,000 to support my coverage of Assange's U.S. court proceedings. You raised over $3,000. | Now that we have plenty to cover the costs of traveling to Alexandria, Virginia, if Assange is arraigned, let's build on this momentum and raise our goal to support our coverage going forward.Donate $50 to help…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). We Knew Vancouver's Ecosystem Was Damaged; The Truth Is Much Worse. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). When The Welfare Rights Movement Was Force For Uplifting The Poor. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). Plenty of Black College Students Want To Be Teachers, but Something Keeps Derailing Them. portside.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). Israel's Apartheid versus South Africa's Apartheid: The U.S. Congress is more unanimously supportive of Israel's apartheid than it was of South Africa's. theduran.com

Lyn Neeley (2023-07-21). Portland Pride weekend: visibility and protest. workers.org Portland, Oregon Tens of thousands of Portland's LGBTQ2S+ community and supporters attended a weekend of events during Portland Pride July 14 and 15. On July 14, the Trans March ended at the waterfront festival in front of the main stage. An hour later, the Dyke March, four blocks long, took . . . |

Macklin Mollard (2023-07-21). Democracy on the ballot Aug. 8 as Ohio GOP targets people power. peoplesworld.org COLUMBUS, Ohio—The people of Ohio are in a fight for the soul of democracy in the heart of the U.S.—a struggle that will culminate with a statewide special election on Aug. 8. On the ballot that day is only one thing: majority rule. Issue No. 1, if passed, will restrict Ohioans' right to democratically decide …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-21). SAG-AFTRA strikers make cameo appearance while studio bosses screen 'Barbie' for D.C. insiders. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Movie moguls curry favor with Congress via exclusive showings for lawmakers and staff, promoted by the Motion Picture Association of America, complete with drinks and hors d'oeuvres. But had attendees at the exclusive showing of Barbie looked out MPAA's glass windows in D.C. on July 20, they would have seen a second show: SAG-AFTRA members …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-21). Young organizers talk unions with Biden and Bernie at the White House. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Ordinarily, Kumbar Nambiar, a young Yale grad, would be spending his Mondays off before relief pitching for the rest of the week for the Lansing Lugnuts, a Detroit Tigers minor league baseball farm club in outstate Michigan. Not on July 17, though. Instead, Nambiar spent it at the White House telling Democratic President Joe Biden, …

Monica Moorehead (2023-07-21). Workers World Party remembers Minnie Bruce Pratt. workers.org Minnie Bruce Pratt was already a renowned lesbian poet, author and anti-racist activist even before she joined Workers World Party over 20 years ago. She became a managing editor of Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper following the death of her longtime partner and spouse, Leslie Feinberg, in 2014. Minnie Bruce Pratt . . . |

Negin Farsad (2023-07-21). Hemming and Hawing: Everything Sucks, But Everything is Fine. progressive.org Why do we have to be so insistent that the world is falling apart?

no apathy (2023-07-21). aliens took out ''pfizer'' plant. indybay.org aliens took it out…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-21). Explosive FBI Whistleblower Information Released by Congress. thealtworld.com Will the whore media succeed in covering it up by labeling it "misinformation"? | Here Is yesterday's Letter from the House Judiciary Committee to FBI Director Christopher Wray Setting Out the Hard Evidence that the FBI Under Wray's Leadership Is a Criminal Agency: | The FBI has brought knowingly f…

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-21). Neocons Want War With China. thealtworld.com It was a photo op for the ages: a visibly well-disposed President Xi Jinping receiving centenarian "old friend of China" Henry Kissinger in Beijing. | Mirroring meticulous Chinese attention to protocol, they met at Villa 5 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse — exactly where Kissinger The Mr. Kissinger Goes to Beijing saga was an "unofficial", individual attempt to try to mend increasingly fractious Sino-American relations. He was not representing the current American…

Press Associates (2023-07-21). Union-backed coalition throws weight behind effort to revive Freedom to Vote Act. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Four big unions—the Teachers (AFT), the Communications Workers, the Service Employees, and AFSCME—plus Pride at Work and the Working Families Party, were among 260 groups who renewed their support for a wide-ranging pro-voting rights bill in D.C. this week. The Freedom to Vote Act, pushed by congressional Democratic leaders, was expected to come up …

Richie Merino (2023-07-21). Don't fall for the traps in the humongous military budget. workers.org The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a record-breaking military budget of $886 billion for the coming fiscal year. The National Defense Authorization Act was passed by lawmakers on July 14 by a slim margin of 219 to 210, with the majority of Democrats opposing it. However, the bill is . . . |

Sara Flounders (2023-07-21). As Yellen dictates terms to China What we defend, what Wall Street wants to destroy. workers.org What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would . . . |

Staff (2023-07-21). US Government Creates MORE Online Spying Agencies. trofire.com The federal government keeps creating new offices to allegedly combat misinformation in the US and abroad, but are any of these agencies actually doing anything good? The answer to that question is fairly obvious, and it is clear what these government agencies are actually doing. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more. Transcript: *This transcript was generated by a …

Staff (2023-07-21). Latin America and Caribbean Reject EU Demands on Russia & Ukraine. youtube.com After 8 years, the EU and the Community of Latin American & the Caribbean States gathered in Brussels for the CELAC-EU Heads of State Summit. In the days preceding the Summit, the EU attempted to unilaterally decide the agenda and format of the meeting, including inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to speak at the Summit …

teleSUR (2023-07-21). African Union: STC New Economic Objective. telesurenglish.net This July 21 culminates the sixth Specialized Technical Committee of the African Union, with new economic objectives raised and agreed upon. | Related: | Russia Ready to Supply Free Grain to African Countries -Kremlin | After several days of sessions between ministers, central bank presidents, specialists in economic issues, and investors, the meeting has managed to specify several areas of work and understanding. The central purpose is to implement the collective development…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). An Attack on Belarus Will Mean an Aggression on Russia: Putin. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Vladimir Putin warned Poland that an attack on Belarus will mean "aggression" against Russia. These statements occurred after Poland announced the deployment of military units near the Belarusian border. | RELATED: | "As for Belarus, it is part of the State Union. An aggression against Belarus will mean an aggression against the Russian Federation. We will respond to it with all the means at our dispos…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Brazil Restricts Civilian Access to Arms and Ammunition. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed on Friday a decree restricting civilian access to arms and ammunition. | RELATED: | The decree reimposes limitations that former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019—2023) had removed regarding Collectors, Shooters, and Hunters. The so-called CACs will be able to buy up to 3,000 cartridges and six guns per year, compared to the 30 they could acquire previously. | Among othe…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Denmark: Another Incident of Quran Burning. telesurenglish.net A Danish far-right anti-Islam group burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen. | Related: | On Friday, an Anadolu Agency correspondent said that members of the group, which calls itself "Danske Patrioter" (Danish Patriots), waved anti-Islam banners and chanted insulting slogans against Islam. | Followers of the group threw the Iraqi flag and the Quran on the ground and stomped on them. They also posted a live video on the group's Facebook accoun…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Electoral Body of Guatemala Condemns Raid Against It. telesurenglish.net The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala stated that the proceedings carried out by the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity (FECI) in its Human Resources offices and against the person in charge of the Registry of Citizens, Eleonora Castillo, are not "coherent or consistent". | Related: | Through a communiqué, the TSE pointed out that these actions "provoke an adverse environment to legality" and…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office Raids Seed Party's Headquarters. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office raided the headquarters of the Seed Movement (Semilla) as part of the proceedings for a case of alleged corruption against this party. | RELATED: | According to local media, however, the Prosecutor's Office seeks to cancel the legal status of the progressive party that supported presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, who unexpectedly came second in the June 25 elections. | This social…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Israeli Air Force Reservists Protest Against Judicial Reform. telesurenglish.net On Friday, 1,142 volunteer reservists of the Israeli Air Force announced their suspension of service in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform. | RELATED: | They conveyed their decision in a letter addressed to Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Air Force Chief Tomer Bar. The Air Force volunteers joined over 4,000 reservists from various Army units who have announced similar measures in recent weeks. | The reservists call on the N…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Teenagers. telesurenglish.net Palestinian authorities on Friday denounced the killing by Israeli forces of two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported that Muhamad Foad al-Bayed, 17, was shot in the head by Israeli forces during riots in the town of Umm Safa, neighboring Ramallah. | According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Israeli army attacked residents in the Jalazone refugee camp in the northern…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Lebanon Condemns New Attack on Quran in Stockholm. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Lebanon condemned an attack on Quran in Stockholm, saying "it constitutes a continuous violation of Muslims' feelings and dignity." | RELATED: | A statement released by Lebanon's Foreign Affairs Ministry called on Swedish authorities to take appropriate measures to end all acts that deepen feelings of hatred, Islamophobia and racism, incite violence, and insult religions. | The Lebanese statement comes in…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Minor Cabinet Reshuffle Announced in France. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the French presidential office announced a newly reshuffled government still leading by French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne, with the leadership of most main ministries remaining unchanged. | Related: | According to official statements, President Emmanuel Macron re-shuffled his cabinet due to a series of national crisis. | Official data shows that the nation has been rattled by unrest over a contested pension reform, follo…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). One Dead, 48 Injured in Gas Explosion in South Africa. telesurenglish.net According to the authorities, three possible causes of the explosion have been identified, but no details have yet been given to the press. Most of the information was received from the municipal administrator, Floyd Brink, who, in his opinion, believed the explosion could have been due to the ignition of methane gas in underground rainwater systems due to the entry of waste. | Gas explosion ripped open roads and flipped vehicles in the heart of South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Over 300 Penguins Appear Dead on the Uruguayan Coast. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the SOS Fauna Marina NGO confirmed that over 300 Magellanic penguins appeared dead on the Uruguayan coast in the last week. This occurred during their annual migration from Argentine Patagonia to Brazil, where the penguins seek food and warmer waters for the winter. | RELATED: | "Food scarcity as a consequence of the overfishing of the South Atlantic and the effects of climate change on ocean currents could be the causes of the catastr…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Peru: Mobilizations Continue, So-Called Takeover of Lima. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Peruvian social organizations, movements and demonstrators continue with the mobilization in Lima to demand the resignation of the current president Dina Boluarte and the closing of the Congress. | Related: | The Peruvian Ombudsman's Office said that they are deployed in different points of the city of Lima and also in the Central 105 of the Peruvian Police in order to monitor the development of the curren…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Petro Proposes a National Agreement to Propel Colombia Forward. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed a "national agreement" in Congress to achieve social reforms and move "towards progress." | RELATED: | "It is time for a national agreement that involves the Congress of the Republic," he said while inaugurating the new legislative session (2023-2024) on the occasion of Independence Day. | During his speech, Petro focused on the global climate crisis, and later addressed the country's ne…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Poll Reveals 59.5% Undecided on Early Elections in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net With one month to go before the August 20 presidential elections in Ecuador, the level of undecideds reaches 59.5 percent, according to the Cedatos poll revealed Friday. | RELATED: | The figure was determined in a measurement of presidential voting intention based on 1,300 interviews conducted from July 14 to 18 in homes in 34 urban and rural localities in the Sierra, Coast, and Amazon regions of the Andean country, Cedatos s…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Protest in Haiti Asking for the PM's Resignation. telesurenglish.net The Prime Minister has not only been unable to promote a general election but has also failed to bring together the different political positions prevailing in the country under a will for national unity. | Protest groups that called for the resignation of the Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Jul. 20, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Saudi Arabia To Provide 500-Mln-Usd Aid to Tunisia's Economy. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Saudi Arabia signed agreements with Tunisia to provide 500 million U.S. dollars to help finance Tunisia's state budget. | Related: | According to official statements, at the government headquarters in Tunis, in the presence of Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane, the agreements were signed by Tunisian Finance Minister Sihem Namsia and her Saudi counterpart Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). South Korean Hold Rally Against Japan's Wastewater Discharge. telesurenglish.net On Friday, South Korean fishermen held a maritime protest rally against Japan's planned discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. | RELATED: | A group of local fishermen gathered on the seashore of the southwestern coastal county of Jangheung, carrying a rally called "flower bier" about 200 meters along the coast to protest against the contaminated water release plan. | "The flo…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Tropical Depression Near The Philippines, Call For Vigilance. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Philippine volcanologists called for vigilance as an approaching tropical depression could develop into a super typhoon and dump heavy rain in areas near an erupting volcano southeast of Manila. | Related: | According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the tropical depression will bring heavy rainfall from Sunday, triggering floods and landslides. | An…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Ukraine Endangers Navigation in the Black Sea, Russia Says. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Russia denounced that Ukraine endangers navigation in the Black Sea with its declaration that it will consider all ships heading for Russian ports military objectives. | RELATED: | "Unpredictable actions and, moreover, Kiev's involvement in terrorist acts certainly create a potential threat in this area," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said without specifying the scope of his statement. | He insisted that the "Kyi…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Ukraine Nationalizes Russia-Linked Sense Bank. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Ukrainian government adopted a resolution to withdraw the Russia-linked Sense Bank from the market and nationalize it. | RELATED: | "The procedure of the bank's nationalization, including the appointment of a new management, will be ensured as soon as possible for its smooth operation," the Ukrainian government stated. | The Finance Ministry will temporarily take control of the bank, and seek to attrac…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Venezuela: President Maduro Delivers House Number 4.6 Million. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro delivered to Venezuelans house number 4,600,000 built through the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV), a social housing program that the Bolivarian revolution has promoted for 12 years. | RELATED: | "On July 20, 2023, we mark a historic milestone: 4,600,000 homes. We have made it possible, the people and the government together!," he said during an act held in the Fal…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Wind Power Reaches Antigua and Barbuda. telesurenglish.net This ambitious project is the result of collaboration between the Department of the Environment and the West Indies Oil Company, with financing of US$15 million from the Abu Dhabi Development Fund. | The government of Antigua and Barbuda has joined the management of renewable energy generation on several fronts. Jul. 21, 2023.

thecommunists (2023-07-21). Comrade Tongogara, who dedicated his life to the cause of freedom. thecommunists.org Lalkar is sad to announce the death of Comrade Tongogara, who breathed his last on 11 May this year. Born Danny Morrell on 6 February 1942, he adopted the name Tongogara after the great Zimbabwean fighter Josiah Tongogara who fought for the liberation of Zimbabwe from the clutches of the racist white minority regime of …

thecommunists (2023-07-21). Donetsk communist leader: 'No democracy in Ukraine'. thecommunists.org Steve Sweeney interviews Boris Litinov, head of the Donetsk republican branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Topics discussed range from Comrade Litinov's views on the split in the international communist movement over the war in Ukraine, his thoughts on the effect of western propaganda on the communist and trade union organisations in …

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2023-07-21: News Headlines

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Cuban Parliament debates on foreign policy issues. plenglish.com In the context of the First Ordinary Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), Bruno Rodríguez told the press that one of the essential issues was Cuba's G-77 + China pro tempore presidency. | It was also discussed issues closely related to the hostile and unjust blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over 60 years, in addition to the media slanders. | During the Commission's work, core elements of Cuba's foreign policy were also debated, by laying stress on relations with Cuban nationals living abroad. | In this regard, the Cuban diplomat referred to the celebration next November of…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Cuban President calls to strengthen local productive systems. plenglish.com At the First Ordinary Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), the Cuban leader said major productive forms must make up robust and efficient systems subordinated by municipalities. | "Where are the workers from? Who discusses the problems? Who takes care of labor force?", the President asked as he urged for provincial and municipal autonomies to boost local development. | By empowering the municipalities, provinces and the entire country are empowered. It ¥s necessary to order, structure and transform, he added during discussions on the implementation of the Food Sovereignty and Food and N…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Venezuelan FM visits Türkiye to strengthen bilateral cooperation. plenglish.com/feed/ Ankara, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil on Friday arrived in Ankara to hold a meeting with his Türkiye counterpart Hakan Fidan in order to review the bilateral agenda and continue strengthening cooperation ties for mutual benefit.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Immunization on the rise after Covid-19 pandemic — WHO. plenglish.com Geneva, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) New encouraging data indicated that immunization services are increasing in some countries after interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, assured the World Health Organization (WHO).

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). WHO launches new action plan on neurological disorders. plenglish.com Geneva, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) WHO's Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, published today in all six UN languages, sets out the actions needed to improve access to care and treatment for people living with neurological disorders through a comprehensive, coordinated response across sectors.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Cuba successfully resumes Lima-Havana flights. plenglish.com Lima, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) A thunderous applause broke out on Friday at the roomy hall of the stately Country Hotel in Peru, as the representative of the Cuban Ministry of Tourism unfolded the upcoming resumption of direct flights to Cuba.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Cuban jurists urge to raise awareness of human trafficking. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Jurists, representatives of civil society organizations and the media in Cuba on Friday agreed on the pressing need to raise awareness of human trafficking, as a pivotal element to crack down on it.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Bolivian Congressman slams APDHB provocation. plenglish.com La Paz, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Congressman Felix Ajpi on Friday condemned provocative nature by former President of Bolivia ¥s Permanent Assembly of Human Rights (APDHB) Amparo Carvajal in La Paz. "I regret very much that the activist people who are there in 6 de Agosto Avenue prevent Mrs. Carvajal from being medically assisted," Ajpi told Bolivia TV channel.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Cuban deputy Yury Valdes praises ANPP ¥s in-depth debates. plenglish.com Previously, we have talked a lot about issues and not so much about their causes, I all these in-depth debates are quite positive which get to the core of the problems and suggest solutions, Valdes told Prensa Latina. | In addition, Yury Valdes — renowned scientist and deputy director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), described the t.v. broadcasting of these parliamentary sessions as very positive, considering that it gives more credibility to discussions and proposals, and even to contradictions that may arise in debates of this type. Among noteworthy issues for our people that are included in ANPP &ye…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-21). Cuban combatant recalls actions against Batista's dictatorship. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Retired Rear Admiral Jose Luis Cuza on Friday gave a speech at the Jose Marti National Library on the 70th anniversary of the assault on both Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks.

noreply (2023-07-22). Why Some Polish Agitation… smoothiex12.blogspot.com especially when Poland is reminded of a cold hard fact of Stalin giving Poland German territories after WW II. Official Warsaw went ballistic. Plus this: When this guy speaks, world listens.

The Lancet (2023-07-22). Editorial] Genomic newborn screening: current concerns and challenges. thelancet.com 60 years ago, the first newborn screening test for phenylketonuria, a rare inherited metabolic disease, was developed. The heel prick test, devised by Robert Guthrie, enabled babies with the condition to be identified soon after birth and begin a diet low in foods containing phenylalanine, thereby preventing them from developing intellectual disability, seizures, and behavioural problems. Since Guthrie's breakthrough, blood-based screening programmes have been expanded to cover more genetic disorders.

Justin McCurry (2023-07-22). World Report] Fukushima water discharge approved. thelancet.com Wastewater will be released into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Justin McCurry reports from Tokyo.

Dinesh C Sharma (2023-07-22). World Report] Climate disasters challenge health infrastructures in India. thelancet.com Plans are being drawn up to make the Indian health system resilient to floods, storms, and heatwaves. But implementation will be challenging. Dinesh C Sharma reports.

Niall Boyce (2023-07-22). Perspectives] Kay Redfield Jamison: healing in mind. thelancet.com I am talking on Zoom with Kay Redfield Jamison, Co-Director of the Mood Disorders Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, about her new book Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind. Its optimistic title is belied by the dustjacket photograph depicting flames rising from Notre Dame cathedral during the 2019 fire. While pointing out that she does not choose her cover art, Jamison nevertheless thinks it is an appropriate image: "Since I wrote about Notre Dame, and what it is that you can bring from ruin and destruction, it has…

Meredith Reiches (2023-07-22). Perspectives] What we get wrong about patriarchy. thelancet.com In June, 2022, when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 case protecting the right to abortion at the federal level, Senator Susan Collins, a Republican legislator from Maine, criticised the decision in a statement in a press release. The Supreme Court, she wrote, had "abandoned a fifty-year precedent at a time that the country is desperate for stability" and she drew attention to "the importance of supporting long-standing precedents". It is noteworthy that, in her statement, Collins did not reach for the language of freedom, equality, or progress to express dismay at the abrogation of a right th…

AbdulRahman A Saied (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Building Africa's first mRNA vaccine facility. thelancet.com For Africa, mRNA vaccines are beneficial and could be used to combat various bacterial and viral infections other than COVID-19 in the continent. mRNA vaccines can be produced in large quantities and are efficient and safe. Moreover, these vaccines can also be produced quickly, with minimal effort and without previous knowledge of biological pharmacological agents.1,2 With mRNA technology, malaria and tuberculosis vaccines can be developed, giving African nations good chances to fight these diseases endemic to the region.

Nataliia Olkhovych, Nataliia Gorovenko, Laurent Servais (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Universal newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Ukraine. thelancet.com Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by progressive muscle atrophy and weakness. Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by the deficit of SMN protein that results with homozygous deletion of SMN1 in 96% of patients.1 In its most frequent and severe form, untreated spinal muscular atrophy leads to death or permanent ventilation before the age of 2 years. Three drugs that increase SMN protein through SMN2 splicing modification or SMN gene transfer are currently approved.

Richard Armitage (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Rehabilitation needs during disasters. thelancet.com Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues1 rightly draw attention to the orthopaedic surgical needs in Türkiye and Syria after the earthquakes in the region in February, 2023. However, in addition to these requirements is the associated and indispensable need for rehabilitation services.

Sara E Boyd, Scott J C Pallett, Luke S P Moore (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Orthopaedic preparedness for disasters must extend to infection surveillance. thelancet.com We read with interest the work of Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues who highlight the unique surgical requirements and barriers to quality provision of orthopaedic care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) during disaster situations.1 Development of the suggested collaborative framework has merit, but preparedness stretches beyond adequacy of surgical equipment and must consider the entire care pathway. Disaster situations are associated with considerable disruption to diagnostic microbiology laboratory infrastructure, exacerbating limited capacity in many LMICs.

ELEL (2023-07-22). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Agarwal N, Azad AA, Carles J, et al. Talazoparib plus enzalutamide in men with first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (TALAPRO-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 291—303—In table 3 of this Article, the number of patients with an adverse event resulting in dose interruption should have been 247 (62%) for talazoparib and 156 (39%) for enzalutamide in the talazoparib plus enzalutamide group, and 84 (21%) for placebo and 78 (19%) for enzalutamide in the placebo plus enzalutamide group.

Gashirai K Mbizvo, Andrew J Larner (2023-07-22). Clinical Picture] A treatable cause of dizziness: vestibular paroxysmia. thelancet.com A 52-year-old right-handed woman was referred to our clinic reporting a 4-year history of spontaneous unpredictable episodes of dizziness. The patient was seen remotely due to restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She described the episodes as a sudden sensation of feeling like the room was spinning for 5—40 s; they were happening approximately three times a day and she could identify no triggers. Occasionally, the episodes were associated with nausea and vomiting; they had also caused her to fall but did not result in any impairment of consciousness.

Esther Schrader (2023-07-21). Complaint details discriminatory impact of school closures in Louisiana parish. splcenter.org

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Brazil Restricts Civilian Access to Arms and Ammunition. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed on Friday a decree restricting civilian access to arms and ammunition. | RELATED: | The decree reimposes limitations that former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019—2023) had removed regarding Collectors, Shooters, and Hunters. The so-called CACs will be able to buy up to 3,000 cartridges and six guns per year, compared to the 30 they could acquire previously. | Among othe…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Denmark: Another Incident of Quran Burning. telesurenglish.net A Danish far-right anti-Islam group burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen. | Related: | On Friday, an Anadolu Agency correspondent said that members of the group, which calls itself "Danske Patrioter" (Danish Patriots), waved anti-Islam banners and chanted insulting slogans against Islam. | Followers of the group threw the Iraqi flag and the Quran on the ground and stomped on them. They also posted a live video on the group's Facebook accoun…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Protest in Haiti Asking for the PM's Resignation. telesurenglish.net The Prime Minister has not only been unable to promote a general election but has also failed to bring together the different political positions prevailing in the country under a will for national unity. | Protest groups that called for the resignation of the Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Jul. 20, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Poll Reveals 59.5% Undecided on Early Elections in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net With one month to go before the August 20 presidential elections in Ecuador, the level of undecideds reaches 59.5 percent, according to the Cedatos poll revealed Friday. | RELATED: | The figure was determined in a measurement of presidential voting intention based on 1,300 interviews conducted from July 14 to 18 in homes in 34 urban and rural localities in the Sierra, Coast, and Amazon regions of the Andean country, Cedatos s…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). African Union: STC New Economic Objective. telesurenglish.net This July 21 culminates the sixth Specialized Technical Committee of the African Union, with new economic objectives raised and agreed upon. | Related: | Russia Ready to Supply Free Grain to African Countries -Kremlin | After several days of sessions between ministers, central bank presidents, specialists in economic issues, and investors, the meeting has managed to specify several areas of work and understanding. The central purpose is to implement the collective development…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office Raids Seed Party's Headquarters. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office raided the headquarters of the Seed Movement (Semilla) as part of the proceedings for a case of alleged corruption against this party. | RELATED: | According to local media, however, the Prosecutor's Office seeks to cancel the legal status of the progressive party that supported presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, who unexpectedly came second in the June 25 elections. | This social…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Over 300 Penguins Appear Dead on the Uruguayan Coast. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the SOS Fauna Marina NGO confirmed that over 300 Magellanic penguins appeared dead on the Uruguayan coast in the last week. This occurred during their annual migration from Argentine Patagonia to Brazil, where the penguins seek food and warmer waters for the winter. | RELATED: | "Food scarcity as a consequence of the overfishing of the South Atlantic and the effects of climate change on ocean currents could be the causes of the catastr…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Israeli Air Force Reservists Protest Against Judicial Reform. telesurenglish.net On Friday, 1,142 volunteer reservists of the Israeli Air Force announced their suspension of service in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform. | RELATED: | They conveyed their decision in a letter addressed to Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Air Force Chief Tomer Bar. The Air Force volunteers joined over 4,000 reservists from various Army units who have announced similar measures in recent weeks. | The reservists call on the N…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Ukraine Nationalizes Russia-Linked Sense Bank. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Ukrainian government adopted a resolution to withdraw the Russia-linked Sense Bank from the market and nationalize it. | RELATED: | "The procedure of the bank's nationalization, including the appointment of a new management, will be ensured as soon as possible for its smooth operation," the Ukrainian government stated. | The Finance Ministry will temporarily take control of the bank, and seek to attrac…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Lebanon Condemns New Attack on Quran in Stockholm. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Lebanon condemned an attack on Quran in Stockholm, saying "it constitutes a continuous violation of Muslims' feelings and dignity." | RELATED: | A statement released by Lebanon's Foreign Affairs Ministry called on Swedish authorities to take appropriate measures to end all acts that deepen feelings of hatred, Islamophobia and racism, incite violence, and insult religions. | The Lebanese statement comes in…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Venezuela: President Maduro Delivers House Number 4.6 Million. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro delivered to Venezuelans house number 4,600,000 built through the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV), a social housing program that the Bolivarian revolution has promoted for 12 years. | RELATED: | "On July 20, 2023, we mark a historic milestone: 4,600,000 homes. We have made it possible, the people and the government together!," he said during an act held in the Fal…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Petro Proposes a National Agreement to Propel Colombia Forward. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed a "national agreement" in Congress to achieve social reforms and move "towards progress." | RELATED: | "It is time for a national agreement that involves the Congress of the Republic," he said while inaugurating the new legislative session (2023-2024) on the occasion of Independence Day. | During his speech, Petro focused on the global climate crisis, and later addressed the country's ne…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). South Korean Hold Rally Against Japan's Wastewater Discharge. telesurenglish.net On Friday, South Korean fishermen held a maritime protest rally against Japan's planned discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. | RELATED: | A group of local fishermen gathered on the seashore of the southwestern coastal county of Jangheung, carrying a rally called "flower bier" about 200 meters along the coast to protest against the contaminated water release plan. | "The flo…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). An Attack on Belarus Will Mean an Aggression on Russia: Putin. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Vladimir Putin warned Poland that an attack on Belarus will mean "aggression" against Russia. These statements occurred after Poland announced the deployment of military units near the Belarusian border. | RELATED: | "As for Belarus, it is part of the State Union. An aggression against Belarus will mean an aggression against the Russian Federation. We will respond to it with all the means at our dispos…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Ukraine Endangers Navigation in the Black Sea, Russia Says. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Russia denounced that Ukraine endangers navigation in the Black Sea with its declaration that it will consider all ships heading for Russian ports military objectives. | RELATED: | "Unpredictable actions and, moreover, Kiev's involvement in terrorist acts certainly create a potential threat in this area," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said without specifying the scope of his statement. | He insisted that the "Kyi…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Tropical Depression Near The Philippines, Call For Vigilance. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Philippine volcanologists called for vigilance as an approaching tropical depression could develop into a super typhoon and dump heavy rain in areas near an erupting volcano southeast of Manila. | Related: | According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the tropical depression will bring heavy rainfall from Sunday, triggering floods and landslides. | An…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Electoral Body of Guatemala Condemns Raid Against It. telesurenglish.net The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala stated that the proceedings carried out by the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity (FECI) in its Human Resources offices and against the person in charge of the Registry of Citizens, Eleonora Castillo, are not "coherent or consistent". | Related: | Through a communiqué, the TSE pointed out that these actions "provoke an adverse environment to legality" and…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Peru: Mobilizations Continue, So-Called Takeover of Lima. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Peruvian social organizations, movements and demonstrators continue with the mobilization in Lima to demand the resignation of the current president Dina Boluarte and the closing of the Congress. | Related: | The Peruvian Ombudsman's Office said that they are deployed in different points of the city of Lima and also in the Central 105 of the Peruvian Police in order to monitor the development of the curren…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Saudi Arabia To Provide 500-Mln-Usd Aid to Tunisia's Economy. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Saudi Arabia signed agreements with Tunisia to provide 500 million U.S. dollars to help finance Tunisia's state budget. | Related: | According to official statements, at the government headquarters in Tunis, in the presence of Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane, the agreements were signed by Tunisian Finance Minister Sihem Namsia and her Saudi counterpart Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Minor Cabinet Reshuffle Announced in France. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the French presidential office announced a newly reshuffled government still leading by French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne, with the leadership of most main ministries remaining unchanged. | Related: | According to official statements, President Emmanuel Macron re-shuffled his cabinet due to a series of national crisis. | Official data shows that the nation has been rattled by unrest over a contested pension reform, follo…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). James Cleverly Rules Out UK And US Troops Joining Conflict In Ukraine. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageMeanwhile, Germany does not have a single combat-ready division. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on July 19 that he had doubts that UK and US troops would fight in Ukraine when asked at the Aspen Institute's Security Forum. Although this guarantee was made at the forum, Cleverly could not help but make bombastic claims, such as Russia's military facing an inevitable collapse."Be under no illusion Russia…

Anonymous765 (2023-07-21). "Saving Ukraine" NATO Prepares For War. southfront.org |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). NATO Changing Its Weapons Strategy In Ukraine. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe focus now will be on fixing damaged weapons instead of sending new ones. | Written by The US and its allies will change weapons strategy in Ukraine. Instead of sending new equipment, western sponsors will now focus on repairing damaged weapons, thus trying to reuse them as much as possible. The maneuver reveals a Western "despair", as it echoes the reality t…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). Russian Legendary Military Commander Igor Strelkov Arrested In Moscow. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageIgor Strelkov once said that if he was allowed to go fighting on the Ukrainian frontlines, then (the Kremlin) made the decision to fight until Russia wins the war. If he is jailed, i.e. that the "surrender party" definitely won in Russia. | On July 21, former DPR Defense Minister, Russian military and political activist, Igor Girkin (Strelkov) was arrested. He is charged with public calls to extremist activities through Internet. | The court arrested the former head of the DPR Defense…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | While the United States, along with its allies, left Afghanistan in August 2021 in spectacularly humiliating circumstances, the departure was never entirely complete, nor bound to be permanent. Since then, Washington has led the charge in handicapping those who, with a fraction of the resources, defeated a superpower and prevailed in two decades of conflict. | In a fit of wounded pride, the United States has, in turn, sought to strangulate and asphyxia…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-21). Anglo-French Storm Shadow Cruise Missile (Infographics). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Israel Receives Three New F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets From U.S. (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | The Israeli Air Force (IAF) had received three new F-35 stealth fighter jets, the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, announced on July 21. | The jets landed at the Nevatim air base a day earlier. The delivery brought the number of F-35s in service with the IAF to 39. Adding to the number, an experimental fighter jet known as AS-15 stationed at the Tel Nof air base. | The IAF operates a special version of the F-35A modified with Israeli-ma…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Russian Army Launches More Strikes Against Ukraine After Repelling Another Wave Of Attacks (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had delivered another series of strikes against Ukrainian sites where "terror attacks" with the use of drones were plotted against Russia, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov announced on July 21. "Last night, Russian forces delivered a new strike by seaborne long-range high-precision weapons against the sites where terrorist acts with the use of attack unmanned aerial vehicles were plotted against the Russian Federation," the spokesman said. | T…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). U.S. To Deploy More Warships, Marines In Middle East To Counter Iran. southfront.org The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), front, the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) are underway in formation through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, June 9, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting/Released) | United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of an Amph…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Russia Says U.S.-Led Coalition F-16 Fighter Jet Homed On One Of Its Warplanes Over Syria. southfront.org Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson, 2d Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat broadcaster, and Royal Jordanian Air Force Lt. Col. Firas Masadeh, a flying wing commander, taxi in an RJAF F-16 Fighting Falcon before an aerial photography mission May 13, 2014, at an air base in northern Jordan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Sara Greco/Released) | On July 20, the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria announced that a F-16 fighter jet of the United States-led coalition had used its targeting system on an airplane o…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Israeli Army Started Fire On Front With Lebanon To Remove Mines (Videos, Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib. | On July 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) started a fire along the separation line with Lebanon, causing dozens of old mines planted there to explode. |

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Syrian Army Held Tactical Live-Fire Exercise In Central Desert (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On July 20, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced that different formations of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had held an operational-tactical live-fire exercise in the country's central desert, also known as Badiya. | The exercise mimicked a large-scale attack on hastily prepared enemy defenses. The attack began with a series of air and artillery strikes. Under the cover of the strikes, armored formations advanced across the frontline, while several…

Anonymous767 (2023-07-21). Kyiv PR Unit Has Hard Time Denying Reality. southfront.org A screenshot from the video | Pro-Kyiv propaganda machine has a well documented history of denying reality and pushing forward fake explanations of key developments that surrounds the conflict on the territory once known as Ukraine. This propaganda easily uses conflicting conceptions and ignores facts demonstrating unprecedented level of hypocrisy. | Western diplomats, MSM outlets and their minor friends operating under the Kyiv regime simultaneously claim that the Russians fight with wooden sticks and complain ab…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-21). Russian Army Inflicts More Losses On Kiev Forces In Different Directions (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has inflicted more human and material losses on Kiev forces in different directions within the special operation zone. | The Zapad Group of Forces announced on July 21 that its Su-34 fighter bombers had launched airstrikes against a gathering of Ukraine's 36th Separate Rifle Battalion near Kolodyazi in the Kupyansk direction. | The artillery of the group also thwarted an attempt to rotate units from the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade at the front near Novoselovskoe. | In addi…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-21). Disappointment For The Catalan Independence Movement: The General Court Of The EU Does Not Protect Them. southfront.org Written by Jordi Oriola Folch On July 5, the General Court of the European Union (GC of the EU) has…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-21). Registran nueva masacre en Colombia, la número 55 en 2023. telesurtv.net Las victimas se identificaron como Juan Gabriel Duarte, Jimmy Geovanni Vargas y Robinson Mora.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-21). Denuncian persecución contra activistas de DDHH en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Los entes denunciaron que el Instituto de Medicina Legal está ocultando las cifras de fallecidos en prisiones consecuencia de violaciones de DD.HH. en centros carcelarios.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-21). Productores bananeros cortan ruta fronteriza en Paraguay. telesurtv.net "Ahora estamos en la etapa de recolección de los cachos, pero esto se retrasó por la situación que estamos atravesando", señaló el productor Luis Galeano.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-21). OMS advierte sobre un posible aumento de dengue en Europa. telesurtv.net La OMS ha visto un aumento de ocho veces en los casos de dengue entre 2000 y 2022, de 500.000 casos a 4,2 millones.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-21). Defensa de expresidente peruano denuncia violación a sus DD.HH. telesurtv.net Robles detalló que entre las humillaciones destacan la prohibición de comunicarse con sus familiares desde que fue internado hace siete meses.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-21). øPor qué es el perro el mejor amigo del hombre?>. telesurtv.net Una investigación del 2015 develó que cuando una persona mira a los ojos a su perro este último libera una hormona relacionada con el cariño.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Sube a 112 cifra de muertos por lluvias monzónicas en Pakistán. telesurtv.net La Autoridad Nacional de Gestión de Desastres de Pakistán señaló que la mitad de los decesos han sido en Punyab.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-07-21). Expertos advierten sobre temperaturas récord en Chile. telesurtv.net Es crucial implementar medidas de prevención y control de incendios para evitar una temporada desastrosa en términos de incendios forestales.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-21). Candidato peronista es atacado durante acto en Argentina. telesurtv.net Juan Pablo Luque, candidato de Unión por la Patria a gobernador de Chubut, alertó que la situación provincial "no es apta para la violencia ni el oportunismo nefasto ".

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-21). Lula anuncia medidas para reforzar la seguridad en Brasil. telesurtv.net Lula anunció también el Plan de Seguridad y Soberanía para la Amazonía (AMAS) ante la creciente violencia en esa región.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). Realizan protestas en la India tras violencia contra mujeres. telesurtv.net Las mujeres locales arrojaron piedras y quemaron algunas partes de la casa que pertenecía al principal acusado en un pueblo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-21). Organizan en barrios de Lima nuevos actos en rechazo a Gobierno peruano. telesurtv.net Durante esta jornada se realizarán mítines y marchas en los Conos de Lima, donde reside un elevado número de personas que emigraron desde provincias.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Apuñalamiento deja un muerto y tres heridos en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El agresor, quien no ha sido completamente identificado, atacó a las personas sobre las 14H07 hora local (05H07 GMT).

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-21). Manifestaciones en Israel dejan al menos 15 detenidos. telesurtv.net Unas siete personas fueron detenidas solo en Tel Aviv, donde los activistas bloquearon la autopista Ayalon varias horas.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Hallan a 116 migrantes hacinados a bordo de camión en Sonora, México. telesurtv.net Dos conductores de autobús fueron detenidos como sospechosos del delito de tráfico de personas.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-21). Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe examinan estrategias de lucha. telesurtv.net Promueven la lucha por los derechos y emancipación de las mujeres, así como un espacio regional soberano y libre de la intervención imperialista.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Naciones del mundo islámico reaccionan tras agravio al Corán. telesurtv.net Los países islámicos tomaron acciones diplomáticas basadas en el retiro del encargado de negocios en Suecia.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). 59,5 % de ecuatorianos indecisos ante elecciones, según sondeo. telesurtv.net Empresa encuestadora Cedatos estudió el contexto previo a los comicios y afirmó que existe un "ambiente de pesimismo, indecisión y desconocimiento del proceso electoral".

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-21). Accidente vial deja unos 20 migrantes heridos en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net El accidente ocurrió poco antes de las 04H00 (hora local, 10H00 GMT). En el autobús viajaban unos 60 migrantes.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Putin asegura que Ucrania perdió decenas de miles de efectivos. telesurtv.net En el Consejo de Seguridad ruso, el mandatario señaló que las fuerzas ucranianas "han sufrido enormes pérdidas".

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). Más de 300 pingàºinos aparecen sin vida en costas de Uruguay. telesurtv.net Este suceso viene ocurriendo desde hace tiempo, pero que se ha intensificado en los últimos tres años.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-21). Más de 70 migrantes han muerto por deshidratación en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El Paso tiene un registro de 334.000 detenciones este año entre octubre y mayo pasados, lo que representa casi el 90 por ciento de los 177.792 durante el mismo período hace un año.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-21). Incendio con explosiones cerca de un aeropuerto en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Algunas rutas de tren tuvieron que ser suspendidas debido a la gran nube de humo visible a varios kilómetros de distancia.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-21). Presidente Petro llama a discutir reformas sociales en Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario señaló que una reforma agraria "amplía el mercado interno, se libera la fuerza de trabajo de la tierra y por tanto se pondrían las condiciones fundamentales para la industrialización".

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-21). Presidente de Venezuela entrega vivienda número 4.6 millones. telesurtv.net El presidente Maduro, asimismo, se comprometió a que su gobierno llegará a la meta de las cinco millones de viviendas entregadas.

Elisa Gentilotti, Anna Górska, Adriana Tami, Roy Gusinow, Massimo Mirandola, Jesús Rodríguez Baño, Zaira R. Palacios Baena, Elisa Rossi, Jan Hasenauer, Iris Lopes-Rafegas, Elda Righi, Natascia Caroccia, Salvatore Cataudella, Zeno Pasquini, Thomas Osmo, Lidia Del Piccolo, Alessia Savoldi, Samir Kumar-Singh, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Maria Giulia Caponcello, Gerolf de Boer, Gabriel Levy Hara, ORCHESTRA Study Group, Pasquale De Nardo, Surbhi Malhotra, Lorenzo Maria Canziani, Jade Ghosn, Aline-Marie Florence, Nadhem Lafhej, Bernardina T.F. van der Gun, Maddalena Giannella, Cédric Laouénan, Evelina Tacconelli (2023-07-21). Articles] Clinical phenotypes and quality of life to define post-COVID-19 syndrome: a cluster analysis of the multinational, prospective ORCHESTRA cohort. thelancet.com Our study provides new evidence suggesting that PCS can be classified by clinical phenotypes with different impact on QoL, underlying possible different pathogenic mechanisms. We identified factors associated to each clinical phenotype and to severe PCS. These results might help in designing pathogenesis studies and in selecting high-risk patients for inclusion in therapeutic and management clinical trials.

Nathan J. Cheetham, Rose Penfold, Valentina Giunchiglia, Vicky Bowyer, Carole H. Sudre, Liane S. Canas, Jie Deng, Benjamin Murray, Eric Kerfoot, Michela Antonelli, Khaled Rjoob, Erika Molteni, Marc F. àñsterdahl, Nicholas R. Harvey, William R. Trender, Michael H. Malim, Katie J. Doores, Peter J. Hellyer, Marc Modat, Alexander Hammers, Sebastien Ourselin, Emma L. Duncan, Adam Hampshire, Claire J. Steves (2023-07-21). Articles] The effects of COVID-19 on cognitive performance in a community-based cohort: a COVID symptom study biobank prospective cohort study. thelancet.com Cognitive deficits following SARS-CoV-2 infection were detectable nearly two years post infection, and largest for individuals with longer symptom durations, ongoing symptoms, and/or more severe infection. However, no such deficits were detected in individuals who reported full recovery from COVID-19. Further work is needed to monitor and develop understanding of recovery mechanisms for those with ongoing symptoms.

no apathy (2023-07-21). aliens took out ''pfizer'' plant. indybay.org aliens took it out…

David Giesen (2023-07-21). Saturday 7/22: Do-gooders on a rampage: the case for restoring per capita land values to Native Americans. indybay.org lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…

Craig Louis Stehr (2023-07-21). Available for Spiritually Focused Direct Action. indybay.org Available on the planet earth for spiritually focused direct action.

Michael Hudson (2023-07-21). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

FOX (2023-07-21). 25 to 50 Fox Farms Remain in the U.S. indybay.org Some of the remaining fox farms in the United States.

Greenpeace USA, Protect the Protest Coalition (2023-07-21). Tuesday 7/25: We Will Not Be Silenced! Protecting Our Right to Protest & Dissent Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-07-21). Sunday 8/6: Peace in Ukraine: Rally and March. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific and Water street, Santa Cruz…

Labor Video Project (2023-07-21). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-21). Friday 7/21: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-21). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

La Peña Cultural Center (2023-07-21). Friday 7/21: La Peña Cultural Center's Baila Party! indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave)…

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-21). PNW Street Medics and Military Medicine. indybay.org

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-21). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-21). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-21). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

Revolution Books (2023-07-21). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-07-21). Friday 7/21: Take Revolution to the Movie Lines for the film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

LA Sentinel (2023-07-21). First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District. indybay.org Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District… stay tuned…

WorkWeek (2023-07-21). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

Planned Parenthood (2023-07-21). Wednesday 7/19: History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice Teach-in. indybay.org Online event | ACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning will be available.

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-21). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-21). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

SF Protests (2023-07-21). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-21). Biden Admits "COVID Policy" Permanent, Censoring A Censorship Hearing & Docs Expose Biden Corruption. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/21/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Trisha Trigilio (2023-07-21). The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling, Explained. aclu.org Under a Why was there a lawsuit over it?: | Despite broad support for this law, including support from victims' rights advocates, law enforcement officials filed multiple lawsu…

Sara Flounders (2023-07-21). As Yellen dictates terms to China What we defend, what Wall Street wants to destroy. workers.org What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would . . . |

Richie Merino (2023-07-21). Don't fall for the traps in the humongous military budget. workers.org The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a record-breaking military budget of $886 billion for the coming fiscal year. The National Defense Authorization Act was passed by lawmakers on July 14 by a slim margin of 219 to 210, with the majority of Democrats opposing it. However, the bill is . . . |

Joe Piette (2023-07-21). 'If we don't get it, shut it down!'. workers.org With the expiration of the United Parcel Service contract with the Teamsters union fast approaching, dozens of Teamsters Local 623 members and supporters from other unions and progressive organizations held a "practice" picket line and rally on July 13. The picket, held at the main gate of the Hog Island . . . |

Lyn Neeley (2023-07-21). Portland Pride weekend: visibility and protest. workers.org Portland, Oregon Tens of thousands of Portland's LGBTQ2S+ community and supporters attended a weekend of events during Portland Pride July 14 and 15. On July 14, the Trans March ended at the waterfront festival in front of the main stage. An hour later, the Dyke March, four blocks long, took . . . |

Fidel Castro (2023-07-21). Our right to be Marxist-Leninists. workers.org This commentary, reprinted from Havana Times, was given May 7, 2015, by late Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz. We share this now in honor of the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks, which launched the Cuban Revolution. This 2021 graphic honors the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Hospital, opened . . . |

Monica Moorehead (2023-07-21). Workers World Party remembers Minnie Bruce Pratt. workers.org Minnie Bruce Pratt was already a renowned lesbian poet, author and anti-racist activist even before she joined Workers World Party over 20 years ago. She became a managing editor of Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper following the death of her longtime partner and spouse, Leslie Feinberg, in 2014. Minnie Bruce Pratt . . . |

Editor (2023-07-21). Organized crime in Vilnius. workers.org To evaluate the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this July it helps to observe it in the framework of what this military alliance's meeting really is: an international gathering of the heads of criminal gangs and some local stooges. If that argument seems to stretch reality, consider these points: Downtown . . . |

Judy Greenspan (2023-07-21). Bay Area activists launch new anti-APEC coalition. workers.org San Francisco A broad coalition of Filipino progressive organizations, anti-imperialist groups, labor and other supporters gathered on July 11 in front of San Francisco City Hall. This was part of a countrywide push to demand "No to APEC! People Before Profits!" Demonstration against APEC, San Francisco, July 11, 2023. Photo: . . . |

Molly Shah (2023-07-21). 'Strike City': Louisville's small unions give boost to UPS Teamsters strike prep. therealnews.com With the possibility of 340,000 Teamsters going on strike next month at United Parcel Service (UPS)

Chris Hedges (2023-07-21). Remembering Staughton Lynd's life of defiance. therealnews.com

Teddy Ostrow (2023-07-21). Union Freight Has Hit Rock Bottom. Can the Teamsters Turn it Around? therealnews.com In the In the early minutes of the film, M…

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis (2023-07-21). Cuffed for creativity: Texas chalk artist's arrest triggers First Amendment dispute. therealnews.com Chalk artist Joshua Hinson was finishing up a community art project in Leon Valley, Texas when local cops confronted him over his art, which they incorrectly described as "graffiti." Hinson's arrest, which was captured on video, has raised questions about the protection of art under the First Amendment, and the overreach and abuse of power exercised by police in regulating public space. The charges against Hinson were ultimately dropped, but the problems his case raises about the police as an institution remain. Police Accountability Report investigates. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Produ…

Editor (2023-07-21). Decriminalizing Being Human. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-21). Congressional Testimony of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. scheerpost.com The hearing examined the federal government's role in censoring Americans, the Missouri v. Biden case, and Big Tech's collusion with out-of-control government agencies to silence speech.

Editor (2023-07-21). 'Israel Is an Apartheid State': Progressives Explain Decision to Boycott Israeli President's Speech. scheerpost.com "It's contradictory to claim to support human rights when you're arming the oppressors with billions of dollars of bullets and bombs," said Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush.

Editor (2023-07-21). In Ukraine, US Adds to Barbaric Cluster-Bomb Legacy. scheerpost.com Millions of people have been affected by the use of cluster munitions by the US in countries like Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, even years after the wars have ended. The same plight awaits civilians in the current war zone in Ukraine…

Editor (2023-07-21). Seymour Hersh: Ordinary People by the Millions. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-21). Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet. scheerpost.com By Luis Feliz Leon / Labor Notes In the middle of Amazon's Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing the facility to the brink of a total shutdown. A delivery station is the last warehouse an Amazon package passes through …

Editor (2023-07-21). What We Can Still Learn From J. Robert Oppenheimer. scheerpost.com "We believe," he wrote in 1945, "that the safety of this nation—as opposed to its ability to inflict damage on an enemy power—cannot lie wholly or even primarily in its scientific or technical prowess."

CounterSpin (2023-07-21). Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name. fair.org CounterSpin230721.mp3 (Haymarket Books, This week on CounterSpin: If corporate news media didn't matter, we wouldn't talk about them. But elite, moneyed outlets do, of course, direct public attention to some issues and not to others, and suggest the possibility of some social responses, but not others. It's that context that the

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-21). Covid Vaccine Jab: Brain Bleeds in Young People. globalresearch.ca

Mikatekiso Kubayi (2023-07-21). The Geopolitics of Russia-Africa Relations: Critical Challenges, Refined Practices. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-07-21). Canada Out of NATO. US-NATO Want to "Militarize Climate" globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-07-21). Brzezinski's Warning. NATO Moves to Asia-Pacific. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-21). Why the Political West Still Doesn't Want Ukraine to Join NATO. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-07-21). US/ NATO Changing Its Weapons Strategy in Ukraine. Western Political Despair? globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-21). History: Germany Pursues 'Drang nach Osten' Once Again? More Weapons for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Jonathan Cook (2023-07-21). Across the West, People Are Dying in Greater Numbers. Nobody Wants to Learn Why. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-21). Censored: UFC Fighters Are Exposing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injuries and Deaths. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Sam Ben-Meir (2023-07-21). The Riots in France as Seen Through the 'Long Take'. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin (2023-07-21). "Unfreedom": Fifty Years Later. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-07-21). Biden's Tech-War against Beijing "Goes Nuclear". China and The Battle for Semiconductors. globalresearch.ca

John V. Walsh (2023-07-21). Arming Taiwan Is an Insane Provocation. asia-pacificresearch.com

Global Research News (2023-07-21). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-21). Selected Articles: 9/11 and COVID Hoaxes: Disguising Bioweapons as "Medical Cures" globalresearch.ca By Clearly there's a growing array of people out there who recognize that some knowledge of the lies an…

Ahmed Adel (2023-07-21). US Presses Ukraine for "Decisive Breakthrough": "Ukrainian Forces are being Methodically Neutralised". Heavy Casualties. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-21). The Covid Vaccine Causes Seizures in Young People. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-21). "It's Not Socialism": China is a Capitalist Cheap Labour Economy, Based on Exceedingly Low Wages. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-21). An Afrofeminist Reading from Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Merlyn Pirela A Conversation with Merlyn Pirela (Part II) Hegemonic feminist currents focus on patriarchal oppression, but racialized forms of oppression seldom enter their discourse. Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer, and a member of the Afro-Venezuelan Women's Cumbe. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explored the historical…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-21). Storm Clouds Gathering in the Black Sea. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Turkish President Recep Erdogan (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) with President Biden & NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (C), NATO Summit, Vilnius,July 11, 2023 The NATO Summit in Vilnius (July 11-12) signalled that there is absolutely no possibility of talks to settle the Ukraine war in a foreseeable future. The war…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-21). Peru Escalates the Struggle against the Boluarte Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Garcia The people of Peru took to the streets this Wednesday and Thursday to demand the resignation of the main leaders of President Dina Boluarte's regime, the advancement of general elections, and the restitution of democracy in the Andean nation. More than 20,000 Peruvians are the protagonists of the Great March of the Peoples,…

Zane McNeill (2023-07-21). 19-Year-Old Girl Sent to Jail for Self-Managed Abortion in Nebraska. truthout.org A 19-year-old woman in Nebraska has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for ending a pregnancy with abortion pills. Although she was 17 when she ended her pregnancy in April 2022, she was charged as an adult and faced up to two years in prison. Self-managed abortion is only explicitly illegal in Nevada and South Carolina, not in Nebraska. But prosecutors have criminalized… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-21). House Passes "Hateful" Bill to Defund Schools That Give Asylum Seekers Shelter. truthout.org The House passed a bill this week aimed at barring schools and universities from giving shelter to asylum seekers in a time when members of both major parties are increasing their attacks on migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. The Schools Not Shelters Act, originally introduced by Republican Rep. Marcus Molinaro (New York), passed the House 222 to 201 on Wednesday, with Republicans joined by four… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-21). Alabama GOP Defies Supreme Court Order to Pass Maps Empowering Black Voters. truthout.org The Republican-controlled Alabama state legislature is set to defy a mandate from the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts by passing a new congressional map that will only include one majority-Black district. After the last census, Alabama passed new maps that "packed" Black voters in the state within a single district. A federal court ruled last year that the map in question was unfair… |

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-21). Trump-Appointed Judge Sets Mar-a-Lago Docs Trial Date for May 2024. truthout.org A federal judge has set the trial date regarding the 37 charges former President Donald Trump faces for improperly retaining thousands of government documents, including hundreds of classified materials, at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate. Pending any further delays, the trial will commence on May 20, 2024, according to an order from District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is planned to last for around… |

Connor Echols (2023-07-21). "Oppenheimer" Leaves Out Victims of Nuclear Testing. truthout.org On July 16, 1945, the world ended. Or at least it seemed that way to residents of the Tularosa Basin in New Mexico. Unbeknownst to local civilians, J. Robert Oppenheimer had chosen their backyard as the proving ground for the world's first nuclear weapon. The explosion, which U.S. officials publicly claimed to be an accident at a local ammunition depot, tore through the morning sky, leaving a 40… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-21). Senate Democrats Advance Bill to Force Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Code. truthout.org Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation on Thursday that would force the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code for the first time in history. The committee voted along party lines to approve Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-Rhode Island) Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act, which is aimed at reining in corruption among justices in a time when new… |

Igor Derysh (2023-07-21). Trump May Face Racketeering Indictment in Georgia Election Probe. truthout.org Fulton County, Ga. District Attorney Fani Willis has amassed enough evidence in the investigation of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to charge a "sprawling racketeering indictment" next month, according to The Guardian. Willis previously said she was considering racketeering charges but the report adds new details about the scope of the charges… |

Amy Goodman (2023-07-21). Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals. truthout.org A damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-21). Report: McCarthy Promised to Expunge Trump's Impeachments. truthout.org A new report suggests that Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-California) promised Donald Trump that he would hold a vote on the House floor to expunge the former president's two impeachments — an action he cannot legally take as it is not included in the U.S. Constitution. Politico reported on the promise, citing a source with knowledge of the situation. McCarthy… |

Zara Jemuel (2023-07-21). Militant Black Unionism Offers Best Resistance to Growing White Nationalism. truthout.org The United States economy keeps Black labor at the bottom because when bosses conceded on slavery, they settled on poverty wages. While white nationalism's most visible soldiers are terror organizations and politicians, the quest for racial purity is made possible by Sears, General Motors, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Chase Bank, and other so-called job creators. Corporate benefactors fund extremist… |

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-21). Citizen science shows widespread exposure to drug-resistant fungal spores. imperial.ac.uk Fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has acquired resistance to agricultural fungicide and first-line clinical antifungal drugs.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-21). Professor Michele Dougherty elected next President of the Institute of Physics. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Head of the Department of Physics will begin her two-year term as President of the Council of Trustees in 2025.

Zoe Alexandra (2023-07-21). La Cumbre de los Pueblos en Bruselas pide que se respete la democracia y la autodeterminación. peoplesdispatch.org Más de 1.000 personas participaron en la Cumbre de los Pueblos que reunió a los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe y de Europa…

Luis De Jesus Reyes (2023-07-21). Does religious freedom exist in Cuba? peoplesdispatch.org In a report published in December 2022, the State Department placed the island on its Washington affirms that in the Caribbean country there is no "religious freedom", but Cuban religious leaders who spoke to CLARIDAD, have a different opinion, assuring that this is an excuse to damage the image of the Caribbean country and justify the imposition of more sanctions.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Belgium hosts movements from across Latin America and Europe in People's Summit. peoplesdispatch.org We bring you glimpses of the People's Summit in Brussels which brought together people's movements, trade unions, and left parties from across Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe…

Zoe Alexandra (2023-07-21). People's Summit in Brussels calls for respect of democracy and self-determination. peoplesdispatch.org

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Death toll mounts in Kenya as police intensify crackdown on protests against US-IMF backed tax regime. peoplesdispatch.org After police killed six protesters and arrested more than 300 on July 19, Kenya's left and human rights group warned of a resurgent police state. Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto's Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Thousands of Peruvians partake in 'Third Takeover of Lima', revive struggle against Boluarte regime. peoplesdispatch.org Tens of thousands of Peruvians took to the streets across the country on Wednesday, July 19, to revive the struggle against the coup-installed regime led by de-facto President Dina Boluarte who took office after democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo was removed in a legislative coup and subsequently arrested in December 2022. Boluarte, who was elected on a progressive ticket alongside Castillo, has been fiercely criticized by the people for betraying them and entering into a political alliance with the country's right-wing forces to govern. | Workers, peasants, students, members of various Ind…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). UN proposes elimination of all nuclear weapons as first step under new agenda for peace. peoplesdispatch.org Rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions across the globe need a better, reformed, and updated UN system which reflects the growing multipolarity and is more representative, unbiased, and effective…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). One Palestinian youth killed, four others wounded in Israeli occupation's raid on Nablus. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians were resisting Israeli occupation forces who stormed the area to provide security cover to illegal settlers invading the locality. Since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, extremist right-wing settlers have tried to claim exclusive access to Joseph's Shrine, which has been visited by people of all faiths for ages…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was spied on by Spanish company for CIA. peoplesdispatch.org According to El País, private security company UC Global SL spied on Rafael Correa after he left office and passed information about his private meetings to the CIA as well as to his successor Lenín Moreno…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). One year after mass uprising, Sri Lanka's political and economic crisis festers. peoplesdispatch.org Ahilan Kadirgamar, Senior Lecturer at the University of Jaffna, talks about the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka, one year after the uprising that overthrew President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He explains how the Ranil Wickremesinghe regime has combined repression with anti-people economic policies…

Lowkey (2023-07-21). The True Cost of Julian Assange's Persecution: An Exclusive Interview with Stella Assange. mintpressnews.com Lowkey catches up with legal expert and human rights defender Stella Assange to talk about her battle to free her husband Julian, the world's most famous political prisoner.

Carlos Eduardo Sánchez (2023-07-21). Venezuela's President Maduro Celebrates Milestone: 4.6 Millionth House Completed under GMVV Program. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the completion of the 4.6 millionth house, a remarkable achievement delivered through the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (GMVV) program, which stands as a significant milestone of the Chavista government's commitment to providing millions of homes. "We did it, we made it," Maduro said in his announcement. "Here is a milestone of 4,600,000 housing solutions, and from here we will keep moving forward." | The head of state reported thatSan Isidro housing development in the Tocuyo parish of the Monseñor Iturriza municipality, Falcón state, witnessed the allocation of 11…

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-21). Manuel Rosales' UNT Withdraws Candidate for Opposition Primaries. orinocotribune.com

Susana Khalil (2023-07-21). Judaism Is a Religion, Not a People; Palestine Is Not a Religion, It Is a People. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Jul 19, 2023 | The epitome of artificial secularism and the true Euro-Zionist colonial anachronism: Israel. | Honor and glory to Europe; its secularism cost it centuries of blood, cruelty, horror, and terror. With its so-called secularism nowadays, it atrociously defends and venerates its fictional "nation-state" Israel, which does not hold its origins in a people, but in a religion. | The European Zionist movement succeeded in 1948 in imposing a colonial regime in Palestine. It makes aesthetic use of Judaism, the mere religious semitic legacy that is part of Arab ancestry and heritage, f…

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-21). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves New Tax Law Aimed at Safeguarding Citizen Rights and Fostering Economic Growth. orinocotribune.com The National Assembly of Venezuela has approved the Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities. | The law was approved by the National Assembly during a second round of discussions on Tuesday, July 18. It is aimed at protecting the rights of Venezuelan people embroiled in tax issues. | Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, emphasized that the primary objective of this law is to establish a systematic framework for tax regulations while safeguarding the rights of individuals, merchants, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Additionally,…

scorinoco (2023-07-21). Russian Insulin Shipment Breaks Blockade: Venezuela Receives 1.1 Million Vials and 40,000 Syringe Pens. orinocotribune.com A shipment of 1.1 million vials of rapid- and intermediate-acting recombinant human insulin and more than 40,000 reusable syringes arrived in Venezuela from Russia. | The Russian Embassy in Venezuela reported on Wednesday, July 19, that "a large batch of Russian insulins, including syringes from Geropharm company, has reached Caracas. More than 1.1 million vials of human insulin have arrived, which can cover the needs of diabetic patients nationwide for three months." | Llegó a Caracas un lote de mayor volumen de insulinas rusas incluyendo las plumas jeringas de la compañía Geropharm! | Más de 1.1 millones de in…

scorinoco (2023-07-21). Simón Bolívar Statue Unveiled in Moscow. orinocotribune.com A true-to-life replica of the statue of Liberator Simón Bolívar, which stands in Bolívar Square in Caracas and was originally inaugurated in 1874 by Antonio Guzman Blanco, has been unveiled in Moscow, Russia. The grand unveiling ceremony took place on Wednesday, July 19, just a few days prior to the 240th anniversary of the birth of this eminent South American revolutionary. | Simón Bolívar, a revered leader, played a momentous role in emancipating the people of Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru from the yoke of the Spanish Crown. | The monument is located at the intersection of Vernadsky Avenue and…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-07-21). What's Next In Julian Assange's Case?>. thedissenter.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his legal team believe that Assange may be extradited to the United States before the end of summer.It is unfortunately time for us to prepare for court proceedings, and so far, you came through for us marvelously.I am so grateful to our readers for exceeding our goal of raising $1,000 to support my coverage of Assange's U.S. court proceedings. You raised over $3,000. | Now that we have plenty to cover the costs of traveling to Alexandria, Virginia, if Assange is arraigned, let's build on this momentum and raise our goal to support our coverage going forward.Donate $50 to help…

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Insights | U.S. experts: U.S. and China should coexist peacefully for a better future. ecns.cn While talking exclusively with China News Network, Douglas Paal, distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Sourabh Gupta, resident senior fellow at ICAS, elucidated their thoughts on the trend of the U.S.-China relationship.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Hangzhou Asian Games themed Fuxing high-speed train unveiled in Changchun. ecns.cn A Hangzhou Asian Games themed Fuxing high-speed train rolls off production line in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 21, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Field with blooming cole flowers attracts visitors in Sichuan. ecns.cn A field with blooming cole flowers and clusters of white clouds in the blue sky create a splendid landscape in summer in Ruoergai County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Tropical storm Doksuri forms, to affect coastal areas in SE China. ecns.cn The 5th typhoon in 2023, or Doksuri, a tropical storm, has formed in the ocean in the east of the Philippines, according to China Meteorological Observatory (CMO) on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan: Chinese FM. ecns.cn No matter how Japan tries, there is no way to whitewash its discharge plan and the protests from neighboring countries and the questions raised by people within Japan are all clear evidence, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a press conference on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Over 700,000 pieces of fake online content deleted. ecns.cn More than 700,000 pieces of fake information on the internet have been eliminated by Chinese police during a 100-day campaign against rumors, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Sanya-Jakarta air route opens. ecns.cn A Boeing 737-900 aircraft operated by Lion Air from Indonesia, carrying 180 passengers, arrived at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in South China's Hainan Province at 0: 54 a.m. on Friday, marking the official opening of the Sanya-Jakarta international air route.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). One Chinese citizen injured in Auckland shooting incident. ecns.cn One Chinese citizen got injured in the shooting incident that happened in downtown Auckland in New Zealand on Thursday, China Media Group reported.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China conducts anti-dumping investigation into propanoic acid imports from U.S. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Friday to launch an anti-dumping investigation into imported propanoic acid originating in the U.S. starting from July 21, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in New Zealand. ecns.cn Co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup opened on Thursday. A total of 32 teams will compete across 64 matches in 9 host cities.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). UAE unveils climate action plan for COP28. ecns.cn The United Arab Emirates has launched a summit plan focused on fast-tracking energy transition, climate finance, livelihoods and inclusivity as it prepares to host this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai in November..

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). TSMC delays chip production at Arizona plant. ecns.cn Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) — the world's largest chipmaker — will delay mass production of chips at its new Arizona-based chip plant until 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Insights | CPC never forgets its main mission to serve people: Italian expert. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests. The distinctive model of the socialist market economy has tried to combine private profits and common prosperity, productivity and welfare, merit and social demand, something even impossible to think of nowadays in the West.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Meteorological routing center established in Beijing. ecns.cn A meteorological routing center under the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) was established in Beijing on Thursday. The center will provide weather navigation services for ships based on weather conditions, sea conditions, vessel performance, and more.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Insights | BRI doesn't distinguish participants based on ideologies, nor does it respond to zero-sum game logic: expert. ecns.cn "The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests," said Fabio Massimo Parenti, professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florencein an online interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China's Shenzhou-16 crew completes first spacewalk. ecns.cn The Shenzhou-16 crew members on board China's orbiting space station completed their first spacewalk on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Mascot of 31st FISU World University Games featured with 'face changing' on display. ecns.cn The design of the Mascot Rongbao was inspired by the changing faces of Sichuan Opera, one of the symbols of Tianfu culture. Face changing, or "bian lian," traces its history back some 300 years, and is unique to the southwestern province of Sichuan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Beloved giant panda Fu Bao turns to three in South Korea. ecns.cn Fu Bao, the first giant panda born through natural breeding in South Korea, turned to three on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Chinese, Ukrainian commerce officials eye deepening economic cooperation, expanding imports. ecns.cn China's Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Representative Ling Ji met with Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Kachka in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Culture Fact | Get ready for 'Zhongfu'. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Top fighter jets to take part in Changchun air show. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army Air Force will send its best aircraft to perform at an air show in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, according to officers.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Heavy rainfall to cool off sweltering north. ecns.cn The heaviest rainfall so far this year began hitting areas in North China on Thursday, bringing some relief to a region that has been scorched in recent weeks by persistently high temperatures.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Guidance greeted as stimulative for entrepreneurs. ecns.cn China's latest guidance to drive the development of the private sector will boost confidence among private enterprises, allowing them to make more innovations and stimulate market vitality for greater economic growth.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Fossil study indicates mammals may have preyed on dinosaurs. ecns.cn People commonly think of dinosaurs as being overwhelmingly dominant during their time on Earth, but a recent study suggests that despite their usually much larger size, they may still have fallen prey to mammal predators.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Experts call for R&D investments in booming hair health sector. ecns.cn China's hair health sector requires greater investment in research and development to develop rapidly and meet rising consumer demand, industry experts have said.

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-21). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

Art Persyko (2023-07-21). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

Julie Russell-Steuart (2023-07-21). Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective. indybay.org The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Australian entertainment union opposes industrial action to support striking US actors and writers. wsws.org The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance has made clear to the US entertainment corporations that there will be no disruption to their productions in Australia during the strike.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Australia hosting its largest ever military games to simulate war against China. wsws.org The centerpiece of Talisman Sabre is a massive land, air and sea invasion of an island in the Pacific, clearly directed against the Chinese military.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Reject management-union privatisation and job destruction program at Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. wsws.org Appeals for increased retrenchment payouts is a cynical manoeuvre by union bureaucrats who are simply asking for a higher price for the destruction of jobs that they have no right to sell.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Congress, Biden embrace Israeli racists and warmongers. wsws.org While Congress overwhelmingly approved a resolution denying that Israel is a racist state, the White House invited the racist-in-chief, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to make an official visit to Washington..

WSWS (2023-07-21). Two Australian schoolgirls die amid surge of flu infections. wsws.org The tragic deaths highlight the danger of flu, which has killed at least 134 people in Australia this year, and, in particular, Influenza B, the effects of which tend to be most severe among pregnant women and children, including those who are otherwise healthy.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Wabtec rejects UE's latest concessions offer. wsws.org Management walked out of resumed negotiations after just six minutes, rejecting the UE's proposed concessions as inadequate.

WSWS (2023-07-21). What did Biden and the UAW president discuss at the White House? wsws.org The talks had the character of a corporatist conspiracy against autoworkers—a plot by the highest levels of the state and the UAW bureaucracy to impose the demands of the corporations on the workers.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Democrats in Washington D.C. and Maryland announce law and order policies in response to shootings. wsws.org In wake of recent shootings in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Democratic Party and pseudo-left officials have spearheaded a law and order crackdown.

WSWS (2023-07-21). In the midst of bitter conflict with actors and writers, Netflix reports $8.2 billion in second-quarter revenue. wsws.org On Wednesday, Netflix reported total revenue of $8.2 billion in the second quarter of 2023, with net income of $1.5 billion.

WSWS (2023-07-21). TWU pushes through concessions contract for NYC transit workers. wsws.org The sellout deal for transit workers formalized on Wednesday was coupled with fare and toll hikes for commuters.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Trudeau denounces Canadian dockers' "unacceptable" opposition to government-dictated contract, vows ports "can't be disrupted" wsws.org Although the government intervened in the dispute early on and the employers have been baying for state action against the dockers from day-one, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union opposes any strategy to mobilize the working class to oppose a government-dictated settlement, whether imposed by a back-to-work law or some other means.

WSWS (2023-07-21). German government decimates research funding for Long Covid. wsws.org Instead of €100 million as originally announced, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (Social Democrat, SPD) wants to make only €21 million available for Long Covid research and the development of therapies and drugs against it.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Residents of Northside Kalamazoo fight poisoning of their neighborhood by global paper packaging company. wsws.org Residents of the Northside neighborhood of Kalamazoo are fighting the global paper manufacturing company Graphic Packaging International and the local, state and federal government to stop the poisoning of their community with toxic hydrogen sulfide gas.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Michael: Rapper Killer Mike releases an unflattering self-portrait. wsws.org The outspoken rapper responds to this moment of capitalism's intersecting crises … with an album that worships God and Mammon.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Autoworkers at General Motors' CAMI plant in Canada forced to rely on food banks during electric vehicle transition. wsws.org The 170,000 autoworkers in all the other operations of the Detroit Three in Canada and the United States who face—or will face—EV retooling programs, would do well to learn the lessons of the CAMI experience.

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-21). If Everybody's Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations? dissidentvoice.org Bassim Al Shaker (Iraq), Symphony of Death 1, 2019 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11—12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqué released after the first day's proceedings claimed that 'NATO is a defensive alliance', a statement that encapsulates why many struggle to grasp its true essence. A look at …

_____ (2023-07-21). Egypt and India: a clear example of the multipolar character of today's world. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-21). NATO Promises a Tricky Long War on Russia. journal-neo.org The latest NATO summit has been 'successful' insofar as it brought Sweden's membership very close to becoming a reality. At the same time, the summit also made clear that the alliance, even though it fell short of offering membership to Ukraine, is gearing up for a long war with Russia. The most prominent proponent of […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-21). Victims of US military action meet in Hanoi to discuss the disposal of hazardous chemicals. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-21). Ukraine's Agent Zelensky… a Puppet Show Produced by the West. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-21). Historical Falsification in the Service of Pro-War Propaganda. strategic-culture.org In its latest foray into the realm of historical falsification, the New York Times on Tuesday published a news analysis pinning the blame for World War II on the Soviet Union. The lengthy article authored by Andrew E. Kramer, entitled "A Current War Collides with the Past: Remnants of World War II in Ukraine," makes no mention of either the Holocaust or the Nazi war of annihilation against the Soviet people.

_____ (2023-07-21). U.S. Military Sought to Experiment on Africans for Big Pharma: Kremlin. strategic-culture.org The allegations involve Metabiota, a firm with links to US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter | Join us on , , and . | The Pentagon planned to use its biolaboratories in Africa to test unregistered medicines on local populati…

_____ (2023-07-21). Pole Vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva: MI6's Latest Assassination Target. strategic-culture.org The Russians will return and some of them will be up for settling scores with those who think Russian or other women make easy targets for their bile, Declan Hayes writes. | Join us on , , and . | As sport shifts its focus f…

April Lanuza (2023-07-21). Donald Trump faces more legal troubles. america.cgtn.com Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces legal troubles…

April Lanuza (2023-07-21). Brazil's tourism industry rebounds after COVID-19. america.cgtn.com Brazil's tourism industry is bouncing back after COVID-19. Although the country is seeing a record number of tourists, analysts say there' still room for growth.

manager (2023-07-21). IMF Surcharge Fees Hurt Those the Fund Is Meant to Help. cepr.net DC Journal Opelika-Auburn News See article on original site When Rep. Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois, learned about the International Monetary Fund's surcharge policy, it felt familiar: "To me, this looks like the business model of payday lenders here in Chicago, not an economic development agency." The IMF is the lender of last resort to countries experiencing economic difficulties. …

Robert Reich (2023-07-21). How to fix a broken Supreme Court. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court derives its strength not from the use of force or political power, but from the trust of the people.

Nick Cunningham (2023-07-21). Proposed pipeline expansion could upend three states' climate plans. nationofchange.org "These XPress projects are putting millions of cubic feet of gas into the United States at a time when Texas is baking and Oregon is burning."

Alessandra Bergamin (2023-07-21). How suing the US government can empower the climate movement. nationofchange.org

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-21). UN agencies warn that hunger may increase in El Salvador. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Warnings from United Nations agencies that hunger may increase in El Salvador are highlighted today in local media such as La Prensa Grafica.

anonimo (2023-07-21). Costa Rica alert due to increase in respiratory viruses in children. plenglish.com San José, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican health authorities warned, once again, about the increase in respiratory diseases in children, which maintains 134 percent occupancy in the main children's hospital.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-21). Observers show interest in early elections in Ecuador. plenglish.com Quito, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The National Electoral Council (CNE) in Ecuador detailed that until today they have accredited more than 240 people as national observers for the elections, while they are waiting for some international missions' confirmation.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-21). Lopez Obrador welcomes President of Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, welcomed today the founder and president of the Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers, Estela Carlotto, to his morning press conference at the National Palace.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-21). Cuba's Septeto Santiaguero is to exhibit art in Poland. plenglish.com Warsaw, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The Septeto Santiaguero, a faithful exponent of traditional Cuban music, will exhibit its art and the son roots that distinguish them in the Globaltica Festival that takes place in this capital city.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-21). Russia will do its best to supply African nations with grains. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Russia is developing new routes for grain supplies to African countries after the completion of the grain agreement, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said today.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-21). World Federation of Trade Unions rejects US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Pambis Kyritsis, rejected here the use of economic blockades as a political tool of powerful nations to impose their model of domination on countries like Cuba.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-21). France calls on EU to stop alignment with the United States. plenglish.com Paris, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) French academic and essayist Salim Lamrani considered today the European Union (EU) should abandon its almost systematic alignment with the United States policy, which he described as absurd.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-21). Cuba's province of Matanzas increases digital self-service stations. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) With the purpose of optimizing and facilitating processes of procedures to the population, the Scientific and Technological Park of Matanzas (PCTM) is working to increase digital self-service stations.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-21). Argentine president denounces effects of debt with IMF. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The debt contracted by former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) represents an impressive weight for the Argentine economy, President Alberto Fernández said today.

Staff (2023-07-21). "The Wind Knows My Name": Novelist Isabel Allende on Child Separation from the Nazis to U.S. Border. democracynow.org In an in-depth interview about her work, we speak with Isabel Allende, one of the world's most celebrated novelists, author of 26 books that have sold more than 77 million copies and have been translated into 42 languages. Her books include The House of the Spirits, Paula and Daughter of Fortune, and her latest novel is The Wind Knows My Name, which looks at the trauma of child-family separation, from Nazi Germany to the U.S.-Mexico border, and those on the frontlines helping migrant children. "That idea of separating the kids is extremely cruel, but it keeps happening," Allende tells Democracy…

Staff (2023-07-21). "Immensely Invisible": Immigrant Women in ICE Jails Face Sexual Abuse Despite Reforms, Report Reveals. democracynow.org A damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they are at their most vulnerable. It comes more than a decade after Hinojosa's report for PBS Frontline about sexual abuse in ICE detention. But allegations of abuse have continued. "If you complain, you are goin…

Staff (2023-07-21). Headlines for July 21, 2023. democracynow.org Russia Targets Ukrainian Grain Supplies; Ukraine Starts Deploying U.S.-Supplied Cluster Bombs, Nebraska Teen Who Used Abortion Pill Gets Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail, Women Suing Texas over Abortion Ban Share Harrowing Personal Accounts, Florida's New Black History Standards Say Slavery Had "Personal Benefit", Florida Rights Groups Sue over Law Cracking Down on Immigrant Communities, Florida Rights Group Sue for Illegal Intimidation of People with Felonies Seeking to Vote, GA to Purge Nearly 200,000 Voters; AL Legislature Ignores SCOTUS Redistricting Order, Alabama Executes James Barber as It Re…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). WHO's power grab through surveillance and "triple billion" targets. expose-news.com During an interview with Peter Sweden, Noor Bin Ladin exposed how the World Health Organisation ("WHO") does not care about your health, but instead, it acts as a globalist organisation under the …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). The Freemasons' MYCHIP programme used to track children. expose-news.com North American Masonic Lodges have an initiative called the Masonic Child Identification Programme ("CHIP"). CHIP programmes are supported monetarily at the Grand Lodge level, and are staffed by volunteers from subordinate lodges …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). Climate engineering is already having severe negative impacts on our weather, food supplies, biodiversity and health. expose-news.com US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently interviewed Dane Wigington, founder of Geoengineering Watch, about climate engineering and its hidden role in climate change. According to Wigington, geoengineering projects of various …

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-21). Presidenta de Honduras denuncia politización de la ONU. telesurtv.net Castro solicitó en 2022 a la ONU su apoyo para instalar una Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad y la Corrupción en Honduras.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-21). Estado Carabobo recibe Festival Mundial de Poesía de Venezuela. telesurtv.net El evento se lleva a cabo bajo el lema "Con el Río a la Espalda" en homenaje al escritor Pedro Ruiz, nacido en Trujillo, en el oeste de Venezuela, en 1953.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-07-21). Aumentan tensiones diplomáticas entre Suecia e Irak. telesurtv.net El Gobierno iraquí no especificó cómo quedarán las relaciones diplomáticas, pero reiteró que una nueva quema del Corán tendrá como consecuencia la ruptura de las mismas.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-21). Continúan las movilizaciones en la denominada toma de Lima en Perú. telesurtv.net La Defensoría de Perú refirió que se encuentran desplegados en diversos puntos de la ciudad de Lima.

teleSUR, nama (2023-07-21). Ente electoral de Guatemala condena allanamiento en su contra. telesurtv.net Fiscalía de Guatemala allanó por segunda vez la sede del Tribunal Supremo en búsqueda de evidencias y registros.

teleSUR odr DRL (2023-07-21). Piden no aplicar auto de reelección presidencial en El Salvador. telesurtv.net Desde la sociedad civil presentaron un escrito ante el TSE donde solicitó que abroguen la resolución 1-2021 de la Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ).

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-21). Gobierno sanvicentino afirma que combatirá el crimen. telesurtv.net El primer ministro interino de San Vicente y Granadinas, Montgomery Daniel, junto con altos funcionarios de la policía ofrecieron detalles de la investigación.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-21). Francia "apoya" a la ONU para solucionar crisis en Haití. telesurtv.net El mandatario francés confirmó haberse reunido con el primer ministro Ariel Henry.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-21). Bolivia ratifica que es primera reserva de litio a nivel global. telesurtv.net Según el presidente Arce, en el salar de Uyuni y en los yacimientos de Copaisa y Pastos Grandes, la nación andina tiene unas 23 millones de toneladas.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-21). Reportan nueva explosión del volcán Ubinas en Moquegua, Perú. telesurtv.net El ente informó que después de la explosión, la columna eruptiva formada por gases y ceniza, alcanzó tres kilómetros de altura.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-21). Gobierno de Jujuy intenta impedir marcha de Noche del Apagón. telesurtv.net Pese a las restricciones del Gobierno local, ya ocurren en Jujuy actos por los 47 años de la Noche del Apagón.

Lawrence S. Wittner (2023-07-21). Robert Oppenheimer's Tragedy―and Ours. fpif.org The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography,

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Video: Opposing the anti-trans hysteria. greenleft.org.au

Leo Earle (2023-07-21). Women's game brings silky skills to the world stage, with powerful displays of solidarity behind the scenes. greenleft.org.au With the hopes of a nation delicately balanced, the Matildas took on the Republic of Ireland, in front of a record crowd of 75,784, in their opening game of the Women's World Cup. Leo Earle takes a look behind the tournament.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Traditional Owners defeat proposed Kimba radioactive waste dump. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Gas industry peak body referred to regulator for alleged greenwashing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Public housing tenant Margaret Kelly given eviction date. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Anti-war protesters say Talisman Sabre war games should be cancelled. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Calls grow for public housing to be saved, more built. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Finance union urges NAB workers to vote up improved agreement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Four Big Banks refuse to renew loans to Whitehaven Coal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Video: Caste and Class in India today. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Merri-bek community takes to the streets against AUKUS. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

Ann Brown (2023-07-21). Federal Reserve Set to Launch Instant Payments Service FedNow: 3 Things to Know. moguldom.com On July 20, the Federal Reserve's new system for instant payments, the FedNow Service, went live. Much like Zelle, this new tool will allow banks and other financial institutions to instantly transfer money for their customers, 24/7, 365 days a year. Instant payment is a method of exchanging money and processing payments, allowing for almost …

Ann Brown (2023-07-21). 7 Signs The Ad-Supported Media Business Is Headed For Financial Crisis. moguldom.com Media companies are being hit hard by the current economic downturn the U.S. is experiencing. Media companies, big and small, are announcing total shutdowns or major workforce cuts. While it is mainly media that is ad-supported, even non-profit media companies are making deep cuts as well. But this is really nothing new; media job losses …

Eds. (2023-07-21). Tomorrow: De-linking in Theory and Practice: Commemorating Samir Amin. mronline.org Join us at a conference tomorrow to commemorate the remarkable contributions of Samir Amin, a visionary scholar who dedicated his life to challenging dominant paradigms and advocating for de-linking from oppressive systems.

Editor (2023-07-21). Ecocide, war and the "New American Century" mronline.org Ecocide is the deliberate destruction of an environment so that it can no longer sustain life.

Editor (2023-07-21). Inexcusable Inaction: Manipur's horrific video exposes sexual violence, Govt failure. mronline.org The police only swung to action after a video of the savage incident of two Kuki women being paraded naked on May 4 went viral and sparked political outrage.

Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-21). RFK, Jr.: It's Not Genetics, It's Racial Capitalism. popularresistance.org I know that opinions about COVID-19 and the vaccines related to it are still as varied as they are passionate, at least in the US where this government did absolutely nothing under two presidents to protect people and save lives in the midst of a global pandemic. But let me just be the one to say it if you were afraid to. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s recent comments about the virus are wackadoodle, but should not be dismissed outright because of his dismissal of US racialized capitalism that fueled the deadly outcome of the pandemic in the US among certain groups of people.

Alexandra Bradbury, Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-07-21). UPS Teamsters Are 'Just Practicing'. popularresistance.org The clock is ticking on the August 1 strike deadline of 340,000 UPS Teamsters. It would be the largest strike at a private employer in decades. | "People are actually paying attention," said delivery driver Kioma Forero, a Local 804 shop steward in New York City. Customers along her route stop her to say, "I hope your negotiations go well." The hosts are talking about it on Hot 97, the city's top hip-hop station. | A deal could still avert a strike—as we went to press, the Teamsters announced UPS had reached out to resume negotiations. The union bargaining team had dispersed to members' home locals after ta…

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-07-21). We Can Have a World Without Spam. progressive.org In this new book, the author encourages readers to unsubscribe from Big Banks, Big Brands, Big Media, Big Politics, and Big Tech.

Negin Farsad (2023-07-21). Hemming and Hawing: Everything Sucks, But Everything is Fine. progressive.org Why do we have to be so insistent that the world is falling apart?

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). Why The West Is Losing Both of Its Wars, Against Both Russia And China. theduran.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). BBC Under Fire for Doing Pesticide Giant's PR. desmog.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). 'Underground Climate Change' Is Shifting Chicago's Foundations, Study Finds. ecowatch.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). What should we do with the perpetrators of the climate crisis? wagingnonviolence.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). American Airlines Flight Attendants Move Closer To Strike. popularresistance.org

Staff (2023-07-21). Instagram project to tackle abusive animal content is half-cocked, study finds. thecanary.co Social media companies are not doing enough to tackle abusive content involving non-human animals on their platforms, a recent study suggests. In this instance, researchers found that an initiative by Instagram to flag content that risks encouraging cruel wildlife tourism interactions is severely lacking. But the issue goes beyond Instagram, as prior investigations into abusive …

Staff (2023-07-21). Stella Assange & Lowkey Discuss The War On Julian Assange. youtube.com Lowkey catches up with legal expert and human rights defender Stella Assange to talk about her battle to free her husband Julian, the world's most famous political prisoner. Please support independent media and join the new MintPress campaign on Indiegogo here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/say-no-to-censorship-support-mintpress#/ Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews MintPress News: www.mintpressnews.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/MintPressNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/mintpress/ Telegram …

Staff (2023-07-21). Women denied abortions despite health risks testify in Texas case. thecanary.co Content warning: graphic discussion of deaths of infants resulting from abortion bans A Texas court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that says the state's strict abortion ban is preventing people who develop serious medical conditions during pregnancy from receiving the care they need. Amanda Zurawski, one of the plaintiffs in the case, gave harrowing …

Staff (2023-07-21). What's Next In The Julian Assange Case. shadowproof.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his legal team believe that Assange may be extradited to the United States before the end of summer. It is unfortunately time for us to prepare for court proceedings, and so far, you came through for us marvelously. I am so grateful to our readers for exceeding our goal of …

Activista (2023-07-21). Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours. indybay.org Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto | 1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox…

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Private firms on tap for more gov't assistance. ecns.cn China will soon roll out a series of policy measures to support more private investment and boost private enterprises as part of a package of measures to bolster corporate confidence and revive economic recovery.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). CATL to develop electric aircraft. ecns.cn Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, the world's largest electric vehicle battery maker, has set up an aviation company on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China starts drilling the second 10,000-meter-borehole in SW China's Sichuan. ecns.cn China's second superdeep borehole at a planned depth of 10,000 meters has begun drilling in Southwest China's Sichuan Basin, which may reach to the targeting superdeep natural gas reserve area, China Media Group reported on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Three Gorges launches history-making wind farm off Fujian shores. ecns.cn The launch of a giant offshore wind farm with the world's largest per-unit capacity in China marks a breakthrough in high-end wind turbine manufacturing and deep-sea offshore wind power construction capabilities.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Airbus Helicopters H175 granted certification by CAAC. ecns.cn The H175, a type of helicopter of Airbus, has received certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Airbus said on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Xi: Bolster protection, quality of farmland. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping underlined on Thursday the importance of bolstering the protection and quality of farmland and tapping into the potential for exploiting saline and alkaline soils as part of broader efforts to beef up agricultural production and ensure China's food security.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Nation's ODI to maintain upward trajectory. ecns.cn China's outbound direct investment is poised to maintain an upward trajectory in the second half of 2023, boosting the growth of its private companies and contributing to global economic recovery.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Japan will fail in its 'whitewash' attempts. ecns.cn China dismissed on Thursday Japan's "global public relations campaign" to justify its plan to dump radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, and said Japan will fail to "whitewash" its plan no matter how much it tries.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China, Russia kick off joint military exercise in Sea of Japan. ecns.cn With a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy destroyer designated as the command ship, the China-Russia Northern/Interaction-2023 joint military exercise kicked off in the Sea of Japan on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China, U.S. have candid, constructive dialogue on global climate governance. ecns.cn China and the U.S. have had candid, in-depth and constructive dialogue on promoting global climate governance, communication and cooperation during the talks between China's special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua and visiting U.S. climate envoy John Kerry.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China unveils ship meteorological routing center in Beijing. ecns.cn The China Meteorological Administration unveiled its meteorological routing center in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). First man tried in Hong Kong for insulting national anthem sentenced to 3 months in jail. ecns.cn A man has been sentenced to three months in prison in HKSAR on Thursday for replacing the national anthem with a song associated with the 2019 Hong Kong riots in a video showing a Hong Kong athlete celebrating his victory at the Tokyo Olympics.

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Wild Asian elephants spotted in Yunnan Province. ecns.cn A total of 43 wild Asian elephants were recently spotted approaching residential areas in Mohan town, Southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-21). Italy recovers stolen letter from Christopher Columbus found in US. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Italy recovered a letter from Christopher Columbus to the Catholic King and Queen of Spain, which was stolen from the Marciana National Library in Venice nearly 40 years ago.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-21). Not even remittances can save El Salvador from poverty. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) At least two of ten Salvadoran families who receive remittances from the United States and other countries are in a state of poverty, El Salvador's Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM) reported.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-21). Destinos Gaviota 2023, a key for tourism in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The 5th Edition of the Destinos Gaviota 2003 Tourist Exchange, scheduled for October, is in the foreground of travel agencies and tour operators that work with Cuba. This criterion is supported by the main specialists in the sector, who are interested in being up to date with the news regarding trips to Cuba.

