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 liberationnews.org Every U.S. soldier and weapon system must be immediately withdrawn. 70 years is long enough — it's time for real peace in Korea…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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