Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-31: News Headlines

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Russia to defend its maritime interests "resolutely" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Russia's naval fleet will start receiving the newest Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles "in the coming months," President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.

Esha Krishnaswamy (2022-07-31). "These are animals, not people": Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military. thegrayzone.com Once condemned by Ukrainian officials and imprisoned for sadistic torture and the rape of minors, leaders of the notorious Tornado Battalion are free under Volodymyr Zelensky's orders. After banning virtually his entire political opposition, publishing a blacklist of foreign journalists and academics accused of advancing "Russian propaganda," and ramming through a law exempting 70% of Ukrainians from workplace protections, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has freed from prison fascist militants convicted of some of the most heinous crimes the country has …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Zelensky calls for mass evacuation of Donetsk region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the mass evacuation of the Donetsk region in a video on Facebook.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-31). The Myth of the HIMARS 'Game Changer': American-Supplied Rocket System Won't Bring Victory to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The rocket system is a deadly tool — but it's not the tonic Ukraine and its supporters claim it to be. As former US President Donald Trump proved before he was banned by the platform, there's always a tweet. "HIMARS have arrived to Ukraine. Thank you to my US colleague and friend @SecDef…

Codepink (2022-07-31). Let's Divest Chicago from War. zcomm.org Chicago is currently investing taxpayer dollars in the War Machine through its pension funds…

____ (2022-07-31). Ukraine's GDP to drop 33.4 pct in 2022: central bank. ecns.cn Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 33.4 percent this year amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.

____ (2022-07-31). Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Latvia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had stopped sending gas to Latvia after violating supply conditions, a move the Baltic country said would have little impact on its gas supplies.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-07-31). How hostility to the press ended up isolating Colombia's government. colombiareports.com Colombia's outgoing President Ivan Duque has divided media between allies and enemies, which contributed to polarization in the country and limited citizens' access to information, according to press freedom foundation…

IMEMC News (2022-07-31). Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Bethlehem and Jerusalem. imemc.org On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including siblings and a child, from their homes in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched homes, and abducted three Palestinians, including a child. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Qussai Nael Taqatqa, 19, Issa Luay …

IMEMC News (2022-07-31). Soldiers Shoot And Abduct A Palestinian Worker Near Tulkarem. imemc.org On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian worker before abducting him near the illegal Annexation Wall, west of Zeita town, north of Tulkarem in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian workers near one of the gates of the Annexation Wall, wounding one. They …

____ (2022-07-31). Biden's approval rate dips to new low: Gallup. ecns.cn President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen to 38 percent, the first time his rating has dropped below 40 percent, according to the latest Gallup poll.The survey finds that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Biden is doing, the highest for him to date.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Ucrania lanza minas antipersonales prohibidas contra Donetsk. telesurtv.net Con anterioridad, el pasado miércoles, se había denunciado un ataque similar con pequeñas minas terrestres PFM-1 en la zona norte de dicha urbe.

____ (2022-07-31). (W.E. Talk) Shing-Tung Yau: Why are many Chinese students good at solving mathematical problems but not becoming great mathematicians. ecns.cn Recently, the Fields Medal which is known as the Nobel Prize in mathematics issued every four years was announced. Four "Generation Y", young mathematicians from France, America, Britain and Ukraine won the prizes. There into, June Huh has an especially legendary experience, who is a Korean-American mathematician had a bad math performance and even was repelled by math in his early years, finally becomes another Asian who won the medal after Shing-Tung Yau, Terence Chi-Shen Tao and Bao Chau Ngo.

____ (2022-07-31). US, Oman FMs discuss JCPOA, Ukraine war, Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Foreign Ministry of Oman announced on Saturday that Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamood Al Busaidi held a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss JCPOA, Ukraine war and ceasefire in Yemen.

Staff (2022-07-31). Cuba cierra con oro en Campeonato Panamericano de Levantamiento de Pesas. cubadebate.cu Cuba ganó su única medalla de oro en el Campeonato Panamericano de Levantamiento de Pesas el último día del torneo en Colombia, donde el holguinero Juan Columbié dominó en el arranque de la división de 109 kilogramos (kg) de peso corporal. En la capital Bogotá, Columbié logró en el ejercicio de arranque actuación perfecta ante 160, 165 y 168 kg.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-07-31). Rusia invita a la ONU y Cruz Roja para investigar bombardeo en el Donbass. telesurtv.net Rusia hace la invitación en aras de que se efectúe una investigación objetiva sobre los hechos.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-07-31). Rusia invita a la ONU y Cruz Roja para investigar bombardeo en centro de reclusión en el Donbass. telesurtv.net Rusia hace la invitación en aras de que se efectúe una investigación objetiva sobre los hechos.

The Counter Signal (2022-07-31). Trudeau Moves Forward with Fertilizer Reduction Climate Policy. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-07-31). Blinken, Gantz discuss Iran nuclear deal on phone. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Zionist regime's Minister of War Benny Gantz held a telephone conversation on Sunday to discuss Iran's nuclear deal.

Staff (2022-07-31). Pelosi reportedly abandons her plan to visit Taiwan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — After Beijing's top officials intensified their warnings to Washington about Taiwan, it seems that the Speaker of the US House of Representatives has abandoned her plans to visit the island.

Staff (2022-07-31). Zionists' gas fields within range of Hezbollah fire (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — While the US mediator Amos Hochstein arrives in Lebanon today, a warning video has been released.

Staff (2022-07-31). Syria holds joint military drill with Russia (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Syrian Armed Forces, in cooperation with the Russian Army, held an amphibious military exercise on Sunday.

Alex Krainer (2022-07-31). A Small Short? The Coming Collapse of the Air Travel Industry. globalresearch.ca

Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-31). Penal Assassination: The Gradual Effort to Kill Assange. dissidentvoice.org They really do want to kill him. Perhaps it is high time that his detractors and sceptics, proven wrong essentially from the outset, admit that the US imperium, along with its client states, is willing to see Julian Assange perish in prison. The locality and venue, for the purposes of this exercise, are not relevant. …

Fight Back (2022-07-31). Milwaukee activists protest for abortion rights outside downtown meeting of Federalist Society. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 28, a group of more than 20 people rallied at Dontre Hamilton (Red Arrow) Park in downtown Milwaukee before marching a half mile to the Wisconsin Club, where the Milwaukee chapter of the notorious Federalist Society were hosting its summer cocktail party. The crowd included members of the Democratic Socialists for America, Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the National Lawyers Guild. Speeches were made just outside the big front windows of the building with some of the Federalists looking on. | "I am not three-fifths of a person," declared Bran…

IMEMC News (2022-07-31). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted a former political prisoner and broke into the Village Council building in Nazlet Zaid village, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Aziz Kilani, the head of Nazlet Zeid Village Council, said several army jeeps invaded the village and abducted a former political prisoner, Zeid …

_____ (2022-07-31). France is Rapidly Losing Influence in Africa. journal-neo.org France has never taken into account the interests of the African nations, and now, as a result of its aggressive neo-colonial policies, this former imperial power is seeing a rapid decline in its influence not only in its former colonies but across the continent. In fact, France is increasingly being viewed both in these countries …

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Nueva represión israelí deja al menos 11 palestinos heridos. telesurtv.net Los heridos fueron impactados por balas recubiertas de goma y requirieron de atención hospitalaria.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Pacto de Unidad se suma a la labor censal en Bolivia y rechaza su politización. telesurtv.net El Pacto de Unidad decidió que si desde Santa Cruz "se atreven a hacer alguna acción" (medida de presión), inmediatamente van a accionar marchas, paros y bloqueos.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-31). Embajador argentino aboga por retorno de Venezuela al Mercosur. telesurtv.net Laborde abogó también por la consolidación de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur) y de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac).

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-31). Brasil vence 1-0 a Colombia en final de Copa América Femenina 2022. telesurtv.net El gol que dio la victoria a la canarinha vino de un penalti a los 28 minutos del partido concretado por la delantera Debinha.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Manifestantes irrumpen de nuevo en Parlamento de Irak. telesurtv.net La primera manifestación en contra del nombramiento del Mohammed al Sudani como primer ministro se registró este martes 27 de julio.

____ (2022-07-31). Chinese premier stresses promoting effective investment, consumption. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for efforts to detail measures to expand demand, promoting effective investment and increasing consumption.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Uruguay confirma primer caso de viruela del mono. telesurtv.net "El paciente, que se encuentra estable y en aislamiento, tiene antecedente de viaje en los últimos días", agregaron las autoridades.

Staff (2022-07-31). Pelosi parte de EEUU a gira por Asia sin mencionar parada en Taiwán. cubadebate.cu La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Nancy Pelosi, inició una gira por cuatro países de Asia sin mencionar a Taiwán en el itinerario oficial. La líder parlamentaria encabeza una delegación del Congreso norteamericano comenzó un periplo por Singapur, Malasia, Corea del Sur y Japón.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-07-31). Rebuilding Colombia Reports after 4 years of devastating repression. colombiareports.com The impending exit of Colombia's President Ivan Duque should allow Colombia Reports to recover from four years of repression. Duque's increasingly aggressive cracking down on the freedom of the press…

Staff (2022-07-31). Cuba reporta 109 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y ninguna persona fallecida. cubadebate.cu Para la COVID-19 se realizaron un total de 2 mil 572 muestras para la vigilancia, resultando positivas 109. El país acumula 14 millones 034 mil 207 muestras realizadas y 1 millón 108 mil 094 positivas.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran's newly-appointed envoy meets with Lebanon FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Iran's newly-appointed ambassador met and held talks with the Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib.

Staff (2022-07-31). La Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación máxima de 500 MW. cubadebate.cu Ayer se afectó el servicio por déficit de capacidad de generación durante todo el día. La máxima afectación en el horario pico fue 818 MW a las 20: 30 horas. Se mantuvo la afectación al servicio durante toda la madrugada. Durante el día se estima una afectación máxima de 500 MW.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Lula da Silva protagoniza acto masivo de campaña en Fortaleza. telesurtv.net El expresidente y candidato por el PT remarcó que estas serán las elecciones de la democracia contra el fascismo, de la solidaridad contra la discordia, y del amor contra el odio.

____ (2022-07-31). (W.E. Talk) Why do We Say that the Traditional Chinese Culture Contains the Gene of Human Rights. ecns.cn lthough the term "human rights" appeared in the Western culture first, out of Chinese culture are the natural genes and roots of human rights: "Humanity is most valuable under the sky", "The benevolent love others"… Those traditional humanistic thoughts are the very precious Chinese genes of human rights in the long-standing Chinese culture.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Gobierno boliviano presenta política contra trata de personas. telesurtv.net La trata de personas se erige como el tercer delito más lucrativo a escala mundial después del narcotráfico y el tráfico de armas.

____ (2022-07-31). Biden tests positive for COVID-19 in 'rebound' case: physician. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday in a "rebound" case, days after ending isolation and treatment, according to his doctor.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-31). Comienza Festival de Teatro Progresista en Venezuela. telesurtv.net En esta ocasión se realizará un homenaje al dramaturgo y poeta alemán Bertolt Brecht, con la selección de varias escenas de sus obras más representativas.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Detienen a periodista guatemalteco José Rubén Zamora. telesurtv.net Aún se desconocen las causas de su arresto, aunque aluden su presunta vinculación con delitos de lavado de activos y corrupción.

____ (2022-07-31). U.S. House passes bill to ban assault weapons. ecns.cn House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to ban assault weapons with a narrow 217-213 vote.Gun violence has taken more than 25,500 lives across the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from Gun Violence Archive.

____ (2022-07-31). U.S. chips bill will disrupt global trade: commerce ministry. ecns.cn The Chips and Science Act passed by the U.S. Congress contains provisions that restrict the normal economic, trade and investment activities of relevant companies in China, which will distort the global semiconductor supply chain and disrupt international trade, China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran adapts to new realities in foreign relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Despite growing uncertainties over nuclear talks with the West, Iran has moved to develop its foreign relations with many countries in the world and upgrade them to a strategic level in some cases.