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). Africa's path to socialism By: Tanupriya Singh. midwesternmarx.com 200 delegates from 40 organizations are gathering in South Africa for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. For the next four days, progressive movements and organizations will discuss the challenges posed by capitalism, and articulate the socialist way forward On Monday, July 17, 200 delegates from progressive organizations, political parties, people's movements, and trade unions across the African continent will gather in Bel …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). COMMUNISTS CONDEMN DEATH THREATS AGAINST BROTHERS ALEXANDER AND MIKHAIL KONONOVICH IN UKRAINE By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Communist Party of Ireland Statement: Solidarity with Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich The Communist Party of Ireland joins communist parties and other leftist and progressive forces around the world in condemning the death threats, persecution and other forms of ongoing intimidation against communist youth leaders Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich who are under house arrest in Ukraine.Following the onset of the proxy NATO war against R …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York By: David Walsh. midwesternmarx.com The strike by tens of thousands of US film and television actors officially began Friday. The actors, members of the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), have now joined the 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), on strike since May 2.The actors and writers are striking against the cabal of giant film and television production companies organized in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over fundamental …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Science Saturday: A novel testing approach for newly identified VEXAS syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org VEXAS syndrome is a severe autoinflammatory disease that results in a spectrum of rheumatologic and hematologic conditions. Mostly affecting men over age 50, VEXAS is caused by somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells, which is a gene located in the X chromosome. Until just a few years ago, patients presenting with features of VEXAS syndrome were not unified under a specific diagnosis. The underlying cause of newly identified VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Proper posture and body alignment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17. Does it really matter if I'm slouching a bit? ANSWER: Though it may seem annoying, your grandmother is correct in that good posture supports good health. And starting good habits now, though it requires conscious effort, can help you…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people think that a breast health specialist only treats cancer, but the truth is that these doctors handle a wide range of breast-related conditions. Dr. Lauren Cornell, a Mayo Clinic breast medicine specialist, says there are many ways people can benefit from seeing a breast medicine expert. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? youtu.be/sU7I61tnxZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist and director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). Parlamento cubano examina temas del desarrollo económico-social. telesurtv.net La aprobación del Código Penal Militar incide en el fortalecimiento de la justicia militar, la capacidad y disposición formativa de las instituciones armadas del país.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). Cumbre iberoamericana de movilidad humana inicia en Bolivia. telesurtv.net El evento contará con la participación de delegaciones internacionales vinculadas a defensorías del pueblo.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). Alaud en la India deja al menos cinco muertos y heridos. telesurtv.net Este deslizamiento ocurrió en el horario de la noche, en el distrito de Raigad, después de las intensas lluvias que azotaron el lugar.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-21). Muere menor de edad tras ataque de dron ucraniano contra Crimea. telesurtv.net Las autoridades locales introdujeron el régimen de situación de emergencia en la localidad afectada de Razdólnoye.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Convocan marchas en Argentina a 47 años de la Noche del Apagón. telesurtv.net En Jujuy se llevará cabo la "40 Marcha del Apagón del Terror" desde Calilegua a Libertador General San Martín.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Anfitrionas de Mundial de Fútbol (f) vencen en su primer partido. telesurtv.net El equipo de las neozelandesas venció a Noruega, que no pudo encontrar su mejor forma ante la presión de su rival.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Colombianos se movilizan en apoyo al Gobierno de Petro. telesurtv.net Trabajadores se movilizarán en todo el país para respaldar las reformas laboral, pensional y a la salud que serán presentadas ante el Congreso.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Lula critica a presidente chileno por exigir visión más dura contra Rusia. telesurtv.net "Posiblemente, la falta de costumbre de participar en estas reuniones hace que el joven sea más sediento", afirmó Lula.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-21). Tiroteo deja cinco muertos en San Vicente y las Granadinas. telesurtv.net La Policía local precisó que las víctimas corresponden a cuatro hombres adultos y un menor de 13 años.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-21). Anuncian nuevas movilizaciones contra Gobierno y Congreso peruanos. telesurtv.net Esta tarde habrá nuevas movilizaciones en Lima (capital). Se convocó a una marcha nacional para el sábado 22 de julio.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-21). Rusia prorroga medidas contra sanciones de Occidente hasta 2025. telesurtv.net Se extiende por otros dos años la vigencia de estas contramedidas comerciales, adoptadas por Moscú ante las medidas coercitivas unilaterales impuestas por Occidente.

teleSUR, Martín Guerra (2023-07-21). Restituyamos el voto popular, libertad para Pedro Castillo. telesurtv.net ¿Se vive en estos momentos una crisis de legitimidad de la decisión popular o una crisis respecto al control del poder político? ¿Es un momento electoral o de defensa de la decisión popular? ¿Corresponde a los golpistas y a quienes perdieron las elecciones en 2021 definir los destinos del país o al pueblo organizado? ¿Qué significó el arribo del profesor Pedro Castillo Terrones al gobierno del Perú?

teleSUR, nama (2023-07-21). Ecuador y EE. UU. firman memorando en materia de seguridad. telesurtv.net Presidencia ecuatoriana aseguró que se prevé el intercambio de información para combatir grupos armados y narcotráfico.

teleSUR, nbb, JDO (2023-07-21). Suben a 20 fallecidos por deslave en Colombia. telesurtv.net Militares, bomberos y miembros de otras entidades estatales, que suman más de 400 rescatistas, buscan sobrevivientes del desastre, ocurrido la noche del lunes.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-21). Junta Electoral de España aumenta plazo para el voto por correo. telesurtv.net Las Oficinas de Correos indicaron que hasta el plazo se estiende hasta el viernes 21 de julio a las 14H00 (hora local).

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-21). Sindicatos argentinos realizan paro en defensa de sus derechos. telesurtv.net Dichos sindicatos ratificaron sus planes de lucha tras el fracaso de las negociaciones con las cámaras empresariales.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Canadian autoworkers at General Motors' CAMI plant forced to rely on food banks amid massive attacks on wages and conditions during electric vehicle transition. wsws.org The 170,000 autoworkers in all the other operations of the Detroit Three in Canada and the United States who face—or will face—EV retooling programs, would do well to learn the lessons of the CAMI experience.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). 70 years after armistice: It's time to end the Korean War! greenleft.org.au

thenation (2023-07-21). In Jenin, as Elsewhere, Netanyahu Knows He Can Count on Washington's Complicity. thenation.com As America's nonresponse to the attack on Jenin demonstrates, support for Israeli apartheid is fully bipartisan.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-21). Dogs, Squirrels, the West and Prigozhin. sonar21.com I am a dog lover. I have two Rottweilers. And as smart and athletic as my dogs are, they fail to understand that their chance of nabbing a pesky squirrel…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-21). Israel's Apartheid Versus South Africa's Apartheid: The U.S. Congress Is More Unanimously Supportive of Israel's Apartheid Than It Was Of South Africa's. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse On Wednesday, July 19th, the Asian-American Sharon Zhang headlined "Only 9 House Reps Vote Against Resolution Denying Israeli…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-21). Israeli blockade of Gaza threatens the lives of cancer patients. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The lack of medicines caused by Israel's blockade threatens the lives of over 9,000 cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, the health authorities denounced.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-21). Malaysian Prime Minister concludes visit to Vietnam. plenglish.com Hanoi, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, is concluding a two-day official visit to Vietnam aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and in particular the strategic association agreed upon back in 2015.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-21). Russia destroys residence of foreign instructors in Nikolaev. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) A recent Russian attack on the Ukrainian port of Nikolaev destroyed a hotel where foreign military instructors were residing, said the coordinator of clandestine groups in the city, Sergei Lebedev.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is Takayasu's arteritis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You've been feeling fatigued, lost a little weight, and had some muscle aches and pains, and your doctor can't determine what's wrong. What seem like symptoms of a common cold could actually be early signs of something called vasculitis, a group of disorders of the blood vessels that often go undiagnosed for years. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jason Howland explores one of the rarer forms of vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Facial drooping in children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband and I recently noticed our 5-year-old daughter was having difficulty blinking and eating, and one side of her face was drooping. The pediatrician referred us to a plastic surgeon who diagnosed her with facial paralysis. What is facial paralysis and what are the treatment options? Will this require surgery? ANSWER: Facial paralysis occurs when you cannot move some or all of the facial muscles. It can affect one or both sides of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: Keeping kids safe outside during summer play. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Summer vacation for kids is well underway. Finding activities to keep the kids busy and destinations to visit can be on many parents' list. There is one place Mayo Clinic's Dr. Steven Maher hopes they don't have to visit — and that's the emergency medicine department. From wearing bike helmets to keeping kids hydrated, Dr. Maher says there are a few things you can do to help keep kids safe during summer play. Watch: The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Drug to prevent RSV in babies approved: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A drug to protect infants and babies from RSV has been approved by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to help protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The medication, given as a single-dose injection prior to or during RSV season, is a monoclonal antibody. It is intended for babies born during or entering their first RSV season and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe…

thecommunists (2023-07-21). Comrade Tongogara, who dedicated his life to the cause of freedom. thecommunists.org Lalkar is sad to announce the death of Comrade Tongogara, who breathed his last on 11 May this year. Born Danny Morrell on 6 February 1942, he adopted the name Tongogara after the great Zimbabwean fighter Josiah Tongogara who fought for the liberation of Zimbabwe from the clutches of the racist white minority regime of …

thecommunists (2023-07-21). Donetsk communist leader: 'No democracy in Ukraine'. thecommunists.org Steve Sweeney interviews Boris Litinov, head of the Donetsk republican branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Topics discussed range from Comrade Litinov's views on the split in the international communist movement over the war in Ukraine, his thoughts on the effect of western propaganda on the communist and trade union organisations in …

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). Cuban Parliament debates on food, prices and energy. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The 10th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (parliament) today debates transcendental issues for the population such as food, price control and the national energy system.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). Cuban university to participate in international trade fair. plenglish.com Cienfuegos, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The University of Cienfuegos "Carlos Rafael Rodríguez" will participate in the International Fair "ExpoSur 2023", from September 14 to 17 in this city, where it will show its professional services to national and foreign visitors.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). EU mission condemns harassment of STE and Semilla party in Guatemala. plenglish.com Guatemala City, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the European Union election observation mission (Moeue) strongly condemned the harassment of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (SET) and the Semilla movement by the Attorney General's Office.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). Federal agents arrest 27 people for fraud in Puerto Rico. plenglish.com San Juan, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, U.S. Secret Service agents arrested 27 people in Puerto Rico linked to a fraud scheme for aid distributed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). Pastors for Peace Solidarity Project tours Cuban province. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, Members of the XXXIII Caravan Pastors for Peace, from the United States, toured historical sites in the eastern province of Granma, protagonist, along with neighboring Santiago de Cuba, of the Moncada liberation deed.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). Police aggression against Haitian journalist denounced. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the digital platform Vant Bèf Info denounced the police aggression against the media journalist Pierre Daniel Lamartinière when he was covering the protests calling for the resignation of Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-21). Putin describes the Arctic as important for Russia's defense. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The Arctic Ocean area is a strategically important region for Russia from the point of view of defense and resources, declared today the president of the Eurasian country, Vladimir Putin.

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teleSUR (2023-07-20). Sudan: Kids Joining Militia for Money and Spoils. telesurenglish.net Recruitment operations are being carried out in the outlying areas of the capital, Khartoum. According to testimonies given to Al Jazeera by young returnees from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), whose ages range from 14 to 20 years, the objective of participating in the fighting is to obtain money and spoils of war. | Related: | One of the returning soldiers confirmed to the media that "recruitment is taking place in abundance in the areas south of Khartoum: Al…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Extreme Wave of Heat Hit Puerto Rico. telesurenglish.net According to a report issued by EFE, specialists from the National Meteorological Center report an unusual increase in temperatures in recent years on the Caribbean island. | Related: | Guillermo Bengochea, a worker at a Puerto Rican weather station, assured that in his 10 years of working at the station, the sensation of heat has been increasing, especially in the last two years. | "Mornings at this time of year used to be much cooler…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Lula Sanctions Food Purchase Program for Small Producers. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sanctioned on Thursday the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) and the Solidarity Kitchens Program. At least 30% of public purchases of food products must be made from small farmers. | RELATED: | "The government is investing in the quality of food for the Brazilian people; it is investing so that they have the right to the necessary calories and proteins, so that children c…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Jamaica: Zero Tolerance for Sexual Harassment. telesurenglish.net The main director of gender affairs at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sports, Sharon Coburn Robinson, said that "the employer has the responsibility to inform all workers that sexual harassment is prohibited and that there is a zero tolerance approach for any form of sexual harassment in the workplace," she reported during statements to the press. | Sexual Harassment Prevention and Protection Act in Jamaica. Jul. 20, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Egypt: Activist Pardoned One Day After Conviction. telesurenglish.net Egypt's president Abdul Fattah Al-Sissi pardoned human rights activist and researcher Patrick Zaki and his lawyer, Moahmed el-Baqer, a day after Zaki was sentenced to three years in prison over an online article he wrote describing discrimination against Egypt's Coptic Christian minority. | Related: | The courts impose sentences on Zaki in a national emergency situation, and although the state of emergency was lifted in 2021, the trials c…

Sara Flounders (2023-07-20). Drop the charges on the Tampa 5! workers.org Actions held July 12 in front of New York City Hall, shown, and in 13 other cities demanded "Justice for the Tampa 5!" and "Drop the charges on the Tampa 5!" The Tampa 5 were brutally arrested at a March 6 campus protest, organized by Students for a Democratic Society . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2023-07-20). Reprieve for framed Lucasville Uprising defendant Keith Lamar. workers.org Keith Lamar is one of five prisoners on Ohio's death row who were framed on murder charges after the 1993 Lucasville prison rebellion. When his legal appeals were exhausted, he was scheduled for execution — state-sponsored lynching — on Nov. 16, 2023. In mid-July, his execution was delayed until Jan. . . . |

Dave Zirin (2023-07-20). Sports betting is a tax on fans—and a ticking time bomb. therealnews.com It was once taken from granted that gambling and professional sports could never mix, for the sake of the fans and the integrity of the games themselves. Those days are long gone. Smartphones have made sports betting more accessible and widespread than ever—and tech companies and sports leagues are in cahoots to reap the profits. Edge of Sports takes aim at this regressive and dangerous turn in the world of professional sports, asking what happens to the games we love when a scandal inevitably strikes. | Studio Production: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino | Post-Production: Taylor Hebden Audio | Post-…

Brett Wilkins (2023-07-20). DeSantis sued for 'aggressive campaign' against former felons seeking to restore voting rights. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A voting rights group on Wednesday sued Republican Florida Gov.

Dave Zirin (2023-07-20). Athletes boycotted games in 2020 to demand racial justice. Where's the fire gone? therealnews.com The growth of the Black Lives Matter movement through the 2010s catalyzed a resurgence of Black activism in professional sports that had its climax in 2020 with the athletes' boycott following the shooting of Jacob Blake. Just a few years later, this energy seems to have dissipated. What happened, and how can we comprehend these recent events in the longer arc of Black activism in sports? Sports journalist and author Howard Bryant joins Dave Zirin on Edge of Sports for a look at the build-up to 2020 and how many athletes' politics were co-opted in the aftermath. | Later in the show, Zirin shares some 'Choic…

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-07-20). Free Pedro Castillo! Down with Boularte Regime! All Power to the People of Peru! (With Clau O'Brien Mosocoso). podcasters.spotify.com Peace everyone! | Sorry for the delay, but finally here goes the episode with Clau O'Brien Moscoso! We discuss the issues happening in Peru right now surrounding the illegal detainment and abuse of Pedro Castillo, the democratically elected president of Peru, and the subsequent coup by Dina Boularte, the reactionary Congress, and the US-backed forces. We speak about what has happened since the detaining of Castillo, what the people all calling for, upcoming events and organizing that is happening, and ways in which folks in the US can and should get involved and organize themselves!

Editor (2023-07-20). Glenn Greenwald: France Descends Into Authoritarianism Following Protests. scheerpost.com By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble Following the recent protests against police in France, the French government has taken steps to implement increasingly repressive measures in the forms of mass surveillance and the rhetoric endorsement of online censorship.

Editor (2023-07-20). Barbie Is on the Picket Line. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-20). The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO's Ukraine Roulette. scheerpost.com By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch Deliberate provocations of a nuclear rival, coups d'état, colour revolutions, broken promises, broken treaties, escalation of tensions, demonization, invective, double-standards — all this while asserting adherence to international legal norms and playing innocent about our aggressions, our violations of the Hague and Geneva Conventions, of articles 1(2)[1], 2(3)[2], 2(4)[3] and 39[4] of …

Editor (2023-07-20). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already …

Editor (2023-07-20). From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-20). The Hype of Nuclear 'Renaissance'. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-20). 175+ Groups Urge Biden to Immediately Enact New Student Debt Cancellation Plan. scheerpost.com "Restarting the fundamentally broken student loan system without first delivering on the relief promised to borrowers remains a grave mistake, and will only exacerbate already dire economic situations for millions."

Editor (2023-07-20). 58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel's Apartheid Regime Toward Palestinians Shows in Their Mental Health. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — While the Democrats in Washington, D.C. conduct a bizarre debate about whether Israel is a racist state, The World Bank has released some findings from its The Palestinian Psychological Conditions Survey (PPCS). They are summarized by Alia Aghajanian, Arden Finn, Gianluca Mele, and Nadir Mohammed. In a survey …

Annelise Whitley (2023-07-20). Migration and the Shadow of War. tomdispatch.com Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life that sank in mid-June off the coast of Greece, I googled "migrant ship" and got 483,000 search results in one second. Most of the people aboard the Adriana had drowned in the Mediterranean, among them about 100 children. I did a similar search for the Titan submersible which disappeared the same week in the North Atlantic. That kludged-together pseudo-submarine was taking four wealthy men and the 19-year-old son of one of them to view the ruins of the famed passenger ship, the Titanic. They all…

Bits Rojiverdes (2023-07-20). La OTAN está situando al mundo al borde del abismo. globalizacion.ca La Plataforma contra las Bases Militares y la OTAN de Cádiz denuncia que la cumbre de la OTAN está situando al mundo al borde del abismo. La cumbre de la OTAN, celebrada en Vilna (Lituania), durante los días 11 y…

Aram Aharonian (2023-07-20). Argentina — Fabricantes de piqueteros. globalizacion.ca Vivimos tiempos violentos, cuando una nueva y cruenta fase de acumulación originaria tiene lugar en Latinoamérica y el Caribe, ante una inédita concentración de poder, riqueza e influencia social en manos de un grupo cada vez más reducido de la…

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-07-20). 9/11 and Covid Hoaxes: Disguising Bioweapons as "Medical Cures" globalresearch.ca

Edward Curtin (2023-07-20). Trinity's Shadow: First Atomic Bomb Named Trinity. Terrifying Predicament that Many Wish to Ignore. globalresearch.ca

U.S. House of Representatives (2023-07-20). "The Weaponization of the Federal Government": The FBI's Collaboration with a Compromised Ukrainian Intelligence Agency to Censor American Speech. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-07-20). "Empire of Lies". Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca

Neenah Payne (2023-07-20). How COVID Shots Pose National Security Issues. "Warning the Military of what was happening to Army Personnel". globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-20). Cuba Within the Wider Latin American and Caribbean Region. libya360.wordpress.com Susana Hurlich Now, more than ever, it is important that we understand Cuba within the context of developments within the Latin American, Caribbean and indeed world arena. Our solidarity work with and on behalf of Cuba must include giving a greater visibility to what's happening in the region, especially to initiatives that are virtually invisible…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-20). Nahel's France: Neo-Colonized and Pan-African Voices Speak Up. libya360.wordpress.com Julia Wright The police killing of Nahel M. in France cannot be properly analyzed outside of the context of French colonialism and neo-colonialism. Two days ago, my client told me he was thinking of committing suicide because his profession has been attacked for two to three weeks now even though he is convinced he acted…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-20). Africa is Burning! DRC in Environmental Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Jody Roumain "No matter what they say now about highways and hospitals and penicillin, whatever was done in those colonies was not done for the natives. And the Belgians may not know this, but the natives do. What happened was very simple." "You cannot walk into a country and stay there as long as the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-20). Lord of the Underworld: Meet the Paratrooper from North Carolina who Helped Orchestrate the War in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Evan Reif Brian Boyenger [Source: foreigncombatants.ru] One of the great mysteries surrounding the Maidan coup and the civil war which has followed is how the rabble of soccer hooligans and neo-Nazis who orchestrated the coup were able to become an army capable of subjugating the nation so quickly. Despite Western narratives, the Maidan was a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-20). Cuba Condemns Ongoing US Occupation of Guantanamo Bay. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques Cuba soldiers in the Frontier Brigade that defends Cuba outside of the US-occupied Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Soldiers stand outside a sign commemorating Ramon Lopez Peña, a Cuban Frontier Brigade soldier martyred by US forces (Photo: Tony Hernández Mena/Cuban Parliament) Since 1898, the US has controlled the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, an "illegally…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-20). Why the Ukraine Conflict Will Unravel NATO and Biden. libya360.wordpress.com Radhika Desai The proxy war on Russia is the centre piece of Biden's foreign policy of uniting the world's 'democracies' against 'autocracies', particularly China and Russia. He boasts repeatedly of uniting US allies, most in NATO, as never before. Though the real unity is spotty at best, until recently, the rhetoric seemed to work. No…

Zane McNeill (2023-07-20). BLM Protesters Victimized by New York City Police Win $13 Million Settlement. truthout.org New York City has agreed to a record-breaking settlement of more than $13 million in the civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of nearly 1,300 people who were abused and arrested by police during the George Floyd uprisings of 2020 — one of the most expensive payouts ever awarded in a lawsuit over mass arrests. The lawsuit, brought by lawyers associated with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) — New… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-20). Federal Judge Extends Statewide His Previous Order Blocking Florida's Drag Ban. truthout.org A federal judge has rebuked efforts by the state of Florida to block an injunction on the state's ban on drag show performances. The order from U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell on Wednesday means Florida officials are now barred from enforcing a ban on venues that host drag shows in places where children may be present or nearby, pending the outcome of a lawsuit from one restaurant in the… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-20). Infant Deaths Rose by 12 Percent in Texas Amid Abortion Ban. truthout.org In the first year of abortion being nearly fully banned in Texas, infant mortality rose for the first time in seven years, nearly entirely undoing years of progress on infant mortality in a single year, new data shows. According to preliminary data obtained from the Texas Department of State Health Services by CNN, infant mortality increased by 11.5 percent in 2022 over the previous year. Overall… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-20). Woman Suing Over Texas Abortion Ban Vomits on Stand Recounting Baby's Death. truthout.org A hearing in a lawsuit over Texas's abortion ban was put on pause on Wednesday after a woman who recounted her traumatic pregnancy and birth threw up during her heart-wrenching testimony. In a county courthouse in Austin, Texas, Samantha Casiano took the stand to describe how she was denied an abortion after learning that her baby had a fatal condition, forcing her to carry and give birth to a non… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-20). Florida Will Require Students to Learn Enslaved People "Benefited" From Slavery. truthout.org The Florida Board of Education has approved new curriculum standards for lessons on Black history that racial justice advocates and educators say will whitewash the brutality of white supremacy and slavery in the U.S. The board will now require teachers to tell middle school students that enslaved people gained a "personal benefit" from the skills they learned under slavery before the Civil War. |

Igor Derysh (2023-07-20). Trump May Be Charged With Law Enacted to Stop Terrorism Against Black Voters. truthout.org Special counsel Jack Smith's letter informing former President Donald Trump that he is the target of the Justice Department's Jan. 6 investigation signaled that he could be charged with a civil rights law that dates back to…

David Moore (2023-07-20). Investment Industry Pours Cash Into Kyrsten Sinema's Leadership PAC. truthout.org After preserving a tax benefit for investment managers last year, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) continues to rely on investment industry donors as she faces a Democratic challenger in a possible 2024 re-election campaign. In the second quarter this year, private equity, hedge fund, and venture capital executives streamed dozens of four-figure donations to Sinema's campaign… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-20). DeSantis-Aligned Super PAC Uses AI to Imitate Trump's Voice. truthout.org A political action committee aligned with GOP presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) has used Artificial Intelligence in an attack ad against former President Donald Trump. A voice that sounds a lot like Trump's (who is also running for president next year) is featured in the ad, which was produced by Never Back Down, a super PAC that supports DeSantis for president. |

Andrea Mazzarino (2023-07-20). Victims of Migrant Boat Tragedy Are Casualties of the US "War on Terror" truthout.org Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life that sank in mid-June off the coast of Greece, I googled "migrant ship" and got 483,000 search results in one second. Most of the people aboard the Adriana had drowned in the Mediterranean, among them about 100 children. I did a similar search for the Titan submersible which… |

Amy Goodman (2023-07-20). Wisconsin Teacher Fired for Protesting School's Ban on Hit Song "Rainbowland" truthout.org We speak with first-grade teacher Melissa Tempel, who was fired last week for a viral tweet in which she criticized the Waukesha, Wisconsin, board of education's decision to ban her students from singing "Rainbowland" during a school concert earlier this year. The hit song about inclusivity by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton includes the lyrics "We are rainbows, me and you / Every color, every hue / |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-20). Union Warns House GOP Proposal May Put Social Security Administration in Crisis. truthout.org A union representing more than 750,000 federal employees warned Wednesday that the House GOP's proposed cuts to the Social Security Administration for the coming fiscal year would deeply harm the already strained and understaffed agency, potentially forcing it to close offices and slash service hours. Such impacts would "devastate the agency's ability to serve the American public," Julie Tippens… |

Julia Watts Belser (2023-07-20). Climate Crisis Makes Us Recognize Our Limits; Disability Culture Can Show Us How. truthout.org The smoke caught most people by surprise. Communities in California and along the West Coast have been contending with intense fire seasons for years. But for many of us living in New York City, Washington D.C. and along the East Coast, the toxic haze from wildfires raging across Canada was a visceral reminder that climate change isn't simply hovering on some future horizon. It's here now… |

Kelly Hayes (2023-07-20). Bizarre and Dangerous Utopian Ideology Has Quietly Taken Hold of Tech World. truthout.org "It's really important for people to understand what this bundle of ideologies is, because it's become so hugely influential, and is shaping our world right now, and will continue to shape it for the foreseeable future," says philosopher and historian Émile P. Torres. In this episode of "Movement Memos," host Kelly Hayes and Torres discuss what activists should know about longtermism and TESCREAL. |

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-20). White City Innovation District hosts ClimateTech Summit. imperial.ac.uk Policymakers, academics, corporate players and innovative scaleups explore the potential of the UK's climate technology sector at the Jawdrop Summit.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-20). Could mink farms be the source of the next flu pandemic? imperial.ac.uk Urgent action is needed to address the significant risk posed by fur farms for the emergence of future viral pandemics, Imperial scientists warn.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Progressives in the UK protest Tory government's anti-refugee policies. peoplesdispatch.org The notorious Illegal Migration Bill pushed by the Tories was passed by the UK parliament and received royal assent on July 20. It has been fiercely opposed by a activist groups and leftist forces…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Political prisoners Patrick Zaki and Mohamed el-Baqer are free. peoplesdispatch.org Patrick George Zaki had been sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday while Mohamed el-Baqer, the lawyer of Alaa Abdel Fattah, was serving a four-year term. Rights organizations have urged Egypt to free all political prisoners…

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-07-20). Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leadership's Greenwashing 'Apartheid Tours'. mintpressnews.com In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel. | The workers' resolution puts its words into action by ensuring union funds aren't investing in Israel's settler enterprise and contributing to the oppression of Palestinians. It also calls for establishing a Palestine solidarity committee to foster relationships with Palestinian-led organizations and help educate members on the connections between Palestine and Indigenous struggles in…

Miko Peled (2023-07-20). Isaac Herzog's Visit to Congress: A Showcase of Apartheid Apologetics. mintpressnews.com On the fallout from Isaac Herzog's visit to Washington and the pathetic display of apartheid apologetics borne of a single congresswoman's bravery to dare call Israel what it is: a racist state.

Mnar Adley (2023-07-20). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-20). Machado Confirms Neoliberal Agenda at Council of the Americas Forum. orinocotribune.com María Corina Machado, the far-right pre candidate for Venezuela's primary elections, reiterated her neoliberal agenda as she spoke about her hopes to run for the presidency. Machado is currently unable to hold public office in Venezuela due to her efforts to overthrow the country's democratically elected president. | This Tuesday, July 18, Machado presented her "Economic Plan of Government" at a virtual event organized by the far-right think tank

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-20). Lebanon's 2006 Victory Demolished 'Israel's' 'Deterrence Capacity' and Led to Today's Resistance. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Jul 16, 2023 | "Israel" now finds itself surrounded by a united Resistance to the North and South, while it fails to prevent the development of a new Resistance stronghold inside the occupied West Bank | The victory of Lebanon, in forcing the Israeli occupation army to withdraw and flee Lebanese territory, in the war of 2006, not only represented the first defeat inflicted on the Zionist Entity by an Arab force but also built a deterrence capacity against the occupying regime. This led the Israeli military to focus on the Resistance forces in the Gaza Strip, which would eventually develo…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-20). India's Foreign Policy Dilemma: Counter or Cooperate With China? orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-20). Venezuela Begins Using Russia's MIR Cards on Margarita Island. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-20). Venezuela's Non-Energy Exports Reach $3 Billion in 2023. orinocotribune.com According to data from the Venezuelan Exporters Association (AVEX), Venezuela's exports—excluding the energy sector—have reached approximately $3 billion so far in 2023. | AVEX president, Ramón Goyo, According to Goyo, Venezuela's main markets are the European Union, the United States—whose governments maintain illegal sanctions against Venezuela[m…

WSWS (2023-07-20). Dave Ward and Mick Lynch: Birds of a feather. wsws.org Workers are experiencing firsthand that the RMT and CWU, promoted as "left" unions, are no different from any other union in their collusion with the employers and their sabotage of any effective fightback against the corporate-government assault.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strike at French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche against imposition of far-right editor into fourth week; protests by pensioners and workers including teachers in Shiraz and Haft Tappeh sugar cane workers continue in Iran; mass protests in Kenya over cost-of-living crisis met with police violence…

WSWS (2023-07-20). Lutte Ouvrière covers up police repression of French riot protests. wsws.org The pseudo-left group Lutte Ouvrière has reacted to the recent riots sparked by the killing of a 17-year-old youth by police by denouncing working-class youth.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Stellantis Kokomo workers discuss fight for rank-and-file control of contract fight. wsws.org After decades' of betrayals by the UAW bureaucracy, workers in the union president's home area are looking for a new way to fight.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Rents soaring to record levels in Australia. wsws.org With real wages being cut and the cost of living rising across the board, rents have grown over the past 12 months at some of the fastest rates on record.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Taiwanese presidential contender to make provocative US "stop-overs" wsws.org Taiwan's vice-president, Lai Ching-teh, who is also a candidate in next January's presidential election, is making a trip to the Americas next month that is likely to further exacerbate tensions with China.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Michigan attorney general indicts 16 Republicans in 2020 fake elector scheme. wsws.org On Tuesday, the Michigan attorney general announced felony charges against 16 Republicans, who signed their names to a slate of false presidential electors aimed at switching the outcome of the state's presidential vote from Biden to Trump in December 2020.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Teamsters hold rally in Los Angeles as negotiations re-start at UPS. wsws.org Striking film and television workers, many who have been on the picket lines for weeks, joined UPS workers at the rally.

WSWS (2023-07-20). German government pushes the militarisation of schools and conscription of young people. wsws.org A central element of the return of German militarism is the complete orientation of society towards war, including at home.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Trump's imminent indictment: The political issues. wsws.org Special counsel Smith's letter at once reflects and intensifies an unprecedented crisis of the US political system, under conditions where the Biden administration has committed the US to expanding the war against Russia in Ukraine into a global war of indefinite duration.

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Death Toll Rises to 16 From Landslide in India. telesurenglish.net The death toll from a landslide in Raigad district in southwestern India's Maharashtra state has risen to 16, India's National Disaster Response Force said Thursday. | RELATED: | A senior official of the National Disaster Response Force said 16 lifeless bodies have been recovered. The official said rescue work had to be suspended due to heavy rains and the risk of further landslides in Irshalwadi, a hill town in R…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Russia Extends Countermeasures Against Sanctions to 2025. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin extended until December 31, 2025, the validity of trade restrictions against non-friendly countries in response to Western sanctions. | RELATED: | The previous version of the decree "On the use of special economic measures in foreign trade" was initially issued on March 8, 2022, and was to be in effect until December 31, 2023. | The new document is now available on the official web…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). 20 People Dead in Avalanche in Central Colombia. telesurenglish.net The death toll from an avalanche recorded on Monday night in the municipality of Quetame, Cundinamarca department, rose to 20, confirmed the captain of the region's Fire Department, àÅlvaro Farfán. | RELATED: | Of the total fatalities, five are minors, said Farfán, while noting that nine people are still missing therefore rescue operations are still underway. | General Rodolfo Morales, commander of the Army's 13th Brigad…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Death of Opposition Spokesman in Congo Remains Unexplained. telesurenglish.net A week ago, the lifeless body of former minister and opposition deputy Chérubin Okende was discovered. The news of the dramatic event has put the political life of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in tension, bearing in mind that after more than 7 days, the investigations have not revealed any information. | Related: | Deputy Okende was found dead inside his car, riddled with bullets. He went to the Constitutional Court the day before his death, and his…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). New York City to Pay $13 Million to George Floyd Protesters. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the New York City Hall agreed to pay compensation of US$13.7 to 1,380 protesters who were affected by the illegal tactics used by the Police during the repression of anti-racist protests that occurred between May 28 and June 4, 2020. | RELATED: | More specifically, New York City will pay US$9,950 to each of the citizens who filed a class action lawsuit for violation of constitutional rights against the Police. | In the paym…

Fight Back (2023-07-20). Milwaukee protest demands justice for the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 19, a dozen activists gathered in front of the Sunburst Statue for a rally demonstrating solidarity and demanding justice for the Tampa 5. Protesters demanded charges be dropped against the Tampa 5, with calls to action to sign the petition and donate to their legal fund. | In March, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of South Florida were protesting against attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. This protest ended in sudden violence when campus police brutalized and arrested protesters without warning. Four were arrest…

Fight Back (2023-07-20). Workers at Cleveland Cliffs' Northshore Mining join USW. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The United Steelworkers (USW) announced that workers at Cleveland Cliffs' Northshore Mining joined the union July 18. | The approximately 400 workers mine taconite in Babbitt, Minnesota, make iron ore pellets in Silver Bay, and transport products and tailings. | Workers elected to join the USW through card check, a process by which a majority of workers indicate their desire for a union. | "We chose to unionize so that we can have a voice on the job, especially when it comes to workplace health and safety, retirement security and other critical issues that affect us every day," said Jason Curti…

Fight Back (2023-07-20). SDS Denver stands up and speaks out for the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On July 12, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Denver was joined at the Union Station by members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Black Student Alliance of MSU Denver, and other members of the community. They staged a speak-out demanding that the politically-motivated charges against the Tampa 5 be dropped. | July 12 marked the day that the Tampa 5 made their second appearance in court. | Paul Nelson, member of the Denver SDS connected the Tampa 5 to the broader progressive movement, saying, "This is about more than just the Tampa 5. What's at risk here is right to protest. The r…

Fight Back (2023-07-20). LA Teamsters solidarity rally in leadup to potential UPS strike. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Chants of "Who are we? Teamsters!" and "Union power!" filled the street on July 19 at the UPS Olympic hub during a strike solidarity rally. | 400 Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), WGA (Writers Guild of America), SEIU, CWA, and UTLA (United Teachers of Los Angeles) members gathered at the hub, shutting down traffic at the intersections of Blaine and Olympic. A semi-truck branded with Teamsters logos served as a stage, and a giant inflatable cat that represents UPS corporate greed was on the scene. | Sean O'Brien, the general…

Fight Back (2023-07-20). 'Hello, Family': In memory of George Martin. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – The people's movements mourn the loss of veteran activist George Martin, who passed away on July 16th, 2023. Martin was a well respected leader in local, national, and international anti-war, environmental, and social justice movements who had a great impact on many people over his life-long service to the cause of peace and justice. | In Milwaukee, Martin helped lead Peace Action Wisconsin and its anti-war coalition for many years. Martin and his partner, Julie Enslow, played a leading role in organizing the large upsurge of the movement during the criminal U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq an…

Fight Back (2023-07-20). Freedom Road Socialist Organization launches two new Nationalities Commissions. fightbacknews.org The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) took another major step forward with the launching of an African American Commission and a Chicano/Latino plus other oppressed nationalities commission. Comrades from more than a dozen cities where the FRSO does organizing among African Americans, Chicanos, and other oppressed nationalities gathered to carry out a decision by the 9th Congress to establish these commissions. | Attendees ranged from veterans of the upsurge of the Asian American, Black, and Chicano peoples struggles in the 1960s and 1970s to a plurality of the meeting who joined in the last three years…

_____ (2023-07-20). The Short but Nasty Truth About Biden's Bluff in Ukraine. journal-neo.org The American's aren't coming, they won't be 'on the ground' nor in the air nor on the seas. There is no combat environment for the US against a grade one power. Let me tell you why. America is all about bluff. Stealth planes, nukes when that threat doesn't work, or they will unleash ISIS (is […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-20). What it will cost to militarize Japan. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-20). Israel and Saudi Arabia — Will it be against or for the agreement? journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-20). Nicholas Kristof: A Faulty Prophet. strategic-culture.org The New York Times columnist seems primed for another failed foreign policy prediction. | By Ted Galen CARPENTER | Join us on , , and . | New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has amassed a long record of faulty, overly…

_____ (2023-07-20). Russo-Turkish Relations: The 'Indivisible Security' Principle Is No Longer Binding. strategic-culture.org Turkey seems to demonstrate what some experts on Turkey call "transactional relationship" or "eastern bazaar mentality." | Join us on , , and . | I recall vividly the latest NATO Summit that took place in Vilnius and was giv…

_____ (2023-07-20). Foreign Affairs Barrage of Baloney on Ukraine is Keeping the Phoney War Going. strategic-culture.org Zelensky is not the leader who is going to negotiate peace with Russia, not now, not any time, Martin Jay writes. | Join us on , , and . | Foreign Affairs magazine had a brief moment of attention beyond its normal limited el…

Mike Walter (2023-07-20). The Heat: Women's World Cup. america.cgtn.com The Women's World Cup kicks off in New Zealand and Australia. We will discuss the teams, the players and the controversies. The host countries of the Women's World Cup didn't waste their home advantage. In crowded stadiums, New Zealand stunned Norway while Australia defeated Ireland. …

Hendrik Sybrandy (2023-07-20). China's Ambassador to U.S. discusses cooperation at Aspen Security Forum. america.cgtn.com China's new ambassador to the United States says his country seeks cooperation, not conflict with the U.S. but that China will not remain silent if the U.S. pursues a policy of containment.

Owen Fairclough (2023-07-20). Biden administration still striving for high targets to combat climate crisis. america.cgtn.com Biden wants to completely overhaul infrastructure and manufacturing so that the U.S. — like China — can eventually power itself with no harmful emissions.

Sara Flounders (2023-07-20). A Visit to Xinjiang, China Makes Clear that U.S. Government and Media Have Hoodwinked Public into Believing China Committed Genocide Against the Uyghur. covertactionmagazine.com Politicized Allegations Are False Propaganda Designed to Mobilize Public Opinion Against China in Support of War U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China/U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. One focus of the trip was a …

Staff (2023-07-20). Meet the Wisconsin Teacher Fired for Protesting Ban on Miley Cyrus & Dolly Parton Song "Rainbowland" democracynow.org We speak with first-grade teacher Melissa Tempel, who was fired last week for a viral tweet in which she criticized the Waukesha, Wisconsin, board of education's decision to ban her students from singing "Rainbowland" during a school concert earlier this year. The hit song about inclusivity by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton includes the lyrics "We are rainbows, me and you / Every color, every hue / Let's shine on through." The school district said Tempel's firing was not about the song but about the way she protested the decision. Tempel says the Waukesha school district&#8…

Staff (2023-07-20). "While We Watched": New Film Spotlights Journalist Ravish Kumar's Fight for Truth in Modi's India. democracynow.org As world leaders from the United States to France welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we look at press freedom in India under the leader of the Hindu nationalist party BJP. One of India's last bastions of free media, NDTV, has been taken over by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, believed to have close ties to Modi. NDTV's former executive editor and longtime anchor Ravish Kumar, one of India's most prominent TV journalists who has reported critically on Modi's Hindu nationalist policies, is the subject of Vinay Shukla's film While We Watched, which is being released this week in the…

Staff (2023-07-20). Headlines for July 20, 2023. democracynow.org More Temperature Records Fall as U.S. Heat Wave Intensifies, Migrants Face Intense Heat in Mexico as They Wait to Apply for Asylum at U.S. Border, Receding Floodwaters in Northern India Prompt Warnings over Waterborne Diseases, Russia Bombards Ukraine's Black Sea Ports and Threatens Cargo Ships, Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Rally Against Tax Hikes and Inflation, Taliban Guards Attack Women Protesting Closure of Beauty Parlors and Salons, Iraqis Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Qur'an Burning in Stockholm, Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prison…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-20). Covid Related News: The spectacle, the war and WHO's power grab. expose-news.com Reminding us of the "covid spectacle" we witnessed, Toby Rogers revisits the "breaking news" imagery used to achieve certain political outcomes. Vindicating lab leak "conspiracy theorists," the Biden Administration cuts funding to …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-20). John Kerry crumbles when confronted with FACTS on Co2: "This is not a serious conversation" expose-news.com In 2019, climate alarmist John Kerry testified during a House Oversight hearing on the national security risks of climate change. Rep. Thomas Massie questioned him about the amount of carbon dioxide in …

The Exposé (2023-07-20). CDC confirms COVID Vaccination caused shocking 338x increase in Cancers & AIDS-Associated Diseases. expose-news.com Official data made available by the U.S. Government and Centers for Disease Control strongly suggests that fully vaccinated Americans may be developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or a similar disease that is decimating …

Tyler Walicek (2023-07-20). New SNAP Policy Will Force People Over 50 to Work to Retain Food Benefits. truthout.org In the course of the recent resolution to the long-brewing debt ceiling crisis, it was congressional bickering that drew the most attention. Although it was largely drowned out by senatorial diatribes, the final June 2 debt ceiling measure included a substantive change: a modification to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), widely known as food stamps. The new SNAP policy… |

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-07-20). DC Uniparty kills House resolutions to end US emergency powers in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen. thegrayzone.com In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across the Middle East — and to test biological weapons on US citizens. Led by Representative Paul Gosar, a handful of Republican members of Congress launched a protest against 41 nominal "national emergency" declarations, many of which are decades old. Rep. Gosar has argued the National Emergencies Act is "tyrannical," granting 148 separate powers to …

Peter Boyle (2023-07-20). Malaysian socialists in election pact with youth-based party. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and the Malaysian United Democracy Alliance (MUDA) have agreed on an electoral pact for the upcoming state assembly elections on August 12, reports Peter Boyle.

Damian Balassone (2023-07-20). Poem: Spiritual Land/Spiritless Man. greenleft.org.au Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

isabella (2023-07-20). The 5 Percent Foundation Payout Requirement May Be a Floor, but the Ceiling Is Awfully Low. inequality.org

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-20). Community Gathers in Bremerton, WA for Puget Sound Prisoner Support Benefit for June 11th. itsgoingdown.org Report on recent June 11th benefit event for Puget Sound Prisoner Support in so-called Bremerton, Washington. On June 9th, comrades from across the Pacific Northwest came together for a benefit show and zine fair in honor of June 11th, a day set aside to stand in unity with those who have taken up the fight…

Ann Brown (2023-07-20). EU Says Slavery Inflicted 'Untold Suffering,' Hints At Reparations. moguldom.com The European Union (EU) has acknowledged and expressed deep regret for the "untold suffering" inflicted by Europe's slave-trading past on millions of people. The EU also hinted at the need for reparations for slavery, which it described as a "crime against humanity." The EU is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states …

Ann Brown (2023-07-20). Prompt Engineer: How To Ride The AI Wave and Level Up Your Career. moguldom.com Many people are worried about losing their jobs to AI, or artificial intelligence. But there are jobs within the field that are now thriving, say some experts. One job is prompt engineering (also known as in-context learning). According to reports, prompt engineering pays six-figure salaries and doesn't require a degree in computer engineering or even …

Editor (2023-07-20). French MPs to vote on Bill that would allow police to spy through phones. mronline.org The proposed law specifies that the procedure can be executed "without the knowledge or consent of its owner or possessor," but is limited to suspects involved in terrorism, organised crime and other illegal activities punishable by five or more years in prison.

Editor (2023-07-20). Extreme heat prompts issue of safety warnings across several countries. mronline.org Safety warnings have been issued in France where temperature levels on Wednesday reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

Philip Weiss (2023-07-20). Biden, Jayapal, and liberal Zionists rush to prop up the Israel lobby for 2024. mronline.org Liberal Zionists rushed to affirm their support for Israel and hatred of anti-Zionism in the wake of the Pramila Jayapal "racist state" comment because they are afraid the Israel lobby will abandon the Democratic party.

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-20). House and Senate Set Up for Fight Over How Much Military Aid to Give Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The House and Senate are set up for a fight over how much military aid to include for Taiwan in 2024 spending bills as each chamber's appropriators granted a different amount, Defense News reported Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed its 2024 State Department and foreign aid spending bill that includes $113 million …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-20). Ukraine Begins Firing US Cluster Bombs. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian officials told The Washington Post on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have started firing US-provided cluster munitions at Russian soldiers in southeastern Ukraine, which was later confirmed by the White House. Last year, the White House called the use of cluster bombs in Ukraine a "potential war crime," but President Biden signed off on the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-20). North Korea Issues Nuclear Warning Over US Nuke-Armed Submarine in South Korea. news.antiwar.com North Korea on Thursday issued a warning over the US deployment of a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea, saying the provocation could potentially justify Pyongyang using its nuclear weapons. The Ohio-Class USS Kentucky docked in the South Korean port of Busan on Tuesday, marking the first time since 1981 that an American nuclear-armed submarine arrived …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-20). UK's MI6 Spy Chief Urges Russians to Spy. news.antiwar.com The head of Britain's MI6 spy agency has called for Russians opposed to the war in Ukraine to collaborate with the intelligence service. "I invite them to do what others have done this past 18 months and join hands with us. Our door is always open," MI6 chief Richard Moore told POLITICO in an interview …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-20). US AFRICOM Launches Airstrike in Somalia, Says 5 al-Shabaab Killed. news.antiwar.com US Africa Command on Thursday said that it launched an airstrike in Somalia in support of Mogadishu-based government forces who were engaged with al-Shabaab on the ground. AFRICOM said the strike was launched in a remote area about 9 miles south of the village of Galcad in Somalia's central Galguduud region, near the border of …

Staff (2023-07-20). Guatemala: Electoral Tribunal Reaffirms Movimiento Semilla's Green Light. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala confirmed this Tuesday, July 18, in a communication sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office that it will not veto the Movimiento Semilla party, the political party to which Bernardo Arévalo, candidate for the presidential runoff on August 20, belongs. | The decision of the electoral court responds to a request—the second of its kind—made to the Attorney General's Office, endorsed by Judge Freddy Orellana, to remove Semilla from the presidential race on charges of corruption, linked to an alleged use of false signatures in order to register the party.

mforinoco (2023-07-20). Who Exactly Is 'Forcing' America To Support Human Rights Abuses? orinocotribune.com

mforinoco (2023-07-20). 33-Day Israeli War on Lebanon Marked 'Strategic Turning Point' for Resistance. orinocotribune.com By Hiba Morad — Jul 18, 2023 | This week, 17 years ago, the Israeli regime launched an all-out war against Lebanon, a small West Asian country neighboring the occupied Palestinian territories. | After 33 days of intense fighting, on August 14, 2006, the tiny nation of brave people captured the imagination of the world for inflicting crushing defeat on a relatively dominant entity. | The resistance fighters in the Arab country, located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, destroyed the regime's illusion of invincibility and forever changed the power equations. | During the 33-day war, Lebanese resi…

Chris Ramsaroop, The Real News Network. (2023-07-20). Canada Is Pushing Climate Refugees Into Migrant Worker Programs. popularresistance.org In 2017, wildfires in B.C. captured headlines around the world. Canadians from coast to coast donated generously to those whose homes and businesses were impacted. But there were some agricultural workers whose precarity rendered them nearly invisible, even as they continued to labour in the heat and the smoke. Andrea,* a former blueberry worker who was employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program during the disaster, vividly remembers what it was like to work during the fires. | "There was a mix of colours, red, grey, brown. It was covering the sky. You couldn't see the sky and it was hard to breathe.

Lauren Smith, Covert Action Magazine. (2023-07-20). Nicaraguans Celebrate Anniversary Of The Sandinista Revolution. popularresistance.org In the United States, the word "socialism" has come to have a negative meaning. In that meaning, the word implies the loss of individual sovereignty, rejection of religion and the institution of authoritarian political measures. | While denounced as socialist by U.S. propagandists and repeated by the ill-informed media, in fact, Nicaragua has a mixed economy based on traditional humane Christian spiritual beliefs under the concept of Sandinismo. It also encourages multiple political parties in line with genuinely social democratic ideals. | The foreign media denounce the Ortega administration for its alleged oppr…

Hands Off Uhuru, Popular Resistance. (2023-07-20). Anti-Colonial Free Speech Movement Launched. popularresistance.org A fierce blow was struck against the weaponized FBI and U.S. government's targeting of Black Liberation, anti-colonial, anti-war and free speech movements on July 8 with the formation of the Hands off Uhuru! Fightback Coalition. | The Coalition, made up of over 30 organizations and individuals and led by black and anti-colonial movements, coalesced around a Statement of Unity that reads, in part, "Today we are facing a watershed moment in human history when our movements for freedom, liberation and democracy can fight on to victory or be pushed back, silenced and defeated. This is the moment when we must come tog…

Eleanor J. Bader, The Indypendent. (2023-07-20). When The Welfare Rights Movement Was Force For Uplifting The Poor. popularresistance.org When Dartmouth history professor Annelise Orleck was still working on her first book, Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965, she learned about the work of an intrepid group of low-income, southern-born women in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thirteen years of research and interviews followed. The result, Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty, tells the amazing story of fed-up and reviled welfare recipients who organized on their own behalf, winning a raft of financial, medical and educational improvements for themselves, their chi…

Jill Barshay, Portside. (2023-07-20). Plenty Of Black College Students Want To Be Teachers. popularresistance.org A growing problem in American classrooms is that teachers don't resemble the students they teach. Eighty percent of the nation's 3.8 million public school teachers are white, but over half of their students are Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American and mixed races. The small slice of Black teachers has actually shrunk slightly over the past decade from 7 percent in 2011—12 to 6 percent in 2020—21, while Black students make up a much larger 15 percent share of the public school student population. | A Black teacher can make a positive difference for Black children. Research has shown that Black stude…

Clare Carlile, Desmog. (2023-07-20). BBC Under Fire For Doing Pesticide Giant's Public Relations. popularresistance.org The BBC has been accused of "selling the public's trust" by producing "totally biased" documentaries on the future of sustainable food sponsored by Corteva, one of the world's largest pesticide firms, potentially in breach of the broadcaster's editorial guidelines. | The "Follow the Food" documentaries, which featured a total of 28 episodes over three series, showcase "solutions" to climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and food security in the farming sector. | Sustainable farming advocates have criticised the content for favouring industrial agriculture, which is heavily dependent on chemical pesticides and fer…

Oscar Perry Abello, Next City. (2023-07-20). Community Investors Are Doing What Big Dollar Retail Investors Won't. popularresistance.org Lyneir Richardson has been helping Black people buy the block since 1991 or 1992. | Then a new lawyer at the First National Bank of Chicago, Richardson occasionally had to take on pro-bono assignments that popped up related to the bank's community reinvestment obligations. One such pro-bono assignment sent him to his childhood neighborhood on the West Side to work on loan documents for a $100,000 loan from a community-based organization to a barbershop on Chicago Avenue. | "The amount of the loan, $100,000 or $100 million, didn't matter. It was the same documents, a promissory note, a mortgage," Richardson says.

Ed Rampell (2023-07-20). 'Oppenheimer' Doesn't Fully Depict Atomic Bomb's Consequences. progressive.org As the specter of nuclear war rears its ugly head once again, seventy-eight years later, we're all in dire need of a reminder of the threat posed by Oppenheimer's invention.

Mike Ervin (2023-07-20). Smart Ass Cripple: Playing God. progressive.org Disabled people are often denied essential medical care because of assumptions made about our quality of life.

Bill Lueders (2023-07-20). First Things First: Actual Malice. progressive.org Each year, I meet with journalists from around the world brought in by the U.S. State Department. They are often astonished by the extent to which we are free to criticize people in power.

Ruwaida Amer (2023-07-20). Flights from Israel won't end Gaza's isolation. electronicintifada.net Offers of trips via Ramon Airport have aroused quite a few suspicions.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-07-20). Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion. A Global Food Crisis is Looming. globalresearch.ca

Andrea Peters (2023-07-20). Impoverishing Ukraine: "Western Political and Business Interests integrated into the Ukrainian State" globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-20). South Africa Showed That BRICS Isn't What Many of Its Supporters Assumed. globalresearch.ca

Anish R M (2023-07-20). Uncertainty looms as Thai parliament blocks Pita Limjaroenrat from leading new government. peoplesdispatch.org Wednesday was nothing short of high drama in Thai politics as Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party, was also temporarily suspended from serving as a legislator by the Constitutional Court, just as parliamentarians were debating his eligibility to stand for the prime minister's post…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). First Videos Show Use Of US Cluster Munitions By Ukrainian Forces. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On July 20, The Washington Post reported that the AFU had begun using cluster munitions provided by the United States against Russian troops. According to the cited sources, the cluster munitions were fired at Russian positions in the south and east in an attempt to destroy Russian trenches and accelerate Ukrainian advance. According to the report, these munitions will also be used in the area of Artemovsk (former Bakhmut). | Ukrainian military sources also reported that the cluster munitions…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). 'I Show It Only Once': Ukrainian TikTok Warriors Neutralize Themselves. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Investigation By Scott Ritter: Agent Zelensky. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Military Situation In Bakhmut Region On July 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-sixe image | The AFU attacked Russian military positions near Dubovo-Vasilievka with overwhelming forces but failed to advance; | Ukrainian artillery shelled Russian position in Paraskoviivka; | On the evening of July 19, Russian forces launched counterattacks near and took back control of some positions near Berkhivka; | On July 19, the AFU reportedly managed to capture some positions in the forest to the west of Klishiivka; | The AFU attempted to break through Russian defense…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Military Situation In Iraq On July 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Iraqi security forces arrested four ISIS members in the Nineveh province; | Hundreds of Iraqi protesters attacked the Sweden's embassy in Baghdad and set it on fire in response to Sweden's permission to burn the Holy Quran and the Iraqi flag again.; | After insulting the Holy Quran in Sweden under auspice of Sweden government, the Ashab al-Kahf resistance group announced that the forces of this group will target all commercial and economic interests of Sweden in Iraq;…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 20, a group of up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen supported by four infantry fighting vehicles and tanks attempted to attack north-west of Rabotino; | The AFU reportedly took control of some new positions northeast of Rabotino and west of Novopokrovka; | Russian troops counterattacked in the area of Novodarovka but failed to advance; | The Russian Army repelled AFU attacks near Urozhaynoye; | Russian artillery shelled AFU positions near Orekhov; | Russian ar…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Military Situation In Svatovo-Kremennaya Region On July 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery shelled AFU positions near Yampolovka; | Russian forces repelled two attacks of the AFU north-west of Dibrova; | The Russian Army destroyed Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group near Dibrova; | Russian artillery shelled AFU positions near Makiivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Torske; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevske; | Russian forces destroyed 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry ve…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Military Situation In Syria On July 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org An UAV struck the village of Razdolnoe in Crimea. A teenage girl was killed as a result of the attack; | Russian Pantsir air defense system shot down an aircraft-type UAV, another copter was intercepted by EW means near Gvardeiskoe in Crimea; | Russian retaliation strikes hit workshops and storage sites of unmanned boats near Odessa and Ilyichevsk; | Fuel infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots of the AFU were destroyed Mykolaiv; | The building of the administration…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Russian Army Launches More Strikes, Repels New Wave Of Ukrainian Attacks (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had delivered a new series of retaliatory strikes against production workshops and depots storing Ukrainian naval drones in Odessa and Ilyichyovsk over the past day, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 20. "Last night, the Russian Armed Forces continued delivering retaliatory strikes by seaborne and air-launched high-precision weapons against the production workshops and storage sites of drone boats in the areas of the city of Odessa and Ilyich…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Two Suspected ISIS Operatives Killed, Another Captured By SDF In Syria's Al-Hasakah. southfront.org Click to see full-size image, source: sdf-press.com | On July 20, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed two suspected operatives of ISIS and captured another during a special operation in the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). | The London-based monitoring group said that the operation took place in the town of Dashisha in the southern al-Hasakah countryside and was directly supported by the United States-led coalition.

Anonymous765 (2023-07-20). Ukrainian Offensive Results In Russian Advance. southfront.org |

Art Moore (2023-07-20). U.S. Army Surgeon in Tears: Top Brass Ordered Silence on Vaccine Injuries. globalresearch.ca

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-20). LAX bans sale of single-use plastic water bottles. nationofchange.org This is the first step in making its airports zero waste by 2045 following the Sustainability Action Plan passed by Los Angeles World Airports in 2021.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-20). John Bolton Accidentally Explains Why US Policy on Russia and China Is Wrong. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Brushing, Flossing Could Help Protect Against Dementia. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Is Climate Engineering Real? globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-20). Selected Articles: Cognitive Impairment in Adults — What Role Did COVID Vaccines Play? globalresearch.ca By When the COVID-19 vaccines were brought to market, due to their design I expected them to have safety issues, and I expected …

infobrics (2023-07-20). Russia protects Crimean civilians by attacking ports in Odessa. infobrics.org Kiev regime has arms depots in Odessa, legitimizing Moscow's attacks to neutralize threats.

infobrics (2023-07-20). Russia's Arctic LNG 2 Will Use Chinese Equipment for Power Generation – Novatek. infobrics.org Russia's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek NVTK.MM plans to build a gas turbine power station for the future Arctic LNG 2 plant using equipment from China's Wison and Harbin Guanghan Gas Turbine Co. Ltd…

infobrics (2023-07-20). Experts Pitch for Kenya to Join BRICS. infobrics.org As more countries are considering joining BRICS, the bloc of emerging economies, experts in Kenya are now urging the new administration to follow suit for economic and trade benefits…

infobrics (2023-07-20). BRICS Currency: Is It a Feasible Idea?>. infobrics.org In recent times, there has been a growing call among countries to trade in currencies apart from the US dollar due to the economic disruption caused by Western sanctions against Russia and its subsequent eviction from international dollar-trading systems like SWIFT…

infobrics (2023-07-20). South Africa Says Putin Agreed not to Attend BRICS Summit. infobrics.org Russia will instead be represented by its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Johannesburg summit, alongside the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, the presidency said in a statement…

infobrics (2023-07-20). US presses Ukraine for decisive breakthrough despite stubborn Russian defences. infobrics.org It will take years and billions of dollars for Ukrainian Air Force to match Russia, says General Milley.

infobrics (2023-07-20). Germany never learns as it pursues 'Drang nach Osten' once again. infobrics.org The exact motivation Berlin might have to go against Moscow once again is up for debate, particularly as Russia inflicted numerous crushing defeats on various German invaders in the last over 1000 years.

J. J. Brannock (2023-07-20). Fauci, Health Officials Accused of Illegally Approving $26 Billion in Grants Using Taxpayer Dollars. globalresearch.ca

Jake Johnson (2023-07-20). 'On what planet is that fiscally responsible?' GOP spending cuts would kill 500,000 jobs. nationofchange.org "Even by the low standards of Congress in 2023, it's shocking how quickly House Republicans ripped up their end of the bargain that steered the country clear of default last month."

Matthew Phelan (2023-07-20). UN Warns Brain Chips Like Elon Musk's Neuralink Could be Used as 'Personality-altering' Weapons — as FDA Approves Tech for Human Trials. globalresearch.ca

Michael Nevradakis (2023-07-20). How The White House Colluded with Twitter to Censor RFK Jr. and Children's Health Defense. globalresearch.ca

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-20). Funding simply not enough for Rohingya refugees, says WFP. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Current funding for critical aid efforts supporting Rohingya refugees living in camps in southern Bangladesh is simply not enough, the UN World Food Program (WFP) has said, as dwindling resources have forced the second ration cut in three months.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-20). ®We do represent citizen's feelings, says ANPP deputy. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) José Carlos Cruz, deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (ANPP) said that a great number of all-important issues for Cubans ¥ focus were discussed Thursday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-20). ANPP deputies address people ¥s control actions to fight off crime. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Deputies of Cuba ¥s National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (ANPP) on Thursday highlighted the significance of people ¥s control and involvement in confrontations with crimes, irregularities and social indiscipline committed in Cuba.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-20). DPRK warns of nuclear strike after US submarine docks in Busan. plenglish.com Pyongyang, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday warned of a preemptive nuclear strike after the arrival of a U.S. nuclear submarine at Busan port this week.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-20). Specialists call for protection after Sahara dust cloud heads Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Specialists at the Meteorology Institute and the Cuban Society of Allergy and Asthma on Thursday urged population to protect themselves from the arrival of a cloud of Sahara dust.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-20). U.S. government deports 33 irregular migrants to Cuba. plenglish.com According to MININT ¥s official website, two women and 31 men -who illegally entered in the United States- have been sent back to Cuba and arrived at the José Martí International Airport in Havana. | Out of the 33 returned migrants, 12 of them had illegally left Cuban territory by sea and the rest traveled abroad legally but then joined irregular routes to reach the United States, MININT reported. | This is the fourth deportation process of irregular migrants from the U.S., so as many as 260 migrants have been returned to Cuba so far.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-20). UK violates Argentina's territorial integrity, says FM Cafiero. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) UK has been violating Argentina's territorial integrity for 190 years, Argentina's Foreign Minsiter Santiago Cafiero said as questioned statements on the Malvinas Islands by UK Foreign Minister James Cleverly.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Bangladesh ranked worst country for workers in ITUC's 2023 Global Rights Index. peoplesdispatch.org The 2023 Global Rights Index noted that workers' rights have consistently deteriorated in the Asia Pacific region over the last 10 years with governments passing various laws that undermine workers' interests…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Ships headed to Ukraine via Black Sea legitimate targets for attacks, warns Russia. peoplesdispatch.org The warning comes following Ukraine's attempts to revive the Black Sea grain deal without Russia. Ukraine is pitching a proposal that involves other countries providing protection to ships carrying its grain…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-20). The Road Ahead: Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca We do not seek to negotiate with corrupt government officials. We question their legitimacy. They are liars. Our intent is to confront the powerful actors behind this criminal endeavor which is literally destroying people's lives worldwide.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-20). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Graeme MacQueen (2023-07-20). September 11, 2001: Eyewitness Evidence of Explosions in the Twin Towers. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Hussein Gharbieh (2023-07-20). Economic and Financial Collapse: "Saudi Crown Prince has a new plan for Lebanon" globalresearch.ca

Richard D. Wolff (2023-07-20). Why capitalism is leaving the US, in search of profit. nationofchange.org Ongoing controversies and alarms surround this capitalist exodus.

Scott Ritter (2023-07-20). As NATO Looks for Answers to the Ukraine Conflict, Poland Seeks the Nuclear Option. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

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2023-07-20: News Headlines

Annelise Whitley (2023-07-20). Migration and the Shadow of War. tomdispatch.com Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life that sank in mid-June off the coast of Greece, I googled "migrant ship" and got 483,000 search results in one second. Most of the people aboard the Adriana had drowned in the Mediterranean, among them about 100 children. I did a similar search for the Titan submersible which disappeared the same week in the North Atlantic. That kludged-together pseudo-submarine was taking four wealthy men and the 19-year-old son of one of them to view the ruins of the famed passenger ship, the Titanic. They all…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-20). Russia continues retaliation attacks near Odessa and Ilichovsk. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The Russian army continued retaliatory attacks against production workshops and storage sites of unmanned drones near Odessa and Ilichovsk, announced today the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-20). Madrid to host EUROLAT Parliamentary Assembly. plenglish.com It will start the day after the general elections in Spain, which will mark the arrival of a new right-wing government or the continuity of the current left-wing one. The details of the event, released on Thursday, highlighted that on July 24 itself, His Majesty King Felipe Sixth will receive the European and Latin American delegates. | This will be the 15th EUROLAT meeting, scheduled for July 24-27 at the Spanish Senate headquarters, which will focus on the analysis of the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), concluded this week in Brussels.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-20). Italy allocates over 100 million euros for programs in Africa. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The Development Cooperation Committee of the Italian Foreign Ministry approved the allocation of over 100 million euros for programs in Africa, a communiqué said today.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-20). U.S. and U.K. join to impose sanctions as foreign policy tool. plenglish.com Washington, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) While the world calls for the elimination of sanctions, the United States and the United Kingdom reaffirmed that these are today, in their opinion, a key foreign policy tool.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-20). Cuba's meeting on biodiversity and tourism attracts markets. plenglish.com Holguin, Cuba, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The 9th Workshop on Biological Biodiversity and Tourism (Biotur 2023), which is taking place in this eastern city, is attracting the attention of tourist-sending markets.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-20). Cuban Parliament approves policy aimed at children and youth. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban deputies approved today the Comprehensive Care Policy for Children, Adolescents and Youth, aimed at promoting the development of these groups, respect for their rights and their social inclusion with equity.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-20). Syrian FM thanks Iran for its constant support. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad on Monday expressed Syria's appreciation and gratitude to Iran for supporting the fight against terrorism during the war his country has gone through since 2011.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-20). FAO collaborates in preserving Cuba's marine biodiversity. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday that it is collaborating with Cuban authorities in the preservation of marine biodiversity in the Gulf of Guacanayabo.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-20). Spanish unions close ranks and Sánchez receives support. plenglish.com Madrid, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The largest worker union organizations in Spain, CCOO and UGT, closed ranks today in favor of a future progressive government, in line with…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-20). Russia restricts British diplomats' movements. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Russia informed the United Kingdom's Embassy in Moscow that it has introduced restrictions on the movement of British diplomats on its territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed on Thursday.

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-07-20). Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leadership's Greenwashing 'Apartheid Tours'. mintpressnews.com In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel. | The workers' resolution puts its words into action by ensuring union funds aren't investing in Israel's settler enterprise and contributing to the oppression of Palestinians. It also calls for establishing a Palestine solidarity committee to foster relationships with Palestinian-led organizations and help educate members on the connections between Palestine and Indigenous struggles in…

Miko Peled (2023-07-20). Isaac Herzog's Visit to Congress: A Showcase of Apartheid Apologetics. mintpressnews.com On the fallout from Isaac Herzog's visit to Washington and the pathetic display of apartheid apologetics borne of a single congresswoman's bravery to dare call Israel what it is: a racist state.

Mnar Adley (2023-07-20). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-20). Covid Related News: The spectacle, the war and WHO's power grab. expose-news.com Reminding us of the "covid spectacle" we witnessed, Toby Rogers revisits the "breaking news" imagery used to achieve certain political outcomes. Vindicating lab leak "conspiracy theorists," the Biden Administration cuts funding to …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-20). John Kerry crumbles when confronted with FACTS on Co2: "This is not a serious conversation" expose-news.com In 2019, climate alarmist John Kerry testified during a House Oversight hearing on the national security risks of climate change. Rep. Thomas Massie questioned him about the amount of carbon dioxide in …

The Exposé (2023-07-20). CDC confirms COVID Vaccination caused shocking 338x increase in Cancers & AIDS-Associated Diseases. expose-news.com Official data made available by the U.S. Government and Centers for Disease Control strongly suggests that fully vaccinated Americans may be developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or a similar disease that is decimating …

teleSUR (2023-07-20). New York City to Pay $13 Million to George Floyd Protesters. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the New York City Hall agreed to pay compensation of US$13.7 to 1,380 protesters who were affected by the illegal tactics used by the Police during the repression of anti-racist protests that occurred between May 28 and June 4, 2020. | RELATED: | More specifically, New York City will pay US$9,950 to each of the citizens who filed a class action lawsuit for violation of constitutional rights against the Police. | In the paym…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Australia and New Zealand claim victories in FIFA Women's Cup. telesurenglish.net In a dramatic start to the FIFA Women's World Cup on Thusday, Australia edged out debutants Ireland, and underdogs New Zealand stunned European powerhouse Norway with surprise victories. | RELATED: | The month-long tournament features an expanded roster of 32 teams, with the final scheduled for August 20 in Sydney. Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand initiated the tournament with identical 1-0 penalty victories. | At Sydney's Stadium Au…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Colombians Mobilize in Support of President Gustavo Petro. telesurenglish.net The Workers' Unitary Central (CUT) called for a march in support of President Gustavo Petro on Thursday, when Colombians commemorate their Independence Day. | RELATED: | The event will also have the presence of organizations such as the Colombian Federation of Educators (FECODE). Citizens will gather at Bolivar Square in Bogota at 2: 00 p.m. | From this emblematic place in the Colombian capital, workers will ratify their sup…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Israeli Army Kills Palestinian in Nablus. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces killed Badr Sami Ribhi Masri, a 19-year-old Palestinian youth, and wounded three people in Nablus. | RELATED: | The Palestinian Health Ministry informed that the injured were taken to Rafidia Hospital, where two of them remain in serious condition. | About 30 people also suffered suffocation from tear gas, including a 12-year-old girl, said the Red Crescent emergency servi…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Iraqis Set Fire to Swedish Embassy Over Offending the Quran. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani withdrew his charge d'affaires in Sweden, asked the Swedish ambassador to leave Baghdad, and warned that his nation could break relations with the Nordic country. | RELATED: | This happened "in response to the Swedish government's repeated authorization to burn the noble Koran, insult Islamic sanctities, and burn the Iraqi flag," government spokesman Basem Al-Awadi said. | Al-Sudani's decisi…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). US Dollar Appreciation Hits Emerging Economies: IMF. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the U.S. dollar appreciation driven primarily by global financial risks last year had harder negative spillovers, especially for imports, on emerging market economies than on developed economies. | RELATED: | The IMF's External Sector Report pointed out that the dollar's real effective exchange rate rose by 8.3 percent in 2022 to its strongest level in two deca…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). President Ortega Asks the European Union to Respect Nicaragua. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demanded that European countries respect his nation and defended the decision not to sign the final declaration of the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | "We want them to respect us. They want to be leading Nicaragua. What they want is to put an end to the Latin American revolutionary gove…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Ships Sailing to Ukraine to Be Seen as Carrying Military Cargo. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that it will regard all ships sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as "potential carriers of military cargo." | RELATED: | "Due to the termination of the Black Sea Initiative, and the curtailment of the maritime humanitarian corridor, all ships en route to Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea will be considered potential carriers of military cargo from 00: 00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023," it said. | The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the countr…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Finland to Close Russia's Consulate in Turku. telesurenglish.net Finland will withdraw consent for Russia to operate its Consulate General in the southwestern city of Turku as of Oct. 1, 2023. | RELATED: | The decision was announced after a meeting on Wednesday between President Sauli Niinisto and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy. The Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry has officially informed the Russian ambassador about this decision. | Niinisto and mi…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Twelve European Countries in Grips of Sweltering Heat. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, extreme heat warnings were issued across Europe as the best part of the continent was gripped by the most intense heatwave since records began. | RELATED: | In Italy, red alerts were in force in all but four of the country's 27 main metropolitan area. Temperatures during the hottest part of the day were considered a threat to even young and healthy individuals. | In Spain, the heatwave in more than…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Venezuela Receives Millionaire Lot of Insulin Doses From Russia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, as part of the agreement between the Russian company Geropharm and the Venezuelan company Espromed Bio, a batch of more than 1.1 million containers of insulin arrived in Venezuela. | Related: | "The current batch of medicines includes more than 1.1 million containers of recombinant rapid and intermediate-acting human insulins: Rinsulin R and Rinsulin NPH," Geropharm said in a press release. | In addition, according to the company, the…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). FAO: Innovative Project To Address Food Security in Sri Lanka. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said that it is taking steps in collaboration with Sri Lanka to address the threat to food security caused by two consecutive seasons of poor harvests in 2021 and 2022. | Related: | According to official reports, with a nearly 40-percent drop in paddy production in 2022, Sri Lanka's rice ecosystem is vulnerable and requires immediate attention.

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Plane Crash in Colombia kills 6. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the civil aviation authority of Colombia said that a small plane crashed in central Meta department, killing five members of Colombia's Democratic Center party along with the pilot. | Related: | According to official local media statements, the plane was flying from Villavicencio to Bogotá for a party gathering. | The party identified the victims as former senator and ambassador Nohora Tovar and her husband, Gui…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Spain: Presidential Candidates Conclude Last Debate. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the last debate between the candidates for the Spanish presidency took place, where the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez and the candidate for Sumar, Yolanda Díaz ratified their articulation against Santiago Abascal, president of the ultra-right-wing Vox party. | Related: | With the absence of the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the other candidates addressed issues such as employment, GDP growth or inflation…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). India: 5 Dead and Many Trapped After Landslide, Incessant Rains. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, official reports stated that at least five persons died and many were feared trapped after a landslide, triggered by incessant rains, occurred in the Raigad district of India's south-western state of Maharashtra late on Wednesday night. | Related: | Official data shows that around 46 houses of a tribal village are located in the area hit by the landslide, and added that a total of nearly 70 people have been r…

A Guest Author (2023-07-20). U.S. activists visit Nicaragua to mark revolutionary gains. workers.org Geothermal workers and U.S. delegation members in Managua, July 14, 2023 Special to Workers World Workers World Party members from Boston and Portland joined the Jubilee House Community's solidarity delegation in Nicaragua to learn about the country's gains under the Sandinista National Liberation Front-led government since the triumph of their . . . |

Gloria Rubac (2023-07-20). Heat wave: Texas prison officials are murderers. workers.org Mother of Jon Anthony Southards holds pictures of her son who died in 121 heat, at a press conference at Texas Capitol, July 18, 2023. Houston Prisoners are dying almost every day in Texas due to the extreme heat. They are dying in cells, dorms, fields, factories and kitchens. The . . . |

Editor (2023-07-20). Hornet's nest of misogynist enablers. workers.org This time even the Supreme Court of the United States "liberals" got it wrong. On June 27, in a 7-to-2 ruling reversing a lower court's decision in Counterman v. Colorado, SCOTUS prioritized so-called "free speech" over protecting millions of victims of stalking — primarily women and gender-oppressed people. According to . . . |

G. Dunkel (2023-07-20). Haitians throughout the world demand 'relief'. workers.org March in Miami demands justice for Haiti. July 9, 2023. Thousands of Haitians came out in the streets in over 70 countries July 9 to demand "relief" for Haiti. The organizers estimate that approximately 100,000 Haitians took part. Besides in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, major marches took place in Croix-des-Bouquets, Carrefour, . . . |

Ann Brown (2023-07-20). EU Says Slavery Inflicted 'Untold Suffering,' Hints At Reparations. moguldom.com The European Union (EU) has acknowledged and expressed deep regret for the "untold suffering" inflicted by Europe's slave-trading past on millions of people. The EU also hinted at the need for reparations for slavery, which it described as a "crime against humanity." The EU is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states …

Ann Brown (2023-07-20). Prompt Engineer: How To Ride The AI Wave and Level Up Your Career. moguldom.com Many people are worried about losing their jobs to AI, or artificial intelligence. But there are jobs within the field that are now thriving, say some experts. One job is prompt engineering (also known as in-context learning). According to reports, prompt engineering pays six-figure salaries and doesn't require a degree in computer engineering or even …

Lauren Smith (2023-07-20). Nicaraguans Celebrate 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. covertactionmagazine.com Under Stewardship of Original Revolutionary Leader Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua Remains a Beacon for Social Progress Despite Crushing U.S. Sanctions In the United States, the word "socialism" has come to have a negative meaning. In that meaning, the word implies the loss of individual sovereignty, rejection of religion and the institution of authoritarian political measures. While …

Editor (2023-07-20). French MPs to vote on Bill that would allow police to spy through phones. mronline.org The proposed law specifies that the procedure can be executed "without the knowledge or consent of its owner or possessor," but is limited to suspects involved in terrorism, organised crime and other illegal activities punishable by five or more years in prison.

Editor (2023-07-20). Extreme heat prompts issue of safety warnings across several countries. mronline.org Safety warnings have been issued in France where temperature levels on Wednesday reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

Philip Weiss (2023-07-20). Biden, Jayapal, and liberal Zionists rush to prop up the Israel lobby for 2024. mronline.org Liberal Zionists rushed to affirm their support for Israel and hatred of anti-Zionism in the wake of the Pramila Jayapal "racist state" comment because they are afraid the Israel lobby will abandon the Democratic party.

Editor (2023-07-20). 200 years of the Monroe Doctrine: History and present. mronline.org The Monroe Doctrine served Washington to declare unilaterally and as if it were a divine right, protector of the American continent, letting the rest of the world know where its zone of influence, expansion and predominance resided.

Editor (2023-07-20). Barbie Is on the Picket Line. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-20). The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO's Ukraine Roulette. scheerpost.com By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch Deliberate provocations of a nuclear rival, coups d'état, colour revolutions, broken promises, broken treaties, escalation of tensions, demonization, invective, double-standards — all this while asserting adherence to international legal norms and playing innocent about our aggressions, our violations of the Hague and Geneva Conventions, of articles 1(2)[1], 2(3)[2], 2(4)[3] and 39[4] of …

Editor (2023-07-20). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already …

Editor (2023-07-20). From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-20). The Hype of Nuclear 'Renaissance'. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-20). 175+ Groups Urge Biden to Immediately Enact New Student Debt Cancellation Plan. scheerpost.com "Restarting the fundamentally broken student loan system without first delivering on the relief promised to borrowers remains a grave mistake, and will only exacerbate already dire economic situations for millions."

Editor (2023-07-20). 58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel's Apartheid Regime Toward Palestinians Shows in Their Mental Health. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — While the Democrats in Washington, D.C. conduct a bizarre debate about whether Israel is a racist state, The World Bank has released some findings from its The Palestinian Psychological Conditions Survey (PPCS). They are summarized by Alia Aghajanian, Arden Finn, Gianluca Mele, and Nadir Mohammed. In a survey …

Staff (2023-07-20). Meet the Wisconsin Teacher Fired for Protesting Ban on Miley Cyrus & Dolly Parton Song "Rainbowland" democracynow.org We speak with first-grade teacher Melissa Tempel, who was fired last week for a viral tweet in which she criticized the Waukesha, Wisconsin, board of education's decision to ban her students from singing "Rainbowland" during a school concert earlier this year. The hit song about inclusivity by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton includes the lyrics "We are rainbows, me and you / Every color, every hue / Let's shine on through." The school district said Tempel's firing was not about the song but about the way she protested the decision. Tempel says the Waukesha school district&#8…

Staff (2023-07-20). "While We Watched": New Film Spotlights Journalist Ravish Kumar's Fight for Truth in Modi's India. democracynow.org As world leaders from the United States to France welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we look at press freedom in India under the leader of the Hindu nationalist party BJP. One of India's last bastions of free media, NDTV, has been taken over by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, believed to have close ties to Modi. NDTV's former executive editor and longtime anchor Ravish Kumar, one of India's most prominent TV journalists who has reported critically on Modi's Hindu nationalist policies, is the subject of Vinay Shukla's film While We Watched, which is being released this week in the…

Staff (2023-07-20). Headlines for July 20, 2023. democracynow.org More Temperature Records Fall as U.S. Heat Wave Intensifies, Migrants Face Intense Heat in Mexico as They Wait to Apply for Asylum at U.S. Border, Receding Floodwaters in Northern India Prompt Warnings over Waterborne Diseases, Russia Bombards Ukraine's Black Sea Ports and Threatens Cargo Ships, Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Rally Against Tax Hikes and Inflation, Taliban Guards Attack Women Protesting Closure of Beauty Parlors and Salons, Iraqis Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Qur'an Burning in Stockholm, Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prison…

Ruwaida Amer (2023-07-20). Flights from Israel won't end Gaza's isolation. electronicintifada.net Offers of trips via Ramon Airport have aroused quite a few suspicions.

U.S. House of Representatives (2023-07-20). "The Weaponization of the Federal Government": The FBI's Collaboration with a Compromised Ukrainian Intelligence Agency to Censor American Speech. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-07-20). "Empire of Lies". Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca

Neenah Payne (2023-07-20). How COVID Shots Pose National Security Issues. "Warning the Military of what was happening to Army Personnel". globalresearch.ca

Prof. Hussein Gharbieh (2023-07-20). Economic and Financial Collapse: "Saudi Crown Prince has a new plan for Lebanon" globalresearch.ca

Art Moore (2023-07-20). U.S. Army Surgeon in Tears: Top Brass Ordered Silence on Vaccine Injuries. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Graeme MacQueen (2023-07-20). September 11, 2001: Eyewitness Evidence of Explosions in the Twin Towers. globalresearch.ca

J. J. Brannock (2023-07-20). Fauci, Health Officials Accused of Illegally Approving $26 Billion in Grants Using Taxpayer Dollars. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-20). John Bolton Accidentally Explains Why US Policy on Russia and China Is Wrong. globalresearch.ca

Michael Nevradakis (2023-07-20). How The White House Colluded with Twitter to Censor RFK Jr. and Children's Health Defense. globalresearch.ca

Matthew Phelan (2023-07-20). UN Warns Brain Chips Like Elon Musk's Neuralink Could be Used as 'Personality-altering' Weapons — as FDA Approves Tech for Human Trials. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Brushing, Flossing Could Help Protect Against Dementia. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-20). South Africa Showed That BRICS Isn't What Many of Its Supporters Assumed. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-20). The Road Ahead: Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca We do not seek to negotiate with corrupt government officials. They are liars. Our intent is to confront the powerful actors behind this criminal endeavor which is literally destroying people's lives worldwide.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-07-20). Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion. A Global Food Crisis is Looming. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-07-20). As NATO Looks for Answers to the Ukraine Conflict, Poland Seeks the Nuclear Option. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-20). Selected Articles: Cognitive Impairment in Adults — What Role Did COVID Vaccines Play? globalresearch.ca By When the COVID-19 vaccines were brought to market, due to their design I expected them to have safety issues, and I expected …

Andrea Peters (2023-07-20). Impoverishing Ukraine: "Western Political and Business Interests integrated into the Ukrainian State" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Is Climate Engineering Real? globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-20). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Public housing tenant Margaret Kelly given eviction date. greenleft.org.au

Peter Boyle (2023-07-20). Malaysian socialists in election pact with youth-based party. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and the Malaysian United Democracy Alliance (MUDA) have agreed on an electoral pact for the upcoming state assembly elections on August 12, reports Peter Boyle.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Anti-war protesters say Talisman Sabre war games should be cancelled. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Calls grow for public housing to be saved, more built. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

Damian Balassone (2023-07-20). Poem: Spiritual Land/Spiritless Man. greenleft.org.au Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Finance union urges NAB workers to vote up improved agreement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Four Big Banks refuse to renew loans to Whitehaven Coal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Video: Caste and Class in India today. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Merri-bek community takes to the streets against AUKUS. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). 70 years after armistice: It's time to end the Korean War! greenleft.org.au

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-20). White City Innovation District hosts ClimateTech Summit. imperial.ac.uk Policymakers, academics, corporate players and innovative scaleups explore the potential of the UK's climate technology sector at the Jawdrop Summit.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-20). Could mink farms be the source of the next flu pandemic? imperial.ac.uk Urgent action is needed to address the significant risk posed by fur farms for the emergence of future viral pandemics, Imperial scientists warn.

infobrics (2023-07-20). Germany never learns as it pursues 'Drang nach Osten' once again. infobrics.org The exact motivation Berlin might have to go against Moscow once again is up for debate, particularly as Russia inflicted numerous crushing defeats on various German invaders in the last over 1000 years.

infobrics (2023-07-20). US presses Ukraine for decisive breakthrough despite stubborn Russian defences. infobrics.org It will take years and billions of dollars for Ukrainian Air Force to match Russia, says General Milley.

infobrics (2023-07-20). BRICS Currency: Is It a Feasible Idea?>. infobrics.org In recent times, there has been a growing call among countries to trade in currencies apart from the US dollar due to the economic disruption caused by Western sanctions against Russia and its subsequent eviction from international dollar-trading systems like SWIFT…

infobrics (2023-07-20). Experts Pitch for Kenya to Join BRICS. infobrics.org As more countries are considering joining BRICS, the bloc of emerging economies, experts in Kenya are now urging the new administration to follow suit for economic and trade benefits…

infobrics (2023-07-20). Russia's Arctic LNG 2 Will Use Chinese Equipment for Power Generation – Novatek. infobrics.org Russia's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek NVTK.MM plans to build a gas turbine power station for the future Arctic LNG 2 plant using equipment from China's Wison and Harbin Guanghan Gas Turbine Co. Ltd…

infobrics (2023-07-20). South Africa Says Putin Agreed not to Attend BRICS Summit. infobrics.org Russia will instead be represented by its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Johannesburg summit, alongside the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, the presidency said in a statement…

infobrics (2023-07-20). Russia protects Crimean civilians by attacking ports in Odessa. infobrics.org Kiev regime has arms depots in Odessa, legitimizing Moscow's attacks to neutralize threats.