____ (2022-07-31). Xi stresses further strengthening armed forces by training competent personnel. ecns.cn With the 95th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) approaching, the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held on Thursday afternoon the 41st group study session on further implementing the strategy of strengthening the military by training competent personnel in the new era.

____ (2022-07-31). Chinese FM advocates closer SCO community with shared future. ecns.cn The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries should uphold the Shanghai Spirit, work together and help each other to build a closer SCO community with a shared future, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday.

____ (2022-07-31). Tehran-Caracas direct flight launched. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Tehran International Imam Khomeini Airport announced the launch of direct flight between Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Venezuela.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Gazprom suspende el suministro de gas a Letonia. telesurtv.net Esto ocurre un día después de que el país báltico anunciara la reanudación de las importaciones de gas ruso a través de una compañía mediadora.

Staff (2022-07-31). Las mejores fotografías de la Vía Láctea de 2022. cubadebate.cu Un año más, de la mano del blog de fotografía y viajes Capture the Atlas, ya están aquí las mejores fotografías de nuestra galaxia: una genial compilación de imágenes que siempre se publica a finales de mayo coincidiendo con el pico de la temporada de la Vía Láctea, y tiene como objetivo inspirar y compartir la belleza de nuestra galaxia.

Staff (2022-07-31). Sueño cumplido: Cuba derrota a Turquía y está otra vez en la élite del voleibol mundial. cubadebate.cu La selección masculina cubana de voleibol venció 3-1 a Turquía en la final de la Challenger Cup y por primera vez en su historia clasificó a la Liga de Naciones, el torneo élite de este deporte a nivel mundial. Tras este resultado la Mayor de Las Antillas debutará en este prestigioso evento durante su edición de 2023.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Chile prorroga por cuarta vez estado de excepción en zona sur. telesurtv.net

____ (2022-07-31). New mail shipping route launched between China's Liaoning, Australia. ecns.cn A new mail shipping route has been launched between Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and Sydney in Australia, to meet the demand for international mail and cross-border e-commerce.

TeleSUR, ysm, JGN (2022-07-31). Diez lecciones que deja El Principito. telesurtv.net Antoine de Saint-Exupéry legó a la humanidad una de las obras literarias más sublimes escritas hasta ahora, convocando a quienes la leen a hacer de la vida algo más que un sueño real.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-07-31). Descartan ataque contra presidente de Guatemala en Huehuetenango. telesurtv.net Con los detalles ofrecidos por el Ejército se constata que el presidente Giammattei no sufrió un ataque armado como lo habían publicado medios locales.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran gets bronze medal at Qazaq Kuresi World Grand Prix. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The Iranian sportsman won a bronze medal in the traditional wrestling style of Kazakhstan at Qazaq Kuresi World Grand Prix.

____ (2022-07-31). China urges building balanced global, regional security architecture. ecns.cn China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, on Friday called on the international community to build a balanced global and regional security architecture, while saying China will protect its own sovereignty at all costs.

____ (2022-07-31). English education meeting kicks off. ecns.cn The 2022 Global English Education China Assembly, a three-day high-level educational event focused on broadening international education cooperation, kicked off on Friday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Taliban says skirmishes with Iranian border guards ended. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Taliban officials gave an explanation about the skirmishes earlier today between Iranian and Afghan border guards at the shared border.

TeleSUR- hvh- JL (2022-07-31). Recala embarcación con 141 migrantes haitianos al sur de Cuba. telesurtv.net En el barco, que navegaba por encima de su capacidad en condiciones precarias, viajaban 22 niños y varias embarazadas.

TeleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-07-31). øCómo combatir la trata de personas en el mundo. telesurtv.net Las mujeres y las niñas son las mayores víctimas de la trata a nivel mundial, fundamentalmente para explotación sexual.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Reportan terremoto de magnitud 6.0 en Nepal. telesurtv.net El sismo se convierte en el tercero registrado en el mes de julio y el de mayor magnitud ocurrido desde julio de 2020.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Muere a los 94 años de edad expresidente filipino Fidel Ramos. telesurtv.net Como presidente, impulsó reformas fiscales y económicas, ayudando con ello a revitalizar la economía en este país del sudeste asiático.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Confirman en Brasil fórmula presidencial de Lula y Alckmin. telesurtv.net La fórmula presidencial Lula-Alckmin fue aprobada por unanimidad, al tiempo que aumenta el respaldo mostrado por diversos sectores políticos y del Congreso brasileños.

Staff (2022-07-31). America's political territory dwindling, witnessing failures. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Salami said Sun. that America's power and influence is in decline, adding that Washington is retreating from the region as it witnesses failures everywhere.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran ready to conclude talks in a short order: negotiator. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The top Iranian nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani says that Tehran is ready for an agreement in the nuclear talks should the other side is prepared to do so.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Más de 220.000 hectáreas consumidas en España por incendios forestales. telesurtv.net Entre las comunidades más afectadas por los siniestros se encuentran las de Andalucía, Extremadura, y Castilla y León.

____ (2022-07-31). China's aircraft leasing hub sees growing business. ecns.cn A newly-leased plane was delivered on Friday in Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone (DFTP) in the northern Chinese municipality of Tianjin, marking the 2,000th aircraft on lease since aviation leasing business began in the zone in 2009.

____ (2022-07-31). China's Red Cross celebrates 70th anniversary of international restoration. ecns.cn This year marks the 70th anniversary of the restoration of China's lawful seat in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the country's first official organization to regain recognition as an international group since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Ejército etiope abate a 1 combatientes del grupo Al Shabab. telesurtv.net Casi 0 combatientes de Al-Shabab cruzaron por primera vez al este de Etiopía la semana pasada y se enfrentaron con las fuerzas etíopes a lo largo de la frontera.

____ (2022-07-31). 2nd China Intl Consumer Products Expo concludes in Hainan. ecns.cn The second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) concluded on Saturday in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan province.

Staff (2022-07-31). Zionists detain 13 Palestinians during raid on al-Quds. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — News sources on Saturday night reported that the Israeli regime forces launched a raid on the Shu'afat region in the northeast of al-Quds and detained 13 Palestinians.

TeleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-07-31). Petro aspira a reanudar proceso de paz con el ELN en Cuba. telesurtv.net El líder de Pacto Histórico enfatizó que será el gobierno cubano el que decida "si quiere mantenerse como anfitrión"

TeleSUR- hvh- JL (2022-07-31). Al menos 32 fallecidos deja incendio intencionado en Madagascar. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la policía de Antananarivo, el incendio fue provocado por ladrones de ganado como represalia.

Staff (2022-07-31). Clash breaks out between Iran border guards, Taliban forces. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The governor of Hirmand County in the north of Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran announced a conflict between the Iranian border guards and the Taliban forces on the border of the county.

____ (2022-07-31). China's non-manufacturing sector further recovers in July. ecns.cn China's non-manufacturing activities continued to recover in July amid government efforts to spur consumption, official data showed Sunday.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-31). Vicepresidenta electa de Colombia expresa que defenderá la paz y justicia social. telesurtv.net Márquez soslayó que "el mayor desafío que tenemos es lograr la paz, silenciar los fusiles y atacar las causas que generaron el conflicto armado".

____ (2022-07-31). Chinese-built highway inaugurated in southwestern Cameroon. ecns.cn A major Chinese-built highway in southwestern Cameroon was inaugurated on Friday.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-07-31). España confirma segundo deceso por la viruela del mono. telesurtv.net Estos dos fallecimientos constituyen los únicos registrados en territorio europeo como consecuencia de la enfermedad.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-31). Inventing Diagnoses to Cover Up Vaccine Injury — a Con as Old as Vaccination Itself. marktaliano.net People injured by COVID-19 vaccines may not realize it, but the pretense that post-vaccination injuries and deaths are just "sad coincidences" — far from being unique to the pandemic jabs — is a trick as old as vaccination itself By Children's Health Defense Team Original Link Here: Hiding Vaccine-Related Deaths With Semantic Sleight-of-Hand ‚Ä¢ Children's Health …

Staff (2022-07-31). Enid Rosales: Hay mucho de mí en mis canciones. cubadebate.cu Enid Rosales es una tresera, cantautora, con más de veinte años de carrera artística. Profesora de tres en el ISA, el Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán y además imparte estimulación musical en talleres para niños de dos a cinco años. Risueña, soñadora, colorida. Enid es alegría. Es positividad. Cuando la conoces sientes esa buena vibra que la rodea y el arte que la acompaña siempre.

Staff (2022-07-31). US convoy targeted in Iraq's Saladin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — An Iraqi security source on Sunday reported that a US logistics convoy was targeted in the country's Saladin province.

Staff (2022-07-31). El pueblo de Cuba recuerda hoy al Historiador de La Habana. cubadebate.cu Aquel viernes de 2020, el presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, manifestó la necesidad de continuar la labor patrimonial que desarrolló Leal, conocido como "el novio de La Habana". Celebremos su maravilloso paso por la vida, demasiado breve para quienes le quisimos por su obra y por sí mismo, acotó.

____ (2022-07-31). Kyrgyz president meets with Chinese FM. ecns.cn Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov on Saturday met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Staff (2022-07-31). Qué trae la prensa cubana, domingo 31 de julio de 2022. cubadebate.cu

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Indepaz reporta dos nuevas masacres en el norte de Colombia. telesurtv.net Las masacres número 55 y 56 ocurrieron con una diferencia de tres días en departamentos norteños colombianos.

Staff (2022-07-31). El tiempo: Chubascos y tormentas eléctricas en centro y oriente. cubadebate.cu Al final de la mañana estará parcialmente nublado y se nublará en zonas del interior y sur de centro y oriente, con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas, que serán aislados en el resto del territorio.

Staff (2022-07-31). La Tira de los Lectores: Mi foto del amanecer. cubadebate.cu Vuelve La Tira de los Lectores, esta vez dedicada a los amaneceres. Hace unos días lanzamos esta convocatoria y hoy publicamos tus imágenes en nuestra página y redes sociales. Déjanos saber por su número cuál fue la foto que más te gustó.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Egypt condoles with Iran over recent floods. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The Egyptian government has offered condolences over the death of people in the recent floods in different provinces across Iran.

Staff (2022-07-31). Turkey to dispach 2nd humanitarian aid cargo to Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The Ministry of Defense of Turkey announced on Twitter that the second cargo plane of the Turkish Air Force is ready to transfer Turkish humanitarian aid to the victims of the recent floods in Iran.

____ (2022-07-31). Cradle of Civilization: Jiaohe Ruins. ecns.cn Jiaohe Ruins sit in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and cover 37.6 hectares. Dating back to around 2,300 years ago, Jiaohe Ruins is the best-preserved, longest-lasting and largest relics of a clay-built city across the globe. As a fortress atop a steep cliff, the city was built by digging the ground rather than being built up. In 2014, it became part of the Silk Road UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Rusia presenta su nueva doctrina naval en el Día de la Armada. telesurtv.net El presidente Vladímir Putin firmó un decreto "Sobre la aprobación de la Doctrina Marítima de la Federación Rusa".

Staff (2022-07-31). Khosravi border to reopen for Iran pilgrims to enter Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — This year Khosravi border in Iran's western province of Kermanshah will be reopened for Iranian pilgrims to enter Iraq for Arbaeen ceremonies, the Iranian Interior Minister says.

Staff (2022-07-31). Qatari Emir offers condolence to Raeisi on flood disaster. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Addressing president Raeisi in a message, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani offered his condolence over the death of a number of Iranians in the flood incident in recent days.

____ (2022-07-31). China launches new group of remote sensing satellites. ecns.cn China successfully launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday.

Staff (2022-07-31). Chabahar Port one of important locations for global trade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Stating that the Chabahar Port is the commercial transit centre for the region, India's Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said that it is going to be one of the most important locations for global and maritime trade.

Staff (2022-07-31). Puentes de Amor convoca a caravanas y tuitazo contra el bloqueo de EEUU a Cuba este domingo. cubadebate.cu El movimiento solidario Puentes de Amor convocó a realizar este domingo 31 de julio un tuitazo para exigir al gobierno de Estados Unidos el fin del bloqueo contra Cuba. El llamado es a compartir mensajes en Twitter a partir de las 10: 00 a.m. y exigir al presidente estadounidense, Joe Biden, levantar las sanciones que pesan sobre la familia cubana.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran ready to host talks on providing Lebanon with fuel. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Director General of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) affairs has said that Iran is prepared to host talks on providing Lebanon with the needed fuel.

____ (2022-07-31). Over 2,000 km of new railway put into service across China in H1. ecns.cn A total of 2,043.5 km of new railway lines were put into operation across China in the first half of 2022 (H1), according to the country's railway operator.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). 5.5 earthquake reported in Sea of Oman. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — University of Tehran's Institute of Geophysics has reported that a 5.5 earthquake struck the Sea of Oman in the south of Iran on Sunday afternoon.

____ (2022-07-31). Chinese, Kyrgyz FMs meet on strengthening bilateral relations. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday held talks with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev here over further strengthening relations between the two countries.

____ (2022-07-31). China Post hoping to brew up new customer connections with coffee. ecns.cn Launched by China Post, Beijing's first Post Coffee store opened on July 24 and it soon became a photogenic spot among local coffee enthusiasts and young consumers.

Staff (2022-07-31). 2nd night of Muharram mourning ceremonies in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — People of Tehran marked the second night of Muharram month by attending mourning ceremonies for Imam Hussein (AS).

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Iranian girls gain 2nd win at 2022 IHF Youth World C'ships. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Iran defeated Senegal 39-29 in the 2022 International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's Youth World Championship on Sunday.

TeleSUR- hvh- JL (2022-07-31). Ascienden a 25 los decesos por inundaciones en Kentucky, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El gobernador de Kentucky, Andy Beshear, afirmó que resulta probable que la cifra de fallecidos continúe creciendo.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran coping with torrential rains. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Unconventional flooding in mid-summer has caused heavy damage in several provinces of Iran.

TeleSUR, fgh, JGN (2022-07-31). Los cinco descubrimientos más impactantes en Marte. telesurtv.net A pesar de los adelantos de la ciencia, Marte, el cuarto planeta del sistema , sigue lleno de secretos que llama la atención de los científicos.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-31). Papa Francisco destaca genocidio contra indígenas en Canadá. telesurtv.net "Es cierto, no usé la palabra porque no me venía a la cabeza, pero describí el genocidio y pedí perdón, perdón por esta actividad que es genocida", detalló.

____ (2022-07-31). Integrating elderly and medical care services. ecns.cn China will further advance the integration of elderly and medical care services as part of efforts to actively cope with an aging society and increase satisfaction of its growing elderly population, a guideline introduced this month says.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-07-31). Celebran aniversario de despenalización de homosexualidad en Ecuador. telesurtv.net A través de pancartas, desfiles, canciones y consignas, los activistas de la comunidad salieron a las calles festejando el hecho catalogado como histórico en el país.

Editor (2022-07-30). An interview with John Pilger: "Assange is the courageous embodiment of a struggle against the most oppressive forces in our world" mronline.org Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the U.S., where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Zelensky calls prison strike 'deliberate Russian war crime'. english.alaraby.co.uk President "Today I received information about the attack by the occupiers on Olenivka [the prison's location], in the Donetsk region. It is a deliberate Russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoner…

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-30). Ascienden a 53 los reos muertos tras ataque ucraniano en Donetsk. telesurtv.net Según autoridades de Donetsk, el ataque de Kiev contra una prisión en Yelénovka, donde había prisioneros de guerra ucranianos, dejó 75 heridos.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-07-30). China is issuing the same "Red Line" warnings about Taiwan that Russia issued about Ukraine. mronline.org House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to pour gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire that is her planned visit to Taiwan next month, now reportedly encouraging other members of congress to come along for the ride.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Lebanon seizes ship carrying 'stolen' Ukrainian grain. english.alaraby.co.uk A Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat instructed police to investigate the Laodicea, which docked in Oueidat "ordered the seizure of the ship until the investigation is completed", the official said on…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). US envoy: Russia intends to dissolve Ukraine from world map. english.alaraby.co.uk The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday there should no longer be any doubt that Russia intends to dismantle Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the

Anonymous669 (2022-07-30). Azerbaijan Supplied Ukraine With Dozens Of Precision-Guided Bombs In Secret. southfront.org The QFAB-2 LG laser-guided bomb. Source: the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Republic. | Azerbaijan had secretly supplied Ukraine with dozens of precision-guided bombs, documents leaked by the Iraqi Sabereen News Telegram channel on July 27 revealed. | According to the shipping documents, the bombs were sent by the CIHAZ Industrial Association, which is owned by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, to Ukrspecexport, a Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company. | Ukrainian airline Meridian, that h…

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's war offensive: Berlin approves delivery of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. wsws.org The war aims associated with the massive arms shipments are clear: NATO and Berlin are pursuing the goal of continuing the war until Russia's military defeat.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations. wsws.org The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Guinea coalition calls off protests after ECOWAS mediation. english.alaraby.co.uk A The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), an alliance of political parties, trade unions and civil society organisations, also said gendarmes had arrested its coordinator Oumar Sylla. | Sylla was detained at his home overnight Friday to Saturday and "taken to an unknown destination", Abdoulaye Keita, a lawyer for the FNDC, told AFP. | The FNDC in a statement said it…

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. carrier strike group, anti-missile warships, NATO naval group integrate activities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandJuly 29, 2022 NATO Ships train with U.S. Navy Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the U.S. Navy's Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating …

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. fifth-generation warplanes in Britain en route to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJuly 28, 2022 US F-22 Raptors arrive in England for NATO Air Shielding United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, on July 27 en route to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, ≈Åask, Poland, to support NATO's Air Shielding mission. The F-22 Raptor performs both …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-30). Evo Morales Calls for a Global Campaign to Eliminate NATO. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov In interview with British journalist, Morales says the U.S. uses NATO to provoke wars and sell weapons. U.S./UK-backed coup against him in 2019 was undertaken for lithium and because his government advanced an alternative economic model to the neoliberal "Washington Consensus" In an interview with British journalist Matt Kennard at his home in El Trópico,…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-07-30). Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Calls For a Global Campaign to Eliminate NATO. covertactionmagazine.com In interview with British journalist, Morales says the U.S. uses NATO to provoke wars and sell weapons. U.S./UK-backed coup against …

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-30). Denuncian asesinato de otro firmante de paz en Arauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net La víctima fue interceptada por hombres armados cuando se dirigía a la vereda Alto Purare, en el municipio Tame.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-30). Palestina condena asesinato de joven por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net El Gobierno palestino hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional "para que rompa su silencio ante estos crímenes israelíes".

Jim McMahan (2022-07-30). Seattle/Workers fight back against Starbucks' attacks. workers.org Seattle Strike at Seattle Starbucks Roastery, July 17. Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is trying with a vengeance to halt the unionization of some of its prime stores. Workers are countering Starbucks' union-busting attacks with strikes and solidarity. Starbucks, with billionaire prime stockholder and CEO Howard Schultz at the helm, recently . . . |

Staff (2022-07-30). Nuclear missions: State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJuly 29, 2022 US State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of over $8 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Germany, moving closer to providing Berlin with new fighter aircraft for nuclear deterrence missions. The State Department on Thursday announced the foreign military …

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). LA's New $588 Million Bridge Keeps Closing As People Treat It Like A GTA Amusement Park. zerohedge.com LA's New $588 Million Bridge Keeps Closing As People Treat It Like A GTA Amusement Park | A brand new, half-billion-dollar bridge in Los Angeles that opened July 9 has already been plagued by frequent police closures, as people treat it like some kind of Grand Theft Auto amusement park. | As The 6th Street Viaduct — which soars over the concrete-lined Los Angeles River to connect downtown to the historic Eastside — quickly became a hotspot for street racin…

Ana Perdigón (2022-07-30). UK Court Insists on Withholding Venezuelan Gold Reserves, Venezuela Denounces Ruling. orinocotribune.com This Friday, July 29, the British judiciary ruled in favor of the "ad hoc board of directors" of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), appointed by former deputy Juan Guaidó, who never had any power to appoint any directive body of the BCV. This ruling reiterates the British policy of withholding the Venezuelan gold reserves in Bank of England, valued at about $2 billion. | The ruling was issued by Judge Sara Cockerill of the High Court of London, who determined that the British judiciary does not recognize the resolutions of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela that had declared Guaidó's illegitimate d…

Julia Conley (2022-07-30). At Michigan Rally for Levin and Tlaib, Sanders Warns AIPAC It 'Cannot Buy Our Democracy'. commondreams.org "There is something profoundly wrong in our political system when a handful of billionaires, through super PACs that spend millions of dollars, try to defeat progressive candidates for Congress," said Sanders.

Connor Freeman (2022-07-30). Pelosi's Potential Taiwan Provocation Raises South China Sea Tensions. news.antiwar.com As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is preparing to lead a Congressional delegation on a tour of Asia, which may include a stop in Taiwan, tensions between Washington and Beijing in the South China Sea are increasing. After a port call in Singapore, the USS Ronald Reagan has returned to the South China Sea …

Jason Ditz (2022-07-30). Diplomats Aim to Extend Yemen Ceasefire Once Again. news.antiwar.com Yemen's current ceasefire expires Tuesday, and after multiple extensions there is a Even with the expected extension, separatist STC warns nothing is being resolved and sooner or later, " That's a concern since months of ceasefire have not yielded serious peace talks. Pessimists see the ce…

F. William Engdahl (2022-07-30). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

Michael Marmot (2022-07-30). [Perspectives] Lower taxes or greater health equity. thelancet.com "We have to lower taxes." A former UK Government minister and prominent member of the Conservative Party recently said this nine times in 3 minutes. He said it with passion, as if it were a fresh diagnosis of the problem. It was probably his solution to any problem, but this time we were on a radio news programme to discuss inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. It is not a uniquely British obsession. The sour joke in the USA is that Republicans were put on earth to lower taxes. Perhaps equally predictably, my concern was not a priori with the level of taxation, but with what action was necessary to prevent a s…

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-30). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Gold's Rise Is Just A Recession Away. zerohedge.com Gold's Rise Is Just A Recession Away | Many are asking about Gold's rise, or better yet: When, how and why it will rise? | Toward this end, cold data in the face of historical facts and current recessionary realities will make…

Josh Bivens (2022-07-30). Is the US Economy in a Recession? Not Yet. commondreams.org The Fed's overly aggressive interest rate hikes increase risk of recession.