Staff (2023-07-20). Venezuela Begins Using Russia's MIR Cards on Margarita Island. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-20). Venezuela's Non-Energy Exports Reach $3 Billion in 2023. orinocotribune.com According to data from the Venezuelan Exporters Association (AVEX), Venezuela's exports—excluding the energy sector—have reached approximately $3 billion so far in 2023. | AVEX president, Ramón Goyo, According to Goyo, Venezuela's main markets are the European Union, the United States—whose governments maintain illegal sanctions against Venezuela[m…

Staff (2023-07-20). Guatemala: Electoral Tribunal Reaffirms Movimiento Semilla's Green Light. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala confirmed this Tuesday, July 18, in a communication sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office that it will not veto the Movimiento Semilla party, the political party to which Bernardo Arévalo, candidate for the presidential runoff on August 20, belongs. | The decision of the electoral court responds to a request—the second of its kind—made to the Attorney General's Office, endorsed by Judge Freddy Orellana, to remove Semilla from the presidential race on charges of corruption, linked to an alleged use of false signatures in order to register the party.

mforinoco (2023-07-20). Who Exactly Is 'Forcing' America To Support Human Rights Abuses? orinocotribune.com

mforinoco (2023-07-20). 33-Day Israeli War on Lebanon Marked 'Strategic Turning Point' for Resistance. orinocotribune.com By Hiba Morad — Jul 18, 2023 | This week, 17 years ago, the Israeli regime launched an all-out war against Lebanon, a small West Asian country neighboring the occupied Palestinian territories. | After 33 days of intense fighting, on August 14, 2006, the tiny nation of brave people captured the imagination of the world for inflicting crushing defeat on a relatively dominant entity. | The resistance fighters in the Arab country, located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, destroyed the regime's illusion of invincibility and forever changed the power equations. | During the 33-day war, Lebanese resi…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Bangladesh ranked worst country for workers in ITUC's 2023 Global Rights Index. peoplesdispatch.org The 2023 Global Rights Index noted that workers' rights have consistently deteriorated in the Asia Pacific region over the last 10 years with governments passing various laws that undermine workers' interests…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Ships headed to Ukraine via Black Sea legitimate targets for attacks, warns Russia. peoplesdispatch.org The warning comes following Ukraine's attempts to revive the Black Sea grain deal without Russia. Ukraine is pitching a proposal that involves other countries providing protection to ships carrying its grain…

Anish R M (2023-07-20). Uncertainty looms as Thai parliament blocks Pita Limjaroenrat from leading new government. peoplesdispatch.org Wednesday was nothing short of high drama in Thai politics as Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party, was also temporarily suspended from serving as a legislator by the Constitutional Court, just as parliamentarians were debating his eligibility to stand for the prime minister's post…

Natalia Marques (2023-07-20). Cuba condemns ongoing US occupation of Guantanamo Bay. peoplesdispatch.org

Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-20). USSR's Support For Black Liberation Earns Russia Grace With Africans. popularresistance.org On the first week of spring in 1931, at the nadir of the Great Depression, nine Black teenagers stowed away on a Memphis-bound train scuffled with a gaggle of white youths who took exception to their presence. The Black youths made quick work of their counterparts, heaving all but one, Orville Gilley, from the slow-moving railcars to the grassy knoll below. Gilley would have met the same fate as his friends but by the time the Black youths got to him, the train had picked up considerable speed, and he was hanging perilously from the gondola. Fearing Gilley might fall underneath one of the railcars, two Black teen…

The Black Alliance for Peace. (2023-07-20). International Community Must Reject US/UN/CARICOM Plan For Haiti. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) is alarmed that representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are at the forefront of the call for armed intervention in Haiti calling on Rwanda and Kenya to help lead the charge. Once again the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) calls on the international community to reject U.S., UN, and CARICOM plans for an armed intervention in Haiti. We have been consistent in our support for Haitian people who view the presence of the United Nations Integrated Office (BINUH) and the Core Group as a foreign occupation. Since 2004, they have suppressed Haiti's independence and sovereignty…

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-20). There Can Be No Justice Until Capitalism Is Removed From The Earth. popularresistance.org "What is the path that we are going to chart towards socialism?" This is the question that animated the first day of the 'Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism' conference, which is being held in South Africa between July 17 to 20. | The conference has been divided into commissions, each with a mandate to deliberate upon a particular theme and draft a concrete plan of action which will be adopted in the form of a resolution on the final day. The commissions on July 17 addressed the themes of food sovereignty and agroecology, gender struggles against patriarchy, and urban struggles for hou…

Seymour Hersh, Mintpress News. (2023-07-20). Ordinary People By The Millions. popularresistance.org Lunch with Tom Frank is a totally American experience. He's a proud native of Kansas but far from a country boy: he got his doctorate from the University of Chicago and has written a series of influential books. He likes people, food, and telling it like it is. He teases the waiter, talks about a healthy salad, and then orders an overstuffed sandwich that he wolfs down as he dissects the increasingly crazed American political world. He's not just a guy who happens to be bright and unpretentious and a lot of fun who has chosen to focus on American politics; he's a political prophet who two decades ago saw what oth…

Sam Pizzigati, CounterPunch. (2023-07-20). A Good Year's Pay For A Good Day's Work? popularresistance.org The just-released Good Jobs First analysis — Power Outrage: Will Heavily Subsidized Battery Factories Generate Substandard Jobs? — examines a little-known provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that may end up costing U.S. taxpayers more than $200 billion over the next decade, a sum above and beyond the $13 billion that state and local governments have promised as battery incentives. | Lawmakers see all those billions of tax dollars as a generator of good wages, but nothing in the battery subsidy fine-print mandates — or even incentivizes — decent worker paychecks. Ford Motor, for i…

noreply (2023-07-20). Some Very Good Points From Larry… smoothiex12.blogspot.com

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-20). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Activista (2023-07-20). Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours. indybay.org Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto | 1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Third Wave Of Russian Retaliation Strikes Hit Ukraine. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Night of July 20 marked the third wave of Russian retaliation strikes on Ukrainian ports and military facilities throughout the country. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry confirmed damage to warehouses and port facilities as a result of night strikes in the Odessa region. The Russian military is yet to comment on the attack and reveal the targets. | Last night explosions thundered in the Odessa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporozhie regions. The main target was again the port infrastructure in the…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Blasts Heard Near Russian Hmeimim Air Base In Syria (Photos). southfront.org File image. | On July 19, a series of blasts rocked the city of Jableh which is located just three kilometers to the south from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base on the Syrian coast. | Syrian state TV said that the blasts were the result of a military exercise. However, activists in Jableh alleged that several armed drones that attempted to attack Hmeimim Air Base were intercepted by Syrian and Russian air defenses over the city. | Photos that surfaced online showed small fires and damaged properties in Jableh. There…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). In Video: Syrian Army Destroys Howitzer, Shoots Down Three Armed Drones In Greater Idlib. southfront.org © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had destroyed a howitzer and shot down three armed drones in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on July 19. | In a statement, the ministry said that the army targeted and destroyed a 122 mm towed howitzer in the southern Idlib countryside. According to the ministry, the howitzer was used by terrorist groups to shell nearby government-held villages and towns. | The army also shot down three armed drones that att…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Shocking Footage Shows Turkish Soldiers Torturing Syrians On Border (18+). southfront.org Turkish forces are seen at Mount Barsaya in northeast of Afrin, January 28, 2018 / Khalil Ashawi / Reuters | On July 19, a video surfaced online showing Turkish soldiers brutally torturing a group of Syrians who allegedly attempted to cross the border into Turkey. | In the shocking footage, the Turkish soldiers can be seen beating the Syrians, who appear to be minors, with sticks and insulting them inside a military position. One of the soldiers even goes as far as stepping on the head of one of the victimes. | The v…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Ukraine Attacks Crimea Again To Deflect From Losses On The Front (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 20, Ukraine launched yet another attack against the Crimean Peninsula, in what appears to be an attempt to deflect attention from its failing counteroffensive. | Crimea governor Sergey Aksyonov said that a suspected drone strike damaged at least four buildings and killed a young girl in the Russian-held peninsula.As a result of the "enemy drone" strike, "four administrative buildings" were damaged and at least one person killed, Aksyonov claimed on Telegram shortly after 6am…

Art Persyko (2023-07-20). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

CCL San Mateo Chapter, Youth Group (2023-07-20). Saturday 8/5: Climate Emergency: March & Rally for Climate Justice in San Mateo. indybay.org Central Park | 50 East 5th Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-20). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). World's first hydrogen-powered tram to be tested in Malaysia. ecns.cn China has developed the world's first hydrogen-powered smart tram. It departed Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Friday and will be shipped from Shanghai to Malaysia in the coming days.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). First wind farm with 16MW turbines begins operations. ecns.cn The world's first offshore wind farm using 16 MW turbines was put into operation and started power generation on Wednesday, operator China Three Gorges Corporation said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Giant panda Fu Bao celebrates her 3rd birthday in South Korea. ecns.cn Giant panda Fu Bao in South Korea celebrated its 3rd birthday at Everland Resort in Yongin.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Computing power becomes new engine driving economic growth in China: MIIT. ecns.cn Computing power has injected energy into the digital transformation of all walks of life and is becoming an important driving force for high-quality economic and social development, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). New drug slows Alzheimer's progression. ecns.cn A new drug is emerging as a potential game-changer in the battle against Alzheimer's disease, after rigorous global trials validated its ability to slow the rate of cognitive decline.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). New orchid species discovered in Sichuan. ecns.cn A new species of orchid has been discovered in Sichuan province's Wolong National Nature Reserve, according to a release by the reserve's management bureau on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Beijing sees GDP increase 5.5 percent. ecns.cn The Chinese capital's GDP reached 2.06 trillion yuan ($285.74 billion) in the first half of the year, with year-on-year growth of 5.5 percent, and authorities expect the upward trend to continue in the future.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). NATO's Japan office plan sparks concerns. ecns.cn Experts questioned the significance of NATO's plans to open a liaison office in Japan as such a project is likely to aggravate preexisting tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Readers line up for book fair in SAR. ecns.cn Thousands of book lovers queued up on Wednesday and filed into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as the 33rd Hong Kong Book Fair kicked off.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Senior diplomat to attend BRICS meeting. ecns.cn Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will attend the 13th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security in Johannesburg next week, a gathering aimed at making preparations for the BRICS Summit scheduled to be held in August.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China eases limit for foreign debt. ecns.cn China increased the macro-prudential adjustment parameter for cross-border financing of corporates and financial institutions to 1.5 from 1.25 on Thursday, a move that experts said will help boost confidence in the renminbi.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Experts: More active fiscal policy on agenda. ecns.cn China's fiscal policies will work more actively to boost both investment and consumption to secure a greater overall economic recovery in the second half, experts said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Camels 'strike' in Gansu scenic spot resume work with sufficient rest assured. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Diplomat: U.S. needs Kissinger-style wisdom. ecns.cn Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi hailed on Wednesday former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger's historic contributions to the icebreaking development of China-U.S. relations, and stressed that it is impossible to remold, contain or encircle China.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Top diplomat Wang Yi to visit Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. ecns.cn China's top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Turkey at the invitation of the countries later this month, prior to and following his attendance at a BRICS meeting in South Africa.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Shenzhou XVI crew to conduct first spacewalk. ecns.cn The Shenzhou XVI crew will soon carry out their first spacewalk, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China's Space seed breeding makes breakthrough, contributing to agricultural technology and food security. ecns.cn 136 types of seeds, including crops, forest vegetation, flowers, and microorganisms will be carried on board the Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft to start their space breeding journey.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). 6,522 rooms set to accommodate Universiade players. ecns.cn "Welcome Home" is one of the most common signs you would see when wandering inside the FISU Games Village in Chengdu, the host city of the upcoming World University Games.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Muqam Art Troupe of Xinjiang on performance tour in Indonesia. ecns.cn The Muqam Art Troupe of Xinjiang Art Theater from China performed in Taman Ismail Marzuki, an art and performance center in Jakarta on Wednesday, which coincided with Indonesia's Islamic New Year holiday and attracted many audiences to enjoy it.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Portraits for Chinese women's soccer team unveiled. ecns.cn Players of Team China pose for a group photo during the official FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 portrait session in Adelaide, Australia July 18, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). New microgravity experiment facility with electromagnetic launch (4 second) starts trial run. ecns.cn The new microgravity experiment facility started trial operation on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). In Numbers: China sees rising border entries, exits in H1. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China to continue promoting high-quality B&R cooperation: FM. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China's Kuaizhou rocket sends four satellites into space. ecns.cn The four satellites, belonging to the Tianmu-1 meteorological constellation will mainly be used to provide commercial meteorological data service.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-20). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

Julie Russell-Steuart (2023-07-20). Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective. indybay.org The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban.

La Peña Cultural Center (2023-07-20). Friday 7/21: La Peña Cultural Center's Baila Party! indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave)…

LA Sentinel (2023-07-20). First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District. indybay.org Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District… stay tuned…

NARAL Pro-Choice CA (2023-07-20). Wednesday 7/19: Reproductive Freedom Advocate Training w/ NARAL CA. indybay.org Virtual/online training workshop…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Science Saturday: A novel testing approach for newly identified VEXAS syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org VEXAS syndrome is a severe autoinflammatory disease that results in a spectrum of rheumatologic and hematologic conditions. Mostly affecting men over age 50, VEXAS is caused by somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells, which is a gene located in the X chromosome. Until just a few years ago, patients presenting with features of VEXAS syndrome were not unified under a specific diagnosis. The underlying cause of newly identified VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Proper posture and body alignment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17. Does it really matter if I'm slouching a bit? ANSWER: Though it may seem annoying, your grandmother is correct in that good posture supports good health. And starting good habits now, though it requires conscious effort, can help you…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people think that a breast health specialist only treats cancer, but the truth is that these doctors handle a wide range of breast-related conditions. Dr. Lauren Cornell, a Mayo Clinic breast medicine specialist, says there are many ways people can benefit from seeing a breast medicine expert. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? youtu.be/sU7I61tnxZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist and director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

Oakland Privacy (2023-07-20). Tuesday 8/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-20). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-20). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

Planned Parenthood (2023-07-20). Wednesday 7/19: History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice Teach-in. indybay.org Online event | ACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning will be available.

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-20). PNW Street Medics and Military Medicine. indybay.org

Revolution Books (2023-07-20). Friday 7/21: Take Revolution to the Movie Lines for the film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-07-20). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-20). Friday 7/21: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

SF Protests (2023-07-20). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-20). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-07-20). Rusia considera como objetivos bélicos barcos hacia Ucrania. telesurtv.net Esto ocurre bajo el contexto del anunció este lunes por parte el Kremlin de la suspensión de su participación en el acuerdo del grano.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-20). Justicia francesa condena a más de mil personas tras disturbios. telesurtv.net Los tribunales emitieron 742 sentencias a penas de cárcel de obligado cumplimiento.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-20). Rusia da tres meses a ONU para cumplir memorando de granos. telesurtv.net El 22 de julio de 2022, Rusia, Türkiye y la ONU firmaron un acuerdo para desbloquear la exportación de granos y fertilizantes de Ucrania a través del mar Negro.

teleSUR, dcdc (2023-07-20). III Cumbre Celac-UE sin consenso entre las partes. telesurtv.net Los representantes latinoamericanos rechazaron las sanciones económicas impuestas por EE. UU contra Venezuela y Cuba.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-20). Presidente Lula exige sancionar a agresor de juez del Supremo. telesurtv.net "Necesitamos castigar severamente a las personas que todavía transmiten odio", afirmó el mandatario petista.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-20). Cientos de bomberos combaten tres incendios en Grecia. telesurtv.net El ministro griego de Crisis Climática y Protección Civil señaló que los efectivos "libran una enorme batalla".

teleSUR, jaa, DRL (2023-07-20). Fiscalía abre investigación contra presidente de Costa Rica. telesurtv.net El Ministerio Público detalló que se analizará en esta indagatoria una supuesta influencia del mandatario contra la Hacienda Pública.

teleSUR, jaa, DRL (2023-07-20). Presentan demanda constitucional contra Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net Los demandantes aseguran que tienen pruebas para probar que hubo un comportamiento arbitrario por parte de la policía y las Fuerzas Armadas.

teleSUR, jaa- DRL (2023-07-20). Explosión subterránea de gas deja 41 heridos en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Varios testigos aseguran que durante varios minutos posteriores a la explosión podía notarse el olor a gas en el lugar.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-20). Asciende a 15 cifra de muertos tras deslave en Cundinamarca. telesurtv.net Se agota el tiempo para hallar a 13 desaparecidos a 48 de ocurrida la tragedia en Quetame, Cundinamarca, en la zona centro-norte de Colombia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-20). Al menos 15 personas mueren electrocutadas en el norte de India. telesurtv.net El ministro en jefe de Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, expresó su pesar por las víctimas y ordenó una investigación sobre el incidente.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-20). En tensa calma avanza marcha de la Tercera Toma de Lima. telesurtv.net Este miércoles 19 de julio se manifiestan en 38 ciudades en las 25 regiones de Perú contra el Gobierno de Dina Boluarte.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-20). Presidente Putin no asistirá a cumbre de los Brics en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Desde Moscú, el vocero del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, anuncio que Putin participará en la cumbre en formato de videoconferencia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-20). Festival de Poesía avanza con distintas actividades en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El segundo día del Congreso Mundial de Poesía se desarrolló este martes con el aporte de valiosas reflexiones y profundos diálogos.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-07-20). Mueren tres personas durante tiroteo en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda. telesurtv.net El alcalde de Auckland, Wayne Brown, expresó sus condolencias a las familias afectadas.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-20). Ganaría la izquierda en próximas elecciones uruguayas. telesurtv.net El opositor Frente Amplio creció tres puntos porcentuales en su intención de voto con respecto a mayo del 2022.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-20). "Toma de Lima" avanza con bloqueos y enfrentamientos en Perú. telesurtv.net Policía Nacional del Perú arroja bombas lacrimógenas contra cerca de 3.000 manifestantes en la ciudad de Huancavelica.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-20). Accidente aéreo deja seis muertos en Boyacá, Colombia. telesurtv.net La aeronave tipo Cessna T210N de matrícula HK5138 era un taxi aéreo, que cubría la ruta Villavicencio —Guaymaral.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-20). Realizan acciones para contener derrame de crudo en Esmeraldas, Ecuador. telesurtv.net El derrame de crudo ocurrió a las 04H30 (hora local) en una operación del puerto petrolero de la empresa estatal Petroecuador.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-20). Así se movilizan los peruanos en la Tercera Toma de Lima. telesurtv.net Los peruanos se levantan en protestas contra el Gobierno de la designada presidenta Dina Boluarte y el Congreso de La República.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-20). CNE de Ecuador garantiza seguridad del voto telemático. telesurtv.net El Consejo Nacional Electoral precisó que el mecanismo garantiza eficiencia técnica, transparencia y seguridad jurídica.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-20). Celebran 44 Aniversario de Revolución Sandinista en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net La celebración oficial contó con la presencia del presidente Daniel Ortega y la vicepresidenta Rosario Murillo.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-20). Felicitan a Nicaragua por 44 aniversario de la Revolución Sandinista. telesurtv.net Mandatarios de Cuba, Rusia, China y el canciller de Venezuela, enviaron sus felicitaciones al Gobierno de Nicaragua.

teleSUR- hvh (2023-07-20). Reportan violentas protestas contra altos impuestos en Kenia. telesurtv.net Las manifestaciones tuvieron lugar en el barrio capitalino de Kibera donde los manifestantes quemaron neumáticos.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-20). Presidente del parlamento venezolano alaba nueva ley tributaria. telesurtv.net La Ley Orgánica de Coordinación y Armonización de las Potestades Tributarias de los Estados y Municipios, fue aprobada este martes por la AN.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-20). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

WorkWeek (2023-07-20). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

WSWS (2023-07-20). Report slams New Zealand Labour government's immigrant "dawn raids" apology. wsws.org The report found that anti-immigrant "dawn raids" were so entrenched that Labour's vaunted 2021 apology to the Pacific Island community appeared "to ring hollow."

WSWS (2023-07-20). Teamsters hold rally in Los Angeles as negotiations re-start at UPS. wsws.org Striking film and television workers, many who have been on the picket lines for weeks, joined UPS workers at the rally.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Stellantis Kokomo workers discuss fight for rank-and-file control of contract fight. wsws.org After decades' of betrayals by the UAW bureaucracy, workers in the union president's home area are looking for a new way to fight.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Taiwanese presidential contender to make provocative US "stop-overs" wsws.org Taiwan's vice-president, Lai Ching-teh, who is also a candidate in next January's presidential election, is making a trip to the Americas next month that is likely to further exacerbate tensions with China.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Mobilize North American workers to defend Canadian dockers, defeat government strikebreaking! wsws.org As a consequence of their fight for wage increases at least equal to inflation and improved job protections—demands shared by all workers, private and public sector alike—the dockworkers find themselves pitted in a direct political confrontation with the trade union-backed Liberal government, the repressive apparatus of the capitalist state and all corporate Canada.

WSWS (2023-07-20). German government pushes the militarisation of schools and conscription of young people. wsws.org A central element of the return of German militarism is the complete orientation of society towards war, including at home.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Michigan attorney general indicts 16 Republicans in 2020 fake elector scheme. wsws.org On Tuesday, the Michigan attorney general announced felony charges against 16 Republicans, who signed their names to a slate of false presidential electors aimed at switching the outcome of the state's presidential vote from Biden to Trump in December 2020.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Trump's imminent indictment: The political issues. wsws.org Special counsel Smith's letter at once reflects and intensifies an unprecedented crisis of the US political system, under conditions where the Biden administration has committed the US to expanding the war against Russia in Ukraine into a global war of indefinite duration.

WSWS (2023-07-20). 22,000 Yellow workers posed to strike after company fails to pay benefit contributions. wsws.org On the verge of bankruptcy, Yellow is deep in debt and is unable to pay for workers' benefits as Wall Street demands deeper cuts.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Rents soaring to record levels in Australia. wsws.org With real wages being cut and the cost of living rising across the board, rents have grown over the past 12 months at some of the fastest rates on record.

_____ (2023-07-20). Nicholas Kristof: A Faulty Prophet. strategic-culture.org The New York Times columnist seems primed for another failed foreign policy prediction. | By Ted Galen CARPENTER | Join us on , , and . | New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has amassed a long record of faulty, overly…

_____ (2023-07-20). Russo-Turkish Relations: The 'Indivisible Security' Principle Is No Longer Binding. strategic-culture.org Turkey seems to demonstrate what some experts on Turkey call "transactional relationship" or "eastern bazaar mentality." | Join us on , , and . | I recall vividly the latest NATO Summit that took place in Vilnius and was giv…

_____ (2023-07-20). Foreign Affairs Barrage of Baloney on Ukraine is Keeping the Phoney War Going. strategic-culture.org Zelensky is not the leader who is going to negotiate peace with Russia, not now, not any time, Martin Jay writes. | Join us on , , and . | Foreign Affairs magazine had a brief moment of attention beyond its normal limited el…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-20). Lula critica a presidente chileno por exigir visión más dura contra Rusia. telesurtv.net "Posiblemente, la falta de costumbre de participar en estas reuniones hace que el joven sea más sediento", afirmó Lula.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-20). Alaud en la India deja al menos cinco muertos y heridos. telesurtv.net Este deslizamiento ocurrió en el horario de la noche, en el distrito de Raigad, después de las intensas lluvias que azotaron el lugar.

teleSUR, nbb, JDO (2023-07-20). Suben a 20 fallecidos por alud en Colombia. telesurtv.net Militares, bomberos y miembros de otras entidades estatales, que suman más de 400 rescatistas, buscan sobrevivientes del desastre, ocurrido la noche del lunes.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-20). Un joven palestino muere a manos del Ejército de Israel. telesurtv.net Según medios locales, el incidente fue después de que el jefe de la Policía de Israel, Kobi Shabtai, visitara la Tumba de José.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-20). Manifestantes asaltan la embajada de Suecia en Irak. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Irak condenó el incidente y declaró que el gobierno dio instrucciones a las fuerzas de seguridad para realizar una expedita investigación.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-20). Represión policial deja al menos 11 heridos en Perú. telesurtv.net Los peruanos reclaman la renuncia de la presidenta designada Dina Boluarte y el cierre del Congreso, así como un adelanto de las elecciones.

teleSUR, ajs, JGN (2023-07-20). Conoce tres facetas de Pancho Villa, el revolucionario mexicano. telesurtv.net Debido a su bravura y su innata capacidad para la guerra, Pancho Villa fue conocido como el Centauro del Norte.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-20). Venezuela recibe millonario lote de dosis de insulina de Rusia. telesurtv.net El lote cubrirá las necesidades de todos los pacientes del país que requieren tratamiento con insulina por un periodo de hasta tres meses.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-20). Presidente Ortega pide a la Unión Europea respeto para Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Ortega reveló que los europeos presionaron para que "el fascista, el nazi presidente de Ucrania (Volodímir Zelenski)" estuviera en la Cumbre de la Celac y la UE.

WSWS (2023-07-20). 22,000 Yellow freight workers poised to strike after company fails to pay benefit contributions. wsws.org On the verge of bankruptcy, Yellow is deep in debt and is unable to pay for workers' benefits as Wall Street demands deeper cuts.

_____ (2023-07-20). Israel and Saudi Arabia — Will it be against or for the agreement? journal-neo.org

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-20). Community Gathers in Bremerton, WA for Puget Sound Prisoner Support Benefit for June 11th. itsgoingdown.org Report on recent June 11th benefit event for Puget Sound Prisoner Support in so-called Bremerton, Washington. On June 9th, comrades from across the Pacific Northwest came together for a benefit show and zine fair in honor of June 11th, a day set aside to stand in unity with those who have taken up the fight…

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Space-bred morel mushrooms returned by Shenzhou-12 successfully cultivated. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have selected several space-bred morel mushroom varieties returned by the Shenzhou-12 crewed spaceship and successfully cultivated new varieties with excellent characters, said China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Wednesday, which also published the seed list for space breeding experiments inside Shenzhou-16.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). PLA naval task force wraps up visit to West Africa. ecns.cn The 43rd Chinese naval escort task force ended its visit to the Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, completing a visit to five West African countries, according to a report in the People's Liberation Army Daily.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Bangladeshi Sewage Treatment Plant another example of BRI benifits: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant, the first large-scale modern sewage treatment facility in Bangladesh, is yet another example of how the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) benefits local population in participating countries, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a press conference on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). U.S. urged to stop sending wrong signal to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces: Chinese FM. ecns.cn "We urge the U.S. to stop official interaction with Taiwan, stop upgrading its substantive exchanges with the region, and stop sending a wrong signal to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces," stated Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a press conference on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China sends four meteorological satellites into space. ecns.cn China's Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11: 20 a.m. on Thursday, sending four meteorological satellites into the planned orbit.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Esports takes Asian Games by storm, but standardization remains key. ecns.cn The inclusion of esports in the 19th Asian Games has sparked a new wave of enthusiasm, with players, industry insiders, platforms, and investors all seeing it as a rare opportunity. Insiders pointed out that there is still a long way to go before achieving standardization and regulation within the esports industry.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Xi, Kissinger meet at historic site. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping met with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Summer scenery of Nianbaoyuze Mountain in Qinghai. ecns.cn Covering an area of 3469 square kilometers, Nianbaoyuze Mountain is renowned for various plants, rarely seen wild animals and gigantic glacier.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Starry night over Mount Fanjing. ecns.cn The Milky Way runs across the starry sky over Mount Fanjing, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Don't invest in Whitehaven Coal, protesters urge Itochu Corporation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-20). 22,000 Yellow workers poised to strike after company fails to pay benefit contributions. wsws.org On the verge of bankruptcy, Yellow is deep in debt and is unable to pay for workers' benefits as Wall Street demands deeper cuts.

_____ (2023-07-20). The Short but Nasty Truth About Biden's Bluff in Ukraine. journal-neo.org The American's aren't coming, they won't be 'on the ground' nor in the air nor on the seas. There is no combat environment for the US against a grade one power. Let me tell you why. America is all about bluff. Stealth planes, nukes when that threat doesn't work, or they will unleash ISIS (is […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-20). What it will cost to militarize Japan. journal-neo.org

aljazeera (2023-07-20). Why the Western media lied about Israel's Jenin siege. aljazeera.com The brutal assault was an 'operation' in their accounts, dripping with insincerity that George Orwell warned about.

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Advanced U.S. Anti-Drone System Spotted In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Telegram. | The United States-led coalition has deployed the Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS), which is designed to counter all types of drones, in Syria's northeastern region. | A photo that surfaced online showed a vehicle of the system near a base of the coalition located at the Conoco gas facility in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. | The FS-LIDS system uses a small, expendable drone dub…

Bill Lueders (2023-07-20). First Things First: Actual Malice. progressive.org Each year, I meet with journalists from around the world brought in by the U.S. State Department. They are often astonished by the extent to which we are free to criticize people in power.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-20). Anderson Cooper Is A Disgusting CIA Goon. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | In a Pushing back against West's claim that NATO provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine and his call for ceasefire negotiations, Cooper a…

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). President Xi Jinping meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. ecns.cn On July 20, President Xi Jinping met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Black Sea grain deal stares at bleak future. ecns.cn Wheat and corn prices on global commodities markets have jumped after Russia announced on Monday its pullout of a crucial deal allowing the export of grain from Ukraine.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China and Algeria to expand scope of cooperation. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang highlighted on Wednesday the need for China and Algeria to work toward more concrete outcomes while cooperating on infrastructure development and expand cooperation to cover emerging sectors such as the digital economy.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Fossil discovery challenges perceptions of prehistoric predator dynamics. ecns.cn Dinosaurs often leave modern humans with the impression they were overwhelmingly dominant during their rule, but a recent study suggests they may have fallen prey to mammal predators, despite being much larger in size.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China raises foreign debt limit. ecns.cn China increased the macro-prudential adjustment parameter for cross-border financing of corporates and financial institutions to 1.5 from 1.25 on Thursday, a move that experts said will help boost confidence in the renminbi.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Xi meets with Kissinger, says China ready to bring ties with U.S. steadily forward. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). 3 dead, 6 injured in gun incident in New Zealand. ecns.cn Three people, including the gunman, were dead and six others were injured in a "serious" gun incident in Auckland.

Ed Rampell (2023-07-20). 'Oppenheimer' Doesn't Fully Depict Atomic Bomb's Consequences. progressive.org As the specter of nuclear war rears its ugly head once again, seventy-eight years later, we're all in dire need of a reminder of the threat posed by Oppenheimer's invention.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-20). The Art of Deception in the Era of ISR. sonar21.com Deception is an essential tool for any military or intelligence operation. Prior to the arrival of satellites, manned fixed-wing surveillance aircraft and drones, military planners had an easier time of…

Mike Ervin (2023-07-20). Smart Ass Cripple: Playing God. progressive.org Disabled people are often denied essential medical care because of assumptions made about our quality of life.

Staff (2023-07-20). How the Israel Lobby Tried to Tank Jeremy Corbyn: In-Depth Analysis w/ Asa Winstanley. soundcloud.com A massive, years-long smear campaign was launched against anti-war, anti-elite Jeremy Corbyn shortly after his election to lead the British Labour Party. The campaign targeted Corbyn and his supporters as being anti-Semitic. What's the truth and what really happened? Walter Smolarek is joined by investigative journalist Asa Winstanley, who writes for the Electronic Intifada and …

Staff (2023-07-20). Disabled people launch a legal challenge against the Tories' ticket office closures. thecanary.co The government is allowing train operators to close the majority of ticket offices on the rail network. There has been widespread outrage over the decision — not least the impact on chronically ill and disabled people. However, now the government and the four publicly-owned train operators are facing a legal challenge over the consultation process. …

Staff (2023-07-20). Artists pull out of Latitude Festival over its sponsorship from apartheid-supporting Barclays. thecanary.co The Latitude Festival announced Barclaycard as its headline sponsor this year. A quick browse of its website shows the company's name splattered everywhere. However, some artists due to perform at the festival are not having it — and have cancelled their appearances. This is because Barclays itself is a serial abuser of people and planet …

Staff (2023-07-20). Ukraine justifies massive nukes and Western 'way of war' spending increase, military claims. thecanary.co Ukraine highlights the need for nuclear weapons and affirms the 'western way of war', a new report claims. This report comes as the Tories announced a £6bn hike in nuclear warhead spending over the next six years. But, critics are not having it. Anti-war leaders said the decision was counter to peace and social justice, …

The Lever (2023-07-20). üéß LEVER TIME: The Do-Or-Die Stakes Of The Hollywood Strikes. levernews.com

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-20). Call to break the cycle of insecurity in Haiti. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, pointed out the need to break the cycle of insecurity and assured that the international community is willing to help the country to get out of the crisis.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-20). Victory of the Sandinista People's Revolution celebrated in Colombia. plenglish.com Bogota, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Solidarity, poetry, music and commitments characterized the celebration today in Colombia, of the 44th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution in Nicaragua, held at the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center.

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-19). Tijuana Groups Protest Border Wall Construction at Friendship Park. unicornriot.ninja

Seymour Hersh (2023-07-19). Seymour Hersh: Ordinary People by the Millions. mintpressnews.com Seymour Hersh /

Ramzy Baroud (2023-07-19). PA President Mahmoud Abbas: A Puppet in the Hands of Israel and the US? mintpressnews.com Despite its near complete failure, the Oslo Accords succeeded in one thing: it provided Israel with a Palestinian force whose main mission is to assist the Israeli occupation in its quest to maintain total control over the West Bank.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-19). What do climate engineering and Morgellons have in common? Chemtrails. expose-news.com Despite chemtrails being dismissed as "conspiracy theories" they are being openly, and more and more frequently, discussed in the "mainstream" as fact. Recently the European Commission has called for talks about the …

The Exposé (2023-07-19). Global Alarm: Governments now believe there's a link between COVID-19 Vaccines, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement & Immune System Degradation. expose-news.com Since late 2021, official Government reports have indicated the Covid-19 vaccine severely damages the immune system with the potential to cause some new form of Covid-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among people …

Project Censored (2023-07-19). Mandatory Media Literacy Education Could Be Coming to California Schools Soon. projectcensored.org By Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff California is currently considering two media literacy bills, both of which have sailed through the California State Assembly and are being reviewed by the…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Saint Kitts and Nevis: Reform of Traffic Law. telesurenglish.net July brought an unusual increase in traffic accidents on the Caribbean island, causing several deaths. The Secretary of Traffic reported that from January to June of this year, 708 cases were reported in San Cristóbal with four fatalities, while Nieves reported 199 cases but no deaths. | Related: | The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Gart Wilkin, declared to the press that they are currently working on a reform of the Traffic…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Third Takeover of Lima in Peru: Blockades and Confrontations. telesurenglish.net Demonstrations, road blockades, and some clashes are taking place on Wednesday in Peru as part of the so-called "Third Takeover of Lima." | RELATED: | In the capital, Lima, demonstrators have already reached the outskirts of Congress. Meanwhile, the police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. On Abancay Avenue, one of the main avenues in the city, there were confrontations with stone throwing, sticks, and fireworks. | About sev…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Celia Guevara de la Serna, Che's Sister, Dies. telesurenglish.net Celia Guevara de la Serna, younger sister of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, died Wednesday at the age of 93 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. | RELATED: | The Institute of American Art and Aesthetic Research "Mario J. Buschiazzo," an academic space of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires, confirmed the death of the entity's main researcher. | "We regret to announce the death of Architect and Specialist in Developing…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Fifa Calls to Buy Tickets for the Women's World Cup. telesurenglish.net FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday urged fans to "seize the moment" and buy tickets for the opening match of the Women's World Cup in New Zealand on Thursday, for which tickets are not yet sold out. | Related: | Australia and New Zealand will host the 9th edition of the Women's World Cup between July 20 and August 20. While ticket sales in the first country lived up to expectations, concern accompanied the matter in…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Moroccan: Evaluating the Rescue's Actions. telesurenglish.net The Moroccan authorities are overwhelmed by the hundreds of boats that pass through their waters, seeking to reach Spain. The onslaught is such that in a week, more than 800 migrants who made the crossing have been rescued, in most cases, in these precarious boats. | Related: | According to sources consulted by Prensa Latina, it is believed that this increase in the migratory flow is due to the increase in controls on undocumente…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Monument to Simón Bolívar Unveiled in Moscow. telesurenglish.net An equestrian statue of Liberator Simon Bolivar was unveiled Wednesday in the Russian capital, Moscow, in commemoration of the 240th anniversary of his birth. | RELATED: | The Venezuelan representatives present at the solemn ceremony included the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez; the ambassador to Moscow, Jesús Rafael Salazar Velásquez; and the Minister of Petroleum, Rafael Tellechea. | The recently inaugurated statue is…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Traffic Accident Leaves 34 Dead in Algeria. telesurenglish.net A traffic accident left 34 dead and 12 injured in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Tamanrasset province in the south of the country, Algerian Civil Protection reported. | RELATED: | The Civil Protection Statement specifies that the deceased were burned in the fire that followed the collision between two vehicles. A passenger bus collided with a van, causing an explosion and a fire. | The traffic accident occurred at abo…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Death Toll Rises to 15 in Avalanche in Central Colombia. telesurenglish.net Colombian authorities in the department of Cundinamarca have confirmed that the death toll has risen to 15 after the avalanche that occurred in the village of Naranjal, Quetame municipality. | RELATED: | According to àÅlvaro Farfán, captain of the region's fire department, so far there is a balance of 15 people who were found dead and six injured who are already being treated in health care centers. | There are 13 peo…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Peru: New March Towards Lima Advances in Tense Calm. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, thousands of Peruvians managed to arrive in Lima to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress, the advancement of general elections, and the establishment of a Constituent Assembly. | RELATED: | Without fear of the threats issued by the Bouluarte regime, Indigenous farmers, workers, and students are executing the "Third Takeover of Lima," which will include massive concentrations in em…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Putin to Participate in the BRICS Summit by Videoconference. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov announced that President Vladimir Putin will participate by videoconference in the summit of the BRICS countries, a forum for economic cooperation led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. | RELATED: | Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov will represent Russia at the BRICS summit to be held from August 22 in Johannesburg. | In March, South Africa invit…

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-19). Investigation Found East Palestine "Controlled Burn" Unnecessary (Norfolk Lied) & Israel Bombs Syria. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/19/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Robert Inlakesh (2023-07-19). Israel's Attack On Jenin Failed, So Tel Aviv Uses The Palestinian Authority To Do Its Dirty Work. thelastamericanvagabond.com This Monday, Palestinians across various cities inside the occupied West Bank took to the streets in protest of the Palestinian Authority's arrest campaign of resistance fighters wanted by the Israeli military. In the wake of Israel's failed invasion of Jenin, which fell short of dealing a blow to the newly formed armed groups in the

Mike Walter (2023-07-19). The Heat: Far Right Growing in Europe. america.cgtn.com The far-right is making gains in Europe and becoming more mainstream. All across Europe, from Sweden to Greece, far-right parties are gaining strength and winning seats in parliaments. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni, became western Europe's first far-right prime minister since World War II, when she …

Martha Grevatt (2023-07-19). Unions to bosses: We won't take it anymore Actors, writers, shut down Hollywood. workers.org Members of the Writers Guild (WGA) have been on strike since May 2 against television and film studio giants like Netflix, Amazon, Sony, Disney, Fox and others. They were joined July 13 by actors in Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. This united strike has effectively shut . . . |

Larry Holmes, Workers World Party (2023-07-19). Centennial of Lenin's death, January 20-21, 2024 International Assembly against Imperialism. workers.org Workers World Party invites you to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin on Jan. 21, 2024, with an International Assembly Against Imperialism. We encourage all those who view this as an important occasion to join us in building this assembly. Our hope is to devote this . . . |

Larry Holmes (2023-07-19). Centenario de la muerte de Vladimir Lenin — 20 y 21 de enero de 2024 Asamblea Internacional Contra el Imperialismo. workers.org Larry Holmes es el primer secretario de Partido Mundo Obrero. Les invitamos a conmemorar el centenario de la muerte de Lenin, el 21 de enero de 2024, con una Asamblea Internacional contra el Imperialismo. Animamos a todos los que consideren que se trata de una ocasión importante a que se . . . |

Media Lens (2023-07-19). "A Death Sentence for People and Ecosystems": The Climate Emergency, Governments and the Public Enemy. dissidentvoice.org On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that: 'Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy.' What he meant was that states do not wish their own populations to know and understand the details of government policies, for fear of …

Nicholas Schou (2023-07-19). The CIA: Up Close and Personal. dissidentvoice.org Nicholas Schou interviews Douglas Valentine about his new book, Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire, published in May of this year by Trine Day. Listen To This Story Introduction by Nicholas Schou: In the early 1990s, when the US began to normalize relations with Vietnam, Douglas Valentine, then a young author and historian of …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. dissidentvoice.org Hosting sporting events has always been a government's formula to distract their seducible subjects. It's the secular version of smells and bells, the warbling of the church choir turned into flesh and performance. If such occasions are of sufficient scale, they might even be political promotions, body beautiful types paraded and performing before clapping and …

Ann Brown (2023-07-19). Gathering The Facts and Factors on ATL's Gathering Spot: What Went So Wrong After Acquisition by Greenwood Bank? moguldom.com It seemed like a match made in heaven. A thriving Black-owned business and a blossoming Black-owned financial institution. In 2022, fintech firm Greenwood acquired the popular private membership club and co-working hub The Gathering Spot. The deal was to help The Gathering Spot, which was started in Atlanta and branched off into DC and Los …

manager (2023-07-19). Will Trump Cry "Stop the Steal" if DeSantis Wins the Primary? cepr.net Chicago Tribune See article on original site On Capitol Hill and in other Democratic circles, there are many Democrats who believe that Donald Trump would be easier to defeat in the general election than Ron DeSantis. Trump certainly has his weaknesses. Most of the country does not like him, for reasons that are too obvious …

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-07-19). CovertAction Bulletin: Breaking Through U.S. Propaganda on North Korea. covertactionmagazine.com A recent Washington Post article titled "A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story" highlights the many appearances Yeonmi Park has made on right-wing news outlets over the past few years. Scholars and solidarity activists have been pointing out the serious holes in Park's stories since she started getting attention…

Editor (2023-07-19). The war in Ukraine: Towards the collapse of the West's reputation. mronline.org After the bipolar world that existed from the end of the Second World War until the implosion of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the current conflict on the territory of Ukraine is the point of gravity in the process of transition between two great eras of contemporary history: the old—unipolar—that has lasted for the last 30 years and the new—multipolar—post-hegemonic, that came into being at the end of February 2022.

Editor (2023-07-19). The history of affirmative action exposes its reactionary weaknesses. mronline.org Affirmative action began as a reparations program but ends as a "diversity" project which barely benefits Black people.

Editor (2023-07-19). Patriarchy and the origins of women's oppression. mronline.org Any vision of a world beyond capitalism involves the liberation of women from oppression, exploitation and discrimination. But just because we might have been able to win revolutionary social change, it does not mean that equal economic, social and cultural rights will be automatic for women.

Editor (2023-07-19). Everybody should see "Every Body" mronline.org A wave of exclusion is sweeping the nation, in state legislatures and federal courts, including the Supreme Court.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-19). Politics of hedging in the Indo-Pacific. mronline.org New Zealand's estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific heavily dependent on trade with China for preserving its prosperity and yet one of the Five Eyes (along with the U.S., UK, Australia and Canada), the exclusive secretive security grouping of Anglo-Saxon countries.

Editor (2023-07-19). Patrick Lawrence: Anything Anything Anything To Avoid Debating R.F.K. Jr. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Our corporate newspapers and broadcasters went into attack mode as soon as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced, in mid—April, he would seek the Democratic Party's nomination to run for president next year. But it does not seem to have been enough to cast him as a conspiracy theorist—how …

Editor (2023-07-19). Missing Links in Textbook History: Racism and Race. scheerpost.com By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Race is the child of racism, not the father. Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me In 1963, James Baldwin wrote in "The Fire Next Time," "You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were Black and for no other …

Editor (2023-07-19). L.A. Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants' Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway. scheerpost.com When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.

Editor (2023-07-19). Scott Ritter: Agent Zelensky. scheerpost.com By Scott Ritter / Substack As a former intelligence officer, I've been wondering why has no one done an investigation about Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine? His rise to power, in my opinion, represents an incredible manipulation of world opinion that will go down in history as a classic case study in social psychological …

Editor (2023-07-19). Matt Taibbi: 'In Their Labs': Fifteen Illuminating Passages in the Proximal Origin Chats and Emails. scheerpost.com Communications between officials and scientists who wrote the key paper promoting a natural origin for Covid-19 show doubts, interference, politicized science, and more.

Editor (2023-07-19). Why the Ukraine Conflict Will Unravel NATO and Biden. scheerpost.com By Radhika Desai / CounterPunch The proxy war on Russia is the centre piece of Biden's foreign policy of uniting the world's 'democracies' against 'autocracies', particularly China and Russia. He boasts repeatedly of uniting US allies, most in NATO, as never before. Though the real unity is spotty at best, until recently, the rhetoric seemed …

Editor (2023-07-19). In Heat and Smoke, Workers Fight Negligent Bosses. scheerpost.com By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes On June 29, the air quality in Detroit was among the worst in the world. "Outside it smelled like burnt plastic, almost like trash," said UAW member Cody Zaremba, who works at a General Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan. He and his co-workers were experiencing coughing, runny noses, watery …

Editor (2023-07-19). US Asset Managers Have 'Significant Investments' in Nuclear Weapons and Cluster Bombs: Analysis. scheerpost.com "Many investors, given a choice, would not want to profit from companies that manufacture weapons of mass destruction," said As You Sow's Andrew Behar.

Staff (2023-07-19). The Whitewashing of Neo-Nazis: Lev Golinkin & Ben Makuch on How Far Right Is Exploiting Ukraine War. democracynow.org Multiple reports are reinvestigating the neo-Nazi fighters and militias involved in the war both in Russia and Ukraine. "You have neo-Nazis on both sides of this conflict," says Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin, a longtime reporter on the far right in Ukraine and Russia who is critical of the Western media's normalization of groups like the Azov Battalion. "We are sending a very dangerous message that if you're the right type of neo-Nazis, we will not only work with you, we will celebrate you," Golinkin notes. | We also speak with national security reporter Ben Makuch…

Staff (2023-07-19). William Arkin: CIA Is Playing "Outsize Role" in Ukraine Despite Biden Pledge Not to Send U.S. Forces. democracynow.org A new investigation reveals the extent of the CIA's involvement in the war in Ukraine, where the agency operates clandestinely in what, under a formal declaration of war, would be the domain of the military. We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit of everything" in Ukraine. According to various sources, the CIA is shuttling weapons into Ukraine using a "gray fleet" of commercial aircraft that crisscrosses Central and Eastern Eur…

Staff (2023-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Says He's the Target of Federal Criminal Probe of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Michigan Attorney General Charges 16 GOP "Fake Electors" with Felonies, Chinese Coal Consumption Hits Record High as Temperatures Soar, Floodwaters Lap Walls of India's Taj Mahal; Heat Index in Iran Tops 150 ∞F, Wildfires Erupt in Greece as Europe Swelters in Record Heat, ACLU Asks Court to Release Children from Angola Prison as Heat Index Tops 130 ∞, Whistleblower Says Texas Officers Were Ordered to Push Migrant Children into Rio Grande, ICC to Probe Reports of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur…

Rajaa Salah (2023-07-19). "Prisoners are alive but without life" electronicintifada.net Yusri Atiya al-Masri is free after two decades in Israeli prison, but he still struggles with the consequences of years of medical neglect.

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Senate Rejects Congressional War Powers Over NATO's Article 5. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would declare NATO's Article 5, which outlines mutual defense commitments, does not override congressional war powers. The amendment, introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), states: "It is the sense of Congress that Article 5 of the North …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Czech Parliament Ratifies Treaty Allowing US Troops Presence. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the Czech parliament ratified a treaty that paves the way for a US troop presence on Czech soil as the US is looking to further beef up its military posture in Europe. The Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) was approved by the lower house of the Czech parliament in a vote of 115-18 and …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Fire at Military Base in Crimea Forces Over 2,000 to Evacuate. news.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Russia Issues Warning Over Black Sea Ships Heading to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Russia warned on Wednesday that starting on July 20, it would consider all ships in the Black Sea heading to Ukrainian ports as carrying military cargo now that the grain deal has been terminated. "Given that the Black Sea initiative has come to an end and the maritime humanitarian corridor has been terminated, all ships …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). US Announces $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a new $1.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes air defense systems, kamikaze drones, missiles, and other equipment. The package is being provided to Ukraine through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the US to purchase arms for Ukraine. The Pentagon said the announcement represents the beginning …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Iranian Oil Stolen by the US Stuck on a Tanker Off the Coast of Texas. news.antiwar.com US federal prosecutors are struggling to sell off a shipment of stolen Iranian oil being carried by a Greek tanker off the coast of Texas, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The US Justice Department seized the Greek tanker Suez Rajan in April under the pretext of sanctions enforcement and forced the ship to head …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes on Damascus. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted Syria's capital Damascus early Wednesday morning, wounding two Syrian soldiers, Syrian media has reported. "At about 12: 25 am, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with bursts of missiles from the direction of the north of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus," a military source …

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-07-19). Texas ordena empujar al río Bravo a bebés y niños migrantes. globalizacion.ca Las tropas de seguridad fronteriza empleadas por el gobernador Greg Abbott en Texas, Estados Unidos, tienen la orden de empujar a los niños pequeños y bebés lactantes migrantes hacia el río Bravo, además de negarles agua a los solicitantes de…

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2023-07-19). Venezuela: øHacia la solución final? globalizacion.ca En un reciente artículo publicado en el portal del Consejo de relaciones Exteriores de Estados Unidos, Elliot Abrams criticó la política de la Washington hacia Venezuela bajo la actual administración de Joe Biden. | Abrams señala que durante el gobierno de…

Isabella Arria (2023-07-19). América Latina y Europa: Entre acuerdos y también disensos. globalizacion.ca Los 60 países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) y la Unión Europea (UE) cerraron este martes en Bruselas su primera cumbre en ocho años, en la que se firmaron acuerdos por materias primas y energía renovable,…

Jaime Richart (2023-07-19). La patética lógica del gobernante. globalizacion.ca Dice Karl Marx que la política es una mera superestructura cambiante de lo económico. Si aceptamos este aserto, los políticos de las democracias occidentales de partidos son meros rehenes de los poderes que manejan la economía y especialmente la financiera….

Claudio Della Croce (2023-07-19). Argentina — El gasoducto Néstor Kirchner, el extractivismo, la caza de dólares. globalizacion.ca El presidente argentino Alberto Fernández, la vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y el ministro de Economía y precandidato presidencial, Sergio Massa, inauguraron el día de la independencia el Gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner (GPNK) con el reconocimiento de medidas relevantes para…

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2023-07-19). La desdolarización inevitable (II). globalizacion.ca La semana pasada hacíamos un "viaje" a lo largo del proceso de desdolarización que caracterizamos como inevitable (1). Hoy daremos continuidad al análisis tratando de llegar a algunas conclusiones sin dejar de considerar que aún no está clara cuál será…

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2023-07-19). La desdolarización inevitable (I). globalizacion.ca En artículos anteriores hemos dicho que el poder imperial se sustenta en tres pilares: su gran aparato militar, su indudable superioridad en materia de control del aparato cultural-mediático global y la potestad autoconcedida de ser el poseedor y único emisor…

Igor Chudov (2023-07-19). Cognitive Impairment in Adults — What Role Did COVID Vaccines Play? globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-19). Ukraine's Unrelenting Demographic Collapse. Towards a Failed State under Kiev Nazi Regime. globalresearch.ca

Gary D. Barnett (2023-07-19). The Asinine Insanity of the 'Climate Change'/C02 Hoax: Kill the Cows to Save the Earth! globalresearch.ca

Colin Demarest (2023-07-19). US Projected to Spend $117B on Nuke Command and Control in Next Decade. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-19). Doctors Dying Suddenly: Do Doctor Couples Who Inject mRNA Together Die Suddenly Together? globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2023-07-19). Leaked files suggest hidden British hand in latest Kerch Bridge strike. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone has exposed British intelligence freelancers for collaborating with Ukraine's Security Service to destroy Kerch Bridge. Leaked documents suggest they played a role in the latest attack on the bridge, and may be helping Kiev hunt down accused collaborators. On July 16, a predawn assault on the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia left two civilians dead and a 14-year-old injured. As advisors to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted at Ukraine's culpability, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed his …

Jeff Shantz (2023-07-19). Canada: Dock workers back on strike as union rejects gov't mediated deal. greenleft.org.au The picket lines are back up and dock workers in ports along the coast of British Columbia are again on strike after rejecting a deal mediated by the federal government, reports Jeff Shantz.

Alex Bainbridge (2023-07-19). Refugee rights activists to Jim Chalmers: '10 years too long!'. greenleft.org.au Refugee rights activists held a protest outside Jim Chalmers' electoral office, calling on Labor to deliver better policy for refugees and asylum seekers. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Susan Price (2023-07-19). New film highlights the climate cost of native forest logging. greenleft.org.au A new documentary, Tasmania's Forest Carbon, presents a powerful argument to end native forest logging in Tasmania, reports Susan Price.

Ian Angus (2023-07-19). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2023. greenleft.org.au Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important new books for reds and greens.

Ruth Heymann (2023-07-19). Riff Raff Radical Marching Band: Adding music and colour to protest. greenleft.org.au If you have attended a protest in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane recently, you likely will have experienced the music and colour of the Riff Raff Radical Marching Band, writes Ruth Heymann.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-19). Podcast: Monkey sex, walking robots, and DNA health. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: We learn how same-sex sexual behaviour is common in macaques, how to teach robots to walk like dogs, and how DNA affects your health.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-19). Imperial researchers awarded almost £1m to develop net zero cement technology‚ÄØ. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have been awarded £986,176.28 in funding to develop a carbon negative cement additive. ‚ÄØ…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-19). Staff celebrate graduation from disability leadership programme. imperial.ac.uk Graduates of the Calibre programme presented their final projects to staff from across Imperial and celebrated their completion of the course.

jeffgang (2023-07-19). Tell Congress: Tax Private Jets. inequality.org

isabella (2023-07-19). What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-19). Tax the Fat Cat Private Jet Class, Invest in Green Transit. inequality.org Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) has just introduced legislation to significantly boost excise taxes on private jet fuel. Representative Nydia Velasquez (D-NY) has introduced complimentary legislation in the House. The colorfully named "FATCAT Act" (standing for Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax) would hike fuel taxes on private jets from the current 22 cents …

SAM (2023-07-19). The Most Ludicrous Argument Ever Against Taxing the Rich? inequality.org

infobrics (2023-07-19). Why Bangladesh's Intention to Be Member of BRICS Is a Timely Decision?>. infobrics.org Bangladesh is going to become a member of BRICS. The foreign minister said that Bangladesh will become a member of BRICS next August…

infobrics (2023-07-19). New Development Bank: The Emerging Markets' Very Own Development Bank. infobrics.org There is a new kid on the developing banking block that is entirely owned by the leading Emerging Market (EM) countries and totally focused on investing in those markets…

infobrics (2023-07-19). Why Does Saudi Arabia Want to Join BRICS. infobrics.org Saudi Arabia has become a dialogue partner in the SCO. She also intends to join the BRICS, which will bring certain advantages to Riyadh…

infobrics (2023-07-19). US mainstream media easily spread fake news about Russian mutiny. infobrics.org Western journalists and officials repeatedly changed their narratives, trying to gain some advantage from the "mutiny".

infobrics (2023-07-19). Shocking extent of Ukraine's unrelenting demographic collapse. infobrics.org Corriere della Sera states that both urban and rural areas are essentially empty, while countless families have been divided (likely forever), particularly as wives of many soldiers forcibly deployed on the frontlines have gone abroad and never returned. It insists that Ukraine is going through a catastrophic demographic crisis and that the population collapse will soon cause very serious economic and social problems in the country.

infobrics (2023-07-19). US veteran faked heroics on Ukraine battlefield to become rich. infobrics.org "Journalists advanced James Vasquez's lies for so long," says US junior sergeant in Ukrainian army.

Staff (2023-07-19). CELAC-EU Relationship in Figures. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-19). President Maduro Calls for New Stage in Relations with Europe. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Blasts Paraguay's President for Serving US Interests & Not Honoring Debts. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called on the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, to honor the debt that Paraguay has with Venezuela before continuing in an "empty monologue," after new fresh intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and European Union (EU) summit held in Brussels, Belgium. | Abdo supported the European Union's resolution to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado from the presidential elections. Machado was disqualified from holding public office for…

scorinoco (2023-07-19). Peru: Poll Shows More Than 80% Disapprove of Boluarte. orinocotribune.com

scorinoco (2023-07-19). Israel Recognizes Morocco's Illegal Occupation of Western Sahara. orinocotribune.com Israel has recognized Morocco's sovereignty over the occupied territory of Western Sahara and is considering opening a consulate there, Reuters has In response, a senior Moroccan government official

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez Meets Gerardo Blyde & Presidents of France, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil in Brussels. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, with the sector of the Venezuelan opposition represented by Gerardo Blyde, chief negotiator of the Unitary Platform (PU). The meeting was also attended by the presidents of France (Emmanuel Macron), Argentina (Alberto Fernández), Colombia (Gustavo Petro), and Brazil ("Lula" Da Silva). | The meeting took place on Monday, July 17, within the framework of the third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU). | Earlier, Colombian President Gust…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-07-19). From ICC to 'Sportswashing': West's Self-Serving Narratives Must Be Combated. orinocotribune.com

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-19). In Bid to Join NATO, Sweden and Finland Back Turkish Repression of Kurds. ips-dc.org NATO's July summit betrayed the Kurdish people. The left must stand with both Ukraine and the Kurds — and against NATO.

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-19). On Israel and Palestine, US Electeds Are Out of Touch With Their Own Voters. ips-dc.org The United States' support for Israel—military, financial, diplomatic and more—is an old story. It hasn't changed much, other than to escalate. Israel bombs Gaza, and Congress votes to send hundreds of millions of dollars beyond the $3.8 billion mandated by law, and to send new weapons to replace those used up in the assault. Israeli settlers officially backed by police and military raid Jenin and other West Bank towns, attacking residents and seizing land to expand illegal settlements, all in violation of international law, and Washington continues to protect Israel from ever being held accountable i…

Peter Certo (2023-07-19). In OtherWords: July 19, 2023. otherwords.org

Farrah Hassen (2023-07-19). Housing Is a Human Right — We Need to Recognize It. otherwords.org In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. | The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis. Where were the roughly At the same time, the pandemic proved that federal intervention could ease the crisis. Eviction moratoria and unemployment relief helped keep more people housed, fed, and secure. But these initiatives ended too quickly. | Lifting federal…

Jim Hightower (2023-07-19). Extremists Want to Ban Discussing Their Abortion Bans. otherwords.org Unfortunately, it's 1984 again in America. | Not the year. The book. George Orwell's classic novel tells of a far-right totalitarian clique that uses "newspeak" and "doublethink" to impose their rigid, anti-democratic doctrine on society. | Their regime held power through mind control — they had a "Ministry of Truth" for perverting language and manipulating facts, while their "Thought Police" enforced ideological purity and suppressed dissent. | Thirty-nine years later, here comes a clique of theocratic extremists in our country using Orwellian manipulation in its crusade to take control over every woman's…

Khalil Bendib (2023-07-19). Cartoon: Men of the Cloth. otherwords.org

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-19). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). Rights groups urge US Congress to order investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh's killing. peoplesdispatch.org The well-known Palestinian journalist was killed by Israeli soldiers while covering a violent raid by occupation forces in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). Decree on fake news used to silence political dissent in Tunisia, claims rights group. peoplesdispatch.org President Kais Saied's government introduced Decree 54 last year, ostensibly to curb fake news. This was amid growing popular opposition to his political coup in July 2021 and the arbitrary adoption of a new constitution…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). What are the Dilemmas of Humanity today? peoplesdispatch.org We bring you glimpses from the first day of the Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism conference that is currently underway in South Africa. Delegates from across the continent are deliberating on the crisis of capitalism and the socialist alternatives of our time…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-19). The politics of hedging and post-hedging in the Indo-Pacific. peoplesdispatch.org ASEAN countries are choosing their own path, which is not to choose sides between the US and China. Simply put, the Southeast Asian states want a stable geopolitical environment to focus on their economic development and do not want to be forced to "take sides" in any hegemonic rivalry…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-07-19). Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union achieves breakthrough with general strike. peoplesdispatch.org Korean health workers held a two-day general strike in order to bring the government to the negotiating table, asking for safe staffing and fair remuneration. The strike, the largest in the health sector since 2004, saw the participation of 60,000 members…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). For US workers, capitalism brings the heat. peoplesdispatch.org

Anju Anna John, Stefano Balbi, Common Dreams. (2023-07-19). We Need A Rights-Based Approach To Climate Displacement. popularresistance.org In 2015, the United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that are rooted in three universal values including a human rights-based approach, ensuring that no one is left behind, and working to eliminate gender inequalities. At the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs is the principle of leave no one behind, or LNOB. | Although not legally enforceable, LNOB symbolizes a global commitment to reach out to the most marginalized and vulnerable, as we work towards a development that does not adversely affect our planet. It requires that we look for s…

George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-07-19). What Should We Do With The Perpetrators Of The Climate Crisis? popularresistance.org Chuck Collins' new book "Altar to an Erupting Sun" may be fiction, but it poses a very topical, real-world challenge for readers: What's the right way to act when facing an existential challenge like climate change? | Right off the bat, in the first chapter, we learn that the novel's central character, Rae, is a climate activist who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Having done her research to know the "carbon barons" responsible for so much destruction, she decides to "take one with her" by wearing a suicide vest. It works as intended, taking the life of a fossil fuel company CEO.

Olivia Riggio, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-19). As Skies Turn Orange, Media Hesitate To Mention What's Changing Climate. popularresistance.org Skies on the US's East Coast turned an apocalyptic orange in early June, as wildfire smoke from Canada blew south. On Wednesday, June 7, New York City's air quality ranked the worst in the world, with an Air Quality Index rating of more than 400 out of 500—deemed "hazardous" for any individual. | Scientists expect forest fires to increase with the advance of climate disruption—mainly driven by fossil fuel consumption. Hotter, dryer weather, an increase in the type of brush that fuels these fires, and more frequent lightning strikes all contribute to this outcome (NOAA, 8/8/22; UN, 2/23/22; PNAS, 11/1/…

Otis Grotewohl, Workers World. (2023-07-19). West Virginia Rally Condemns Jail Deaths. popularresistance.org Beckley, West Virginia – Nearly 100 prison abolitionists and family members of jailhouse murder victims rallied in Beckley on July 15 to raise awareness of the growing number of deaths in jails throughout West Virginia. In the last couple of years, the deaths have become epidemic, with dozens of incarcerated workers murdered at the hands of guards throughout the state. | Appropriately dubbed "Handcuffs Shouldn't Kill You," the event was organized by the West Virginia Poor People's Campaign and co-sponsored by the West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union and the Beckley chapter of the NAACP. Community and unio…

_____ (2023-07-19). It's Not the Really Blatant Propaganda That Gets You. strategic-culture.org One of my favorite follows on Twitter right now is a smallish account run by an anti-imperialist activist who goes by "Left I on the News", because he has a real knack for going through articles in the mainstream press and highlighting the mundane little manipulations we're fed each day to shape our worldview in alignment with the US empire.

_____ (2023-07-19). Russia's Maria Zakharova, Serbia, Saudi Arabia and Sport's Wimbledon Effect. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-19). Um conto sobre duas cidades. strategic-culture.org A convicàßà£o ocidental de que a fragilidade da Rússia é explicada por seu afastamento das doutrinas econà¥micas 'anglo' reflete uma ilusà£o. | O caos que os 'especialistas' ocidentais

_____ (2023-07-19). U.S. Funds Invest in Nuclear & Cluster Bombs. strategic-culture.org Some of the largest corporate retirement funds are among the most heavily invested in weapons banned under international law, finds a corporate accountability watchdog. | By Brett WILKINS | Join us on , , and . | Amidst what…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-19). Investigative Reporter: "The CIA Is Playing an Outsize Role" in Ukraine. truthout.org A new investigation reveals the extent of the CIA's involvement in the war in Ukraine, where the agency operates clandestinely in what, under a formal declaration of war, would be the domain of the military. We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit… |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Florida Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You. southfront.org Written by Paul du Quenoy, President of On July 14, just three days after Washington, DC's city council passed emergency legislation to address a worrisome 33 percent spike in major crimes in the nation's capital, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin vented her frustration in a scathing attack on Florida. Calling our state the place where "empathy, decency, and kindness go to die," she warned that a suppose…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). In Video 18+: Ukrainian Army Suffers Crushing Losses In Battles Near Bakhmut. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Heavy battles are ongoing near the city of Artemosk (former Bakhmut). Ukrainian forces continue bloody attempts to break through Russian defence both on the western and and southern flanks. In their turn, Russian servicemen are fiercely resisting, holding their positions, and counterattack inflicting more damage to the Ukrainian units. | Fierce fighting is ongoing west of Klescheevka, where Ukrainian forces continue attempts to take control of an important stronghold on a hill near the village…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Donbass On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian forces advanced up to 1 km near the village of Trudovskaya mine; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Konstantinovka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Krasnogorovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Torske; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Syria On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On the night of July 19, Russian forces launched a group strike on facilities near Odessa, as well as on the Kanatov air base in the Kirovograd region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported; | Last night, explosions thundered in Kiev; | Last night, explosions thundered in Zaporozhie; | Last ight, explosions thundered in the Dnepropetrovks region; | Last night explosions thundered in Kharkov; | Last night, explosions thundered in the Zhitomir region; | Last night, Russian fo…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Forces Advance Near Kupyanks, Kharkiv Region (Map Update On July 19, 2023 ). southfront.org Units of the Russian "Western" grouping of troops advanced more than 1 km in depth and up to 2 km along the front to the north-east of Kupyansk. The advancing forces captured the Molchanovo railway station in the Kharkiv region; | Russian forces destroyed 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 1 AN/TPQ-50 system in Kupyansk area; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Ukraine's Recent Attacks On Crimea (Map Update). southfront.org On July 17, the AFU attacked the Crimean Bridge with two naval drones. Two civilians were killed, a 14 years old girl was wounded; | On July 17, a Ukrainian strike UAV was found near the Port Kavkaz near the Crimean Bridge; | On July 16, the Russian Army thwarted the AFU attacks on Sevastopol with 7 UAVs and 2 surface drones. All drones were destroyed or downed; | On July 18, Russian forces shot down 28 UAVs near Crimea; | On July 19, a fire broke out at a military w…

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-19). Biden to cancel $39 billion in student loans post SCOTUS decision. nationofchange.org More than 800,000 borrowers with debts outstanding for more than 20 years could have their student loans discharged.

Chris Ramsaroop (2023-07-19). Pushing climate refugees into migrant worker programs. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in In 2017, wildfires in B.C. captured headlines around the world. Canadians from coast to coast donated generously to those whose homes and businesses were impacted. But there were some agricultural workers whose precarity rendered them nearly invisible, even as they continued to labour in the heat and the s…

Chris Walker (2023-07-19). 16 Trump Loyalists Who Took Part in Fake Electors Plot Charged in Michigan. truthout.org Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) has filed charges against 16 individuals who sent fake documents to Washington, D.C. falsely alleging they were legitimate electors selected to take part in the Electoral College in an attempt to help former President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election. The "fake electors" plot was organized by then-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-19). Colorado Secretary of State Silent on If She'll Block Trump From Running in 2024. truthout.org The top state election official in Colorado is refusing to comment on whether she will block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the U.S. presidential ballot next fall, after civic engagement groups staged rallies and other actions this month asking her to do so based on the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Mi Familia Vota, a civic engagement group that seeks to unite Latinx… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-19). Watchdog Lays Out Case for Why Trump Can't Legally Run for President Again. truthout.org A government watchdog has released a report outlining why former President Donald Trump should be barred from running for president — or any other governmental office — ever again. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) makes the case for denying Trump the ability to serve once more based not on the two indictments against him (and a possible third or fourth that could come… |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-19). Temperatures drop in Uruguay. plenglish.com It is expected that temperatures go high on weekend with a maximum of 25 degrees Celsius. The lack of much-needed rainfall in Montevideo and the metropolitan region is in effect in the forecasts. | The agricultural emergency has been in force nationwide since 2022 due to the effects of drought, which is on its third consecutive year.

Jake Johnson (2023-07-19). New FTC Guidelines Take Aim at "Illegal Mergers" Enabled by Reagan-Era Policy. truthout.org The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled fresh draft guidelines that advocates praised as a long-overdue update to merger policies established during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, who helped usher in the current era of corporate consolidation. The Federal Trade Commission, which released the new guidelines alongside the Department of Justice, said the draft rules aim to "better reflect… |

Jonathan Metzer (2023-07-19). Court of Appeal upholds challenge to Rwanda removals policy — an extended look. ukhumanrightsblog.com R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 745 The Claimants in this case are 10 individual asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan and Albania who entered the UK irregularly by crossing the English Channel in small boats, together with one charity, Asylum Aid. The Home …

Julia Rock (2023-07-19). New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden's Power To Fight Climate Change. levernews.com

Karl Grossman (2023-07-19). Putting the nuclear genie back in the bottle. nationofchange.org Can it be done? Can nuclear weapons be abolished?

Kenny Stancil (2023-07-19). Texas State Troopers Were Reportedly Told to Push Migrant Kids Into Rio Grande. truthout.org Human rights advocates called for federal intervention Monday after it was reported that state troopers assigned to Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border militarization initiative have been ordered to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande and to deny water to asylum-seekers amid a life-threatening heatwave. The exclusive reporting by Benjamin Wermund of the Houston Chronicle and the… |

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-07-19). He tried to raise the alarm about railroad safety. Then he got fired. therealnews.com When we hear the term "whistleblower," we tend to think of names like Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange—people who have risked their freedom, even their lives, to expose government lies, abuses of power, and state secrets that the public needs to know about. But there are a range of federal statutes designed to protect those who blow the whistle on their employers, too, especially when those employers are breaking the law and/or endangering their workers and the public. | Michael Paul Lindsey II is a military veteran who has worked for Union Pacific as a trained locomoti…

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-19). Family Suspects Racist Policing, Foul Play in Mysterious Death of Daniel Barajas. truthout.org Both of his sisters had recently given birth, so in January 2022, Daniel Adrian Barajas was driving from Kentucky to Dallas, Texas, to meet his new niece and nephew. Barajas, a 38-year-old specialty welder, did not make it beyond Saline County, Arkansas, where his family says local law enforcement detained, searched and then "abandoned" him on Interstate 30. Daniel Barajas was fatally — and… |

Olivia Riggio (2023-07-19). As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what's changing climate. nationofchange.org FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change's role.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Chilean court gives the all-clear to new white-collar crime act. plenglish.com By vast majority, TC ¥s members concluded that the new Act is in line with current Constitution, so there is no reason to modify the text approved by the National Congress on May 16. | Therefore, TC's ministers dismissed the claims of big business, represented by the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), which challenged the initiative under the claim of alleged violations to the Constitution. | The act extends fines and imprisonment for banking and tax crimes, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. | This new resolution is aimed at craqcking down on corruption and illicit enrichment; su…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Syria urges UN to take measures against Israeli attacks. plenglish.com In a statement, the Foreign Ministry urged the UNSC to assume its role and condemn the attack, in addition to taking immediate measures to force Israel to remove those criminal policies that flagrantly violate international and humanitarian law. | The Ministry further called on those Western governments protecting and supporting Tel Aviv not to obstruct UNSC ¥s work on putting an end to crimes by the Israeli occupation authorities and holding them accountable. | In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Israeli fighter jets launched several missile barrages at sites nearby Damascus City, causing injuries to tw…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Venezuelan FM holds successful talks with opposition. plenglish.com In a phone conversation with Venezolana de Television news channel, Yvan Gil made a balance of such meeting and of the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC). | Gil pointed out that the first issue cleared up was the pernicious effect of sanctions imposed on Venezuela, assuring that he saw how "unanimously" the European Union (EU) and the Latin American and Caribbean countries requested to progress in eliminating sanctions. | The foreign minister added they would start working on the construction of a political dialogue among Venezuelans, who are the o…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). 800,000 TB deaths may be avoided — Study. plenglish.com London, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Over 800,000 deaths of tuberculosis (TB) can be avoided from now to 2035 if mechanisms for contact tracing and preventive measures are improved in Africa and Asia.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Anti-inflammatory drugs are pathways to fight off AD — Study. plenglish.com The team zeroed in on a protein known as p38. Upon halting the production of this protein in brain immune cells, researchers found a decrease in the concentration of these cells around amyloid plaques—a primary AD pathology component—implying the possibility of altering interactions with AD elements. | Researchers at the University of Kentucky ¥s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging tested its effects in a mouse model in AD ¥s early phase to determine whether it would alter the trajectory of formation of amyloid plaque, one of the components of the disease. | While the plaques themselves were not aff…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Cuba reports 6 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to MINSAP ¥s latest report, two patients were discharged from hospital, so Cuba ¥s overall recovery toll jumped to 1,106,401. | Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, as many as 1,115,014 Cubans were infected with coronavirus. | MINSAP ¥s report stated there have been no deaths so far, so the country ¥s total death toll remains at 8,530. | 90.8% of the Cuban population has been fully vaccinated, while 8,764,50 have received booster doses.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Dominican Public Health Ministry reports one more cholera case. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Public Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed a new case of cholera in the community of Los Cocos, the second case diagnosed in the last four days.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Heat wave in southern Europe could be deadly, says WHO. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) A global pattern of heat waves scorching parts of Europe, Asia and the United States intensified on Tuesday, with the World Meteorological Organization warning of an increased risk of deaths linked to excessively high temperatures.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Johannesburg gas explosion leaves dozen people injured. plenglish.com Johannesburg, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) An explosion that shook in the evening hours a street in the downtown Johannesburg left over 30 people injured and no deaths so far, according to emergency services. Gauteng Prime Minister Panyaza Lesufi, who is at the scene with Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, described damage to infrastructure as extensive, although "the situation is under control".

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-19). 200 Members of Congress Pledge to Not Intervene in UPS Workers' Strike. truthout.org Two hundred members of Congress have expressed their backing of the impending UPS worker strike and have pledged not to support any potential effort by lawmakers to prevent the workers from striking. Lawmakers in the House and the Senate sent letters to Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and UPS CEO Carol Tomé this week stating their support for the workers, who are slated to go on strike as soon as… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-19). LA Official: Universal Didn't Obtain Permit to Trim Trees Near Union Picket Line. truthout.org When Universal Pictures studios trimmed several trees lining a writers' picket line to bare bones this week amid a sweltering heat wave, they did so without obtaining a permit from the city, making the move potentially illegal, Los Angeles officials have found. On Monday, comedian and TV writer Chris Stephens noted on Twitter that, over the weekend, NBCUniversal corporation appeared to have… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-19). Only 9 House Reps Vote Against Resolution Denying Israeli Apartheid. truthout.org The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution vowing perpetual allyship with Israel and denying the country's apartheid against Palestinians on Tuesday night, just days after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) criticized Israel's violent oppression and far right regime over the weekend. The legislation, which states that "Israel is not a racist or apartheid state" despite mountains of evidence and… |

Thalia Charles (2023-07-19). Guaranteed Income Programs Are Uplifting Oppressed Communities Across the US. truthout.org The expanded child tax credit, signed into law by President Joe Biden more than two years ago, provided families with children with monthly installments of $250 or $300, reduced rates of child poverty, and served as a lifeline for low-income families. The tax credit expired after the 2022 tax year, and efforts to revive it were unsuccessful. In its absence, local and state organizers and advocates… |

Vince Quiles (2023-07-19). Employers can't use your 'passions' as an excuse not to pay you. therealnews.com The Philadelphia Art Museum is an icon of the City of Brotherly Love, and there's no shortage of art lovers who wouldn't consider a chance to work there to be a dream job. But passion and prestige don't pay the bills, as many museum workers have found while being severely undercompensated for their labor. After a public spreadsheet displaying the vast disparities in salaries at the museum was circulated in 2019 by a group called Art Museum and Transparency, workers at the PMA began to organize for a union. In summer 2022, the

WSWS (2023-07-19). UAW quietly reinstated rule limiting strike pay for workers with second jobs. wsws.org It has come to light that the UAW has reinstated an earnings limit placed on workers receiving strike pay, which was temporarily lifted during the 2019 GM strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles call for mass action: "I think we need a general strike in this country" wsws.org Bolstered by the support of their fellow film, television, music and entertainment workers, striking actors and writers called for an expansion of the struggle in the face of reports that federal mediators with the Biden administration have been working "in the shadows" with the studios for weeks to shut down their powerful strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). "What do photographs tell?": Images from occupied Eastern Europe in 1941-42 in Berlin museum exhibition. wsws.org On display are some 40 colour photographs from a private collection of 380 slides taken by Wehrmacht (German army) doctor Albert Dieckmann during his deployment with advancing troops in occupied Belarus, Russia and Poland.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Rising financial distress in Australia triggers surge in calls to suicide hotline. wsws.org The volunteer hotline service Lifeline Australia has seen a surge in calls this year, with many being directly related to financial distress.

WSWS (2023-07-19). US students oppose censorship of IYSSE by Macquarie University in Sydney. wsws.org "The rejection to affiliate is not accidental. It is consciously intended to block students from hearing a genuine socialist perspective."

WSWS (2023-07-19). South Korean flood deaths expose government indifference to climate change. wsws.org The tragic death toll has caused widespread anger and highlighted the failure of governments to protect people from the extreme weather events fuelled by global warming.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Greek coastguard tried to tow hundreds of migrants to Italy, capsized the vessel. wsws.org On June 14, a fishing vessel carrying hundreds of refugees, the Adriana, sank off the Greek port city of Pylos. Roughly 600 people, including children, drowned.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Germany's new strategy: Preparing for war against China. wsws.org The German government adopted a China strategy for the first time on Thursday. The aim is to reduce the German economy's dependence on China in preparation for a war against the rising Asian economic power.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Former Amazon worker Christina Brown campaigns among UPS workers to seek justice for her sister Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Christina Brown, a former Amazon worker, visited a UPS hub with a team of World Socialist Web Site reporters to share the story of how her sister, Poushawn Brown, fell ill and died while working as a COVID-19 tester at a nearby Amazon facility.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Vote No to the UK education unions' pay deal sell-out! wsws.org The offer represents a wage cut for 2022-23 of near 7 percent and a likely further cut for 2023-24, depending on the rate of inflation. Teachers have already suffered a wage loss of over 17 percent since 2010.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Historical falsification in the service of pro-war propaganda. wsws.org The Times' pro-war propaganda has given way to pro-Nazi apologetics.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Homes evacuated following CSX train derailment near Philadelphia. wsws.org Residents in a dozen homes in Whitemarsh Township were awakened early Monday morning and told to evacuate the area following the derailment of 16 CSX train cars, some of which contained hazardous chemicals. The emergency was later lifted after authorities said there were no "active hazardous leaks."

WSWS (2023-07-19). Rail strikes resume as government proceeds with mass closure of ticketing offices. wsws.org Coordinated action between RMT and ASLEF members has the capacity to stop the government's Great British Railways blueprint in its tracks. But Mick Lynch and ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan have again ensured that no unified action will be taken.

Zane McNeill (2023-07-19). Kids Are Being Kept in Solitary Confinement, Former Death Row Unit With No AC. truthout.org Children incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola prison have been locked in windowless cells for nearly 24 hours a day without air conditioning as heat indexes in the area reach up to 133 degrees. The youth, almost all of whom are Black, are being detained in the former death row building of the nation's largest adult maximum security prison, according to the American Civil… |

_____ (2023-07-19). Comments on the replacement of South Korea's Unification Minister. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-19). On some aspects of the latest SCO summit. journal-neo.org On July 4, the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) since its founding in 2001 took place in New Delhi via video conference. Following is a list of the participating countries in the order that their heads of state signed the final "Declaration," which was adopted at the start of the event: India, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-19). Vilnius Summit: "A Stronger and Expanded NATO Makes for a More Dangerous World!" journal-neo.org

Al Mayadeen (2023-07-19). US Using Ukraine as Disposal Ground for Banned Cluster Bombs: Colonel. globalresearch.ca

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-07-19). Mexico City inaugurates one of world's largest solar projects. america.cgtn.com One of the world's largest urban solar projects was recently inaugurated in Mexico City, where the rooftops of the capital's wholesale market are now generating power for the city. It's not only a huge project in itself, but one that locals hope will start a …

Alex Bainbridge (2023-07-19). Refugee rights activists to Jim Chalmers: '10 years too long!'. greenleft.org.au Refugee rights activists held a protest outside Jim Chalmers' electoral office, calling on Labor to deliver better policy for refugees and asylum seekers. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-19). China-US Tensions: Kissinger's Surprise Trip to Beijing. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-19). Solidarity Campaign for the Freedom and Defense of Puente Madera. itsgoingdown.org Call for solidarity with the Binnizá community of Puente Madera, San Blas Atempa, Oaxaca, facing state repression for the defense of their communal lands. On July 20, 2023, another court hearing will be held in the case of our compañero, David Hernández Salazar. He has been accused of several fabricated crimes seeking to imprison him…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Military Revealed Targets Of New Wave Of Retaliation Strikes. southfront.org On Juy 19, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on the night attacks on the Ukrainian military facilities throughout Ukraine. The Russian military confirmed "a group strike with high—precision naval and air-based weapons". | The Russian Ministry of Defence revealed the targets of the attack, claiming that that precision strikes hit "facilities of the Ukrainian military industry, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Odessa". Another target h…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian MoD Shares Details On Recent Odessa Strikes, Ground Attack In Kupyansk (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has carried out a series of pinpoint strikes with sea and air-launched high-precision weapons against high-value Ukrainian targets, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 19. | In a statement, the ministry said that the strikes targeted military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of Kiev forces in the Odessa region as well as Kanatovo Air Base of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kirovograd region."All the assigned targets have been neutr…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian 'Yug' Group Used Armata Tank In Combat — Report. southfront.org File image. | The Russian military's Yug Group of Forces had used the advanced T-14 Armata main battle tank in combat, a source in the Russian defense industry told Another source told the Russian news agency that the tank has already enter…

Anonymous765 (2023-07-19). Fireworks Over Odessa Mark The Death Of Grain Deal. southfront.org |

Catherine Salgado (2023-07-19). WEF Partner Aimed to 'End' 'Private Car Ownership' to Save the Planet. globalresearch.ca

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-19). Food, Dispossession and Dependency. Resisting the New World Order. globalresearch.ca Food, Dispossession and Dependency.: | Resisting the New World Order: | by: | Colin Todhunter: | We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Australia, Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-19). Study: 74% of Post-Jab Deaths Caused by the Shot. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2023-07-19). WHO, CDC and Bill Gates Pushing for Peel-and-Stick Vaccine Patches Mailed Directly to People's Homes. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-07-19). Minnesota says "No to NATO" fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 11, about 40 protesters assembled in front of Senator Amy Klobuchar's office to speak out against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its role in the war in Ukraine. | The protest took place during the first day of a NATO summit meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania to discuss drastically increasing its military forces deployed near Russia, as well as the potential admission of Sweden – and possibly Ukraine – into the organization. | Speakers from the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Veterans For Peace, Minnesota Chapter 27 condemned NATO for being directly involved in destabilizing th…

Fight Back (2023-07-19). New Jersey: 1700-plus nurses vote to authorize strike at Robert Woods Johnson New Brunswick. fightbacknews.org Pittsburgh, PA – United Steelworkers Local 4-200 announced today that 1700 members who work as nurses at Robert Woods Johnson New Brunswick have voted to grant the union the authority to call a strike. | The local's original contract expired on June 30 after several months of bargaining. They have signed a 14-day extension, with their new expiration date approaching on July 21. | "Health care workers are experiencing record levels of burnout, and we urge our employer to come to the table with an offer that acknowledges the hard work we put in every day for our patients," said Local 4-200 President Judy Danella.

Fight Back (2023-07-19). Tampa 5 solidarity rally in Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX — On July 12, 30 organizers, activists and community members beat the 105-degree heat and joined in solidarity to seek justice for the Tampa 5, rallying at Dealey Plaza, on the day of the Five's court appearance. | In March, the Tampa 5, namely Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Chrisley Carpio, Laura Rodriguez and Jeanie Kida, all members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), were protesting to keep diversity equity and inclusion programs alive at the University of South Florida. They were met with brutality from the campus police, and now face felony charges. | Several organizations – includ…

Fight Back (2023-07-19). UPM Blandin Paper Company workers begin strike. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MN – At 6 a.m., July 15, around 200 members of Teamsters Local 346 walked off their jobs at the UPM Blandin Paper Company and began a strike. Grand Rapids gets its name because it sits along the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. The UPM Blandin paper plant was built in its location on the edge of the river to use the river to power its paper mill. The plant has been an established feature of the town's economy since its founding in 1901. Now, for the first time in the history of the plant its workers have gone on strike. | When workers were asked why they decided to go on strike, some of the…

Global Research News (2023-07-19). Selected Articles: Video: "Definitive Proof the COVID-19 Vaccines Are Causing Death". Kim Iversen Interviews Peter McCullough. globalresearch.ca By One way to tell if a journalist is doing a good job is to see the level of …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). Elliot Abrams and the Murdered Children of El Mozote. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Millies Women look over the excavation site where the remains of their friends and relatives were being exhumed in El Mozote, El Salvador. Elliot Abrams oversaw death squads in Central America and was convicted of lying to Congress. So why did President Joe Biden appoint this evil war criminal to the U.S. Advisory Commission…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). Haitians Protest UN Occupation and Pending Foreign "Intervention" libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Haitians protest oligarchic rule, UN occupation, and foreign military "intervention." The US and Canada have been arguing for a multilateral military intervention in Haiti led by the army of a third country, possibly even Rwanda, to support the puppet regime that they installed. They are using "gang violence" as the racist excuse, but…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). In Latin America and Asia, Canada Supports the US Government's New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk The amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (foreground) and Peruvian navy Makassar-class landing platform dock ship BAP Pisco (background) conduct tactical maneuvers and naval formations during a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by James Ho/US Navy/Wikimedia Commons. Over the past few weeks, two events have occurred that seem unrelated,…

Israel Shahak (2023-07-19). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

jeffgang (2023-07-19). Tell Your Senators: Tax Private Jets. inequality.org

Jordan Schachtel (2023-07-19). Biden Admin Seeks "Mission Accomplished" Moment to Secure Political Exit Route From Ukraine Proxy War. globalresearch.ca

KATIE (2023-07-19). More Than 300 Israeli Apartheid Free Zones Across Italy. bdsmovement.net

Kyle Anzalone (2023-07-19). USAID Chief Samantha Power Announces Hundreds of Million in Aid to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Mark Niu (2023-07-19). Generative AI lawsuits pile up. america.cgtn.com The lawsuits are stacking up against Artificial Intelligence. Over the past year, numerous cases, some involving celebrities, have involved claims that tech companies inappropriately used unauthorized data to train their AI systems. CGTN's Mark Niu shares more.

Media Lens (2023-07-19). 'A Death Sentence For People And Ecosystems': The Climate Emergency, Governments And The Public Enemy. dissidentvoice.org On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that: 'Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy.' What he meant was that states do not wish their own populations to know and understand the details of government policies, for fear of …

Nathan King (2023-07-19). UN Security Council weighs in on AI and global security. america.cgtn.com Artificial Intelligence could hold the key to the solutions that mankind needs but also potentially contains the seed of humanity's destruction. That was the message from the United Nations Security Council Wednesday as the world body held its first ever meeting on the challenges of …

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-07-19). Trump faces new legal challenges, possible third indictment. america.cgtn.com Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been facing mounting legal challenges, and a third indictment could be coming. Trump is fuming after receiving a letter from the U.S. Special Counsel indicating he is being criminally investigated for his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-07-19). Climate Disruption: It's Not Due to CO2. globalresearch.ca More than 120 world leaders last November 2022 attended the COP27 summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, amidst a stylized propaganda campaign: | "Our Planet is "Sending a Distress Signal". | The focus on CO2 emissions and "Global Warming" …

Steve Huff (2023-07-19). SpaceX Satellites Forced to Swerve Every 10 Minutes. globalresearch.ca

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-07-19). The US-Nazi Connection Since World War II: From Inspiring the Third Reich to Supporting the Neo-Nazis of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Erdogan Open To Meeting Al-Assad, But Not Withdrawing Turkish Troops From Syria. southfront.org File image. | On July 17, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he is open to talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but would not meet him if a withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syria were set as a condition. | Speaking to reporters in Istanbul ahead of his departure for a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Erdogan said Turkey has never "shut the door" to discussions with the Syrian government."We can hold a four-party summit [with Syria, Russia and…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-19). Biden Wants To Invade/Conquer China. southfront.org Written by His plan is to arm Taiwan and entice it to announce its complete independence from China — that Taiwan is no mere province of China but instead an independent country — which announcement would then immediately force China either to invade China or else to accept Taiwan's becoming a separate and independent coun…

Bill Lueders (2023-07-19). Biden Is Monstrously Wrong on Cluster Bombs. progressive.org Cluster bombs are uniquely sinister weapons, designed to spew shrapnel from dozens of smaller grenade-like bombs across large areas.

canadiandimension (2023-07-19). Cheers for Chow must be accompanied by vigilance. canadiandimension.com Curtailing the agenda of the neoliberal city will require more than a sympathetic player in the mayor's office.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-07-19). 'Barbie' review: A sharp comedy that takes aim at the patriarchy and consumerism. peoplesworld.org This review was published during the historic SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. People's World acknowledges that film and television would not be possible without the workers who make it happen. We stand in solidarity with the strike and the workers. The new film Barbie isn't a takedown or an exact subversion of the doll that is …

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-07-19). 'Oppenheimer' review: Masterful exploration of history, anti-communism, and the Atomic Age's legacy. peoplesworld.org This review was published during the historic SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. People's World acknowledges that film and television would not be possible without the workers who make it happen. We stand in solidarity with the strike and the workers. The existence of a film like Oppenheimer shows just how necessary it is to teach history …

Emile Schepers (2023-07-19). Virginia Primary: Neither a disaster nor a triumph for the working class. peoplesworld.org On June 20, Virginia held primary elections for state, county, and local offices. As usual in this state's primaries, turnout was low—in single figures in some counties. For several years, many parts of the Southern states have been a "culture wars" target for the Republican ultra-right which has elected its people to…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-07-19). CIA-Linked Security Company Targeted Former Ecuador President Who Granted Assange Asylum. thedissenter.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams. dissidentvoice.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). NATO's "strengthening" hasn't weakened Russia, it's only accelerated capitalist collapse in the NATO member states. newswiththeory.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Bosses, Union Officials And Rank-And-Filers Debate Work From Home. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Fighting Industrial Development In Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Just Stop Oil ! What If We Didn't Use Gasoline? popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Arizona Church Burnings Recall a Dark Past. progressive.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). The U.S.-NATO Fantasy World About Ukraine. theduran.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). San Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis. liberationnews.org

Larry Johnson (2023-07-19). Why NATO Was Obsessed With Ukraine and is Now in a Panic. sonar21.com To answer the question in my title you need only look at two numbers — 1) Ukraine's rank in terms of natural resources and 2) the size of Ukraine's Army…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-07-19). A third Trump indictment for his Jan. 6 coup about to drop. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The prosecutorial nets are closing around former Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump for his role in commanding, aiding and abetting the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion, insurrection, and coup d'état attempt at the U.S. Capitol. The biggest net was cast by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith. He sent a letter to Trump and his …

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Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-20). Soviet Union's Support For Black Liberation Earns Russia Grace With Africans. popularresistance.org On the first week of spring in 1931, at the nadir of the Great Depression, nine Black teenagers stowed away on a Memphis-bound train scuffled with a gaggle of white youths who took exception to their presence. The Black youths made quick work of their counterparts, heaving all but one, Orville Gilley, from the slow-moving railcars to the grassy knoll below. Gilley would have met the same fate as his friends but by the time the Black youths got to him, the train had picked up considerable speed, and he was hanging perilously from the gondola. Fearing Gilley might fall underneath one of the railcars, two Black teen…

The Black Alliance for Peace. (2023-07-20). International Community Must Reject US/UN/CARICOM Plan For Haiti. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) is alarmed that representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are at the forefront of the call for armed intervention in Haiti calling on Rwanda and Kenya to help lead the charge. Once again the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) calls on the international community to reject U.S., UN, and CARICOM plans for an armed intervention in Haiti. We have been consistent in our support for Haitian people who view the presence of the United Nations Integrated Office (BINUH) and the Core Group as a foreign occupation. Since 2004, they have suppressed Haiti's independence and sovereignty…

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-20). There Can Be No Justice Until Capitalism Is Removed From The Earth. popularresistance.org "What is the path that we are going to chart towards socialism?" This is the question that animated the first day of the 'Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism' conference, which is being held in South Africa between July 17 to 20. | The conference has been divided into commissions, each with a mandate to deliberate upon a particular theme and draft a concrete plan of action which will be adopted in the form of a resolution on the final day. The commissions on July 17 addressed the themes of food sovereignty and agroecology, gender struggles against patriarchy, and urban struggles for hou…

Seymour Hersh, Mintpress News. (2023-07-20). Ordinary People By The Millions. popularresistance.org Lunch with Tom Frank is a totally American experience. He's a proud native of Kansas but far from a country boy: he got his doctorate from the University of Chicago and has written a series of influential books. He likes people, food, and telling it like it is. He teases the waiter, talks about a healthy salad, and then orders an overstuffed sandwich that he wolfs down as he dissects the increasingly crazed American political world. He's not just a guy who happens to be bright and unpretentious and a lot of fun who has chosen to focus on American politics; he's a political prophet who two decades ago saw what oth…

Sam Pizzigati, CounterPunch. (2023-07-20). A Good Year's Pay For A Good Day's Work? popularresistance.org The just-released Good Jobs First analysis — Power Outrage: Will Heavily Subsidized Battery Factories Generate Substandard Jobs? — examines a little-known provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that may end up costing U.S. taxpayers more than $200 billion over the next decade, a sum above and beyond the $13 billion that state and local governments have promised as battery incentives. | Lawmakers see all those billions of tax dollars as a generator of good wages, but nothing in the battery subsidy fine-print mandates — or even incentivizes — decent worker paychecks. Ford Motor, for i…

Andrea Peters (2023-07-20). Impoverishing Ukraine: "Western Political and Business Interests integrated into the Ukrainian State" globalresearch.ca


Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Is Climate Engineering Real? globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-20). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Damian Balassone (2023-07-20). Poem: Spiritual Land/Spiritless Man. greenleft.org.au Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

infobrics (2023-07-19). US mainstream media easily spread fake news about Russian mutiny. infobrics.org Western journalists and officials repeatedly changed their narratives, trying to gain some advantage from the "mutiny".

infobrics (2023-07-19). Shocking extent of Ukraine's unrelenting demographic collapse. infobrics.org Corriere della Sera states that both urban and rural areas are essentially empty, while countless families have been divided (likely forever), particularly as wives of many soldiers forcibly deployed on the frontlines have gone abroad and never returned. It insists that Ukraine is going through a catastrophic demographic crisis and that the population collapse will soon cause very serious economic and social problems in the country.

infobrics (2023-07-19). Why Bangladesh's Intention to Be Member of BRICS Is a Timely Decision?>. infobrics.org Bangladesh is going to become a member of BRICS. The foreign minister said that Bangladesh will become a member of BRICS next August…




infobrics (2023-07-19). New Development Bank: the Emerging Markets' Very Own Development Bank. infobrics.org There is a new kid on the developing banking block that is entirely owned by the leading Emerging Market (EM) countries and totally focused on investing in those markets…

infobrics (2023-07-19). Why Does Saudi Arabia Want to Join BRICS. infobrics.org Saudi Arabia has become a dialogue partner in the SCO. She also intends to join the BRICS, which will bring certain advantages to Riyadh…

infobrics (2023-07-19). US veteran faked heroics on Ukraine battlefield to become rich. infobrics.org "Journalists advanced James Vasquez's lies for so long," says US junior sergeant in Ukrainian army.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-07-19). PA President Mahmoud Abbas: A Puppet in the Hands of Israel and the US? mintpressnews.com Despite its near complete failure, the Oslo Accords succeeded in one thing: it provided Israel with a Palestinian force whose main mission is to assist the Israeli occupation in its quest to maintain total control over the West Bank.