WSWS (2022-07-30). The class dynamics of the Fed's recession program. wsws.org The central bank, the guardian of the interests of the corporations and finance capital, has set out to engineer a marked slowdown and, if necessary, a major economic contraction.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Sri Lanka president says IMF agreement delayed after unrest. english.alaraby.co.uk

WSWS (2022-07-30). Funeral of Sri Lankan SEP chairman Wije Dias to be livestreamed today. wsws.org The funeral of the veteran Trotskyist leader Wije Dias will be held at Colombo's Borella Cemetry at 3 p.m. today (Sri Lankan time) and will be streamed live.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-30). The Future of "Global Governance" and The "Earth Congress". Transform the United Nations. globalresearch.ca

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Iran arrests Sweden citizen on espionage charges: IRNA. english.alaraby.co.uk "The intelligence ministry announced that a citizen of the Kingdom of Sweden was arrested on espionage charges," IRNA quoted a ministry statement a saying. It did not say when the arrest was made. | Sweden's foreign ministry said it was aware of the case. | "This is a known and ongoing case which the Foreign M…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Yemen: Honey production victim of war, climate change. english.alaraby.co.uk For The business, handed down from father to son, "is slowly disappearing", Saif told AFP. | "The bees are being hit by strange phenomenons. Is it due to climate chan…

Nino Pagliccia (2022-07-30). The Ongoing Infowar Against Cuba: From the Moncada Assault to the Embargo. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 26, 2022 | Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish colonisation, the killings of indigenous people, slavery, etc. that finally took a major turn for socialist gains in the mid-20th century. | Cubans fought two wars to become independent from Spain in the 19th century. Those wars were the crucible where heroes were forged. José Martí was one such hero, killed in battle in 1895, that still symbolises today the courageous revolutionary spirit of Cubans. | When Cubans had practically achieved their goal to defeat Spanish domination with much human sacrifice at the…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). One Abandoned NYC Block Is "Frozen" In Peak-Pandemic Time. zerohedge.com One Abandoned NYC Block Is "Frozen" In Peak-Pandemic Time | Life in most places is making an attempt to move forward from the pandemic lockdowns. But for one city block in New York, that isn't the case. | Outside of the 59th Street subway stop, across Lexington Avenue, The area, which used to be prime New York real estate, was formerly the home of Banana Republic, the Gap and Victoria's S…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). To Take Back Our Culture We Need To Build Our Own Media Army. zerohedge.com To Take Back Our Culture We Need To Build Our Own Media Army | I have been writing about the concept of decentralization since around 2006, well before the threat of the woke takeover and the culture war became obvious. The idea is a rather simple one (most ideas that work are simple): | If the corrupt system does not or will not provide what the public needs or wants then the public should provide those necessities for themselves. If they are successful then the system…

IMEMC News (2022-07-30). Shot By Israeli Soldiers Last Tuesday, Palestinian Man Dies From Serious Wounds. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed, on Friday night, the death of a Palestinian man who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire last Tuesday near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian, Hussein Hasan Qawareeq, 60, was shot by Israeli soldiers and suffered critical injuries before being rushed …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Black women and uterine fibroids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org July is National Fibroid Awareness Month. Black women in the U.S. are up to three times more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids. While noncancerous, fibroids can cause painful and excessive uterine bleeding, interfere with everyday life and self-image, and affect fertility.Symptoms can vary and so can the size and location of the fibroids, says Dr. Michelle Louie, a Mayo Clinic gynecologic surgeon and fibroid specialist. She says treatment options are available and you don't need to suffer with symptoms….

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-30). Online events w) Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen M. Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Andrea Vetter, etc. indybay.org Here are some 8 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 3: 00 pm today, July 27th), featuring people such as Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Drew Pendergrass, Matthew Huber, Andrea Vetter, Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Puja Mehta, Boghuma K Titanji (2022-07-30). [Comment] Baricitinib in COVID-19: a coming-of-age from artificial intelligence to reducing mortality. thelancet.com Immunomodulatory therapies targeting excessive host immune responses,1 vaccination, and immunity from natural infection have changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has stymied progress towards ending the pandemic. An unmet need remains for accessible therapies that reduce mortality. In The Lancet, the RECOVERY Collaborative Group assessed the use of baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, for the treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19, in the randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVE…

Human Agenda (2022-07-30). Saturday 8/13: Hot Topic: The New Civil War. indybay.org Roosevelt Community Center | 901 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95116…

Staff (2022-07-30). Chinese army 'preparing for war': PLA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A Chinese army group's post about "preparing for war" attracted hundreds of thousands of approvals on Friday on the social network Weibo.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-30). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…

WSWS (2022-07-30). US carrier group heads toward Taiwan as Pelosi flies to Asia. wsws.org The carrier group deployment, clearly linked to the threatened visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, greatly heightens the danger of conflict with China.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's military-academic complex publishes war manifesto. wsws.org It denounces any "desire for an early ceasefire and political solution" as "dangerous," and calls for "the standard and quantity of Western arms deliveries" to be increased.

LEWIS (2022-07-30). New York Post's editorial should worry Trump. indybay.org After everything Donald Trump has done from his seemingly open embrace of bigotry to his failed handling of Covid-19 (which polls show most Americans were critical of) to his efforts to thwart democracy it's hard to believe that anything could siphon…….

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2022-07-30). The Balancing Act — How Russia Struggles to Appear on Africa's Horizon. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Condemn the FBI raids in St Louis, MO and St Petersburg, FL! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | On the morning of Friday, July 29th, the FBI conducted raids at multiple locations, including the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida, the private residence of Omali Yeshitela in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the Uhuru Solidarity Center, also in St. Louis. The FBI employed flashbang grenades and handcuffed Yeshitela and his wife while the house was raided. The FBI says that the raids are connected to the federal indictment of a Russian…

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (2022-07-30). Shouldn't Biden be talking directly to Putin? indianpunchline.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at latter's request, Jul 29, 2022 No sooner than Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returned to Moscow after the SCO ministerial in Tashkent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's pending request for a conversation was scheduled late Friday evening. This has … |

____ (2022-07-30). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

Rodolfo Koé Gutiérrez (2022-07-30). El Mercosur no quiso oír a Zelensky. globalizacion.ca La negativa del Mercosur a recibir al presidente de Ucrania Volodimir Zelensky en su sexagésima cumbre presidencial realizada la semana pasada en Paraguay, es una confirmación de la posición ampliamente neutral de América Latina sobre el conflicto ucraniano. El excomediante…

IMEMC News (2022-07-30). Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians, Confiscate surveillance Recordings, In Jenin. imemc.org On Saturday dawn, several Israeli army vehicles invaded the al-Arqa village, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, leading to protests, before wounding several Palestinians and confiscating surveillance recordings. Media sources said the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and con concussion grenades, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects …

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-30). How We Can Take Control Again of Politics. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-07-30). Wer die Welt à§ndern will, muss den Menschen à§ndern! globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-07-30). If You Want to Change the World, You Have to Change Mankind! Enlightenment and Education. globalresearch.ca

Alex Krainer (2022-07-30). How We Fell Into the Covid Plandemic. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-30). The Covid-19 Endgame: Global Governance, "Digital Tyranny" and the Depopulation Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Marie Kelly (2022-07-30). One-day strike in Philadelphia. workers.org Philadelphia Starbucks workers strike Philadelphia Center City store, July 22. "Scabby the Rat" courtesy of Teamsters union supporters. Workers at a Philadelphia Center City Starbucks store held a one-day strike July 22 to protest union-busting tactics by management. The strike began before 6: 00 am and lasted into the evening rush . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2022-07-30). Abortion access under attack in West Virginia. workers.org Charleston, West Virginia As a result of the recent SCOTUS overthrow of Roe v. Wade, the bigoted coal baron governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, used a special legislative session — originally called to establish income tax cuts — as an opportunity to carry out a vicious assault on abortion . . . |

_____ (2022-07-30). Saudi Arabia Realizes its Dreams. journal-neo.org Developments in recent months clearly show that Saudi Arabia is steadily moving beyond being only a religious Mecca, becoming more and more also a center of political and innovative global gravity. This is not only evidenced by the attempt by Washington, which is losing more and more of its hegemonic position every day, to secure …

Brianna Griffith (2022-07-30). Austin, Texas, partially decriminalizes abortion: what comes next? liberationnews.org The GRACE Act partially decriminalized abortion in Austin and is based on Austin's successful decriminalization of marijuana.

Editor2 (2022-07-30). Cuba Announces Package of Economic Reactivation and Social Benefit Measures. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, July 28, the Cuban government announced 75 new economic measures aimed at reactivating the national economy. Cuba is currently going through one of the most severe economic crises in its history. The effect of the pandemic, along with greater tightening of the US economic blockade, has caused considerable economic damage to the country. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen, as well as the standard of living of more than 11 million Cubans. | The 75 measures revolve around four fundamental axes: strengthening welfare and social policies for the most vulnerable sectors of society, hard currency e…

Editor2 (2022-07-30). Shenzhou-14 Crew Enters Wentian Lab Module, as China's Space Station Is Near Completion. orinocotribune.com The Shenzhou-14 crew of three taikonauts, who watched live the epic launch of the Wentian [Quest to The Heavens] lab module from some 400 kilometers above the Earth and cheered it on with applause on Sunday, did not wait long to check into their office and home unit in space, as they opened the gate of the freshly docked new module and entered the Wentian at 10: 03 am on Monday, the Global Times learned from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). | It was a historic first that the taikonauts entered the scientific lab module in orbit, the CMSA noted in a statement it provided to the Global Times on Monday morning,…

Editor (2022-07-30). Argentina's Evita: an indispensable legacy. mronline.org It is seventy years since the death of Evita, an extraordinary character in Argentine and Latin American history. Owner of a penetrating and mobilizing oratory, she was a proudly plebeian popular leader whose class instinct defined the most advanced and contesting features of Peronism.

Editor (2022-07-30). What would be different about a socialist economy? mronline.org The New York Stock Exchange is perhaps the premier institutional expression of the capitalist economy.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). 16 dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding, toll expected to rise. english.alaraby.co.uk The death toll from severe flooding in Kentucky hit 16 on Friday and is expected to double, the US state's governor said, after torrential rains caused flash floods that swept away some homes while people slept. | "Tough news is 16 confirmed fatalities now, and folks that's going to get a lot higher," Governor Andy Beshear said at a media briefing. | "It is devastating," Beshear told CNN earlier in the day, saying he expected the toll to "more than double." | "Some people's houses were completely swept away in the middle of the night while they were sleeping," the governor said. | Hundreds of people had been r…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Detainees' families in Saudi demand news on inmates. english.alaraby.co.uk Contact between the prisoners and their families has been completely cut off since the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday in early July, after several detainees contracted the coronavirus, sources said. | The…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Former Lebanese MP assaults worker over bread. english.alaraby.co.uk A former Lebanese MP assaulted a worker on Friday after a dispute over CCTV footage at a bakery in Rabweh, northeast of Beirut, showed Hikmat Dib waiting to pay for a pack of the traditional Arabic bread. He claims to have told one of the workers to let an elderly man buy a second pack after the latter pleaded, but the…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Iraq: 1000s of Sadr supporters hold new protest in Baghdad. english.alaraby.co.uk Thousands of supporters of powerful Brandishing Iraqi flags and portraits of Sadr, the protesters gathered at the end of a bridge leading to

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Iraq: 100s of Sadr followers occupy Baghdad parliament again. english.alaraby.co.uk Hundreds of supporters of powerful It is the second time this week that

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Iraq: Sadr supporters vow to stay inside Baghdad parliament. english.alaraby.co.uk Supporters of powerful In a deepening political crisis, it is the second time this week that Sadr supporters have forced their way in to the legislative chamber, months after elections that failed to lead t…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Malawi claims over $300b in mining taxes from US company. english.alaraby.co.uk A 26 July letter from Malawi's attorney general Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda to Columbia Gem House accused the firm of evading duty on sales of rubies and sapphires mined at its Chimwadzulo Mine in Ntcheu, Malawi from 2008. | In an interview with AFP on Friday, Nyirenda confi…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Nigeria: 2 Chibok girls escape years after Boko Haram kidnap. english.alaraby.co.uk The two women were among 276 schoolgirls aged between 12 and 19 who were abducted in 2014 from their boarding school in The outrage sparked a global ca…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Over 90% of displaced Syrians fear water shortages: report. english.alaraby.co.uk Over 90 percent of displaced people in When highlighting their needs, 92 percent of

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Pakistan says one soldier killed, six separatists dead. english.alaraby.co.uk One solider was killed and six insurgents were dead after an overnight operation in The military said in a statement that during exchange of fire with separatists the Hoshab area of Kech district, another soldier was injured. | It said the operation was launched after government forces received information that a group of insurgents were riding motorcycles from Kech to Mastung. | The insurgents ope…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Pope says abuse of Canada Indigenous children 'genocide'. english.alaraby.co.uk During his "penitential pilgrimage" across Canada this week, the 85-year-old

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). SDF arrest 16 activists, media professionals in Raqqa. english.alaraby.co.uk The The US-backed forces' internal security service Asayish targeted the individuals, as they continue to launch arrest campaigns against activists and media p…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Syrian rebel attack destroys regime army base. english.alaraby.co.uk An opposition faction destroyed a The al-Tahrir wal-Bina Movement, affiliated to the opposition-Syrian National Army (SNA), targeted a building with heavy artillery near the town of Tadif in the Aleppo governorate, sources told The New Arab's sister site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. | The headquarters — housing the regime a…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Tunis summons US envoy over criticism of constitutional vote. english.alaraby.co.uk Tunisia's foreign ministry summoned the US charge d'affaires on Friday to denounce "unacceptable" statements by American officials criticising this week's constitutional referendum and the country's political development. | The ministry said in a statement that it had called Natasha Franceschi, currently the top official at the US embassy, to its headquarters over recent remarks by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and American ambassadorial nominee Joey Hood. | In the statement, foreign minister Othman Jerandi slammed the "unacceptable interference in internal national affairs" and expressed "amazement" at th…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). UAE: Unseasonable rains kill at least seven people. english.alaraby.co.uk At least seven people have been killed in the "We regret to announce that six people of Asian nationalities have been found dead as a result of the floods," the interior ministry's chief of central operations, Ali Al-Tunaiji, said.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). UN eases arms embargo on Central African Republic. english.alaraby.co.uk The The vote was 10-0 with

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Community and labor organizations speak against voter suppression in Milwaukee. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On July 26, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee joined SEIU Wisconsin for an event to speak against voter suppression. Early voting for the partisan primary kicked off on Tuesday in Milwaukee, and while many speakers emphasized the need to vote, the Milwaukee Alliance and RJAM kept their messages focused on the fight for voting rights. This is important, as our voting rights, especially those of oppressed nationalities, are coming under deeper and more frequent attacks. | Lauren Forbush, chair of RJAM, drew connections bet…

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Hundreds march in Denver for justice in police mass shooting. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO — About 200 people took to the streets on Thursday, July 21, protesting Denver police officers opening fire into a crowd of people early Sunday morning, injuring seven people. Their demands included the immediate release of the unedited body cam footage, restitution for the victims and community control of police. The event was led by Denver Students for a Democratic Society and supported by groups such as Denver Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Denver Democratic Socialists of America, Young Communist League of Colorado, and the newly formed Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee. | A crowd…

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Milwaukee Alliance confronts MPD during public listening session on "Community Policing" fightbacknews.org Mlwaukee, WI — On Saturday, July 23, members of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression attended the first of 15 community engagement sessions designed to gather community input about the recently launched "Community Oriented Policing" initiative. The Milwaukee Police Department, in partnership with the Community Collaborative Commission (CCC), the Fire and Police Commission (FPC), and the Mayers Strategic Solutions, LLC has launched this new initiative to, as they claim, "reimagine public safety together." | Nearly 40 people attended this first session, but only two attendees (beside…

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Union members at Crystal Sugar reject contract offer. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — On July 26, workers at Crystal Sugar in Minnesota and North Dakota voted to reject the latest offer from management in bargaining for their next union contract. The workers are members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union (BCTGM). | The employers offer included a 17% raise over four years and a $1000 bonus. However, the workers felt that with quickly rising costs they deserve better and voted by what the union is calling an overwhelming majority to reject the contract offer. This rejected contract offer comes after ten days of bargaining…

Ki-Jana Carter (2022-07-30). For-profit utilities leave thousands in Massachusetts without power at peak of record-breaking heat wave. liberationnews.org As temperatures in Boston reached 99 degrees on July 24 — a record high for the day — nearly 20,000 people in the neighborhood of Dorchester suddenly lost power after two manholes caught fire near Savin Hill.

Mark Taliano (2022-07-30). Canadian Government Destroys Freedom, Lives, and the Economy Beneath Plandemic Pretext. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

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Mark Taliano (2022-07-30). Mississauga Doctors Die After Fourth Jab. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Doctors Died After Fourth Covid-19 Booster Shot. Where Are the Autopsies? &#1 ; Global ResearchGlobal Research &#1 ; Centre for Research on Globalization 6 Canadian Medical Doctors Died Within 2 Weeks After 4th COVID Booster Shots for Employees Started at One Hospital (healthimpactnews.com) FDA Resignations Regarding Covid-19 Vax "Booster Shots": Top FDA Officials "Express Concern" …

Rhoda Wilson (2022-07-30). Open Letter to UK and Scottish Governments: Culpable by Commission and Omission. expose-news.com Douglas Brodie's open letter campaign to Scottish government officials continues unabated. In his latest email titled 'Culpable by Commission and Omission' and addressed to Drew Hendry, Member of Parliament for Inverness and …

Rhoda Wilson (2022-07-30). Uncovering the Oil Industry's Radioactive Secret (Part 1): Into the Action. expose-news.com In a previous article, we gave a brief overview of the suffering and heartbreak Keith Macdonald experienced since being exposed to high levels of radiation from naturally occurring radioactive materials ("NORM") in …

Staff (2022-07-30). Venezuela and Colombia Are Advancing in Restoring Relations, Says President Maduro (+Hugo Chávez Birth Anniversary). orinocotribune.com Venezuela and Colombia are advancing in a cooperative agenda to restore bilateral relations, announced Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during an event in La Casona Aquiles Nazoa, Caracas, celebrating the birth of Commander Hugo Chávez. He reported that the meeting between Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Faría and Colombian Foreign Minister-elect àÅlvaro Leyva revolved around 14 issues, the most important of which was the restoration of Venezuela-Colombia relations. | In this regard, the topics addressed were the new opportunities for the border region and the entire western region of Vnezu…

The Exposé (2022-07-30). The rise of the new 'Woke' Religion is not just a miserable coincidence. expose-news.com The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Exposé. By a concerned reader The 'New' Woke Religion is The …

The Exposé (2022-07-30). IT'S ALL A LIE — Where is the 'Straight-Sex' Monkeypox Outbreak? expose-news.com Why is it that mainly gay men disproportionately appear in the data on monkeypox? Why is it that scientists fail to query this type of biased data, especially after the last two …

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo. zerohedge.com Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo | As Germany bakes in a heatwave, water levels on the River Rhine — an 800-mile (1,288-kilometer) river that runs from Switzerland to the North Sea and is used to transport tens of millions of tons of commodities through inland Europe — have fallen to Water levels at the chokepoint of Kaub near Frankfurt declined to 25.6 inches (65 centimeters) on Thursday, its lowest reading since 2018, when…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). The Genetic Panopticon: We're All Suspects In A DNA Lineup, Waiting To Be Matched With A Crime. zerohedge.com The Genetic Panopticon: We're All Suspects In A DNA Lineup, Waiting To Be Matched With A Crime | "Solving unsolved crimes is a noble objective, but it occupies a lower place in the American pantheon of noble objectives than the protection of our people from suspicionless law-enforcement searches… Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be taken and entered into a…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). "Paving The Road To Hell": Digital ID Systems Could Lead To Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations. zerohedge.com "Paving The Road To Hell": Digital ID Systems Could Lead To Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations | The authors of a new

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). "Pure Lies": China Contradicts White House On Key Aspect Of Biden-Xi Call. zerohedge.com "Pure Lies": China Contradicts White House On Key Aspect Of Biden-Xi Call | China blasted the White House in a Friday foreign ministry press conference, charging the US administration with lying after a Biden spokesperson said the president raised the issue of Uyghur Muslim genocide and forced labor camps with Xi in their over two-hour Thursday phone call. | The controversy started when White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters soon after the call that Biden "raised genocide and forced labor practices by the [People's Republic of China]," explaining that is something the president "always does…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). What Happens If The Fed Doesn't Capitulate On Interest Rates? zerohedge.com What Happens If The Fed Doesn't Capitulate On Interest Rates? | In the past stock markets used to rely on the innovation and profit reports of individual companies, and while there were sometimes all encompassing events that would push equities in one direction or another, in the last decade there has been only one factor that ever really matters: The Federal Reserve. | The central bank has positioned itself as the ultimate arbiter of market rallies and corrections. In fact, most of the world is now placing all their investment bets on a single hope, that the Fed will capitulate on interest rate hikes, ignore th…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). F-35 Stealth Fleet Grounded By USAF Over Faulty Ejection-Seat Worries. zerohedge.com F-35 Stealth Fleet Grounded By USAF Over Faulty Ejection-Seat Worries | The US Air Force grounded its fleet of fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets due to new concerns over ejection seat safety just days after the Navy grounded planes for the same reason. | Air Combat Command (ACC) spokeswoman Alexi Worley confirmed to

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Capitol Police Use Of Force Reports Expose Unprovoked Brutality Against Jan. 6 Protesters. zerohedge.com Capitol Police Use Of Force Reports Expose Unprovoked Brutality Against Jan. 6 Protesters | A 104-page report issued three months after the events at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, said the Capitol Police's Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU) was ordered by supervisors not to use "heavier, less-lethal weapons," like flash bangs. However, vid…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-30). Chairman Omali Yeshitela Responds to the FBI Attacks on the African People's Socialist Party. libya360.wordpress.com The St. Petersburg, Fl. Uhuru House was raided by the state on the morning of July 29th 2022. In addition, a number of movement leaders from St. Petersburg, Fl. to St. Louis, Mo. were harassed, interrogated, placed in handcuff and had their homes raided. Chairman Omali Yeshitela responds to the FBI attacks on the African…

Dan Collyns (2022-07-30). Peruvian President Pedro Castillo marks his first year in office. america.cgtn.com A year since taking office, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is in the throes of a political crisis. The former school teacher from rural Peru faces corruption allegations and a disapproval rating of 70 percent.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: "We can't fight for what we need without organizing ourselves" wsws.org On Friday, Lehman issued a statement directed to all workers in the UAW, calling for support for his campaign.

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Holy Kaaba in Macca draped with new Kiswa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A specially selected team in Saudi Arabia on Saturday replaced the old Kiswa of the Holy Kaaba in Mecca with the new one. The new Kiswa consists of four distinct side panels and a door curtain.

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Preparing Imam Hussein shrine for Muharram. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Imam Hussein's holy shrine is being prepared to hold Muharram ceremonies.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-30). Ocupantes israelíes asesinan a otro adolescente palestino. telesurtv.net La víctima mortal tenía 16 años y protestaba contra la represión del Ejército y los colonos israelíes.

Francisco Ramírez Varela (2022-07-30). El terrorismo del "Fake News": Chile y la Nueva Constitución. globalizacion.ca Quieren destruir los emblemas patrios, nos expropiaran los fondos de pensiones, ya no seremos propietarios de nuestras casas, los indígenas tendrán otro sistema de justicia o destruirán la institución de carabineros, son solo algunas de las informaciones que circulan en…

Staff (2022-07-30). Eight confirmed dead in helicopter crash in Georgia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A helicopter crash in Georgia left 8 people killed, media said on Saturday.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2022-07-30). Saturday 8/27: Rally/March to Defend DACA! indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza…

Staff (2022-07-30). Envía Raúl Castro felicitación al Sistema de la Defensa Civil en su aniversario 60. cubadebate.cu El líder de la Revolución Cubana, General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz envió una carta de felicitación a los integrantes del Estado Mayor Nacional de la Defensa Civil en ocasión del 60 aniversario de la fundación de este Sistema. Ponderó la labor del país en el enfrentamiento a la COVID-19, y en especial al pueblo, principal protagonista de esta fortaleza de la Revolución.

Rebecca Solnit, Terry Tempest Williams (2022-07-30). Declare Your Climate Emergency Today. commondreams.org We don't need to wait for so-called leaders. The climate emergency has been declared over and over by Nature and by human suffering and upheaval in response to its catastrophes.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Platform Conference 2022. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Government, academic and industry leaders from around the world will come to Rochester, Minnesota, July 26—27 for the Mayo Clinic Platform Conference. The invitation-only event will bring together 175 industry experts, policymakers, investors, startups, and CEOs from Mayo Clinic Care Network hospitals to discuss new technologies and solutions. During the event, these top leaders in health technology and medicine will discuss new opportunities, new ideas and breakthrough solutions that will shape the future of care….