Seymour Hersh (2023-07-19). Seymour Hersh: Ordinary People by the Millions. mintpressnews.com Seymour Hersh /

Mike Walter (2023-07-19). The Heat: Far Right Growing in Europe. america.cgtn.com The far-right is making gains in Europe and becoming more mainstream. All across Europe, from Sweden to Greece, far-right parties are gaining strength and winning seats in parliaments. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni, became western Europe's first far-right prime minister since World War II, when she …




Mark Niu (2023-07-19). Generative AI lawsuits pile up. america.cgtn.com The lawsuits are stacking up against Artificial Intelligence. Over the past year, numerous cases, some involving celebrities, have involved claims that tech companies inappropriately used unauthorized data to train their AI systems. CGTN's Mark Niu shares more.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-07-19). Trump faces new legal challenges, possible third indictment. america.cgtn.com Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been facing mounting legal challenges, and a third indictment could be coming. Trump is fuming after receiving a letter from the U.S. Special Counsel indicating he is being criminally investigated for his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 …

Nathan King (2023-07-19). UN Security Council weighs in on AI and global security. america.cgtn.com Artificial Intelligence could hold the key to the solutions that mankind needs but also potentially contains the seed of humanity's destruction. That was the message from the United Nations Security Council Wednesday as the world body held its first ever meeting on the challenges of …

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-07-19). Mexico City inaugurates one of world's largest solar projects. america.cgtn.com One of the world's largest urban solar projects was recently inaugurated in Mexico City, where the rooftops of the capital's wholesale market are now generating power for the city. It's not only a huge project in itself, but one that locals hope will start a …

KATIE (2023-07-19). More Than 300 Israeli Apartheid Free Zones Across Italy. bdsmovement.net

manager (2023-07-19). Will Trump Cry "Stop the Steal" if DeSantis Wins the Primary? cepr.net Chicago Tribune See article on original site On Capitol Hill and in other Democratic circles, there are many Democrats who believe that Donald Trump would be easier to defeat in the general election than Ron DeSantis. Trump certainly has his weaknesses. Most of the country does not like him, for reasons that are too obvious …




WSWS (2023-07-19). "What do photographs tell?": Images from occupied Eastern Europe in 1941-42 in Berlin museum exhibition. wsws.org On display are some 40 colour photographs from a private collection of 380 slides taken by Wehrmacht (German army) doctor Albert Dieckmann during his deployment with advancing troops in occupied Belarus, Russia and Poland.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Vote No to the UK education unions' pay deal sell-out! wsws.org The offer represents a wage cut for 2022-23 of near 7 percent and a likely further cut for 2023-24, depending on the rate of inflation. Teachers have already suffered a wage loss of over 17 percent since 2010.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Rail strikes resume as government proceeds with mass closure of ticketing offices. wsws.org Coordinated action between RMT and ASLEF members has the capacity to stop the government's Great British Railways blueprint in its tracks. But Mick Lynch and ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan have again ensured that no unified action will be taken.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Greek coastguard tried to tow hundreds of migrants to Italy, capsized the vessel. wsws.org On June 14, a fishing vessel carrying hundreds of refugees, the Adriana, sank off the Greek port city of Pylos. Roughly 600 people, including children, drowned.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Historical falsification in the service of pro-war propaganda. wsws.org The Times' pro-war propaganda has given way to pro-Nazi apologetics.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Germany's new strategy: Preparing for war against China. wsws.org The German government adopted a China strategy for the first time on Thursday. The aim is to reduce the German economy's dependence on China in preparation for a war against the rising Asian economic power.




WSWS (2023-07-19). UAW quietly reinstated rule limiting strike pay for workers with second jobs. wsws.org It has come to light that the UAW has reinstated an earnings limit placed on workers receiving strike pay, which was temporarily lifted during the 2019 GM strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Homes evacuated following CSX train derailment near Philadelphia. wsws.org Residents in a dozen homes in Whitemarsh Township were awakened early Monday morning and told to evacuate the area following the derailment of 16 CSX train cars, some of which contained hazardous chemicals. The emergency was later lifted after authorities said there were no "active hazardous leaks."

WSWS (2023-07-19). South Korean flood deaths expose government indifference to climate change. wsws.org The tragic death toll has caused widespread anger and highlighted the failure of governments to protect people from the extreme weather events fuelled by global warming.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles call for mass action: "I think we need a general strike in this country" wsws.org Bolstered by the support of their fellow film, television, music and entertainment workers, striking actors and writers called for an expansion of the struggle in the face of reports that federal mediators with the Biden administration have been working "in the shadows" with the studios for weeks to shut down their powerful strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Rising financial distress in Australia triggers surge in calls to suicide hotline. wsws.org The volunteer hotline service Lifeline Australia has seen a surge in calls this year, with many being directly related to financial distress.

WSWS (2023-07-19). US students oppose censorship of IYSSE by Macquarie University in Sydney. wsws.org "The rejection to affiliate is not accidental. It is consciously intended to block students from hearing a genuine socialist perspective."




WSWS (2023-07-19). Former Amazon worker Christina Brown campaigns among UPS workers to seek justice for her sister Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Christina Brown, a former Amazon worker, visited a UPS hub with a team of World Socialist Web Site reporters to share the story of how her sister, Poushawn Brown, fell ill and died while working as a COVID-19 tester at a nearby Amazon facility.

WSWS (2023-07-19). USPS rural letter carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions. wsws.org The USPS' new compensation system has cut pay by tens of thousands of dollars while requiring rural letter carriers to work even longer hours.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Global heatwave exacerbates social crisis across US, Europe, Asia and Middle East. wsws.org The high temperature records currently being set and reset are demonstrative of what is increasingly emerging as a "new normal" for the world's climate.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Canada's West Coast dockers resume strike after rejection of sellout tentative contract. wsws.org With the resumption of the strike, the dockworkers face a head on clash with the federal Liberal government, which, with the connivance of the union apparatus, last week sought to break the dockers' strike by invoking a seldom used provision of Canada's pro-employer Labour Code…

WSWS (2023-07-19). Austin, Texas and Wichita, Kansas nurses go on one-day strike against Ascension. wsws.org Strikers who walked out at Ascension hospitals in two states last month were then hit with a three-day lockout by management.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-07-19). CovertAction Bulletin: Breaking Through U.S. Propaganda on North Korea. covertactionmagazine.com A recent Washington Post article titled "A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story" highlights the many appearances Yeonmi Park has made on right-wing news outlets over the past few years. Scholars and solidarity activists have been pointing out the serious holes in Park's stories since she started getting attention…

WSWS (2023-07-19). Former Amazon worker Christina Brown campaigns among UPS workers to seek justice for her sister Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Christina Brown, a former Amazon worker, visited a UPS hub with a team of World Socialist Web Site reporters to share the story of how her sister, Poushawn Brown, fell ill and died while working as a COVID-19 tester at a nearby Amazon facility.

WSWS (2023-07-19). USPS rural letter carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions. wsws.org The USPS' new compensation system has cut pay by tens of thousands of dollars while requiring rural letter carriers to work even longer hours.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Global heatwave exacerbates social crisis across US, Europe, Asia and Middle East. wsws.org The high temperature records currently being set and reset are demonstrative of what is increasingly emerging as a "new normal" for the world's climate.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Canada's West Coast dockers resume strike after rejection of sellout tentative contract. wsws.org With the resumption of the strike, the dockworkers face a head on clash with the federal Liberal government, which, with the connivance of the union apparatus, last week sought to break the dockers' strike by invoking a seldom used provision of Canada's pro-employer Labour Code…

WSWS (2023-07-19). Austin, Texas and Wichita, Kansas nurses go on one-day strike against Ascension. wsws.org Strikers who walked out at Ascension hospitals in two states last month were then hit with a three-day lockout by management.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-07-19). CovertAction Bulletin: Breaking Through U.S. Propaganda on North Korea. covertactionmagazine.com A recent Washington Post article titled "A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story" highlights the many appearances Yeonmi Park has made on right-wing news outlets over the past few years. Scholars and solidarity activists have been pointing out the serious holes in Park's stories since she started getting attention…

Staff (2023-07-19). The Whitewashing of Neo-Nazis: Lev Golinkin & Ben Makuch on How Far Right Is Exploiting Ukraine War. democracynow.org Multiple reports are reinvestigating the neo-Nazi fighters and militias involved in the war both in Russia and Ukraine. "You have neo-Nazis on both sides of this conflict," says Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin, a longtime reporter on the far right in Ukraine and Russia who is critical of the Western media's normalization of groups like the Azov Battalion. "We are sending a very dangerous message that if you're the right type of neo-Nazis, we will not only work with you, we will celebrate you," Golinkin notes. | We also speak with national security reporter Ben Makuch…

Staff (2023-07-19). William Arkin: CIA Is Playing "Outsize Role" in Ukraine Despite Biden Pledge Not to Send U.S. Forces. democracynow.org A new investigation reveals the extent of the CIA's involvement in the war in Ukraine, where the agency operates clandestinely in what, under a formal declaration of war, would be the domain of the military. We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit of everything" in Ukraine. According to various sources, the CIA is shuttling weapons into Ukraine using a "gray fleet" of commercial aircraft that crisscrosses Central and Eastern Eur…

Staff (2023-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Says He's the Target of Federal Criminal Probe of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Michigan Attorney General Charges 16 GOP "Fake Electors" with Felonies, Chinese Coal Consumption Hits Record High as Temperatures Soar, Floodwaters Lap Walls of India's Taj Mahal; Heat Index in Iran Tops 150 ∞F, Wildfires Erupt in Greece as Europe Swelters in Record Heat, ACLU Asks Court to Release Children from Angola Prison as Heat Index Tops 130 ∞, Whistleblower Says Texas Officers Were Ordered to Push Migrant Children into Rio Grande, ICC to Probe Reports of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur…

Media Lens (2023-07-19). 'A Death Sentence For People And Ecosystems': The Climate Emergency, Governments And The Public Enemy. dissidentvoice.org On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that: 'Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy.' What he meant was that states do not wish their own populations to know and understand the details of government policies, for fear of …

Nicholas Schou (2023-07-19). The CIA: Up Close and Personal. dissidentvoice.org Nicholas Schou interviews Douglas Valentine about his new book, Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire, published in May of this year by Trine Day. Listen To This Story Introduction by Nicholas Schou: In the early 1990s, when the US began to normalize relations with Vietnam, Douglas Valentine, then a young author and historian of …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. dissidentvoice.org Hosting sporting events has always been a government's formula to distract their seducible subjects. It's the secular version of smells and bells, the warbling of the church choir turned into flesh and performance. If such occasions are of sufficient scale, they might even be political promotions, body beautiful types paraded and performing before clapping and …

_____ (2023-07-19). Vilnius Summit: "A Stronger and Expanded NATO Makes for a More Dangerous World!" journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-19). Comments on the replacement of South Korea's Unification Minister. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-19). On some aspects of the latest SCO summit. journal-neo.org On July 4, the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) since its founding in 2001 took place in New Delhi via video conference. Following is a list of the participating countries in the order that their heads of state signed the final "Declaration," which was adopted at the start of the event: India, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Rajaa Salah (2023-07-19). "Prisoners are alive but without life" electronicintifada.net Yusri Atiya al-Masri is free after two decades in Israeli prison, but he still struggles with the consequences of years of medical neglect.

Anju Anna John, Stefano Balbi, Common Dreams. (2023-07-19). We Need A Rights-Based Approach To Climate Displacement. popularresistance.org In 2015, the United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that are rooted in three universal values including a human rights-based approach, ensuring that no one is left behind, and working to eliminate gender inequalities. At the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs is the principle of leave no one behind, or LNOB. | Although not legally enforceable, LNOB symbolizes a global commitment to reach out to the most marginalized and vulnerable, as we work towards a development that does not adversely affect our planet. It requires that we look for s…

George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-07-19). What Should We Do With The Perpetrators Of The Climate Crisis? popularresistance.org Chuck Collins' new book "Altar to an Erupting Sun" may be fiction, but it poses a very topical, real-world challenge for readers: What's the right way to act when facing an existential challenge like climate change? | Right off the bat, in the first chapter, we learn that the novel's central character, Rae, is a climate activist who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Having done her research to know the "carbon barons" responsible for so much destruction, she decides to "take one with her" by wearing a suicide vest. It works as intended, taking the life of a fossil fuel company CEO.

Olivia Riggio, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-19). As Skies Turn Orange, Media Hesitate To Mention What's Changing Climate. popularresistance.org Skies on the US's East Coast turned an apocalyptic orange in early June, as wildfire smoke from Canada blew south. On Wednesday, June 7, New York City's air quality ranked the worst in the world, with an Air Quality Index rating of more than 400 out of 500—deemed "hazardous" for any individual. | Scientists expect forest fires to increase with the advance of climate disruption—mainly driven by fossil fuel consumption. Hotter, dryer weather, an increase in the type of brush that fuels these fires, and more frequent lightning strikes all contribute to this outcome (NOAA, 8/8/22; UN, 2/23/22; PNAS, 11/1/…

Otis Grotewohl, Workers World. (2023-07-19). West Virginia Rally Condemns Jail Deaths. popularresistance.org Beckley, West Virginia – Nearly 100 prison abolitionists and family members of jailhouse murder victims rallied in Beckley on July 15 to raise awareness of the growing number of deaths in jails throughout West Virginia. In the last couple of years, the deaths have become epidemic, with dozens of incarcerated workers murdered at the hands of guards throughout the state. | Appropriately dubbed "Handcuffs Shouldn't Kill You," the event was organized by the West Virginia Poor People's Campaign and co-sponsored by the West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union and the Beckley chapter of the NAACP. Community and unio…

Igor Chudov (2023-07-19). Cognitive Impairment in Adults — What Role Did COVID Vaccines Play? globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-19). Ukraine's Unrelenting Demographic Collapse. Towards a Failed State under Kiev Nazi Regime. globalresearch.ca

Gary D. Barnett (2023-07-19). The Asinine Insanity of the 'Climate Change'/C02 Hoax: Kill the Cows to Save the Earth! globalresearch.ca

Colin Demarest (2023-07-19). US Projected to Spend $117B on Nuke Command and Control in Next Decade. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-19). Doctors Dying Suddenly: Do Doctor Couples Who Inject mRNA Together Die Suddenly Together? globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). US Expected to Announce New $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Kyle Anzalone (2023-07-19). USAID Chief Samantha Power Announces Hundreds of Million in Aid to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Al Mayadeen (2023-07-19). US Using Ukraine as Disposal Ground for Banned Cluster Bombs: Colonel. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Australia, Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-19). Study: 74% of Post-Jab Deaths Caused by the Shot. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-19). China-US Tensions: Kissinger's Surprise Trip to Beijing. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-19). Selected Articles: Video: "Definitive Proof the COVID-19 Vaccines Are Causing Death". Kim Iversen Interviews Peter McCullough. globalresearch.ca By One way to tell if a journalist is doing a good job is to see the level of …

Steve Huff (2023-07-19). SpaceX Satellites Forced to Swerve Every 10 Minutes. globalresearch.ca

Catherine Salgado (2023-07-19). WEF Partner Aimed to 'End' 'Private Car Ownership' to Save the Planet. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2023-07-19). WHO, CDC and Bill Gates Pushing for Peel-and-Stick Vaccine Patches Mailed Directly to People's Homes. globalresearch.ca

Jordan Schachtel (2023-07-19). Biden Admin Seeks "Mission Accomplished" Moment to Secure Political Exit Route From Ukraine Proxy War. globalresearch.ca

Israel Shahak (2023-07-19). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-07-19). Climate Disruption: It's Not Due to CO2. globalresearch.ca More than 120 world leaders last November 2022 attended the COP27 summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, amidst a stylized propaganda campaign: | "Our Planet is "Sending a Distress Signal". | The focus on CO2 emissions and "Global Warming" …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-07-19). The US-Nazi Connection Since World War II: From Inspiring the Third Reich to Supporting the Neo-Nazis of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-19). Food, Dispossession and Dependency. Resisting the New World Order. globalresearch.ca Food, Dispossession and Dependency.: | Resisting the New World Order: | by: | Colin Todhunter: | We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of …

Kit Klarenberg (2023-07-19). Leaked files suggest hidden British hand in latest Kerch Bridge strike. thegrayzone.com A coterie of British intelligence freelancers has collaborated with Ukraine's Security Service on plans to destroy the newly-attacked Kerch Bridge, and to target accused collaborators who Kiev is "shooting…like pigs" On July 16, a predawn assault on the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia left two civilians dead and a 14-year-old injured. As advisors to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted at Ukraine's culpability, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed his finger at Kiev and vowed revenge. The attack was the …

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Finance union urges NAB workers to vote up improved agreement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Four Big Banks refuse to renew loans to Whitehaven Coal. greenleft.org.au

Jeff Shantz (2023-07-19). Canada: Dock workers back on strike as union rejects gov't mediated deal. greenleft.org.au The picket lines are back up and dock workers in ports along the coast of British Columbia are again on strike after rejecting a deal mediated by the federal government, reports Jeff Shantz.

Alex Bainbridge (2023-07-19). Refugee rights activsts to Jim Chalmers: '10 years too long!'. greenleft.org.au Refugee rights activists held a protest outside Jim Chalmers' electoral office, calling on Labor to deliver better policy for refugees and asylum seekers. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Susan Price (2023-07-19). New film highlights the climate cost of native forest logging. greenleft.org.au A new documentary, Tasmania's Forest Carbon, presents a powerful argument to end native forest logging in Tasmania, reports Susan Price.

Ian Angus (2023-07-19). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2023. greenleft.org.au Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important new books for reds and greens.

Ruth Heymann (2023-07-19). Riff Raff Radical Marching Band: Adding music and colour to protest. greenleft.org.au If you have attended a protest in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane recently, you likely will have experienced the music and colour of the Riff Raff Radical Marching Band, writes Ruth Heymann.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Video: Caste and Class in India today. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Merri-bek community takes to the streets against AUKUS. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). 70 years after armistice: It's time to end the Korean War! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Don't invest in Whitehaven Coal, protesters urge Itochu Corporation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Protesters say 'no' to Middle Arm gas project. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-19). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au

jeffgang (2023-07-19). Tell Your Senators: Tax Private Jets. inequality.org

isabella (2023-07-19). What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-19). Tax the Fat Cat Private Jet Class, Invest in Green Transit. inequality.org Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) has just introduced legislation to significantly boost excise taxes on private jet fuel. Representative Nydia Velasquez (D-NY) has introduced complimentary legislation in the House. The colorfully named "FATCAT Act" (standing for Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax) would hike fuel taxes on private jets from the current 22 cents …

SAM (2023-07-19). The Most Ludicrous Argument Ever Against Taxing the Rich? inequality.org

Editor (2023-07-19). The war in Ukraine: Towards the collapse of the West's reputation. mronline.org After the bipolar world that existed from the end of the Second World War until the implosion of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the current conflict on the territory of Ukraine is the point of gravity in the process of transition between two great eras of contemporary history: the old—unipolar—that has lasted for the last 30 years and the new—multipolar—post-hegemonic, that came into being at the end of February 2022.

Editor (2023-07-19). The history of affirmative action exposes its reactionary weaknesses. mronline.org Affirmative action began as a reparations program but ends as a "diversity" project which barely benefits Black people.

Editor (2023-07-19). Patriarchy and the origins of women's oppression. mronline.org Any vision of a world beyond capitalism involves the liberation of women from oppression, exploitation and discrimination. But just because we might have been able to win revolutionary social change, it does not mean that equal economic, social and cultural rights will be automatic for women.

Editor (2023-07-19). Everybody should see "Every Body" mronline.org A wave of exclusion is sweeping the nation, in state legislatures and federal courts, including the Supreme Court.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-19). Politics of hedging in the Indo-Pacific. mronline.org New Zealand's estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific heavily dependent on trade with China for preserving its prosperity and yet one of the Five Eyes (along with the U.S., UK, Australia and Canada), the exclusive secretive security grouping of Anglo-Saxon countries.

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-19). In Bid to Join NATO, Sweden and Finland Back Turkish Repression of Kurds. ips-dc.org NATO's July summit betrayed the Kurdish people. The left must stand with both Ukraine and the Kurds — and against NATO.

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-19). On Israel and Palestine, US Electeds Are Out of Touch With Their Own Voters. ips-dc.org The United States' support for Israel—military, financial, diplomatic and more—is an old story. It hasn't changed much, other than to escalate. Israel bombs Gaza, and Congress votes to send hundreds of millions of dollars beyond the $3.8 billion mandated by law, and to send new weapons to replace those used up in the assault. Israeli settlers officially backed by police and military raid Jenin and other West Bank towns, attacking residents and seizing land to expand illegal settlements, all in violation of international law, and Washington continues to protect Israel from ever being held accountable i…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO's Ukraine Roulette. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas NATO must be recognized not only as a criminal organization, a blustering vestige of a moribund Western imperialism, but as a mortal danger to the survival of civilization on Earth. Deliberate provocations of a nuclear rival, coups d'état, colour revolutions, broken promises, broken treaties, escalation of tensions, demonization, invective, double-standards — all this…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). Haitians Protest UN Occupation and Pending Foreign "Intervention" libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Haitians protest oligarchic rule, UN occupation, and foreign military "intervention." The US and Canada have been arguing for a multilateral military intervention in Haiti led by the army of a third country, possibly even Rwanda, to support the puppet regime that they installed. They are using "gang violence" as the racist excuse, but…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). Elliot Abrams and the Murdered Children of El Mozote. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Millies Women look over the excavation site where the remains of their friends and relatives were being exhumed in El Mozote, El Salvador. Elliot Abrams oversaw death squads in Central America and was convicted of lying to Congress. So why did President Joe Biden appoint this evil war criminal to the U.S. Advisory Commission…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-19). In Latin America and Asia, Canada Supports the US Government's New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk The amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (foreground) and Peruvian navy Makassar-class landing platform dock ship BAP Pisco (background) conduct tactical maneuvers and naval formations during a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by James Ho/US Navy/Wikimedia Commons. Over the past few weeks, two events have occurred that seem unrelated,…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Senate Rejects Congressional War Powers Over NATO's Article 5. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would declare NATO's Article 5, which outlines mutual defense commitments, does not override congressional war powers. The amendment, introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), states: "It is the sense of Congress that Article 5 of the North …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Czech Parliament Ratifies Treaty Allowing US Troops Presence. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the Czech parliament ratified a treaty that paves the way for a US troops presence on Czech soil as the US is looking to further beef up its military posture in Europe. The Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) was approved by the lower house of the Czech parliament in a vote of 115-18 and …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Fire at Military Base in Crimea Forces Over 2,000 to Evacuate. news.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Russia Issues Warning Over Black Sea Ships Heading to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Russia warned on Wednesday that starting on July 20, it would consider all ships in the Black Sea heading to Ukrainian ports as carrying military cargo now that the grain deal has been terminated. "Given that the Black Sea initiative has come to an end and the maritime humanitarian corridor has been terminated, all ships …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). US Announces $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a new $1.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes air defense systems, kamikaze drones, missiles, and other equipment. The package is being provided to Ukraine through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the US to purchase arms for Ukraine. The Pentagon said the announcement represents the beginning …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Iranian Oil Stolen by the US Stuck on a Tanker Off the Coast of Texas. news.antiwar.com US federal prosecutors are struggling to sell off a shipment of stolen Iranian oil being carried by a Greek tanker off the coast of Texas, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The US Justice Department seized the Greek tanker Suez Rajan in April under the pretext of sanctions enforcement and forced the ship to head …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes on Damascus. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted Syria's capital Damascus early Wednesday morning, wounding two Syrian soldiers, Syrian media has reported. "At about 12: 25 am, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with bursts of missiles from the direction of the north of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus," a military source …

Ann Brown (2023-07-19). Gathering The Facts and Factors on ATL's Gathering Spot: What Went So Wrong After Acquisition by Greenwood Bank? moguldom.com It seemed like a match made in heaven. A thriving Black-owned business and a blossoming Black-owned financial institution. In 2022, fintech firm Greenwood acquired the popular private membership club and co-working hub The Gathering Spot. The deal was to help The Gathering Spot, which was started in Atlanta and branched off into DC and Los …

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-19). Podcast: Monkey sex, walking robots, and DNA health. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: We learn how same-sex sexual behaviour is common in macaques, how to teach robots to walk like dogs, and how DNA affects your health.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-19). Imperial researchers awarded almost £1m to develop net zero cement technology‚ÄØ. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have been awarded £986,176.28 in funding to develop a carbon negative cement additive. ‚ÄØ…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-19). Staff celebrate graduation from disability leadership programme. imperial.ac.uk Graduates of the Calibre programme presented their final projects to staff from across Imperial and celebrated their completion of the course.

Staff (2023-07-19). CELAC-EU Relationship in Figures. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-19). President Maduro Calls for New Stage in Relations with Europe. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Blasts Paraguay's President for Serving US Interests & Not Honoring Debts. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called on the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, to honor the debt that Paraguay has with Venezuela before continuing in an "empty monologue," after new fresh intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and European Union (EU) summit held in Brussels, Belgium. | Abdo supported the European Union's resolution to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado from the presidential elections. Machado was disqualified from holding public office for…

scorinoco (2023-07-19). Peru: Poll Shows More Than 80% Disapprove of Boluarte. orinocotribune.com

scorinoco (2023-07-19). Israel Recognizes Morocco's Illegal Occupation of Western Sahara. orinocotribune.com Israel has recognized Morocco's sovereignty over the occupied territory of Western Sahara and is considering opening a consulate there, Reuters has In response, a senior Moroccan government official

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez Meets Gerardo Blyde & Presidents of France, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil in Brussels. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, with the sector of the Venezuelan opposition represented by Gerardo Blyde, chief negotiator of the Unitary Platform (PU). The meeting was also attended by the presidents of France (Emmanuel Macron), Argentina (Alberto Fernández), Colombia (Gustavo Petro), and Brazil ("Lula" Da Silva). | The meeting took place on Monday, July 17, within the framework of the third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU). | Earlier, Colombian President Gust…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-07-19). From ICC to 'Sportswashing': West's Self-Serving Narratives Must Be Combated. orinocotribune.com

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-19). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). Rights groups urge US Congress to order investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh's killing. peoplesdispatch.org The well-known Palestinian journalist was killed by Israeli soldiers while covering a violent raid by occupation forces in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). Decree on fake news used to silence political dissent in Tunisia, claims rights group. peoplesdispatch.org President Kais Saied's government introduced Decree 54 last year, ostensibly to curb fake news. This was amid growing popular opposition to his political coup in July 2021 and the arbitrary adoption of a new constitution…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). What are the Dilemmas of Humanity today? peoplesdispatch.org We bring you glimpses from the first day of the Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism conference that is currently underway in South Africa. Delegates from across the continent are deliberating on the crisis of capitalism and the socialist alternatives of our time…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-19). The politics of hedging and post-hedging in the Indo-Pacific. peoplesdispatch.org ASEAN countries are choosing their own path, which is not to choose sides between the US and China. Simply put, the Southeast Asian states want a stable geopolitical environment to focus on their economic development and do not want to be forced to "take sides" in any hegemonic rivalry…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-07-19). Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union achieves breakthrough with general strike. peoplesdispatch.org Korean health workers held a two-day general strike in order to bring the government to the negotiating table, asking for safe staffing and fair remuneration. The strike, the largest in the health sector since 2004, saw the participation of 60,000 members…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-19). For US workers, capitalism brings the heat. peoplesdispatch.org

Eric Kulisch, FreightWaves. (2023-07-19). UPS Pilots Won't Fly If Teamsters Strike. popularresistance.org The union representing UPS pilots says they will not cross picket lines if Teamsters drivers and package sorters walk off the job when the current contract expires Aug. 1, resulting in the immediate shutdown of the express logistics company's global air operations. | UPS (NYSE: UPS) has 3,300 pilots who are represented by the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), a separate union from the Teamsters. | "If the Teamsters are on strike, we will honor that strike and we will not fly," IPA spokesman Brian Gaudet told FreightWaves. | UPS pilots are allowed under their collective bargaining agreement to honor primary pi…

Nick Robertson, The Hill. (2023-07-19). American Airlines Flight Attendants Move Closer To Strike. popularresistance.org American Airlines flight attendants will hold a strike vote starting this month, their union announced Tuesday. | The vote will begin July 28 and end August 29, with the result announced the next day. More than 26,000 flight attendants are seeking wage increases in a new contract with the airline. | "Flight Attendants are ready for an agreement that respects our contributions to the success of this carrier," Association of Professional Flight Attendants President Julie Hedrick said in a statement. | "Our contract became amendable in 2019, and American's Flight Attendants have not received cost-of-living increases…

Bill Lueders (2023-07-19). Biden Is Monstrously Wrong on Cluster Bombs. progressive.org Cluster bombs are uniquely sinister weapons, designed to spew shrapnel from dozens of smaller grenade-like bombs across large areas.

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). The U.S.-NATO Fantasy World About Ukraine. theduran.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Fighting Industrial Development In Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). San Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis. liberationnews.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). NATO's "strengthening" hasn't weakened Russia, it's only accelerated capitalist collapse in the NATO member states. newswiththeory.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Just Stop Oil ! What If We Didn't Use Gasoline? popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Arizona Church Burnings Recall a Dark Past. progressive.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). Bosses, Union Officials And Rank-And-Filers Debate Work From Home. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams. dissidentvoice.org

Staff (2023-07-19). Pushing climate refugees into migrant worker programs. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Briarpatch on July 6, 2023. It is shared here with permission. In 2017, wildfires in B.C. captured headlines around the world. Canadians from coast to coast donated generously to those whose homes and businesses were impacted. But there were some agricultural workers whose precarity rendered them nearly invisible, even as …

Staff (2023-07-19). Prisoners Trading Organs For Reduced Sentences & Scientology Leader On The Run To Avoid Lawsuit. trofire.com Democrats in Massachusetts have a proposal for prison inmates: Give up your internal organs and we'll reduce your sentence. Also, a leader at the Church of Scientology has disappeared after authorities tried to serve him with a child trafficking lawsuit. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more. Transcript: *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so …

_____ (2023-07-19). Um conto sobre duas cidades. strategic-culture.org A convicàßà£o ocidental de que a fragilidade da Rússia é explicada por seu afastamento das doutrinas econà¥micas 'anglo' reflete uma ilusà£o. | O caos que os 'especialistas' ocidentais

_____ (2023-07-19). It's Not the Really Blatant Propaganda That Gets You. strategic-culture.org One of my favorite follows on Twitter right now is a smallish account run by an anti-imperialist activist who goes by "Left I on the News", because he has a real knack for going through articles in the mainstream press and highlighting the mundane little manipulations we're fed each day to shape our worldview in alignment with the US empire.

_____ (2023-07-19). U.S. Funds Invest in Nuclear & Cluster Bombs. strategic-culture.org Some of the largest corporate retirement funds are among the most heavily invested in weapons banned under international law, finds a corporate accountability watchdog. | By Brett WILKINS | Join us on , , and . | Amidst what…

_____ (2023-07-19). Russia's Maria Zakharova, Serbia, Saudi Arabia and Sport's Wimbledon Effect. strategic-culture.org

Editor (2023-07-19). Patrick Lawrence: Anything Anything Anything To Avoid Debating R.F.K. Jr. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Our corporate newspapers and broadcasters went into attack mode as soon as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced, in mid—April, he would seek the Democratic Party's nomination to run for president next year. But it does not seem to have been enough to cast him as a conspiracy theorist—how …

Editor (2023-07-19). Missing Links in Textbook History: Racism and Race. scheerpost.com By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Race is the child of racism, not the father. Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me In 1963, James Baldwin wrote in "The Fire Next Time," "You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were Black and for no other …

Editor (2023-07-19). L.A. Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants' Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway. scheerpost.com When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.

Editor (2023-07-19). Scott Ritter: Agent Zelensky. scheerpost.com By Scott Ritter / Substack As a former intelligence officer, I've been wondering why has no one done an investigation about Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine? His rise to power, in my opinion, represents an incredible manipulation of world opinion that will go down in history as a classic case study in social psychological …

Editor (2023-07-19). Matt Taibbi: 'In Their Labs': Fifteen Illuminating Passages in the Proximal Origin Chats and Emails. scheerpost.com Communications between officials and scientists who wrote the key paper promoting a natural origin for Covid-19 show doubts, interference, politicized science, and more.

Editor (2023-07-19). Biden, Jayapal, and Liberal Zionists Rush to Prop Up the Israel Lobby for 2024. scheerpost.com Liberal Zionists rushed to affirm their support for Israel and hatred of anti-Zionism in the wake of the Pramila Jayapal "racist state" comment because they are afraid the Israel lobby will abandon the Democratic party.

Editor (2023-07-19). Why the Ukraine Conflict Will Unravel NATO and Biden. scheerpost.com By Radhika Desai / CounterPunch The proxy war on Russia is the centre piece of Biden's foreign policy of uniting the world's 'democracies' against 'autocracies', particularly China and Russia. He boasts repeatedly of uniting US allies, most in NATO, as never before. Though the real unity is spotty at best, until recently, the rhetoric seemed …

Editor (2023-07-19). In Heat and Smoke, Workers Fight Negligent Bosses. scheerpost.com By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes On June 29, the air quality in Detroit was among the worst in the world. "Outside it smelled like burnt plastic, almost like trash," said UAW member Cody Zaremba, who works at a General Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan. He and his co-workers were experiencing coughing, runny noses, watery …

Editor (2023-07-19). US Asset Managers Have 'Significant Investments' in Nuclear Weapons and Cluster Bombs: Analysis. scheerpost.com "Many investors, given a choice, would not want to profit from companies that manufacture weapons of mass destruction," said As You Sow's Andrew Behar.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-19). Why NATO Was Obsessed With Ukraine and is Now in a Panic. sonar21.com To answer the question in my title you need only look at two numbers — 1) Ukraine's rank in terms of natural resources and 2) the size of Ukraine's Army…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Forces Advance Near Kupyanks, Kharkiv Region (Map Update On July 19, 2023 ). southfront.org Units of the Russian "Western" grouping of troops advanced more than 1 km in depth and up to 2 km along the front to the north-east of Kupyansk. The advancing forces captured the Molchanovo railway station in the Kharkiv region; | Russian forces destroyed 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 1 AN/TPQ-50 system in Kupyansk area; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Florida Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You. southfront.org Written by Paul du Quenoy, President of On July 14, just three days after Washington, DC's city council passed emergency legislation to address a worrisome 33 percent spike in major crimes in the nation's capital, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin vented her frustration in a scathing attack on Florida. Calling our state the place where "empathy, decency, and kindness go to die," she warned that a suppose…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Donbass On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian forces advanced up to 1 km near the village of Trudovskaya mine; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Konstantinovka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Krasnogorovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Torske; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). In Video 18+: Ukrainian Army Suffers Crushing Losses In Battles Near Bakhmut. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Heavy battles are ongoing near the city of Artemosk (former Bakhmut). Ukrainian forces continue bloody attempts to break through Russian defence both on the western and and southern flanks. In their turn, Russian servicemen are fiercely resisting, holding their positions, and counterattack inflicting more damage to the Ukrainian units. | Fierce fighting is ongoing west of Klescheevka, where Ukrainian forces continue attempts to take control of an important stronghold on a hill near the village…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Ukraine's Recent Attacks On Crimea (Map Update). southfront.org On July 17, the AFU attacked the Crimean Bridge with two naval drones. Two civilians were killed, a 14 years old girl was wounded; | On July 17, a Ukrainian strike UAV was found near the Port Kavkaz near the Crimean Bridge; | On July 16, the Russian Army thwarted the AFU attacks on Sevastopol with 7 UAVs and 2 surface drones. All drones were destroyed or downed; | On July 18, Russian forces shot down 28 UAVs near Crimea; | On July 19, a fire broke out at a military w…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Syria On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On the night of July 19, Russian forces launched a group strike on facilities near Odessa, as well as on the Kanatov air base in the Kirovograd region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported; | Last night, explosions thundered in Kiev; | Last night, explosions thundered in Zaporozhie; | Last ight, explosions thundered in the Dnepropetrovks region; | Last night explosions thundered in Kharkov; | Last night, explosions thundered in the Zhitomir region; | Last night, Russian fo…

Anonymous765 (2023-07-19). Fireworks Over Odessa Mark The Death Of Grain Deal. southfront.org |

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian 'Yug' Group Used Armata Tank In Combat — Report. southfront.org File image. | The Russian military's Yug Group of Forces had used the advanced T-14 Armata main battle tank in combat, a source in the Russian defense industry told Another source told the Russian news agency that the tank has already enter…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian MoD Shares Details On Recent Odessa Strikes, Ground Attack In Kupyansk (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has carried out a series of pinpoint strikes with sea and air-launched high-precision weapons against high-value Ukrainian targets, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 19. | In a statement, the ministry said that the strikes targeted military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of Kiev forces in the Odessa region as well as Kanatovo Air Base of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kirovograd region."All the assigned targets have been neutr…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Military Revealed Targets Of New Wave Of Retaliation Strikes. southfront.org On Juy 19, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on the night attacks on the Ukrainian military facilities throughout Ukraine. The Russian military confirmed "a group strike with high—precision naval and air-based weapons". | The Russian Ministry of Defence revealed the targets of the attack, claiming that that precision strikes hit "facilities of the Ukrainian military industry, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Odessa". Another target h…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-19). Biden Wants To Invade/Conquer China. southfront.org Written by His plan is to arm Taiwan and entice it to announce its complete independence from China — that Taiwan is no mere province of China but instead an independent country — which announcement would then immediately force China either to invade China or else to accept Taiwan's becoming a separate and independent coun…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Erdogan Open To Meeting Al-Assad, But Not Withdrawing Turkish Troops From Syria. southfront.org File image. | On July 17, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he is open to talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but would not meet him if a withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syria were set as a condition. | Speaking to reporters in Istanbul ahead of his departure for a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Erdogan said Turkey has never "shut the door" to discussions with the Syrian government."We can hold a four-party summit [with Syria, Russia and…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Syrian, Russian Troops Held Joint Chemical Defense Exercise Near U.S. Garrison In Al-Tanf (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | Syrian and Russian troops have held a joint chemical defense exercise near the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, where the United States maintains a garrison. | During the exercise, Syrian and Russian troops were trained on identifying chemical threats and conducting combat operations in areas contaminated with toxic substances. Video footage from the exercise showing the troops wearing NBC [nuclear, biological, chemical] suits and using different…

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-19). South Africa Showed That BRICS Isn't What Many Of Its Supporters Assumed. thealtworld.com

thecommunists (2023-07-19). As Ukraine bleeds, British defence minister looks to a new life. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from The Indicter with thanks. ***** The recent notice of resignation by the British defence minister Ben Wallace provides another insight into how impunity operates inside British imperialism. Mediocrities rising to positions of tremendous influence in the imperialist British parliamentary system are free to wreak unimaginable havoc upon the world, …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-07-19). CIA-Linked Security Company Targeted Former Ecuador President Who Granted Assange Asylum. thedissenter.org

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-07-19). He tried to raise the alarm about railroad safety. Then he got fired. therealnews.com When we hear the term "whistleblower," we tend to think of names like Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange—people who have risked their freedom, even their lives, to expose government lies, abuses of power, and state secrets that the public needs to know about. But there are a range of federal statutes designed to protect those who blow the whistle on their employers, too, especially when those employers are breaking the law and/or endangering their workers and the public. | Michael Paul Lindsey II is a military veteran who has worked for Union Pacific as a trained locomoti…

Vince Quiles (2023-07-19). Employers can't use your 'passions' as an excuse not to pay you. therealnews.com The Philadelphia Art Museum is an icon of the City of Brotherly Love, and there's no shortage of art lovers who wouldn't consider a chance to work there to be a dream job. But passion and prestige don't pay the bills, as many museum workers have found while being severely undercompensated for their labor. After a public spreadsheet displaying the vast disparities in salaries at the museum was circulated in 2019 by a group called Art Museum and Transparency, workers at the PMA began to organize for a union. In summer 2022, the

Dr. Ariyana Love (2023-07-19). Graphene COVID Kill Shots: Let the Evidence Speak for Itself. globalresearch.ca

Jens Jerndal (2023-07-19). Where Did this "New World Order" Coup Come From? The Rockefeller's "Social Engineering Project" globalresearch.ca

Health Freedom Defense Fund (2023-07-19). The Story of Pfizer Inc. A Case Study in Pharmaceutical Empire and Corporate Corruption. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-19). 200 Members of Congress Pledge to Not Intervene in UPS Workers' Strike. truthout.org Two hundred members of Congress have expressed their backing of the impending UPS worker strike and have pledged not to support any potential effort by lawmakers to prevent the workers from striking. Lawmakers in the House and the Senate sent letters to Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and UPS CEO Carol Tomé this week stating their support for the workers, who are slated to go on strike as soon as… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-19). Colorado Secretary of State Silent on If She'll Block Trump From Running in 2024. truthout.org The top state election official in Colorado is refusing to comment on whether she will block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the U.S. presidential ballot next fall, after civic engagement groups staged rallies and other actions this month asking her to do so based on the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Mi Familia Vota, a civic engagement group that seeks to unite Latinx… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-19). LA Official: Universal Didn't Obtain Permit to Trim Trees Near Union Picket Line. truthout.org When Universal Pictures studios trimmed several trees lining a writers' picket line to bare bones this week amid a sweltering heat wave, they did so without obtaining a permit from the city, making the move potentially illegal, Los Angeles officials have found. On Monday, comedian and TV writer Chris Stephens noted on Twitter that, over the weekend, NBCUniversal corporation appeared to have… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-19). Kids Are Being Kept in Solitary Confinement, Former Death Row Unit With No AC. truthout.org Children incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola prison have been locked in windowless cells for nearly 24 hours a day without air conditioning as heat indexes in the area reach up to 133 degrees. The youth, almost all of whom are Black, are being detained in the former death row building of the nation's largest adult maximum security prison, according to the American Civil… |

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-19). Family Suspects Racist Policing, Foul Play in Mysterious Death of Daniel Barajas. truthout.org Both of his sisters had recently given birth, so in January 2022, Daniel Adrian Barajas was driving from Kentucky to Dallas, Texas, to meet his new niece and nephew. Barajas, a 38-year-old specialty welder, did not make it beyond Saline County, Arkansas, where his family says local law enforcement detained, searched and then "abandoned" him on Interstate 30. Daniel Barajas was fatally — and… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-19). Only 9 House Reps Vote Against Resolution Denying Israeli Apartheid. truthout.org The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution vowing perpetual allyship with Israel and denying the country's apartheid against Palestinians on Tuesday night, just days after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) criticized Israel's violent oppression and far right regime over the weekend. The legislation, which states that "Israel is not a racist or apartheid state" despite mountains of evidence and… |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-19). New FTC Guidelines Take Aim at "Illegal Mergers" Enabled by Reagan-Era Policy. truthout.org The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled fresh draft guidelines that advocates praised as a long-overdue update to merger policies established during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, who helped usher in the current era of corporate consolidation. The Federal Trade Commission, which released the new guidelines alongside the Department of Justice, said the draft rules aim to "better reflect… |

Thalia Charles (2023-07-19). Guaranteed Income Programs Are Uplifting Oppressed Communities Across the US. truthout.org The expanded child tax credit, signed into law by President Joe Biden more than two years ago, provided families with children with monthly installments of $250 or $300, reduced rates of child poverty, and served as a lifeline for low-income families. The tax credit expired after the 2022 tax year, and efforts to revive it were unsuccessful. In its absence, local and state organizers and advocates… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-19). 16 Trump Loyalists Who Took Part in Fake Electors Plot Charged in Michigan. truthout.org Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) has filed charges against 16 individuals who sent fake documents to Washington, D.C. falsely alleging they were legitimate electors selected to take part in the Electoral College in an attempt to help former President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election. The "fake electors" plot was organized by then-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other… |

Amy Goodman (2023-07-19). Investigative Reporter: "The CIA Is Playing an Outsize Role" in Ukraine. truthout.org A new investigation reveals the extent of the CIA's involvement in the war in Ukraine, where the agency operates clandestinely in what, under a formal declaration of war, would be the domain of the military. We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit… |

Kenny Stancil (2023-07-19). Texas State Troopers Were Reportedly Told to Push Migrant Kids Into Rio Grande. truthout.org Human rights advocates called for federal intervention Monday after it was reported that state troopers assigned to Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border militarization initiative have been ordered to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande and to deny water to asylum-seekers amid a life-threatening heatwave. The exclusive reporting by Benjamin Wermund of the Houston Chronicle and the… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-19). Watchdog Lays Out Case for Why Trump Can't Legally Run for President Again. truthout.org A government watchdog has released a report outlining why former President Donald Trump should be barred from running for president — or any other governmental office — ever again. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) makes the case for denying Trump the ability to serve once more based not on the two indictments against him (and a possible third or fourth that could come… |

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). China's development in cyberspace inspires developing countries: global experts. ecns.cn The Forum on the International Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Internet Civilizations, a subforum under the 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference, kicked off in Xiamen City, southeast China's Fujian Province on Tuesday. Experts from home and abroad gathered the forum to explore the ways of strengthening cyber civilization exchanges.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Chongqing leads nighttime economic development. ecns.cn People enjoy night view of at Zuijiangtan Park in Chongqing, July 18, 2023. With a unique landscape and dazzling night view, the mountain city has been leading the nighttime economic development in China.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Bingjie Time: Insights pour in on how does Internet bridges civilizations. ecns.cn In the era of the Internet, human society has truly become a "global village." When everything is at our "fingertips," it is worth contemplating how to use the Internet as a bridge for communication and exchanges between different civilizations.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). China to explore more 5G use scenarios, as 5G smartphone users reach 676 million. ecns.cn China will explore more use scenarios for 5G technology in a wide range of sectors including industry, mineral mining and ports operation, with more than 3,000 enterprises expected to build 5G-wired factories in 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). In Numbers: Chengdu prepares for green World University Games. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). FDI numbers released for H1 2023. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland in terms of actual use dropped 2.7 percent year-on-year to 703.65 billion yuan ($97.55 billion) in the first half of 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). U.S. threatens global collaboration in semiconductor industry. ecns.cn The China Semiconductor Industry Association said in a statement on Wednesday that "Any damage to the current global supply chain, which developed over the past decades alongside the process of globalization, could create inevitable and irreparable harm to the global economy."

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). New-generation satellites and facility to hunt for high-energy cosmic rays expected to go onboard China Space Station. ecns.cn Steady progress has been made in a number of important scientific research equipment and construction projects, which will allow China to achieve technological breakthroughs and produce significant outcomes in some cutting-edge scientific fields.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Dunhuang Flying Apsaras costume popular among tourists in Dunhuang, NW China's Gansu. ecns.cn Traditional Chinese Dunhuang Flying Apsaras cosplay and riding camels have gained popularity among tourists in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, this summer.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Stunning branches on Cherchen River in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Multiple branches are washed out by increased water volume from the upstream on Cherchen River, creating a stunning landscape in Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Immigration office sees large spike across the board. ecns.cn Immigration authorities across the country saw 168 million entries and exits to and from the Chinese mainland in the first half of this year, up 169.6 percent year-on-year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). China's fiscal revenue grows. ecns.cn China's fiscal revenues grew by 13.3 percent in the first half of 2023 from a year ago, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Service industry boosts Beijing's 5.5% GDP growth in H1. ecns.cn The Chinese capital's GDP reached 2.06 trillion yuan ($285.74 billion), with a year-on-year growth of 5.5 percent in the first half of this year, which means 2.4 percentage points higher than the growth of the first quarter this year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Fugitive returns to China for surrender. ecns.cn Guo Qigang, a fugitive suspected of duty-related crimes who served as Party secretary of the SDIC Power, has returned to China to surrender thanks to the coordination of the central anti-corruption group's fugitive repatriation and asset recovery office.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Second channel of Grand Canal put into operation in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Starting from Bolu County in Hangzhou, the 26.4-kilometer-long 2nd channel of the canal connecting with the Qiantang River through Babao ship lock opened to traffic on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Medvedev confirms China Open debut. ecns.cn This year's China Open promises to serve up a real treat for tennis fans in Beijing after Russia's former world No 1 Daniil Medvedev confirmed he will play at the ATP 500 tournament, which takes place from Sept 26-Oct 4.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Fossilized human skull fragment discovered at Peking Man site. ecns.cn The fossil was identified among the mammal fossils in Location 15 at the Zhoukoudian site, with the aid of technologies including CT scanning and 3D reconstruction. It is the first Pleistocene human fossil discovered at the site since 1973.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Citizens decry toxic water release plan. ecns.cn More than 80 percent of the Japanese public said the government's explanation regarding the release of treated nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean is "insufficient", according to a nationwide survey.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). New hypersonic wind tunnel 'most advanced in world'. ecns.cn Recent video coverage by China Media Group has revealed more details about the JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel, which recently passed quality testing and is considered "the most advanced in the world".

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Shanghai to lift production with net-based platforms. ecns.cn Shanghai's new guideline to nurture new-age service providers that operate internet-based platforms to aid producers and manufacturers will help meet rising demand in the real economy and promote high-quality economic development.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Thousands evacuated as wildfires burn around Athens. ecns.cn Three large wildfires burned outside Athens, leaving thousands of people evacuated on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Coffee drinking culture perks up in China. ecns.cn China is probably the last place where one would expect a large group of consumers to overwhelmingly take to coffee.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Spectacular Milky Way stretches across night sky in Xinjiang. ecns.cn The spectacular Milky Way stretches across the night sky in Hami City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, July 18, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). China to aid Sudan with RMB 10 mln humanitarian assistance: FM. ecns.cn The Chinese government will aid Sudan with emergency humanitarian supplies worth RMB 10 million to alleviate the humanitarian distress, stated Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning at a press conference on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Insights | South Korean student: CPC devotes itself to China's development, strives for Chinese people's happiness. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) is committed to the development of the country and strives for the happiness of the Chinese people, said South Korean student Bae Eun Yeong in an interview with China News Network.

Jonathan Metzer (2023-07-19). Court of Appeal upholds challenge to Rwanda removals policy — an extended look. ukhumanrightsblog.com R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 745 The Claimants in this case are 10 individual asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan and Albania who entered the UK irregularly by crossing the English Channel in small boats, together with one charity, Asylum Aid. The Home …

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-19). Tijuana Groups Protest Border Wall Construction at Friendship Park. unicornriot.ninja

Lawrence Townsend (2023-07-19). The future of UK healthcare system. indybay.org Yemenis are rejoicing and packing their bags as the British government is waiting for the migrants to join the UK health care system.

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-19). Friday 7/21: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-19). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

La Peña Cultural Center (2023-07-19). Friday 7/21: La Peña Cultural Center's Baila Party! indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave)…

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-19). PNW Street Medics and Military Medicine. indybay.org

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-19). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-19). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-19). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

Revolution Books (2023-07-19). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-07-19). Friday 7/21: Take Revolution to the Movie Lines for the film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

LA Sentinel (2023-07-19). First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District. indybay.org Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District… stay tuned…

WorkWeek (2023-07-19). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

Planned Parenthood (2023-07-19). Wednesday 7/19: History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice Teach-in. indybay.org Online event | ACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning will be available.

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-19). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-19). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

SF Protests (2023-07-19). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-19). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

Art Persyko (2023-07-19). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

Julie Russell-Steuart (2023-07-19). Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective. indybay.org The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban.

Activista (2023-07-19). Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours. indybay.org Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto | 1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox…

CCL San Mateo Chapter, Youth Group (2023-07-19). Saturday 8/5: Climate Emergency: March & Rally for Climate Justice in San Mateo. indybay.org Central Park | 50 East 5th Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

NARAL Pro-Choice CA (2023-07-19). Wednesday 7/19: Reproductive Freedom Advocate Training w/ NARAL CA. indybay.org Virtual/online training workshop…

Julia Rock (2023-07-19). New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden's Power To Fight Climate Change. levernews.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Invest now for better heart health later. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women — in the U.S. and around the globe. Overall, men over 45 and women over 55 are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are younger. Dr. Rekha (RAY-ka) Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says it's crucial to invest now in your heart health for better heart health later. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-UMpbooHDbQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 19, which makes this a good time to learn about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). CAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a clinical trial. "We got all our affairs in order. I was trying to see as many people and relatives as I could," says Stahlecker. "We had bought land to build a house but put that on hold. When you think you may only have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Science Saturday: A novel testing approach for newly identified VEXAS syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org VEXAS syndrome is a severe autoinflammatory disease that results in a spectrum of rheumatologic and hematologic conditions. Mostly affecting men over age 50, VEXAS is caused by somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells, which is a gene located in the X chromosome. Until just a few years ago, patients presenting with features of VEXAS syndrome were not unified under a specific diagnosis. The underlying cause of newly identified VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people think that a breast health specialist only treats cancer, but the truth is that these doctors handle a wide range of breast-related conditions. Dr. Lauren Cornell, a Mayo Clinic breast medicine specialist, says there are many ways people can benefit from seeing a breast medicine expert. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? youtu.be/sU7I61tnxZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Proper posture and body alignment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17. Does it really matter if I'm slouching a bit? ANSWER: Though it may seem annoying, your grandmother is correct in that good posture supports good health. And starting good habits now, though it requires conscious effort, can help you…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist and director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-19). Solidarity Campaign for the Freedom and Defense of Puente Madera. itsgoingdown.org Call for solidarity with the Binnizá community of Puente Madera, San Blas Atempa, Oaxaca, facing state repression for the defense of their communal lands. On July 20, 2023, another court hearing will be held in the case of our compañero, David Hernández Salazar. He has been accused of several fabricated crimes seeking to imprison him…

Karl Grossman (2023-07-19). Putting the nuclear genie back in the bottle. nationofchange.org Can it be done? Can nuclear weapons be abolished?

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-19). Biden to cancel $39 billion in student loans post SCOTUS decision. nationofchange.org More than 800,000 borrowers with debts outstanding for more than 20 years could have their student loans discharged.

Olivia Riggio (2023-07-19). As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what's changing climate. nationofchange.org FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change's role.

Uriel J. García (2023-07-19). Texas state troopers ordered to push immigrants into river lined with razor wire. peoplesworld.org EL PASO, Texas—A state trooper's claims that superiors ordered officers at the border in Eagle Pass to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water has sparked a state investigation, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday. The trooper also reported that razor wire deployed by troopers has injured people—including a …

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-07-19). A third Trump indictment for his Jan. 6 coup about to drop. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The prosecutorial nets are closing around former Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump for his role in commanding, aiding and abetting the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion, insurrection and coup d'état attempt at the U.S. Capitol. The biggest net was cast by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith. He sent a letter to Trump and his …

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-07-19). 'Barbie' review: A sharp comedy that takes aim at the patriarchy and consumerism. peoplesworld.org This review was published during the historic SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. People's World acknowledges that film and television would not be possible without the workers who make it happen. We stand in solidarity with the strike and the workers. The new film Barbie isn't a takedown or an exact subversion of the doll that is …

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-07-19). 'Oppenheimer' review: Masterful exploration of history, anti-communism, and the Atomic Age's legacy. peoplesworld.org This review was published during the historic SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. People's World acknowledges that film and television would not be possible without the workers who make it happen. We stand in solidarity with the strike and the workers. The existence of a film like Oppenheimer shows just how necessary it is to teach history …

Emile Schepers (2023-07-19). Virginia Primary: Neither a disaster nor a triumph for the working class. peoplesworld.org On June 20, Virginia held primary elections for state, county, and local offices. As usual in this state's primaries, turnout was low—in single figures in some counties. For several years, many parts of the Southern states have been a "culture wars" target for the Republican ultra-right which has elected its people to…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-19). Labor activists discuss how to excite voters in advance of 2024. peoplesworld.org ST. LOUIS—How do you excite voters about an election 18 months in advance? That's the problem facing the labor movement as it mobilizes its troops all-out to re-elect Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in November 2024. After all, the old saw is voters care about the presidential race until summer turns …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Johannesburg gas explosion leaves dozen people injured. plenglish.com Johannesburg, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) An explosion that shook in the evening hours a street in the downtown Johannesburg left over 30 people injured and no deaths so far, according to emergency services. Gauteng Prime Minister Panyaza Lesufi, who is at the scene with Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, described damage to infrastructure as extensive, although "the situation is under control".

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Chilean court gives the all-clear to new white-collar crime act. plenglish.com By vast majority, TC ¥s members concluded that the new Act is in line with current Constitution, so there is no reason to modify the text approved by the National Congress on May 16. | Therefore, TC's ministers dismissed the claims of big business, represented by the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), which challenged the initiative under the claim of alleged violations to the Constitution. | The act extends fines and imprisonment for banking and tax crimes, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. | This new resolution is aimed at craqcking down on corruption and illicit enrichment; su…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). 800,000 TB deaths may be avoided — Study. plenglish.com London, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Over 800,000 deaths of tuberculosis (TB) can be avoided from now to 2035 if mechanisms for contact tracing and preventive measures are improved in Africa and Asia.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Venezuelan FM holds successful talks with opposition. plenglish.com In a phone conversation with Venezolana de Television news channel, Yvan Gil made a balance of such meeting and of the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC). | Gil pointed out that the first issue cleared up was the pernicious effect of sanctions imposed on Venezuela, assuring that he saw how "unanimously" the European Union (EU) and the Latin American and Caribbean countries requested to progress in eliminating sanctions. | The foreign minister added they would start working on the construction of a political dialogue among Venezuelans, who are the o…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Cuba reports 6 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to MINSAP ¥s latest report, two patients were discharged from hospital, so Cuba ¥s overall recovery toll jumped to 1,106,401. | Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, as many as 1,115,014 Cubans were infected with coronavirus. | MINSAP ¥s report stated there have been no deaths so far, so the country ¥s total death toll remains at 8,530. | 90.8% of the Cuban population has been fully vaccinated, while 8,764,50 have received booster doses.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Dominican Public Health Ministry reports one more cholera case. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Public Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed a new case of cholera in the community of Los Cocos, the second case diagnosed in the last four days.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Heat wave in southern Europe could be deadly, says WHO. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) A global pattern of heat waves scorching parts of Europe, Asia and the United States intensified on Tuesday, with the World Meteorological Organization warning of an increased risk of deaths linked to excessively high temperatures.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-19). Temperatures drop in Uruguay. plenglish.com It is expected that temperatures go high on weekend with a maximum of 25 degrees Celsius. The lack of much-needed rainfall in Montevideo and the metropolitan region is in effect in the forecasts. | The agricultural emergency has been in force nationwide since 2022 due to the effects of drought, which is on its third consecutive year.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Anti-inflammatory drugs are pathways to fight off AD — Study. plenglish.com The team zeroed in on a protein known as p38. Upon halting the production of this protein in brain immune cells, researchers found a decrease in the concentration of these cells around amyloid plaques—a primary AD pathology component—implying the possibility of altering interactions with AD elements. | Researchers at the University of Kentucky ¥s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging tested its effects in a mouse model in AD ¥s early phase to determine whether it would alter the trajectory of formation of amyloid plaque, one of the components of the disease. | While the plaques themselves were not aff…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). WHO warns of positive influenza A(H5N1) in cats. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that cats infected by bird flu in Poland are a new reminder the disease could cause a new pandemic.

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Peru: New March Towards Lima Advances in Tense Calm. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, thousands of Peruvians managed to arrive in Lima to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress, the advancement of general elections, and the establishment of a Constituent Assembly. | RELATED: | Without fear of the threats issued by the Bouluarte regime, Indigenous farmers, workers, and students are executing the "Third Takeover of Lima," which will include massive concentrations in em…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Putin to Participate in the BRICS Summit by Videoconference. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov announced that President Vladimir Putin will participate by videoconference in the summit of the BRICS countries, a forum for economic cooperation led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. | RELATED: | Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov will represent Russia at the BRICS summit to be held from August 22 in Johannesburg. | In March, South Africa invited the Russian president to participate in the high-le…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Over 1000 People Are Sentenced for Riots in France. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti reported that the French authorities handed down 1,278 sentences for the riots that occurred in late June and early July. | RELATED: | Approximately 95 percent of those sentences were convictions, that is, 1,056 people were sentenced to prison. Among them are 742 citizens who must serve mandatory jail terms with an average duration of 8.2 months. | "It was extremely important that there be a…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Thailand: Progressive Leader Denied Renomination to Be PM. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Thailand's Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat suffered major setbacks in his bid to become the country's new prime minister as the parliament denied his renomination. | RELATED: | On the same day, the Constitutional Court suspended him from parliament due to a disqualification case. | In its second joint sitting to pick the Southeast Asian kingdom's new prime minister, a majority in th…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Lebanon Criticizes the European Resolution on Syrian Refugees. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib addressed a letter to Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, rejecting the European Parliament's decision related to the permanence of Syrian refugees in Lebanese territory. | RELATED: | On July 12, the European Parliament adopted a resolution in which it spoke about the presence of 1.5 million…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). President Maduro Urges Lifting Sanctions Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took stock of the work of Bolivarian diplomacy during the summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) that took place in Brussels, Belgium. | RELATED: | Referring to Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro highlighted that she "took our truth" to the summit "so that Europe definitely understands that Venezuela does not…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Peruvians to Carry Out a Great March Against Boluarte. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the National Single Central of Peruvian Farmers Roundabouts (CUNARC) and the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGP) called on citizens to carry out "The Third Takeover of Lima." | RELATED: | Some 30,000 people are expected to participate in a protest whose purpose is to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress, the advancement of general elections and the call fo…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Massive Protests Against Judicial Reform Rock Israel. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Israeli demonstrators took to the streets across the country in protest against the far-right coalition's moves to push ahead with the controversial judicial overhaul. | RELATED: | Tens of thousands of protesters participated in the so-called "Day of Disruption," holding rallies on streets in major Israeli cities. Temporary blockades were set up on six highways, including sections of the Ayalon Highways…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Climate Change Affects the Resilience of Boreal Forests. telesurenglish.net Earlier this week, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre confirmed that there were 888 active wildfires nationwide and the number of out-of-control wildfires was 586. So far this year, the number of wildfires reached 4,152, devouring about 100,000 square km of land. | RELATED: | Paul Beckwith, a climate system scientist, warned that the boreal forests in Canada's wildfire region will likely not regrow if…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). WHO Calls for Urgent Action as Deaths From Heat Surge in Europe. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's director for Europe, said there is an urgent need to tackle the climate crisis after confirming that 60,000 people died in Europe due to extreme heat over the past year. | RELATED: | The number of deaths from extreme heat "is set to rise year-on-year." Current "danger zones" include southern and eastern Europe, Kluge said, urging the public to "regularly check weather reports,…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Central American Countries. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 in the Pacific Ocean shook regions of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, with no fatalities or important damages reported by the authorities. | Related: | The Salvadoran Ministry of Environment reported that the epicenter of the tremor was located 66 kilometers south of El Espino beach, in the department of Usulután. | It also indicated that the depth of the telluric movement was 5…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Greece: Wildfires Continue for Second Day Near Athens. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Greek authorities stated that hundreds of firefighters continued for a second day to battle two major wildfires near Dervenochoria, some 30 km northwest of Athens, and near the seaside resort of Loutraki, about 80 km southwest of the capital. | Related: | In a press release, Fire Service spokesperson Vasilios Vathrakogiannis stated that no injuries have been reported, but the blazes scorched forested areas and forced the evacuation…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Landslides and Flooding in Myanmar, Record Rainfall. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Myanmar's authorities stated that severe weather triggered landslides and flooding in southern, with its southernmost town Kawthaung experiencing its heaviest single-day rainfall in 76 years. | Related: | According to Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Kawthaung, a town located in Myanmar's Tanintharyi region, recorded 253 mm of rainfall, surpassing the 232 mm figure recorded in July 20…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Peruvian President Says Protests Are a "Threat" to Democracy. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the President-designate of Peru, Dina Boluarte referred that the protests that will take place in Lima constitute "a threat to democracy", stating that the Peruvians will not be allowed this right. | Relaterd: | "This is a threat to democracy, to the rule of law, to institutionality, and we as a democratic government will not allow or accept it," Boluarte said about the peaceful mobilization of the Peruvian p…

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-07-19). Rusia considera como objetivos bélicos barcos hacia Ucrania. telesurtv.net Esto ocurre bajo el contexto del anunció este lunes por parte el Kremlin de la suspensión de su participación en el acuerdo del grano.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-19). Cientos de bomberos combaten tres incendios en Grecia. telesurtv.net El ministro griego de Crisis Climática y Protección Civil señaló que los efectivos "libran una enorme batalla".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). Al menos 15 personas mueren electrocutadas en el norte de India. telesurtv.net El ministro en jefe de Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, expresó su pesar por las víctimas y ordenó una investigación sobre el incidente.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-19). Presidente Lula exige sancionar a agresor de juez del Supremo. telesurtv.net "Necesitamos castigar severamente a las personas que todavía transmiten odio", afirmó el mandatario petista.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). Asciende a 15 cifra de muertos tras deslave en Cundinamarca. telesurtv.net Se agota el tiempo para hallar a 13 desaparecidos a 48 de ocurrida la tragedia en Quetame, Cundinamarca, en la zona centro-norte de Colombia.

teleSUR, dcdc (2023-07-19). III Cumbre Celac-UE sin consenso entre las partes. telesurtv.net Los representantes latinoamericanos rechazaron las sanciones económicas impuestas por EE. UU contra Venezuela y Cuba.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). Festival de Poesía avanza con distintas actividades en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El segundo día del Congreso Mundial de Poesía se desarrolló este martes con el aporte de valiosas reflexiones y profundos diálogos.

teleSUR- hvh (2023-07-19). Reportan violentas protestas contra altos impuestos en Kenia. telesurtv.net Las manifestaciones tuvieron lugar en el barrio capitalino de Kibera donde los manifestantes quemaron neumáticos.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-19). Rusia da tres meses a ONU para cumplir memorando de granos. telesurtv.net El 22 de julio de 2022, Rusia, Türkiye y la ONU firmaron un acuerdo para desbloquear la exportación de granos y fertilizantes de Ucrania a través del mar Negro.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). En tensa calma avanza marcha de la Tercera Toma de Lima. telesurtv.net Este miércoles 19 de julio se manifiestan en 38 ciudades en las 25 regiones de Perú contra el Gobierno de Dina Boluarte.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-19). Felicitan a Nicaragua por 44 aniversario de la Revolución Sandinista. telesurtv.net Mandatarios de Cuba, Rusia, China y el canciller de Venezuela, enviaron sus felicitaciones al Gobierno de Nicaragua.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). Presidente Putin no asistirá a cumbre de los Brics en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Desde Moscú, el vocero del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, anuncio que Putin participará en la cumbre en formato de videoconferencia.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-19). Justicia francesa condena a más de mil personas tras disturbios. telesurtv.net Los tribunales emitieron 742 sentencias a penas de cárcel de obligado cumplimiento.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). Tribunal suspende al líder progresista de Tailandia. telesurtv.net Pita Limjaroenrat, cuyo partido ganó las elecciones del pasado 14 de mayo, busca con sus aliados ser primer ministro.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-19). Al menos 34 muertos y 14 heridos por accidente vial en Argelia. telesurtv.net Las víctimas mortales fallecieron quemadas luego de que se produjera un incendio debido a la colisión de los vehículos.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-19). Registran casi 200.000 desplazados durante una semana en Sudán. telesurtv.net La semana pasada, al menos 198.411 personas se vieron obligadas a desplazarse de manera interna en el país.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-07-19). Henry Kissinger se reúne en Beijing con el ministro de Defensa chino. telesurtv.net El veterano político exhortó a las dos potencias a esforzarse para lograr resultados en el desarrollo de sus relaciones para salvaguardar la paz y la estabilidad mundiales.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-19). Miles de peruanos se movilizarán en la llamada tercera toma de Lima. telesurtv.net Los organizadores de la marcha estiman que alrededor de 30 mil personas participen en la tercera toma de Lima para exigir la dimisión de la presidenta Boluarte.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-19). Denuncian el lanzamiento de dos misiles por Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net Fuentes castrenses surcoreanas destacaron que los misiles recorrieron cerca de 550 kilómetros antes de caer en el mar de Japón…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-19). Autoridad electoral de Guatemala reitera apoyo a partido Semilla. telesurtv.net Ante esta nueva petición del Ministerio Público el Tribunal Supremo Electoral se limitó a reiterar la necesidad de obedecer la decisión de la Corte de Constitucionalidad.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-19). Vicepresidente cubano Valdés Mesa recibe a canciller bielorruso. telesurtv.net El canciller bielorruso apuntó que palpa una ampliación de la cooperación económica-comercial, en momentos en que ambas naciones sufren presiones y sanciones de Occidente.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-19). Inician diálogos de paz en puerto colombiano de Buenaventura. telesurtv.net El alto comisionado para la paz, recordó que su gobierno mantiene una política para enfrentar las causas de la violencia.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-19). Accidente de bus deja al menos 13 muertos en àÅncash, Perú. telesurtv.net La policía investiga los motivos que originaron que el conductor pierda el control del bus, el cual primero volcó para luego caer al abismo.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-19). Sismo de magnitud de 6.8 sacude varios países centroamericanos. telesurtv.net El fuerte movimiento telúrico se sintió en El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Costa Rica.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-19). Levantan Toque de queda en San Pedro Sula y Choloma, Honduras. telesurtv.net El Toque de queda fue impuesto en esas localidades desde el 28 de junio por parte del Gobierno de Xiomara Castro.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-19). Russian film shot in space to premiere in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The Russian film El Desafío (The Challenge), the first one shot in outer space, will be premiered today at 5: 00 p.m. local time at the Yara movie theater in Havana, announced the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-19). Simon Bolivar statue unveiled in Moscow. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Russian and Venezuelan authorities today unveiled a statue of the Latin American independence hero Simón Bolívar in this capital, in honor of the 240th anniversary of his birth.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-19). Cuban authorities greet the Sandinista revolution's anniversary. plenglish.com Through Twitter, President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed his greetings to the Nicaraguan people and government, headed by Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo, whom he described as brothers. | In his message, the Cuban head of state affirmed the Sandinista deed is a milestone in the struggle for sovereignty, justice and democracy in that Central American nation. | For their part, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, among other leaders, highlighted the anniversary and reaffirmed the ties of friendship and solidarity that unite both countries. | The president of Cuba's Nat…

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-07-19). Texas ordena empujar al río Bravo a bebés y niños migrantes. globalizacion.ca Las tropas de seguridad fronteriza empleadas por el gobernador Greg Abbott en Texas, Estados Unidos, tienen la orden de empujar a los niños pequeños y bebés lactantes migrantes hacia el río Bravo, además de negarles agua a los solicitantes de…

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2023-07-19). Venezuela: øHacia la solución final? globalizacion.ca En un reciente artículo publicado en el portal del Consejo de relaciones Exteriores de Estados Unidos, Elliot Abrams criticó la política de la Washington hacia Venezuela bajo la actual administración de Joe Biden. | Abrams señala que durante el gobierno de…

Isabella Arria (2023-07-19). América Latina y Europa: Entre acuerdos y también disensos. globalizacion.ca Los 60 países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) y la Unión Europea (UE) cerraron este martes en Bruselas su primera cumbre en ocho años, en la que se firmaron acuerdos por materias primas y energía renovable,…

Jaime Richart (2023-07-19). La patética lógica del gobernante. globalizacion.ca Dice Karl Marx que la política es una mera superestructura cambiante de lo económico. Si aceptamos este aserto, los políticos de las democracias occidentales de partidos son meros rehenes de los poderes que manejan la economía y especialmente la financiera….

Claudio Della Croce (2023-07-19). Argentina — El gasoducto Néstor Kirchner, el extractivismo, la caza de dólares. globalizacion.ca El presidente argentino Alberto Fernández, la vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y el ministro de Economía y precandidato presidencial, Sergio Massa, inauguraron el día de la independencia el Gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner (GPNK) con el reconocimiento de medidas relevantes para…

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2023-07-19). La desdolarización inevitable (II). globalizacion.ca La semana pasada hacíamos un "viaje" a lo largo del proceso de desdolarización que caracterizamos como inevitable (1). Hoy daremos continuidad al análisis tratando de llegar a algunas conclusiones sin dejar de considerar que aún no está clara cuál será…

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2023-07-19). La desdolarización inevitable (I). globalizacion.ca En artículos anteriores hemos dicho que el poder imperial se sustenta en tres pilares: su gran aparato militar, su indudable superioridad en materia de control del aparato cultural-mediático global y la potestad autoconcedida de ser el poseedor y único emisor…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). U.S. Accuses Russia Of Harassing Manned Intelligence Plane Over Syria. southfront.org DAYTON, Ohio — A Hawker-Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty aircraft flies overhead at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on October 26, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Victoria Thomas) | A Russian fighter jet had harassed a manned United States intelligence aircraft over Syria, a senior American military commander said on July 18. | According to Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, the commander of U.S. Air Force Central Command, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet approached an American…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian Army Inflicts More Human, Material Losses On Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military inflicted more human and material losses on Kiev forces in the directions of South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kupyansk on July 18 and 19. | In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces foiled an attempt by Kiev forces to rotate personnel at positions in the areas of Makarovka, Staromayorsky and south of Ravnopol. The group also destroyed an artillery piece near Novomikhailovka with a drone. | Moreover, the group's artillery destroyed a Ukrainian mortar to th…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Retaliation Strikes Destroy Ports, Military Facilities Throughout Ukraine. southfront.org After the grain deal was suspended on July 17, Ukrainian conflict escalated and the warring sides increased the number of their strikes in the enemy rear areas. Kiev continues targeting Crimes, while the Russian military continues destroying military infrastructure throughout Ukraine, mainly hitting the Ukrainian ports with retaliation strikes. | In response to the attack on the Crimean Bridge, on the night of July 18, Russian forces launched massive strikes with Geran-2 UAVs and Kalibr cruis…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Syrian Service Member Killed In Israeli Attack On Damascus (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | Early on July 19, a series of Israeli strikes targeted the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. | Citing a military source, the official news agency said that Syrian air defenses had confronted Israeli missiles launched at 12.25 am local time [21: 25 GMT] from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and "shot down most of them". Two Syrian service members were wounded in the Isr…

Joshua Frank (2023-07-19). The hype of a nuclear 'renaissance. nationofchange.org The nuclear industry is banking on a revival.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-19). Lula optimistic about possible conclusion of accord EU-Mercosur. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva acknowledged here today that he feels very optimistic about the possibility of finalizing the agreement between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) this year.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-19). Cuban Parliament congratulates Nicaragua on national celebration. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, congratulated Nicaragua on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in that Central American nation.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-19). Venezuela:delegation to travel to Cuba for the Moncada's anniversary. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of the National Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Venezuela-Cuba will travel to the island to participate in the commemorative days for the 70th anniversary of the attack to the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-19). Death of Celia Guevara, Che's sister, mourned in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The death of Celia Guevara (1929-2023), architect and sister of the guerrilla and revolutionary Ernesto Guevara (1928-1967), was mourned today by Argentine and Latin American organizations.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-19). We are spokespersons of the people's concerns, Cuban legislator says. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) All of us, the deputies who are here today are the people, we are spokespersons for the concerns of the people, legislator Sandra Santamaría said during the debates of the permanent working commissions of the Cuban Parliament.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-19). Cuban president participates in debates of the parliament. plenglish.com He is currently presiding over the joint debate of the Health and Sports Commission, the Commission for Youth, Children and Equal Rights for Women and about the results of the actions to check the recreational activities conceived by the Project for Recreation and Use of Free Time for the Summer in the country's municipalities. | The debates are held prior to the first ordinary session of the National People's Power Assembly of Cuba, in its 10th Legislature, which will be held from tomorrow until Saturday.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-19). President Díaz-Canel in Cuba after participating in the EU-CELAC Summ. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived back today after carrying out a work program in Portugal and Belgium, which began on July 13.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-19). Polisario disqualifies Israeli recognition of Moroccan sovereignty. plenglish.com In a statement issued by the Ministry of Information of the Polisario Front, it underlined that "such a decision is not an achievement for the occupying State of Morocco, but a clear condemnation of an alliance of two discordant states that militarily occupy Western Sahara and the Palestinian territories, respectively (…)." | According to the text spread by the Saharawi agency SPS, Morocco and Israel subjugate the nations with the same practices of oppression, "confiscating their internationally recognized rights to self-determination and independence." | "Israel's decision to recognize Moroccan sovereignty ov…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-19). China's defense minister, Kissinger debate relations. plenglish.com According to Xinhua, Li said that the people of all countries hope the two nations can assume their responsibilities and safeguard global prosperity and stability. | The defense minister added that the right path for Washington and Beijing is to adopt the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful co-existence, and win-win cooperation. | The US State Department stated that Kissinger was in Beijing as a private citizen, not on behalf of the US government. | During the meeting, the US diplomat noted that his country and China should eliminate misunderstandings, coexist peacefully, and avoid confrontation. | Kiss…

Fight Back (2023-07-19). Minnesota says "No to NATO" fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 11, about 40 protesters assembled in front of Senator Amy Klobuchar's office to speak out against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its role in the war in Ukraine. | The protest took place during the first day of a NATO summit meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania to discuss drastically increasing its military forces deployed near Russia, as well as the potential admission of Sweden – and possibly Ukraine – into the organization. | Speakers from the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Veterans For Peace, Minnesota Chapter 27 condemned NATO for being directly involved in destabilizing th…

Fight Back (2023-07-19). New Jersey: 1700-plus nurses vote to authorize strike at Robert Woods Johnson New Brunswick. fightbacknews.org Pittsburgh, PA – United Steelworkers Local 4-200 announced today that 1700 members who work as nurses at Robert Woods Johnson New Brunswick have voted to grant the union the authority to call a strike. | The local's original contract expired on June 30 after several months of bargaining. They have signed a 14-day extension, with their new expiration date approaching on July 21. | "Health care workers are experiencing record levels of burnout, and we urge our employer to come to the table with an offer that acknowledges the hard work we put in every day for our patients," said Local 4-200 President Judy Danella.

Fight Back (2023-07-19). Tampa 5 solidarity rally in Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX — On July 12, 30 organizers, activists and community members beat the 105-degree heat and joined in solidarity to seek justice for the Tampa 5, rallying at Dealey Plaza, on the day of the Five's court appearance. | In March, the Tampa 5, namely Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Chrisley Carpio, Laura Rodriguez and Jeanie Kida, all members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), were protesting to keep diversity equity and inclusion programs alive at the University of South Florida. They were met with brutality from the campus police, and now face felony charges. | Several organizations – includ…

Fight Back (2023-07-19). UPM Blandin Paper Company workers begin strike. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MN – At 6 a.m., July 15, around 200 members of Teamsters Local 346 walked off their jobs at the UPM Blandin Paper Company and began a strike. Grand Rapids gets its name because it sits along the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. The UPM Blandin paper plant was built in its location on the edge of the river to use the river to power its paper mill. The plant has been an established feature of the town's economy since its founding in 1901. Now, for the first time in the history of the plant its workers have gone on strike. | When workers were asked why they decided to go on strike, some of the…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-19). The COVID-19 Endgame: Global Governance, "Digital Tyranny" and the Depopulation Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-19). What do climate engineering and Morgellons have in common? Chemtrails. expose-news.com Despite chemtrails being dismissed as "conspiracy theories" they are being openly, and more and more frequently, discussed in the "mainstream" as fact. Recently the European Commission has called for talks about the …

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-19). Revelan presunta trama de espionaje de la CIA a Rafael Correa. telesurtv.net Las escuchas habrían sido ofrecidas al mandatario Lenín Moreno, luego de su distanciamiento con Rafael Correa.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-19). Iglesia católica apoya demanda de pueblos indígenas en Jujuy. telesurtv.net Obispo de Jujuy afirmó que se acompañará las comunidades originarias, no solo en lo pastoral, sino también en lo legal.

teleSUR, odr, EFE (2023-07-19). Costa Rica acogerá reunión de ministros de Agricultura de América. telesurtv.net El encuentro busca proponer medidas para enfrentar la crisis del agua y fortalecer la seguridad alimentaria.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-19). Emiten alerta roja por calor extremo en España. telesurtv.net Se precisó nivel rojo por temperaturas máximas para mañana en Comunidad Valenciana, Región Murcia y Andalucía.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-19). Canciller de Venezuela insta a construir un mundo diferente. telesurtv.net Gil resaltó las alianzas del capitalismo con el fascismo en distintos momentos de la historia, y destacó que en los últimos tiempos, se evidencian en el avance de las derechas.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-19). Juez ordena investigar a funcionario del TSE de Guatemala. telesurtv.net El pasado miércoles Orellana le ordenó a Muñoz que en un plazo de 24 horas le suspendiera la personería jurídica a Semilla…

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-19). Israelíes salen a la calle contra reforma judicial de Netanyahu. telesurtv.net En un nuevo Día de la Resistencia, el pueblo de Israel se sumó con fogatas y bloqueos en estaciones ferroviarias.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-19). República Saharaui rechaza decisión de Israel sobre su soberanía. telesurtv.net El Gobierno y el Frente Polisario resaltaron que estas declaraciones sólo fortalecerán la determinación del pueblo saharaui por continuar su lucha.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-19). Apoyan desde EE.UU. a ambientalistas salvadoreños presos. telesurtv.net Los firmantes de la misiva alertan que existen fuertes indicios de que el actual gobierno salvadoreño tiene la intención de derogar la ley que prohíbe la minería de metales en El Salvador.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-19). Presidenta designada de Perú dice que protestas "amenazan" la democracia. telesurtv.net Se han despliegan unos 24.000 policías, 11.000 de ellos en Lima ante la movilización del pueblo peruano pactada para el miércoles.

The Exposé (2023-07-19). Global Alarm: Governments now believe there's a link between COVID-19 Vaccines, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement & Immune System Degradation. expose-news.com Since late 2021, official Government reports have indicated the Covid-19 vaccine severely damages the immune system with the potential to cause some new form of Covid-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among people …

Peter Certo (2023-07-19). In OtherWords: July 19, 2023. otherwords.org

Farrah Hassen (2023-07-19). Housing Is a Human Right — We Need to Recognize It. otherwords.org In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. | The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis. Where were the roughly At the same time, the pandemic proved that federal intervention could ease the crisis. Eviction moratoria and unemployment relief helped keep more people housed, fed, and secure. But these initiatives ended too quickly. | Lifting federal…

Jim Hightower (2023-07-19). Extremists Want to Ban Discussing Their Abortion Bans. otherwords.org Unfortunately, it's 1984 again in America. | Not the year. The book. George Orwell's classic novel tells of a far-right totalitarian clique that uses "newspeak" and "doublethink" to impose their rigid, anti-democratic doctrine on society. | Their regime held power through mind control — they had a "Ministry of Truth" for perverting language and manipulating facts, while their "Thought Police" enforced ideological purity and suppressed dissent. | Thirty-nine years later, here comes a clique of theocratic extremists in our country using Orwellian manipulation in its crusade to take control over every woman's…

Khalil Bendib (2023-07-19). Cartoon: Men of the Cloth. otherwords.org

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-07-19). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.

David Giesen (2023-07-19). Monday 7/17: Full Disclosure brain storming session: holding public persons and entities accountable. indybay.org Google Meet (online video conference): | meet.google.com/yqb-ndmw-vng…

EARTHDAY (2023-07-19). Monday 7/17: #PlasticPollution: How Plastic Threatens Human and Planetary Health. indybay.org Online event…

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). U.S. chip export curbs may fuel 'market uncertainty'. ecns.cn As Washington considers tightening chip export restrictions on Beijing, some of United States' biggest semiconductor companies and an industry group have called on the U.S. government to stop further controls.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Nation to beef up IPR protection efforts. ecns.cn China will strengthen efforts to protect intellectual property rights and team up with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states to crack down on infringement and counterfeiting.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). China-Canada joint fossil discovery reveals dinosaur fight from 125 million years ago. ecns.cn An extraordinary story has emerged with the recent discovery of rare fossils dating back approximately 125 million years, through joint efforts between Chinese and Canadian researchers.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Timely steps seen facilitating breakthroughs in generative AI. ecns.cn China's timely measures for managing generative artificial intelligence services will give a strong boost to the technology's healthy development and help nurture key future economic growth drivers to hedge against external uncertainties.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Fires highlight extreme heat dangers. ecns.cn The dangers caused by extreme heat conditions currently being experienced across continental Europe have been highlighted in Greece, after 1,200 children had to be evacuated from a summer camp near the capital Athens because of forest fires being made worse by high winds.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Heatwave threatens Europe's olive yield. ecns.cn The olive oil sector faces a crisis as the heatwave in southern Europe is poised to cause yet another poor harvest, potentially leading to a lack of stock in supermarkets later this year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). 4 Chinese tourists die in coach accident in Vietnam. ecns.cn A coach carrying 21 Chinese tourists rolled over in Vietnam's central Khanh Hoa province on Tuesday, killing four Chinese tourists, the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City confirmed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). China opposes U.S. politicizing, weaponizing of trade, tech issues: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China opposes U.S. politicizing and weaponizing of trade and tech issues, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning at a press conference on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Chinese, Russian forces ready for upcoming joint drills in Sea of Japan. ecns.cn Naval and aviation forces of China and Russia are preparing for the Northern/Interaction-2023 joint exercise in the Sea of Japan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Beijing urges U.S. to hold to commitments on trade. ecns.cn Beijing urged Washington to earnestly follow through on U.S. President Joe Biden's commitment to not seek decoupling from China, halt China's economic development or contain it, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Next-generation manned spacecraft to debut in 4 or 5 years. ecns.cn China's new-generation crewed spacecraft is expected to make its maiden flight around 2027 and 2028, according to a leader of the country's manned space program.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Talim lands twice, heads for Vietnam. ecns.cn Talim, the fourth typhoon this year, made a second landfall in the coastal area of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region early Tuesday after first striking Guangdong province on Monday night.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Safe, healthy cyberspace key for young people. ecns.cn Young people in China have shown greater respect for the code of conduct in cyberspace as internet companies and platforms have made more efforts to effectively regulate online behavior.

ecns.cn (2023-07-19). Chinese netizens' satisfaction with cyberspace integrity continues to increase, reaching 84%: report. ecns.cn The satisfaction rate among netizens for China's network integrity in 2022 has continued to increase and reached 84.24 percent.

KQED San Francisco (2023-07-19). Thursday 9/7: Reclaiming Curanderismo: Pre-colonial Indigenous Healing Practices Across the Americas. indybay.org In-Person: The Commons room | KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco CA 94110 | Online via livestream…

Oakland Privacy (2023-07-19). Tuesday 8/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-19). Siria condena ingreso ilegal de delegación diplomática francesa. telesurtv.net La cancillería destacó que ese país "recuerda al gobierno francés que la lucha contra el terrorismo debe ser en colaboración con el Estado sirio".

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-19). Submarino nuclear de EE.UU. arriba a Busán, Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El coordinador para el Indopacífico del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., Kurt Campbell, confirmó el arribo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-19). Clausuran Cumbre de los Pueblos 2023 en Bruselas. telesurtv.net En la sede del Parlamento Europeo, los organizadores presentaron las concluciones del encuentro que se realizó en paralelo a la III Cumbre Celac-UE.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-19). Eligen a Colombia como sede de próxima cumbre Celac-UE en 2025. telesurtv.net El embajador Rojas destacó que la decisión es un "importante reconocimiento al liderazgo del presidente Gustavo Petro".

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-19). Irán y Rusia buscan fecha de reunión cuatripartita sobre Siria. telesurtv.net En mayo ocurrió primer encuentro de estos cancilleres para elaborar hoja de ruta que normalice los lazos turco-sirios.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-19). Gobierno de Nicaragua no firma declaración de Cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net El texto fue rubricado por el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de ese país, Denis Moncada Colindres.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-19). Alertan sobre aumento de dengue en niños dominicanos. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a fuentes médicas, también se detectó un incremento en los pacientes pediátricos ingresados con enfermedades respiratorias.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-19). Presidentes de Bolivia y Francia marcan agenda común en Bélgica. telesurtv.net El presidente de Bolivia valoró la reunión en Bruselas como "un espacio de diálogo que cobra una relevancia particular en medio de la construcción de nuevos enfoques de integración.

Martha Grevatt (2023-07-19). Unions to bosses: We won't take it anymore Actors, writers, shut down Hollywood. workers.org Members of the Writers Guild (WGA) have been on strike since May 2 against television and film studio giants like Netflix, Amazon, Sony, Disney, Fox and others. They were joined July 13 by actors in Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. This united strike has effectively shut . . . |

Larry Holmes, Workers World Party (2023-07-19). Centennial of Lenin's death, January 20-21, 2024 International Assembly against Imperialism. workers.org Workers World Party invites you to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin on Jan. 21, 2024, with an International Assembly Against Imperialism. We encourage all those who view this as an important occasion to join us in building this assembly. Our hope is to devote this . . . |

Larry Holmes (2023-07-19). Centenario de la muerte de Vladimir Lenin — 20 y 21 de enero de 2024 Asamblea Internacional Contra el Imperialismo. workers.org Larry Holmes es el primer secretario de Partido Mundo Obrero. Les invitamos a conmemorar el centenario de la muerte de Lenin, el 21 de enero de 2024, con una Asamblea Internacional contra el Imperialismo. Animamos a todos los que consideren que se trata de una ocasión importante a que se . . . |

Project Censored (2023-07-19). Mandatory Media Literacy Education Could Be Coming to California Schools Soon. projectcensored.org By Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff California is currently considering two media literacy bills, both of which have sailed through the California State Assembly and are being reviewed by the…

Robin Scher (2023-07-19). The Impact of Plastics on Human Health. socialistproject.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Peruvian President-Designate Says Protests "Threaten" Democracy. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the President-designate of Peru, Dina Boluarte referred that the protests that will take place in Lima constitute "a threat to democracy", stating that the Peruvians will not be allowed this right. | Relaterd: | "This is a threat to democracy, to the rule of law, to institutionality, and we as a democratic government will not allow or accept it," Boluarte said about the peaceful mobilization of the Peruvian p…

infobrics (2023-07-18). What Happens If Middle East Countries Join BRICS?>. infobrics.org Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) countries have not yet established a common currency. However, if we assume that they would create a new currency and oil-rich Middle East nations accept it, several things could happen. Many U.S. sectors could take a hit if Middle East countries reject the dollar and use the new BRICS currency…

infobrics (2023-07-18). A New Path to Economic Power Is Imminent Through BRICS>. infobrics.org South Africa will be chairing the BRICS group of countries under the theme, 'BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism'

infobrics (2023-07-18). BRICS Is a Reflection of the Change in the Global Scale. infobrics.org For those who still wonder what the BRICS is, it simply stands for the five emerging economies — namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — and its goal is to promote peace, security, development and cooperation. Due to the potential of these countries in becoming major economic powers, their impact on the international arena based on their growing economic strength and relevance globally is a factor as to why the union was made in the first place, notwithstanding their sweeping population and substantial natural resources…

infobrics (2023-07-18). Why Russia might retire its 'Peter the Great' nuclear-powered battlecruiser. infobrics.org Due to unrivaled advances in Russian missile capabilities, particularly the development of the scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missiles such as "Zircon", as well as the hybrid subsonic-supersonic family of "Kalibr" missiles, both of which are highly compact, even smaller Russian warships have become capable of engaging targets at extreme ranges.

infobrics (2023-07-18). New attack on Crimean Bridge shows terrorist nature of Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime. infobrics.org Unable to win militarily, Kiev focuses on terrorist tactics in its so-called "counteroffensive".

infobrics (2023-07-18). Russia highlights Western hypocrisy by terminating grain deal. infobrics.org "Decision to end grain deal is final," says Russian official.

Mike Walter (2023-07-18). The Heat: China-U.S. Climate Talks. america.cgtn.com Record breaking heat waves, wildfires, devastating flooding. As millions of people across the globe cope with extreme weather, critical talks get underway in Beijing between the United States and China. Can the world's top economies find common ground on the climate crisis? China's special envoy …

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-18). Extreme weather events hit U.S. states. america.cgtn.com This summer in North America has already been one of many extremes when it comes to weather events.

Frances Kuo (2023-07-18). Entrepreneur brings her Chinese heritage to oatmeal. america.cgtn.com Nostalgic for the familiar taste of home, the founder of Yishi Foods, set out to create oatmeal flavors inspired by her heritage. CGTN's Frances Kuo learns about the history of this company and how it has grown.

KATIE (2023-07-18). On Nelson Mandela Day, 250 civil society organizations worldwide call on UN to investigate Israeli apartheid. bdsmovement.net

PACBI (2023-07-18). During the Women's World Cup, Call Out FIFA and PUMA's Complicity in Israeli Apartheid. bdsmovement.net

CODEPINK (2023-07-18). CODEPINK's statement on 2023 NATO summit. canadiandimension.com At the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden referred to NATO as "anchors for global security." Yet, decades after NATO was established we still live in a dangerous and polarized time of never-ending wars. NATO has proven it is not an anchor but rather a catalyst for war on behalf of the US empire. | "NATO is a dangerous military alliance that, despite assurances to the contrary, expanded to Russia's border to provoke a confrontation that now finds us mired in a proxy war that could lead to World War III," warns Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK Congress and co-chair of the Peace in Ukraine Coali…

manager (2023-07-18). Haiti News Round-up: Two Years Since the Assassination of Haiti's President. cepr.net July 7 marked two years since President Jovenel MoàØse's assassination. The Office of Civil Protection in Haiti denounced the "unacceptable slowness" of the investigation in Haiti, while calling for greater protection for Judge Walter Wesser Voltaire. He is the fifth judge to oversee the case after others resigned for personal reasons, or were replaced. The …

Adriaan Alsema (2023-07-18). At least 14 killed in central Colombia landslide. colombiareports.com At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday when a landslide struck a village in central Colombia. The landslide in Naranjal, a village in the Cundinamarca province, was caused by…

WSWS (2023-07-18). Hundreds of refugees missing near the Canary Islands. wsws.org The European Union is responsible for the mass death: its refugee policy deliberately aims to let people die of thirst or drown in order to prevent others from fleeing to Europe.

WSWS (2023-07-18). "It's happening in France, now it's our turn": Chicago Ford workers speak on contract fight, growing strike wave in US and worldwide. wsws.org Ford workers at the Chicago assembly and stamping plants discussed their contract fight and broader issues, including the threat of war.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Kevin Spacey defence completes evidence in sexual assault trial in London. wsws.org In testimony to the court last week, July 13 and 14, Spacey rejected allegations that he was a "big sexual bully" who abused his fame and power to make his alleged victims "feel powerless and uncomfortable."

WSWS (2023-07-18). Halt the "critical status" nightmare! Restore the 8-hour day! Prepare a national strike by all Stellantis, GM and Ford workers! wsws.org The Warren Truck Rank-And-File Committee is calling for the unity of all Stellantis autoworkers against the imposition of seven-day operations and shifts up to 12 hours.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Teamsters president holds UPS rally in New York with head of UAW, strikebreaking Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez. wsws.org Teamsters head Sean O'Brien admitted that the union would keep workers on the job past the August 1 deadline in the event of a last-minute deal, violating their own pledge to strike UPS by the end of the month.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Professors, students and teachers are protesting illegal arrests of 22 students in Juyjuy Province while grocery workers in Metro Toronto are set to strike midnight Tuesday…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-07-18). House Foreign Affairs Committee Marks Anniversary of Cuba's July 2021 Uprising With Renewed Calls For Regime Change. covertactionmagazine.com To commemorate the two-year anniversary of right-wing protests in Cuba in July 2021, the House Foreign Affairs Committee sponsored a roundtable next to the Bay of Pigs museum in Miami, Florida, that affirmed U.S. calls for regime change in Cuba. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said that the peaceful protests designed to …

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Universal Childhood Lipid Screening. jamanetwork.com Screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents can identify 2 types of lipid disorders: primary lipid disorders, which typically are monogenic, rare, and severe, and the more common secondary lipid disorders that often result from other disease processes or lifestyle behaviors (such as poor nutrition or inadequate activity) and are often less severe. The most common primary lipid disorder of childhood is familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), which is present in 1 in 250 to 350 children. Familial hypercholesterolemia causes markedly elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) starting a…

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Utilization Management Trends in Medicare Part D Oncology Drugs, 2010-2020. jamanetwork.com This study examines the exposure of Medicare Part D beneficiaries to utilization management, such as prior authorization, for oral oncology drugs.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). A Systems Approach to Reducing Medical Error. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I was pleased to read the recent Viewpoint highlighting the serious problem of diagnostic error—a crucial issue not just in emergency departments. I applaud the recommendations to move the focus away from individual physician failings and toward discussion of underlying causes.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com To the Editor As public health researchers, we applaud the recent Viewpoint that called attention to recent increases in child mortality. However, we believe that this Viewpoint did not acknowledge a child population that has been markedly underserved and generally understudied—rural children.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). IUD Expulsion Rates After Early Postpartum vs Interval Placement. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study found that the risk of complete intrauterine device (IUD) expulsion in individuals who underwent early postpartum IUD placement (2-4 weeks postpartum) was not inferior to that in individuals who underwent interval IUD placement (6-8 weeks postpartum). However, this conclusion must be viewed with cautious for several statistical reasons.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). A Systems Approach to Reducing Medical Error—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We appreciate the opportunity to respond to Dr Oxman's Letter about our Viewpoint. We agree with Oxman that the current use of algorithms to diagnose sepsis has caused unintended consequences. However, we would not classify the use of sepsis algorithms as a "systems approach."

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In their Letter about our recent Viewpoint, Dr Probst and colleagues rightly emphasize the health challenges facing rural youth in the US. Pediatric mortality rates in rural counties—already higher than in metropolitan areas—increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data indicate that between 2019 and 2021, all-cause mortality at ages 1 to 19 years increased by 14% in rural (nonmetropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore) counties. The primary cause was not COVID-19, which explained one-fifth of the increase, but fatal injuries and poisonings.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). IUD Expulsion Rates After Early Postpartum vs Interval Placement—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Drs Gao and Zhang that understanding the effectiveness of IUDs to prevent pregnancy is important to adequately weigh the risks and benefits of early postpartum IUD placement. Although IUDs are well known to be highly effective, our study was not designed to adequately assess the effectiveness of early postpartum IUDs for pregnancy prevention. We did report all pregnancies in the trial; 2 pregnancies occurred during use of an IUD among the 294 participants who received an IUD and completed 6-month follow-up (1 in the early placement group and 1 in the interval placement group). In addition,…

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). State Public Insurance Coverage Policies and Postpartum Care Among Immigrants. jamanetwork.com This study examines the association between state public insurance coverage and postpartum care among low-income immigrants and the differences in care received among immigrants relative to nonimmigrants.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Accelerometer-Derived "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. jamanetwork.com This study examines associations between an accelerometer-derived "weekend warrior" pattern (ie, most moderate to vigorous physical activity achieved over 1-2 days) vs similar physical activity spread more evenly and the risk of incident cardiovascular events.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Patient Information: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Patient Page describes lipid disorders, and the pros and cons of screening for them in children and adolescents.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). No Matter How Far Away You Are You Can't Not Want to Live Here. jamanetwork.com Sign on a realty office…

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). USPSTF Review: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This systematic review to support the 2023 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for, and treatment of, dyslipidemia due to familial hypercholesterolemia and multifactorial dyslipidemia in children and adolescents 20 years and younger.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This 2023 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents 20 years or younger (I statement).

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Physical Activity for Health—Every Minute Counts. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses the amount of physical activity recommended by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition, and how clinicians should use these recommendations to personalize and set achievable physical activity goals for their patients.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Skin Lesions, Foot Drop, and Hand Contractures. jamanetwork.com A previously healthy individual in his 20s had 3 months of annular skin lesions, with numbness and paresthesia in the affected areas. Physical examination revealed multiple tattoos, bilateral palpable thickened auricular and ulnar nerves, and claw-hand deformity; test results for rapid plasma reagin, antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, acid-fast bacilli, mycobacteria, and fungi were negative, and biopsy did not identify Mycobacterium leprae. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Texas Abortion Ban and Live Births. jamanetwork.com This study evaluates changes in the number of births in Texas after passage of Texas' Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which bans abortions as early as 5 weeks' gestation.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Highlighting State Innovation to Close Coverage Gaps in Perinatal Care for Noncitizens. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint highlights several key steps that states could take to expand perinatal care coverage for noncitizens.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). The Scope and Legal Implications of Tracking Technologies on Hospital Websites. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint analyzes the scope and legal implications of tracking on hospital websites, including potential HIPAA and state privacy law violations, and suggests that hospitals limit such tracking.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Health Care Costs Will Comprise About 20% of US Economy by 2031. jamanetwork.com The country's health care spending will grow an average of 5.4% per year between 2022 and 2031, accounting for about $1 out of every $5 spent in the US by the end of the period, according to new projections from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published in Health Affairs. The agency expects that recent legislative changes, such as the expiration of regulations surrounding the COVID-19 public health emergency and the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's prescription drug provisions, will drive some of the health expenditure trends.

Staff (2023-07-18). Historian John Womack: Unions Need to Exploit "Choke Points" in Economy to Grow Working-Class Power. democracynow.org As Hollywood actors enter their fifth day on the picket lines and some 340,000 Teamsters working at UPS prepare to carry out one of the largest single-employer strikes in U.S. history, we speak with historian and labor organizer John Womack Jr. about his new book, Labor Power and Strategy, focused on how to seize and build labor power and solidarity. Labor actions around the world are gaining headlines this week. In Italy, over 1,000 flights were disrupted as airport and airline workers went on a two-day strike for higher wages and better benefits. Members of the Union of Southern Service Workers at a South Carol…

Staff (2023-07-18). Israeli Forces Blindfold & Handcuff Palestinian Reporter Who Filmed Settler Attack in Masafer Yatta. democracynow.org On Saturday, Basel Adra, reporter for Local Call and +972 Magazine, was detained while covering an Israeli settler attack in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta. After he refused to hand over his video footage, Israeli soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded him and then sat him in a chair in the blazing sun for hours. The Union of Journalists in Israel denounced Basel's detention, describing it as a "serious violation of freedom of the press." Adra joined the show to discuss the difficulty of witnessing the crimes of Israeli forces against Palestinians as a local journalist. "I'm a Pale…

Staff (2023-07-18). Palestinian Attorney Noura Erakat: The U.S. Is Normalizing Apartheid by Hosting Israel's President. democracynow.org As President Biden meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House today, several progressive Democrats have announced plans to boycott Herzog's address to a joint session of Congress. This comes after Biden invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the United States this year despite recently criticizing the makeup of Netanyahu's far-right Cabinet as "one of the most extremist" he has seen. The visits from Israeli leadership are an attempt to "normalize apartheid," says Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat, who compares today's U.S…

Staff (2023-07-18). Headlines for July 18, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Warns Russia's Suspension of Black Sea Grain Deal Puts Millions at Risk of Hunger, Russia Attacks Ukraine's Odesa One Day After Ending Black Sea Grain Export Deal, Major Typhoon Strikes Southern China Amid Record Heat Wave, Smoke Blankets Eastern U.S. as Phoenix Suffers Record Number of Consecutive 110 ∞+ Days, John Kerry Says "Under No Circumstances" Will U.S. Commit to Climate Reparations, U.N. Begins Effort to Drain Oil from Stricken Supertanker Off Yemeni Coast, Judge Puts Iowa's Six-Week Abortion Ban on Hold, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Says Federal Government Should Take…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-07-18). Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase of the Government's War on Thought Crimes. dissidentvoice.org Get ready for the next phase of the government's war on thought crimes: mental health round-ups and involuntary detentions. Under the guise of public health and safety, the government could use mental health care as a pretext for targeting and locking up dissidents, activists and anyone unfortunate enough to be placed on a government watch …

Bruce Lerro (2023-07-18). The Cycles and Spirals of Capitalism. dissidentvoice.org Orientation How long has capitalism existed? Has it always been with us all the way back to tribal societies or is it a product of the modern age? Is there any pattern to its evolution? Is it cyclic, spiral-like or random? What is the nature of capitalist crises? Why does capitalism grow flush in certain …

Jonathan Cook (2023-07-18). Across the West, people are dying in greater numbers: nobody wants to learn why. dissidentvoice.org During the pandemic, the challenge for each of us was to maintain critical distance: spurning both the tribalism of those insisting Covid was a hoax and the counter-tribalism of those who demanded complete acquiesence to a corporate-political agenda dictated by Big Pharma under the mantle of "Follow the science". Fear of living under Big Brother …

Scott Ritter (2023-07-18). Agent Zelensky — Part 2. dissidentvoice.org In the intelligence business, every agent is assigned tasks by his or her handlers. In the case of Agent Zelensky, I've identified ten obligations that define his relationship with his foreign intelligence masters. Once you've examined each of these, it becomes clear why Zelensky the comedian said one thing, and Zelensky the President did another. …

_____ (2023-07-18). The Syrian conflict is dragging on because of the West. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-18). India's Modi Meets Biden — U.S. Screw Turners Squirm Some More. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-18). No matter how hard the West tries, there is no order without Russia… journal-neo.org

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-07-18). Abbas picks up where Israel left off in Jenin. electronicintifada.net Palestinian Authority's crackdown on armed resistance will only alienate the public.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-07-18). Pramila Jayapal caves in to Israel lobby. electronicintifada.net Biden invites Netanyahu to White House after "warm and long" phone call.

Peter Boyle (2023-07-18). Campaigning to end the Korean War, 70 years after armistice. greenleft.org.au Thousands of peace activists will form a human chain around the largest United States overseas military base in the world, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on July 27, as part of a campaign for an official agreement to end the Korean War, reports Peter Boyle.

Editor (2023-07-18). Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York. mronline.org The strike by tens of thousands of U.S. film and television actors officially began Friday.

Editor (2023-07-18). U.S. using Ukraine as disposal ground for banned cluster bombs: Colonel, Karen Kwiatkowski. mronline.org Former Pentagon analyst and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Karen Kwiatkowski, points out the double standards in Western media's portrayal of cluster bomb usage.

Editor (2023-07-18). Catching heat from Big Brother: Education and climate in MAGAland. mronline.org "In Real Time" is a monthly series on our blog by Stan Cox, author of The Path to a Livable Future and The Green New Deal and Beyond. The series follows the climate, voting rights, and justice movements as they navigate America's unfolding crisis of democracy. Read previous "In Real Time" dispatches here. Listen to the "In Real Time" …

Editor (2023-07-18). Cannabis laws are changing. Drug testing must change too. mronline.org Adults who consume alcohol legally and responsibly outside of work aren't penalized by employers. It should be no different for marijuana.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-18). How the Pentagon Conducted Biological Warfare, Human Experimentation on the World on Behalf of Big Pharma. libya360.wordpress.com Briefing by Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, on U.S. biological-military activities in Ukraine and other countries. July 18, 2023 The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to analyze U.S. military-biological activities in Ukraine and other countries. I would like to note that the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-18). 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine: History and Present. libya360.wordpress.com Elier Ramírez Cañedo When in December 1823, President James Monroe announced in a message to Congress the doctrine that would define the essence of U.S. foreign policy towards the Latin American and Caribbean region, summarized in the idea "America for the Americans", it justified the rejection of any new European attempt to interfere or extend…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-18). "There Can Be No Justice Until Capitalism is Removed from the Earth" libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh As the 'Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism' conference kicks off in South Africa, peoples' movements and organizations have convened to discuss concrete strategies for a united struggle against the violence of capitalism and imperialism "What is the path that we are going to chart towards socialism?" This is the question…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-18). Ukraine War Takes its Toll on UK Politics. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden at the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 12 July, 2023 The NATO Summit in Vilnius on June 11-12 turned out to be an anti-climax with the fractured relationship between the regime in Kiev and the Western powers surging. What is happening is more of…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-18). US Pressuring Ukraine to Push Harder in Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Tuesday that US officials believe Ukraine should be launching large-scale assaults against Russia's defensive lines despite the risk of major losses and are blaming Ukraine's tactics for the struggling counteroffensive. The report said that the pace of Ukraine's counteroffensive "has generated concerns in the West that the government of President Volodymyr …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-18). Taiwan Says It Detected a Record 16 Chinese Warships Around Island. news.antiwar.com China sent a record number of warships around Taiwan in a single day last week, topping a previous high set when the Chinese military responded to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island in August 2022, The South China Morning Post reported. The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said that it detected 16 Chinese People's Liberation …

Ann Brown (2023-07-18). Lupe Fiasco Called 'Kafir' And 'Retarded' By Muslims Over Questions And Criticism Of Islam. moguldom.com There was a time when hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco praised Islam. Now, the rapper, who has said he is Muslim, is being slammed on social media for questioning and criticism of the religion. And the blasts have been vicious, with one person even using hate speech and calling him "mentally retarded." Another sued the South …

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-07-18). CELAC and EU Hold Summit After Eight-Year Absence Amid Strong Disagreements. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelan delegation leader Delcy Rodríguez said Europe's energy crisis was due in part to its support for sanctions.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-18). Two Imperial scientists elected as EMBO members. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Professor Faith Osier and Dr Julien Vermot have been elected as members of EMBO.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-18). Black Alliance for Peace Once Again Calls on International Community To Reject US/UN/CARICOM Plan for an Armed Intervention of Haiti. orinocotribune.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-18). Persecution of Protesters Intensifies in Argentina's Jujuy: Police Raid Homes, Break Into University, and Arrest Protesters. orinocotribune.com The police raids of activists' homes, the university, and arrests have been condemned by human rights organizations across Argentina which have raised concerns about respect for human rights in the Jujuy province. | On July 12, the judiciary of Argentina's Jujuy province, ordered the arrest of over 40 people, who participated in a massive march in the city of Humahuaca on June 30. The march was organized in rejection of the reforms to the Provincial Constitution, promoted by conservative Governor Gerardo Morales of the right-wing Radical Civic Union party. | According to reports from provincial human rights organ…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-18). Economists Blast Menendez for 'False Narrative' About Crises in Cuba, Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Arturo Domínguez — Jul 14, 2023 | More than 50 of the world's top economists have slammed Sen. First, a bit of backstory… | On May 1…

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-18). Governments in the Region Will Study Resumption of Venezuela Dialogue. orinocotribune.com

ddorinoco (2023-07-18). Venezuela and Russia Strengthen Energy Ties With Joint Declaration. orinocotribune.com The event took place during a preparatory meeting for the upcoming October meeting. | In a significant move to bolster cooperation between the two nations, Venezuela and Russia signed a joint declaration on energy matters this Monday. | The news came to light through Petroleos de Venezuela's social media channels, where they announced that the Minister of Petroleum and Mining, Pedro Tellechea, signed a declaration with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Chair of the High-Level Intergovernmental Russia—Venezuela Commission Alexander Novak focusing on energy development. | The signing took place ahead of a…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Egyptian court sentences activist and scholar Patrick George Zaki to three years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Patrick George Zaki has been accused of disseminating false news about the country's internal conditions to disturb security and social peace. His case is emblematic of the large-scale crackdown by the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi government on rights and freedoms in Egypt…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Israel recognizes Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. peoplesdispatch.org Israel is now among the handful of countries which have extended their recognition to the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. It follows in the footsteps of the US which did so during the presidency of Donald Trump in 2020…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Debt is grinding down developing countries but there is no plan for relief. peoplesdispatch.org Two reports which came out last week point out that a large number of developing countries are spending more on repayment of debt than on the development of social sectors such as health and education…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-18). Ukraine war takes toll on UK politics. peoplesdispatch.org UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that he will be leaving the cabinet and quitting politics is much more than about himself or British politics. It is likely that US President Joe Biden's vetoing of his candidacy for…

Zoe Alexandra, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-18). Peruvians To Hit The Streets For 'Third Takeover Of Lima'. popularresistance.org Thousands of workers, Indigenous people, students, artists, peasants, and left activists are preparing to take the streets on July 19 in Peru's capital Lima. The mobilization, called the "Third Takeover of Lima," has been called for by a broad coalition of trade unions, peasant and Indigenous organizations, left parties and organizations, and artistic groups in an effort to continue the struggle against the coup regime of Dina Boluarte. | Since the coup against President Pedro Castillo on December 7, 2022, the people of Peru have been on the streets in defense of their vote and have raised clear political demands…

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. (2023-07-18). Assange Is 'Dangerously Close' To Extradition For Revealing Crimes. popularresistance.org For nearly five years, publisher and journalist Julian Assange has fought extradition to the United States where he faces 175 years in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. | Instead of protecting freedom of the press, to which he pledged allegiance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April, Joe Biden is continuing Donald Trump's prosecution of Assange under the infamous Espionage Act. James Ball is one of at least four journalists that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are pressuring to cooperate with the prosecution of Assange, Ball wrote in Rolling Stone.

Ana Perdigón, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-07-18). Venezuelan Opposition Is Hypocritical In Labeling Citizens As 'Violent'. popularresistance.org Diosdado Cabello, the vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), expressed disbelief that the Venezuelan opposition, after having requested sanctions be placed upon the country, would label Venezuelan citizens who were outraged by their actions as "violent." | Taking to his social media accounts, Cabello criticized the hypocrisy of those who had advocated for invasion; invoked the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), a treaty imposed on the region by the US during the Cold War with functionality similar to that of NATO; and resorted to burning people alive, only to now bra…

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-07-18). Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet. popularresistance.org In the middle of Amazon's Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing the facility to the brink of a total shutdown. | A delivery station is the last warehouse an Amazon package passes through before it is loaded into a truck or van en route to the customer. | This year's "Prime Day" shopping bonanza July 11 and 12 set a record for the largest sales day in Amazon's history. The crush of Prime Day puts even more pressure on workers to keep up with conveyor belts overflowing with boxes that can weigh as much…

Lindsay Koshgarian (2023-07-18). The Culture Wars Are Hijacking Debate On the Military Budget. progressive.org Republicans want to fill the defense bill with bans on abortion, trans health care, and racial diversity initiatives in the military.

David Helvarg (2023-07-18). The Climate Catastrophe Is Already Here. progressive.org From wildfires and floods to record heat, it's clear we're at the point of needing to save what we can while we can.

_____ (2023-07-18). 'British High Commissioner Does not Deserve to Serve in Cyprus'. strategic-culture.org By Staff Reporter | Join us on , , and . | British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq exceeded the limits and spoke in a hostile manner, 'foreign minister' in the north Tahsin Ertugruloglou told Kibris. | The comments considered…

_____ (2023-07-18). The Kremlinology of Joe Biden and the DNC. strategic-culture.org Should apparent efforts to replace the president atop the Democrat ticket be taken seriously? | By Curt MILLS | Join us on , , and . | It seems it's the season for half-hearted coups. | Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner priva…

_____ (2023-07-18). Higher Military Spending Will Save Democracy: So the 'Liberal' New York Times Says. strategic-culture.org So the "liberal" New York Times says | W.J. ASTORE | Join us on , , and . | Four days ago, I got a story in my New York Times email feed on "A Turning Point in Military Spending." The article celebrated the greater willingne…

_____ (2023-07-18). French Connection to Idlib. strategic-culture.org With the recent complete reversal of Turkish foreign policy it remains a mystery as to what is the future of Idlib. | Join us on , , and . | According to media reports, the French Intelligence have given information to Moham…

_____ (2023-07-18). In Sicily, Top of the Mountain, Watching the New Barbarians. strategic-culture.org You don't need to be Seneca to observe that Sicily embodies so many perfect archetypes of Beauty that it all seems superhuman, Pepe Escobar writes. | Join us on , , and . | It's another stunning sunset in the western edge of…

Editor (2023-07-18). Julian Assange Is 'Dangerously Close' to Extradition for Revealing US War Crimes. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-18). Brussels: Global Women For Peace United Against NATO Meet With EU Parliament, NATO Representatives. scheerpost.com By Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright / Popular Resistance The weekend before the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Global Women for Peace United against NATO representing women in 35 countries met July 6-9, 2023 for three days of peace discussions in Brussels, Belgium. I am writing with details of each of the excellent panels and webinars …

Editor (2023-07-18). Ukraine Again Bombs Crimean Bridge. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-18). UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine Into 'An Open-Air Prison' to Further Annexation Plans. scheerpost.com Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians as a people."

Editor (2023-07-18). How Harlan Crow Slashed His Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-18). NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability. scheerpost.com By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd / CounterPunch At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe "anchors for global security" when in reality there are no anchors during this increasingly dangerous and polarized time of never-ending war in Europe. Our NATO allies are not, as Biden would …

Editor (2023-07-18). FTC Chair's Efforts to Curb Corporate Power 'Raise Questions'—From Corporate America. scheerpost.com

David L. (2023-07-18). WHAT WOULD OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SAY? sonar21.com "[T]he best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which…

Larry Johnson (2023-07-18). What is the Russian Military doing? sonar21.com I think the Russian Special Military Operation is kicking into a new gear and that the United States and NATO are mystified and confused about Russia's next steps. We do…

Philip Giraldi (2023-07-18). A Bit of Political Theater in Vilnius. thealtworld.com A whining President Zelensky goes home with almost nothing but still might start World War 3 | It is a lucky break that the Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike as it will give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an opportunity to dust off his thespian credentials and look for a new job when the Russians eventually bring down his government. Hollywood and Las Vegas would undoubtedly compete for such a nice Jewish young man to revive his former comedy routine where he played a piano with his penis. To be sure, without disrobing, Zelensky was inevitably the star performer at the recently completed two day NATO…

Brian Berletic (2023-07-18). PUTIN VOWS RETALIATION AS KIEV CHEERS CRIMEA ATTACK W/ BRIAN BERLETIC. thealtworld.com Brian Berletic joins me to discuss the attack on the Crimea bridge which left two dead and one child injured. What is the geopolitical significance of this attack, how will Russia respond, and where will these dangerous escalations lead?

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-18). PAKAFUZ's Connectivity Potential Is Totally Dependent On Troubled Pakistani-Taliban Ties. thealtworld.com PAKAFUZ isn't as promising of a project as it initially seemed due to its total dependence on seemingly intractable Pakistani-Taliban tensions and the revival of the North-South Transport Corridor as a viable complementary alternative. That's not to downplay this project's geo-economic importance in the best-case scenario that it's completed and those two's security dilemma is sustainably resolved, but just to temper expectations about it being a game-changer. |

thecommunists (2023-07-18). An NHS nurse speaks out on pay, privatisation and demoralisation. thecommunists.org The following article was written by a long-serving NHS nurse and party member. ***** A myth was perpetrated in the late 19th century that continues to this day. A new political party, the Labour party, had been born to represent the interests and needs of the urban working class — but, looking back, when has …

Marc Steiner (2023-07-18). Israel's war on Jenin and the push for 'final victory'. therealnews.com In the past year, the city of Jenin in the West Bank has become a particularly sharp thorn in the side of the Israeli occupation. On July 4th and 5th, Israeli forces swept into Jenin Refugee Camp in an attempt to suppress a rising armed resistance emanating from the area. Despite slaughtering 12 Palestinians, Israel accomplished little of military value in the operation, failing to flush out resistance forces or even take and hold the refugee camp. For all its brutal repression, the truth is that Israel today is far weaker than it has been in the past. Externally, international opinion, and particularly Jew…

Michael Fox (2023-07-18). Why the US can't ban Trump from politics like Brazil did to Bolsonaro. therealnews.com Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from holding political office for the next eight years. The country's Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that he had abused his political power, attacked the electoral system and misused the media. Analysts say he's likely to suffer more consequences, as this was just one of more than a dozen cases pending against the former president. | The ruling has left some wondering how Bolsonaro could be stripped of his right to hold office in Brazil, while his idol, Donald Trump, in the United States is still a leading candidate for the Republican nomination next…

Kwaneta Harris, Prism (2023-07-18). 'I wasn't sentenced to be cooked': Heat desperation in a Texas prison. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in TW: mentions of self-harm and suicide | His sweat drips into my drinking cup. I'm in solitary confinement, and I've waited nine hours for ice-cold water. Severe staff shortages mean the sergeant is distributing lunch. My thirsty eyes watch him fill my three cups with the cold water pitcher, mixing with his DNA. The ice machine is broken more than it works. I don't blame it; I'd quit too if I were the only thing making ice for more than 1,200 p…

Andy Kroll (2023-07-18). The Hype of a Nuclear "Renaissance" tomdispatch.com If you didn't know better, you'd think Lloyd Marbet was a dairy farmer or maybe a retired shop teacher. His beard is thick, soft, and gray, his hair pulled back in a small ponytail. In his mid-seventies, he still towers over nearly everyone. His handshake is firm, but there's nothing menacing about him. He lumbers around like a wise, old hobbling tortoise. We're standing in the deco lobby of the historic Kiggins Theater in downtown Vancouver, Washington, about to view a screening of Atomic Bamboozle, a remarkable new documentary by filmmaker Jan Haaken that examines the latest push for atomic power and a nuclear…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-18). Palestinians Say US Is "Normalizing Apartheid" by Hosting Israeli President. truthout.org As President Biden meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House today, several progressive Democrats have announced plans to boycott Herzog's address to a joint session of Congress. This comes after Biden invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the United States this year despite recently criticizing the makeup of Netanyahu's far-right Cabinet as "one of the most… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). 7 in 10 Americans Support Passage of Pro-Union PRO Act, Poll Finds. truthout.org With labor activity making headlines across the U.S. and wealth inequality at all-time highs, new polling finds overwhelming support among the public for a slate of pro-worker bills advanced by Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vermont) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee last month. According to polling by Data for Progress released Tuesday, all three bills passed by the committee last… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-18). TV Ad in Ohio Tries to Scare Voters With Drag Queens to Thwart Abortion Rights. truthout.org In response to a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in Ohio, the GOP has called a special election to take place in August as a last-ditch effort to raise the threshold for any ballot measure to pass from a simple majority to a supermajority. Protect Women Ohio, a group which aims to thwart the ballot measure on abortion, recently released its first TV ad, which doesn't mention… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-18). Trump Says DOJ Will Soon Charge Him Over His Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election. truthout.org On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump indicated that he is a target of Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack and other efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Using derisive language typical of Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner suggested, without proof, that the pending charges against him were… |

Cody Bloomfield (2023-07-18). Activists Are Working to Give the People of Atlanta a Chance to Vote on Cop City. truthout.org When it comes to Atlanta's planned $90 million police training center, widely dubbed "Cop City," the project's nonprofit backer, the Atlanta Police Foundation, has long run a reality deficit, trading on political power to support factually improbable claims while keeping the public in the dark. In 2021, Atlanta City Council approved a lease of public Intrenchment Creek Park land… |

Nadra Nittle (2023-07-18). Minnesota Students Now Get Free Breakfast and Lunch. Will Other States Follow? truthout.org Heather Gustafson knows what it's like to struggle to keep money in her children's meal accounts at school. Now a Minnesota state senator, Gustafson spent several years as a single mother raising four kids on a modest teacher's salary. Although she suspects her income would've qualified her children to receive free or reduced-price school lunch, she never completed the paperwork to determine their… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). House Wastes No Time Crafting Pro-Israel Resolution After Jayapal Criticism. truthout.org The House is set to vote on a resolution today pledging the U.S.'s allegiance to Israel in perpetuity and outright denying Israel's human rights violations, seemingly in order to isolate and punish Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) over a comment criticizing the state over the weekend. The one-page resolution, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), states that "Israel is not a racist or… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). Senator: Republicans Will "100 Percent" Pass Abortion Ban If They Win Congress. truthout.org State-level abortion bans are wreaking havoc across the country, criminalizing abortion seekers, putting people's lives at risk, and eroding access to reproductive care at large. But Republicans won't be satisfied to just stop at the state-level, one Democrat is warning: They want to ban abortion nationwide. On Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) warned of the dire consequences for abortion… |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-18). Sanders Files NDAA Amendment Cutting Budget of Audit-Failing Pentagon by 10%. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders has filed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would cut the U.S. military's historically large budget by 10%, penalize the Pentagon if it fails another audit, and spotlight fraud committed by defense contractors. The Vermont Independent's efforts to rein in Pentagon spending come after the Republican-controlled House passed its version of the National… |

Sasha Abramsky (2023-07-18). Will UK Conservative Party Lose Parliamentary Seats Amid Multi-Sector Strikes? truthout.org Later this week, the ruling U.K. Conservative Party faces three by-elections for parliamentary seats left vacant by resignations. One of them is disgraced ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's west London seat; another is an ultra-safe Conservative seat in northern England; and the third is a safe Conservative seat in the south of the country. If the polls are to be believed, the party is in danger of… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-18). Iowa Judge Blocks Newly Passed 6-Week Abortion Ban. truthout.org A district judge in Iowa has placed an indefinite hold on a recently passed statewide ban on abortion at six weeks, which had passed last week after a special session was convened by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. Polk County District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin issued his ruling on Monday, putting an injunction on the law while a lawsuit challenging it runs its course. "The current state of the law… |

Igor Derysh (2023-07-18). Georgia Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Trump's Attempt to Quash Investigation. truthout.org The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump's long-shot bid to throw out a special grand jury's investigative findings and disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the proceedings. The court, whose nine justices were mostly appointed by Republican governors, unanimously rejected Trump's motion just three days after he filed it. |

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-18). Bolsonaro Ineligible to Run for Office Until 2030. unicornriot.ninja

unitedEditor (2023-07-18). Turkish experts on the latest developments between Türkiye, NATO, EU and Sweden. uwidata.com President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan agreed to submit Sweden's NATO membership to the approval of the Turkish Grand National Assembly during the trilateral summit in Vilnius. The joint statement after the summit on the evening of July 10 involves "Sweden's steps to address Türkiye's concerns" like intensifying the fight against the terrorist organization PKK and even …

unitedEditor (2023-07-18). The inevitable de-dollarization (II. and final part). uwidata.com Last week we took a "trip" through the de-dollarization process that we characterize as inevitable. Today we will continue the analysis trying to reach some conclusions while considering that it is still not clear what will be the alternative to the dollar as the main currency. Several options are available. One of them will emanate …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Houthis say YouTube's ban on its channels in Yemen is part of West-imposed media blockade. peoplesdispatch.org Over a dozen YouTube channels with hundreds of thousands followers belonging to different groups in Houthi-run areas of Yemen were blocked on Monday. Ansar Allah called the ban arbitrary and an act of "intellectual terrorism…

Rebecca Burns (2023-07-18). Insurers Exploit Climate Crisis To Gut Consumer Protections. levernews.com

The Lever (2023-07-18). üéß DECONSTRUCTED: An Inflation Solution That Doesn't Screw Workers. levernews.com Today, we're sharing an episode of the podcast Deconstructed from our friends over at

The Lever (2023-07-18). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Dr. Strangelove (w/ Matthew Cunningham-Cook). levernews.com

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2023-07-18: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Heatwave threatens Europe's olive yield. ecns.cn The olive oil sector faces a crisis as the heatwave in southern Europe is poised to cause yet another poor harvest, potentially leading to a lack of stock in supermarkets later this year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Timely steps seen facilitating breakthroughs in generative AI. ecns.cn China's timely measures for managing generative artificial intelligence services will give a strong boost to the technology's healthy development and help nurture key future economic growth drivers to hedge against external uncertainties.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Nation to beef up IPR protection efforts. ecns.cn China will strengthen efforts to protect intellectual property rights and team up with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states to crack down on infringement and counterfeiting.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Fires highlight extreme heat dangers. ecns.cn The dangers caused by extreme heat conditions currently being experienced across continental Europe have been highlighted in Greece, after 1,200 children had to be evacuated from a summer camp near the capital Athens because of forest fires being made worse by high winds.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). 4 Chinese tourists die in coach accident in Vietnam. ecns.cn A coach carrying 21 Chinese tourists rolled over in Vietnam's central Khanh Hoa province on Tuesday, killing four Chinese tourists, the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City confirmed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Chinese, Russian forces ready for upcoming joint drills in Sea of Japan. ecns.cn Naval and aviation forces of China and Russia are preparing for the Northern/Interaction-2023 joint exercise in the Sea of Japan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Chinese netizens' satisfaction with cyberspace integrity continues to increase, reaching 84%: report. ecns.cn The satisfaction rate among netizens for China's network integrity in 2022 has continued to increase and reached 84.24 percent.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Beijing urges U.S. to hold to commitments on trade. ecns.cn Beijing urged Washington to earnestly follow through on U.S. President Joe Biden's commitment to not seek decoupling from China, halt China's economic development or contain it, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Safe, healthy cyberspace key for young people. ecns.cn Young people in China have shown greater respect for the code of conduct in cyberspace as internet companies and platforms have made more efforts to effectively regulate online behavior.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Talim lands twice, heads for Vietnam. ecns.cn Talim, the fourth typhoon this year, made a second landfall in the coastal area of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region early Tuesday after first striking Guangdong province on Monday night.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Next-gen spacecraft given timeline for deployment. ecns.cn China's new-generation crewed spacecraft is expected to make its maiden flight around 2027 and 2028, according to a leader of the country's manned space program.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). U.S. chip export curbs may fuel 'market uncertainty'. ecns.cn As Washington considers tightening chip export restrictions on Beijing, some of United States' biggest semiconductor companies and an industry group have called on the U.S. government to stop further controls.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Chengdu set to receive panda from France. ecns.cn The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has completed the necessary preparations to welcome Yuan Meng from France, the base said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China, Algeria vow to strengthen bilateral relations. ecns.cn China and Algeria vowed to strengthen bilateral cooperation, as well as their strategic coordination in international and regional affairs, while supporting each other on issues related to their own core interests.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). BRICS 'wall' mounts resistance to dollar. ecns.cn The nations that make up the BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — reportedly plan to introduce a joint currency backed by gold when they meet for their summit on Aug 22-24 in Johannesburg.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). SOEs help Yangtze delta get on faster development rails. ecns.cn Buoyed by the nation's efforts to upgrade infrastructure and the participation of State contractors, a high-speed railway building flurry in the Yangtze River Delta region is gathering speed despite the scorching temperatures.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Xi stresses key tasks on environment. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has called for stronger efforts to build a Beautiful China and to underpin the nation's high-quality growth with a high-quality ecological environment, saying that Beijing will remain unwavering in honoring its climate commitments.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Entities seek overseas IP protection. ecns.cn China has seen a rise in the number of domestic applications for international patents and trademarks, and its ability to resolve overseas intellectual property disputes has also improved, according to the country's top IP regulator.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). 5 Chinese students net Physics Olympiad gold. ecns.cn Five high school students from the Chinese mainland won gold medals at the 53rd International Physics Olympiad on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). NDRC vows policy boost for consumption, investment. ecns.cn China's top economic regulator pledged on Tuesday to roll out policies that would spur consumption and increase effective investment, as part of a package of measures to revive the economy amid the still-weak demand and a gloomy global outlook.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Police issue warning over QR scams. ecns.cn Beijing and Shanghai police have warned about a new type of scam involving packages containing phone stands.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Additional moves to boost consumption of household items. ecns.cn China will adopt targeted measures to bolster consumer spending on household items, as part of the country's efforts to promote the recovery and expansion of consumption and sustain a sound momentum in economic activities.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Country's path of peaceful development boon for world. ecns.cn Defense Minister Li Shangfu said on Tuesday that China's path of peaceful development is a boon for the world, and the United States should exercise sound strategic judgment in this regard.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Spectacular views of 'heavenly horses bathing in the river' in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Herdsmen drove horses to gallop in the river, with their hoofs flying and water splashing, presenting a shocking scene of "heavenly horses bathing in the river""ÄÄin Zhaosu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Monday. "ÄÄ…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-07-18). CELAC and EU Hold Summit After Eight-Year Absence Amid Strong Disagreements. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelan delegation leader Delcy Rodríguez said Europe's energy crisis was due in part to its support for sanctions.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). Chinese Election Interference: Five Eyes, NATO and the Ugly Truth of CSIS. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). 'So That Russians Don't Get It': Civilian Told How Ukrainian Tanks Destroyed Bakhmut. southfront.org

Anonymous765 (2023-07-18). Kiev Tries Flexing Its Diplomatic Muscles. southfront.org |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). US Military Researches In Ukraine And Worldwide Aimed To Create Artificially Controlled Epidemics — Russian MoD. southfront.org On July 18, the Russian Ministry of Defence revealed new details of the ongoing investigation of the military biological activities…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). Russia Highlights Western Hypocrisy By Terminating Grain Deal. southfront.org Illustrative Image"Decision to end grain deal is final," says Russian official. | UPDATE: Russia is ready to supply grain to African countries at no charge even without a "grain deal," said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation on July 18. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov announced that Russia is suspending compliance with its commitments under the Black Sea Grain Initiative but will re-implement the…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). War Crime: Azov Fighter Describes How He Killed Civilian In Mariupol. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). Putin Warns Kiev That Russia Will Reciprocate Cluster Munition Use. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageMusk highlights the grim situation Ukraine is in. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Western media has admitted that significant amounts of weapons sent to Kiev to battle Russian forces were destroyed or damaged in the first two weeks of the offensive, which would explain why the US took the evidently desperate action to transfer cluster bombs to the Kiev regime. Responding to this provocation, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that cl…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). Ousted Idol: Rare Bayraktar TB2 With MAM-L Bomb Shot Down In Kherson Region. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). Biden Administration Obstructing 'Ukraine Aid' Audits. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-18). Night Strikes On Ukrainian Ports Put An End To Kiev's Dreams Of Grain Deal Without Russia. southfront.org On July 17, Moscow suspended the grain deal. In his turn, Zelensky declared that "Ukraine intends to continue the implementation…

Anonymous765 (2023-07-18). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — July 18, 2023. southfront.org This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air win…

Anonymous767 (2023-07-18). Russian Forces Repelled One Of Largest Drone Attacks On Crimea. southfront.org The Kyiv regime has carried out a large-scale drone attack on the Russian Republic of Crimea on July 18 morning. The drone attack followed a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge carried out a day earlier. | Defense facilities of the Russian military was able to repel the mass drone strike on critical infrastructure in the east of Crimea. 17 drones were eliminated by air defenses while the rest was suppressed by EW measures. | An official statement of the Russian Defense Minist…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-18). Two Imperial scientists elected as EMBO members. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Professor Faith Osier and Dr Julien Vermot have been elected as members of EMBO.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-18). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Food Empowerment Project (2023-07-18). New Video Examines How Amy's Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers. indybay.org One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy's Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted.

UAW 2865 (2023-07-18). Wednesday 7/19: Stop Union Busting UAW 2865 and 5810 academic workers rally outside the UC Regents UCSF. indybay.org Rutter Center in San Francisco | UCSF Mission Bay Campus…

Revolution Books (2023-07-18). Tuesday 7/18: Discussion of the Film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-07-18). Friday 7/21: Take Revolution to the Movie Lines for the film Oppenheimer. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

LA Sentinel (2023-07-18). First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District. indybay.org Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District… stay tuned…

WorkWeek (2023-07-18). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

Planned Parenthood (2023-07-18). Wednesday 7/19: History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice Teach-in. indybay.org Online event | ACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning will be available.

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-18). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-18). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

SF Protests (2023-07-18). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-18). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

Art Persyko (2023-07-18). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

Julie Russell-Steuart (2023-07-18). Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective. indybay.org The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban.

Activista (2023-07-18). Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours. indybay.org Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto | 1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox…

CCL San Mateo Chapter, Youth Group (2023-07-18). Saturday 8/5: Climate Emergency: March & Rally for Climate Justice in San Mateo. indybay.org Central Park | 50 East 5th Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

NARAL Pro-Choice CA (2023-07-18). Wednesday 7/19: Reproductive Freedom Advocate Training w/ NARAL CA. indybay.org Virtual/online training workshop…

Oakland Privacy (2023-07-18). Tuesday 8/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

KQED San Francisco (2023-07-18). Thursday 9/7: Reclaiming Curanderismo: Pre-colonial Indigenous Healing Practices Across the Americas. indybay.org In-Person: The Commons room | KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco CA 94110 | Online via livestream…

EARTHDAY (2023-07-18). Monday 7/17: #PlasticPollution: How Plastic Threatens Human and Planetary Health. indybay.org Online event…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-07-18). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.

David Giesen (2023-07-18). Monday 7/17: Full Disclosure brain storming session: holding public persons and entities accountable. indybay.org Google Meet (online video conference): | meet.google.com/yqb-ndmw-vng…

United State of Women, partners (2023-07-18). Wednesday 7/19: Self-Managed Abortion On Our Own Terms: Barriers to Communities of Color & Criminalization. indybay.org Online event…

Angela (2023-07-18). Saturday 7/15: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "It's Better To Jump" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Rebecca Burns (2023-07-18). Insurers Exploit Climate Crisis To Gut Consumer Protections. levernews.com

The Lever (2023-07-18). üéß DECONSTRUCTED: An Inflation Solution That Doesn't Screw Workers. levernews.com Today, we're sharing an episode of the podcast Deconstructed from our friends over at

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newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Science Saturday: A novel testing approach for newly identified VEXAS syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org VEXAS syndrome is a severe autoinflammatory disease that results in a spectrum of rheumatologic and hematologic conditions. Mostly affecting men over age 50, VEXAS is caused by somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells, which is a gene located in the X chromosome. Until just a few years ago, patients presenting with features of VEXAS syndrome were not unified under a specific diagnosis. The underlying cause of newly identified VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people think that a breast health specialist only treats cancer, but the truth is that these doctors handle a wide range of breast-related conditions. Dr. Lauren Cornell, a Mayo Clinic breast medicine specialist, says there are many ways people can benefit from seeing a breast medicine expert. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? youtu.be/sU7I61tnxZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Proper posture and body alignment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17. Does it really matter if I'm slouching a bit? ANSWER: Though it may seem annoying, your grandmother is correct in that good posture supports good health. And starting good habits now, though it requires conscious effort, can help you…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist and director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic hosts RISE for Equity conference in Minneapolis Aug. 10-12. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Hundreds of healthcare professionals will gather Aug. 10-12 for Mayo Clinic's third annual RISE for Equity: Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen & Empower 2023 conference, an opportunity to advance national discussion and learn evidence-based practices to improving diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare. Keynote presentations by leading experts and panel discussions will cover topics such as health disparities, digital equity, artificial intelligence (AI) and coded bias, representation, and organizational belonging, among many others. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Laser ablation surgery helps treat young man's epilepsy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Epilepsy is a neurological condition where the normal electrical activity of the brain is disrupted, causing a seizure. It's fairly common. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 1 in 26 people have the disorder: Trevor Thompson is one. When medications failed to control his seizures, Trevor went looking for help. He found it at Mayo Clinic. Watch: Laser ablation surgery helps treat young man's epilepsy youtu.be/Xu79qPcrwFQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (2: 22) is in the downloads at the end…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London adds doctors in several medical specialties. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Mayo Clinic Healthcare is adding several doctors, including cardiologists, a gastroenterologist, experts in women's and men's health, and radiologists who specialize in a range of conditions and imaging techniques. Several of the doctors are multilingual. Mayo Clinic Healthcare, located at 15 Portland Place in the Harley Street Medical Area, provides personalised healthcare including specialized care, second opinions, advanced medical imaging and tailored wellness plans. The clinic also serves as a gateway to Mayo Clinic's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Yale University-Mayo Clinic CERSI Receive up to $50 Million FDA Grant to Advance Medical Research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI), a joint effort between Yale University, Mayo Clinic and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct research and develop tools to support regulatory decision-making, has received renewed FDA funding to advance its efforts to improve public health. The renewed funding — spanning 5 years and up to $50 million —will support a wide range of research projects focused on areas such as the development of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-18). Why LGBTQ+ adults should pay attention to heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent studies reveal a concerning trend in the cardiovascular health of LGBTQ+ adults. They experience worse heart health compared to their cisgender heterosexual peers. LGBTQ+ people also tend to have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains what may be putting LGBTQ+ adults at higher risk for cardiovascular disease and what can be done to lower their risk. Watch: The Mayo…

Marc Steiner (2023-07-18). Israel's war on Jenin and the push for 'final victory'. therealnews.com In the past year, the city of Jenin in the West Bank has become a particularly sharp thorn in the side of the Israeli occupation. On July 4th and 5th, Israeli forces swept into Jenin Refugee Camp in an attempt to suppress a rising armed resistance emanating from the area. Despite slaughtering 12 Palestinians, Israel accomplished little of military value in the operation, failing to flush out resistance forces or even take and hold the refugee camp. For all its brutal repression, the truth is that Israel today is far weaker than it has been in the past. Externally, international opinion, and particularly Jew…

Michael Fox (2023-07-18). Why the US can't ban Trump from politics like Brazil did to Bolsonaro. therealnews.com Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from holding political office for the next eight years. The country's Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that he had abused his political power, attacked the electoral system and misused the media. Analysts say he's likely to suffer more consequences, as this was just one of more than a dozen cases pending against the former president. | The ruling has left some wondering how Bolsonaro could be stripped of his right to hold office in Brazil, while his idol, Donald Trump, in the United States is still a leading candidate for the Republican nomination next…

Kwaneta Harris, Prism (2023-07-18). 'I wasn't sentenced to be cooked': Heat desperation in a Texas prison. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in TW: mentions of self-harm and suicide | His sweat drips into my drinking cup. I'm in solitary confinement, and I've waited nine hours for ice-cold water. Severe staff shortages mean the sergeant is distributing lunch. My thirsty eyes watch him fill my three cups with the cold water pitcher, mixing with his DNA. The ice machine is broken more than it works. I don't blame it; I'd quit too if I were the only thing making ice for more than 1,200 p…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-07-18). Hollywood executives bring industry to halt rather than pay workers a fair price. nationofchange.org Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry.

Robert S. Becker (2023-07-18). The terrorism of politicized religious zealots — where the 'sacred' end justifies 'absolutist' means. nationofchange.org When absolutes wither, so would the politicized weaponization of "faith alone" that rejects compromise or demonizes dissenters as sinful.

Brett Wilkins (2023-07-18). 'Five-alarm fire': GOP adds over 200 poison pills to House spending bills. nationofchange.org "We cannot allow policy that harms regular people, threatens our rights, hurts the environment, and does any number of other terrible things to ride along with the appropriations package," said Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert.

Luis Feliz Leon (2023-07-18). Michigan Amazon workers stage largest delivery station strike yet. nationofchange.org Across all industries, while worker productivity surged 62 percent from 1979 to 2020, average hourly pay crawled up just 17 percent when adjusted for inflation.

Editor (2023-07-18). Julian Assange Is 'Dangerously Close' to Extradition for Revealing US War Crimes. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-18). Brussels: Global Women For Peace United Against NATO Meet With EU Parliament, NATO Representatives. scheerpost.com By Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright / Popular Resistance The weekend before the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Global Women for Peace United against NATO representing women in 35 countries met July 6-9, 2023 for three days of peace discussions in Brussels, Belgium. I am writing with details of each of the excellent panels and webinars …

Editor (2023-07-18). Ukraine Again Bombs Crimean Bridge. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-18). UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine Into 'An Open-Air Prison' to Further Annexation Plans. scheerpost.com Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians as a people."

Editor (2023-07-18). How Harlan Crow Slashed His Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-18). NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability. scheerpost.com By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd / CounterPunch At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe "anchors for global security" when in reality there are no anchors during this increasingly dangerous and polarized time of never-ending war in Europe. Our NATO allies are not, as Biden would …

Editor (2023-07-18). FTC Chair's Efforts to Curb Corporate Power 'Raise Questions'—From Corporate America. scheerpost.com

Andy Kroll (2023-07-18). The Hype of a Nuclear "Renaissance" tomdispatch.com If you didn't know better, you'd think Lloyd Marbet was a dairy farmer or maybe a retired shop teacher. His beard is thick, soft, and gray, his hair pulled back in a small ponytail. In his mid-seventies, he still towers over nearly everyone. His handshake is firm, but there's nothing menacing about him. He lumbers around like a wise, old hobbling tortoise. We're standing in the deco lobby of the historic Kiggins Theater in downtown Vancouver, Washington, about to view a screening of Atomic Bamboozle, a remarkable new documentary by filmmaker Jan Haaken that examines the latest push for atomic power and a nuclear…

_____ (2023-07-18). 'British High Commissioner Does not Deserve to Serve in Cyprus'. strategic-culture.org By Staff Reporter | Join us on , , and . | British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq exceeded the limits and spoke in a hostile manner, 'foreign minister' in the north Tahsin Ertugruloglou told Kibris. | The comments considered…

_____ (2023-07-18). The Kremlinology of Joe Biden and the DNC. strategic-culture.org Should apparent efforts to replace the president atop the Democrat ticket be taken seriously? | By Curt MILLS | Join us on , , and . | It seems it's the season for half-hearted coups. | Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner priva…

_____ (2023-07-18). Higher Military Spending Will Save Democracy: So the 'Liberal' New York Times Says. strategic-culture.org So the "liberal" New York Times says | W.J. ASTORE | Join us on , , and . | Four days ago, I got a story in my New York Times email feed on "A Turning Point in Military Spending." The article celebrated the greater willingne…

_____ (2023-07-18). French Connection to Idlib. strategic-culture.org With the recent complete reversal of Turkish foreign policy it remains a mystery as to what is the future of Idlib. | Join us on , , and . | According to media reports, the French Intelligence have given information to Moham…

_____ (2023-07-18). In Sicily, Top of the Mountain, Watching the New Barbarians. strategic-culture.org You don't need to be Seneca to observe that Sicily embodies so many perfect archetypes of Beauty that it all seems superhuman, Pepe Escobar writes. | Join us on , , and . | It's another stunning sunset in the western edge of…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Puerto Rico: 47% Of Funds for Education Are Not Used. telesurenglish.net The Government of Puerto Rico must return by September 30 the 37% of the Emergency Support Fund for Elementary and Secondary Schools (ESSER) that was not used due to the pandemic. | Related: | The fact was revealed through a letter sent by the Federal Department of Education: | "The department is concerned about the lack of substantial progress by Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Education Department (PRDE) in complying with Section II of the specific condi…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). UN: Food Program for Haiti Reduced by 25%. telesurenglish.net The number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity is the second-highest in the world. They also represent one of the highest levels of chronic food insecurity, with 22 percent of children chronically malnourished. | The UN WFP says it will not be able to provide assistance to 100,000 people in urgent need in Haiti. Jul. 18, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Peoples' Summit 2023 Closed in Brussels. telesurenglish.net The Peoples' Summit 2023 concluded in Brussels on Tuesday with the reading of the meeting's final declaration at the headquarters of the European Parliament. | RELATED: | The meeting was attended by representatives of organizations, social movements, and trade unions from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The participants called for respect, peace, and reciprocity among nations. They proposed new forms of co…

Staff (2023-07-18). Specialized Technical Committee of AU Meets in Kenya. telesurenglish.net Kenya will host the sixth meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) of the African Union Commission from July 17 through 21. The meeting will discuss issues of development, planning, and African integration. | Related: | The gathering is held under the theme "Africa beyond the crisis: drawing up an agenda for investment, sustainable growth, and shared prosperity", the STC said. | The objectives of t…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Polisario Blocks Agreements Between the EU and Morocco. telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Mortar Warhead Explosion in Afghanistan Kills Three Children. telesurenglish.net Local authorities confirmed on Tuesday the death of three children in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan from the explosion of a mortar head left over from the war. | RELATED: | The children (two boys and a girl) died on the spot while playing in Jangal village in Dara-e-Suf Payan district on Monday. They mistook an explosive remnant of war for a toy, district director Mawlawi Shamsullah Shamshad has said. | According to the off…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). EU-CELAC Declaration Calls for Ending the US Blockade on Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) culminated in a joint declaration in favor of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo of the United States against Cuba. | RELATED: | The countries attending the Brussels high-level meeting also pointed out that the inclusion of Cuba in Washington's "List of State Sponsors of Terrorism" hinders…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Fentanyl is Solely US Problem, and It Blames China. telesurenglish.net The United States is the only country in the world that has been battling a grave opioid epidemic, and it is bent on blaming China. The abuse of opioids, particularly fentanyl, has overtaken gun violence and car accidents in recent years to become the leading cause of accidental deaths across the United States. | RELATED: | Analysts said that while there are mixed factors behind the crisis, Washington should face up to its own incompetence…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Venezuela Asks to Eliminate Blockades in CELAC-EU Summit. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez advocated for the elimination of blockades against nations during her participation in the summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) that takes place in Brussels, Belgium. | RELATED: | The Bolivarian leader called for the construction of a common action plan and agenda between Europe and Latin America t…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). The Brazilian Economy is Expected to Grow 2.24 Percent in 2023. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Brazilian Central Bank said that the financial market raised the country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast from 2.19 percent to 2.24 percent in 2023, and from 1.28 to 1.3 percent in 2024. | RELATED: | According to the bank's weekly survey of analysts at the country's leading financial institutions, at the start of this year, Brazil's expected GDP growth for the year was a scant 0.8 percent. | A…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Colombia and Portugal Join Forces to Produce Clean Energy. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the president of Colombia Gustavo Petro agreed with the Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa a roadmap for the production of clean energy. | RELATED: | Within the framework of the summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which is taking place in Brussels, they met under the common purpose of facing the consequences of climate change and to move forward t…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). We Need a More Cooperative, Fair, Supportive World Order: Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for the construction of fairer relations between European countries and Latin American nations. | RELATED: | "We can and must build better, fairer, and more balanced, supportive and cooperative relationships to improve the lives of our peoples", he said during the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Avalanche in Colombia Leaves Six Dead and Several Missing. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Alvaro Farfan, the Cundinamarca fire department delegate, confirmed that an avalanche of mud and water left at least six dead, six injured and several missing in the town of Quetame. | RELATED: | "At the moment we are carrying out a census to be able to establish if there are more missing persons," he said, adding that 35 people were evacuated from the village of Naranjal, where the tragedy occurred…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Palestinian Territories Face Unprecedentedly Complex Conditions. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned that the Palestinian territories are witnessing unprecedentedly complex conditions at all levels. | RELATED: | During a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah with Stephen Hickey, director of Middle East and North Africa Affairs at the British Foreign Office, Shtayyeh highlighted "the absence of a political horizon, the financial blockade, and the Israeli piracy of our…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). European Union to Invest 45 Billion Euros in Latin America. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the European Union (EU) committed to investing over 45 billion euros to support the bloc's reinforced partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean until 2027. | RELATED: | The EU's new Global Gateway Investment Agenda was presented by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a round table meeting on the sidelines of the third summit of the EU-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CE…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). About 1,000 Migrants Arrive in Lampedusa Every Day. telesurenglish.net Around 1,000 migrants are arriving on average each day at the Italian island of Lampedusa these days, causing its reception center to be overwhelmed with over 2,500 people. Despite daily transfers to other Italian locations, the center cannot empty out. | RELATED: | On Monday, approximately 1,100 migrants reached the small island, known as the gateway to Europe for those departing from North African coasts. Among the rec…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Peoples' Summit To Hold Closing Day in Brussels. telesurenglish.net Social movements and progressive forces of Latin America and Europe will end this Tuesday the Peoples' Summit in Brussels, Belgium. | Related: | The social meeting is taking place at the same time as the Third Summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which is attended by presidents and heads of state. | On the last day of the Peoples' Summit, the Free Univers…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). More Than 80% Of Peruvians Disapprove of President Boluarte. telesurenglish.net A new survey in Peru revealed that more than 80 percent of Peruvians disapprove of the administration of President-designate Dina Boluarte, a little more than six months into her term. | Related: | According to the CPI survey published by the Peruvian media RPP, the rejection of Dina Boluarte's government stood at 80.5 percent, while 14.4 percent approve of it. | According to the study, in the capital Lima the disapproval of Dina Boluarte is 68.7…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). US Blockade on Cuba Denounced by International Activists. telesurenglish.net On Monday, more than 150 social activists from over 20 Latin American, Caribbean, and European countries denounced the six-decade-long U.S. embargo on Cuba. | Related: | "The blockade affects Cuba's access to medicines, technology and the international market," Bolivian legislator Amanda Iriarte said in an official statement, noting that "this criminal policy must end." | Spanish activist Pol Iglesias said that h…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Greece: Wildfires Force Evacuations Near Athens. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Greek firefighters were battling wildfires near Kouvaras, a settlement some 30 km southeast of Athens, as well as in the vicinity of the seaside resort of Loutraki, about 80 km southwest of the capital, and at two other locations. | Related: | According to official reports, no injuries have been reported, but the blazes have caused significant property damage. | Moreover, at least five settlements, along with a numb…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Gaza: +9000 Cancer Patients Suffer From Medicine Shortages. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Palestinian health authorities said that the lack of medicines threatens the lives of more than 9,000 cancer patients in the Gaza Strip. | Related: | "Cancer patients in the Gaza Strip suffer from a lack of diagnostic and treatment capabilities, with the increasing number of cancer patients among the population of the Gaza Strip," Subhi Skaik, director general of the Gaza Cancer Center, said at a press conference. | Accord…

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-18). República Saharaui rechaza decisión de Israel sobre su soberanía. telesurtv.net El Gobierno y el Frente Polisario resaltaron que estas declaraciones sólo fortalecerán la determinación del pueblo saharaui por continuar su lucha.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-18). Canciller de Venezuela insta a construir un mundo diferente. telesurtv.net Gil resaltó las alianzas del capitalismo con el fascismo en distintos momentos de la historia, y destacó que en los últimos tiempos, se evidencian en el avance de las derechas.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-18). Juez ordena investigar a funcionario del TSE de Guatemala. telesurtv.net El pasado miércoles Orellana le ordenó a Muñoz que en un plazo de 24 horas le suspendiera la personería jurídica a Semilla…

teleSUR, odr, EFE (2023-07-18). Costa Rica acogerá reunión de ministros de Agricultura de América. telesurtv.net El encuentro busca proponer medidas para enfrentar la crisis del agua y fortalecer la seguridad alimentaria.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-18). Eligen a Colombia como sede de próxima cumbre Celac-UE en 2025. telesurtv.net El embajador Rojas destacó que la decisión es un "importante reconocimiento al liderazgo del presidente Gustavo Petro".

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-18). Gobierno de Nicaragua no firma declaración de Cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net El texto fue rubricado por el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de ese país, Denis Moncada Colindres.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-18). Presidentes de Bolivia y Francia marcan agenda común en Bélgica. telesurtv.net El presidente de Bolivia valoró la reunión en Bruselas como "un espacio de diálogo que cobra una relevancia particular en medio de la construcción de nuevos enfoques de integración.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-18). Alertan sobre aumento de dengue en niños dominicanos. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a fuentes médicas, también se detectó un incremento en los pacientes pediátricos ingresados con enfermedades respiratorias.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-18). Irán y Rusia buscan fecha de reunión cuatripartita sobre Siria. telesurtv.net En mayo ocurrió primer encuentro de estos cancilleres para elaborar hoja de ruta que normalice los lazos turco-sirios.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-18). Siria condena ingreso ilegal de delegación diplomática francesa. telesurtv.net La cancillería destacó que ese país "recuerda al gobierno francés que la lucha contra el terrorismo debe ser en colaboración con el Estado sirio".

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-18). Submarino nuclear de EE.UU. arriba a Busán, Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El coordinador para el Indopacífico del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., Kurt Campbell, confirmó el arribo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-18). Clausuran Cumbre de los Pueblos 2023 en Bruselas. telesurtv.net En la sede del Parlamento Europeo, los organizadores presentaron las concluciones del encuentro que se realizó en paralelo a la III Cumbre Celac-UE.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-18). Metalúrgicos argentinos van al paro en defensa de sus salarios. telesurtv.net El gremio se inclinó por las movilizaciones tras la negativa del empresariado de conceder el aumento salarial reclamado por los obreros durante las negociaciones paritarias.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-18). China y EE. UU. afirman promover el desarrollo saludable. telesurtv.net China está dispuesta a fortalecer la comunicación con los EE. UU. y abordar juntos el cambio climático.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-18). Líderes de UE y Celac valoran como positivos resultados de III Cumbre. telesurtv.net La Unión Europea y la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, se pronunciaron a favor de poner fin al embargo económico, comercial y financiero de EE.UU. a Cuba…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-18). Más de 10 años de cárcel al ex presidente panameño Martinelli. telesurtv.net Como pena accesoria, al político de 71 años le fue impuesta una multa equivalente a 19.221.600,48 de dólares.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-18). Sube a 14 cifra de muertos tras avalancha en Cundinamarca. telesurtv.net La Policía y la Unidad de Gestión del Riesgo se encuentran en el lugar de los hechos ejecutando las labores de rescate.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-18). ONU alerta que las olas de calor serán cada vez más intensas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades meteorológicas señalaron que el fenómeno El Niño amplificará la incidencia del calor extremo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-18). Cuba favorece mejorar relaciones entre bloques regionales. telesurtv.net El presidente de Cuba aseveró en cumbre Celac-UE que América Latina y el Caribe no es el traspatio de EE.UU. y no aceptará que se le trate como suministrador de materias primas.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-18). Continúan protestas contra reformas judiciales en Israel. telesurtv.net La Policía confirmó la detención de más de 15 personas, 14 en el centro del país, una en la capital y otras dos en la región costera.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-18). Venezuela aboga por eliminar desigualdades y bloqueos a las naciones. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta ejecutiva de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, participó en la III Cumbre de jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Celac-UE.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-18). Gobierno de Perú dispone medidas represivas ante Toma de Lima. telesurtv.net Despliegan unos 24.000 policías, 11.000 de ellos en Lima, en cuyos accesos se han situado controles para registrar y fichar a quienes llegan desde las provincias para tomar parte en la protesta.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-18). Rusia realiza ataque de represalia por ataque de Ucrania en Crimea. telesurtv.net Según Moscú, se atacaron instalaciones donde preparaban actos terroristas contra Rusia con uso de lanchas no tripuladas.

Staff (2023-07-18). Liberan a detenidos tras manifestarse contra reforma en Jujuy. telesurtv.net Nueve personas que permanecían detenidas en el penal del barrio Alto Comedero, de San Salvador de Jujuy, acusadas de cometer delitos en protestas contra la reforma constitucional.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-18). Rusia frustra nuevo intento de atentado terrorista ucraniano. telesurtv.net Ministerio de Defensa de ruso asegura que el intento frustrado no causó víctimas ni daños.

Amy Goodman (2023-07-18). Palestinians Say US Is "Normalizing Apartheid" by Hosting Israeli President. truthout.org As President Biden meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House today, several progressive Democrats have announced plans to boycott Herzog's address to a joint session of Congress. This comes after Biden invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the United States this year despite recently criticizing the makeup of Netanyahu's far-right Cabinet as "one of the most… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). 7 in 10 Americans Support Passage of Pro-Union PRO Act, Poll Finds. truthout.org With labor activity making headlines across the U.S. and wealth inequality at all-time highs, new polling finds overwhelming support among the public for a slate of pro-worker bills advanced by Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vermont) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee last month. According to polling by Data for Progress released Tuesday, all three bills passed by the committee last… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-18). TV Ad in Ohio Tries to Scare Voters With Drag Queens to Thwart Abortion Rights. truthout.org In response to a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in Ohio, the GOP has called a special election to take place in August as a last-ditch effort to raise the threshold for any ballot measure to pass from a simple majority to a supermajority. Protect Women Ohio, a group which aims to thwart the ballot measure on abortion, recently released its first TV ad, which doesn't mention… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-18). Trump Says DOJ Will Soon Charge Him Over His Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election. truthout.org On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump indicated that he is a target of Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack and other efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Using derisive language typical of Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner suggested, without proof, that the pending charges against him were… |

Cody Bloomfield (2023-07-18). Activists Are Working to Give the People of Atlanta a Chance to Vote on Cop City. truthout.org When it comes to Atlanta's planned $90 million police training center, widely dubbed "Cop City," the project's nonprofit backer, the Atlanta Police Foundation, has long run a reality deficit, trading on political power to support factually improbable claims while keeping the public in the dark. In 2021, Atlanta City Council approved a lease of public Intrenchment Creek Park land… |

Nadra Nittle (2023-07-18). Minnesota Students Now Get Free Breakfast and Lunch. Will Other States Follow? truthout.org Heather Gustafson knows what it's like to struggle to keep money in her children's meal accounts at school. Now a Minnesota state senator, Gustafson spent several years as a single mother raising four kids on a modest teacher's salary. Although she suspects her income would've qualified her children to receive free or reduced-price school lunch, she never completed the paperwork to determine their… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). House Wastes No Time Crafting Pro-Israel Resolution After Jayapal Criticism. truthout.org The House is set to vote on a resolution today pledging the U.S.'s allegiance to Israel in perpetuity and outright denying Israel's human rights violations, seemingly in order to isolate and punish Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) over a comment criticizing the state over the weekend. The one-page resolution, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), states that "Israel is not a racist or… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). Senator: Republicans Will "100 Percent" Pass Abortion Ban If They Win Congress. truthout.org State-level abortion bans are wreaking havoc across the country, criminalizing abortion seekers, putting people's lives at risk, and eroding access to reproductive care at large. But Republicans won't be satisfied to just stop at the state-level, one Democrat is warning: They want to ban abortion nationwide. On Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) warned of the dire consequences for abortion… |

Jake Johnson (2023-07-18). Sanders Files NDAA Amendment Cutting Budget of Audit-Failing Pentagon by 10%. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders has filed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would cut the U.S. military's historically large budget by 10%, penalize the Pentagon if it fails another audit, and spotlight fraud committed by defense contractors. The Vermont Independent's efforts to rein in Pentagon spending come after the Republican-controlled House passed its version of the National… |

Sasha Abramsky (2023-07-18). Will UK Conservative Party Lose Parliamentary Seats Amid Multi-Sector Strikes? truthout.org Later this week, the ruling U.K. Conservative Party faces three by-elections for parliamentary seats left vacant by resignations. One of them is disgraced ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's west London seat; another is an ultra-safe Conservative seat in northern England; and the third is a safe Conservative seat in the south of the country. If the polls are to be believed, the party is in danger of… |

Chris Walker (2023-07-18). Iowa Judge Blocks Newly Passed 6-Week Abortion Ban. truthout.org A district judge in Iowa has placed an indefinite hold on a recently passed statewide ban on abortion at six weeks, which had passed last week after a special session was convened by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. Polk County District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin issued his ruling on Monday, putting an injunction on the law while a lawsuit challenging it runs its course. "The current state of the law… |

Igor Derysh (2023-07-18). Georgia Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Trump's Attempt to Quash Investigation. truthout.org The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump's long-shot bid to throw out a special grand jury's investigative findings and disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the proceedings. The court, whose nine justices were mostly appointed by Republican governors, unanimously rejected Trump's motion just three days after he filed it. |

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-18). The Gender Dysphoria Contradiction & Are Sexual Predators Using The Trans Movement? thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/18/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

WSWS (2023-07-18). Hundreds of refugees missing near the Canary Islands. wsws.org The European Union is responsible for the mass death: its refugee policy deliberately aims to let people die of thirst or drown in order to prevent others from fleeing to Europe.

WSWS (2023-07-18). "It's happening in France, now it's our turn": Chicago Ford workers speak on contract fight, growing strike wave in US and worldwide. wsws.org Ford workers at the Chicago assembly and stamping plants discussed their contract fight and broader issues, including the threat of war.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Kevin Spacey defence completes evidence in sexual assault trial in London. wsws.org In testimony to the court last week, July 13 and 14, Spacey rejected allegations that he was a "big sexual bully" who abused his fame and power to make his alleged victims "feel powerless and uncomfortable."

WSWS (2023-07-18). Halt the "critical status" nightmare! Restore the 8-hour day! Prepare a national strike by all Stellantis, GM and Ford workers! wsws.org The Warren Truck Rank-And-File Committee is calling for the unity of all Stellantis autoworkers against the imposition of seven-day operations and shifts up to 12 hours.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Teamsters president holds UPS rally in New York with head of UAW, strikebreaking Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez. wsws.org Teamsters head Sean O'Brien admitted that the union would keep workers on the job past the August 1 deadline in the event of a last-minute deal, violating their own pledge to strike UPS by the end of the month.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Professors, students and teachers are protesting illegal arrests of 22 students in Juyjuy Province while grocery workers in Metro Toronto are set to strike midnight Tuesday…

WSWS (2023-07-18). Ukraine attacks Kerch Bridge to Crimea. wsws.org The Ukrainian military was reported to be behind an attack Monday on the Kerch Bridge that links Crimea to the Russian mainland.

WSWS (2023-07-18). US flying blind amid warnings of new COVID-19 surge. wsws.org Times writer David Leonhardt omits the words "variant," "evolution," "Long COVID," "cases," "testing" and "wastewater" from his article, because each of these facets of the pandemic shows that it is ongoing and remains a threat to masses of people globally.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Letter carrier, who died on the job in Texas heatwave, received a disciplinary letter less than a month before his death. wsws.org "It is entirely possible this may have pushed him harder in the heat," Eugene Gates' widow told WFAA. "He was 66. He might be a little slower than others, and they tell him to pick up the pace? My god, that's an insult to him."

WSWS (2023-07-18). US presidential candidates report over $125 million raised in initial batch of campaign disclosure reports. wsws.org The figures reported over the weekend show that big money donors have thrown their weight behind DeSantis, Biden and Trump, who combined reported raising nearly $60 million, while former Vice President Mike Pence reported an anemic $1.2 million.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Striking film and television actors and writers in California and New York: "There are too many people who cannot get along, so we're not going to accept it" wsws.org Tens of thousands of film and television writers and actors in the US are exhibiting tremendous commitment to their joint strike against the multi-billion-dollar entertainment and media monopolies.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Costa Rican workers strike against health care privatization. wsws.org The working class has demonstrated its resolve to resist the decades-long wave of social cuts, but is repeatedly betrayed by the trade union bureaucracy and its pseudo-left apologists.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Turkey's Erdoğan depicted as "anti-imperialist leader" by Brazilian pseudo-left PCO. wsws.org While broad sectors of the pseudo-left have embraced the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine, groups like the Workers Cause Party in Brazil seek to divert opposition to imperialism into support for bourgeois nationalism.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Free trade giving way to hi-tech war. wsws.org The Biden administration is providing major subsidies to high-tech firms which base all or part of their operations in the US leading to what has been described as a global subsidies race.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Solomon Islands' prime minister visits China, extends "strategic partnership" wsws.org The imperialist logic of US-Australian geopolitics threatens a stepped up "regime change" operation against the democratically-elected Solomon Islands government.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Stop the United Steelworkers bureaucracy's threats against the National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee and intimidation of its supporters! wsws.org "We're at a crossroads. If the USW bureaucracy remains in control of this strike, it will starve us into submission, so that the next rotten offer will look enticing by comparison. Can anyone argue otherwise? None of us can survive for long on $260 per week."

WSWS (2023-07-18). Australian universities defunded by successive governments. wsws.org Governments, both Labor and Liberal-National, have forced universities to rely ever-more heavily on private sources of cash, particularly full fee-paying international students and corporate partnerships.

WSWS (2023-07-18). Leading House Democrat retracts and apologizes for criticism of Israel. wsws.org Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was in headlong retreat after her truthful remark that Israel is a racist state came under fire.

infobrics (2023-07-18). What Happens If Middle East Countries Join BRICS?>. infobrics.org Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) countries have not yet established a common currency. However, if we assume that they would create a new currency and oil-rich Middle East nations accept it, several things could happen. Many U.S. sectors could take a hit if Middle East countries reject the dollar and use the new BRICS currency…

infobrics (2023-07-18). A New Path to Economic Power Is Imminent Through BRICS>. infobrics.org South Africa will be chairing the BRICS group of countries under the theme, 'BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism'

infobrics (2023-07-18). BRICS Is a Reflection of the Change in the Global Scale. infobrics.org For those who still wonder what the BRICS is, it simply stands for the five emerging economies — namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — and its goal is to promote peace, security, development and cooperation. Due to the potential of these countries in becoming major economic powers, their impact on the international arena based on their growing economic strength and relevance globally is a factor as to why the union was made in the first place, notwithstanding their sweeping population and substantial natural resources…

infobrics (2023-07-18). Why Russia might retire its 'Peter the Great' nuclear-powered battlecruiser. infobrics.org Due to unrivaled advances in Russian missile capabilities, particularly the development of the scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missiles such as "Zircon", as well as the hybrid subsonic-supersonic family of "Kalibr" missiles, both of which are highly compact, even smaller Russian warships have become capable of engaging targets at extreme ranges.

infobrics (2023-07-18). New attack on Crimean Bridge shows terrorist nature of Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime. infobrics.org Unable to win militarily, Kiev focuses on terrorist tactics in its so-called "counteroffensive".

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-18). Persecution of Protesters Intensifies in Argentina's Jujuy: Police Raid Homes, Break Into University, and Arrest Protesters. orinocotribune.com The police raids of activists' homes, the university, and arrests have been condemned by human rights organizations across Argentina who have raised concerns about respect for human rights in the Jujuy province | The judiciary of Argentina's Jujuy province, on Wednesday, July 12, ordered the arrest of over 40 people, who participated in a massive march in the city of Humahuaca on June 30. The march was organized in rejection of the reforms to the Provincial Constitution, promoted by conservative Governor Gerardo Morales of the right-wing Radical Civic Union party. | According to reports from provincial human righ…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-18). Economists Blast Menendez for 'False Narrative' About Crises in Cuba, Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Arturo Domínguez — Jul 14, 2023 | Bob Menendez (D-NJ) for recent remarks he made about First, a bit of backstory… | On May 10, Reps.

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-18). Governments in the Region Will Study Resumption of Venezuela Dialogue. orinocotribune.com

ddorinoco (2023-07-18). Venezuela and Russia Strengthen Energy Ties With Joint Declaration. orinocotribune.com The event took place during a preparatory meeting for the upcoming October meeting. | In a significant move to bolster cooperation between the two nations, Venezuela and Russia signed a joint declaration on energy matters this Monday. | The news came to light through Petroleos de Venezuela's social media channels, where they announced that the Minister of Petroleum and Mining, Pedro Tellechea, signed a declaration with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Chair of the High-Level Intergovernmental Russia—Venezuela Commission Alexander Novak focusing on energy development. | The signing took place ahead of a…

ddorinoco (2023-07-18). Who Is Interested in Venezuela's Opposition Primaries? orinocotribune.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-18). Ukraine's Intelligence Behind New Sabotage on Crimean Bridge. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson reports that the "Kiev terrorist regime is behind the attack on the Crimean Bridge," with Ukrainian media confirming the statements. | Ukraine's domestic security agency and navy were behind Monday's incident at the Crimean Bridge, anonymous sources told AFP. | Suspilne and Ukrainska Pravda, both Ukrainian state broadcasters, also provided little specifics about an operation they alleged involved the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the navy, although Suspilne reported its sources as stating the bridge was struck using underwater drones. | Suspilne quoted a navy spokesp…

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-18). Venezuela's Military Locates and Destroys Illegal Mining Equipment. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force of Venezuela (FANB) has found and destroyed 14 engines that were used for illegal mining in a forest in Bolívar state. | On Saturday, July 15, the head of the Strategic Operational Command of the FANB (CEOFANB), General Domingo Hernández Lárez, posted the information on his social media. | En operaciones de búsqueda, detección y desmantelamiento de actividades ilegales en las reservas forestales y parques nacionales del estado Bolívar,

Staff (2023-07-18). Delcy Rodríguez in Brussels: Fascism Will Not Be Tolerated in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, stated at the People's Summit, organized by grassroots organizations in Brussels in parallel to the CELAC-EU Summit, that Latin America and the Caribbean have been careful so that fascism does not grab political power in the region. | "We can say that we are trying to keep fascism away from power in Latin America, and if these ideologies reach political power, we know that it would be costly for our peoples," the Venezuelan vice president said on Monday, July 17, during her participation in the People's Summit plenary. | "If something defines this period of Venezu…

Ariel Gold (2023-07-18). The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams. orinocotribune.com By Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler — Jul 14, 2023 | To honor those who have died and suffered from the fires Biden nominee Elliott Abrams lit and fanned abroad, we must stop his appointment. | It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was saying mass at a church hospital in San Salvador when a bullet from a sniper rifle ripped through his heart. He stumbled and fell to the ground, dead. | Romero started life and ministry as a conservative. But, after his friend Rev. Rutilio Grande was assassinated to discourage other faith leaders from supporting Salvadorian peasan…

manager (2023-07-18). Haiti News Round-up: Two Years Since the Assassination of Haiti's President. cepr.net July 7 marked two years since President Jovenel MoàØse's assassination. The Office of Civil Protection in Haiti denounced the "unacceptable slowness" of the investigation in Haiti, while calling for greater protection for Judge Walter Wesser Voltaire. He is the fifth judge to oversee the case after others resigned for personal reasons, or were replaced. The …

Deb Sitarski (2023-07-18). What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty. otherwords.org If my decades of work as a social worker taught me one great lesson, it's this. Poverty is an entrenched system of political choices by self-serving lawmakers, not a personal failing of ordinary people. Poverty is not, and never has been, a crime. | I've worked with many economically struggling people. I grew up in meager circumstances myself and well remember the stigma and shame of having to do without. | And this I can tell you: Not one person I've ever met wants to be poor, sick, disabled, struggling, or on the receiving end of public assistance programs. These programs are vital but often inadequate and diff…

Mariana àÅlvarez Orellana (2023-07-18). Nueva ola de protestas en Perú reclama la renuncia de Boluarte. globalizacion.ca La repudiada presidenta Dina Boluarte, rechazada por más del 80 por ciento del país según las encuestas, enfrenta desde este miércoles 19 una nueva oleada de protestas, exigiendo su renuncia: este miércoles 19 los principales sindicatos y organizaciones sociales han…

Isabella Arria (2023-07-18). Países de Asia, àÅfrica, América Latina y Oceanía quieren sumarse a los BRICS. globalizacion.ca Un total de 13 países mostraron interés en formar parte del grupo BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, la India, China y Sudáfrica), una asociación económico-comercial intergubernamental informal de cinco países en rápido desarrollo, donde se plantea el objetivo de desarrollar el diálogo…

Pavel Gerardo Vega (2023-07-18). Guatemala: Suspender al Movimiento Semilla, crónica de un atentado contra la voluntad popular. globalizacion.ca El proceso de reconteo de actas de la primera vuelta de las elecciones acaba en más incertidumbre: por un lado el Tribunal Supremo Electoral oficializa el balotaje entre Sandra Torres y el candidato sorpresa Bernardo Arévalo, y por el otro…

Gustavo Espinoza M. (2023-07-18). Perú — Lo que se viene. globalizacion.ca Los próximos días, serán convulsos. En todo el país —y no solo en Lima- se movilizarán decenas de miles de personas convocadas por un programa mínimo, hoy reducido a 2 puntos: la renuncia de Dina Boluarte y el cierre del…

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2023-07-18). øSe puede detener el caos climático? globalizacion.ca El cambio climático es la crisis definitoria de nuestro tiempo y está ocurriendo aún más rápido de lo que temíamos; pero estamos lejos de no poder hacer nada ante esta amenaza global. Como indicó el Secretario General de Naciones Unidas,…

Eduardo Aliverti (2023-07-18). Argentina — Jujuy, las elecciones, su ruta. globalizacion.ca Las novedades políticas de estos días son que prácticamente no hay ninguna de relevancia mayor. El resultado de las primarias santafesinas puede ser significativo, pero no es seguro. Sobre el resto, hay un acumulado de conjeturas y nada más. La…

Alejandro Marcó del Pont (2023-07-18). øQuién gobierna en realidad? globalizacion.ca Dios no es el único que para reinar no tuvo que dejarse ver. Es cierto que estamos viendo cómo el mapa mundial se está reestructurando, pasando de aquellos dos bloques de la Guerra Fría a un contexto múltiple en el…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-07-18). Is Africa's "Peace Initiative" Directed against Russia? The St Petersburg Russia-Africa Summit. globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2023-07-18). Guantanamo. "Enhanced interrogation" Techniques: British Intelligence in the Dock for CIA Torture. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-18). Climate Instability Worldwide: Does the US Military "Own the Weather"? "Weaponizing the Weather" as an Instrument of Modern Warfare? globalresearch.ca Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, "offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary", capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes…

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-07-18). Video: The Covid-19 "Vaccine": Canada's Dr. Mark Trozzi Targeted for Speaking the Truth. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-07-18). That Sour Tonic Known as Truth. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-07-18). NATO Summit Serves Up Cringe Nothing-Burger. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2023-07-18). Putin Rejects South Africa's Request to Not Attend BRICS Summit Over ICC Arrest Warrant. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-07-18). Video: "Definitive Proof the COVID-19 Vaccines are Causing Death". Kim Iversen Interviews Peter McCullough. globalresearch.ca

Ted Galen Carpenter (2023-07-18). Is the United States Pursuing a Permanent Cold War with Russia? globalresearch.ca

Rep. Ron Paul (2023-07-18). Biden Is Calling Up Military Reserves…Are Your Kids Next? globalresearch.ca

Megan Sherman (2023-07-18). Capitalism's Failed Paradigm. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-18). Young Teachers (COVID-19 Vaccinated) Who Died Suddenly During March 2023. 14 Sudden Deaths Examined. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-18). Pilot Incapacitation: Passenger Took Control of Small Plane, 2006 Piper Meridian, After Pilot Collapsed and Crash Landed Near Runway at Martha's Vineyard Airport on July 16, 2023. Both Survived! globalresearch.ca

Philip Giraldi (2023-07-18). A Bit of Political Theater in Vilnius. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2023-07-18). What If — John Lennon Was the Ultimate Visionary Predicting the Times of Globalization and the Doctrine of Globalism. globalresearch.ca

Andrea Peters (2023-07-18). Impoverishing Ukraine: What the US and the EU Have Been Doing to the Country for the Past 30 Years. globalresearch.ca

Shane Quinn (2023-07-18). History of World War II: Axis Powers Position Weakens in North Africa. globalresearch.ca

Jeffrey D. Sachs (2023-07-18). The Real History of the War in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-07-18). Record Speed on AI Implementation. globalresearch.ca

OHCFHR (2023-07-18). Palestinians Face Existential Threat. Palestine Transformed Into "Surveilled Open Air Prison" globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-18). Selected Articles: NATO Summit Aftermath. globalresearch.ca By NATO didn't completely ditch him. Zelensky clearly didn't get what he wanted in terms of a more definitive road map for joining NATO, along with the number and specific types …

Michael Averko (2023-07-18). NATO Summit Aftermath: Zelensky, "NATO didn't completely ditch him" globalresearch.ca

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-07-18). Reject U.S./U.N./CARICOM Plan for an Armed Intervention of Haiti. Black Alliance for Peace. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Rare three-stream tidal bores converge in Qiantang River. ecns.cn The tides, rolling in from three directions, formed a shrinking triangle as they converged in Qiantang River.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China plans new policies to spur consumption. ecns.cn China will roll out policies to restore and expand consumption in a bid to further revive domestic demand, the country's top economic regulator said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference kicks off in Xiamen. ecns.cn An opening ceremony of 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference is held in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, July 18, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Flower girl in ancient Chinese attire along West Lake banks in E China's Hangzhou becomes popular on internet. ecns.cn The flower girl wearing ancient Chinese attire along the West Lake banks in east China's Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, becomes popular on the internet.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Wang Yi: China ready to work with U.S. on climate change. ecns.cn China stands ready to strengthen communication with the United States to jointly tackle climate change, senior diplomat Wang Yi said in Beijing on Tuesday, urging the U.S. to adopt a China policy that is reasonable, pragmatic and positive.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Surface temperature at Xinjiang tourist spot reaches 80C. ecns.cn The surface temperature in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region recently hit 80C, as a heatwave engulfed large swathes of North China. Yet this stultifying temperature did not stop tourists from flooding in.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Guangxi braces for rains, floods as Typhoon Talim makes landfall. ecns.cn Typhoon Talim, the fourth typhoon this year, landed in the coastal area of Guangxi early Tuesday and brought about strong winds and heavy rainfall to the southern Chinese provinces.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Chengdu ready to welcome giant panda from France. ecns.cn The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has completed necessary preparations to welcome Yuan Meng from France, the base said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Japanese companies willing to expand in Chinese market. ecns.cn The Chinese path to modernization will provide broader growth opportunities for Japanese companies and the Chinese government to create a more favorable environment for global businesses investing in China.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Taiwan youth visit ocean patrol ship in Fujian. ecns.cn Sixty-five young people from Taiwan and Fujian provinces visited the Haixun 06, a patrol and rescue vessel in the Taiwan Strait, and watched a maritime and air search and rescue drill in the waters off Mawei of Fuzhou, Fujian on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China, ASEAN have pursued right path of friendship, common development: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The adoption of the ASEAN-China Joint Statement helps promote the purposes and principles of the Treaty and carry forward the Asian way and wisdom and contributes to practicing true multilateralism and upholding the rules and order in the region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Fossilized human parietal bone discovered at Zhoukoudian site in Beijing. ecns.cn A fossilized human parietal bone was discovered in Location 15 at the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Giant artwork 'grows' on rice paddies in SW China's Yunnan. ecns.cn A giant rice field painting "growing" on rice paddies enters best viewing season in Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 17, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China claims first team acrobatic title at Aquatics worlds. ecns.cn China, consisting of one man and seven women and leading the qualifying round with 236.0733, bettered their performance in the final with 238.0033 points for the gold medal.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). First batch of overseas delegation arrives in Chengdu. ecns.cn The first batch of overseas guests as seven officials with the Brazilian delegation arrived in Chengdu on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Sea waters turned into marine ranches in Shandong. ecns.cn Aerial view of a marine ranch in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, July 17, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Insights | South Korean student: China develops rapidly, with mobile payment widely used in China. ecns.cn "China is developing rapidly," said Bae Eun Yeong, an international student from South Korea when talking about her experience in China. She said that mobile payment has been popularized in China and its various technologies are very advanced, which have changed her previous impressions of China. Bae Eun Yeong also highly praised that China is very friendly to international students, providing a wide variety of international study programs.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Ministry, private sector launch graduate employment campaign. ecns.cn The national college students employment service platform has launched a special campaign for college graduates that have not yet found jobs, the Ministry of Education said on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Xplorer Prize announced for young Chinese scientists to explore the unexplored. ecns.cn A cohort of 48 young scientists were awarded on Monday with this year's Xplorer Prize, a science award initiated by the Tencent Foundation and a number of renowned scientists to encourage talents to concentrate on fundamental science and research disruptive technologies.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Attempts to ban Chinese ownership of US land advance to federal level. ecns.cn The controversial legislation that some U.S. states have proposed to bar Chinese from owning land could be federalized, as some members of Congress have introduced a similar bill targeting Chinese citizens.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China's first homegrown large cruise ship starts sea trail. ecns.cn China's groundbreaking cruise ship, Adora Magic City, the world's first domestically made large cruise vessel with 5G capabilities, started its maiden sea trial on Monday, according to Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. under the China State Shipbuilding Corp.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Insights | Australian sinologist: Great accomplishments of China couldn't have been obtained without CPC. ecns.cn The year 2023 marks the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In a recent exclusive interview with China News Network, Colin Mackerras, an Australian sinologist, highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas and pointed out that those achievements of China, from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and to promoting the status of women, could not have been obtained without the CPC's leadership.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Nation's CO2 trading efforts seen spurring renewables, climate action. ecns.cn China's carbon emissions trading scheme will play a critical role in reducing costs of carbon reduction and spur the development of renewable energy resources in the country.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). EU and Tunisia sign 'strategic' deal on migration. ecns.cn The European Union has finalized an agreement with Tunisia that aims to strengthen trade links between the 27-member bloc and the North African country.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Power firms shifting focus to green projects. ecns.cn Chinese power companies are increasingly focusing on renewable energy projects such as solar and wind power globally, an industry report showed.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Egyptian court sentences activist and scholar Patrick George Zaki to three years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Patrick George Zaki has been accused of disseminating false news about the country's internal conditions to disturb security and social peace. His case is emblematic of the large-scale crackdown by the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi government on rights and freedoms in Egypt…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Israel recognizes Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. peoplesdispatch.org Israel is now among the handful of countries which have extended their recognition to the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. It follows in the footsteps of the US which did so during the presidency of Donald Trump in 2020…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Debt is grinding down developing countries but there is no plan for relief. peoplesdispatch.org Two reports which came out last week point out that a large number of developing countries are spending more on repayment of debt than on the development of social sectors such as health and education…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-07-18). "There can be no justice until capitalism is removed from the Earth" peoplesdispatch.org As the 'Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism' conference kicks off in South Africa, peoples' movements and organizations have convened to discuss concrete strategies for a united struggle against the violence of capitalism and imperialism…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-07-18). Ukraine war takes toll on UK politics. peoplesdispatch.org UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that he will be leaving the cabinet and quitting politics is much more than about himself or British politics. It is likely that US President Joe Biden's vetoing of his candidacy for…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Houthis say YouTube's ban on its channels in Yemen is part of West-imposed media blockade. peoplesdispatch.org Over a dozen YouTube channels with hundreds of thousands followers belonging to different groups in Houthi-run areas of Yemen were blocked on Monday. Ansar Allah called the ban arbitrary and an act of "intellectual terrorism…

Zoe Alexandra (2023-07-18). Peruvians to hit the streets for 'Third Takeover of Lima'. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands are expected to arrive to Peru's capital city Lima to participate in a fresh round of protests to call for the resignation of Dina Boluarte who took office after the coup against Pedro Castillo…

Lindsay Koshgarian (2023-07-18). The Culture Wars Are Hijacking Debate On the Military Budget. progressive.org Republicans want to fill the defense bill with bans on abortion, trans health care, and racial diversity initiatives in the military.