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The World Health Organization's Emergency Committee has declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been over 16,000 cases globally, including in 68 countries where the virus isn't typically seen. Of those cases, more than 2,800 were in the U.S. Dr. Richard Kennedy, co-director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, explains what the declaration means. "The monkeypox outbreak has spread far beyond…

Christopher Brauchli (2022-07-30). The Death Penalty Returns to the Supreme Court. commondreams.org In the U.S. the person facing the prospect of execution has to take it upon himself to make sure it is done in a "humane" way.

Staff (2022-07-30). Presidente argentino recibe a vicepresidenta electa colombiana. telesurtv.net Ambos políticos coincidieron en la necesidad de continuar impulsando la agenda de trabajo bilateral.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Ola de calor provoca más de 1.900 muertes en julio en España. telesurtv.net El Sistema de Monitorización de la Mortalidad Diaria reportó del 1 al 26 de julio 1.913 decesos debido a las altas temperaturas.

Repost (2022-07-30). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.

Staff (2022-07-30). Las redes sociales digitales y los retos a la unidad en el medio digital revolucionario cubano. cubadebate.cu La creciente presencia de las redes sociales digitales en las sociedades contemporáneas genera una gran variedad de fenómenos que merecen ser estudiados y atendidos con cuidado, por su impacto en las relaciones sociales y en las configuraciones sociopolíticas de cualquier nación.Un poco en broma y mucho en serio voy a intentar describir tres de esas actitudes que se han vuelto comunes en el entorno digital cubano.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). Floods in Afghanistan kill at least 18, destroy people homes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Taliban officials announced that several people have died and dozens of houses have been destroyed after flash floods hit different parts of Afghanistan.

Atul Deodhar, Filip Van den Bosch, Denis Poddubnyy, Walter P Maksymowych, Désirée van der Heijde, Tae-Hwan Kim, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Ricardo Blanco, Yuanyuan Duan, Yihan Li, Aileen L Pangan, Peter Wung, In-Ho Song (2022-07-30). [Articles] Upadacitinib for the treatment of active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SELECT-AXIS 2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. thelancet.com Upadacitinib significantly improved the signs and symptoms of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis compared with placebo at week 14. These findings support the potential of upadacitinib as a new therapeutic option in patients with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-30). Presidente López Obrador destaca crecimiento económico en México. telesurtv.net El Inegi notificó que, en el segundo trimestre de 2022, la estimación oportuna del PIB ascendió 1.9 por ciento en términos reales.

De-Fence Phest (2022-07-30). Friday 7/29: De-Fence Phest. indybay.org People's Park Berkeley…

Juan Antonio Sacaluga (2022-07-30). àÅfrica, el tablero no tan marginal de las grandes potencias. globalizacion.ca Si en alguna región del mundo el frente antirruso es más débil o menos compacto es àÅfrica. El continente donde malvive más de la mitad de la población más pobre del planeta ofrece, sin embargo, un atractivo no menor para…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Combatting drug shortages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug shortages continue to be a major health care issue in the U.S., with more than 200 ongoing and active shortages per year since 2018. "Drug shortages are not new to health care," explains Dr. Mary Gilmer, director of pharmaceutical supply and procurement for Mayo locations across the Midwest. "But, really, over the last two years with the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortages have really exposed the vulnerability of our global drug supply chain. And these…

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-30). Afirman que casi toda la población mundial respira aire contaminado. telesurtv.net El estudio, que examina el Índice de Vida de la Calidad de Aire, encontró que la contaminación del aire por Materia Particulada (PM2.5) es "la mayor amenaza para la salud mundial".

WSWS (2022-07-30). Quebec's CAQ government defends massive, deadly pollution by mining giant Glencore in Rouyn-Noranda. wsws.org Recent revelations have shown the harmful and deadly consequences of the pollution generated by the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda, with all levels of government in Canada looking the other way as one of the world's largest corporations poisons the population.

Staff (2022-07-30). Designan a nuevo comisionado nacional de atletismo en Cuba. cubadebate.cu El Consejo de Dirección del Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación (Inder) informó sobre la liberación de Yipsi Moreno de sus responsabilidades como comisionada nacional de atletismo en una nota publicada esta tarde. Asimismo, presentó a Rolando Carlos Charró Estrada, como nuevo responsable de esa tarea.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Papua New Guinea's Governor-General tries to avert failure of election. wsws.org Despite the Governor-General's unprecedented intervention, a political and constitutional crisis could yet erupt following the chaotic and still uncompleted election.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-07-30). Confirman primera muerte por viruela del mono en Brasil. telesurtv.net El paciente era un hombre, de 41 años de edad, que vivía en la ciudad de Uberlandia.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Rusia propone medidas regionales contra sanciones de Occidente. telesurtv.net Se presentará a los líderes de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái una propuesta para utilizar monedas nacionales en acuerdos bilaterales.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). A decade of excellence: Mayo Clinic named No. 1 hospital in Arizona for a 10th year on U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Hospitals' rankings. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Arizona hospital ranked among the nation's top 20 hospitals for a sixth year PHOENIX — For a 10th year, Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona has been ranked No.1 in Arizona and the Phoenix metro area as part of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings. In addition, for a sixth consecutive year, Mayo Clinic in Arizona was recognized on the "Best Hospitals Honor Roll" which recognizes the top 20 hospitals in the nation….

The Exposé (2022-07-30). Athlete Deaths are 1700% higher than expected since COVID Vaccine roll-out. expose-news.com An investigation of official statistics has found that the number of athletes who have died since the beginning of 2021 has risen exponentially compared to the yearly number of deaths of athletes …

____ (2022-07-30). China-Laos 'Peace Train-2022' joint medical drill concludes. ecns.cn The medical train of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, after concluding its mission in the "Peace Train-2022" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercise and medical service activities, headed for China on Friday morning.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). US judge orders Haftar to compensate victims' families. english.alaraby.co.uk A US judge Friday ordered the military chief of eastern Libya, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, to compensate Libyan plaintiffs who allege he ordered the torture and extrajudicial killings of their family members. | The federal judge in the state of Virginia, where Haftar lived before returning to Libya, ruled that he had not cooperated with the court and that by "default" was ordered to pay damages to the families. | Haftar, a dual US-Libyan citizen whose name is spelled "Hifter" in American legal documents, can still appeal the decision, and future hearings will need to be held to determine the level of compens…

Staff (2022-07-30). Profundizar la hermandad y la solidaridad desde el deporte. cubadebate.cu Hermandad, solidaridad, deporte y ciencia fueron algunas de las palabras más comunes en la conversación que sostuvo este viernes el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel, con Renzo Manyari Velazco, presidente del Comité Olímpico de Perú, y Carlos Zegarra Presser, presidente de la Confederación Panamericana de Judo, quienes realizan una visita de trabajo a Cuba.

Staff (2022-07-30). Genéticamente hablando: øCómo incidir en el cáncer de colon? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Es el segundo más frecuente en mujeres (después del de mama) y el tercero en hombres (después de pulmón y próstata) y aunque es hereditario sólo en el diez por ciento de los casos, conocer los factores de riesgo, ayudaría mucho a evitarlo. Hablamos hoy con la Dra Beatriz Marcheco, del cáncer de colon y de la importancia de conocer la historia familiar desde edades tempranas, para poder corregir tendencias a tiempo.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Aseguran a 94 migrantes de un tráiler abandonado en México. telesurtv.net Reciben atención médica ante cuadros de deshidratación severa y otros perjuicios. Autoridades buscan a un grupo mayor, que pudo escapar del vehículo.

____ (2022-07-30). Papercutting attracts foreign internet celebrities to Ordos. ecns.cn More than a dozen foreign internet celebrities from Britain, South Korea, Brazil, Thailand and other countries attended a traditional Chinese papercutting class at a museum in Dalad Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Marcia Walters, widow of deceased UAW member Danny Walters, endorses Will Lehman's campaign for UAW President. wsws.org "I write this to encourage you to support the campaign of Will Lehman for UAW International President. He wants to see the power back in the hands of those who do the work. I speak for my husband who has lost his voice. Vote for Will Lehman for UAW President!"

____ (2022-07-30). Iran, Belarus to launch short-term combined flights: min. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Tehran and Minsk will launch combined flights in short term.

Mohawk Nation News (2022-07-30). Mohawk Mothers Demand Pope Leave. indybay.org Kanien'kehà : ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) demand that the Pope must leave our land and take the cross and all of the symbols of their atrocities with him. Indigenous people see it as how the Jewish people see the swastika. McGill must stop bulldozing alleged unmarked graves before any investigation.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-30). Confirman en Brasil fórmula de candidatura presidencial de Lula y Geraldo Alckmin. telesurtv.net La fórmula presidencial Lula-Alckmin fue aprobada por unanimidad, al tiempo que aumenta el respaldo mostrado por diversos sectores políticos y del Congreso brasileños.

____ (2022-07-30). Construction of Chinese Basketball Hall of Fame underway. ecns.cn The first Chinese Basketball Hall of Fame has entered the nomination stage, and all related work is underway.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Top Trump Homeland Security officials deleted January 6 messages. wsws.org The deletion of text messages by the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security underscores the complicity of all the major police and intelligence agencies in Trump's efforts to overthrow the government.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is a lectin-free diet beneficial? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine continues to speak highly about the health benefits of a diet where people eliminate lectins. She says it helped her lose weight and reduced her arthritis pain. What are lectins, and can a lectin-free diet cure autoimmune diseases and prevent other health problems? ANSWER: Lectins are naturally occurring proteins that are found in all foods, but they are most concentrated in certain plants. Lectins serve a protective function for plants…

Mohamed Hassan (2022-07-30). Resurgence of Jidwaaq: Part One. indybay.org The Somali Clan of Jidwaaq…

____ (2022-07-30). Saudi-led coalition violates ceasefire in Yemen 155 times. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A Yemeni military source on Saturday announced that Saudi aggressor coalition has violated the humanitarian and military ceasefire in Yemen 155 times in the last 24 hours.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Devastating flash floods in eastern Kentucky leave 16 dead, including 6 children. wsws.org Another one to two inches of rain is expected from Sunday until Tuesday, threatening another round of flooding.

____ (2022-07-30). 1st night of mourning month of Moharram marked in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — The first night of mourning month of Muharram was held in Tehran on Friday night with the participation of enthusiasts to infallible imams of Household of Holy Prophet and with eulogy of Meysamm Moti'ei.

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Flood hits industrial complexes in Rafsanjan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Flood in Rafsanjan County of Kerman has inflicted heavy damage to industrial and mining complexes in this area.

Staff (2022-07-30). New theatrical play featuring the struggle of Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat to premiere in Edinburgh. samidoun.net The story of Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat, the Palestinian-Scottish doctor and Palestinian community organizer subjected to political imprisonment, surveillance, and repression by British authorities, is coming to the stage in Edinburgh, Scotland. "From the Heart of the Incident" will premiere at ZOO Southside at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 8 and 9, 2022. Tickets …

Jean W Liew, Maureen Dubreuil (2022-07-30). [Comment] Upadacitinib for the treatment of active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. thelancet.com Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis has a prevalence similar to rheumatoid arthritis, but remains an under-recognised cause of chronic back pain. Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis is an earlier or milder form of axial spondyloarthritis than radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (also known as ankylosing spondylitis), yet it carries the same burden of disease and decreased quality of life.1 Despite this disease burden, the average time from symptom onset to axial spondyloarthritis diagnosis is 6—8 years, without evident trends of improvement over time.

Reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-07-30). México_Chiapas: LLamamiento Zapatista sin fronteras. indybay.org México_Chiapas: LLamamiento sin fronteras a las comunidades autà≤nomas zapatistas…

____ (2022-07-30). Xi sends congratulatory message to Vanuatu's new president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory message to Nikenike Vurobaravu on his assuming office as the president of Vanuatu.