David Helvarg (2023-07-18). The Climate Catastrophe Is Already Here. progressive.org From wildfires and floods to record heat, it's clear we're at the point of needing to save what we can while we can.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-18). Extreme weather events hit U.S. states. america.cgtn.com This summer in North America has already been one of many extremes when it comes to weather events.

Frances Kuo (2023-07-18). Entrepreneur brings her Chinese heritage to oatmeal. america.cgtn.com Nostalgic for the familiar taste of home, the founder of Yishi Foods, set out to create oatmeal flavors inspired by her heritage. CGTN's Frances Kuo learns about the history of this company and how it has grown.

CODEPINK (2023-07-18). CODEPINK's statement on 2023 NATO summit. canadiandimension.com At the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden referred to NATO as "anchors for global security." Yet, decades after NATO was established we still live in a dangerous and polarized time of never-ending wars. NATO has proven it is not an anchor but rather a catalyst for war on behalf of the US empire. | "NATO is a dangerous military alliance that, despite assurances to the contrary, expanded to Russia's border to provoke a confrontation that now finds us mired in a proxy war that could lead to World War III," warns Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK Congress and co-chair of the Peace in Ukraine Coali…

Mike Walter (2023-07-18). The Heat: China-U.S. Climate Talks. america.cgtn.com Record breaking heat waves, wildfires, devastating flooding. As millions of people across the globe cope with extreme weather, critical talks get underway in Beijing between the United States and China. Can the world's top economies find common ground on the climate crisis? China's special envoy …

KATIE (2023-07-18). On Nelson Mandela Day, 250 civil society organizations worldwide call on UN to investigate Israeli apartheid. bdsmovement.net

Jonathan Cook (2023-07-18). Across the West, people are dying in greater numbers: nobody wants to learn why. dissidentvoice.org During the pandemic, the challenge for each of us was to maintain critical distance: spurning both the tribalism of those insisting Covid was a hoax and the counter-tribalism of those who demanded complete acquiesence to a corporate-political agenda dictated by Big Pharma under the mantle of "Follow the science". Fear of living under Big Brother …

Scott Ritter (2023-07-18). Agent Zelensky — Part 2. dissidentvoice.org In the intelligence business, every agent is assigned tasks by his or her handlers. In the case of Agent Zelensky, I've identified ten obligations that define his relationship with his foreign intelligence masters. Once you've examined each of these, it becomes clear why Zelensky the comedian said one thing, and Zelensky the President did another. …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-18). Climategate: BBC's propaganda falls apart under scrutiny. expose-news.com In a rare moment of honesty, in 2009 the BBC published an article that admitted that no increase in global temperatures had been observed for 11 years even though carbon dioxide continued …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-18). Covid lies are needed to sustain the medical gold rush. expose-news.com We are still being told the covid injections are safe. This narrative runs against the accumulating evidence of excess deaths and adverse reactions. For example, the Western Australian government has just issued …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-18). Climate and the state of the World. expose-news.com In his latest passing observations, Dr. Vernon Coleman enlightens us about climate and the state-of-the-World today. His observations on climate include: "Any teacher who tells children that global warming is real is …

Eric Zuesse (2023-07-18). The Beneficiaries of U.S. Imperialism. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

Farooq Tariq (2023-07-18). The IMF's conditional loan and its cost: Pakistan may have been saved, but not the people. greenleft.org.au The International Monetary Fund approved a larger-than-expected conditional loan — worth US$3 billion — for Pakistan, on July 12, reports Farooq Tariq. But ordinary people will pay the cost.

Peter Boyle (2023-07-18). Campaigning to end the Korean War, 70 years after armistice. greenleft.org.au Thousands of peace activists will form a human chain around the largest United States overseas military base in the world, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on July 27, as part of a campaign for an official agreement to end the Korean War, reports Peter Boyle.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Merri-bek community takes to the streets against AUKUS. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). 70 years after armistice: It's time to end the Korean War! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Don't invest in Whitehaven Coal, protesters urge Itochu Corporation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Protesters say 'no' to Middle Arm gas project. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Robodebt victims need justice, not platitudes. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). Kurds protest death threat to imprisoned leader Abdullah àñcalan. greenleft.org.au

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Universal Childhood Lipid Screening. jamanetwork.com Screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents can identify 2 types of lipid disorders: primary lipid disorders, which typically are monogenic, rare, and severe, and the more common secondary lipid disorders that often result from other disease processes or lifestyle behaviors (such as poor nutrition or inadequate activity) and are often less severe. The most common primary lipid disorder of childhood is familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), which is present in 1 in 250 to 350 children. Familial hypercholesterolemia causes markedly elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) starting a…

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Utilization Management Trends in Medicare Part D Oncology Drugs, 2010-2020. jamanetwork.com This study examines the exposure of Medicare Part D beneficiaries to utilization management, such as prior authorization, for oral oncology drugs.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). A Systems Approach to Reducing Medical Error. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I was pleased to read the recent Viewpoint highlighting the serious problem of diagnostic error—a crucial issue not just in emergency departments. I applaud the recommendations to move the focus away from individual physician failings and toward discussion of underlying causes.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com To the Editor As public health researchers, we applaud the recent Viewpoint that called attention to recent increases in child mortality. However, we believe that this Viewpoint did not acknowledge a child population that has been markedly underserved and generally understudied—rural children.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). IUD Expulsion Rates After Early Postpartum vs Interval Placement. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study found that the risk of complete intrauterine device (IUD) expulsion in individuals who underwent early postpartum IUD placement (2-4 weeks postpartum) was not inferior to that in individuals who underwent interval IUD placement (6-8 weeks postpartum). However, this conclusion must be viewed with cautious for several statistical reasons.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). A Systems Approach to Reducing Medical Error—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We appreciate the opportunity to respond to Dr Oxman's Letter about our Viewpoint. We agree with Oxman that the current use of algorithms to diagnose sepsis has caused unintended consequences. However, we would not classify the use of sepsis algorithms as a "systems approach."

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In their Letter about our recent Viewpoint, Dr Probst and colleagues rightly emphasize the health challenges facing rural youth in the US. Pediatric mortality rates in rural counties—already higher than in metropolitan areas—increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data indicate that between 2019 and 2021, all-cause mortality at ages 1 to 19 years increased by 14% in rural (nonmetropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore) counties. The primary cause was not COVID-19, which explained one-fifth of the increase, but fatal injuries and poisonings.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). IUD Expulsion Rates After Early Postpartum vs Interval Placement—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Drs Gao and Zhang that understanding the effectiveness of IUDs to prevent pregnancy is important to adequately weigh the risks and benefits of early postpartum IUD placement. Although IUDs are well known to be highly effective, our study was not designed to adequately assess the effectiveness of early postpartum IUDs for pregnancy prevention. We did report all pregnancies in the trial; 2 pregnancies occurred during use of an IUD among the 294 participants who received an IUD and completed 6-month follow-up (1 in the early placement group and 1 in the interval placement group). In addition,…

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). State Public Insurance Coverage Policies and Postpartum Care Among Immigrants. jamanetwork.com This study examines the association between state public insurance coverage and postpartum care among low-income immigrants and the differences in care received among immigrants relative to nonimmigrants.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Accelerometer-Derived "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. jamanetwork.com This study examines associations between an accelerometer-derived "weekend warrior" pattern (ie, most moderate to vigorous physical activity achieved over 1-2 days) vs similar physical activity spread more evenly and the risk of incident cardiovascular events.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Patient Information: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Patient Page describes lipid disorders, and the pros and cons of screening for them in children and adolescents.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). No Matter How Far Away You Are You Can't Not Want to Live Here. jamanetwork.com Sign on a realty office…

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). USPSTF Review: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This systematic review to support the 2023 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for, and treatment of, dyslipidemia due to familial hypercholesterolemia and multifactorial dyslipidemia in children and adolescents 20 years and younger.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This 2023 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents 20 years or younger (I statement).

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Physical Activity for Health—Every Minute Counts. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses the amount of physical activity recommended by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition, and how clinicians should use these recommendations to personalize and set achievable physical activity goals for their patients.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Skin Lesions, Foot Drop, and Hand Contractures. jamanetwork.com A previously healthy individual in his 20s had 3 months of annular skin lesions, with numbness and paresthesia in the affected areas. Physical examination revealed multiple tattoos, bilateral palpable thickened auricular and ulnar nerves, and claw-hand deformity; test results for rapid plasma reagin, antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, acid-fast bacilli, mycobacteria, and fungi were negative, and biopsy did not identify Mycobacterium leprae. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Texas Abortion Ban and Live Births. jamanetwork.com This study evaluates changes in the number of births in Texas after passage of Texas' Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which bans abortions as early as 5 weeks' gestation.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Highlighting State Innovation to Close Coverage Gaps in Perinatal Care for Noncitizens. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint highlights several key steps that states could take to expand perinatal care coverage for noncitizens.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). The Scope and Legal Implications of Tracking Technologies on Hospital Websites. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint analyzes the scope and legal implications of tracking on hospital websites, including potential HIPAA and state privacy law violations, and suggests that hospitals limit such tracking.

jamanetwork (2023-07-18). Health Care Costs Will Comprise About 20% of US Economy by 2031. jamanetwork.com The country's health care spending will grow an average of 5.4% per year between 2022 and 2031, accounting for about $1 out of every $5 spent in the US by the end of the period, according to new projections from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published in Health Affairs. The agency expects that recent legislative changes, such as the expiration of regulations surrounding the COVID-19 public health emergency and the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's prescription drug provisions, will drive some of the health expenditure trends.

Editor (2023-07-18). Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York. mronline.org The strike by tens of thousands of U.S. film and television actors officially began Friday.

Editor (2023-07-18). U.S. using Ukraine as disposal ground for banned cluster bombs: Colonel, Karen Kwiatkowski. mronline.org Former Pentagon analyst and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Karen Kwiatkowski, points out the double standards in Western media's portrayal of cluster bomb usage.

Editor (2023-07-18). Catching heat from Big Brother: Education and climate in MAGAland. mronline.org "In Real Time" is a monthly series on our blog by Stan Cox, author of The Path to a Livable Future and The Green New Deal and Beyond. The series follows the climate, voting rights, and justice movements as they navigate America's unfolding crisis of democracy. Read previous "In Real Time" dispatches here. Listen to the "In Real Time" …

_____ (2023-07-18). The Syrian conflict is dragging on because of the West. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-18). India's Modi Meets Biden — U.S. Screw Turners Squirm Some More. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-18). No matter how hard the West tries, there is no order without Russia… journal-neo.org

Ann Brown (2023-07-18). Lupe Fiasco Called 'Kafir' And 'Retarded' By Muslims Over Questions And Criticism Of Islam. moguldom.com There was a time when hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco praised Islam. Now, the rapper, who has said he is Muslim, is being slammed on social media for questioning and criticism of the religion. And the blasts have been vicious, with one person even using hate speech and calling him "mentally retarded." Another sued the South …

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-18). Tallahassee Community Pushes For LGBTQ Sanctuary City. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-18). Houston Workers Protest New Law Removing Water Break Requirements. popularresistance.org

Staff (2023-07-18). US Government Can't Explain This. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-18). 7 Hottest Days In Earth's Past 100,000 Years! leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-18). Cornel West Shocks Host With What's GOOD About America. leecamp.com

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-18). Saudi Arabia's oil exports fall. plenglish.com That source further meant that cheap Russian crude attracted some large Asian buyers. | Fuel sales from the world's largest exporter fell to 6.93 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, their lowest level since October 2021, and about 5.3 percent below April's 7.32 million bpd. | In this regard, monthly export figures are provided by Riyadh and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to JODI, which publishes them on its website. | Saudi crude oil production fell by 502,000 bpd from April to 9.96 million bpd in May, while inventories decreased by 1.16 million barrels to 148.24…

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-07-18). Black Alliance for Peace Once Again Calls on the International Community to Reject U.S./U.N./CARICOM Plan for an Armed Intervention of Haiti. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China's summer box office nears 9 bln yuan, exceeding 2019 levels. ecns.cn China's summer box office has surged to nearly 9 billion yuan ($1.25 billion) as of Monday, surpassing the earnings from the same period in 2019 and setting a new record.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Industrial sector shows signs of resilience. ecns.cn The recovery of China's industrial sector is picking up pace amid a steady rebound in domestic demand and a series of favorable government policies encouraging industrial production despite challenges and external uncertainties.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). U.S. SIA calls for tensions to ease between U.S., China. ecns.cn SIA in the United States said on Monday local time that potential additional government restrictions on semiconductors will risk diminishing the U.S. semiconductor industry's competitiveness, disrupting supply chains, therefore causing significant market uncertainty.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Beijing protests Taiwan deputy leader's U.S. visit. ecns.cn Beijing has lodged a strong protest to the United States over a planned visit by Taiwan's deputy leader Lai Ching-te, urging Washington to avoid crossing the nation's "red line".

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Ukraine accused of Crimea bridge blast. ecns.cn Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of carrying out an attack on the bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimea, with the involvement of the United Kingdom and the United States.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Sino-African ties poised to prosper. ecns.cn The diverse nature of Sino-African cooperation and its highly complementary trade structure will play a key role in supporting the economic and social development of both sides in the years ahead, government officials and business executives have said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Human skull fossil discovered at 'Peking Man' site, first in 50 years. ecns.cn Among scattered mammal fossils, a piece of human parietal or more commonly known as the skull bone was discovered from the Zhoukoudian Site, a UNESCO listed cultural heritage site on the southwestern outskirts of Beijing.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China boosts R&D for computing power infrastructure. ecns.cn Computing innovation will be strengthened, an official from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced at a press conference on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China to solicit proposals for lunar surface scientific payload for its first manned lunar landing. ecns.cn China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) started on Monday to solicit proposals for the lunar surface scientific payload for China's first manned lunar landing.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). New orchid species discovered thanks to rich biodiversity. ecns.cn Bulbophyllum wolongense, a new type of new orchid species only found in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, was recently discovered by researchers in the province's Wolong National Nature Reserve.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China's first domestically built large cruise ship starts sea trial. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). In Numbers: China's national carbon market celebrates second anniversary. ecns.cn China's national carbon market on Sunday marked its second anniversary with cumulative turnover hitting 11.03 billion yuan ($1.54 billion).

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-07-18). Pramila Jayapal caves in to Israel lobby. electronicintifada.net Biden invites Netanyahu to White House after "warm and long" phone call.

Norman Solomon (2023-07-18). Biden and Cluster Munitions: "In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See" indybay.org While "diplomacy" is a dirty word…

People for the American Way (2023-07-18). Tuesday 7/18: Unpacking the Recent SCOTUS Term and the Fight for Court Rebalance & Integrity w/ PFAW. indybay.org Zoom webinar…

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-18). A Dangerous Myth: Does Speaking Imply Breathing? indybay.org It is possible for someone to be able to speak without being able to adequately breathe. This article from the Annals of Internal Medicine looks at how a person may die from lack of oxygen while still being able to plead… "I can't breathe."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-18). "Billionaires Try to Shrink World's Population": Secret Gathering Sponsored by Bill Gates, 2009 Meeting of "The Good Club" globalresearch.ca

santiago serrano (2023-07-18). Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, webs de contactos que denigran a periodistas. indybay.org Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, Marc Palau Potau y Josep Colominas Hugas y la empresa 10dencehispahard, S.L -Cdmon.com- gestionan una red de webs porno que utilizan en sus descripciones nombres de periodistas y los denigran.

teleSUR odr DRL (2023-07-18). Ascienden a más de 400 cadáveres en Kenia por secta religiosa. telesurtv.net La comisionada regional de la policía de la Costa keniana, Rhoda Onyancha, confirmó a medios locales que la cifra de fallecidos se eleva a 403, así como en 95 los rescatados con vida.

teleSUR odr DRL (2023-07-18). Fallece el intelectual alemán Franz Josef Hinkelammert. telesurtv.net Dentro de sus aportes contamos con los realizados en el campo de la teología de la liberación, el humanismo y la crítica teológica al capitalismo, así como sus relecturas del marxismo.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-18). Disminuye crisis hídrica en Uruguay tras lluvias. telesurtv.net La calidad del agua comienza a normalizarse y a recuperar sus niveles históricos.

teleSUR, dcdc, YSM (2023-07-18). Reanudan campañas los candidatos presidenciales de Guatemala. telesurtv.net El jueves, la Corte de Constitucionalidad, máximo tribunal de Guatemala, anuló legalmente la solicitud de la Fiscalía de suspender al Movimiento Semilla.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-07-18). CFK afirmó que al FMI no lo trajo este Gobierno ni el peronismo. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta, Cristina Fernández recordó que en 2005 el peronismo sacó al FMI de Argentina.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-18). III Cumbre Celac-UE por una relación más armónica entre ambas regiones. telesurtv.net El discurso de inicio lo dio el primer ministro de San Vicente y las Granadinas, Ralph Gonsalves, en su condición de presidente pro témpore de la Celac.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-18). Honduras pide en cumbre de Celac-UE levantar el bloqueo a Cuba. telesurtv.net En su intervención, la presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, también abogó por Venezuela y Nicaragua.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-18). Venezuela lleva a la cumbre Celac-UE mensaje de paz y cooperación. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta ejecutiva de Venezuela fue recibida previo a la cumbre por el presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez y Ursula von der Leyen, presidenta de la Comisión Europea.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-18). Asesinan a candidato a la Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador. telesurtv.net La policía ecuatoriana confirmó este lunes el asesinato de Rider Sánchez Valencia, candidato a asambleísta por el cantón Quinindé, en Esmeraldas.

teleSUR, nama DRL (2023-07-18). Completa paratleta cubana 14 medallas de oro en lides mundiales. telesurtv.net Omara Durand también ganó en el Campeonato "París 2023" los 100 y 400 metros con los mejores registros de la temporada.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-18). Accidente de avioneta deja al menos cinco muertos en Polonia. telesurtv.net Cuatro personas que se encontraban en el hangar contra el que se estrelló la aeronave resultaron ilesas.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-18). Presidente ruso cataloga de terrorista el ataque en puente de Crimea. telesurtv.net Como resultado de la explosión, un matrimonio de Bélgorod perdió la vida y su hija de 14 años resultó herida.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-18). Venezuela participa con respeto y verdad en Cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net Maduro repudió declaraciones de un exdiputado opositor, quien ha reiterado el llamado a la imposición de sanciones contra Venezuela.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-18). Inicia XVII edición del Festival Mundial de Poesía de Venezuela. telesurtv.net El ministro de Cultura, Ernesto Villegas, dio la bienvenida a los participantes en el evento que coincide con el Primer Congreso del Movimiento Poético Mundial.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-18). ONU recorta programa de alimentos en Haití por falta de fondos. telesurtv.net El director del Programa Mundial de Alimentos en Haití, advirtió que de no recibir fondos inmediatos, no se pueden descartar nuevos recortes.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-18). Más del 80% de los peruanos rechazan a la presidenta Boluarte. telesurtv.net El estudio de opinión también indicó que el Congreso es la institución más repudiada con el 90.8 por ciento de los consultados.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-18). Culmina primera jornada de Cumbre de los Pueblos 2023 en Bruselas. telesurtv.net La Cumbre de los Pueblos contó con la presencia de representantes gubernamentales de Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba y Colombia.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-18). Realizan reunión de diálogo político sobre Venezuela en Bruselas. telesurtv.net El encuentro tuvo lugar en el Edificio Europa de Bruselas con la presencia de los presidentes de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y Francia.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-07-18). Protestarán en Jujuy, Argentina, para denunciar represión. telesurtv.net Durante el acto se exigirá la libertad de los detenidos durante los allanamientos en Humahuaca y San Salvador de Jujuy.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-18). Canciller bielorruso llega a Cuba en visita de trabajo. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Minrex) de Cuba informó que esta es la primera visita del funcionario desde que llegó al cargo.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-18). Palestina llama a romper silencio contra los crímenes de Israel. telesurtv.net La cancillería denunció las continuas violaciones de la ocupación israelí.

teleSUR- jaa, DRL (2023-07-18). Encuesta electoral da victoria a partido de Gobierno en España. telesurtv.net Un instituto demoscópico augura que el 32,2 por ciento de los votantes irá con los del Partido Socialista, mientras que un 30,8 por ciento apoyará a los del conservador Partido Popular.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-18). Anuncian diálogo estatal antidrogas entre México y Colombia. telesurtv.net El presidente mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, visitará Colombia los próximos 8 y 9 de septiembre.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-18). Reiteran rechazo a ocupación marroquí en Sahara Occidental. telesurtv.net Desde el Comité Chileno de Amistad con la RASD se reivindicó la necesidad de poner, en la agenda de lucha de los pueblos la defensa del anticolonialismo del pueblo de la República Saharaui.

teleSUR- lvm- DRL (2023-07-18). China y MST se articulan para agricultura campesina brasileña. telesurtv.net La delegación china, que se encuentra de visita desde el pasado 10 de julio, destinará 25 máquinas para la agricultura campesina.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-18). ICAC finds Berejiklian acted corruptly — and that's it. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-18). Al menos ocho muertos tras avalancha en Cundinamarca, Colombia. telesurtv.net La Policía y la Unidad de Gestión del Riesgo se encuentran en el lugar de los hechos ejecutando las labores de rescate.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-18). Conoce algunas frases de Nelson Mandela contra el racismo. telesurtv.net El líder sudafricano consagró su vida a luchar en contra de la segregación racial y en pro de una sociedad democrática.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2023-07-18). Honduras asumirá presidencia pro tempore de la Celac en 2024. telesurtv.net La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro reconoció que promoverá el fortalecimiento de la organización desde sus principios fundacionales.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-18). Consideran al río Cauca víctima del conflicto armado colombiano. telesurtv.net Estudios ambientales del río Cauca han permitido sustentar y documentar las afectaciones graves al lecho fluvial vinculadas estrechamente al conflicto.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-07-18). Presentan ejes temáticos del debate presidencial en Ecuador. telesurtv.net El debate tendrá una duración de tres horas, al que los ocho candidatos a la presidencia de Ecuador están obligados a asistir, so pena de enfrentar sanciones.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-18). Cumbre de los Pueblos celebrará jornada de clausura en Bruselas. telesurtv.net Se prevé que en la declaración final del encuentro, los asistentes exijan lazos de iguales UE – Celac, condenen la injerencia y las medidas coercitivas por parte de EE.UU.

teleSUR, SH (2023-07-18). Tifón Talim toca tierra por segunda vez en el sur de China. telesurtv.net Más de 230.000 personas fueron evacuadas en la región china de Cantón a causa del tifón Talim, donde también ordenaron el cierre de 68 áreas costeras.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). Colombian Communist Party ratified its duty with social justice. plenglish.com Bogotá, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the Colombian Communist Party (PCC) in a message to the nation on the occasion of its 93rd anniversary expressed its commitment to the struggles for social justice.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). Court in Peru rejects complaint of candidate's death threats. plenglish.com Lima, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, Peru's Constitutional Court declared inadmissible a complaint against the current mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga, for threatening to kill the then presidential candidate Pedro Castillo during the campaign in 2021.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). ELAM graduates expressed their gratitude to Cuba and Fidel Castro. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) expressed in Argentina their gratitude to Cuba and the historic leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro (1926-2016).

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). Honduras and the EU committed to deepening bilateral ties. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina and the European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, bet to deepen bilateral ties.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). Importance of Aerolineas Argentinas recovery highlighted. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, Vice President Cristina Fernández and Economy Minister Sergio Massa highlighted the importance of "Aerolíneas Argentinas", 15 years after its recovery by the State.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). Natural attributes of eastern Cuba highlighted at tourism event. plenglish.com Holguín, Cuba, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the potential of Cuba's eastern northern region for nature tourism was highlighted, during the opening of the Biological Diversity and Tourism event, Biotur-2023, held in the province of Holguín.

progressive.international (2023-07-18). We seek lasting peace while NATO prepares for perpetual war. progressive.international

David L. (2023-07-18). WHAT WOULD OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SAY? sonar21.com "[T]he best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which…

Larry Johnson (2023-07-18). What is the Russian Military doing? sonar21.com I think the Russian Special Military Operation is kicking into a new gear and that the United States and NATO are mystified and confused about Russia's next steps. We do…

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Experts: U.S. scheme smells of containment. ecns.cn Foreign policy experts said the U.S. "Indo-Pacific" strategy "smells of containment and encirclement" and targets China by defining the bilateral relationship as a security competition.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Experts hail China-ASEAN achievements. ecns.cn All positive efforts made by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on negotiations for a code of conduct, or COC, in the South China Sea should be welcomed, experts say.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Expectations high as China-U.S. climate cooperation talks begin. ecns.cn Experts have expressed high expectations for climate-themed technological cooperation between China and the United States, saying this will greatly reduce the cost of the world's efforts to cope with the global climate crisis.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Xi highlights ties with Philippines. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping reaffirmed on Monday Beijing's commitment to promoting the steady and long-term development of ties with the Philippines, saying that the nation will continue pursuing a neighborhood diplomacy of building friendships and partnerships.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Skull fragment belongs to ancient human. ecns.cn China successfully identified a fragment of a skull that belongs to an ancient human being who lived about 200,000 years ago.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). China's industry ministry holds meetings with US businesses amid increased official exchanges. ecns.cn Senior officials from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) have held back-to-back meetings with U.S. business representatives in recent days to discuss China-U.S. economic and trade ties and industrial cooperation.

ecns.cn (2023-07-18). Talim makes landfall in S. China's Guangdong. ecns.cn Multiple localities in southern China enhanced emergency response systems on Monday, suspending trains, flights and ships, as well as businesses, work and school to prepare for tropical storm Talim which is set to make landfall on Monday evening.

Joe Piette (2023-07-18). Protests to call for end of Korean War, 70 years after 1953 ceasefire. workers.org July 27 marks 70 years since the Korean War armistice was signed. In just three years, an estimated 4 million people — more than half of them Korean civilians — had been killed by the time of the 1953 ceasefire agreement. Credit: Korea Peace Action And up to this year, . . . |

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-18). Bolivian president's speech at Summit generates expectations. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The speech that Bolivian President Luis Arce will deliver at the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-Celac), , generates expectations.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-18). President of Colombia to participate in EU-CELAC Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will participate in the second plenary session of the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC).

Otis Grotewohl (2023-07-18). West Virginia rally condemns jail deaths. workers.org Beckley, West Virginia Nearly 100 prison abolitionists and family members of jailhouse murder victims rallied in Beckley on July 15 to raise awareness of the growing number of deaths in jails throughout West Virginia. In the last couple of years, the deaths have become epidemic, with dozens of incarcerated workers . . . |

unitedEditor (2023-07-18). Turkish experts on the latest developments between Türkiye, NATO, EU and Sweden. uwidata.com President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan agreed to submit Sweden's NATO membership to the approval of the Turkish Grand National Assembly during the trilateral summit in Vilnius. The joint statement after the summit on the evening of July 10 involves "Sweden's steps to address Türkiye's concerns" like intensifying the fight against the terrorist organization PKK and even …

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-18). Indian governmental alliance will concentrate its forces in Delhi. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of 38 organizations will participate in the meeting here today of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) headed by the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jagat Prakash Nadda, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Military Situation In Kreminna Region, Donbass, On July 17, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Hindutva Goes to Washington: Narendra Modi's US Visit. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Again, he was at it, that charming show on two legs, playful and coy. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been burning the charismatic fuel of late, making the necessary emissions in visiting friendly countries. Each time, he seems to be getting away with more and more, currying (pun intended) favour with his hosts and landing the necessary deals. | For all the excitement of going to a fellow cricket loving state such as Australia, no one was under any il…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 17, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Staromaiorske; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Pryyutne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Makarivka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Marfopol; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Shcherbaki; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Pyatikhatki; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachk…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-17). UK nominates Professor Jim Skea for top climate science position. imperial.ac.uk Professor Jim Skea, Professor in Sustainable Energy at Imperial, may be elected to be the next Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Julia Rock (2023-07-17). When John Roberts Tried To Take Power From The Courts. levernews.com

The Lever (2023-07-17). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Investing Against Climate Change. levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Jared Jacang Maher sits down with Will Wiseman and Alba Forns, co-founders of the green energy investment app Climatize.After attending the global climate strikes in Barcelona in 2019, Will and Alba decided to turn that collective energy into tangible impact. That's when they came up with the idea for Climatize — a mobile app that allows users to invest in solar and green energy projects, many of which are focused on underserved communities.Jared chats with Will and Alba about the genesis of t…

Walter Smolarek (2023-07-17). Three things a socialist government would be doing RIGHT NOW to tackle the heat wave. liberationnews.org If the government and the economy were controlled by the people instead of the billionaires — socialism — then we could immediately get to work on solutions.

Hal McNulty (2023-07-17). The Weekly Round-Up: Illegal Migration Bill, Huw Edwards, Striking Regulations. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the News Concluding five days of speculation, Huw Edwards was named on Wednesday as the BBC figure at the centre of the Sun's allegations of sexual impropriety. The newspaper claimed the presenter had paid a young person for 'sordid images,' suggesting a criminal offence may have taken place if the teenager had been under …

Guest Contributor (2023-07-17). R. v. Foster: Reigniting the UK Abortion Law Debate. ukhumanrightsblog.com Last month marked one year since the startling repeal of Roe v Wade on the 24th June 2022 — the day the US Supreme Court rowed back the right of American women to obtain an abortion. Almost exactly a year later, back in the UK, last month saw the conviction of Carla Foster for the late …

Jake Johnson (2023-07-17). 'Disgraceful': GOP advances bill that could remove 220,000 teachers from classrooms. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in House Democrats warned that hundreds of thousands of teachers could lose their jobs if legislation advanced Friday by a Republican-controlled appropriations subcommittee becomes law. | The panel's

Mansa Musa (2023-07-17). How Maryland discriminates against women prisoners. therealnews.com

Caitlyn Clark (2023-07-17). In heat and smoke, workers fight negligent bosses. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in On June 29, the air quality in Detroit was among the worst in the world. | "Outside it smelled like burnt plastic, almost like trash," said UAW member Cody Zaremba, who works at a General Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan. He and his co-workers were experiencing coughing, runny noses, watery eyes, and trouble breathing. | But GM didn't even acknowledge the smoke, Zaremba said, much less of…

Mnar Adley (2023-07-17). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

Editor (2023-07-17). US Soldiers Don't Belong in Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch So how many American soldiers fight in Ukraine? The Biden bunch is careful not to reveal or refer to their presence, mercenary or otherwise, but the question keeps coming to mind. It popped up again June 27, when Russia bombed what the Ukraine press called simply a restaurant in Kramatorsk. …

Editor (2023-07-17). House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-17). Israel Moves Toward 'Dictatorship' and Polarization. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's controversial visit to the United States, which several members of Congress say they will boycott, Israeli society is coming apart at the seams. The presidency in Israel is a purely symbolic post. Power resides with the …

Editor (2023-07-17). Hunting the Military Extremist. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-17). Chris Hedges: Cornel West and the Campaign to End Political Apartheid. scheerpost.com

VINS (2023-07-17). Attorneys General in Five States Choose Fossil Fuel Money Over Constituents. projectcensored.org Attorneys general (AGs) for five US states are protecting fossil fuel companies rather than the public interest, according to a March 2023 report by Elliott Negin for the Equation, a…

Project Censored (2023-07-17). The Importance of Independent Media and Critical Media Literacy Education in a Democratic Society. projectcensored.org Raza Rumi, director of the Park Institute for Independent Media at Ithaca College in NY, joins Mickey for a wide-ranging conversation about the importance of non-corporate media and media literacy….

splcenter (2023-07-17). Extremist Group Illegally Promotes Security Services Across U.S. splcenter.org Mayhem Solutions Group, a border-focused antigovernment extremist organization, illegally promotes its private security and investigation services. The group disregards legal orders ordering them to stop advertising and has a history of omitting facts about personnel and the company's legal history on license applications, documents show.

_____ (2023-07-17). Biden's Corruption Led to Ukraine's Destruction: Former Kiev Diplomat. strategic-culture.org Former Ukrainian diplomat and political insider Andrii Telizhenko — now under US sanctions on what he says are false grounds — speaks out. | Join us on , , and . | By Aaron MATÉ | Former Ukrainian government offi…

_____ (2023-07-17). Young Ukrainians Scared to Leave Their Homes As More And More Videos Emerge of Forced Conscription. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-17). Work on Paks Plant Diaphragmwall Gets Under Way. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-17). These 'Exclusive' CIA Claims of Russian War Crimes Lack Both Credibility and Self-Reflection. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-17). A Bonfire of the Vanities. strategic-culture.org Hubris consists in believing that a contrived narrative can, in and of itself, bring victory, Alastair Crooke writes. | Join us on , , and . | Hubris consists in believing that a contrived narrative can, in and of itself, br…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Petro, Lula, Fernandez, Macron Meet With Venezuelan Government. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the presidents of Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and France held a private meeting with a delegation of the Venezuelan government and opposition in Brussels, reports Venezuelan broadcaster YVKE Mundial. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuelan opposition chief negotiator Gerardo Blyde participated in the meeting that took place in the framework of the III Community of Latin American an…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Bank of Sudan Will Carry Out Borrowing Operations. telesurenglish.net The representative of the Ministry of Finance said that "dealing with this situation requires a new way of thinking and reconciling the situation individually before collectively, until the crisis is resolved." | Bank of Sudan committed itself to borrowing operations to pay the salaries of the regular forces and the war needs. Jul. 17, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Puerto Rico: Future Damage to Coral Reefs. telesurenglish.net The Marine Environment Society is launching an alert call again. The organization issued many reports saying that, most probably by next August, the corals that surround the island of Puerto Rico will bleach. | According to the Coral Reef Alliance, by 2050, global coral bleaching will have reached 90 percent. Jul. 17, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Mexican President to Visit Colombia for Anti-drug Policy Debate. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit Colombia in September to meet with his counterpart Gustavo Petro and discuss anti-drug policy. | RELATED: | The Presidency of Colombia confirmed through its official Twitter account that "in a meeting between the Foreign Minister àÅlvaro Leyva and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Bárcena, the visit of the President of Mexico to Colombia on Sept…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-17). China Sees Record-Breaking Temperatures as Europe Faces Historic Heat This Week. truthout.org The world is in the grips of a dangerous heat wave that has sent temperatures skyrocketing to deadly levels throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Unless urgent action is taken to reduce carbon emissions, the United Nations says, Earth could pass a temperature threshold in the next decade when climate disasters are too extreme to adapt to. We speak with longtime climate journalist Jeff Goodell… |

Kwolanne Felix (2023-07-17). Slavery Isn't Just Black History — It's US History. truthout.org A recent Reuters investigation reveals that more than 100 U.S. political leaders descend from slaveholders. This includes five living U.S. presidents, two Supreme Court justices, 11 governors and 100 legislators across party lines. Amid rising debates on slavery and its legacy, from school curricula to the movement for reparations, Reuters examined how politicians are reckoning with these… |

William Melhado (2023-07-17). Texas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Is Driving Physicians to Leave the State. truthout.org At least once a day Dr. Ximena Lopez sees a parent crying in her clinic. They're crying because Lopez just told them they need to find a new way to get transition-related care for their children — by leaving Texas or sourcing treatments outside the state — because the state outlawed these treatments for trans youth. After a yearslong barrage by activists and lawmakers, the state has won the battle… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-17). Democrats Are Pushing for a George Santos Censure Vote. truthout.org A group of House Democrats is pushing to censure Rep. George Santos (New York) following a remarkable series of scandals regarding the Republican's fabrications about his professional life and potential financial violations. The effort is being led by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-New York), who is set to introduce a resolution Monday to censure Representative Santos for "defrauding the people of the… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-17). Kentucky Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Takes Effect as Injunction Is Lifted. truthout.org Kentucky's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth took effect on Friday as United States District Judge David Hale lifted an injunction he issued last month that had temporarily blocked the restriction. The federal judge's ruling came at the request of Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who has called gender-affirming care "child mutilation… |

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-07-17). Is the US Dollar on the Verge of Being Dethroned as the World's Currency? truthout.org Since Russia invaded Ukraine, and especially after Washington imposed sweeping sanctions on Moscow, a number of countries across the world — including Brazil, China, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia and South Africa — have been pushing back against the hegemony of the U.S. dollar in the global economy. As this de-dollarization movement picks up steam we are forced to ask: Is the U.S. |

Paul Kiel (2023-07-17). Billionaire Cut His Tax Bill by Taking Justice Clarence Thomas on Yacht Trips. truthout.org For months, Harlan Crow and members of Congress have been engaged in a fight over whether the billionaire needs to divulge details about his gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, including globe-trotting trips aboard his 162-foot yacht, the Michaela Rose. Crow's lawyer argues that Congress has no authority to probe the GOP donor's generosity and that doing so violates a constitutional… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-17). AOC Condemns UPS for Refusing to Pay Workers Fairly in Rally With Teamsters. truthout.org As 340,000 United Parcel Service workers prepare to wage a historic strike, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) on Saturday joined Teamsters union members and leaders at a rally in New York condemning the company for refusing to pay workers a fair wage. "What we are about to step into requires solidarity from everybody," Ocasio-Cortez said. "Your fight right here is about being the tip of… |

Jen Deerinwater (2023-07-17). Since "Dobbs" Ruling, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care. truthout.org Abortion access was already a near impossibility for people receiving services through the Indian Health Service (IHS), even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The ruling is likely to increase already high rates of pregnancy-related mortality for Native pregnancy-capable people (NPCP) in the U.S., creating "the perfect environment for… |

_____ (2023-07-17). NATO Summit, a Theater of the Absurd. transcend.org 10 Jul 2023 – The unfulfilled goals and objectives from last year's meeting in Madrid loom over the Atlantic military alliance. When the membership meets in Vilnius this week, normalizing failure might best describe the most that can be accomplished.

_____ (2023-07-17). Bullying Escalates: US Nuclear Submarine Docks in Cuban Territory. transcend.org 13 Jul 2023 – Just days before Cuba marked two years since the July 11 riots, a nuclear-powered US submarine crossed Cuban waters and docked at the illegal base of Guantanamo. From July 5-8 it remained in that Cuban territory usurped and illegally occupied by Washington 121 years ago.

_____ (2023-07-17). The US-Nordic Summit: NATO Expansion, Confusion and Repetition. transcend.org 13 Jul 2023 – It is extremely important to think of alternatives to the ongoing NATO militarism, re-think its triumphalistic, provocative expansion, and refer to words and concepts cancelled from the Western discourse: peace, cooperation, common security, reconciliation, media diversity.

_____ (2023-07-17). 16 Jul 1945: First Successful Atomic Bomb Test. transcend.org This Day in History – On 16 Jul 1945, at 5: 29: 45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. ["A day that will live in infamy." — TMS Editor]…

_____ (2023-07-17). Why Are There No Slums in China? transcend.org 13 Jul 2023 – How the Chinese government deals with homelessness, how this issue relates to socialist construction, and how China confronts the challenges posed by rapid economic development, urbanization, and the migration of recent decades. What are the structural reasons behind it?>

_____ (2023-07-17). Michio Kaku Just Revealed What the Navy Saw while Diving in the Arctic. transcend.org 29 Jun 2023 – NASA has found something quite shocking in the Arctic Ocean that seems out of this world, catching the attention of experts like Michio Kaku.

_____ (2023-07-17). The Great Chessboard: China's Economic Rise and the Collapse of the USA. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – The One Chart That Explains Everything…

_____ (2023-07-17). Learning from History, if We Dare. transcend.org Our blinders and misconceptions about the past constrain the knowledge that we have to plan for a better future. Societies don't get much out of living memory because the longer-term ramifications from recent decisions generally remain unsettled.

_____ (2023-07-17). The Dissolution of NATO May Be the Only Way to Prevent WWIII. transcend.org 11 Jul 2023 – 10 Reasons Why NATO Ought to Be Disbanded – Its dissolution may be the only way to prevent wider war and to stop the US and the world from being plunged into the abyss of a wider, cataclysmic war.

_____ (2023-07-17). El Salvador's Secretive Mega-Jail. transcend.org 14 Jul 2023 – El Salvador's mega-jail, Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (Cecot), opened in Jan 2023. It has become a symbol of President Bukele's "war against gangs", which has resulted in the detention of at least 68,000 people since Mar 2022.

_____ (2023-07-17). The Weaponization of Human Rights at the Human Rights Council. transcend.org 3 Jul 2023 – Alas, the Human Rights Council has become predominantly a platform for those who engage in war-mongering and incitement to hatred. Notwithstanding the clear language of Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, many states practice flagrant Russophobia, Sinophobia and other phobias. Article 20 stipulates:…

_____ (2023-07-17). Has Hunter Biden's Decadent Lifestyle Become a Metaphor for U.S. Society? transcend.org 9 Jul 2023 – When cocaine was found in the White House, observers immediately linked it to the US president's infamous son. Hunter Biden, currently US' most infamous drug abuser, appeared on the White House balcony, looking sweaty and nervous.

_____ (2023-07-17). The UK-Rwanda Pact to Keep Migrants from Crossing the English Channel. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – The UK is spearheading a European drive to outsource migrants to Rwanda.

_____ (2023-07-17). A Shelter in Time: John Berger on the Power of Music. transcend.org "Songs are like rivers: each follows its own course, yet all flow to the sea, from which everything came."

_____ (2023-07-17). The Uncertainty Principle of Power Politics: "Arrogance, Hubris, Stupidity, …" transcend.org We are in the biggest and most fateful fight of and for our lives, despite the insufferably obtuse zombie indifference of so many who cannot or will not accept the irrefutable. Will the zombies be revived in time? Will the transnational Deep State Cabal implode? Will the citizenry stand strong? Who can be sure?>

_____ (2023-07-17). Salaam (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org From the movie Umrao Jaan – Music by Anu Malik | (Please click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy)…

_____ (2023-07-17). Humanity in Hypnotic Thrall to a Techno-Industrial God. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – As long as enough people buy into it for long enough, the slavery exercise will be irreversible.

_____ (2023-07-17). NATO Fails to Reduce Nuclear Risks at Vilnius Summit. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – The leaders of NATO countries, meeting in Vilnius at a time of unprecedented nuclear risk, took no action to reduce nuclear dangers and, on the contrary, issued a communique continuing to support the use of nuclear weapons. The alliance pointed to the risks posed by Russia's nuclear weapons while hailing its own nuclear deterrent and nuclear sharing arrangements. It also criticised the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

_____ (2023-07-17). Palestine: Destruction in Jenin Is 'Catastrophic': This Is What We Know So Far. transcend.org 5 Jul 2023 – Residents who were forced by the Israeli occupation forces to leave their homes and take refuge in hospitals reported that the attacks pursued them inside hospitals, supposed to be a haven. There were 12 Palestinians killed and 120 wounded, 20 of whom in serious condition.

_____ (2023-07-17). Competing with the Dollar: BRICS Launches Game-Changing Gold-Backed Currency. transcend.org 9 Jul 2023 – BRICS nations unveil a gold-backed digital currency that could challenge the US Dollar in global payments. It aims to enhance financial sovereignty, reduce reliance on existing monetary systems, and provide an alternative means of conducting global trade and accumulating reserves.

_____ (2023-07-17). Listening to Oppenheimer, Seven Decades Later. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – A mere 55 years after his death, the U.S. government has restored J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance, which the Atomic Energy Commission had taken away from him in 1954, declaring him to be not simply a communist but, in all likelihood, a Soviet spy.

_____ (2023-07-17). Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine Is a Grave Mistake. transcend.org 13 Jul 2023 – The War Prevention Initiative condemns the US decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. They kill and maim civilians indiscriminately after the war, contaminating land for decades after they are used. They do not win wars and will only hurt current and future generations of Ukrainians.

WSWS (2023-07-17). UK Defence Secretary warns of war with Russia and China by 2030. wsws.org Wallace is the first cabinet politician to publicly raise the reality that Britain and the whole NATO alliance are on a path to direct war with Russia and even China.

WSWS (2023-07-17). London housing rental crisis: "A bad situation is now becoming disastrous" wsws.org Councils in London have 166,000 people living in temporary accommodation, equal to the population of entire London boroughs, or the population of cities the size of Oxford.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Netherlands: Rutte's resignation further emboldens the far-right. wsws.org On July 7, Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands since 2010, resigned. New elections are scheduled for November.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Modi's visit to France highlights India's military build-up amid imperialist war drive. wsws.org Modi's authoritarian record only recommends him to his counterparts internationally. Indeed, on Thursday evening Macron presented him with the Legion of Honor.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Australian Pharmaceutical Industry workers vote down company offer again as strike enters fourth week. wsws.org Despite a campaign of isolation by the United Workers Union, workers have taken an important stand, determined to secure a pay increase that enables them to survive crippling mortgage interest rates, soaring rents and energy prices.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Australia: Health workers should reject union-government sellout and build rank-and-file committees to fight for a real pay rise! wsws.org Neither of the pay options offered by the New South Wales Labor government and the Health Services Union represent a way forward for workers.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Antisemitism and anti-Chinese racism: The case of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wsws.org Kennedy is not just a lunatic bigot. Powerful sections of the US ruling elite are promoting the Wuhan lab lie, claiming China deliberately created the COVID virus, and whitewashing the neo-Nazi forces in the Ukraine war.

infobrics (2023-07-17). India Is South Africa's Second Largest Trading Partner Within BRICS. infobrics.org INDIA is South Africa's second largest trading partner within the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping…

infobrics (2023-07-17). Russia's Sberbank Launches Indian Rupee Accounts for Individuals. infobrics.org Russia's dominant lender said individuals could now open accounts in Indian rupees, expanding the range of foreign currencies available as Moscow strives to reduce dependency on the U.S. dollar and euro…

infobrics (2023-07-17). Kiev is not any closer to joining NATO after Vilnius Summit. infobrics.org Zelensky's demanding rhetoric proved to be ineffective as confrontational tweet almost backfired.

infobrics (2023-07-17). Western-supplied weapons "all burned" in Ukrainian failed counteroffensive — NYT. infobrics.org 20% of Western arms sent to Ukraine were destroyed by Russian forces during the first weeks of Kiev's "counteroffensive".

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-17). Eritrea: The Story You Don't Hear. orinocotribune.com By Eugene Puryear — Jul 14, 2023 | Eritrea is demonized for not conforming to the Washington Consensus at home and abroad. Criticisms in the Western media are typically decontextualized, sometimes fabricated, and almost always deployed to build a regime change narrative. Any statement contrary to that narrative, no matter how factual, is met with a barrage of attacks. Anything other than "Eritrea is pure evil" is treated as invented propaganda by the mainstream media and "experts." | To see for myself, I spent two weeks in and around the capital city of Asmara and Massawa, Afabet, Keren and Nakfa, after visi…

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-17). Cabello Slams Venezuelan Opposition's Hypocritical Labeling of Outraged Citizens as 'Violent'. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, the vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), expressed disbelief that the Venezuelan opposition, after having requested sanctions be placed upon the country, would label Venezuelan citizens who were outraged by their actions as "violent." | Taking to his social media accounts, Cabello criticized the hypocrisy of those who had advocated for invasion; invoked the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), a treaty imposed on the region by the US during the Cold War with functionality similar to that of NATO; and resorted to burning people alive, only to now bra…

Staff (2023-07-17). Vice President Rodríguez Arrives in Brussels to Represent Venezuela at III EU-CELAC Summit. orinocotribune.com Delcy Rodríguez, the vice president of Venezuela, arrived in Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday to take part in the III Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU). | Vice President Rodríguez was received by European Union officials along with the Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Yván Gil, Venezuelan ambassador to Belgium, Claudia Salerno, and Venezuelan ambassador to the EU, Jorge Valero. | Rodriguez expressed via her social media accounts that Venezuela will advocate for "respectful relations between nations" at the summit, countering the supremacist and r…

Roselena Ramirez (2023-07-17). The Behind the Scenes of the Colorful Guatemala Chicken Buses. america.cgtn.com Famous worldwide for its colorful display, Guatemala's public intercity buses have a unique personality. They are known as chicken buses for the occasional bird that flies out of a passenger's basket. They started as yellow school buses in the United States. They were later …

Roselena Ramirez (2023-07-17). Monitoring Dangerous Volcano Activity in Colombia. america.cgtn.com Almost four decades ago, the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia killed some 25,000 people. Now, the same volcano has triggered alarms after increasing activity. Authorities fear another deadly event can occur, but some locals refuse to evacuate. Michelle Begue has more.

Roselena Ramirez (2023-07-17). Aquaculture as a Way to Feed the World. america.cgtn.com As the world population keeps growing, we need to produce more food. Some studies estimate that, by the year 2050, the demand for protein will increase at least 50%. One of the solutions is aquaculture. John Zarrella reports.

Roselena Ramirez (2023-07-17). Life After Lake in Bolivia Dried Up. america.cgtn.com When it comes to climate change, experts focus mainly on future events. But higher temperatures already have very noticeable consequences in the Andes Mountains. Harris Whitbeck went to Bolivia to report on how the country's second-largest lake dried up in a blink of an eye …

Paul Armentano (2023-07-17). Cannabis Laws Are Changing. Drug Testing Must Change Too. otherwords.org Voters and politicians are reshaping America's marijuana laws for the better. The possession and use of cannabis is now legal for medical purposes in Unfortunately, antiquated and discriminatory drug testing policies often haven't kept up with these changes. | It's reasonable for employers to expect sobriety on the job. But requiring would-be hires and employees to undergo urine screens for past cannabis exposure are invasive and ineffective. They n…

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-07-17). Declive social en Guatemala. globalizacion.ca Guatemala es una de las ventanas perfectas para demostrar que dentro del sistema capitalista y neoliberal, el crecimiento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) no significa beneficio para las grandes mayorías del país. | A esa contradicción tendrá que enfrentarse el nuevo…

Nicolás Centurión (2023-07-17). En Uruguay la pobreza tiene rostro de niño y niña. globalizacion.ca En Uruguay los niños, niñas y adolescentes son 33% más pobres que los adultos. En el anverso de esta situación, el país figura en los rankings con el Estado de bienestar más desarrollado de la región. Dos caras de una…

Jorge Elbaum (2023-07-17). El Comando Sur del Pentágono en Perú: øA quién cuidan los centinelas? globalizacion.ca Ejercicios militares en Perú, satélites espías y desafíos fondomonetaristas. Desde el primer día de junio se lleva a cabo en Perú el ejercicio militar internacional rotulado como Resolute Sentinel 2023, organizado por el Comando Sur, uno de los diez espacios…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). UN experts ask Bangladeshi authorities to end persecution of rights organization Odhikar. peoplesdispatch.org Odhikar has been facing judicial persecution with charges filed against its secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly publishing "fake, distorted and defamatory" information…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). Progressives in Cyprus pay tributes to victims of 1974 coup on its 49th anniversary. peoplesdispatch.org The 1974 coup by Greek extremist elements turned into a bloody civil war that paved the way for the Turkish invasion of the island on July 20, 1974, and the occupation of Northern Cyprus which continues till today…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). Palestinians denounce Israeli company's decision to reduce West Bank's water supply. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians already receive three times less amount of water compared to Israelis, and seven times less than the illegal Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). Russia announces end of UN-brokered grain deal with Ukraine, cites unfulfilled promises. peoplesdispatch.org The deal was considered necessary to ease the impact on food prices in poorer countries amid the war in Ukraine. However, almost half of the Ukrainian grain went to developed and rich countries in Western Europe…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). Tunisia's brutal treatment of refugees and the European agenda. peoplesdispatch.org Journalist Fadil Aliriza talks about the brutal treatment of refugees in Tunisia, the role of President Kais Saied's policies, and the agenda of European leaders who seek to outsource the task of controlling migration…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-07-17). The Pentagon's Stunning Negligence With Sensitive Email. thedissenter.org Pentagon Secretary Lloyd Austin (Source: Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders, DOD, and in the public domain)The following is an exclusive for paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Exclusive content is accessible to all readers during July. If you appreciate what you read, become a subscriber with this The Pentagon often makes a big deal out of "insider threats," when leaks from low-level United States military personnel occur. However, it would appear that there is a bigger threat to the security of classifie…

Elliott Wallace (2023-07-17). UN calls for more sustainable fashion industry. america.cgtn.com The goal: to guide shoppers away from overconsumption and toward more sustainable style options.

Jim Spellman (2023-07-17). Wild and extreme weather intensifies across U.S. america.cgtn.com Floods in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania have killed at least five people, and teams are still searching for two children swept away by flood waters.

Joel Richards (2023-07-17). Uruguay struggling with devastating drought. america.cgtn.com The water shortages are so severe that it prompted officials to declare a state of emergency in June.

Nathan King (2023-07-17). China, U.S. try to reinvigorate work on climate talks. america.cgtn.com Following visits by the U.S. Secretary of State and Treasury Secretary to Beijing, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry is set to visit China this coming week.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-17). Writers, actors take to the picket lines in Hollywood. america.cgtn.com Hollywood studios could face two strikes for the first time in 63 years, if the negotiations for a new labor contract fail by the end of Wednesday night.

Dan Williams (2023-07-17). Study finds American cities sinking from "underground climate change" america.cgtn.com A new study suggests that many other cities around the world are also sinking due to a phenomenon called underground climate change.

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Adriaan Alsema (2023-07-17). Colombia's war crimes tribunal to investigate former ministers and generals. colombiareports.com Colombia's war crimes tribunal JEP announced that it will investigate if former government officials are responsible for the extrajudicial executions of thousands of civilians. The JEP will also look into…

Evan Reif (2023-07-17). Lord of the Underworld: Meet the Paratrooper from North Carolina who Helped Orchestrate the War in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com One of the great mysteries surrounding the Maidan coup and the civil war which has followed is how the rabble of soccer hooligans and neo-Nazis who orchestrated the coup were able to become an army capable of subjugating the nation so quickly. Despite Western narratives, the Maidan was a violent coup, and their government was …

WSWS (2023-07-17). Australian Pharmaceutical Industry workers vote down company offer again as strike enters fourth week. wsws.org Despite a campaign of isolation by the United Workers Union, workers have taken an important stand, determined to secure a pay increase that enables them to survive crippling mortgage interest rates, soaring rents and energy prices.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Australia: Health workers should reject union-government sellout and build rank-and-file committees to fight for a real pay rise! wsws.org Neither of the pay options offered by the New South Wales Labor government and the Health Services Union represent a way forward for workers.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Antisemitism and anti-Chinese racism: The case of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wsws.org Kennedy is not just a lunatic bigot. Powerful sections of the US ruling elite are promoting the Wuhan lab lie, claiming China deliberately created the COVID virus, and whitewashing the neo-Nazi forces in the Ukraine war.


WSWS (2023-07-17). Macquarie University student and alumnus demand end to political censorship of IYSSE. wsws.org An alumnus and former teacher wrote to management of the university in Sydney, Australia to insist that the IYSSE's "membership as a Club is essential to preserve and grow democracy and plurality of views at Macquarie."

WSWS (2023-07-17). New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins "unwavering" in support of US-NATO war in Ukraine. wsws.org The New Zealand prime minister met with the Ukraine president and announced another $NZ4 million support package for Kiev, along with upgraded sanctions against Russian individuals and entities.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Suspect in shooting death of 4 in suburban Atlanta killed in gun battle with police. wsws.org Police killed suspect Andre Longmore in a gun battle after an hours-long manhunt in connection with the shooting death of four residents of a suburban Atlanta subdivision on Saturday morning.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Campaign to defend victimised Sri Lankan estate workers wins significant support. wsws.org The Ceylon Workers Congress, the country's main plantation union collaborated with police, providing the names of the protesting workers, who were later arrested on frame-up charges.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Media touts "new era" for UAW, as union carries out closed-door talks with Big Three automakers. wsws.org The media are promoting Fain's "militant" bona fides because they know that behind all the blustering rhetoric about "corporate greed," Fain and his lieutenants are known quantities, having worked loyally in the bureaucracy for decades.




WSWS (2023-07-17). Actors and writers bring film and television production in the US to a halt, with growing impact in Canada, UK. wsws.org Tens of millions of people around the globe have become aware of this social conflict in the US which further helps to puncture the myths that American capitalism peddles about itself.

WSWS (2023-07-17). "It is like one big sweatshop": Yellow worker describes horrendous working conditions at near-bankrupt freight company. wsws.org The Teamsters bureaucracy is prepared to grant concessions but is facing fierce opposition from workers at Yellow Corporation, the largest freight trucking company in the US.

WSWS (2023-07-17). As ninth COVID wave sweeps Japan, wastewater data show another surge beginning in the US. wsws.org Given the complete scrapping of official COVID-19 testing and data collection by public health officials, reliance on the efforts of individual scientists has become indispensable.

WSWS (2023-07-17). Fire in Australia's tallest building endangers lives, confirming warnings made 17 years ago. wsws.org The developers and builders of the massive apartment block were alerted to fire-safety design flaws after it was completed in 2005 but failed to act on the warnings, jeopardising hundreds of lives early this month.

Fight Back (2023-07-17). New Orleans activists demand charges against Tampa 5 be dropped. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On July 12, a dozen activists representing several organizations gathered on the steps of New Orleans City Hall to demand justice for the Tampa 5. That day, the five University of South Florida activists – Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Jeanie Kida and Chrisley Carpio – faced trumped up felony charges in a Tampa court. Protesters demanded the charges unjustly leveled by District Attorney Susan Lopez against the five be dropped. | The Tampa 5 are members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). In March, they were among many students protesting attacks by Florida Governor DeSant…




Fight Back (2023-07-17). Storms can't dampen Chicago solidarity with Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Chicago IL – On July 12, despite heavy rain and tornado warnings, more than 50 people rallied in downtown Chicago to demand that the charges on the Tampa 5 be dropped. The protest was part of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression National Day of Action for The Tampa 5's second court date. | Speakers took their turns denouncing the reactionary Republican agenda and Ron DeSantis. All the while rain poured down and storm sirens began to blare. | Erin Boyle of SDS said, "We are living through an unprecedented reversal of progressive policies in publ…

Mnar Adley (2023-07-17). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

_____ (2023-07-17). Blinken Meets ASEAN: Turning Southeast Asia Against China. journal-neo.org

Activista (2023-07-17). Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours. indybay.org Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto | 1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox…

Activists Remain Steadfast (2023-07-17). Firemen Forced to Cut Lockboxes from Demonstrators at Wells Fargo HQ. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.




Andrii Telizhenko (2023-07-17). Former Kiev Diplomat: Biden's Corruption Led to Ukraine's Destruction. globalresearch.ca

Angela (2023-07-17). Saturday 7/15: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "It's Better To Jump" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-07-17). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.

Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-17). The UK-Rwanda Pact To Keep Migrants From Crossing The English Channel. popularresistance.org UK officials have been trying to ship African and Middle Eastern migrants to Rwanda since June 2022 despite successful legal challenges mounted by immigrant rights advocates, including intervention by the European Court of Human Rights . | At the end of June, three UK Court of Appeal judges said Rwanda could not be considered a "safe third country" where migrants from any country could be sent, but the government has vowed to appeal . | One thing is clear about this policy. Its real purpose is to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel for fear of being deported to Rwanda.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Kiev Killed Two Civilians In New Attack On Crimean Bridge, Achieving No Military Gains (Video 18+). southfront.org UPDATE: The speaker of the Ukrainian operational command "South" Natalia Gumenyuk made a sensational claim. She called the damage to…




Art Persyko (2023-07-17). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09 | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2023-07-17). Political Theater in Nepal Is Driving Citizen Flight. globalresearch.ca

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-17). Hindutva Goes to Washington: Narendra Modi's US Visit. dissidentvoice.org Again, he was at it, that charming show on two legs, playful and coy. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been burning the charismatic fuel of late, making the necessary emissions in visiting friendly countries. Each time, he seems to be getting away with more and more, currying (pun intended) favour with his hosts and …

CCL San Mateo Chapter, Youth Group (2023-07-17). Saturday 8/5: Climate Emergency: March & Rally for Climate Justice in San Mateo. indybay.org Central Park | 50 East 5th Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

Colonel Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-07-17). Brussels: Global Women For Peace United Against NATO Meet With EU Parliament, NATO Representatives. popularresistance.org The weekend before the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Global Women for Peace United against NATO representing women in 35 countries met July 6-9, 2023 for three days of peace discussions in Brussels, Belgium. | I am writing with details of each of the excellent panels and webinars to provide a sense of the numbers of women from around the world who participated in the program. Six webinars provided opportunities for women and men worldwide to hear from community members who are concerned about the militarization of our world and wars that threaten the survival of the human race. | We will continue to meet to…




David Cronin (2023-07-17). EU fears offending Israel — internal paper. electronicintifada.net Why does citizen's watchdog regard secrecy as reasonable?

David Giesen (2023-07-17). Monday 7/17: Full Disclosure brain storming session: holding public persons and entities accountable. indybay.org Google Meet (online video conference): | meet.google.com/yqb-ndmw-vng…

EARTHDAY (2023-07-17). Monday 7/17: #PlasticPollution: How Plastic Threatens Human and Planetary Health. indybay.org Online event…

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Second C919 plane to join China Eastern aircraft fleet. ecns.cn The second C919, China's first self-developed narrow-body jet, was delivered to its first customer, China Eastern Airlines, on Sunday morning in Shanghai.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China's first ultradeep water drillship to be delivered in 2024. ecns.cn China's first ultra-deepwater research drilling vessel, which can collect samples at depths of more than 10,000 meters, is under construction and set for 2024 delivery.

David Cronin (2023-07-17). EU fears offending Israel — internal paper. electronicintifada.net Why does citizen's watchdog regard secrecy as reasonable?

David Giesen (2023-07-17). Monday 7/17: Full Disclosure brain storming session: holding public persons and entities accountable. indybay.org Google Meet (online video conference): | meet.google.com/yqb-ndmw-vng…

EARTHDAY (2023-07-17). Monday 7/17: #PlasticPollution: How Plastic Threatens Human and Planetary Health. indybay.org Online event…

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Second C919 plane to join China Eastern aircraft fleet. ecns.cn The second C919, China's first self-developed narrow-body jet, was delivered to its first customer, China Eastern Airlines, on Sunday morning in Shanghai.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China's first ultradeep water drillship to be delivered in 2024. ecns.cn China's first ultra-deepwater research drilling vessel, which can collect samples at depths of more than 10,000 meters, is under construction and set for 2024 delivery.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Revised government policies spark surge in used vehicle market. ecns.cn China's used vehicle sales surged 15.6 percent year-on-year in the first half and are expected to see further growth over the rest of the year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Sino trade volumes soar with Middle East, Africa. ecns.cn China's trade and investment links with Africa and the Middle East are becoming deeper and more mature in a positive manner, with Chinese enterprises active "in all sorts of sectors", ushering in more development opportunities for all.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Fears grow over safety of Japanese seafood. ecns.cn Chinese consumers have said they will avoid serving or eating Japanese seafood over safety concerns once Japan starts releasing radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). High-level agenda urged to shore up private economy. ecns.cn China needs to launch a high-level agenda to effectively reinforce support for the private economy, which lies at the core of driving the nation's economic recovery, political advisers and experts said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Xi calls for strengthening cybersecurity. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to coordinate development and security, with solid efforts to advance high-quality growth in this regard.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Ambassador underlines key to Chinese companies' success in UK. ecns.cn BCEGI, an international property developer and construction company established by Beijing-based BCEG in 1990, set up its UK company in October 2013 with Manchester as its headquarters.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Mainland student group arrives in Taiwan. ecns.cn A group of 37 students and teachers from five mainland universities arrived in Taipei on Saturday to start their visit to Taiwan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). South China preps for typhoon's landfall. ecns.cn Guangdong province in South China, is going all-out to brace for Typhoon Talim, with the top priorities being given to preventing casualties and minimizing economic losses, provincial authorities said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). UK formally agrees to join CPTPP. ecns.cn The UK signed the treaty to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on Sunday, becoming the first European country to join the major Indo-Pacific trade bloc.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). 373 accounts shuttered to curb online deception. ecns.cn The Cyberspace Administration of China shuttered 373 accounts that promoted false information about public policy, the body said in a statement on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). 106 monkeypox cases reported. ecns.cn China reported 106 monkeypox infections between June 2 and 30, but the virus' spread is primarily among sexual contact between men, and the possibility of a large-scale domestic outbreak is low, health experts said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China's GDP rises 5.5% year-on-year in H1. ecns.cn China's gross domestic product increased 5.5 percent year-on-year to 59.3 trillion yuan in the first half of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Finance sector tops on pay in Beijing with over $2000 monthly salary: report. ecns.cn The finance, digital economy, and software information service industry still lead the salary ranking in Beijing in the second quarter, according to the latest data published by Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China unveils catalog of ancient stone inscriptions, carvings. ecns.cn China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) unveiled a catalog of 1,658 significant ancient stone inscriptions and carvings on Friday with the aim of bolstering the preservation and management of these valuable relics.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China achieves 146.13 million ton summer grain harvest in 2023. ecns.cn China has witnessed another bumper summer grain harvest this year, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Saturday, despite adverse weather effect in some parts of the country hurting per-unit output.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). National carbon market marks 2nd anniversary as cumulative turnover hits 11b yuan. ecns.cn China's national carbon market on Sunday marked its second anniversary with cumulative turnover hitting 11.03 billion yuan ($1.54 billion).

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Xi stresses advancing high-quality development of internet and information technology sector. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has given important instructions on cyber security and information technology application work.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Clean energy, climate issues key on agenda. ecns.cn The visit to China by John Kerry, the United States' special presidential envoy for climate, is expected to focus on enhancing engagement on climate and clean energy issues between the two countries.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China unveils regulation on consular protection to make relevant work more law-based, standardized. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed an order of the State Council unveiling a regulation on consular protection and assistance in China, which will come into effect on September 1.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Young AI pioneer dies in traffic accident. ecns.cn Feng Yanghe, an expert renowned for designing China's first artificial intelligence "brain" to run military operations, died on July 1 in a traffic accident in Beijing.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Mainland college students visit semiconductor company on Taiwan island. ecns.cn A group of students and teachers from five universities in the Chinese mainland visited the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on Saturday, which is the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the Taiwan region.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China reports 106 new cases of monkeypox in June with low possibility of widespread transmission. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland reported 106 new cases of monkeypox from June 2 to June 30 with zero severe illnesses or deaths, and the possibility of the disease spreading widely is low.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Chinese city anticipate creating unique culture and economic growth through building 'City of Rock'. ecns.cn Shijiazhuang, a city located near China's capital, Beijing, has announced a plan to create China's "City of Rock." From subway and buses to lawns, shopping streets, and tourist attractions, rock music is becoming ubiquitous in every corner of the city.

ecsorinoco (2023-07-17). Facebook vs. Cambodia: A Lesson in Securing Information Space. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — Jul 10, 2023 | A recent row between US-based social media giant Meta* (also known as Facebook*) and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, saw the Southeast Asian leader migrate from Facebook* to Telegram, a social media application popular in former Soviet republics and in a growing number of other nations around the globe. | Global Voices, a Western foundation-funded media outlet, in an

ecsorinoco (2023-07-17). NATO's "Strengthening" Hasn't Weakened Russia, It's Only Accelerated Capitalist Collapse in the NATO Member States. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jul 14, 2023 | When you understand the processes of class struggle, you see that the supposed benefits the Russia-Ukraine conflict has brought to NATO and to American hegemony—wherein NATO has been expanded while Washington's dominance over Europe has been fortified—don't mean international capital has achieved a victory. These events instead mean international capital has made itself better able to undermine its own interests; to nurture the historical dynamics that accelerate the falling of the rate of profits, the crisis of overproduction, and the class conflict that comes fr…

Editor (2023-07-17). Chris Hedges: Cornel West and the Campaign to End Political Apartheid. scheerpost.com

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Don't invest in Whitehaven Coal, protesters urge Itochu Corporation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). ICAC finds Berejiklian acted corruptly — and that's it. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Kurds protest death threat to imprisoned leader Abdullah àñcalan. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Merri-bek community takes to the streets against AUKUS. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Protesters say 'no' to Middle Arm gas project. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Robodebt victims need justice, not platitudes. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-17). 70 years after armistice: It's time to end the Korean War! greenleft.org.au

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-17). India and Mongolia hold Nomadic Elephant military drills. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) India and Mongolia are exchanging best military practices during the 15th edition of the Nomadic Elephant 23 bilateral exercises, which opened in Ulaanbaatar on Monday, according to a press release.

infobrics (2023-07-17). Western-supplied weapons "all burned" in Ukrainian failed counteroffensive — NYT. infobrics.org 20% of Western arms sent to Ukraine were destroyed by Russian forces during the first weeks of Kiev's "counteroffensive".

infobrics (2023-07-17). Kiev is not any closer to joining NATO after Vilnius Summit. infobrics.org Zelensky's demanding rhetoric proved to be ineffective as confrontational tweet almost backfired.

Julie Russell-Steuart (2023-07-17). Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective. indybay.org The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban.

KQED San Francisco (2023-07-17). Thursday 9/7: Reclaiming Curanderismo: Pre-colonial Indigenous Healing Practices Across the Americas. indybay.org In-Person: The Commons room | KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco CA 94110 | Online via livestream…

Malik Miah (2023-07-17). United States: Actors walk off the job, picket studios. greenleft.org.au Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) — representing 160,000 actors across the United States — went on strike on July 14, joining writers on the picket lines, reports Malik Miah.

Matthew Hoh (2023-07-17). Who fuels war and profits from it. indybay.org It is morally indefensible to support the strategy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Nor is it moral to remain silent when the U.S. pursues strategies and policies that cannot achieve its stated | goals. This senseless pursuit of defeating Russia in the spirit of some kind of 19th century imperial victory is unattainable.

Max Blumenthal (2023-07-17). Video: Max Blumenthal Addresses UN Security Council on Ukraine Aid. globalresearch.ca

NARAL Pro-Choice CA (2023-07-17). Wednesday 7/19: Reproductive Freedom Advocate Training w/ NARAL CA. indybay.org Virtual/online training workshop…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Science Saturday: A novel testing approach for newly identified VEXAS syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org VEXAS syndrome is a severe autoinflammatory disease that results in a spectrum of rheumatologic and hematologic conditions. Mostly affecting men over age 50, VEXAS is caused by somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells, which is a gene located in the X chromosome. Until just a few years ago, patients presenting with features of VEXAS syndrome were not unified under a specific diagnosis. The underlying cause of newly identified VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Laser ablation surgery helps treat young man's epilepsy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Epilepsy is a neurological condition where the normal electrical activity of the brain is disrupted, causing a seizure. It's fairly common. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 1 in 26 people have the disorder: Trevor Thompson is one. When medications failed to control his seizures, Trevor went looking for help. He found it at Mayo Clinic. Watch: Laser ablation surgery helps treat young man's epilepsy youtu.be/Xu79qPcrwFQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (2: 22) is in the downloads at the end…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Why LGBTQ+ adults should pay attention to heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent studies reveal a concerning trend in the cardiovascular health of LGBTQ+ adults. They experience worse heart health compared to their cisgender heterosexual peers. LGBTQ+ people also tend to have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains what may be putting LGBTQ+ adults at higher risk for cardiovascular disease and what can be done to lower their risk. Watch: The Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Proper posture and body alignment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17. Does it really matter if I'm slouching a bit? ANSWER: Though it may seem annoying, your grandmother is correct in that good posture supports good health. And starting good habits now, though it requires conscious effort, can help you…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people think that a breast health specialist only treats cancer, but the truth is that these doctors handle a wide range of breast-related conditions. Dr. Lauren Cornell, a Mayo Clinic breast medicine specialist, says there are many ways people can benefit from seeing a breast medicine expert. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? youtu.be/sU7I61tnxZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist and director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Yale University-Mayo Clinic CERSI Receive up to $50 Million FDA Grant to Advance Medical Research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI), a joint effort between Yale University, Mayo Clinic and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct research and develop tools to support regulatory decision-making, has received renewed FDA funding to advance its efforts to improve public health. The renewed funding — spanning 5 years and up to $50 million —will support a wide range of research projects focused on areas such as the development of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic hosts RISE for Equity conference in Minneapolis Aug. 10-12. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Hundreds of healthcare professionals will gather Aug. 10-12 for Mayo Clinic's third annual RISE for Equity: Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen & Empower 2023 conference, an opportunity to advance national discussion and learn evidence-based practices to improving diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare. Keynote presentations by leading experts and panel discussions will cover topics such as health disparities, digital equity, artificial intelligence (AI) and coded bias, representation, and organizational belonging, among many others. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London adds doctors in several medical specialties. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Mayo Clinic Healthcare is adding several doctors, including cardiologists, a gastroenterologist, experts in women's and men's health, and radiologists who specialize in a range of conditions and imaging techniques. Several of the doctors are multilingual. Mayo Clinic Healthcare, located at 15 Portland Place in the Harley Street Medical Area, provides personalised healthcare including specialized care, second opinions, advanced medical imaging and tailored wellness plans. The clinic also serves as a gateway to Mayo Clinic's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-17). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

Norman Solomon (2023-07-17). Biden and Cluster Munitions: "In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See" indybay.org While "diplomacy" is a dirty word…

Oakland Privacy (2023-07-17). Tuesday 8/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-07-17). The 'Disinformation Industry' Lands In Court. popularresistance.org What kind of a week was last week in the theater of war wherein battles rage over illegal censorship, illegal attacks on freedom of speech, illegal government infringements on our constitutional rights, and, amid it all, the complicity of our most powerful media in these illegalities? For a brief while it looked as though it was a very fine week. On July 4, an excellent day for this, a district court in Louisiana ruled that the White House and a long list of other federal agencies are barred from all contacts with social media companies if the intent is to intimidate or otherwise coerce Twitter, Google, Facebook,…

People for the American Way (2023-07-17). Tuesday 7/18: Unpacking the Recent SCOTUS Term and the Fight for Court Rebalance & Integrity w/ PFAW. indybay.org Zoom webinar…

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-17). A Dangerous Myth: Does Speaking Imply Breathing? indybay.org It is possible for someone to be able to speak without being able to adequately breathe. This article from the Annals of Internal Medicine looks at how a person may die from lack of oxygen while still being able to plead… "I can't breathe."

Revolution Books (2023-07-17). Sunday 7/16: Open House and Watch Party of the Revcom Fundraising Live Stream at Revolution Books. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-17). Agent Zelensky: A documentary on how the Puppet President of Ukraine rose to power. expose-news.com As a former intelligence officer, Scott Ritter wondered why no one had done an investigation about Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. "His rise to power, in my opinion, represents an incredible …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-17). Climategate 3.0: Hero speaks and releases a new cache of emails proving Climate Change Fraud. expose-news.com In 2009, emails were leaked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit. This was referred to as Climategate. In 2011, in what was referred to as Climategate 2, nearly two …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-17). Psychological tactics used for Covid began years before to foster the FALSE "Climate Change" narrative. expose-news.com The leaks and exposés about how media and communications were used to manipulate and control the public during the covid era are the focus of ongoing controversy, and rightly so. Yet a …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-17). Which is more beneficial: Measles or the vaccine? expose-news.com Due to mass vaccination campaigns, natural maternal protection against measles is now systematically eliminated over the span of generations in many countries around the world. If naturally acquired immunity were preserved, we …

santiago serrano (2023-07-17). Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, webs de contactos que denigran a periodistas. indybay.org Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, Marc Palau Potau y Josep Colominas Hugas y la empresa 10dencehispahard, S.L -Cdmon.com- gestionan una red de webs porno que utilizan en sus descripciones nombres de periodistas y los denigran.

SF Protests (2023-07-17). Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters. indybay.org Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th…

SFBA Japanese Lantern Ceremony World Peace (2023-07-17). Saturday 8/5: SF Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony in Commemoration of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. indybay.org Berkeley: RSVP for location details | Saturday, Aug. 5th in the evening…

Staff (2023-07-17). Presidente de Siria recibe a primer ministro de Irak en Damasco. telesurtv.net El alto funcionario iraquí fue recibido en una ceremonia oficial en el Palacio Presidencial del Pueblo en la capital Damasco.

Street Spirit (2023-07-17). Saturday 7/15: Street Spirit comeback party and fundraiser! indybay.org Tamarack, Oakland (1501 Harrison Street)…

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-07-17). Denuncian nueva masacre en Valle del Cauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net Los occisos eran comisionistas de finca raíz y vivían en la ciudad de Popayán, expresa el comunicado emitido por Indepaz.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-07-17). Grupo de Puebla muestra apoyo a Cumbre entre la Celac y la UE. telesurtv.net Subraya la importancia de retomar el diálogo político luego de años en que la dinámica multilateral estuvo detenida. Rechaza intentos de aislar políticamente a Cuba.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-07-17). Presidente cubano arriba a Bélgica, sede de III Cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez llegó a Bruselas luego de cumplir con la agenda de trabajo de su visita en Portugal, la cual se extendió entre el 13 y el 16 de julio.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-07-17). Tenista español Alcaraz derrota a Djokovic y gana en Wimbledon. telesurtv.net El actual número uno del ranking mundial salió airoso en un apretado encuentro que terminó tres sets por dos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Santa Fe elige a sus candidatos a gobernador en primarias en Argentina. telesurtv.net Más de 2,7 millones de personas están convocadas este domingo a participar de las elecciones primarias abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) en la provincia de Santa Fe.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Bangladés alcanza récord de infectados por dengue durante 2023. telesurtv.net El país surasiático reportó este sábado 1.623 nuevos casos de dengue en las 24 horas, el mayor número de hospitalizaciones en un día por la enfermedad transmitida por mosquitos este año.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Delcy Rodríguez llega a Bruselas para participar en Cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta ejecutiva de Venezuela fue recibida por el ministro para Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela, Yván Gil, y el embajador de Venezuela ante la UE, Jorge Valero.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Sube a 37 cifra de muertos por fuertes lluvias en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El Cuartel General Central de Contramedidas de Seguridad y Desastres actualizó la cifra de decesos ubicándola en 37, mientras que otras nueve seguían desaparecidas a las 06H00 hora local.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Nuevos tiroteos en EE.UU. dejan siete muertos y diez heridos. telesurtv.net En cuatro ciudades de EE.UU. se registraron tiroteos este sábado, de acuerdo con el grupo Gun Violence Archive, en el cual destaca el ocurrido en el estado de Georgia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Venezolana Yulimar Rojas logra la mejor marca del año en salto triple. telesurtv.net Rojas se quedó con la medalla de oro en la Diamond League al saltar 15.18 metros.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Fuerzas Armadas rusas frustran ataque con drones en Sebastopol. telesurtv.net Dos vehículos aéreos no tripulados fueron derribados por los sistemas de defensa aérea y cinco fueron suprimidos por la guerra electrónica, estrellándose sin alcanzar el objetivo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Putin afirma que Rusia posee una buena reserva de bombas de racimo. telesurtv.net "Por supuesto, si las bombas de racimo se usan contra nosotros, nos reservamos el derecho a emprender acciones recíprocas", aseguró el mandatario.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-17). Celebra teleSUR 18 años de su fundación con caminata-carrera. telesurtv.net La presidenta de teleSUR, Patricia Villegas. agradeció el esfuerzo de los trabajadores para acudir a las actividades que dan inicio a los eventos para celebrar los 18 años de la multiplataforma.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-17). Confirman en Bolivia sentencia de diez años de prisión a Jeanine àÅñez. telesurtv.net La exmandataria de facto fue declarada culpable de incumplimiento de deberes y resoluciones contrarias a la Constitución y las leyes.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-17). Superan los 4.200 evacuados por incendio en La Palma, España. telesurtv.net En la contención participan 300 efectivos y 11 aeronaves. El fuego sigue sin control y entró en los límites del Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-17). Rusia nacionaliza temporalmente acciones de dos empresas extranjeras. telesurtv.net La medida se toma en respuesta a las medidas restrictivas unilaterales impuestas a Rusia tras su operación militar especial en Ucrania y la incautación de activos rusos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-17). Venezuela y Cuba ratifican en Bruselas su posición antiimperialista. telesurtv.net Yván Gil y Bruno Rodríguez rechazaron las medidas coercitivas unilaterales y el bloqueo impuesto por los Estados Unidos a los dos países.

teleSUR, jeq, JGN (2023-07-17). Cinco libros que debes leer del poeta cubano Nicolás Guillén. telesurtv.net En sus trabajos Nicolás Guillén trató el tema del afroamericano en Cuba como ningún otro autor lo había hecho con anterioridad.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-17). Emiten aviso de tsunami tras sismo de magnitud 7.2 en Alaska, EE.UU. telesurtv.net La profundidad del evento telúrico fue de unos 21 kilómetros, de acuerdo con el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por su sigla en inglés).

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-17). Presidentes latinoamericanos viajan a Bruselas para cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, emitió un tuit el sábado por la noche en el cual dio a conocer que inició su viaje hacia Bruselas "para fortalecer las relaciones entre América Latina y Europa".

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-17). Amotinamiento en cárcel de Danlí, Honduras, deja un muerto. telesurtv.net El portavoz de la Policía Militar, José Coello, dijo que los reclusos se amotinaron debido a una requisa. "Ya se restableció el orden", anotó.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-17). Cuba y México saludan avances entre Gobierno de Colombia y ELN. telesurtv.net "Saludamos resultados alcanzados en Cuba por la Mesa de Diálogos de Paz entre el Gobierno de Colombia y el ELN", dijo el canciller Rodríguez.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-17). Venezuela gana sus primeras medallas en Juegos Suramericanos. telesurtv.net El campeón de lucha libre de playa y abanderado de la delegación venezolana, José Daniel Díaz Roberti, debutó con un triunfo en su categoría de más de 90 kilogramos.

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-07-17). Abogan por integración en cumbre bianual de la Unión Africana. telesurtv.net El presidente de la Comisión del ente, Moussa Faki Mahamat afirmó que existe la necesidad de buscar una visión común para el continente.