Mariana àÅlvarez Orellana (2022-07-30). La derecha peruana no logra derrocar ni destituir al presidente Pedro Castillo. globalizacion.ca Tras renunciar a Perú Libre, el partido con el que llegó a la presidencia, el presidente peruano Pedro Castillo se enfrenta ahora a una izquierda que lo acusa de traicionar las promesa de cambio y a una derecha que sigue…

WSWS (2022-07-30). Australian schools in crisis after governments reject basic COVID-19 safety measures. wsws.org The resumption of schooling in Australia after the mid-year break has seen a further escalation of COVID-19 infections.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Striking UK telecoms workers speak. wsws.org Reporters for the World Socialist Web Site spoke with some of the 40,000 striking BT workers taking part in the first national strike at the company in 35 years.

Mark Taliano (2022-07-30). Katie Has a Story to Tell. marktaliano.net READ MORE: British Funeral Director Tells RFK, Jr. About Fear, Propaganda and COVID Vaccine Deaths During Early Days of Pandemic Member of European Parliament Labels COVID Vaccine Coercion "Worst Crime Ever Committed on Humanity" &#1 ; Global ResearchGlobal Research &#1 ; Centre for Research on Globalization Shocking: UK Government Admits COVID Vaccinated Children Are 4423% More Likely …

WSWS (2022-07-30). WSWS readers defend Zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger. wsws.org "It is Orwellian, the control these government groups have in terms of censorship and the amount of power they wield over the professionals they regulate."

Olivia Riggio (2022-07-30). Corporate Media Fails to Connect Gas Price Surge and Climate Crisis. commondreams.org This silence perpetuates inaction that poses climate solutions as lofty, unattainable pipe dreams, and suggests the only mitigation for fuel shortages is relentlessly drilling more of this harmful and nonrenewable resource.

Florence CGTN (2022-07-30). Kuliang families reconnect friendships by exploring history of Guling. america.cgtn.com One of the earliest examples of people-to-people exchanges between China and the U.S. can be found in Guling — a resort area in suburbs of Fuzhou — a city in southeast China's Fujian province. More than a century ago, a community of American expatriates …

WorkWeek (2022-07-30). Voices From Uvalde, Mooney Cult Murder Connection To JPN Abe's Murder & Rev Poets Brigade. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Voices From Uvalde , The Mooney Cult Murder Connection To Japan PM Abe & Poetry From The Revolutionary Poets Brigade…

Michael Strinberg (2022-07-30). Will The Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant Ever Shut Down? indybay.org The powers that be are trying to keep the troublesome Diablo Canyon nuclear plant on CA's central coast open longer than planned.

Jorg Bibow, Peter Frey (2022-07-30). The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers. indybay.org The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".

Labor Video Project (2022-07-30). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Ice cream brain freeze, it's a real thing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Have you ever enjoyed a sip of an ice-cold milkshake or taken a bite of an ice cream cone only to get an instant blast of pain or headache that lasts a few seconds? You're not alone. Dr. Amaal Starling, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, says the condition is called a "cold-stimulus headache." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/2NrtjewPTHc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 56) is in…

Anand Naidoo (2022-07-30). The Heat: BRICS Expansion. america.cgtn.com BRICS…a major five-nation bloc…may be expanding…What does this mean for the world economy and geopolitics?>

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Science Saturday: Lupus rates increasing, communities of color especially vulnerable. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org New research led by Mayo Clinic shows that more people are being diagnosed with lupus than in the past, while risks of severity and death remain the same. The study is published in BMJ Annals of the Rheumatologic Diseases. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation and pain throughout the body. Most common in women (9 of 10 diagnosed cases); it attacks both joints and organs — including the skin. "In our study, we confirmed that in…

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-07-30). California residents preparing for fire season. america.cgtn.com Firefighters in California are making progress in the state's largest blaze but the peak fire season has not even begun. And given the extreme temperatures and drought conditions, authorities remain vigilant. For local residents, that means taking precautions now.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-30). Cuba se prepara para referendo del nuevo Código de las Familias. telesurtv.net El Código de Familias será aprobado si alcanza el voto afirmativo mayoritario durante el referendo a celebrarse en septiembre.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). Pedro Santander: La marca de origen de teleSUR es Chávez y Fidel. telesurtv.net Es parte del legado de TeleSUR a la comunicación contrahegemónica en las actuales circunstancias del mundo contemporáneo.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-30). Incendio forestal destruye 162 estructuras en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, el siniestro es el mayor que ha ocurrido en California en 2022, destruyendo más de 77,7 kilómetros cuadrados.

Staff (2022-07-30). Cuba y Turquía refuerzan lazos de solidaridad. cubadebate.cu Roberto Morales Ojeda, miembro del Buró Político y secretario de Organización del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) al recibir hoy en esta capital a Kemal Okuyan, secretario general del Partido Comunista de Turquía (TKP), destacó las muestras sistemáticas de apoyo que esa organización política ofrece a la mayor de las Antillas.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic hospitals earn star ratings for hospital quality, patient experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic hospitals across the organization received Overall Hospital Quality star ratings and received the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The ratings provide patients with information about several dimensions of quality. Eleven hospitals across Mayo Clinic received star ratings from CMS for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). UK, US to hold joint drills in Finland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Around 150 British Army and Royal Air force personnel have deployed to Finland alongside US and Finnish armed forces for Exercise Vigilant Fox, the British government said.

Greg Coleridge (2022-07-30). Time to Investigate Corporate Insurrection. commondreams.org "The corporate insurrection of democracy is not limited to one day, but is year round and more than a century long."

Staff (2022-07-30). Two Iranian border guards martyred in northwest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Two Iranian border guards were martyred on Saturday when they were patrolling an area in the border Salmas County in West Azerbaijan Province.

Staff (2022-07-30). Muharram ceremonies in Imam Reza shrine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — On the occasion of the arrival of the Muharram month, a ceremony was held in Imam Reza (as) shrine to mark the holy month.

Julia Conley (2022-07-30). After House Passes Assault Weapons Ban, Advocates Say Senate Opponents Must Be Forced to Vote. commondreams.org The bill stands virtually no chance of passing in the Senate, but campaigners said a vote would "show young people why we need to turn out to expand [Democrats'] majority in the Senate."

Staff (2022-07-30). Cubanos barren en comienzo de Olimpiada de Ajedrez de Chennai 2022. cubadebate.cu Los elencos cubanos barrieron en el comienzo de la Olimpiada de Ajedrez de Chennai 2022, cita que por primera vez se celebra en India y se ha convertido en una fiesta de los trebejos. En el certamen abierto enfrentaron a la discreta selección de Myanmar, a la que vencieron 4-0, con triunfos de Yasser Quesada, Carlos Daniel Albornoz, Luis Ernesto Quesada e Isán Ortiz.

Angela (2022-07-30). Saturday 7/30: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Aida Returns" indybay.org

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Sadr supporters storm parliament building in Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Hundreds of supporters of the Sadrist Movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr broke into the parliament building on Saturday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after breaching the heavily fortified Green Zone.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Boric propone que Chile acoja diálogo de Gobierno Colombia y ELN. telesurtv.net Vicepresidenta electa de Colombia, Francia Márquez, agradeció al presidente chileno Gabriel Boric la voluntad de apoyar el diálogo de paz.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-30). Workers & Delegates Speak Out At 2022 CA Labor Federation Convention. indybay.org Workers and delegates spoke out at the 2022 biennial convention of the California AFL-CIO…

Jeffrey Sterling (2022-07-30). CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org UK legal system puppets as US pulls strings. Media complicit.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…

Staff (2022-07-30). Pelotero cubano Pedro Pablo Revilla debuta con jonrón en béisbol profesional japonés. cubadebate.cu El cubano Pedro Pablo Revilla tuvo un debut triunfal este sábado en la Liga Japonesa de Beisbol Profesional 2022, al conectar un jonrón y un sencillo en cuatro turnos y remolcar dos carreras. Así apoyó la victoria de su equipo, los Dragones de Chunichi, con pizarra de 3×0 sobre las Carpas de Hiroshima en el Estadio Mazda de esa ciudad.

Staff (2022-07-30). Iran criticizes US interference in Lebanese affairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Director General of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) affairs at the foreign ministry has criticized the US' interference in Lebanese internal affairs.

____ (2022-07-30). World's first multimodal service port opens in Guangdong. ecns.cn A fully automated terminal, the first of its kind built in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, began operations on Thursday at Nansha port in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province.

Editor (2022-07-30). 'An attack on solidarity'. mronline.org Trade unions furious with Sir Keir for sacking shadow transport secretary as McDonnell backs growing calls for a general strike.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-30). ONU: acceso a medio ambiente sano y limpio es un derecho humano. telesurtv.net La resolución advierte que los daños ambientales tienen implicaciones negativas para que se consolide el disfrute efectivo de todos los derechos humanos.

Staff (2022-07-30). àìmnibus Nacionales incrementa rutas y frecuencias en algunos destinos a partir del 1ro de agosto. cubadebate.cu La Empresa Viajeros informó en sus redes sociales sobre el incremento a partir del próximo 1ro de agosto de otra salida diaria desde Pinar del Río con destino a La Habana a las 10: 00 a.m. y retorno a las 2: 20 p.m. Además, se adiciona la ruta Mantua con destino a La Habana los días martes y viernes, con salida de Mantua a las 10: 00 p.m.

Staff (2022-07-30). Controlan escape de gas en hotel La Unión en Cienfuegos. cubadebate.cu Se encuentra totalmente controlado el escape de gas ocurrido en las instalaciones del hotel La Unión, perteneciente al grupo hotelero Gran Caribe y administrado por la cadena Meliá. La fuga fue detectada cerca de las 7: 30 am de este sábado 30 de julio y activado el grupo de protección contra incendios de la mencionada instalación hotelera.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 hospital in Florida by U.S. News & World Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic is again ranked the No. 1 hospital in the Jacksonville metro area and Florida in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings, which were published on Tuesday, July 26, on the U.S. News & World Report website. Mayo Clinic in Florida has ranked No. 1 in the state of Florida for six of the past seven years. "It is an honor to be recognized as the No. 1 hospital…

____ (2022-07-30). China leads in hydropower capacity for 17 years. ecns.cn hina's installed hydropower capacity has been on top of the world for 17 consecutive years, according to a press release by the China Society for Hydropower Engineering.

____ (2022-07-30). 23rd Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong kicks off. ecns.cn Staff members prepare for the opening of 23rd Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, July 28, 2022.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic researchers pinpoint genetic variations that might sway course of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered key human genomic signatures that could help explain why COVID-19 is severe in some people and mild in others. After analyzing volumes of diverse worldwide DNA sequence data, the scientists identified mutations in two human proteins that might sway the course of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus responsible for COVID-19. Their study reveals that variants in the genes for ACE2 and TMPRESS2 can…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-30). Declaran estado de emergencia tras crecidas en Kentucky, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Ascendió a 15 la cifra de fallecidos. Autoridad local informa que las víctimas podrían duplicarse.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). COVID-19 variant BA.5 is dominant strain; BA.2.75 is being monitored. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 infections in the U.S. continue to rise, with omicron BA.5 causing an estimated 82% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It may be the most dominant strain, but it's not the only one public health officials are monitoring. Omicron is a variant of COVID-19. BA.5 and BA.2.75 refer to as subvariants or strains of omicron. Variant basically means a mutation that occurs in the virus over time. "BA.5 is a strain…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-30). Venezuela denuncia fallo de tribunal británico sobre reservas en oro. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez instó al Gobierno de Reino Unido a rectificar y devolver a la nación suramericana los recursos que le pertenecen.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-07-30). China e Irán reiteran disposición de fortalecer cooperación. telesurtv.net El mandatario iraní afirmó que su país está decidido a expandir las relaciones con China en todos los ámbitos.