The Exposé (2023-07-17). FACT CHECK: No Evidence to Support Mainstream Media Claim of "Hottest Day on Earth for 125k Years"; It's Propaganda. expose-news.com Recently, a claim has circulated across major news outlets stating that "today was the hottest day on Earth for 125,000 years back when Neanderthals were roaming the planet." Is this statement accurate? …

The Exposé (2023-07-17). You stayed at Home >> While they emptied the NHS >> So Matt Hancock could turn Care Homes into Midazolam Murder Camps & pretend there were Thousands of COVID-19 Deaths. expose-news.com If the world was both fair and just then Matt Hancock, the former UK Health Secretary who oversaw the pandemic response, should be in prison. That's because while you stayed at home …

Tri-Valley CAREs, peace partners (2023-07-17). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawrence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…

United State of Women, partners (2023-07-17). Wednesday 7/19: Self-Managed Abortion On Our Own Terms: Barriers to Communities of Color & Criminalization. indybay.org Online event…

Uriel Araujo (2023-07-17). US Wants Neither Peace Nor Dialogue: Some Voices Call for Disintegration of Russia. globalresearch.ca

Zoe Alexandra, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-17). Ahead Of CELAC-EU Summit, Movements Build People's Summit. popularresistance.org On July 17 and 18, leaders from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) will converge in Brussels, Belgium, the seat of the EU, for the III CELAC-EU Summit. The two-day summit will be chaired by Ralph Gonsalves, the pro tempore president of CELAC and prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Charles Michel, the president of the European Council. | The last summit of this nature took place in 2015, and the parties will meet again in a moment of great regional and global transformation and with the political composition in each region looking vastly diffe…

_____ (2023-07-17). Does India Need an Anti-Chinese Alliance with the U.S. journal-neo.org One of the main current trends in U.S. foreign policy is to force its partners, including India, by hook or by crook, to join the U.S. initiative to form a unified coalition to contain China's growing power. But does New Delhi need to sign on to such alliances? Not long ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-07-17). The West sees itself as superior to other civilizations. journal-neo.org On June 28, on the last day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, a demonstrator burned a copy of the Koran outside the Central Mosque in Stockholm. During this demonstration, which the Swedish police allowed to go ahead, a man tore pages out of the Koran, wiped his shoes on them, placed a piece […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Ann Brown (2023-07-17). Who Is Paul R. Williams? 5 Things To Know About The Michael Jordan Of Black Architects. moguldom.com Paul R. Williams has left a legacy in the city of Los Angeles. The esteemed Black architect designed most of the city's major landmarks from the 1920s throughout the 1960s. Williams broke racial barriers, becoming the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Right out of high school in 1912, he …

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Grain Deal Not Terminated But Suspended. southfront.org On July 17, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov declared that the grain deal "actually ceased to be valid today." Earlier, he claimed that the attack on the Crimean Bridge affected Moscow's decision. | In fact the deal stopped in June 29. The last permit for the passage of ships from Odessa through the Bosphorus was issued on June 28. The last ship left the Odessa port on July 16, heading to the Netherlands. | Peskov clarified that the deal was suspend…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). UPDATED: Kiev Killed Two Civilians In Terrorist Attack On Crimean Bridge With Two Naval Drones (Video 18+). southfront.org UPDATE: The Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee declared that the bridge was attacked by two surface naval drones. A criminal case…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Military Overview Of Battles Near Bakhmut: Russian Forces Counter-Attack To West And South. southfront.org The Artyomovsk (former Bakhmut) region remains one of the bloodiest battlefields of the Ukrainian war, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue pounding Russian defence in an attempt to advance on the flanks of th main Russian grouping in the city. In last weeks, Ukrainian forces managed to advance in the field areas and approach Russian strongholds in Berkhovka west of Artyomovsk, Kurdyumovka nd Klesheevka south of the city. Despite constant attempts of the Ukrainian military…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Unidentified UAV Discovered Several Kilometers From Crimean Bridge — Report. southfront.org On July 17, a strike UAV was found near the Port Kavkaz located near It is unknown whether the drone was used in the night attack on the Crimean Bridge last night or it was suppressed by Russian forces ea…

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-07-17). 'An unstoppable force': wind and solar to produce more than a third of global power by 2030, report says. nationofchange.org "The benefit of rapid renewable deployment is greater energy security and independence, plus long-term energy price deflation because this is a manufactured technology — the more you install the cheaper it gets."

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). New car sales boom in first 6 months of year. ecns.cn China's vehicle market saw an almost double-digit sales rise from January to June, paving the way for solid growth for the whole year, said the country's leading industry association.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Overseas market demand surges during first half of year. ecns.cn The online demand from overseas markets for products made in China surged 33 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year, data from Alibaba.com, Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's business-to-business platform that helps facilitate foreign trade, showed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China-Pakistan nuclear cooperation marks a milestone. ecns.cn The construction of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5 in Pakistan marks another milestone in nuclear energy cooperation between China and Pakistan, while further enhancing the influence of China's nuclear power technology worldwide.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Cumulative volume of CEA in China's carbon market around 239 mln tons. ecns.cn The cumulative volume of carbon emissions allowances (CEA) in China's carbon trading market was around 239 million tons as of Friday, with a turnover of over 11.03 billion yuan (about $1.54 billion), official data shows.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Haikou buckles down for Typhoon Talim. ecns.cn Haikou in South China's Hainan province will suspend most operations in the city from midnight on Monday as it upgraded its anti-typhoon emergency to second-level response on Sunday afternoon to brace for Typhoon Talim.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Major Chinese airlines see significant reductions in losses in first half of 2023. ecns.cn Three major Chinese airlines are expected to experience a combined loss of approximately 11.2 billion yuan to 14.1 billion yuan (around $1.56 billion to $1.97 billion) in the first half of 2023, a substantial decline compared to the 50 billion yuan (around $6.98 billion) loss recorded during the same period last year, latest company reports showed.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). China's employment remains largely stable in H1 2023. ecns.cn China's employment has remained largely stable in the first half of 2023, with the average surveyed urban unemployment rate dropping down 0.2 percentage points from the first quarter to 5.3 percent.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Multiple localities suspend transport, work, schools as tropical storm Talim set to hit southern China. ecns.cn Multiple localities in southern China have announced the suspension of trains, flights and ships, as well as work and schools in anticipation of tropical storm Talim's predicted landfall on Monday evening.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Madagascar turns to hybrid rice. ecns.cn The long rainy season has finally ended, and the cool, pleasant dry season has arrived in the central highlands of Madagascar.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Haikou on alert as Typhoon Talim approaches. ecns.cn China on Sunday raised its emergency response for typhoons and flooding to Level III as Typhoon Talim, the fourth typhoon of this year, is forecasted to make landfall in south China on Monday night.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). A glimpse of 31st FISU Summer World University Games athletes' village in Chengdu>. ecns.cn Covering an area of around 800 hectares, the village consists of four specific zones, including an accommodation zone, an operation zone, an international zone and a transportation zone and will provide delegations with various services.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Second C919 aircraft delivered to China Eastern Airlines. ecns.cn The 2nd C919 was delivered to China Eastern Airlines on Sunday in Shanghai. It will join the first C919 on flights between Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport in Sichuan Province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). At least 35 dead after days of torrential rain in South Korea. ecns.cn At least 35 people had been found dead and nine others missing over the past week in South Korea.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Natural patterns appear on riverbed of Qiantang River. ecns.cn Natural patterns are left on the Qiantang riverbed as tides wash the silt along Qiantang River in Jiaxing, east China's Zehjiang Province, July 15, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). In Numbers: China's economic data for H1 2023. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 set to kick off on Thursday. ecns.cn Co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, this year's FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to run from July 20 through August 20.

infobrics (2023-07-17). India Is South Africa's Second Largest Trading Partner Within BRICS. infobrics.org INDIA is South Africa's second largest trading partner within the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping…

infobrics (2023-07-17). Russia's Sberbank Launches Indian Rupee Accounts for Individuals. infobrics.org Russia's dominant lender said individuals could now open accounts in Indian rupees, expanding the range of foreign currencies available as Moscow strives to reduce dependency on the U.S. dollar and euro…

infobrics (2023-07-17). Putin warns Kiev that Russia will reciprocate cluster munition use. infobrics.org Musk highlights the grim situation Ukraine is in.

infobrics (2023-07-17). Biden administration obstructing 'Ukraine aid' audits. infobrics.org Strangely, the troubled Biden administration has been successful in preventing Congress from creating an inspector general's office that would finally provide the much-needed oversight for the massive weapons shipments to the Kiev regime.

Jake Johnson (2023-07-17). Medicaid purge has now impacted at least 2.1 million people—including many children. nationofchange.org "States like Florida and Arkansas are weaponizing the bureaucracy against the poor and revoking healthcare for millions, the vast majority for incomplete paperwork."

Julia Rock (2023-07-17). When John Roberts Tried To Take Power From The Courts. levernews.com

Marcos González Hernando, Gerry Mitchell (2023-07-17). The richest 10% are starting to feel the pinch, but will that change how they think about inequality? nationofchange.org High earners need to come around to the idea that they would benefit from progressive taxes and other policies to create an economy that works for everyone.

Phoebe Davis (2023-07-17). Amerigo Scientific Updates Its Laboratory Incubators with More Advanced Features. indybay.org Amerigo Scientific recently updated its line of laboratory incubators with more advanced features.

Phoebe Davis (2023-07-17). Amerigo Scientific Adds Viral Transport Medium CDC Protocol to Its Distribution List. indybay.org Amerigo Scientific recently cooperates with Life Science Group to distribute the Viral Transport Medium CDC Protocol to worldwide researchers.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-17). Cumbre de los Pueblos inicia en Bruselas en forma paralela a la III Cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net Se tiene programado que en el encuentro participen varios jefes de Estado latinoamericanos que tomarán parte del cónclave de la Celac-UE.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-17). Rusia acusa a Ucrania de cometer un acto terrorista en Crimea. telesurtv.net La vocera de la cancillería de Rusia, María Zajárova, dijo por su parte que el ataque contra el puente de Crimea fue implementado por el régimen de Kiev, con la participación de los servicios especiales de Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) y el Reino Unido.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-17). Sismo de magnitud 6.6 afecta a regiones de Chile y Argentina. telesurtv.net El Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (Shoa) de Chile descartó algún riesgo de que se registrara algún tsunami en las costas nacionales.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-17). Lluvias dejan 49 muertos o desaparecidos en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net La cifra de víctimas podría aumentar a medida que los rescatistas continúan la operación para drenar y buscar en el paso subterráneo inundado.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-17). Oposición gana en primarias en Santa Fe, Argentina. telesurtv.net La alianza opositora Unidos Para Cambiar Santa Fe fue integrada por Propuesta Republicana, el partido de Mauricio Macri, la Unión Cívica Radical y el socialismo.

The Lever (2023-07-17). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Investing Against Climate Change. levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Jared Jacang Maher sits down with Will Wiseman and Alba Forns, co-founders of the green energy investment app Climatize.After attending the global climate strikes in Barcelona in 2019, Will and Alba decided to turn that collective energy into tangible impact. That's when they came up with the idea for Climatize — a mobile app that allows users to invest in solar and green energy projects, many of which are focused on underserved communities.Jared chats with Will and Alba about the genesis of t…

Tom Conway (2023-07-17). How federal law can protect all workers on sweltering summer days. nationofchange.org "How in the world can you deny your workers an opportunity to get a drink of water?"

Staff (2023-07-17). Top U.N. Human Rights Official & Fmr. Swedish FM on Palestine, Sudan & U.S. Cluster Bombs to Ukraine. democracynow.org On Friday, July 14, Amy Goodman moderated a wide-ranging panel on human rights in Venice, Italy, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The panel's speakers included United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk, former Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrà∂m and Eamon Gilmore, the European Union special representative for human rights. They discussed the U.S. sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, the war in Sudan, Palestine, as well as the role of civil society and the media in elevating human rights issues.

Staff (2023-07-17). "The Heat Will Kill You First": Rolling Stone's Jeff Goodell on Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. democracynow.org The world is in the grips of a dangerous heat wave that has sent temperatures skyrocketing to deadly levels throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Unless urgent action is taken to reduce carbon emissions, the United Nations says, Earth could pass a temperature threshold in the next decade when climate disasters are too extreme to adapt to. We speak with longtime climate journalist Jeff Goodell, author of the new book, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, about how the climate crisis is raising temperatures, the toll such heat can have on the human body, and how "heat is the…

Staff (2023-07-17). Headlines for July 17, 2023. democracynow.org Unrelenting Heat Scorches Planet, Shattering Records from U.S. to China, Climate Change-Fueled Floods and Wildfires Bring Death and Misery Across the Globe, Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal After Explosions on Kerch Bridge Kill 2, Russia Says It's Prepared to Use Cluster Bombs; Putin Visit to South Africa Could Result in Arrest, U.N. Says Nearly 300 Migrant Children Have Drowned in Mediterranean Crossings This Year, Libyan Border Guards Apprehend Asylum Seekers Abandoned by Tunisia in Desert, Mexico Apprehends Hundreds of U.S.-Bound Asylum Seekers, Mexican Journalist Nelson Matus Assassinated in G…

Action at Worldwide Headquarters (2023-07-17). Blocking Wells Fargo's "Business As Usual" to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding. indybay.org Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). Russian Foreign Ministry Reveals Reasons And Results Of Suspension Of Grain Deal. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia revealed some important details on the suspended grain deal, the extending of which loses any sense amid the "outright sabotage". The Foreign Ministry clarified that Russia's objection to the extension of the deal means the rejection ti fulfill conditions of the agreements that ensured the safety of grain export. | The grain deal officially expires on July 18. Since tomorrow: | Russia will not provide any guarantees for the safety of navigation in the are…

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-17). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

Dongsheng News (2023-07-17). Why Are There No Slums in China? dissidentvoice.org With over 20 million inhabitants each, Shanghai and Beijing are among the "hypercities" of the Global South, including Delhi, Sà£o Paulo, Dhaka, Cairo, and Mexico City, far surpassing the "megacities" of the Global North like London, Paris, or New York. Walking the streets in China's cities, you will however, quickly notice one marked difference — …

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-07-17). Free-Thinkers vs. No-Thinkers: The Ultimate Political Division. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-17). Dying of Influenza: "2023 Will be Deadliest Flu Season." Why COVID-19 Vaccinated Young Australians Are Dying of the Flu, and How Their Deaths Will be Used to Push New mRNA Influenza Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Service sector main driving force to China's GDP growth in H1. ecns.cn China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.5 percent year on year in the first half (H1) of 2023, reaching 59.3 trillion yuan (about 8.3 trillion U.S. dollars), with the service sector becoming the main driving force, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). Deflation not present and won't happen in China's economy: NBS. ecns.cn Chinese economy does not experience deflation and it is not expected to occur in the next stage, National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) spokesperson Fu Linghui stated at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-17). CRRC delivers hydrogen-powered smart train to Malaysia. ecns.cn The world's first hydrogen-powered smart train independently developed by CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd., departed South China's Hunan province on Friday. It will be shipped from Shanghai Port to Malaysia, marking the first batch of smart trains delivered to Southeast Asia.

ecsorinoco (2023-07-17). The Inevitable De-dollarization. orinocotribune.com By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein — Jul 15, 2023 | The author points out that this view is no longer limited to countries of the global south. The participation of China, Russia and the BRICS group as active protagonists in the process could guarantee that it is indeed possible at this time to move forward in a process that will definitively fracture one of the fundamental pillars of US and Western hegemony. | Last week, we embarked on a journey along the de-dollarization process that was characterized as inevitable. Today we will continue the analysis, trying to reach some conclusions whilst considering that…

Editor (2023-07-17). Inside the slaughterhouse: Child labour in the U.S. mronline.org A rise in highly systematic, typically immigrant, child labour is being abetted by state legislation in the U.S., and must be resisted, argues John Clarke.

Editor (2023-07-17). June 2023 was the world's warmest June on record. mronline.org June featured unprecedented Canadian heat and wildfires, record-low Antarctic sea ice, and a strengthening El Niño.

Editor (2023-07-17). Needed: Either degrowth or two Earths. mronline.org I think top leaders in Washington are using green-energy pipe dreams to distract us from the reality that they have given up altogether on reducing U.S. fossil fuel use.

Editor (2023-07-17). Israel Moves Toward 'Dictatorship' and Polarization. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's controversial visit to the United States, which several members of Congress say they will boycott, Israeli society is coming apart at the seams. The presidency in Israel is a purely symbolic post. Power resides with the …

Editor (2023-07-17). US Soldiers Don't Belong in Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch So how many American soldiers fight in Ukraine? The Biden bunch is careful not to reveal or refer to their presence, mercenary or otherwise, but the question keeps coming to mind. It popped up again June 27, when Russia bombed what the Ukraine press called simply a restaurant in Kramatorsk. …

ElmerCraig (2023-07-17). NATO summit: the conveners failed to provide the document's security. indybay.org

Eric Zuesse (2023-07-17). Biden's Presidency Is Sinking Deeper and Deeper Into Failure. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-17). Selected Articles: Are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) Destined to Fail? globalresearch.ca By Since Bitcoin (BTC) was introduced to the world as an alternative to the current central bank system with a dying US dollar that …

Guest Contributor (2023-07-17). R. v. Foster: Reigniting the UK Abortion Law Debate. ukhumanrightsblog.com Last month marked one year since the startling repeal of Roe v Wade on the 24th June 2022 — the day the US Supreme Court rowed back the right of American women to obtain an abortion. Almost exactly a year later, back in the UK, last month saw the conviction of Carla Foster for the late …

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-17). Professor Jim Skea is the UK's nomination for top IPCC position. imperial.ac.uk Professor Jim Skea, Chair in Sustainably Energy at Imperial, may be elected to be the next Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…

Jonathan Cook (2023-07-17). NATO Isn't Defending Ukraine. It's Stabbing It in the Back. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-07-17). Loss of US Cultural Power. "The End of Hollywood as We Know It" globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-07-17). CIA Leaking Like a Sieve As It Blames Ukraine for Impending Debacle. sonar21.com I want to thank one of my readers, Paul S., for flagging this remarkable and hilarious Newsweek article, written by Bill Arkin, that is a classic example of the CIA…

Larry Johnson (2023-07-17). Is Biden Preparing to Take the U.S. to War Against Russia? globalresearch.ca

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-17). African Union Committee on Economy and Finance meets in Kenya. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The sixth meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) of the African Union Commission will meet in Nairobi, Kenya, until July 21st, and will focus on economic development, planning and integration.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-17). Chinese economy expands thanks to domestic consumption. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The Chinese economy grew 5.5 percent year-on-year in the first semester thanks to increasingly higher domestic consumption after Covid-19, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-17). Cuba participates in event prior to Medicine Congress in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban professors and experts will participate in the session prior to the 17th Latin American Congress of Social Medicine and Collective Health, to be inaugurated on Tuesday in Buenos Aires and slated to run until next July 21st.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-17). Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking the Crimean bridge. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that the Ukrainian special services carried out the attack on the Kerch strait bridge, in Crimea.

Michael Nevradakis (2023-07-17). Judge Rejects Biden Administration Bid to Overturn Injunction in Social Media Censorship Case. globalresearch.ca

Mike Adams (2023-07-17). Worse Than CBDCs: Globalists Publish Plan for Worldwide "Financial Enslavement" Under "Unified Ledger" globalresearch.ca

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-17). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

Paul Armentano (2023-07-17). Cannabis Laws Are Changing. Drug Testing Must Change Too. otherwords.org Voters and politicians are reshaping America's marijuana laws for the better. The possession and use of cannabis is now legal for medical purposes in Unfortunately, antiquated and discriminatory drug testing policies often haven't kept up with these changes. | It's reasonable for employers to expect sobriety on the job. But requiring would-be hires and employees to undergo urine screens for past cannabis exposure are invasive and ineffective. They n…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). Charting a Socialist path for Africa. peoplesdispatch.org 200 delegates from political parties and people's movements have gathered for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. The delegates talk about why this conference is important and the socialist path forward for the challenges faced by the continent…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-17). EU signs border control pact with Tunisia to stop migration. peoplesdispatch.org Tunisia will be the second country after Libya to play the role of border patrol to stop the inflow of migrants into European countries through the Mediterranean sea…

Reiner Fuellmich (2023-07-17). Video: The Third Reich Never Died. Dr. Reiner Fuellmich. globalresearch.ca

Richard D. Wolff (2023-07-17). The fatal contradictions of China-bashing. mronline.org The fight inside the U.S. pits much of the business community against Biden and his 'neoconservative' foreign-policy advisers.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2023-07-17). Video: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Media Censorship End All Alternative News. globalresearch.ca

Seymour M. Hersh (2023-07-17). Fear and Loathing on Air Force One. Seymour Hersh. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-07-17). War in Syria: French Connection to Idlib. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Chile and Argentina Affected by 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake. telesurenglish.net Authorities of Chile and Argentina, reported that, on Sunday night, a 6.6 magnitude tremor shook several regions of both nations, with no reports of victims or material damage so far. | Related: | According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website, the earthquake occurred at 23: 05 local time (03: 05 GMT Monday) with an epicenter of 25 kilometers east-southeast of Loncopué, Argentina, and at a depth of 171.4 kilometers. | The Natio…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). EU and Tunisia Sign MoU on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Tunisian presidency stated that Tunisia and the European Union (EU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strategic and comprehensive partnership. | Related: | According to official reports, the MoU was signed in the presence of Tunisian President Kais Saied, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. | According to official…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Peoples' Summit Begins in Parallel to the 3rd Celac-EU Summit. telesurenglish.net The Peoples' Summit begins this Monday in Brussels, capital of Belgium, which will be held until Tuesday in parallel to the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union (Celac-EU). | Related: | The meeting, organized by European and Latin American left-wing organizations and representatives, is scheduled to be attended by several heads of state who will take part in the C…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Tunisia: 108 Illegal Immigrants Rescued off SE Coast. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Tunisian National Guard said that Tunisian navy rescued 108 illegal immigrants of different African nationalities off the coast of the southeastern province of Sfax. | Related: | On its official Facebook page, the Tunisian National Guard stated that their agents rescued the group of illegal immigrants on Saturday from two sinking boats. | According to official reports, during the rescue operation, a…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). UN Ship To Transfer Crude Oil From Supertanker at Yemen's Port. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, UN officials stated that a UN replacement ship arrived in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, in preparation to transfer crude oil from a tanker abandoned off the coast of the war-torn country since 2015. | Related: | According to UN official statements, in the upcoming two-week first phase of the emergency rescue operation, the replacement vessel Nautica will transfer all crude from the floating supertanker Sa…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Uruguay: Water Level Rises in Reservoir After Rain Amid Drought. telesurenglish.net Over the weekend, Uruguay's key reservoir, which supplies the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area, rose thanks to a much-needed rain amid three years of drought. | Related: | In a press release on late Saturday, Uruguay's presidential office said that the water reserve of the Paso Severino Reservoir grew from 3,401,069 cubic meters on Friday to 5,093,007 cubic meters on Saturday, a figure that represents 7.6 percent of…

teleSUR (2023-07-17). Venezuela and Cuba Ratify Anti-Imperialist Position in Brussels. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Yván Gil, and Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, held a meeting in the Belgian capital, Brussels, where they traveled to attend the III Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), scheduled for July 17 and 18. | Related: | Both diplomats reviewed the relations of fraternity and solid…

theanalysis.news (2023-07-17). Extraction, Destruction of Ecosystems, and Fires in North America. theanalysis.news The fires raging in Canada are a corollary of the paradigm termed Extreme Oil.

thecommunists (2023-07-17). EVENT: Trade unionism and working-class leadership. thecommunists.org On Saturday 29 July , the CPGB-ML will be holding a seminar in London on trade unionism and working-class leadership and hear from our guest speaker on the French perspective. We will be drawing from our recent publication dealing with these matters; Manifesto for the Crisis: Class Against Class. Event details 2.00pm on Saturday 29 …

thecommunists (2023-07-17). Reflections on a visit to China and its path to modernisation. thecommunists.org Between 16-29 April 2023, representatives of communist and progressive organisations from 15 countries were invited by the international department of the…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-07-17). Are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) Destined to Fail? globalresearch.ca

unitedEditor (2023-07-17). Hostility towards Türkiye in NATO exercises. uwidata.com By Turhan àñzlຠTürkiye has been a NATO member since 71 years. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that our country suffered the most among NATO member countries. NATO claims to be a defense alliance, but its hostile actions against us have revealed its aggressive nature. Coups, attempted coups, assassinations targeting patriotic intellectuals, incitement …

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-17). Climate change on the negotiation table between China and US. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) China and the United States are today discussing concrete measures to confront climate change at a time when high temperatures are setting historic records worldwide.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-17). President of Costa Rica to participate in III Celac-EU Summit. plenglish.com San José, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, is participating today in the 3rd Celac-EU Summit, where he has several bilateral meetings scheduled besides attending the opening session of the meeting, which is being held for two days in Brussels.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-17). Russia accuses Ukraine of attack on Kerch Bridge in Crimea. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The Kerch Bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland was damaged today by a Ukrainian attack, the chairman of the State Council of the Russian Republic of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-17). UPDATED: Kiev Killed Two Civilians In New Attack On Crimean Bridge, Achieving No Military Gains (Video 18+). southfront.org UPDATE: The speaker of the Ukrainian operational command "South" Natalia Gumenyuk made a sensational claim. She called the damage to…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-16). Wagner Fighters Train Soldiers in Belarus. news.antiwar.com Belarus announced Friday that members of the Wagner mercenary force were in the country training Belarusian soldiers. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said Wagner members were training soldiers in Osipovichi, a town about 60 miles southeast of Minsk. The ministry did not specify the number of Wagner fighters in the country, and at this point, it's …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-16). Pentagon Intelligence Official Says Ukraine War at a 'Stalemate'. news.antiwar.com A senior Defense Intelligence Agency official has described the war in Ukraine as a "stalemate" and said none of the weapons the US and NATO are providing will help Ukrainian forces "break through" in their counteroffensive. "Certainly we are at a bit of a stalemate," DIA Chief of Staff John Kirchhofer said at a conference …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-16). White House Says Reservists Will Provide 'Administrative' Support. news.antiwar.com The White House said Friday that the 3,000 reservists President Biden has made available for the Pentagon to deploy to Europe would serve "administrative" functions. "These are people that are specialists in things like administrative functions, logistics, supply, maybe medical, dental, those kinds of things," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told Fox News. "The …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-16). Indonesia Warns Southeast Asian Nations 'Can't Be a Proxy' for Any Country. news.antiwar.com Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned Friday that the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can't become a "proxy" for any country as tensions between the US and China are soaring in the region. "ASEAN cannot be a competition, it can't be a proxy of any country, and international law should be respected consistently," …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-16). House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act. news.antiwar.com The House on Friday passed its version 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of 219-210, which largely fell along partisan lines due to amendments added by Republicans relating to social policies in the military. The Republican amendments covered abortion, transgender surgery, and diversity initiatives. Only four Democrats voted in favor of the bill, …

WSWS (2023-07-16). Growing opposition among Canadian West Coast dockworkers to ILWU's support for government-dictated contract. wsws.org "The BCMEA group continues to make billions while the hard workers get peanuts. (ILWU Canada President) Rob Ashton sold us out," one longshore worker told the WSWS.

WSWS (2023-07-16). On the first year of astronomical discoveries by the James Webb Space Telescope. wsws.org Rho Ophiuchi is the nearest star-forming region to Earth and includes dozens of young stars, the majority of which are estimated to be less than 1 million years old.

WSWS (2023-07-16). Germany's hospital "reforms": Another blow to healthcare. wsws.org The reform will lead to unprecedented hospital closures and significantly worsen healthcare provisions for working people.

WSWS (2023-07-16). This week in history: July 17-23. wsws.org This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

WSWS (2023-07-16). Starmer confirms Labour's UK education strategy is warmed-over Thatcherism. wsws.org Starmer's speech consisted of a rehash of the pro-market policies of Margaret Thatcher and a continuation of the privatisation expanded under Tony Blair's Labour government.

WSWS (2023-07-16). Jeering metalworkers force Sumar's Yolanda Díaz to suspend rally in Cádiz. wsws.org The intervention of the metalworkers at Díaz's campaign is a microcosm of the intensifying opposition of workers to the pseudo-left parties across Europe.

Fight Back (2023-07-16). Tallahassee community pushes for LGBTQ sanctuary city. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On July 13 Tallahassee community organizers and experts gave presentations at the Mayor's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council at City Hall. The presentation's focus was the demand to transform Tallahassee into an LGBTQ sanctuary city. | The Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC), represented by its president, Delilah Pierre, and communications director, Regina Joseph, led the program. | The presentation was created in response to the anti-LGBTQ policies enacted under Governor Ron DeSantis' administration. These laws include the anti-trans law that forces people to use the bathroom as…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). Seattle activists rally to defend the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On July 12, a crowd of 30 activists and community members gathered in Denny Park to show solidarity with the Tampa 5 on the date of their second court appearance. This demonstration was one of many actions all over the country showing support for the five campus activists arrested in Tampa. The main demand is that all charges be dropped. | The Tampa 5 – Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Jeanie Kida, Chrisley Carpio, and Lauren Pineiro – are four student activists and a union campus worker arrested last March. The arrests happened during a march and rally at the University of South Florida (USF) protestin…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). As legal battle over abortion in Wisconsin heats up, obstacles appear. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 11, Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee (RJAM) held a press conference in front of Milwaukee City Hall concerning the recent updates to the lawsuit being pursued by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul against the 1849 state statute 940.04. This lawsuit was launched by Kaul on June 28, 2022, in response to the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision and came in the wake of mass protests across the state. | If this lawsuit wins, the next hurdle to abortion access will be from a different state statute, 940.195, which says that anyone who "causes bodily harm to an unborn child by an act…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). Community Commission selects Chicago police superintendent finalists. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Shon Barnes, Angel Novalez and Larry Snelling were nominated by the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) as the next superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) on July 13 at Kennedy King College in the Englewood neighborhood. The Commission selected these three from 54 applicants through a 120-day process after the resignation of Superintendent David Brown, who was appointed by Mayor Lightfoot. | The current selection process is unprecedented because Mayor Brandon Johnson can only appoint from among the candidates nominated by the CCPSA. The CCPSA was created…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). Labor Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating the following "Solidarity with the Tampa 5" resolution voted up by the union delegates to the West Central Florida Labor Council (WCFLC). President Jim Junecko of the WCFLC, AFL-CIO sent the resolution to Florida State's Attorney Susan Lopez asking she direct Prosecutor Justin Diaz to drop the charges. | Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5 | WHEREAS the West Central Florida Labor Council dedicates itself to improving the lives of working families, bringing fairness and dignity to the workplace and securing social equity in the Nation; | WHEREAS we support union workers, students a…

Staff (2023-07-16). Talk World Radio: Sean Conner on Working for Peace with the International Peace Bureau. davidswanson.org

_____ (2023-07-16). Continuation of the Song Young-gil "money envelope" case. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-16). What is behind the current tension in Turkish-Iranian relations? journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-16). Has Hunter Biden's Deranged, Drug-Fueled Lifestyle Become a Metaphor for Western Society? strategic-culture.org We're all trapped in this nightmare together known as the Biden Administration. The best we can all do now is hang on for dear life. | Join us on , , and . | No matter how many times some children get their fingers burnt, th…

_____ (2023-07-16). NATO Has Been Nothing but Trouble for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org

Ahmed Adel (2023-07-16). Stoltenberg Admits NATO Began Preparing Ukraine for War with Russia Since 2014. globalresearch.ca

Al Weinrub, Nonprofit Quarterly. (2023-07-16). A New (Renewable) Energy Tyranny. popularresistance.org There are two very different (and antagonistic) renewable energy models: the utility-centered, centralized energy model—the existing dominant one—and the community-centered, decentralized energy model—what energy justice advocates have been pushing for. Although both models utilize the same technologies (solar generation, energy storage, etc.), they have very different physical characteristics (remote vs local energy resources, transmission lines or not). But the key difference is that they represent very different socio-economic energy development models and very different impacts on our commun…

Allen L Roland (2023-07-16). Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America. globalresearch.ca We are dangerously close to a situation where ~ if the American people took to the streets in righteous indignation or if there were another 9/11 ~ a mechanism for martial law could be quickly implemented and carried out under REX 84.

Amy Fallon, Equal Times. (2023-07-16). In Africa, The 'Powerful, Political Act' Of Agroecological Farming. popularresistance.org Red amaranth, which provides a protein boost for pregnant mothers; spider plant, which is believed to inhibit the growth of cancer cells; and eggobe, which is said to be handy for treating diabetes and hypertension. | These are just some of the fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat and other produce sold by farmers at a recent 'Earth Market' in Nkokonjeru, a trading centre to the east of Uganda's capital, Kampala. The weekly market (which, at the time of publishing this article, is on hiatus) allows local growers to sell their agroecological produce — including those that are at risk of extinction, rare or I…

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-16). The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable. orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybyko — Jul 14, 2023 | Iran takes issue with anyone simply acknowledging the Emirates' claims like China and Russia did in their joint statements with the GCC since it believes that this lends credence to the latter's position that Tehran's control over those islands is illegitimate. | Russian Ambassador to Iran Alexey Dedov was

Andrew Perez (2023-07-16). LEVER WEEKLY: What Workers Are Up Against. levernews.com What The Lever Reported This Week: : •

Andrew Perez (2023-07-16). What Workers Are Up Against. levernews.com

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-07-16). Venezuela: Oil Output Increases, Russian Firm Seeks Chevron-type Deal. venezuelanalysis.com The Petromonagas crude upgrader was recently reactivated in eastern Venezuela as part of efforts to recover the oil sector under US sanctions.

Andy Kroll (2023-07-16). Hunting the Military Extremist. tomdispatch.com In April, when Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman with a top-secret clearance, was arrested for posting a trove of classified documents about the Russia-Ukraine war online, the question most often asked was: How did such a young, inexperienced, low-level technician have access to such sensitive material? What I wanted to know was: How did he ever get accepted into the Air Force in the first place? Teixeira seems to have leaked that secret information for online bragging rights rather than ideological reasons, so his transgression probably wouldn't have fallen under the military's ne…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-16). People Continue to Take to the Streets of San Francisco for Banko Brown. itsgoingdown.org Report back on recent march in San Francisco protesting the murder of Banko Brown by Walgreens security. A Black trans man born and raised in Frisco, Banko Brown, was dispossessed by the rapaciousness of the city's real estate machine and its ruling elite. At the time of his murder, he was 24 years old and…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Changing Directions Of Attacks, Ukrainian Military Advanced South Of Velika Novoselka On Zaporozhie Front. southfront.org Heavy battles have been ongoing for almost month and a half on the southern Ukrainian frontlines. One of the main direction of Ukrainian attacks are the settlements located south of Velika Novoselka on the border between the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. Suffering heavy losses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue "meat assaults" on Russian military positions in an attempt to achieve at least some tactical gains. | The Ukrainian military command has recently stopped large attempts to attack v…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). In Video 18+: Ukrainian Nazis Killed Civilians In Ugledar Region. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). In Video: More Testimonies Of Ukrainian Prisoners Of War. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Iraqis Held Anti-US Rally In Baghdad. southfront.org Originally published by Different strata of the Iraqi people staged a protest rally in the capital city Baghdad to oppose the interventionist actions of the United States in the internal affairs of the Arab country. | ISWNews Analysis Group: On July 14, people from different districts of Iraq gathered in Baghdad to protest against the United State…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Military Situation In Donbass On July 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 16, the AFU shelled Gorlovka, Makeevka, Kievsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk. A woman was killed, another civilian was wounded; | The AFU attacked a mine warehouse with ammonium and TNT in the Luhansk city; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Yampolivka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery destroyed a command post of the AFU near Dyleevka; | Russian arti…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The AFU reportedly entered Staromayorske but were repelled by Russian forces. Clashes continue in the area; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Velikaya Novosyolk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orekhov; | Clashes between the AFU and the Russian Army continue north of Pryyutne; | Clashes between the AFU and the Russian Army continue near Makarivka; | Up to 260 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, D-20 and…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Military Situation In Syria On July 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Russian Army thwarted the AFU attacks on Sevastopol with 7 UAVs and 2 surface drones. All drones were destroyed or downed; | The AFU attacked Shebekino town in Belgorod Region with "Grad" MLRS. A woman who was riding a bicycle was killed; | The AFU struck a mine on the south-western outskirts of Luhansk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kharkiv; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU ne…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Military Situation In Yemen On July 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Rare Footage: Russian Lancet Remotely Destroying Target With Cumulative Jet. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Shia Communities Of Parachinar, Takfiri Tribes Reconcile. southfront.org Originally published by After heavy attacks by Takfiri tribes and militant groups against Shia residents in the Pakistani town of Parachinar, Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the warring parties made peace and signed a ceasefire treaty with the mediation of the local tribal council (Jirga-e-Qaumi). | Five days after heavy attacks b…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). In Video: Syrian, Russian Fighter Bombers Eliminate Sabotage Groups Near U.S. Garrison In Al-Tanf. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | Syrian and Russian Su-24 fighter bombers have carried out a series of airstrikes against sabotage groups in Syria's central desert, also known as al-Badya. | It is unclear when exactly the Syrian and Russian airstrikes took place. However, video footage of the airstrikes surfaced online on July 16. The targeted sabotage groups were reportedly trained by the Unite…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Russian Army Repels More Ukrainian Attacks In Donetsk, Krasny Liman (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that several Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the directions of Donetsk and Krasny Liman. | In a statement, the ministry said that the Russian Yug Group of Forces had repelled 15 attacks by Kiev forces near Belogorovka, Severnoye, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Krasnogorovka, Veseloye, Novomikhailovka, Pervomayskoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk direction. | The group also destroyed two ammunition depots of Ukraine's 54th Mechanised Brigade…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). U.S.-Led Coalition Warplanes Violated Flight Protocols Over Syria 14 Times: Russian Army. southfront.org A General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | United States-led coalition warplanes violated deconfliction protocols over Syria 14 times in the last 24 hours, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, announced on July 15. "During the day, 14 cases of violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019 were recorded, related to flights of unmanned aerial vehicles not coordinated with the Russian side b…

Ashley Smith (2023-07-16). Resisting the Shock Doctrine: A Conversation on Ukraine, Debt and Reconstruction. truthout.org In this discussion, Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar contextualize Ukraine's struggle as part of the global movement against neoliberalism and debt. This public forum was organized by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (U.S.) on May 12, 2023 and was co-hosted by Haymarket Books. Each speaker made opening comments, with a discussion. Special thanks to Nate Moore for assistance with… |

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-16). Assange Exposes the Empire's True Face. dissidentvoice.org Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley). Julian Assange is a journalist who's been imprisoned for doing journalism on war crimes, by an empire that claims to defend journalists and oppose war crimes. Assange and his persecution expose the giant plot holes in every story the western power structure tells about …

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-16). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. (2023-07-16). Biden Order Activates 3,000 Reservists For Europe Deployments. popularresistance.org President Biden on Thursday signed an executive order allowing the Pentagon to mobilize 3,000 reservists for deployments in Europe, where the US military has significantly increased its presence since Russia invaded Ukraine. | Since February 2022, the US has deployed over 20,000 additional troops to Europe, bringing US troop levels on the continent to over 100,000 for the first time since 2005. The US has beefed up its presence in Eastern Europe and currently has over 10,000 troops in Poland, which has become a hub for weapons bound for Ukraine. | The mobilization of 3,000 reservists signals the US military is st…

Dean Henderson (2023-07-16). The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families. globalresearch.ca The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP and Chevron Texaco)…

Dongsheng News (2023-07-16). China Railway Completes 453 km/h Train Tests. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China. | ‚Ä¢ CATL develops and researches electric batteries in Germany | ‚Ä¢ More support measures for the real estate sector | ‚Ä¢ Clean energy targets achieved 5 years ahead of schedule | ‚Ä¢ China Railway completes 453 km/h train tests…

Editor (2023-07-16). Anti-Imperialist Satire and Going Against the Mainstream, with James Rehwald. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News In this day and age, it can sometimes feel like satire is dead. This is doubly true if one turns on a television to watch what passes for it. Yet genuinely sharp, cutting political comedy is enjoying a renaissance on platforms like TikTok, as young comedians who otherwise would …

Editor (2023-07-16). British Intelligence In the Dock for CIA Torture. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-16). 'Disgraceful': GOP Advances Bill That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers From Classrooms. scheerpost.com

Ellen Brown (2023-07-16). Who Owns the Federal Reserve? globalresearch.ca This article was first published by Global Research in October 2008 | "Some people think that the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions. They are private monopolies which prey upon the people of these United States for the benefit …

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-16). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-16). Why Is the Pentagon "Weaponizing Insects"? globalresearch.ca With foresight, this article by William Engdahl was published on October 30, 2018. In recent months Global Research has published several articles on the "Weaponization of Mosquitos". | *** | There is strong evidence that the Pentagon, through its research and development …

Future of Life Institute (2023-07-16). Video: Nuclear War between Russia and the US. "Nuclear Winter" globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). Syrian Parliament rejects European Parliament's report. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The People's Assembly (Parliament) of Syria condemned the report issued by the European Parliament in June on the humanitarian situation in this nation, and described its contents as false and distorted.

Jacques Baud (2023-07-16). The Military Situation In The Ukraine. Jacques Baud. globalresearch.ca

Jake Johnson (2023-07-16). GOP Advances Education Cuts That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers from Classrooms. truthout.org House Democrats warned that hundreds of thousands of teachers could lose their jobs if legislation advanced Friday by a Republican-controlled appropriations subcommittee becomes law. The panel's draft Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill for the coming fiscal year calls for nearly $64 billion in total cuts, a proposal that Democrats said "decimates support… |

Jeff Shantz (2023-07-16). Canada: Gov't pushes dock workers union to tentatively end strike. greenleft.org.au The strike by nearly 7500 dock workers in British Columbia may have come to an end after nearly two weeks, as the union and shipping bosses announced a tentative agreement, reports Jeff Shantz.

John V. Walsh, Popular Resistance. (2023-07-16). Arming Taiwan Is An Insane Provocation. popularresistance.org Taiwan is but one in a series of islands along the Chinese coast, often called "The First Island Chain," which now bristles with advanced U.S. weapons. These are accompanied by tens of thousands of supporting U.S. military personnel and combat troops. The "First Island Chain" extends from Japan in the north southward through Japan's Ryukyu islands which include Okinawa, to Taiwan and on to the northern Philippines. (U.S. ally, South Korea, with a military of 500,000 active duty personnel and 3 million reserves is a powerful adjunct to this chain.) In US military doctrine the First Island Chain is a base to "proje…

Jonathan Alan King (2023-07-16). Looking to Sell Weapons, Military Contractors Push Arms Race With China. truthout.org Manufacturing in China has long supported the relatively high standard of living of millions of U.S. residents while helping U.S. corporations profit handsomely. Apple, Tesla, General Motors, Nike, Texas Instruments and Qualcomm have significant manufacturing operations in China. Meanwhile the Chinese government invests in U.S. Treasury and government agency bonds, having purchased about a… |

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuban baseball player Yoandy Garlobo dies. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Prominent Cuban baseball player Yoandy Garlobo died in his province of Matanzas, east of this capital, the local government confirmed on its Facebook account on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuban civil society to denounce US blockade at People's Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and its civil society will denounce the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States and its consequences, at the Brussels-2023 People's Summit, economist Nicolás Valladares said here on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuban president meets with Venezuelan foreign minister. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil met in this capital on Sunday in the framework of the 3rd Summit between the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-Celac).

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuban, Venezuelan foreign ministers condemn US sanctions. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of Venezuela, Yván Gil, and Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, met here on Sunday and expressed their anti-imperialist position by condemning the unilateral coercive measures and blockade imposed by the United States on the two countries.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Díaz-Canel: Cuba to defend its convictions at EU-Celac Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel said on Sunday that Cuba will defend its convictions and will not allow interferences in its internal affairs during the 3rd Summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Diaz-Canel expresses gratitude for solidarity in Belgium and Europe (+Photos). plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed gratitude on Sunday in this capital for the solidarity with his country in Belgium and Europe, a support that he described as an encouragement to resist against aggressions.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Images of terrorists who plan to boycott Brussels Summit leaked. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Users on social networks on Sunday leaked images of the house in Brussels where terrorists who intend to sabotage Cuba's participation in the 3rd Celac-EU Summit are hiding.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). No more sanctions against Cuba, claim in front of White House returns (+Photos). plenglish.com Washington, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of social movements and organizations in the United States held a peaceful protest in front of the White House on Sunday to demand an end to the illegal and cruel sanctions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Lauren Rankin (2023-07-16). The Abortion Justice Act Is the Reproductive Rights Legislation the US Needs. truthout.org Marking the tragic one-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in which the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, a group of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled their latest attempt to protect abortion rights: the Abortion Justice Act. Introduced by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts), chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus's Abortion Rights and… |

Lyric Aquino (2023-07-16). Climate Change Is Turning the Ocean Green. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. More than half of the world's oceans have changed colors in the past 20 years, becoming more green than blue. The culprit? Climate change. In a study, published Wednesday in Nature, decades worth of research showed 56 percent of the world's oceans experienced color change between 2002 to 2022. |

Manlio Dinucci (2023-07-16). Preparing to Wage a Nuclear War? Nuclear Attack F-16 Fighters to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca US-NATO escalation against Russia brings Europe to the threshold of nuclear war. The political-media complex falls a "curtain of silence" so as not to alarm European public opinion and prevent it from reacting.

Mark Keenan (2023-07-16). Godless Fake Science. The Importance of Truth. globalresearch.ca

mforinoco (2023-07-16). Peru: Boluarte Embroiled in Plagiarism Scandal. orinocotribune.com According to reports from Lima, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has faced accusations of plagiarizing a book that she included as her own work on her resume back in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status. | The TV show Punto Final reported on Sunday that 55% of Boluarte's "Reconocimiento de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario" (Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) from 2004 consisted of theses, monographs, and academic articles published in Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica. Additionally, the show explained that…

Mike Adams (2023-07-16). World War III Has Already Begun, but the Truth Is Being Withheld from the Public Until the Very Last Moment. globalresearch.ca

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (2023-07-16). There Is No Climate Refuge Except in Each Other: Flooding and Mutual Aid in Vermont. itsgoingdown.org Report from Mutual Aid Disaster Relief on autonomous mutual aid efforts in Vermont in the wake of massive flooding. On Monday, July 10, 2023, residents throughout the northeast were flooded by a 1-in-100 year storm, brought on by the climate crisis. A few days later, intense rainfall continued to hit the region, flooding additional towns,…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-16). Nuclear War. "90 Seconds to Midnight": The Pentagon's 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-16). Video: Victoria Nuland Inciting WWIII with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-16). Video: America is at War with Europe. globalresearch.ca The evidence amply confirms that The Nord Stream was the object of an act of sabotage ordered by President Joe Biden. | Nord Stream —which originates in Russia— transits through the (maritime) territorial jurisdiction of 4 member states of the EU. From a legal standpoint (International Law: UN Charter, Law of the Sea) this was a U.S. Act of War against the EU.

Ray Levy-Uyeda (2023-07-16). The Farm Bill Is an Opportunity to Address Climate Change and Structural Racism. truthout.org This story was originally published at Prism. A significant piece of legislation most voters have likely never heard of will spend the summer sitting on the cutting room floor of Congress. When the legislation is ready for a vote, it will ensure people aren't sentenced to hunger for lack of income, dictate international trade policies, and provide support to a farm system that—depending on who you… |

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). Climate engineering is a real and present threat to humanity. expose-news.com For geoengineering expert Dane Wigington, climate engineering is the greatest and most immediate threat against humanity. He made this remark during an appearance on the Health Ranger Report with Mike Adams. Wigington …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). Climategate 2.0: "The science" is dependent on manipulation of facts and data. expose-news.com In 2011, nearly two years after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal, a new batch of 5,000 emails were leaked. These emails were among scientists central to the assertion that humans are …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). The state capture of UK corporate media and how journalists that abandoned Julian Assange have "slit their own throats" expose-news.com The failure by journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange, or expose the vicious smear campaign against him, is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media. The …

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-07-16). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

Roberto Morea, Fausto Bertinotti, Transform! Europe. (2023-07-16). Antifascism In Italy: 'We Are At The Beginning Of A New Phase'. popularresistance.org In Italy the Republic has never been able to fully settle accounts with fascism. By that, I mean that, under various conditions and in different cycles of Italian history, the antithesis between fascism and anti-fascism could emerge again, albeit in ever-changing ways. | Anti-fascist culture has been through many ups and downs. It has, at times, enjoyed an absolutely overwhelming hegemony, also because of its rebirths — as in the early 1960s, and as in the long cycle opened up by 1968 and 1969, that is, in moments when it resisted attempts to erase or manipulate it — when it resisted attempts to reduc…

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-16). Eugenics Rebranded As Healthcare & Revisiting: "Is There Graphene Oxide In The COVID-19 Injections?" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/16/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

scorinoco (2023-07-16). China Recalls Debt of Blood NATO Owes for Bombing Its Embassy in Yugoslavia. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Ministry of China has repeatedly accused Washington and its allies of efforts to further militarize East Asia and sow the "seeds of a new Cold War" in the region, while peddling the narrative of the "threat" ostensibly emanating from Beijing. | China does not welcome an "Asia-Pacific version of NATO" that persistently stokes "bloc confrontation," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying has tweeted, in reference to the NATO's expansion in the region. | "We haven't forgotten the debt of blood NATO owes the Chinese people in bombing Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia," the spokesperson added. | Screengrab…

scorinoco (2023-07-16). Colombia Peace Talks: Government and ELN Publicize Ceasefire Protocols. orinocotribune.com The delegations of the Colombian government and the guerrilla organization National Liberation Army (ELN) held peace talks in Havana, Cuba, signing the protocols and technical documents for a ceasefire and the process of social participation, in accordance with the agreements reached in June 2023. | This past Saturday, the two sides publicized the protocols for the bilateral ceasefire that will come into effect on August 3 and will continue until January 29, 2024, with provisions for extension. | The protocols include rules with which the parties must specify how the ceasefire will operate, what actions will be p…

Staff (2023-07-16). National Assembly Deputy Jesús Faría: Venezuela Moving Towards New Tax System. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly approved 25 articles out of 30 of the draft Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, on Friday, July 14. The chairman of the Permanent Commission of Economy, Finance and National Development, PSUV Deputy Jesús Faría, stated that this law "will serve as a support to move towards a new tax system for a post-oil Venezuela." | He explained that the preparation of the new law is "an absolutely urgent requirement for the whole nation; we must do everything in our power to stimulate the recovery of the country's productive apparat…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-07-16). Africa's path to socialism. peoplesdispatch.org 200 delegates from 40 organizations are gathering in South Africa for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. For the next four days, progressive movements and organizations will discuss the challenges posed by capitalism, and articulate the socialist way forward…

The Exposé (2023-07-16). Authorities believe COVID-19 Vaccine may cause Antibody-Dependent Enhancement / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome as they quietly begin investigation due to amount of severely harmed Individuals. expose-news.com Since late 2021, official Government reports have indicated the Covid-19 vaccine severely damages the immune system with the potential to cause some new form of Covid-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among people …

The Exposé (2023-07-16). BREAKING: Government Reports prove Pfizer & Moderna purposely manufactured Deadly Batches of the Covid-19 Vaccines. expose-news.com An investigation of official U.S. Government data, provided by the Centers for Disease Control, has revealed that extremely high numbers of adverse reactions and deaths have been reported against specific lot numbers …

The Exposé (2023-07-16). Pfizer lied & 1 Million Germans Died in less than a year due to Covid Vaccine-Induced Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome according to Secret Government Data. expose-news.com Official Data shows Germany recorded just under 1 million deaths between week 1 and week 49 of 2022. This sadly resulted in the country suffering over 102k excess deaths. This represents a …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-07-16). The Cult of Globalism: The Great Reset and Its "Final Solution" for "Useless People" globalresearch.ca

Alastair Crooke (2023-07-16). Lavish EU Aid Packages' are 'Over': The 'Green Deal' Is First Casualty. thealtworld.com As Von der Leyen made clear, EU states must make additional contributions, totalling a further 66 billion euros, to the EU budget — just to pass through 2023. | The EU 'Green Deal' was due to cost ‚Ǩ620 billion. It was all agreed. However, as Last week, President Macron (reflecting the economic realiti…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Ukrainian Forces Hit Mine In Rare Attack On Luhansk. southfront.org On the morning of July 16, Ukrainian forces launched a major strike on the city of Luhansk in the Luhansk People's Republic. According to the locals, several explosions thundered in the area. | At about 10 am Moscow time, Russian air defence systems were heard working on the south-western outskirts of the city of Lugansk. Then several explosions thundered in the area. | The target was reportedly a mine warehouse with ammonium and TNT which was not used by the Russian military but is necessary…

Brian Berletic (2023-07-16). Brian Berletic: China will DEFEAT the US' Dangerous Meddling in Taiwan and Asia. thealtworld.com Brian Berletic discusses why US meddling in Taiwan and Asia is bound to fail as China has time on its side.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-16). Assange Exposes The Empire's True Face: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Julian Assange is a journalist who's been imprisoned for doing journalism on war crimes, by an empire that claims to defend journalists and oppose war crimes. | Assange and his persecution expose the giant plot holes in every story the western power structure tells about itself. About its love of free speech and the free press. About its opposition to tyranny. About its wars and why it wages them. Assange exposes the empire's true face. | And in that sense it's interesting that the empire made the decision to jail and silence Assange, since in doing…

Larry Johnson (2023-07-16). Former CIA Moscow Chief, By His Remarks, Shows Why the CIA is Feckless. sonar21.com My first and only contact with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, who served as the CIA's Chief of Station circa 2000, was at a conference hosted by my former CIA classmate, Valerie Plame,…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-16). Feminism Paved the Road for Transgenderism. thealtworld.com In the Spring 2023 issue of City Journal, Kay Hymowitz in a well written and researched article reports on the transgender movements success in using public schools to teach children they might be born into the wrong gender. A "health industry" has grown up around the transgender ideology, and doctors are now conducting Joseph Mengele experiments on American children. Hymowitz notes that the transgender approach to children casts aside all we know about childhood and human nature and is undermining legal and cultural mores that are the foundation of our society. Essentially, transgenderism throws the accumulation…

Pivot to Peace (2023-07-16). Sign-on in Support: Justice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! peacepivot.org This statement has been republished from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance The APALA Massachusetts Chapter and UNITE HERE Local 26 are supporting a local worker who has been wrongfully targeted. Read the statement below and sign-on to show your support. Sign-on LetterJustice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! Chinese American community activist and hotel worker …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-07-16). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Wage. socialistproject.ca

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-07-16). Chris Hedges: American Poverty Is A Calamity By Design. popularresistance.org Some 50 million people in the United States live in poverty today—and over 108 million people survive on less than $55,000 a year. Despite having the largest economy on earth, poverty in the US is often grinding and brutal. From millions who live without running water or reliable power, to countless children who experience food insecurity and homelessness. The data on poverty only becomes exacerbated when race is taken into account. In 2019, the median White household had a net worth of $188,200, compared with $24,100 for the median Black household. Matthew Desmond joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss h…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-16). White House Says Reservists Would Provide 'Administrative' Support. news.antiwar.com The White House said Friday that the 3,000 reservists President Biden has made available for the Pentagon to deploy to Europe would serve "administrative" functions. "These are people that are specialists in things like administrative functions, logistics, supply, maybe medical, dental, those kinds of things," Kirby told Fox News. "The kind of enabling functions that …

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-16). The State's Constant Attack On Black Liberation. popularresistance.org Black people who assert their rights to be sovereign and liberated have always been treated as enemies to be silenced or destroyed. Even enslaved people who sought to escape from bondage were labeled as sufferers of "drapetomania." The effort to pathologize and stigmatize the fight for freedom never ended. To this very day Black liberation is diminished and discredited as being wrong headed or dangerous. | The descendants of those who bravely attempted to escape chattel slavery were treated in the same manner. Black radicals such as Paul Robeson, Claudia Jones, and W.E.B. Dubois were destroyed by McCarthyite witc…

Seymour Hersh, Scheer Post. (2023-07-16). Fear And Loathing On Air Force One. popularresistance.org Joe Biden got what he needed before the NATO summit this week by somehow turning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inside out and getting him to rebuff Vladimir Putin by announcing that he would support NATO membership for Sweden. The public story for Biden's face-saving coup was talk about agreeing to sell American F-16 fighter bombers to Turkey. | I have been told a different, secret story about Erdogan's turnabout: Biden promised that a much-needed $11-13 billion line of credit would be extended to Turkey by the International Monetary Fund. "Biden had to have a victory and Turkey is in acute financial str…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuba solidarity groups in Panama condemn US blockade. plenglish.com Panama, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The National Cuba Solidarity Coordinator in Panama (CNSCP) on Sunday condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island for more than six decades.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Dominican solidarity group travels to Cuba. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Fourteen Dominicans traveled to Havana on Sunday to join the 28th Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba, from July 17 to 30.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). Syrian president and Iraqi prime minister ratify alliance. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani confirmed the strategic bilateral relations and the alliance in the fight against terrorism at a summit held in this capital on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Mexico is satisfied with Colombia's peace talks held in Cuba. plenglish.com Mexico, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Mexico on Sunday expressed satisfaction with Colombia's peace achievements that resulted from the negotiating table held in Cuba for a ceasefire with the National Liberation Army (ELN).

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). India and UAE agree to do business in local currencies. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to do commercial transactions in their local currencies, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). Ecuadorians visit Cuba to join solidarity brigade. plenglish.com Quito, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) A group of seven Ecuadorians are arriving in Havana on Sunday to join the 28th Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). ICAIC leadership reshuffled. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Susana Molina, a graduate in Art History, will be the new vice president of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), a position from which she will direct that institution, following President Ramon Samada's resignation.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Russia confirms failed Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed a failed attack by Ukraine with unmanned aerial and surface vehicles on Sevastopol, the Crimean port and the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). President Putin says that sending cluster bombs to Ukraine is a crime. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that the shipment of cluster munitions from the United States to Ukraine should be considered a crime.

Catherine Crockett (2023-07-16). Saturday 7/15: Monterey Peninsula Pride Parade. indybay.org Intersection of Alvarado Street and Polk Street in Monterey.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims. ecns.cn The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Media Center delivers cultural extravaganza ahead of Chengdu University Games. ecns.cn With only two weeks to the opening of the Chengdu 2021 FISU Games, the Main Media Center (MMC) opened on Thursday, offering journalists from across the globe a chance to immerse themselves in Chengdu's vibrant culture and savor its culinary delights.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Insights | Cambodian student: CPC gives priority to education, policies benefit remote areas. ecns.cn "The CPC makes the people the real beneficiaries of development and enhances the people's sense of gain and happiness."said TEP CHANPANHA, a Cambodian student studying at China University of Geosciences (Beijing), in a recent interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). PBOC to ensure liquidity, credit growth, official says. ecns.cn The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will comprehensively use policy tools including the reserve requirement ratio to ensure ample liquidity in the banking system and a reasonable credit growth, said an official of the PBOC.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China authority says aspartame safe under nation's standard. ecns.cn China's food safety assessment authority said on Friday it is safe to use aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in many products, based on China's current standards and regulations.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Wang Yi discusses bilateral ties, Myanmar with Thai deputy PM. ecns.cn Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Friday met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai in Jakarta, Indonesia and exchanged views on bilateral ties as well as the Myanmar issue.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Wang Yi: China, EU should strengthen communication, deepen cooperation. ecns.cn China and the European Union (EU) should strengthen communication, enhance trust and deepen cooperation which serves the common interests of both sides, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Wang Yi: China-South Korea ties should make sound, steady progress. ecns.cn The relations between China and South Korea can and should make sound, steady and long-term progress, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Baihetan commences operation of all 16 power generators at record output. ecns.cn The Baihetan hydropower station operated all 16 of its generators for the first time on Thursday, with a maximum total output of 12.08 million kilowatts, hitting a new record.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China's high-speed railway is far more outstanding than U.S.: media reports. ecns.cn CNBC on Wednesday presented two sets of data regarding railway construction in a mini-documentary. "The United States ranks below many industrialized nations when it comes to ridership on its passenger rail," CNBC said, while that of China is far more outstanding, according to its figure.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Core module of China's Linglong One reactor ready to be delivered. ecns.cn The core module of the Linglong One, the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), passed final acceptance on Thursday, signaling that China is leading the world in terms of SMR technology.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Hangzhou customs opens special windows for Asian Games to ease clearance procedures. ecns.cn To ensure efficient customs clearance, Hangzhou Customs created two specialized windows offering one-stop services for the Asian Games related materials on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). (W.E. Talk) Fundamental Nature of Chinese Civilization (3). ecns.cn The Chinese culture has always valued harmony between man and nature, and it has been our constant pursuit that man and nature could live in harmony with each other.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Comicomment: Drugs have taken over America's streets. What's next?>. ecns.cn Drugs have become the biggest public health problem in the United States.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Cradle of civilization: Temple of Confucius. ecns.cn Built in 478 BC, the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, East China's Shandong province, is a tribute to Confucius (551-479 BC) – the most influential ancient Chinese philosopher and founder of Confucianism.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Insights‰∏®Australian sinologist: China has grown more confident, open and stable. ecns.cn During the exclusive interview with China News Network, Australian sinologist Colin Mackerras highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and promoting the status of women. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China holds International Sniper Competition. ecns.cn The "Sharp Blade 2023" International Sniper Competition opened in a training base of the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) Force in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region"ÄÄon Wednesday. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Water level of China's second-largest freshwater lake drops during main flood season. ecns.cn Dongting, China's second-largest freshwater lake, located in central China's Hunan Province, has reported a lower water level compared to that in many past years during the 2023 main flood season, according to local authorities. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Underwater 'Monkey King' performance stages in NE China. ecns.cn Divers in "Monkey King" and "Dragon King" costumes were spotted performing a famous chapter of "The Monkey King Caused Havoc in Dragon Palace" underwater in northeast China's Jilin Province, attracting flocks of visitors. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China's total box office in 2023 reaches $4.2 billion. ecns.cn As of July 14, the total box office of the Chinese film market, including presale tickets, in 2023 exceeded 30 billion yuan ($4.21 billion), which is close to the 30.67 billion yuan of 2022, according to Chinese ticketing platform Beacon. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). A close look at 'Sharp Blade-2023' International Sniper Competition>. ecns.cn The "Sharp Blade-2023" International Sniper Competition is underway in Urumqi, southwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Insights | Cambodian student: Chinese education has many impressive advantages. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). International auto expo opens in northeast China with separate new-energy hall. ecns.cn The 20th Changchun International Auto Expo kicked off on Saturday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. The 10-day event attracted 151 brands from 125 automakers across the globe, with more than 1,300 vehicles displayed. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China, Vietnam witness cross-border travel boom. ecns.cn Tourists flocked to the Detian Transnational Waterfall Scenic Area in Chongzuo, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday. "ÄÄ…

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-16). Gobierno boliviano acciona contra minería ilegal en Amazonía. telesurtv.net Detenidas 57 personas, investigadas por explotación ilegal de recursos minerales. Ministerio de Gobierno pedirá ampliar la pesquisa a delitos vinculados al medioambiente.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Portugueses solidarios con Cuba exigen fin del bloqueo de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Más de mil personas se reunieron con el presidente Díaz-Canel en Lisboa, y mostraron su apoyo y solidaridad a la Revolución y el pueblo cubanos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Incendio forestal quema más de 4.500 hectáreas en La Palma, España. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento en la gestión de control del siniestro intervienen 300 efectivos y medios terrestres de diversas fuerzas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Asesinan a periodista mexicano en Acapulco, Guerrero. telesurtv.net El portal de Matus Peña, quien ya había sufrido varios atentados en fechas pasadas, se especializaba en temas de nota roja.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Continúan protestas frente a Ministerio Público en Guatemala. telesurtv.net El Juzgado Séptimo Penal, a solicitud del fiscal Rafael Curruchiche, ordenó la suspensión temporal de la personería jurídica del partido Semilla.

Catherine Crockett (2023-07-16). Friday 7/14: Protest Rally: NO U.S. Cluster Munitions to Ukraine. indybay.org Window On The Bay / Monterey Waterfront Park, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, CA…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Thousands Of Israelis Demonstrated In Tel Aviv For The 28th Week In A Row. southfront.org Originally published on On July 24, thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv and several other cities of occupied Palestine for the 28th week in a row in protest against the judicial reform program of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Israeli regime. | The main demonstration was held on Kaplan Street in Tel Av…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives In Syria On First Official Visit Since War Broke Out. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Syrian Presidency Office. | On July 16, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Syria on the first official visit by an Iraqi primer to the country since the war broke out there in 2011. | Iraq was one of few Arab countries that refused to cut ties with Damascus when the Syrian war started. Both countries maintain special relations with Iran. Iraqi fighters fought side by side with government forces in Syria against ISIS and other terroris…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Three Israelis Wounded In New West Bank Shooting Attack. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 16, an Israeli was seriously wounded and two others were lightly hurt in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) alleged that the three were wounded when a Palestinian gunman or gunmen opened fire from a passing vehicle on a highway near the settlement of Tekoa, some 16 kilometers to the south of the city of Jerusalem. | According To Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service, the 35-year-…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). U.S.-Led Coalition Deploy More Of Its Proxies On Front With Syrian Army In Deir Ezzor — Report. southfront.org The United States-led coalition has deployed more of its proxies near the main front with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA)…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Kiev Attack Sevastopol With Drones As Its Forces Struggle On The Front (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has foiled a Ukrainian attempt to attack facilities near Sevastopol port in the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on July 16. | The ministry's announcement came after Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev reported the destruction of several drones near the city."This morning, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by seven unmanned aerial vehicles and two water surface drones on facilities on the territory of the Crimean peninsula near…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). Cuba to provide its science to Brussels-2023 Peoples' Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will provide its development and scientific achievements at the Brussels-2023 Peoples' Summit in search of solutions to the challenges being faced by humanity, renowned researcher Belinda Sánchez said on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuban President Diaz-Canel arrives in Brussels for EU-Celac Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived on Sunday in this capital, where he will participate in the 3rd Summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Reasons for Russia's operation in Ukraine explained in Czech Republic. plenglish.com Prague, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus acknowledged that there was a provocation to lead Russia to launch a war operation in Ukraine in February 2022, local media reported on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Palestine and Russia call for an end to Israel's escalation. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Palestine and Russia agreed on the need to end Israel's escalation on the occupied territories, and to resume dialogue, local media reported on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). NATO would pressure Türkiye to ignore Montreux Convention. plenglish.com/feed/ Ankara, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will pressure Türkiye to ignore…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Presidente Putin afirma que Rusia posee una buen reserva de bombas de racimo. telesurtv.net "Por supuesto, si las bombas de racimo se usan contra nosotros, nos reservamos el derecho a emprender acciones recíprocas", aseguró el mandatario.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Israelíes se movilizan en rechazo a la reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Se trata de la jornada 28 de protestas masivas contra una iniciativa legal que afectaría la democracia y el equilibrio de poderes, según los manifestantes.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-16). Sismo de magnitud 3,9 se registra en Quito, Ecuador. telesurtv.net La poca profundidad del evento explica por qué se sintió con fuerza por parte de la población y la ausencia de molestias en lugares más alejados, como Guayaquil.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Rusia exige a Ucrania liberar a abad del Monasterio de las Cuevas. telesurtv.net Cancillería rusa considera su arresto como arbitrariedad jurídica y otra violación por el régimen de Kiev de los derechos de los cristianos ortodoxos.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-16). Líderes de siete países vecinos de Sudán piden poner fin al conflicto. telesurtv.net Naciones Unidas pidió a las dos partes beligerantes en Sudán garantizar el acceso de ayuda humanitaria a medida que la miseria se profundiza para los civiles.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Gobierno de Colombia y ELN revelan protocolos de cese al fuego. telesurtv.net Este sábado 15 de julio conluyó en La Habana la sesión plenaria de la Mesa de Diálogos de Paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Expresan preocupación por accionar de gobernador Morales en Jujuy. telesurtv.net Funcionarios de DD.HH. exhortaron a que "las instancias institucionales competentes actúen para recuperar la paz y el estado pleno de derecho" en la provincia.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-16). Presidente Díaz-Canel se reúne con cubanos residentes en Portugal. telesurtv.net Posteriormente, Díaz-Canel dialogó con cerca de una treintena de empresarios, algunos con presencia en Cuba y otros en vías de estarlo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Asesinan a líder social en Arauca, sureste de Colombia. telesurtv.net Durán había sido secuestrado por un grupo de hombres armados al parecer integrantes de uno de los grupos armados que operan al margen de la ley en Arauca.

Basav Sen, Gabrielle Colchete, In These Times. (2023-07-16). Cop City And The Escalating War On Environmental Defenders. popularresistance.org The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a massive police training facility, has turned into ground zero for overlapping crises facing our country: the climate emergency, vast political and economic inequality, ever-militarizing police forces and systemic racism. | If we want a democracy healthy enough to solve these crises, it's worth paying attention to what is happening in the South River Forest. | On May 31, in a disturbing move shortly before Atlanta's City Council approved more funding for the facility, Georgia law enforcement arrested three members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which provides activists with l…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Flywire offers WeChat payment option for Chinese students. ecns.cn Flywire, a third-party payment platform in the United States, announced a partnership with Tencent Financial Technology, a fintech arm of China's tech giant Tencent, on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). New pattern drives regional development. ecns.cn Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co Ltd and its subsidiary Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co Ltd have built a new pattern of "Beijing design Baoding manufacturing", further promoting coordinated industrial development in Beijing and Hebei province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). PBOC: room for fine-tuning property policies. ecns.cn There is the scope to "marginally optimize" property market policies that were rolled out when the market was overheated, said an official of the People's Bank of China, the central bank.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Indian PM makes high-profile visit to France. ecns.cn India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the guest of honor alongside French President Emmanuel Macron at today's Bastille Day parade in Paris, signaling the importance France places on India as a strategic ally in Asia.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). 18th Ballroom Dance Championship kicks off in Shenzhen. ecns.cn The competition kicked off on Thursday in Shenzhen after a 3-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). People enjoy hotpot beside lotus pond in Chongqing. ecns.cn People enjoy hotpot beside a lotus pond filled with blooming lotus flowers in Chongqing, July 12, 2023.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). NSW legal groups call for new religious discrimination amendments to be rejected. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Protest calls on Plibersek to halt defence housing project at Binybara. greenleft.org.au

mforinoco (2023-07-16). Peruvian President Involved in Plagiarism Scandal. orinocotribune.com Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Has been accused of having plagiarized a book she included as her own work in her resume in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status, it was reported in Lima. | The TV show Punto Final said Sunday that 55% of Boluarte's "Reconocimiento de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario" (Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) work from 2004 consisted of theses, monographs, and academic articles published in Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica. She co-authored that work with six other people, it was…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-16). Ecuador: Resistencias para defender el agua, la vida y el territorio. indybay.org Ecuador: CONAIE y Frente Nacional Antiminero, Resistencias para defender el agua, la vida y el territorio…

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-16). Friday 7/14: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). Climategate 2.0 "the science" is dependent on manipulation of facts and data. expose-news.com In 2011, nearly two years after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal, a new batch of 5,000 emails were leaked. These emails were among scientists central to the assertion that humans are …

Salish Sea Cooperative Finance, Erika Lundahl, John Beatty, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-07-16). How To Create A Debt Co-Op To Take Back Your Student Loans. popularresistance.org The day we refinanced our first student loan, four debt cooperative members met for coffee and eggs at a greasy spoon at 8 a.m. to prepare the paperwork. Together, we all went to the bank, got the cashier's check, printed the letter, and put it in the mail, and it was elating. | So elating, in fact, that residents of downtown Seattle looked concerned as four grown adults let out shouts of joy outside a perfectly average post office after doing a seemingly simple task. But the task was anything but simple—and we had done it together. | Like an untold number of ideas throughout human history, the nuts and bol…

Tri-Valley CAREs, peace partners (2023-07-16). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawarence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…

Ursula Huws, Resilience. (2023-07-16). The Future Is Now: Rethinking Public Ownership. popularresistance.org Something momentous has happened, according to recent opinion polls. After 40 years of reluctantly accepting the Thatcherite mantra that there is no alternative to the market, the British public declared that they had had enough. In August 2022, Survation polling for the campaign group We Own It revealed that 69 per cent were in favour of publicly-owned water, 65 per cent for publicly-owned buses, 67 per cent for rail, 66 per cent for energy, 68 per cent for Royal Mail, and a whopping 78 per cent for the NHS. With public sentiment matching the vigour of an emboldened labour movement, there is a feeling that some…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-16). EU-Cuba project focuses on smart city model. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The European Union (EU) and the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH) are promoting a project to implement a smart city model in Havana, Nelys García, director of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, said on Friday.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Anuncian ejercicios militares conjuntos entre China y Rusia. telesurtv.net Una flotilla naval china de cinco buques de guerra y cuatro helicópteros participarán en los ejercicios militares "Norte/Interacción-2023".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Lluvias torrenciales dejan al menos 25 muertos en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net La mayoría de las víctimas, incluidos 16 muertos y nueve desaparecidos, provienen de la provincia de Gyeongsang del Norte.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Planta química en Louisiana, EE.UU., reporta varias explosiones. telesurtv.net No se reportaron heridos de inmediato y no se detectó ninguna fuga química en la escena en llamas en el complejo industrial cerca de Plaquemine, a unos 32 kilómetros al suroeste de Baton Rouge.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Un policía muere en tiroteo en Fargo, Dakota del Norte, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Un hombre abrió fuego contra los agentes de policía poco antes de las 15H00 horas locales de este viernes en una calle concurrida, según testigos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Frustran atentado ucraniano contra directora de la cadena RT. telesurtv.net Además, los servicios especiales de Ucrania planeaban un atentado contra la periodista rusa Ksenia Sobchak.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). øQué representó para Chile la nacionalización del cobre?>. telesurtv.net El 11 de julio de 1971, el Congreso chileno aprobó por unanimidad la enmienda constitucional que hizo posible la nacionalización del cobre.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Emiten aviso de tsunami tras sismo en Alaska, EE.UU., de magnitud 7.2. telesurtv.net La profundidad del evento telúrico fue de unos 21 kilómetros, de acuerdo con el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por su sigla en inglés).

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Avanza impresión de papeletas para balotaje presidencial en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Este viernes, el TSE publicó en el Diario de Centro América el Acuerdo 1328-2023, mediante el cual fueron oficializados los resultados de las elecciones del 25 de junio.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). México organizará cumbre con la Caricom a finales de 2023. telesurtv.net Bárcena indicó que acudirá en representación del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador a la cumbre entre la Unión Europea y la Celac.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Autoridades de Cusco, Perú, alertan que podrían quedarse sin agua. telesurtv.net Existe un racionamiento del agua desde hace 60 días en la ciudad de Cusco y las autoridades han pedido al Gobierno que se declare en emergencia.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Brasil pide pausar 10 años la minería en aguas profundas. telesurtv.net Los científicos advirtieron que la minería en aguas profundas podría dar lugar a tormentas de polvo y causar contaminación lumínica y acústica.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Las reservas rusas de cereales aumentan 58,4% en junio. telesurtv.net Las reservas de semillas de girasol se incrementaron en un 74,4 por ciento, hasta 0,9 millones de toneladas.

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2023-07-16: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Xi stresses advancing high-quality development of internet and information technology sector. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has given important instructions on cyber security and information technology application work.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China, Vietnam witness cross-border travel boom. ecns.cn Tourists flocked to the Detian Transnational Waterfall Scenic Area in Chongzuo, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). (W.E. Talk) Fundamental Nature of Chinese Civilization (3). ecns.cn The Chinese culture has always valued harmony between man and nature, and it has been our constant pursuit that man and nature could live in harmony with each other.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). International auto expo opens in northeast China with separate new-energy hall. ecns.cn The 20th Changchun International Auto Expo kicked off on Saturday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. The 10-day event attracted 151 brands from 125 automakers across the globe, with more than 1,300 vehicles displayed. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Insights | Cambodian student: CPC gives priority to education, policies benefit remote areas. ecns.cn "The CPC makes the people the real beneficiaries of development and enhances the people's sense of gain and happiness."said TEP CHANPANHA, a Cambodian student studying at China University of Geosciences (Beijing), in a recent interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Cradle of civilization: Temple of Confucius. ecns.cn Built in 478 BC, the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, East China's Shandong province, is a tribute to Confucius (551-479 BC) – the most influential ancient Chinese philosopher and founder of Confucianism.


ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Insights | Cambodian student: Chinese education has many impressive advantages. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Wang Yi: China-South Korea ties should make sound, steady progress. ecns.cn The relations between China and South Korea can and should make sound, steady and long-term progress, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Wang Yi discusses bilateral ties, Myanmar with Thai deputy PM. ecns.cn Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Friday met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai in Jakarta, Indonesia and exchanged views on bilateral ties as well as the Myanmar issue.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Wang Yi: China, EU should strengthen communication, deepen cooperation. ecns.cn China and the European Union (EU) should strengthen communication, enhance trust and deepen cooperation which serves the common interests of both sides, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has said.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). A close look at 'Sharp Blade-2023' International Sniper Competition>. ecns.cn The "Sharp Blade-2023" International Sniper Competition is underway in Urumqi, southwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Comicomment: Drugs have taken over America's streets. What's next?>. ecns.cn Drugs have become the biggest public health problem in the United States.




ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China authority says aspartame safe under nation's standard. ecns.cn China's food safety assessment authority said on Friday it is safe to use aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in many products, based on China's current standards and regulations.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Hangzhou customs opens special windows for Asian Games to ease clearance procedures. ecns.cn To ensure efficient customs clearance, Hangzhou Customs created two specialized windows offering one-stop services for the Asian Games related materials on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China's total box office in 2023 reaches $4.2 billion. ecns.cn As of July 14, the total box office of the Chinese film market, including presale tickets, in 2023 exceeded 30 billion yuan ($4.21 billion), which is close to the 30.67 billion yuan of 2022, according to Chinese ticketing platform Beacon. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Underwater 'Monkey King' performance stages in NE China. ecns.cn Divers in "Monkey King" and "Dragon King" costumes were spotted performing a famous chapter of "The Monkey King Caused Havoc in Dragon Palace" underwater in northeast China's Jilin Province, attracting flocks of visitors. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Water level of China's second-largest freshwater lake drops during main flood season. ecns.cn Dongting, China's second-largest freshwater lake, located in central China's Hunan Province, has reported a lower water level compared to that in many past years during the 2023 main flood season, according to local authorities. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China holds International Sniper Competition. ecns.cn The "Sharp Blade 2023" International Sniper Competition opened in a training base of the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) Force in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region"ÄÄon Wednesday. "ÄÄ…




ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Media Center delivers cultural extravaganza ahead of Chengdu University Games. ecns.cn With only two weeks to the opening of the Chengdu 2021 FISU Games, the Main Media Center (MMC) opened on Thursday, offering journalists from across the globe a chance to immerse themselves in Chengdu's vibrant culture and savor its culinary delights.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Insights‰∏®Australian sinologist: China has grown more confident, open and stable. ecns.cn During the exclusive interview with China News Network, Australian sinologist Colin Mackerras highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and promoting the status of women. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Core module of China's Linglong One reactor ready to be delivered. ecns.cn The core module of the Linglong One, the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), passed final acceptance on Thursday, signaling that China is leading the world in terms of SMR technology.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). PBOC to ensure liquidity, credit growth, official says. ecns.cn The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will comprehensively use policy tools including the reserve requirement ratio to ensure ample liquidity in the banking system and a reasonable credit growth, said an official of the PBOC.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). China's high-speed railway is far more outstanding than U.S.: media reports. ecns.cn CNBC on Wednesday presented two sets of data regarding railway construction in a mini-documentary. "The United States ranks below many industrialized nations when it comes to ridership on its passenger rail," CNBC said, while that of China is far more outstanding, according to its figure.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims. ecns.cn The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.




ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Baihetan commences operation of all 16 power generators at record output. ecns.cn The Baihetan hydropower station operated all 16 of its generators for the first time on Thursday, with a maximum total output of 12.08 million kilowatts, hitting a new record.

Julie Russell-Steuart (2023-07-16). Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective. indybay.org The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban.

Activista (2023-07-16). Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours. indybay.org Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto | 1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox…

CCL San Mateo Chapter, Youth Group (2023-07-16). Saturday 8/5: Climate Emergency: March & Rally for Climate Justice in San Mateo. indybay.org Central Park | 50 East 5th Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

NARAL Pro-Choice CA (2023-07-16). Wednesday 7/19: Reproductive Freedom Advocate Training w/ NARAL CA. indybay.org Virtual/online training workshop…

Oakland Privacy (2023-07-16). Tuesday 8/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.




KQED San Francisco (2023-07-16). Thursday 9/7: Reclaiming Curanderismo: Pre-colonial Indigenous Healing Practices Across the Americas. indybay.org In-Person: The Commons room | KQED Headquarters | 2601 Mariposa Street | San Francisco CA 94110 | Online via livestream…

EARTHDAY (2023-07-16). Monday 7/17: #PlasticPollution: How Plastic Threatens Human and Planetary Health. indybay.org Online event…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-07-16). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.

David Giesen (2023-07-16). Monday 7/17: Full Disclosure brain storming session: holding public persons and entities accountable. indybay.org Google Meet (online video conference): | meet.google.com/yqb-ndmw-vng…

United State of Women, partners (2023-07-16). Wednesday 7/19: Self-Managed Abortion On Our Own Terms: Barriers to Communities of Color & Criminalization. indybay.org Online event…

Angela (2023-07-16). Saturday 7/15: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "It's Better To Jump" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…





santiago serrano (2023-07-16). Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, webs de contactos que denigran a periodistas. indybay.org Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, Marc Palau Potau y Josep Colominas Hugas y la empresa 10dencehispahard, S.L -Cdmon.com- gestionan una red de webs porno que utilizan en sus descripciones nombres de periodistas y los denigran.

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-16). A Dangerous Myth: Does Speaking Imply Breathing? indybay.org It is possible for someone to be able to speak without being able to adequately breathe. This article from the Annals of Internal Medicine looks at how a person may die from lack of oxygen while still being able to plead… "I can't breathe."

Norman Solomon (2023-07-16). Biden and Cluster Munitions: "In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See" indybay.org While "diplomacy" is a dirty word…

People for the American Way (2023-07-16). Tuesday 7/18: Unpacking the Recent SCOTUS Term and the Fight for Court Rebalance & Integrity w/ PFAW. indybay.org Zoom webinar…

Revolution Books (2023-07-16). Sunday 7/16: Open House and Watch Party of the Revcom Fundraising Live Stream at Revolution Books. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Tri-Valley CAREs, peace partners (2023-07-16). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawrence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…

santiago serrano (2023-07-16). Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, webs de contactos que denigran a periodistas. indybay.org Jaume Ramón Palau Potau, Marc Palau Potau y Josep Colominas Hugas y la empresa 10dencehispahard, S.L -Cdmon.com- gestionan una red de webs porno que utilizan en sus descripciones nombres de periodistas y los denigran.

PNW Street Medics (2023-07-16). A Dangerous Myth: Does Speaking Imply Breathing? indybay.org It is possible for someone to be able to speak without being able to adequately breathe. This article from the Annals of Internal Medicine looks at how a person may die from lack of oxygen while still being able to plead… "I can't breathe."

Norman Solomon (2023-07-16). Biden and Cluster Munitions: "In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See" indybay.org While "diplomacy" is a dirty word…

People for the American Way (2023-07-16). Tuesday 7/18: Unpacking the Recent SCOTUS Term and the Fight for Court Rebalance & Integrity w/ PFAW. indybay.org Zoom webinar…

Revolution Books (2023-07-16). Sunday 7/16: Open House and Watch Party of the Revcom Fundraising Live Stream at Revolution Books. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Tri-Valley CAREs, peace partners (2023-07-16). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawrence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…

SFBA Japanese Lantern Ceremony World Peace (2023-07-16). Saturday 8/5: SF Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony in Commemoration of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. indybay.org Berkeley: RSVP for location details | Saturday, Aug. 5th in the evening…

Street Spirit (2023-07-16). Saturday 7/15: Street Spirit comeback party and fundraiser! indybay.org Tamarack, Oakland (1501 Harrison Street)…

Matthew Hoh (2023-07-16). Who fuels war and profits from it. indybay.org It is morally indefensible to support the strategy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Nor is it moral to remain silent when the U.S. pursues strategies and policies that cannot achieve its stated | goals. This senseless pursuit of defeating Russia in the spirit of some kind of 19th century imperial victory is unattainable.

ElmerCraig (2023-07-16). NATO summit: the conveners failed to provide the document's security. indybay.org

Catherine Crockett (2023-07-16). Saturday 7/15: Monterey Peninsula Pride Parade. indybay.org Intersection of Alvarado Street and Polk Street in Monterey.

Catherine Crockett (2023-07-16). Friday 7/14: Protest Rally: NO U.S. Cluster Munitions to Ukraine. indybay.org Window On The Bay / Monterey Waterfront Park, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, CA…

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-16). Eugenics Rebranded As Healthcare & Revisiting: "Is There Graphene Oxide In The COVID-19 Injections?" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/16/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). In Video: Syrian, Russian Fighter Bombers Eliminate Sabotage Groups Near U.S. Garrison In Al-Tanf. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | Syrian and Russian Su-24 fighter bombers have carried out a series of airstrikes against sabotage groups in Syria's central desert, also known as al-Badya. | It is unclear when exactly the Syrian and Russian airstrikes took place. However, video footage of the airstrikes surfaced online on July 16. The targeted sabotage groups were reportedly trained by the Unite…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Russian Army Repels More Ukrainian Attacks In Donetsk, Krasny Liman (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that several Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the directions of Donetsk and Krasny Liman. | In a statement, the ministry said that the Russian Yug Group of Forces had repelled 15 attacks by Kiev forces near Belogorovka, Severnoye, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Krasnogorovka, Veseloye, Novomikhailovka, Pervomayskoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk direction. | The group also destroyed two ammunition depots of Ukraine's 54th Mechanised Brigade…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Shia Communities Of Parachinar, Takfiri Tribes Reconcile. southfront.org Originally published by After heavy attacks by Takfiri tribes and militant groups against Shia residents in the Pakistani town of Parachinar, Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the warring parties made peace and signed a ceasefire treaty with the mediation of the local tribal council (Jirga-e-Qaumi). | Five days after heavy attacks b…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Changing Directions Of Attacks, Ukrainian Military Advanced South Of Velika Novoselka On Zaporozhie Front. southfront.org Heavy battles have been ongoing for almost month and a half on the southern Ukrainian frontlines. One of the main direction of Ukrainian attacks are the settlements located south of Velika Novoselka on the border between the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. Suffering heavy losses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue "meat assaults" on Russian military positions in an attempt to achieve at least some tactical gains. | The Ukrainian military command has recently stopped large attempts to attack v…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). U.S.-Led Coalition Warplanes Violated Flight Protocols Over Syria 14 Times: Russian Army. southfront.org A General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | United States-led coalition warplanes violated deconfliction protocols over Syria 14 times in the last 24 hours, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, announced on July 15. "During the day, 14 cases of violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019 were recorded, related to flights of unmanned aerial vehicles not coordinated with the Russian side b…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Ukrainian Forces Hit Mine In Rare Attack On Luhansk. southfront.org On the morning of July 16, Ukrainian forces launched a major strike on the city of Luhansk in the Luhansk People's Republic. According to the locals, several explosions thundered in the area. | At about 10 am Moscow time, Russian air defence systems were heard working on the south-western outskirts of the city of Lugansk. Then several explosions thundered in the area. | The target was reportedly a mine warehouse with ammonium and TNT which was not used by the Russian military but is necessary…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-16). Thousands Of Israelis Demonstrated In Tel Aviv For The 28th Week In A Row. southfront.org Originally published on On July 24, thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv and several other cities of occupied Palestine for the 28th week in a row in protest against the judicial reform program of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Israeli regime. | The main demonstration was held on Kaplan Street in Tel Av…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives In Syria On First Official Visit Since War Broke Out. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Syrian Presidency Office. | On July 16, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Syria on the first official visit by an Iraqi primer to the country since the war broke out there in 2011. | Iraq was one of few Arab countries that refused to cut ties with Damascus when the Syrian war started. Both countries maintain special relations with Iran. Iraqi fighters fought side by side with government forces in Syria against ISIS and other terroris…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Three Israelis Wounded In New West Bank Shooting Attack. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 16, an Israeli was seriously wounded and two others were lightly hurt in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) alleged that the three were wounded when a Palestinian gunman or gunmen opened fire from a passing vehicle on a highway near the settlement of Tekoa, some 16 kilometers to the south of the city of Jerusalem. | According To Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service, the 35-year-…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). U.S.-Led Coalition Deploy More Of Its Proxies On Front With Syrian Army In Deir Ezzor — Report. southfront.org The United States-led coalition has deployed more of its proxies near the main front with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA)…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-16). Kiev Attack Sevastopol With Drones As Its Forces Struggle On The Front (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has foiled a Ukrainian attempt to attack facilities near Sevastopol port in the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on July 16. | The ministry's announcement came after Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev reported the destruction of several drones near the city."This morning, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by seven unmanned aerial vehicles and two water surface drones on facilities on the territory of the Crimean peninsula near…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-16). People Continue to Take to the Streets of San Francisco for Banko Brown. itsgoingdown.org Report back on recent march in San Francisco protesting the murder of Banko Brown by Walgreens security. A Black trans man born and raised in Frisco, Banko Brown, was dispossessed by the rapaciousness of the city's real estate machine and its ruling elite. At the time of his murder, he was 24 years old and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: How heat affects medication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Finding ways to keep your body cool during extremely high temperatures is important, and so is ensuring your medications aren't exposed to extreme heat. Scott Hall, a Mayo Clinic pharmacist, says medications can become degraded during temperature changes. He says some medications also can cause heat intolerance. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/7hM14G0Z__Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Temperature can impact…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon performs innovative endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, advancing minimally invasive care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Delivering more minimally invasive and robotic surgery options to patients is something Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, has been helping to lead. He recently performed Mayo Clinic's first endoscopic spinal fusion surgery, which combines the use of robotics and an endoscope to deliver safer, more effective surgeries that are minimally invasive and allow for faster recovery times. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/NDwi7_2TPLQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. Excessive heat warnings are out in many areas, including the Phoenix area where the forecast is for highs approaching 120-degrees this weekend. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person's needs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions depending on the person's predominant underlying cause of obesity. A diet based on phenotypes considers a person's genetic and phenotypic characteristics to create a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Plant-based diet is encouraged for patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients diagnosed with cancer, is there one diet that is better than another? Dr. Dawn Mussallem, an integrative health specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's not about one food or diet, but rather a dietary pattern that emphasizes a predominant plant-based diet that is high in fiber. And, Dr. Mussallem says, 97% of Americans aren't getting enough fiber. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/R0SBgxhZfFU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am retired, and although I generally enjoy less hectic days now, I keep busy. Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons. My wife tells me that I'm doing it wrong because I often wake up groggy. Is there a wrong way — or time — to nap? ANSWER: Closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea. It…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Burning mouth syndrome: Why doctors sometimes fight its fire with fire. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Menopause is a risk factor for painful condition, Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains LONDON — Hot flashes, mood swings and sleep problems are common as a woman approaches and passes menopause. Much less common but as disruptive is another condition that can afflict perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: burning mouth syndrome. Sarmed Sami, MBChB, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, describes the painful condition, how it is diagnosed and why doctors sometimes fight its…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Science Saturday: A novel testing approach for newly identified VEXAS syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org VEXAS syndrome is a severe autoinflammatory disease that results in a spectrum of rheumatologic and hematologic conditions. Mostly affecting men over age 50, VEXAS is caused by somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells, which is a gene located in the X chromosome. Until just a few years ago, patients presenting with features of VEXAS syndrome were not unified under a specific diagnosis. The underlying cause of newly identified VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people think that a breast health specialist only treats cancer, but the truth is that these doctors handle a wide range of breast-related conditions. Dr. Lauren Cornell, a Mayo Clinic breast medicine specialist, says there are many ways people can benefit from seeing a breast medicine expert. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a breast medicine specialist? youtu.be/sU7I61tnxZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Proper posture and body alignment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother lives with me, and she is always nagging me to "stand up straight" and "put your shoulders back." She says good posture will keep me healthy as I age. But I'm only 17. Does it really matter if I'm slouching a bit? ANSWER: Though it may seem annoying, your grandmother is correct in that good posture supports good health. And starting good habits now, though it requires conscious effort, can help you…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neurologist and director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic hosts RISE for Equity conference in Minneapolis Aug. 10-12. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Hundreds of healthcare professionals will gather Aug. 10-12 for Mayo Clinic's third annual RISE for Equity: Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen & Empower 2023 conference, an opportunity to advance national discussion and learn evidence-based practices to improving diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare. Keynote presentations by leading experts and panel discussions will cover topics such as health disparities, digital equity, artificial intelligence (AI) and coded bias, representation, and organizational belonging, among many others. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Laser ablation surgery helps treat young man's epilepsy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Epilepsy is a neurological condition where the normal electrical activity of the brain is disrupted, causing a seizure. It's fairly common. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 1 in 26 people have the disorder: Trevor Thompson is one. When medications failed to control his seizures, Trevor went looking for help. He found it at Mayo Clinic. Watch: Laser ablation surgery helps treat young man's epilepsy youtu.be/Xu79qPcrwFQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (2: 22) is in the downloads at the end…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London adds doctors in several medical specialties. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Mayo Clinic Healthcare is adding several doctors, including cardiologists, a gastroenterologist, experts in women's and men's health, and radiologists who specialize in a range of conditions and imaging techniques. Several of the doctors are multilingual. Mayo Clinic Healthcare, located at 15 Portland Place in the Harley Street Medical Area, provides personalised healthcare including specialized care, second opinions, advanced medical imaging and tailored wellness plans. The clinic also serves as a gateway to Mayo Clinic's…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Yale University-Mayo Clinic CERSI Receive up to $50 Million FDA Grant to Advance Medical Research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI), a joint effort between Yale University, Mayo Clinic and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct research and develop tools to support regulatory decision-making, has received renewed FDA funding to advance its efforts to improve public health. The renewed funding — spanning 5 years and up to $50 million —will support a wide range of research projects focused on areas such as the development of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-16). Why LGBTQ+ adults should pay attention to heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent studies reveal a concerning trend in the cardiovascular health of LGBTQ+ adults. They experience worse heart health compared to their cisgender heterosexual peers. LGBTQ+ people also tend to have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains what may be putting LGBTQ+ adults at higher risk for cardiovascular disease and what can be done to lower their risk. Watch: The Mayo…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). Seattle activists rally to defend the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On July 12, a crowd of 30 activists and community members gathered in Denny Park to show solidarity with the Tampa 5 on the date of their second court appearance. This demonstration was one of many actions all over the country showing support for the five campus activists arrested in Tampa. The main demand is that all charges be dropped. | The Tampa 5 – Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Jeanie Kida, Chrisley Carpio, and Lauren Pineiro – are four student activists and a union campus worker arrested last March. The arrests happened during a march and rally at the University of South Florida (USF) protestin…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). As legal battle over abortion in Wisconsin heats up, obstacles appear. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 11, Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee (RJAM) held a press conference in front of Milwaukee City Hall concerning the recent updates to the lawsuit being pursued by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul against the 1849 state statute 940.04. This lawsuit was launched by Kaul on June 28, 2022, in response to the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision and came in the wake of mass protests across the state. | If this lawsuit wins, the next hurdle to abortion access will be from a different state statute, 940.195, which says that anyone who "causes bodily harm to an unborn child by an act…

Fight Back (2023-07-16). Labor Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating the following "Solidarity with the Tampa 5" resolution voted up by the union delegates to the West Central Florida Labor Council (WCFLC). President Jim Junecko of the WCFLC, AFL-CIO sent the resolution to Florida State's Attorney Susan Lopez asking she direct Prosecutor Justin Diaz to drop the charges. | Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5 | WHEREAS the West Central Florida Labor Council dedicates itself to improving the lives of working families, bringing fairness and dignity to the workplace and securing social equity in the Nation; | WHEREAS we support union workers, students a…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). India and UAE agree to do business in local currencies. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to do commercial transactions in their local currencies, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Abu Dhabi on Saturday. The Reserve Bank of India and the UAE Central Bank, in front of the Indian prime minister and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, inked two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to boost the use of local currencies, the Indian rupee (INR) and the UAE dirham (AED), for cross-border transactions.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). Ecuadorians visit Cuba to join solidarity brigade. plenglish.com Quito, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) A group of seven Ecuadorians are arriving in Havana on Sunday to join the 28th Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). ICAIC leadership reshuffled. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Susana Molina, a graduate in Art History, will be the new vice president of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), a position from which she will direct that institution, following President Ramon Samada's resignation.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Russia confirms failed Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed a failed attack by Ukraine with unmanned aerial and surface vehicles on Sevastopol, the Crimean port and the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). President Putin says that sending cluster bombs to Ukraine is a crime. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that the shipment of cluster munitions from the United States to Ukraine should be considered a crime.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-16). Cuba to provide its science to Brussels-2023 Peoples' Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will provide its development and scientific achievements at the Brussels-2023 Peoples' Summit in search of solutions to the challenges being faced by humanity, renowned researcher Belinda Sánchez said on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Cuban President Diaz-Canel arrives in Brussels for EU-Celac Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived on Sunday in this capital, where he will participate in the 3rd Summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Reasons for Russia's operation in Ukraine explained in Czech Republic. plenglish.com Prague, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus acknowledged that there was a provocation to lead Russia to launch a war operation in Ukraine in February 2022, local media reported on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). Palestine and Russia call for an end to Israel's escalation. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Palestine and Russia agreed on the need to end Israel's escalation on the occupied territories, and to resume dialogue, local media reported on Sunday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-07-16). NATO would pressure Türkiye to ignore Montreux Convention. plenglish.com/feed/ Ankara, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will pressure Türkiye to ignore…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Santa Fe elige a sus candidatos a gobernador en primarias en Argentina. telesurtv.net Más de 2,7 millones de personas están convocadas este domingo a participar de las elecciones primarias abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) en la provincia de Santa Fe.

Staff (2023-07-16). Presidente de Siria recibe a primer ministro de Irak en Damasco. telesurtv.net El alto funcionario iraquí fue recibido en una ceremonia oficial en el Palacio Presidencial del Pueblo en la capital Damasco.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Bangladés alcanza récord de infectados por dengue durante 2023. telesurtv.net El país surasiático reportó este sábado 1.623 nuevos casos de dengue en las 24 horas, el mayor número de hospitalizaciones en un día por la enfermedad transmitida por mosquitos este año.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Presidente Putin afirma que Rusia posee una buen reserva de bombas de racimo. telesurtv.net "Por supuesto, si las bombas de racimo se usan contra nosotros, nos reservamos el derecho a emprender acciones recíprocas", aseguró el mandatario.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Nuevos tiroteos en EE.UU. dejan siete muertos y diez heridos. telesurtv.net En cuatro ciudades de EE.UU. se registraron tiroteos este sábado, de acuerdo con el grupo Gun Violence Archive, en el cual destaca el ocurrido en el estado de Georgia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Sube a 37 cifra de muertos por fuertes lluvias en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net El Cuartel General Central de Contramedidas de Seguridad y Desastres actualizó la cifra de decesos ubicándola en 37, mientras que otras nueve seguían desaparecidas a las 06H00 hora local.

teleSUR, jeq, JGN (2023-07-16). Cinco libros que debes leer del poeta cubano Nicolás Guillén. telesurtv.net En sus trabajos Nicolás Guillén trató el tema del afroamericano en Cuba como ningún otro autor lo había hecho con anterioridad.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Amotinamiento en cárcel de Danlí, Honduras, deja un muerto. telesurtv.net El portavoz de la Policía Militar, José Coello, dijo que los reclusos se amotinaron debido a una requisa. "Ya se restableció el orden", anotó.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Cuba y México saludan avances entre Gobierno de Colombia y ELN. telesurtv.net "Saludamos resultados alcanzados en Cuba por la Mesa de Diálogos de Paz entre el Gobierno de Colombia y el ELN", dijo el canciller Rodríguez.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Venezuela gana sus primeras medallas en Juegos Suramericanos. telesurtv.net El campeón de lucha libre de playa y abanderado de la delegación venezolana, José Daniel Díaz Roberti, debutó con un triunfo en su categoría de más de 90 kilogramos.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Presidentes latinoamericanos viajan a Bruselas para cumbre Celac-UE. telesurtv.net El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, emitió un tuit el sábado por la noche en el cual dio a conocer que inició su viaje hacia Bruselas "para fortalecer las relaciones entre América Latina y Europa".

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Emiten aviso de tsunami tras sismo de magnitud 7.2 en Alaska, EE.UU. telesurtv.net La profundidad del evento telúrico fue de unos 21 kilómetros, de acuerdo con el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por su sigla en inglés).

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Continúan protestas frente a Ministerio Público en Guatemala. telesurtv.net El Juzgado Séptimo Penal, a solicitud del fiscal Rafael Curruchiche, ordenó la suspensión temporal de la personería jurídica del partido Semilla.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Asesinan a periodista mexicano en Acapulco, Guerrero. telesurtv.net El portal de Matus Peña, quien ya había sufrido varios atentados en fechas pasadas, se especializaba en temas de nota roja.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Portugueses solidarios con Cuba exigen fin del bloqueo de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Más de mil personas se reunieron con el presidente Díaz-Canel en Lisboa, y mostraron su apoyo y solidaridad a la Revolución y el pueblo cubanos.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-16). Gobierno boliviano acciona contra minería ilegal en Amazonía. telesurtv.net Detenidas 57 personas, investigadas por explotación ilegal de recursos minerales. Ministerio de Gobierno pedirá ampliar la pesquisa a delitos vinculados al medioambiente.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Incendio forestal quema más de 4.500 hectáreas en La Palma, España. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento en la gestión de control del siniestro intervienen 300 efectivos y medios terrestres de diversas fuerzas.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Israelíes se movilizan en rechazo a la reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Se trata de la jornada 28 de protestas masivas contra una iniciativa legal que afectaría la democracia y el equilibrio de poderes, según los manifestantes.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-16). Sismo de magnitud 3,9 se registra en Quito, Ecuador. telesurtv.net La poca profundidad del evento explica por qué se sintió con fuerza por parte de la población y la ausencia de molestias en lugares más alejados, como Guayaquil.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-16). Rusia exige a Ucrania liberar a abad del Monasterio de las Cuevas. telesurtv.net Cancillería rusa considera su arresto como arbitrariedad jurídica y otra violación por el régimen de Kiev de los derechos de los cristianos ortodoxos.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-16). Líderes de siete países vecinos de Sudán piden poner fin al conflicto. telesurtv.net Naciones Unidas pidió a las dos partes beligerantes en Sudán garantizar el acceso de ayuda humanitaria a medida que la miseria se profundiza para los civiles.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Gobierno de Colombia y ELN revelan protocolos de cese al fuego. telesurtv.net Este sábado 15 de julio conluyó en La Habana la sesión plenaria de la Mesa de Diálogos de Paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Expresan preocupación por accionar de gobernador Morales en Jujuy. telesurtv.net Funcionarios de DD.HH. exhortaron a que "las instancias institucionales competentes actúen para recuperar la paz y el estado pleno de derecho" en la provincia.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-16). Presidente Díaz-Canel se reúne con cubanos residentes en Portugal. telesurtv.net Posteriormente, Díaz-Canel dialogó con cerca de una treintena de empresarios, algunos con presencia en Cuba y otros en vías de estarlo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Asesinan a líder social en Arauca, sureste de Colombia. telesurtv.net Durán había sido secuestrado por un grupo de hombres armados al parecer integrantes de uno de los grupos armados que operan al margen de la ley en Arauca.

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Andrew Korybko (2023-07-16). The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable. orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybyko — Jul 14, 2023 | Iran takes issue with anyone simply acknowledging the Emirates' claims like China and Russia did in their joint statements with the GCC since it believes that this lends credence to the latter's position that Tehran's control over those islands is illegitimate. | Russian Ambassador to Iran Alexey Dedov was

Basav Sen, Gabrielle Colchete, In These Times. (2023-07-16). Cop City And The Escalating War On Environmental Defenders. popularresistance.org The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a massive police training facility, has turned into ground zero for overlapping crises facing our country: the climate emergency, vast political and economic inequality, ever-militarizing police forces and systemic racism. | If we want a democracy healthy enough to solve these crises, it's worth paying attention to what is happening in the South River Forest. | On May 31, in a disturbing move shortly before Atlanta's City Council approved more funding for the facility, Georgia law enforcement arrested three members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which provides activists with l…

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-07-16). Chris Hedges: American Poverty Is A Calamity By Design. popularresistance.org Some 50 million people in the United States live in poverty today—and over 108 million people survive on less than $55,000 a year. Despite having the largest economy on earth, poverty in the US is often grinding and brutal. From millions who live without running water or reliable power, to countless children who experience food insecurity and homelessness. The data on poverty only becomes exacerbated when race is taken into account. In 2019, the median White household had a net worth of $188,200, compared with $24,100 for the median Black household. Matthew Desmond joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss h…

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Flywire offers WeChat payment option for Chinese students. ecns.cn Flywire, a third-party payment platform in the United States, announced a partnership with Tencent Financial Technology, a fintech arm of China's tech giant Tencent, on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). New pattern drives regional development. ecns.cn Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co Ltd and its subsidiary Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co Ltd have built a new pattern of "Beijing design Baoding manufacturing", further promoting coordinated industrial development in Beijing and Hebei province.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). PBOC: room for fine-tuning property policies. ecns.cn There is the scope to "marginally optimize" property market policies that were rolled out when the market was overheated, said an official of the People's Bank of China, the central bank.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). Indian PM makes high-profile visit to France. ecns.cn India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the guest of honor alongside French President Emmanuel Macron at today's Bastille Day parade in Paris, signaling the importance France places on India as a strategic ally in Asia.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). 18th Ballroom Dance Championship kicks off in Shenzhen. ecns.cn The competition kicked off on Thursday in Shenzhen after a 3-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-07-16). People enjoy hotpot beside lotus pond in Chongqing. ecns.cn People enjoy hotpot beside a lotus pond filled with blooming lotus flowers in Chongqing, July 12, 2023.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Don't invest in Whitehaven Coal, protesters urge Itochu Corporation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). ICAC finds Berejiklian acted corruptly — and that's it. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Kurds protest death threat to imprisoned leader Abdullah àñcalan. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). NSW legal groups call for new religious discrimination amendments to be rejected. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Protest calls on Plibersek to halt defence housing project at Binybara. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Protesters say 'no' to Middle Arm gas project. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Robodebt victims need justice, not platitudes. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-16). 70 years after armistice: It's time to end the Korean War! greenleft.org.au

Jeff Shantz (2023-07-16). Canada: Gov't pushes dock workers union to tentatively end strike. greenleft.org.au The strike by nearly 7500 dock workers in British Columbia may have come to an end after nearly two weeks, as the union and shipping bosses announced a tentative agreement, reports Jeff Shantz.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-16). The State's Constant Attack On Black Liberation. popularresistance.org Black people who assert their rights to be sovereign and liberated have always been treated as enemies to be silenced or destroyed. Even enslaved people who sought to escape from bondage were labeled as sufferers of "drapetomania." The effort to pathologize and stigmatize the fight for freedom never ended. To this very day Black liberation is diminished and discredited as being wrong headed or dangerous. | The descendants of those who bravely attempted to escape chattel slavery were treated in the same manner. Black radicals such as Paul Robeson, Claudia Jones, and W.E.B. Dubois were destroyed by McCarthyite witc…

mforinoco (2023-07-16). Peruvian President Involved in Plagiarism Scandal. orinocotribune.com Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Has been accused of having plagiarized a book she included as her own work in her resume in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status, it was reported in Lima. | The TV show Punto Final said Sunday that 55% of Boluarte's "Reconocimiento de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario" (Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) work from 2004 consisted of theses, monographs, and academic articles published in Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica. She co-authored that work with six other people, it was…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-16). Nuclear War. "90 Seconds to Midnight": The Pentagon's 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-16). Ecuador: Resistencias para defender el agua, la vida y el territorio. indybay.org Ecuador: CONAIE y Frente Nacional Antiminero, Resistencias para defender el agua, la vida y el territorio…

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-07-16). Friday 7/14: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). Climate engineering is a real and present threat to humanity. expose-news.com For geoengineering expert Dane Wigington, climate engineering is the greatest and most immediate threat against humanity. He made this remark during an appearance on the Health Ranger Report with Mike Adams. Wigington …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). Climategate 2.0 "the science" is dependent on manipulation of facts and data. expose-news.com In 2011, nearly two years after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal, a new batch of 5,000 emails were leaked. These emails were among scientists central to the assertion that humans are …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). The state capture of UK corporate media and how journalists that abandoned Julian Assange have "slit their own throats" expose-news.com The failure by journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange, or expose the vicious smear campaign against him, is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media. The …

Salish Sea Cooperative Finance, Erika Lundahl, John Beatty, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-07-16). How To Create A Debt Co-Op To Take Back Your Student Loans. popularresistance.org The day we refinanced our first student loan, four debt cooperative members met for coffee and eggs at a greasy spoon at 8 a.m. to prepare the paperwork. Together, we all went to the bank, got the cashier's check, printed the letter, and put it in the mail, and it was elating. | So elating, in fact, that residents of downtown Seattle looked concerned as four grown adults let out shouts of joy outside a perfectly average post office after doing a seemingly simple task. But the task was anything but simple—and we had done it together. | Like an untold number of ideas throughout human history, the nuts and bol…

Seymour Hersh, Scheer Post. (2023-07-16). Fear And Loathing On Air Force One. popularresistance.org Joe Biden got what he needed before the NATO summit this week by somehow turning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inside out and getting him to rebuff Vladimir Putin by announcing that he would support NATO membership for Sweden. The public story for Biden's face-saving coup was talk about agreeing to sell American F-16 fighter bombers to Turkey. | I have been told a different, secret story about Erdogan's turnabout: Biden promised that a much-needed $11-13 billion line of credit would be extended to Turkey by the International Monetary Fund. "Biden had to have a victory and Turkey is in acute financial str…

The Exposé (2023-07-16). Authorities believe COVID-19 Vaccine may cause Antibody-Dependent Enhancement / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome as they quietly begin investigation due to amount of severely harmed Individuals. expose-news.com Since late 2021, official Government reports have indicated the Covid-19 vaccine severely damages the immune system with the potential to cause some new form of Covid-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among people …

The Exposé (2023-07-16). BREAKING: Government Reports prove Pfizer & Moderna purposely manufactured Deadly Batches of the Covid-19 Vaccines. expose-news.com An investigation of official U.S. Government data, provided by the Centers for Disease Control, has revealed that extremely high numbers of adverse reactions and deaths have been reported against specific lot numbers …

The Exposé (2023-07-16). Pfizer lied & 1 Million Germans Died in less than a year due to Covid Vaccine-Induced Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome according to Secret Government Data. expose-news.com Official Data shows Germany recorded just under 1 million deaths between week 1 and week 49 of 2022. This sadly resulted in the country suffering over 102k excess deaths. This represents a …

Tri-Valley CAREs, peace partners (2023-07-16). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawarence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…

Ursula Huws, Resilience. (2023-07-16). The Future Is Now: Rethinking Public Ownership. popularresistance.org Something momentous has happened, according to recent opinion polls. After 40 years of reluctantly accepting the Thatcherite mantra that there is no alternative to the market, the British public declared that they had had enough. In August 2022, Survation polling for the campaign group We Own It revealed that 69 per cent were in favour of publicly-owned water, 65 per cent for publicly-owned buses, 67 per cent for rail, 66 per cent for energy, 68 per cent for Royal Mail, and a whopping 78 per cent for the NHS. With public sentiment matching the vigour of an emboldened labour movement, there is a feeling that some…

_____ (2023-07-16). Continuation of the Song Young-gil "money envelope" case. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-16). Has Hunter Biden's Deranged, Drug-Fueled Lifestyle Become a Metaphor for Western Society? strategic-culture.org We're all trapped in this nightmare together known as the Biden Administration. The best we can all do now is hang on for dear life. | No matter how many times some children get their fingers burnt, they just can't resist touching the crack pipe again, and again, and again… Such is the (apparent) case with America's most infamous drug abuser, Hunter Biden, the nation's prodigal son and would-be poster boy for early intervention treatment, had it only come. | On July 2, as the nation was preparing Independence Day celebrations (and as military vehicles were reportedly seen in dozens of major U.S. cities across t…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-16). EU-Cuba project focuses on smart city model. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The European Union (EU) and the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH) are promoting a project to implement a smart city model in Havana, Nelys García, director of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, said on Friday.

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-16). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Dean Henderson (2023-07-16). The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families. globalresearch.ca The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP and Chevron Texaco)…

Editor (2023-07-16). Anti-Imperialist Satire and Going Against the Mainstream, with James Rehwald. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News In this day and age, it can sometimes feel like satire is dead. This is doubly true if one turns on a television to watch what passes for it. Yet genuinely sharp, cutting political comedy is enjoying a renaissance on platforms like TikTok, as young comedians who otherwise would …

Editor (2023-07-16). British Intelligence In the Dock for CIA Torture. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-16). 'Disgraceful': GOP Advances Bill That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers From Classrooms. scheerpost.com

Ellen Brown (2023-07-16). Who Owns the Federal Reserve? globalresearch.ca This article was first published by Global Research in October 2008 | "Some people think that the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions. They are private monopolies which prey upon the people of these United States for the benefit …

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-16). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

Jacques Baud (2023-07-16). The Military Situation In The Ukraine. Jacques Baud. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-07-16). Preparing to Wage a Nuclear War? Nuclear Attack F-16 Fighters to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca US-NATO escalation against Russia brings Europe to the threshold of nuclear war. The political-media complex falls a "curtain of silence" so as not to alarm European public opinion and prevent it from reacting.

mforinoco (2023-07-16). Peru: Boluarte Embroiled in Plagiarism Scandal. orinocotribune.com According to reports from Lima, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has faced accusations of plagiarizing a book that she included as her own work on her resume back in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status. | The TV show Punto Final reported on Sunday that 55% of Boluarte's "Reconocimiento de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario" (Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) from 2004 consisted of theses, monographs, and academic articles published in Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica. Additionally, the show explained that…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-16). Video: America is at War with Europe. globalresearch.ca The evidence amply confirms that The Nord Stream was the object of an act of sabotage ordered by President Joe Biden. | Nord Stream —which originates in Russia— transits through the (maritime) territorial jurisdiction of 4 member states of the EU. From a legal standpoint (International Law: UN Charter, Law of the Sea) this was a U.S. Act of War against the EU.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-16). Climategate 2.0: "The science" is dependent on manipulation of facts and data. expose-news.com In 2011, nearly two years after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal, a new batch of 5,000 emails were leaked. These emails were among scientists central to the assertion that humans are …

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-07-16). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-07-16). National Assembly Deputy Jesús Faría: Venezuela Moving Towards New Tax System. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly approved 25 articles out of 30 of the draft Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, on Friday, July 14. The chairman of the Permanent Commission of Economy, Finance and National Development, PSUV Deputy Jesús Faría, stated that this law "will serve as a support to move towards a new tax system for a post-oil Venezuela." | He explained that the preparation of the new law is "an absolutely urgent requirement for the whole nation; we must do everything in our power to stimulate the recovery of the country's productive apparat…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Anuncian ejercicios militares conjuntos entre China y Rusia. telesurtv.net Una flotilla naval china de cinco buques de guerra y cuatro helicópteros participarán en los ejercicios militares "Norte/Interacción-2023".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Lluvias torrenciales dejan al menos 25 muertos en Corea del Sur. telesurtv.net La mayoría de las víctimas, incluidos 16 muertos y nueve desaparecidos, provienen de la provincia de Gyeongsang del Norte.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Planta química en Louisiana, EE.UU., reporta varias explosiones. telesurtv.net No se reportaron heridos de inmediato y no se detectó ninguna fuga química en la escena en llamas en el complejo industrial cerca de Plaquemine, a unos 32 kilómetros al suroeste de Baton Rouge.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Un policía muere en tiroteo en Fargo, Dakota del Norte, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Un hombre abrió fuego contra los agentes de policía poco antes de las 15H00 horas locales de este viernes en una calle concurrida, según testigos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-07-16). Frustran atentado ucraniano contra directora de la cadena RT. telesurtv.net Además, los servicios especiales de Ucrania planeaban un atentado contra la periodista rusa Ksenia Sobchak.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). øQué representó para Chile la nacionalización del cobre?>. telesurtv.net El 11 de julio de 1971, el Congreso chileno aprobó por unanimidad la enmienda constitucional que hizo posible la nacionalización del cobre.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Emiten aviso de tsunami tras sismo en Alaska, EE.UU., de magnitud 7.2. telesurtv.net La profundidad del evento telúrico fue de unos 21 kilómetros, de acuerdo con el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por su sigla en inglés).

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Avanza impresión de papeletas para balotaje presidencial en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Este viernes, el TSE publicó en el Diario de Centro América el Acuerdo 1328-2023, mediante el cual fueron oficializados los resultados de las elecciones del 25 de junio.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). México organizará cumbre con la Caricom a finales de 2023. telesurtv.net Bárcena indicó que acudirá en representación del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador a la cumbre entre la Unión Europea y la Celac.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Autoridades de Cusco, Perú, alertan que podrían quedarse sin agua. telesurtv.net Existe un racionamiento del agua desde hace 60 días en la ciudad de Cusco y las autoridades han pedido al Gobierno que se declare en emergencia.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Brasil pide pausar 10 años la minería en aguas profundas. telesurtv.net Los científicos advirtieron que la minería en aguas profundas podría dar lugar a tormentas de polvo y causar contaminación lumínica y acústica.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-07-16). Las reservas rusas de cereales aumentan 58,4% en junio. telesurtv.net Las reservas de semillas de girasol se incrementaron en un 74,4 por ciento, hasta 0,9 millones de toneladas.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-07-16). The Cult of Globalism: The Great Reset and Its "Final Solution" for "Useless People" globalresearch.ca

Mark Keenan (2023-07-16). Godless Fake Science. The Importance of Truth. globalresearch.ca

Mike Adams (2023-07-16). World War III Has Already Begun, but the Truth Is Being Withheld from the Public Until the Very Last Moment. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2023-07-16). Stoltenberg Admits NATO Began Preparing Ukraine for War with Russia Since 2014. globalresearch.ca

Allen L Roland (2023-07-16). Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America. globalresearch.ca We are dangerously close to a situation where ~ if the American people took to the streets in righteous indignation or if there were another 9/11 ~ a mechanism for martial law could be quickly implemented and carried out under REX 84.

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-16). Why Is the Pentagon "Weaponizing Insects"? globalresearch.ca With foresight, this article by William Engdahl was published on October 30, 2018. In recent months Global Research has published several articles on the "Weaponization of Mosquitos". | *** | There is strong evidence that the Pentagon, through its research and development …

Larry Johnson (2023-07-16). Former CIA Moscow Chief, By His Remarks, Shows Why the CIA is Feckless. sonar21.com My first and only contact with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, who served as the CIA's Chief of Station circa 2000, was at a conference hosted by my former CIA classmate, Valerie Plame,…

Pivot to Peace (2023-07-16). Sign-on in Support: Justice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! peacepivot.org This statement has been republished from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance The APALA Massachusetts Chapter and UNITE HERE Local 26 are supporting a local worker who has been wrongfully targeted. Read the statement below and sign-on to show your support. Sign-on LetterJustice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! Chinese American community activist and hotel worker …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-07-16). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Wage. socialistproject.ca

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-07-16). India lanza nueva misión espacial al polo sur de la Luna. telesurtv.net Tras el fallido alunizaje del 2019, se espera que este envío pueda tocar suelo lunar entre el 23 y el 24 de agosto próximo.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-16). Ataques en Morelia, México, deja tres muertos. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía de Michoacán señaló que luego de los sucesos fueron levantados dos cuerpos sin vida.

teleSUR- lvm -DRL (2023-07-16). Venezuela continúa movilizándose en respaldo a la Revolución. telesurtv.net Asimismo el jefe de Estado, Nicolás Maduro refirió que Cariaco, Sucre se desbordó de alegría y revolución.

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-15). Will the Gulf of Guinea Ever be Free of Piracy? unicornriot.ninja

Unicorn Riot (2023-07-15). Exclusive: Tekle Sundberg's Parents Recall the Moments Snipers from the Minneapolis Police 'Executed' Their Son. unicornriot.ninja

Ricardo Vaz (2023-07-15). Venezuela: Chavista Groups Deliver Writ to Demand Salary Measures. venezuelanalysis.com The legal document relies on the Venezuelan Constitution and labor legislation to argue for wage raises and the conversion of bonuses into salaries.

Luis Chirino (2023-07-15). Cuba hosts second Local Development Fair. america.cgtn.com The 2023 Local Development Fair in Havana has attracted over 600 state and private companies and international firms that are offering products and services. It's aimed at encouraging economic improvement for businesses on the island. See more.

The Lancet (2023-07-15). Editorial] Clearing the air for a sustainable future. thelancet.com The latest WHO European Region report, published on July 5, estimates that 97% of the region's population is exposed to air pollution levels exceeding WHO guideline limits. Ambient and household air pollutions were linked to 723‚Äà000 premature deaths in 2019 in the European region alone, among the total 6 ∑7 million pollution-related deaths worldwide, with eastern European, Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries more severely affected than other regions. Air pollution is insidious and pervasive—individuals have no control over the air they breathe.

John Zarocostas (2023-07-15). World Report] Lack of global leadership on nutrition "unforgivable" thelancet.com Calls mount to prioritise nutrition as UN reports that 735 million people face hunger. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Sharmila Devi (2023-07-15). World Report] 12 countries to get first doses of malaria vaccine. thelancet.com Gavi, WHO, and UNICEF announce the allocation of the first 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01E to protect against malaria in Africa. Sharmila Devi reports.

Sharmila Devi (2023-07-15). World Report] Kenya introduces huge school meals programme. thelancet.com The provision of school meals to 400‚Äà000 children is hoped to improve health after worsening malnutrition. Sharmila Devi reports.

Udani Samarasekera (2023-07-15). World Report] New US$1 ∑5 billion fund for primary care. thelancet.com WHO is partnering with development banks to help support efforts to strengthen primary care in low-income and middle-income countries. Udani Samarasekera reports.

Udani Samarasekera (2023-07-15). Perspectives] Githinji Gitahi: advocating for universal health coverage in Africa. thelancet.com Githinji Gitahi is Group Chief Executive Officer of Amref Health Africa, the largest African-led non-governmental organisation (NGO) delivering health programmes across Africa. Taking up…

Geoff Watts (2023-07-15). Obituary] Ronald Duncan Bradley. thelancet.com Pioneer of UK intensive care medicine. He was born in London, UK, on July 8, 1929 and died of an intracranial bleed in Redhill, UK, on April 26, 2023 aged 93 years.

T Jacob John, Dhanya Dharmapalan, Norbert Hirschhorn, Robert Steinglass (2023-07-15). Correspondence] How to avoid causing polio in the name of its eradication. thelancet.com WHO began immunising children against polio in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 1974, through the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, using a trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV)—three doses during infancy. In 1984, a dose at birth was added.

Anmol Arora (2023-07-15). Correspondence] Moravec's paradox and the fear of job automation in health care. thelancet.com The role of artificial intelligence in health care is becoming an increasingly topical and controversial discussion. There remains uncertainty about what is achievable regarding ongoing medical artificial intelligence research. Although there are some people who believe that artificial intelligence will be used, at best, as a tool to assist clinicians in their day-to-day activities, there are others who believe that job automation and replacement is a looming threat.1…

Giovanni Maria Iannantuono, Elias Chandran, Andrea B Apolo (2023-07-15). Correspondence] The value of IMmotion010 for rare kidney cancer histologies. thelancet.com The IMmotion010 trial, by Sumanta K Pal and colleagues,1 showed that adjuvant atezolizumab is not superior to placebo in patients with kidney cancer who are at high risk of progression after surgery.

Robert Uzzo, Axel Bex, Sumanta K Pal (2023-07-15). Correspondence] The value of IMmotion010 for rare kidney cancer histologies — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We appreciate the thoughtful insights from Giovanni M Iannantuono and colleagues on our Article1 and concur with the importance of addressing patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) bearing non-clear cell histology in prospective trials. The histological and molecular heterogeneity of non-clear cell RCC is underscored by the continued expansion of WHO's classification of renal tumours, which continues to evolve from traditionally defined entities based on tumour morphology and immunohistochemistry to a hybrid system that recognises the importance of genotype variations in biological behaviour.

Linghua Yu (2023-07-15). Correspondence] Machine learning-based markers for CAD. thelancet.com Iain S Forrest and colleagues1 present a novel method for predicting the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) using machine learning algorithms. However, there are several potential limitations that should be considered.

Iain S Forrest, Ben O Petrazzini, Ron Do (2023-07-15). Correspondence] Machine learning-based markers for CAD — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Regarding our Article on in-silico scores for coronary artery disease (ISCAD),1 Linghua Yu suggests limitations with the study populations, dataset, and model. We evaluated 95‚Äà935 electronic health records across two large-scale biobanks: a diverse cohort representative of its New York City, USA, community (BioMe Biobank) and a cohort of volunteers from community centres across the UK (UK Biobank). We applied quality control steps on the dataset and imputed missing data as described in the methods of our Article.

ELEL (2023-07-15). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Ma L, Hu X, Song L, et al. The third Intensive Care Bundle with Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trial (INTERACT3): an international, stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 27—40—For this Article, for the INTERACT3 study group and trial investigators listed in the Appendix, the spelling of the names of Kolawole Wahab (appendix p 5) and Olufemi Sanyaolu (appendix p 9) have been corrected. These corrections have been made as of July 13, 2023.

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-15). WSJ Confirms "Youth Gender Transition Is Pushed Without Evidence" & Was COVID Ethnically Targeted? thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/15/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Military Situation South Of Velyka Novosilka, Zaporozhie Front, On July 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Velikaya Novosyolka; | Over the past day, Russian forces repelled at least seven attacks of the AFU near Urozhaine; | On July 14, Russian forces repelled attack of up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen on 5 armored vehicles near Staromayorskoe. Another Ukrainian assault group was stopped by Russian minefields; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orekhov; | Clashes between the AFU and the Russian Army continu…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). In Video 18+: Russian Forces Captured Ukrainian Stronghold In Krasny Liman Region. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Military Situation Near Antonovsky Bridge, Kherson Region, On July 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The AFU continues to hold the bridgehead near the Antonovsky Bridge; | The AFU is reportedly preparing to launch a large-scale attacks to capture the Antonovsky island; | Russian forces continue shelling the AFU positions in Dachi, holding control of the southern outskirts of the village; | Last night, the AFU attempted to transfer additional forces across the Dnieper. As a result, one Ukrainian boat was reportedly destroyed, four others returned to the Uk…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). In Video: 'Brave' Assault Of Azov Fighters Near Bakhmut. southfront.org

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Tampa 5 defiant: "We're on the right side, the one that will win!" fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL— On July 12, a crowd of 50 people gathered at the Hillsborough County Courthouse. They were there to demand that DeSantis-appointed Florida State's Attorney Susan Lopez and Florida State Prosecutor Justin Diaz drop the charges against the Tampa 5 – Chrisley Carpio, Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro and Jeanie Kida. | The Tampa 5 face felony charges with the possibility of ten years prison time for protesting against Governor Ron DeSantis' racist and bigoted agenda. Each defendant is charged for alleged "battery on a police officer," carrying five years of jail time. More felony charges…

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Letter carriers' union struggle sharpens as bargaining continues. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) began bargaining their national agreement with the United States Postal Service (USPS) in February 2023. Then union members heard no status update after May 21 – the date the current agreement expired. The current agreement remains in effect until a new negotiated date, but it is now July and members are worried. | Carriers are hoping for a strong contract this time, as arbitrators forced a host of bad provisions in the current agreement. There needs to be more protections against harassment in the workplace. Also, the USPS needs to get rid of th…

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Washington DC groups demand "Justice for the Tampa 5!" fightbacknews.org Washington, DC — On July 13, over 30 people gathered at the gates of the White House and joined at least 13 other cities in demanding, "Justice for the Tampa 5!" The Tampa 5 are five women from Tampa, Florida who were brutally arrested while staging a campus protest at the University of South Florida (USF). | The Tampa 5 are Chrisley Carpio, Gia Davila, Laura Rodriguez, Jeanie Kida and Lauren Pineiro, students and workers shoved, beaten and arrested by University of South Florida police at a March 6 campus protest. | At their second court hearing, the Tampa 5 case was continued to August 9. Before entering…

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Despite widespread disapproval, Milwaukee common council raises sales tax. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – After contested town halls, the Milwaukee Common Council has voted in favor of increasing the city's sales tax by 2%. The vote was 12-3. As mandated by Wisconsin Act 12 (the Shared Revenue Bill), the revenue generated by this 2% sales tax increase can only be used to pay for the city's pension obligations to the fire and police departments. | The entire situation around this 2% sales tax increase was marred by fear-mongering tactics. City officials tried to hide their betrayal of working people in Milwaukee behind threats of city bankruptcy. In the town hall hosted the night before the vote, elec…

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Hundreds of Chicago Teamsters stand up to UPS greed. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — On July 14, 300 workers turned out for the latest practice picket and rally at the UPS Jefferson Street Hub on the Near West Side of Chicago. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 705 and Local 710 organized this event, which was the largest of many practice pickets in the Chicago area that occurred throughout the week. Flyers promoting the event read, "Chicago Teamsters stand up to UPS greed!" | The event comes as contract negotiations between the IBT and United Parcel Service remain halted. The Teamsters already negotiated a major win for full-time drivers with the end of the tw…

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Tallahassee rallies for "Justice for the Tampa 5!" fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On July 12, 20 students and community members rallied in front of Florida State University's (FSU) Student Union to demand justice for the Tampa 5. Attendees chanted, "Free the Tampa 5!" "Protesting is not a crime. Drop the charges now!" and "No hate! No fear! Diversity is welcome here!" | Chrisley Carpio, Jeanie K., Lauren Pineiro, Gia Davila, and Laura Rodriguez, collectively known as the Tampa 5, were arrested in March for protesting DeSantis's proposed cuts to diversity programs and ethnic studies at Florida public universities. The five were brutalized and sexually assaulted by University o…

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Minneapolis solidarity for Tampa 5 at Mayday Plaza. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 30 people gathered at Mayday Plaza on July 12 to demand that charges be dropped against the Tampa 5. This was also the day of the Tampa 5's second court appearance. They chanted, "Justice for the Tampa 5! Down with Desantis! Protesting is not a crime!" | The Tampa 5 are members of Tampa Bay SDS who were brutalized and arrested by police on March 6. They were rallying and marching against Governor Ron Desantis' reactionary legislative attacks on education that primarily target Black, Chicano and LGBTQ+ students. The campus protesters were thrown to the ground, shoved against walls, and one even g…

WSWS (2023-07-15). Macquarie University stonewalls after its political censorship of IYSSE is exposed. wsws.org Macquarie University's doubling down on its anti-democratic attack on the IYSSE highlights its central aim: the silencing of any left-wing voices and opposition to war on campus.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Oppose JVP trade union thuggery against SEP's fight to mobilise Sri Lankan workers against IMF austerity. wsws.org The JVP unions are desperately trying to prevent the working class discussing the Socialist Equality Party's call for independent action committees and its socialist and internationalist program.

WSWS (2023-07-15). House Republicans load Pentagon bill with anti-abortion, anti-gay provisions. wsws.org Both parties sought to defend their positions on the grounds that they were necessary to uphold and strengthen US military readiness and prosecute the current war in Europe and prepare for war against China.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Vilnius summit marks NATO's turn to war against China. wsws.org NATO's joint communiqué made clear that China was at the top of the list of perceived threats, presaging a build-up to a far greater NATO military presence in the Indo-Pacific alongside US allies in the region.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Bastille Day 1789—Bastille Day 2023. wsws.org The French Revolution, which began with the storming of the Bastille fortress on July 14, 1789, resonates powerfully today, under conditions of capitalist decay and crisis.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Australian construction insolvencies hit record highs. wsws.org In the 2022—23 financial year, 2,170 construction businesses have gone into administration, 69 percent more than in 2021—22.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Australian government installs new central bank chief to put fresh face on offensive against workers. wsws.org Michele Bullock's appointment signals a reassurance to the financial and corporate elite of Labor's ongoing commitment to their profiteering interests.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Biden administration announces new limited student loan forgiveness program for 804,000 borrowers. wsws.org The Biden administration announced it will begin immediately to forgive $39 billion in student loan debt for a group of borrowers who have been paying back their debts for more than two decades and others who qualify for income-driven repayment plans and have been cheated by the government.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York. wsws.org The scenes of mass picketing in both cities, with great numbers of performers and writers, and thousands of young people in particular participating, had a generally rebellious, celebratory character.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Tightening ties with NATO, Ankara deepens social attacks at home. wsws.org The Turkish government, which tightened its ties with its imperialist allies at NATO's Vilnius summit, is deepening its social offensive against the working class at home.

WSWS (2023-07-15). UAW white paper on EV battery plants promotes union's corporatist "joint" safety programs. wsws.org The UAW white paper on conditions at Ultium says nothing about establishing wage parity with Big Three workers in a clear sign that the union will accept substandard pay rates at EV plants.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Record-breaking US heat wave demonstrates the growing dangers of climate change. wsws.org Temperatures in excess of 110 degrees are posing a risk to human health with over 100 million people affected by extreme heat across much of the United States.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Study finds correlation between Long COVID and a particular human gene variant. wsws.org A review of a large number of studies of Long COVID and the human genome identified a significant association between a variant of the FOXP4 gene and the occurrence of Long COVID.

WSWS (2023-07-15). 16-year-old worker killed in Wisconsin sawmill amid growing erosion of child labor laws. wsws.org Michael Schuls' tragic death at the young age of 16 in a Wisconsin sawmill is the product of the accelerating assault on child labor protections.

WSWS (2023-07-15). New Orleans UPS workers speak about working conditions ahead of potential strike. wsws.org UPS warehouse workers and delivery drivers spoke about terrible working conditions, with less than three weeks to go before the deadline for a national strike.

WSWS (2023-07-15). DSA in damage control after state legislator Mike Connolly calls for raising rent on Massachusetts workers. wsws.org Longtime DSA-backed legislator Mike Connolly announced support for a measure to raise rents by 10 percent per year, throwing the DSA into damage control mode.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Chicago police officers investigated for abusing migrant youth forced to sleep in police stations. wsws.org Forty asylum seekers who had been forced to sleep in the lobby of the police station were moved last Friday into city shelters "for their own safety," according to local outlet ABC7.

Paul Haeder (2023-07-15). We Are in Collective Alexithymia. dissidentvoice.org No words for emotions — alexithymia New psychology research shows maltreatment in childhood is linked to alexithymia in adulthood. Its etymology comes from Ancient Greek. The word is formed by combining the alpha privative prefix ·ºÄ- (a-, meaning 'not') with ŒªŒ≠ŒæŒπœÇ (léxis, referring to 'words') and Œ∏·ø°ŒºœåœÇ (th»≥mós, denoting 'disposition,' 'feeling,' or 'rage'). The term can …

Ariel Gold, Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler (2023-07-15). The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams. dissidentvoice.org It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was saying mass at a church hospital in San Salvador when a bullet from a sniper rifle ripped through his heart. He stumbled and fell to the ground, dead. Romero started life and ministry as a conservative. But, after his friend Rev. …

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-15). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. dissidentvoice.org The Akosombo Dam in the Volta River, inaugurated in 1965 during Kwame Nkrumah's presidency. In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world …

Jonathan Cook (2023-07-15). Weaponised Antisemitism Crushed the Political Left: Now it's the Cultural Left's Turn. dissidentvoice.org What does it mean to be antisemitic in modern Britain? The answer seems ever more confusing. We have reached the seemingly absurd point that a political leader famed for his anti-racism, a rock star whose most celebrated work focuses on the dangers of racism and fascism, and a renowned film maker committed to socially progressive …

Mickey Z. (2023-07-15). NATO Lies, Jabs & Fries, Child Traffickers Rise, and a Man Steals a Woman's Prize. dissidentvoice.org As most compare Putin to Hitler, turn a blind eye to the U.S. sending cluster bombs to Zelenskyy the grifter, and witness the latest madness about Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), please remember: During the 1990 discussions to re-unify East and West Germany, the Western parties sought to defuse Moscow's fears that …

Eric Walberg (2023-07-15). Converting to Christianity, Islam: Does It Prove Anything? dissidentvoice.org Religious conversions later in life are generally greeted as evidence that something terrible must have happened to the converter. The Onion published a satire in 2016, ridiculing Paul D'Amatol, who took up a life of Christian piety in late middle age. It must be 'drugs or maybe he killed someone in a car accident. Something …

Ellen Brown (2023-07-15). The Federal Debt Trap: Issues and Possible Solutions. dissidentvoice.org "Rather than collecting taxes from the wealthy," wrote the New York Times Editorial Board in a July 7 opinion piece, "the government is paying the wealthy to borrow their money." Titled "America Is Living on Borrowed Money," the editorial observes that over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), annual federal budget …

Robert Hunziker (2023-07-15). Climate Poison Pills in Congress. dissidentvoice.org Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are unabashedly pro-global warming: "Bring it on! We've got air conditioners in our cars, offices, and homes… no sweat!" Not one Republican in Congress voted for the nation's most inclusive climate bill of all time, the Inflation Reduction Act, not one Republican vote. Meanwhile, here we go again, this …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-15). Loathsome Amiability: Why Watching Utopia Hurts. dissidentvoice.org Let's be frank: watching Utopia hurts. It involves stinging your eyeballs, tearing your hair, and taking yourself to the ledge of a skyscraper to call the whole thing off. The fact that the characters are meant to be faux pleasing is no excuse not to loathe them. This Australian satire on bureaucracy, specifically featuring the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-15). NATO Deserves the Label 'Criminal Organization' within Meaning of the Nuremberg Judgment. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas Violations of The Hague and Geneva Conventions by NATO forces are so well documented, that any tribunal with appropriate jurisdiction could try members of NATO forces under already existing Conventions without having to rely on the concept of a criminal organization. What is a criminal organization? The average person immediately thinks of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-15). Argentina: Persecution Intensifies in Jujuy as Police Raid Homes, University, Arrest Protesters. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch On July 13, hundreds of people returned to the streets across Jujuy, Argentina, to demand the abolition of the new provincial constitution and the release of the people arrested the day before. Photo: Edgardo Valera/Télam The police raids of activists' homes, the university, and arrests have been condemned by human rights organizations across…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-15). Solomon Islands PM Hails Decision to Forge Diplomatic Relations with China as Historic. libya360.wordpress.com By severing its ties with the Taiwan region and establishing diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 2019, the Solomon Islands has entered a new phase of rapid development and found a reliable partner to embark on a path of modernization and stability. In this edition of Leaders Talk, CMG anchor Zou Yun…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-15). The Attempted Coup in Nicaragua in 2018: Why Support for it Collapsed. libya360.wordpress.com John Perry, Daniel Kovalik Two previous articles (1, 2) described the build up to the attempted coup in Nicaragua and how the media were crucial in convincing the public to support it. This article, covering the period from May 30 onwards, shows how the initial support peaked, then collapsed. After more than a month of conflict, most…

Anand Naidoo (2023-07-15). The Heat: Iran Nuclear Deal. america.cgtn.com Eight years later, what is the fate of the Iran nuclear deal? In 2015, the U.S., UK, China, France, Germany, Russia, the European Union and Iran agreed to a deal that would ensure Tehran's nuclear program would be peaceful. The Comprehensive Plan of Action or …

_____ (2023-07-15). China hosts "Summer Sessions" of the World Economic Forum. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-07-15). Saudi Arabia: Policies Appropriate for the 21st Century. journal-neo.org

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-15). Venezuela: María Corina Machado Not Welcome in La Guaira State. orinocotribune.com

Ann Garrison (2023-07-15). The UK-Rwanda Pact To Keep Migrants From Crossing the English Channel. orinocotribune.com UK officials have been trying to ship African and Middle Eastern migrants to Rwanda since June 2022 despite successful legal challenges mounted by immigrant rights advocates, including intervention by the At the end of June, three UK Court of Appeal judges said Rwanda could not be considered a "safe third country" where migrants from any country…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Robotyne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Pryyutne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Pyatikhatki; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orekhov; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Malaya Tokmachka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Zaporozhye; | Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehic…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Military Situation In Syria On July 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On the night of July 15, at least three strikes hit Ukrainian military facilities in Zaporozhie. Local authorities confirmed damage to a facility; | On the night of July 14, Russian forces reportedly struck Ukrainian warehouse with military vehicles in Krivuy Rig; | On July 14, Russian FAB bombs destroyed Ukrainian military base near Malinovka in the Zaporozhie region; | One woman was killed, three other civilians were wounded as a result of Ukrainian shelling in Belaya Ber…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Not Just Cocaine: USSC Reveals Another Drug Found In White House. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Russian Forces Counter-Attack In Bakhmut Region: Map Update On July 15, 2023. southfront.org

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Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Terrorist Kiev Regime Prepared Attempts On Russian Opinion Leaders Simonyan And Sobchak. southfront.org On July 15, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) reported that Kiev was preparing attempts on editor-in-chief of Russia Today Margarita Simonyan and Russian public figure Ksenia Sobchak. | Together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee, the FSB thwarted the attacks and detained Kiev's puppets in Russia. They turned out to be members of the neo-Nazi group "Paragraph-88", who conducted reconnaissance near the places of work and residence o…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Wagner Takes Foothold In Belarus. southfront.org In recent days, several military columns of the Wagner PMC were spotted heading towards the Belarusian border, while other Wagner forces are already training the Belarusian military. | On July 12, the Russian Ministry of Defence declared that the Wagner PMC had handed its heavy weapons and ammunition over to the Russian Defense Ministry. They reportedly included 2,000 weapons: | T-90, T-80, T-72B3 tanks; | multiple launch rocket systems "Grad", "Hurricane"; | anti-aircraft missile and cannon…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). Israeli Army Fires Warning Shots At Lebanese Lawmaker, Journalists Near Separation Line. southfront.org File image. | On July 15, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) fired warning shots and stun grenades at a Lebanese parliamentarian and a number of journalists near the separation line in southern Lebanon. | In a statement, the IDF said that troops took the measures after the group crossed the separation line into the Shebaa Farms. The group, which included some 18 people, walked some 80 meters into Israeli-occupied territory but did not breach Israel's so-called border barrier. | Ali Shoeib, a correspondent for the Hezbolla…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). Russian MoD Details Recent Ukrainian Human, Material Losses In Different Directions (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military had repelled several new attacks by Kiev forces in the directions of Donetsk, Krasny Liman and South Donetsk, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 15. | The ministry said in a statement that the Russian Yug Group of Forces had repelled 17 attacks close to Severnoye, Kurdyumovka, Novomikhailovka, Maryinka, Kleshcheevka, Maloilyinovka, and Belogorovka. In addition, the group suppressed the activities of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group near Kurdyumovka.

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). Turkish Intelligence Targeted Kurdish Operative Who Plotted Bombings In Northern Syria (Video). southfront.org Heysem Cuma as seen in a photo released by the Anadolu Agency. | The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (Mƒ∞T) had neutralized a senior Kurdish operative in northern Syria, Turkish security sources told the The official news agency identified the operative as Heysem Cuma, linking him to the Kurdistan W…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-15). Profit-Driven Systems Are Driving Us To Our Doom. orinocotribune.com I just read a disturbing paragraph in "So what doomed the Instant Pot? How could something that was so beloved sputter? Is the arc of kitchen goods long but bends toward obsolescence? Business schools may someday make a case study of one of Instant Pot's vulnerabilities, namely, that it was simply too well made. Once you slapped down your ninety dollars for the Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1, you were set for li…

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-15). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance. globalresearch.ca The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system that serves the interests of corporate agribusiness traders and suppliers of inputs at the expense of people's needs and genuine food security.

Derek Seidman (2023-07-15). How Big Banks Are Financing — and Profiting From — Climate Destruction. truthout.org In the climate movement's ongoing efforts to cut off the financing of the fossil fuel industry, perhaps no culprit has loomed as large as the big banks. For nearly a decade, organizers have been naming and shaming the banks that prop up the oil, gas and coal industries, identifying them as key drivers of climate chaos. There's a simple reason why banks have been such a big focus: they profit from… |

Dr. Carla Peeters (2023-07-15). Climate Hysteria: The Future of Traditional Farming and Healthcare in the Netherlands. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-07-15). Engels: How North West England shaped an internationalist. mronline.org Katherine Connelly outlines how the events and context of their times shaped the partnership and ideas of Marx and Engels.

Editor (2023-07-15). Nanoplastics are entering our bodies. mronline.org The air is plasticized, and we are no better protected from it outdoors than indoors.

Editor (2023-07-15). Study shows methane leaks put climate risk from gas 'on par with coal'. mronline.org If fracked gas leaks, even a little, "it's as bad as coal," said the lead author. "It can't be considered a good bridge, or substitute."

Editor (2023-07-15). Western media has falsely presented the Donbas' 'Drive For Autonomy' as being instigated by Moscow. mronline.org In Reality It Resulted Largely from Kyiv's Destruction of Eastern Ukraine's Economy Under Neo-Liberal Economic Policies Pushed by Washington Since the 1990s.

Editor (2023-07-15). Biden's Corruption Led to Ukraine's Destruction: Former Kiev Diplomat. scheerpost.com By Aaron Maté / The Grayzone Former Ukrainian government official and diplomat Andrii Telizhenko joins Aaron Maté to discuss how, in his view, powerful US figures including Joe Biden have used Ukraine for personal corruption and the geopolitical aim of bleeding Russia — all to the detriment of Ukrainians. Telizhenko worked for the Ukrainian prosecutor …

Editor (2023-07-15). DEBATE: Cornel West Should Run as a DEMOCRAT? scheerpost.com By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Jacobin founding editor and president of The Nation Bhaskar Sunkara joins Bad Faith and Briahna Joy Gray to discuss his recent article arguing that Cornel West should run in the Democratic Party. He and Briahna debate the pros and cons before moving on to analyze why it is that …

Editor (2023-07-15). Seymour Hersh: Fear and Loathing on Air Force One. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-15). James Bamford: The NSA Is It's Own Worst Enemy. scheerpost.com Journalist, author and filmmaker James Bamford dives into his latest book exploring the NSA's hypocrisy in scapegoating whistleblowers when the spy agency is the world's main source of the malware that threatens to destroy us.

Editor (2023-07-15). U.S. Cluster Bombs Have Arrived in Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com A Ukrainian general told CNN on Thursday that Ukraine has received a shipment of US cluster bombs, controversial munitions that have a devastating impact on civilians. "We just got them, we haven't used them yet, but they can radically change the situation on the battlefield," Gen. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said. The Biden administration announced last week …

Emily Kennard (2023-07-15). DeSantis Outspends Trump on Digital Ads Ahead of Debates. truthout.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his committees are outspending former President Donald Trump on digital ads by almost two-fold on Meta and Google as the race between the two 2024 presidential contenders tightens, but committees affiliated with current Democratic President Joe Biden dwarf both Republican challengers. Trump has spent $928,544 on Meta and Google — which includes Facebook… |

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-15). The Dark Origins of the Davos Great Reset. globalresearch.ca Klaus Schwab is little more than a slick PR agent for a global technocratic agenda, a corporatist unity of corporate power with government, including the UN, an agenda whose origins go back to the beginning of the 1970s, and even earlier.

Fidel Castro Ruz (2023-07-15). Fidel Castro's Message against Nuclear War: "In a Nuclear War the 'Collateral Damage' would be the Life of All Humanity." globalresearch.ca A forceful message calling for World peace and the survival of humankind.

Giorgio Trucchi (2023-07-15). Guatemala, la desfachatez de un sistema nefasto. globalizacion.ca Las elecciones del pasado 25 de junio en Guatemala ratificaron la imagen de un país institucionalmente en 'jaque mate', prisionero de un sistema político-institucional profundamente corrupto y de un modelo económico neoliberal extractivista depredador, que han obligado a millones de…

His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganà≤ (2023-07-15). The Heroic Archbishop Viganà≤: The Corrupt Billionaire Agenda, "SARS-CoV-2 Virus is Nothing but a Seasonal Flu" globalresearch.ca

Jake Johnson (2023-07-15). Medicaid Purge Has Affected at Least 2.1 Million People—Including Many Children. truthout.org The Medicaid purge that began earlier this year after Congress agreed to end pandemic-era coverage requirements has now impacted more than 2.1 million people across the United States. According to KFF's new analysis of the latest publicly available state data, at least 2,181,000 people in 30 states and Washington, D.C. have been removed from Medicaid since large-scale disenrollments started in… |

James A. Lucas (2023-07-15). The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca

Jorge Majfud (2023-07-15). Estados Unidos: Democracias de cartón. globalizacion.ca En 2015, en una de las reuniones con "la troika" (el BCE, el FMI y la Comisión Europea), el por entonces ministro de economía de Grecia, Yanis Varofakis, presentó un pedido de renegociación sustancial del llamado "programa económico griego" y…

Marjorie Cohn (2023-07-15). Julian Assange Is "Dangerously Close" to Extradition for Revealing US War Crimes. truthout.org For nearly five years, publisher and journalist Julian Assange has fought extradition to the United States where he faces 175 years in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. Instead of protecting freedom of the press, to which he pledged allegiance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April, Joe Biden is continuing Donald Trump's prosecution of Assange under the infamous… |

Martín Mikori (2023-07-15). La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático. globalizacion.ca El libro ´La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático ª, escrito por Paul Cockshott, Allin Cotrell y Jan Philipp Dapprich [1], desarrolla las implicancias del cambio climático en la actualidad y plantea por qué la planificación socialista es la única…

mforinoco (2023-07-15). Provocations Escalate: US Nuclear Submarine Docks in Cuban Territory. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia — Jul 13, 2023 | It is no coincidence that just days before Cuba marked two years since the July 11 riots, a nuclear-powered US submarine crossed Cuban waters and docked at the illegal base at Guantanamo Bay. From July 5-8, it remained afloat in Cuban territory that was usurped and illegally occupied by Washington 121 years ago as a clear threat to peace in the region. | On July 11, the Cuban Foreign Ministry formally denounced this provocative escalation by the United States, "whose political or strategic motives are unknown. The presence of a nuclear submarine at this time forces us to…

Misión Verdad (2023-07-15). Data vs Reality: What Is Happening With Venezuela's Economy? orinocotribune.com

Mouris Salloum George (2023-07-15). Fentanilo, la crisis que viene. globalizacion.ca La droga más temible de este siglo, por letal y adictiva, el fentanilo, tiene en alerta máxima a las autoridades de los Estados Unidos. El alto número de fallecimientos por sobredosis que registran en el vecino país ya ronda los…

Natalia Marques (2023-07-15). Workers shut down Hollywood. peoplesdispatch.org

Nilantha Ilangamuwa (2023-07-15). Unabomber, la turbulenta vida de una víctima del Control Mental de la CIA. globalizacion.ca Fue un matemático, un joven que obtuvo una beca y logró ser admitido a temprana edad en la Universidad de Harvard. A lo largo de su educación superior destacó académicamente y mostró un intelecto notable. Sin embargo, con el paso…

noreply (2023-07-15). When M.K. Bhadrakumar Forgot A Small Detail. Dmitry Orlov on NATO. smoothiex12.blogspot.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-15). Progressive Candidate Bernardo Arévalo: Guatemala's Elites Do Not Want Free Elections. orinocotribune.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-15). Persecution of protesters intensifies in Argentina's Jujuy: Police raid homes, break into university, and arrest protesters. peoplesdispatch.org The police raids of activists' homes, the university, and arrests have been condemned by human rights organizations across Argentina who have raised concerns about respect for human rights in the Jujuy province…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-15). Why is the Brazilian right-wing afraid of women MPs from the left? peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of members of trade unions, social movements, left parties and individuals gathered in Sao Paulo in solidarity with six women MPs from left-wing parties.

Peter Koenig (2023-07-15). Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): The Weaponization of Money? WHO's Health Tyranny: Towards a Totalitarian World Government? No Way! globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2023-07-15). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-07-15). Third World external debt in the light of simple economics. mronline.org INDIA and other third world countries can morally justify their being a part of G-20 alongside the imperialist powers, only if they raise common and pressing problems of the third world as a whole at G-20 meetings.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). "Billionaires Try to Shrink World's Population": Secret Gathering Sponsored by Bill Gates, 2009 Meeting of "The Good Club" globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). Ukraine and the "Politics of Anti-Semitism": Contemporary Neo-Nazi Threat against Ukraine's Jewish Community. The Complicity of US-NATO-EU. globalresearch.ca The US and the EU are supporting the formation of a coalition government integrated by Neo-Nazis which are directly involved in the repression of the Ukrainian Jewish community. There are about 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine, most of them in Kiev.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). Video: A Jewish-Russian Proxy President: Zelensky Transformed into a Nazi. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2023-07-15). America's Perpetual War: Six Questions. globalresearch.ca

Randolph Borges (2023-07-15). Latin American Presidents Will Speak in Defense of Sovereignty and Equality at CELAC-EU Summit. orinocotribune.com The upcoming summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) is attracting the attention of global public opinion due to the positions taken by some Latin American governments against abusive actions by European countries. | Among the leaders expected to raise the most controversial topics is Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who confirmed his attendance at the summit to the prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, who holds the pro tempore presidency of the European Union. | Lula described as "unacceptable" the EU's latest proposal on the agreement w…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-15). Archbishop Viganà≤ launches organisation to help victims of Bergoglian Purges. expose-news.com At the beginning of July, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganà≤ announced a civil association to assist Catholic clergy who are being persecuted by the Vatican under Pope Francis. Pope Francis' birth name is …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-15). Climategate is the worst scientific scandal of our generation. expose-news.com The term Climategate was coined in 2009 to describe the scandal revealed by the leaked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit ("CRU"). The senders and recipients of the …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-15). Covid Related News: Covid was a mass mind control operation. expose-news.com Covid was a mass mind control operation, Dr. Reiner Fuellmich explains in an interview with Stew Peters. In a separate interview, Professor Martin Neil describes the massive corruption of society to promote …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-15). A brief history of secret US military experiments leading to epidemics. expose-news.com Last year a Twitter user posted a thread about the history of the US military conducting biowarfare experiments in heavily populated areas of the US. The experiments involved tests introducing "innocuous organisms" …

Rodolfo Bueno (2023-07-15). A propósito de la actual geopolítica mundial. globalizacion.ca China, Estados Unidos y Rusia son los centros de poder de un mundo cada vez más volátil, que vive un periodo de inestabilidad peligrosa en el que crece sin parar el riesgo de que estalle la Tercera Guerra Mundial. | A…

scorinoco (2023-07-15). Israeli Occupation Forces Attack Palestinian Towns in West Bank. orinocotribune.com Israeli occupation forces are carrying out extensive raids and arrests in West Bank towns amid clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters. | On Friday, July 14, Israeli occupation forces launched a raid and arrest operation in several cities and villages of the occupied West Bank. | According to local sources, the occupation military raided the town of Naalin, west of Ramallah, where it…

Staff (2023-07-15). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Meets With President of Serbia. orinocotribune.com The foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá and signed several bilateral cooperation agreements during his official visit to the Republic of Serbia. | On Friday, July 14, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Gil also met with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, "with whom we reviewed the bilateral agenda and discussed ways to expand and strengthen the agreements that have already been signed." | Durante nuestra visita oficial a Serbia, sostuvimos un grato encuentro con el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Ivica Dacic, con quien pudimos revisar…

SUN (2023-07-15). COVID-19 Vaccines: Proof of Lethality. Over One Thousand Scientific Studies. globalresearch.ca

Taru Taylor (2023-07-15). Biden's Unconstitutional "Bankruptcy Abuse" Act Makes Peons of Student Debtors. truthout.org The Supreme Court recently blocked the Biden administration's plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt. The decision disappointed 43 million borrowers owing $1.6 trillion in student debt. Regardless, the failure of the Biden plan misdirects us from the root problem: It's not that student loan borrowers need debt relief; it's that they merit a debt discharge. Every honest… |

Zoe Alexandra (2023-07-15). Ahead of III CELAC-EU Summit, movements from both continents build People's Summit. peoplesdispatch.org Movements from Latin America and Europe have joined hands to hold the 2023 People's Summit which will run parallel to the CELAC-EU Heads of State Summit…

_____ (2023-07-15). An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America. strategic-culture.org What will it take to convince Americans to turn their backs on empire and war before it's too late? | Join us on , , and . | By William J. ASTORE | All around us things are falling apart. Collectively, Americans are experien…

_____ (2023-07-15). Child Sex Trafficking From Ukraine: Fact, Fiction and Extrapolation. strategic-culture.org Westwards child sex trafficking is a much more serious issue than are the trumped-up charges NATO laid against Russian President Putin. | Join us on , , and . | In examining the issue of child sex trafficking from Ukraine, t…

_____ (2023-07-15). The Political Theatre of UK Sanctions. strategic-culture.org

_____ (2023-07-15). U.S. Soldiers Don't Belong in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org By Eve OTTENBERG | Join us on , , and . | So how many American soldiers fight in Ukraine? The Biden bunch is careful not to reveal or refer to their presence, mercenary or otherwise, but the question keeps coming to mind. It…

Keerti Gopal (2023-07-15). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Rainforest In Revival. levernews.com Good things are happening! Deforestation in the world's largest rainforest is slowing, a private equity firm misses out on public pension money, a creative veto in Wisconsin helps out schools, video game workers continue to organize, green jobs training takes effect, and more.Lula Saves The Trees: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Colombian Gov ¥t, ELN to sign 9 protocols for ceasefire. plenglish.com Bogotá, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced on Saturday nine new Protocols agreed upon for the fulfillment of the Process of Participation of Society in the Construction of Peace and the Bilateral, National and Temporary Ceasefire (CFBNT).

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Cuban PM receives St. Petersburg leader Dmitrievich Grigoriev. plenglish.com "During the meeting, we gave continuity to conversations held during my visit to St. Petersburg and reaffirmed our commitment to continue strengthening relations," Marrero live-tweeted. | Marrero stressed that Cuba and Russia share historic friendship ties which have always characterized the development of bilateral relations in all spheres of common interest.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Guatemala reports 492 new Covid-19 cases. plenglish.com According to the Health Ministry, the number of infected people remained between 1,500 and 1,900 in the two weeks of April and May, while in the two weeks ending June 8, there were already 2,590. By the end of June 23rd, the number of cases reached 4,433 and during the two weeks up to July 7 the figure rose to 5,157. | This public information confirms some increased orange-colored municipalities, compared to the previous 15 days, which also reflects the increase of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. | Health authorities reiterated its call to population to continue respecting prevention measures such as hand-washing with soap…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Mexican ambassador denounces fentanyl trafficking by U.S. citizens. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) 85% of the fentanyl used in the United States is introduced by American citizens, not by immigrants as they want to make it look, as denounced by Mexican Ambassador in Washington Esteban Moctezuma.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Over 300 Uruguayan homeless seek refugee ahead of cold weather. plenglish.com Montevideo, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) More than 300 homeless people took refuge during the early hours of the morning in shelters of the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) in Uruguay to protect themselves from the extreme cold temperatures, MIDES released the information, adding that other 54 homeless people were picked up on the streets as part of Operation Winter.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). PM Netanyahu rushed to hospital after fainting at home. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken to the hospital after he passed out at his home in Caesarea and had been experiencing chest pain.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Russia demands Ukraine to release abbot of the Caves Monastery. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Russia demands Ukraine the immediate release of abbot, Metropolitan Pavel, of the Caves Monastery, the spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Russia develops drone for dousing fires using AI. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Students of Irkutsk University developed a unique drone that allows extinguishing fires using artificial intelligence (AI) systems, the Russian National Technological Initiative program reported Saturday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). U.S. army loots new batch of Syrian oil. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) US forces continue to plunder Syrian oil fields and transport this crude to northern Iraq through illegal border crossings, activists in the northeastern part of Syria claimed.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Record breaking US heatwave demonstrates the growing dangers of climate change. wsws.org Temperatures in excess of 110 degrees are posing a risk to human health with over 100 million people affected by extreme heat across much of the United States.

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-15). Sudan's Neighbors Signaled That They're Disinterested In Fighting A Divide-And-Rule Proxy War. thealtworld.com Sudan's neighbors might not be able to stop its slide into a full-scale civil war that sparks the next "African World War", but it wouldn't be from lack of sincerely trying. | The quarter-year-long Sudanese Crisis poses the greatest risk in years of another so-called "African World War" along the lines of the two erstwhile Congolese ones due to the competing interests of neighboring nations. This conflict's immediate trigger was the rivalry between the Sudanese Armed Forces' (SAF) General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the Rapid Security Forces' (RSF) General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ("Hemedti"), but its true roots stem…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-15). Real Change Is Impossible While Our World Is Shrouded In Secrecy. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | I saw a "We can all write about our political issues, we can all push for particular things we believe…

Jeff Abbott (2023-07-15). The Other Americans: Guatemala's Progressive Left Did Very Well in Recent Elections. progressive.org The success of Arévalo, who previously served in congress, was unforeseen, as polling had suggested prior to election day that he was not even among the top five candidates.

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-15). Workers at The Trevor Project Unionize. inthesetimes.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-15). New York: National Actions In Solidarity With The Tampa 5. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-15). Sandinistas Speak: Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-15). World Needs A New Development Theory That Does Not Trap The Poor In Poverty. popularresistance.org

Miriam Davidson (2023-07-15). Arizona Church Burnings Recall a Dark Past. progressive.org The crime recalls the dark history of church burnings in the United States, which date back to before the Civil War when African-American churches in the South were targeted for being way stations on the Underground Railroad.

Rania Khalek (2023-07-15). Ukrainian vs. Russian Artillery + US Buying Taiwan's Hawk Missiles for Ukrainian Air Defense. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for July 17, 2023: | — Western analysts are claiming the recent alleged resignation of Russian General Popov reflects Ukrainian artillery superiority amid the ongoing counteroffensive despite the fact that Ukraine is admittedly losing more armor and troops and has failed to make any substantial progress in over a month and a half of intense fighting; | — Western analysts admit Russia outguns Ukraine both in terms of artillery pieces and artillery ammunition but claims Ukraine has the "edge" because of its "artillery kill chain" which includes drones and counter-battery…

Rania Khalek (2023-07-15). 'We're Ready to Strike': UPS Driver Explains How They're Gearing Up for Historic Action. thealtworld.com UPS workers are preparing for what might be the biggest single-company strike in US history. The contract between the Teamsters and UPS, which is the largest private-sector collective bargaining agreement in the US, is set to expire in August. If no new agreement is reached by August 1, a strike is very likely. | Antoine Andrews, a UPS driver in Long Island City and UPS driver in Long Island City, and member of the Teamsters Local 804, explains what UPS workers are fighting for and why every worker has a stake in this crucial fight.

readthemaple (2023-07-15). 15 Years of Jewish Solidarity With Palestine. readthemaple.com I think we're going to see more people come over to our side as time progresses.

Scott Ritter (2023-07-15). Scott Ritter — NATO's Rapid Response Force. thealtworld.com

Staff (2023-07-15). LIVE: Nail In The Coffin For US Dollar? leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-15). Hollywood Shuts Down After 160,000 Actors Walk Off the Set. youtube.com 160,000 actors have walked off the job, completely shutting down Hollywood. The actors union, SAG-AFTRA, is striking side by side with the writers union, WGA. BT's Kei Pritsker went to Day 1 of the actors' strike to hear why they're going head up against the entertainment CEOs.

unitedEditor (2023-07-15). What do Türkiye's latest foreign policy moves lead to? uwidata.com Interview by ≈ûafak Erdem Türkiye has recently taken steps to repair relations with the United States and the European Union. Türkiye gave the green light to Sweden's NATO membership and expressed its willingness to turn a new page with the EU, which was also backed by the US's official statements. We asked United World International …

Vanessa Beeley (2023-07-15). BBC normalises a terrorist organisation to frame Syrian President. thealtworld.com

ecns.cn (2023-07-15). China's largest electrochemical energy storage power station put into operation. ecns.cn The total battery installed capacity of this electrochemical energy storage station stood at 800,000 kilowatts, ranking 1st of its kind in China. The total investment of project is 5 billion RMB ($700 million), with a total capacity of 200,000 KW/800,000KWh.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Cuba reports 10 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths. plenglish.com According to MINSAP ¥s latest report, 67 patients remained hospitalized, 36 of them reported as suspected cases and 31 as confirmed active cases with a stable clinical progress. | Since the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020), Cuba has carried out as many as 14,377,912 tests, 1,114,996 of them came back positive. | Out of total contagion toll, eight of them were reported as contact of already confirmed cases and other two with no confirmed source of infection. | Cuba ¥s overall death toll remains at 8,530, for a lethality rate of 0,77% compared to 1% worldwide and to 1,53% in the Americas.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-15). Tormenta subtropical Don se forma en el Atlántico. telesurtv.net Don se debilitará ligeramente en los próximos dos días y puede convertirse en un remanente de baja presión o un sistema post-tropical en cualquier momento.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-07-15). Siria e Iraq estrechan cooperación para enfrentar escasez de agua. telesurtv.net Según medios locales sirios, el titular de Administración y Medio Ambiente de esa nación resaltó la importancia de continuar afianzando las relaciones entre los dos países.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-07-15). Alertan por riesgos de deslaves e inundaciones en Manabí, Ecuador. telesurtv.net Los cantones como Padernales, Jama, Flavio Alfaro, Santa Ana, Olmedo y Jipijapa tienen están evaluados como de alto riesgo de deslizamientos.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-07-15). México envía nota a EE.UU. por colocar cerco y boyas en Texas. telesurtv.net Al citar el artículo 17 del Tratado de Aguas Internacionales de 1944, México confirmó que la colocación de la barrera de boyas que el estado de Texas contraviene dicho acuerdo.

teleSUR- lvm, DRL (2023-07-15). Fiscalía de Guatemala prosigue indagación al Movimiento Semilla. telesurtv.net Refirió "que reitera que toda denuncia relacionada a la posible comisión de algún delito electoral por persona particular o partido político será investigada sin excepción alguna".

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-15). Asesinan a otro líder social en Atlántico, Colombia. telesurtv.net La víctima fue identificada como Franklin Pabón Camacho, y era reconocido por su liderazgo social.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). "Shrink the World's Population": Secret 2009 Meeting of Billionaires "Good Club" globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-15). NSW gov't told not to demolish Explorer Street public housing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-15). The Robodebt rogues gallery. greenleft.org.au

Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-15). Peru's Black Misleadership Class Complicit With Coup Regime. popularresistance.org As the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo heads into its seventh month, the popular uprising against the Boluarte dictatorship has remained mobilized in the streets and organized by neighborhoods and regions, with a major mobilization coming up on July 19th. But as protesters continue to make their voices heard, Congress has entrenched its powers even deeper into state institutions, giving it free reign and enacting what people have called a congressional dictatorship with Boluarte as a puppet leader. Late last month, the Constitutional Tribunal gave Congress the sole power in votes of confidence and impea…

Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. (2023-07-15). A New Generation Of Palestinians Has Finally Buried The Ghosts Of The Past. popularresistance.org The deadly Israeli invasion of Jenin on July 3 was not a surprise. | Also unsurprising is the fact that the killing of 12 Palestinians, wounding of 120 more and the destruction of nearly 80 percent of the Jenin Refugee Camp's homes and infrastructure will not make an iota of a difference. | Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite his lofty promises of destroying the "safe haven … of the terrorist enclave in Jenin", must have known that his bloody exercise was ultimately futile. | Indeed, as the Israeli military machine was toppling homes, smashing cars and harvesting lives, several Palestinian r…

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-07-15). Amazon Teamsters' Rolling Pickets Hit Facilities Nationwide. popularresistance.org Brandi Diaz was at a customer's door in Palmdale, California, delivering stuff for Amazon, when the customer asked her, "What's the difference between you and UPS drivers?" | "He said the difference is UPS is union, Amazon is not. He referred to us as 'Jeff's Bozos.' | "I am no longer Bezos' Bozo!" Diaz said over honks and chants from 200 Teamsters from six different locals and some labor allies at a picket line outside an Amazon warehouse in northern New Jersey July 6. | Diaz and her co-workers voted to join Teamsters Local 396 in April. They are Amazon delivery drivers, but they were nominally employed by an Am…

Staff (2023-07-15). EXCLUSIVE: The Most Censored Politician Explains Why He's Been Shut Down. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-07-15). NEW POLL: A ROCK IS BEATING TRUMP & BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT. leecamp.com

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). U.S. To Deploy F-16 Fighter Jets In Gulf To Prevent Iran From Seizing Ships. southfront.org A pair of F-16C of the 79th Fighter Squadron participate in the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group's Weapons System Evaluation Program East at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 16, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin) | The United States will deploy additional fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a Pentagon official announced on July 14. | The unnamed official told reports that Washington is increasingly concerned about the growin…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). Kiev Forces Suffer More Losses Near Bakmut, Kupyansk And In Zaporozhye (Videos, Photos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has inflicted more human and material losses on Kiev forces while repelling attacks in different directions. | On July 15, the Russian Yug Group of Forces said that it had repelled four attacks in the Lisichansk and Soledaro-Bakhmut directions. In addition, three assault detachments from Ukraine's 60th Mechanized Brigade suffered losses while trying to break through in the direction of the Berkhovsky reservoir. The group's forces also repelled an attack by sever…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). New Shadowy Group Assassinates HTS Security Commander In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org Click to see original-size image. | On July 14, a new shadow group announced that it had assassinated a security commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham in Greater Idlib, directly challenging the terrorist group's authority in the northwestern Syrian region. | In a Telegram post, the group, which calls itself the Revolution Shield Brigades (RSB), said that its fighters set up a fake checkpoint on Bab Al-Hawa highway in the northern Idlib countryside and killed HTS commander Ibrahim…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). Russia, Iran Are Coordinating To Pressure U.S. Forces Out From Syria: Pentagon. southfront.org File image. | The Russian military group in Syria had been quietly coordinating with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on long-term plans to pressure the United States to withdraw its forces from the country, a Pentagon official said on July 14. "There's a confluence of interests between those three groups, the Iranians, the Russians and the Syrians," the unnamed official told Al-Monitor."I see evidence of operational-level planning between mid-level Quds Force leadership tha…

Anonymous834 (2023-07-15). Biden Sends 3,000 U.S. Troops To Ukraine(?) Against Russia. southfront.org Written by On the morning of Friday July 14th, the New York Post published a very carefully worded headline,

ajay tallam (2023-07-15). Monday 7/10: EBPG "Observe and Interact" Drawing Inspiration from Nature — ArtLuck! indybay.org

ecns.cn (2023-07-15). JD enters China's AI race. ecns.cn Chinese e-commerce giant JD has unveiled its large language model called ChatRhino, which could be used in a wide range of fields including retail, logistics, finance and health.

ecns.cn (2023-07-15). Insights | Malaysian student: China has developed by leaps and bounds under the leadership of the CPC. ecns.cn The year 2023 marks the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Malaysian student Toh Wei Yuan is quite impressed with how China has developed and progressed by leaps and bounds over the years under the leadership of the CPC. During an interview with ECNS, she shared her observation.

ecns.cn (2023-07-15). China's CPI to recover from next month, PBOC official says. ecns.cn China's consumer inflation may further decline in July but is likely to gradually recover from August to a level close to 1 percent by the end of the year.

ecns.cn (2023-07-15). Envoy refutes NATO accusations. ecns.cn China's top envoy to the United Nations on Thursday refuted NATO's "unwarranted attacks and accusations" against China in a recent communique issued during the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

ecns.cn (2023-07-15). Deep-sea submersible mother ship Tansuo-2 attracts global scientists. ecns.cn The ship is 87.2 meters long and 18.8 meters wide, with a full-load displacement of 6,800 tons . It can carry 60 researchers and has a maximum speed of 14.2 knots and a cruising range of 15,000 nautical miles.

Editor (2023-07-15). The NSA Is It's Own Worst Enemy. scheerpost.com Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play/ Amazon / YouTube / Rumble There has been no journalist that has been more effective in penetrating the self-serving secrecy of the NSA and the security state than James Bamford, the Emmy-nominated filmmaker and best-selling author. He joins host Robert Scheer on this episode of Scheer Intelligence to discuss his latest book, Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, …

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-15). Ghana to have new oil refinery in August. plenglish.com Accra, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Next August, Ghana will have a refinery that will produce liquefied petroleum gas, airplane fuel, gasoline, diesel and fuel oil, the Minister of Trade and Industry K.T. Hammond confirmed.

Korean Center (2023-07-15). Saturday 9/30: 5th Annual Bay Area Chuseok (Korean Harvest) Festival. indybay.org Presidio Main Parade Lawn…

Movement Rights (2023-07-15). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-15). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Work with your hands? Watch out for carpal tunnel syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a homebuilder and have begun experiencing numbness and tingling in my hands. Sometimes I drop things because I can't get a good grip. A friend suggested I might have carpal tunnel syndrome. But doesn't that mostly affect people who use computers all day? Can you explain more about the condition? ANSWER: Working with your hands day after day can take a toll on them, causing pain, numbness and weakness. Carpal tunnel syndrome is…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-15). West Nile virus: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Female Culex mosquito, courtesy: CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed reports of West Nile virus in 10 states. The bite of an infected mosquito most commonly spreads the virus. "West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne illness in the U.S.," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. It's a flavivirus —a specific type of RNA virus that can infect humans, birds and horses. "West Nile virus is…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-15). PAD: The other arterial disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The body has two types of artery systems: the coronary artery system, which relates to the heart, and peripheral artery system, which involves the arteries carrying oxygenated blood to the arms, legs and brain. Just like coronary arteries, peripheral arteries can become diseased. This condition, called peripheral artery disease, or PAD, narrows arteries and reduces blood flow due to a buildup of fatty deposits on the artery walls. This can cause claudication, which is muscle…

QteleSUR- lvm -DRL (2023-07-15). Gobierno de Lula promulga programa Más Médicos en Brasil. telesurtv.net "Más Médicos para Brasil", dará cobertura alerededor de 96 millones de brasileños.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-07-15). Continúan jornadas de solidaridad con MTS en Brasil. telesurtv.net El Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra ofrece gran variedad de ofertas naturales y agroindustrializadas.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-15). China insta a EE. UU. a concretar mejora de relaciones. telesurtv.net Alto diplomático chino pide a la parte estadounidense adoptar una actitud racional y dejar atrás una política confrontacional propia de la Guerra Fría.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-15). Cierra Acrópolis de Atenas por ola de calor en Grecia. telesurtv.net Los empleadores deben permitir horarios de trabajo flexibles y promover el teletrabajo para evitar el calor del mediodía…

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-07-15). ONG denuncia política antiderechos de Boluarte en Perú. telesurtv.net FIDH afirma que la crisis política actual en ese país "obedece a un proyecto político e ideológico conservador y autoritario".

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-15). Continúan protestas contra Gobierno de Jujuy, en Argentina. telesurtv.net Los niveles de la enseñanza inicial y primario, secundario y medio, así como universitarios se declararon en huelga.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-15). Declaran culpables a excarabineros por brutal golpiza a chileno. telesurtv.net Los exefectivos Henry Giovanny Cuellar Vega y Víctor Antonio Lastra Marguirot golpearon a Mario Acuña sin mediar provocación y provocaron que quedara en estado vegetativo.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-15). ONU reporta 165 millones de nuevos pobres en el mundo. telesurtv.net El Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo indicó que 75 millones de personas entraron en la extrema pobreza.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-15). Presidente cubano aboga por impulsar cooperación con Portugal. telesurtv.net "En nombre de Cuba reiteramos la voluntad de profundizar las relaciones económico comerciales", afirmó Díaz-Canel.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-07-15). Siria extiende autorización para uso de paso fronterizo con fines humanitarios. telesurtv.net El Gobierno sirio informó sobre la decisión al secretario general de la ONU y al presidente del Consejo de Seguridad.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-15). Rechazan eventual exclusión de Rusia y Belarús de JJ.OO. París 2024. telesurtv.net Portavoz del Kremlin considera que esa decisión del Comité Olímpico Internacional no es justa y recuerda que Rusia se opone a la politización del deporte.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-15). Decretan estado de emergencia en Nigeria por seguridad alimentaria. telesurtv.net Gobierno de la nación africana informa que implementará acciones para estimular la producción de alimentos y frenar la inflación y altos precios.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-07-15). Sindicato de Actores se declara en huelga en Estados Unidos. telesurtv.net La huelga de los actores agudiza la situación en Hollywood, que ya lidiaba con el paro del Sindicato de los Guionistas.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-15). Francia celebra día nacional con fuertes medidas de seguridad. telesurtv.net El tradicional desfile en los Campos Elíseos lo abrieron 270 miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas de la India, país al que se dedicó la parada.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-15). Putin ofrece detalles de encuentro con comandantes de grupo Wagner. telesurtv.net Para el mandatario ruso, el tema "no es un asunto fácil" y "debe ser debatido en la Duma (Parlamento) y el Gobierno".

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-07-15). Sismo de magnitud 6.5 afecta estado mexicano de Chiapas. telesurtv.net Por medio de redes sociales, los mexicanos compartieron los momentos que vivieron por el movimiento telúrico.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-07-15). Al menos 289 niños han muerto en el Mediterráneo en lo que va de 2023. telesurtv.net El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef) refirió que la cifra se duplica, en comparación con la registrada en los primeros seis meses de 2022.

WSWS (2023-07-15). Australia's Macquarie University management ignores opposition to its political censorship of IYSSE. wsws.org Macquarie University's doubling down on its anti-democratic attack on the IYSSE highlights its central aim: the silencing of any left-wing voices and opposition to war on campus.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-15). Avanza la impresión de las papeletas para balotaje presidencial en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Este viernes, el TSE publicó en el Diario de Centro América el Acuerdo 1328-2023, mediante el cual fueron oficializados los resultados de las elecciones del 25 de junio.

Mia Smith (2023-07-15). Eata Gift Releases Custom T-shirt Service to Help Businesses Express Brand Stories. indybay.org Eata Gift recently announced the release of its custom T-shirt service to help businesses and institutions express their brand stories.

Mia Smith (2023-07-15). Customize Mouse Pads with Logos or Patterns at Eata Gift. indybay.org Eata Gift announced the availability of mouse pad customization for its business and bulk-purchase customers.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). British strike may hinder missile shipment to Ukraine. plenglish.com London, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) A strike by employees of a secret British warehouse of Storm Shadow and Brimstone missiles could hinder the shipment of these weapons to Ukraine, according to the Mirror newspaper.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). China to avoid bloc confrontation in Asia-Pacific region. plenglish.com The head of the Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Affairs Commission and member of its Political Bureau, Wang Yi, made this appeal during the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is taking place in Indonesia. | According to the Xinhua news agency, the senior diplomat urged the other members to adhere to openness and inclusiveness, in addition to promoting common security. In this regard, he opposed the so-called Asia-Pacific version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that incites confrontation in the region. | The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperatio…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). China urges EU for multilateralism and free trade. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) China on Saturday called on the European Union (EU) to avoid politicizing economic issues and urged for globalization and the free trade system with an inclusive approach.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). German deputy Mutsenich calls for peaceful solution to Ukraine war. plenglish.com Berlin, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) The Western powers deeply involved in the rearmament of Ukraine should in no way renounce the possibility of a peaceful solution to the conflict, the head of the German Social Democratic Party Rolf Màºtsenich said.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Italy: Weekly Covid-19 infection toll drop to 3,411. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Italy reported 3,411 cases and 36 deaths of Covid-19 from July 7 to 13, a downturn with respect to 3,731 cases and 38 deaths reported in previous week.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-15). Russians embrace Chinese cars after Western brands depart. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) As the exodus of Western automakers narrows options for Russian consumers, Chinese automakers are filling the gap, forcing Russians to overcome their reluctance to embrace Chinese brands and accept higher prices.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-15). Cuban Prime Minister calls to boost recovery in provinces. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero urged to give more dynamism to the recovery of damage caused to houses and infrastructures by recent pelting rains and hurricanes in several provinces.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-15). Ecuadorians reject police repression against anti-mining protests. plenglish.com In a statement, the Popular Committee reiterated mining is the main threat to the peoples and condemned that the Guillermo Lasso administration has given away large tracts of land to transnational mining interests in several Ecuadorian territories. | Likewise, the Popular Committee warned that in the mining areas, all kinds of crimes are being conducted under the protection of the police. | On Friday afternoon, at least two people were arrested and 10 were injured during a confrontation between the National Police and Las Naves villagers. | The National Anti-Mining Front strongly condemned on Twitter that some 30…

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-15). MEP Marc Botenga urges to maintain equal relations with Latin America. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Belgian MEP Marc Botenga on Saturday called on the European Union (EU) to develop equal relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, before the bi-regional summit to be held here on July 17 and 18.

Anonymous669 (2023-07-15). Kiev Forces Suffer More Losses Near Bakmut, Kupyansk And In Zaphorohey (Videos, Photos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has inflicted more human and material losses on Kiev forces while repelling attacks in different directions. | On July 15, the Russian Yug Group of Forces said that it had repelled four attacks in the Lisichansk and Soledaro-Bakhmut directions. In addition, three assault detachments from Ukraine's 60th Mechanized Brigade suffered losses while trying to break through in the direction of the Berkhovsky reservoir. The group's forces also repelled an attack by sever…

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