David Giesen (2022-07-30). Wednesday 7/27: Bernal Litterati [sic]: SF's longest-running prize-giving poetry gig. indybay.org outdoor amphitheater outside Bernal Branch library | 0 Cortland Avenue…

John Zarocostas (2022-07-30). [World Report] Monkeypox PHEIC decision hoped to spur the world to act. thelancet.com WHO has declared the global outbreak of monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in a bid to intensify efforts to control the disease. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Bolsonaro calls for mass fascist demonstration against Electoral Court on Brazil's Independence Day. wsws.org A week before the official launching of Bolsonaro's reelection bid, Defense Minister Gen. Paulo Sergio de Oliveira announced the military would do a parallel counting of ballots, siding with the president against the Electoral Court.

Staff (2022-07-30). Frank, Fidel y Guiteras: La imaginación hacia un punto. cubadebate.cu Había algo en las fotografías de Frank País que me recordaba a Antonio Guiteras. No hay en ellas signo de ansiedad, es la mirada impresionantemente serena, tranquila, en un hombre que sabe en lo que hace le va la vida. Es lo que Pablo de la Torriente llama en Guiteras "aquella decisión callada" y que también está en la imagen de Fidel ante el cuadro de Martí después del asalto al Moncada.

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-30). OPA CA appreciates Newsom's leadership directing CARB to ensure state meets climate goals. indybay.org Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) California Chapter, an organization with over 440 Californian elected officials, thanks Governor Gavin Newsom for his letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) telling them to do more for the climate crisis. His bold direction in the letter instructing CARB to ensure their plan will meet the state's climate goals gives EOPA CA hope that the Governor is serious about solving the climate crisis.

Staff (2022-07-30). Swedish national charged with spying detained. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iran intelligence forces managed to identify and detain a Swedish national accused of spying.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-30). El juego final de la COVID-19: Gobernanza global, "tiranía digital" y la agenda de despoblación. globalizacion.ca "Ahora nos enfrentamos a una situación en la que una gran cantidad de organizaciones y élites muy poderosas a nivel internacional y nacional están pidiendo políticas que son básicamente un pacto suicida. Básicamente, un deseo de muerte de algún tipo". …

The Lancet (2022-07-30). [Editorial] Monkeypox: a global wake-up call. thelancet.com WHO's declaration on July 23 that the current monkeypox outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) was unprecedented. It is the seventh such declaration, but the first made against the advice of a majority of the emergency committee (nine were against, six were for). Dr Tedros' decision is a brave one. It needs to serve as a global wake-up call. The question is whether it will prompt the escalated efforts required to control the outbreak.

WSWS (2022-07-30). COVID-19 cases explode again in Japan, South Korea. wsws.org The claims that the COVID-19 pandemic is over are lies to keep the economy open and profits flowing into the pockets of big business.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). 9 common questions about genetic testing for cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Your genes play a role in nearly all areas of your health. A gene is like an instruction manual for your body that tells your body how to function, develop and stay healthy. People have about 20,000 genes in their bodies. Many health conditions have a genetic link. Genetic testing can help you and your health care team understand if you have an increased risk for developing certain conditions that are present in your family….

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-07-30). Demand for abortion pills soaring in the U.S. america.cgtn.com It's been a little over a month since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the law upholding a woman's right to an abortion. Today, many abortion clinics in states where the procedure remains legal report a surge of patients. One telemedicine clinic …

Ferry Biedermann (2022-07-30). [World Report] New Dutch regulations to alleviate drug shortages. thelancet.com The Netherlands has some of the worst medicine shortages in Europe. Ferry Biedermann reports from Amsterdam.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). Papa Francisco culmina visita pastoral a Canadá. telesurtv.net La última actividad servirá para pedir perdón a los indígenas inuit de Canadá, víctimas de abusos de sacerdotes católicos.

____ (2022-07-30). China's pork prices fall last week. ecns.cn Pork prices in China edged down compared to a week ago, official data showed.

Geoff Watts (2022-07-30). [Perspectives] Cathie Sudlow: devoted to data. thelancet.com Do doctors specialising in medical data science choose it because they dislike working with patients? Over the past decade or so Cathie Sudlow, Professor of Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre, has emerged as a leading force in medical informatics, so the question is clearly one for her. "Absolutely not", is her amused response. But, as she concedes, circumstances have changed over time. When Sudlow took on her BHF role in 2020, she had to stop her clinical work entirely.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 hospital in nation by U.S. News & World Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the nation for the seventh consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report's 2022—2023 "Best Hospitals" rankings. U.S. News & World Report first published state rankings in 2012, with Mayo Clinic in Rochester ranked No. 1 in Minnesota since the beginning. This year marks a decade that Mayo Clinic in Arizona has ranked No. 1 in the state, while Mayo Clinic in…

Staff (2022-07-30). Park renamed Salman Farsi to show Iran-Pakistan solidarity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — The Sindh government in Pakistan renamed a park in Karachi after Iranian companion of Holy Prophet Muhammed Salman Farsi to show the solidarity between the two neighboring countries.

____ (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Moment when 16 years old Palestinian martyred. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A 16 years old Palestinian has been shot dead by the Israeli army in the village of al-Mughayyer, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat and how it 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…

Peter Koenig (2022-07-30). Silent Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Great Reset, the Fear Campaign and "Engineered Weather"? globalresearch.ca

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-07-30). Anti-Abortion Extremism Fueling American Dystopia. commondreams.org Contraceptives banned. Miscarriages prosecuted. Pregnant people under surveillance. Is this the future Americans want?

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-07-30). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…

____ (2022-07-30). Philippines detects 1st monkeypox case. ecns.cn The Philippines has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday.

A Guest Author (2022-07-30). Julian Assange defense files appeals, granted extension. workers.org By Tareq Haddad This excerpted article, which originally appeared July 16 in Popular Resistance, can be read in full at tinyurl.com/kfzvkh2c. London — Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks . . . |

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). Pope calls Canada Indigenous abuse 'genocide'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Pope Francis said Saturday the decades-long abuse of Indigenous schoolchildren across Canada amounted to "genocide".

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). Gustavo Petro anuncia diálogo social tras toma de posesión. telesurtv.net El presidente electo de Colombia pidió a la ciudadanía involucrarse en la confección de un plan de desarrollo nacional hasta 2026.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-30). Bombshell Document Dump on Pfizer Vaccine Data. globalresearch.ca What is contained in Pfizer's confidential report is detailed evidence on the impacts of the "vaccine" on mortality and morbidity. This data which emanates from the Horse's Mouth can be used to confront as well formulate legal procedures against Big Pharma, the governments, the WHO and the media.

Protect Juristac (2022-07-30). Thursday 8/4: Juristac EIR Comment Writing Workshop. indybay.org Online event. Free registration: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7uuUIBwwQnqTaS6SNnryOg

Juan Cole (2022-07-30). Red States Turning Green: Louisiana Republicans Plan 5 Gigs of Offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico, with Interior Dept. Blessing. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; The Biden administration's attempt to get 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 initially focused on the Atlantic coast, where New York has jumped in with both feet to plan ambitious such wind farms. One of them will come online in as early as two years from now, in …

Staff (2022-07-30). China to hold live-fire military drills in Taiwan Strait. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — China on Saturday will hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait, the government announced via state media, raising the stakes ahead of a possible trip to the self-governing island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-30). Cuba realiza preparativos para el Habana Mambo Festival. telesurtv.net Esta edición incluirá conciertos y espectáculos, así como la primera Convención Internacional "Música, bailes y tradiciones populares".

RECOVERY Collaborative Group (2022-07-30). [Articles] Baricitinib in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial and updated meta-analysis. thelancet.com In patients hospitalised with COVID-19, baricitinib significantly reduced the risk of death but the size of benefit was somewhat smaller than that suggested by previous trials. The total randomised evidence to date suggests that JAK inhibitors (chiefly baricitinib) reduce mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 by about one-fifth.

Staff (2022-07-30). Al-Kawthar hosts 1st Hello Commander international festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Al-Kawthar TV is hosting the international festival of the song "Hello Commander" for the first time.

____ (2022-07-30). Pro-Sadr demonstrators gather outside Green Zone again. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — While gathering the outside "Green Zone" gate of Baghdad, supporters of Sadr Movement demanded not to hold a meeting of Iraqi Parliament to elect the Prime Minister and President.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-29). US-NATO Intent upon Boycotting Russia-India Relations. globalresearch.ca

Ellen Brown (2022-07-29). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us from Inflation. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2022-07-29). Expanding the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Third Parties Could Lead to War in South Asia. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-07-29). The Phoniest, Most PR-Intensive War of All Time. globalresearch.ca

Donald Monaco (2022-07-29). Two Party Imperialism and War with Russia. A Historical Perspective. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-29). Russia's "Vostok 2022" War Games: Massive Military Exercise on "Invasion Scenarios" globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-29). Zelensky Poses for Magazine as His Country Collapses. globalresearch.ca

Daniel Davis (2022-07-29). The Nancy Pelosi Trip to Taiwan: "Not a Good Idea" according to the Pentagon. Is Joe Biden Intent upon Triggering a "Military Clash" in the Taiwan Strait? globalresearch.ca

The New Arab (2022-07-29). Dangerous Crossroads: US Carrier Strike Group Returns to South China Sea Amid Taiwan Tensions. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-29). A Tribute to My Wife Seung Eun : Emanuel Pastreich. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2022-07-29). Rand Paul Demands Answers After NIH Admits Redacting COVID-19 Origins Emails 'To Prevent Misinformation'. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-29). Australia: Facial Recognition Technology Down Under. globalresearch.ca

Andrea Widburg (2022-07-29). Reducing Nitrogen Output Destroys Farms: Ireland Joins Canada and the Netherlands in Contributing to World Famine. globalresearch.ca

The Expose (2022-07-29). Shocking: UK Government Admits COVID Vaccinated Children Are 4423% More Likely to Die of Any Cause & 13,633% More Likely to Die of COVID-19 Than Unvaccinated Children. globalresearch.ca

Dr. James Lyons-Weiler (2022-07-29). How Fauci and Grady Degraded the Standards of Ethical Requirements for Clinical Research in the US Compared to the Rest of the World. globalresearch.ca

Stephen Lendman (2022-07-29). Pelosi to Taiwan an Affront to China's Sovereignty. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Katarina Lindley (2022-07-29). Video: Survey on How 300,000 people from 175 countries have fared "without taking a COVID-19 vaccine" globalresearch.ca

Judicial Watch (2022-07-29). FDA Resignations Regarding Covid-19 Vax "Booster Shots": Top FDA Officials "Express Concern" Regarding Biden Administration's "Booster Shots" globalresearch.ca

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2022-07-30: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's war offensive: Berlin approves delivery of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. wsws.org The war aims associated with the massive arms shipments are clear: NATO and Berlin are pursuing the goal of continuing the war until Russia's military defeat.

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. carrier strike group, anti-missile warships, NATO naval group integrate activities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandJuly 29, 2022 NATO Ships train with U.S. Navy Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the U.S. Navy's Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating …

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. fifth-generation warplanes in Britain en route to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJuly 28, 2022 US F-22 Raptors arrive in England for NATO Air Shielding United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, on July 27 en route to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, ≈Åask, Poland, to support NATO's Air Shielding mission. The F-22 Raptor performs both …

Staff (2022-07-30). Nuclear missions: State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJuly 29, 2022 US State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of over $8 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Germany, moving closer to providing Berlin with new fighter aircraft for nuclear deterrence missions. The State Department on Thursday announced the foreign military …

WSWS (2022-07-30). US carrier group heads toward Taiwan as Pelosi flies to Asia. wsws.org The carrier group deployment, clearly linked to the threatened visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, greatly heightens the danger of conflict with China.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's military-academic complex publishes war manifesto. wsws.org It denounces any "desire for an early ceasefire and political solution" as "dangerous," and calls for "the standard and quantity of Western arms deliveries" to be increased.

Ki-Jana Carter (2022-07-30). For-profit utilities leave thousands in Massachusetts without power at peak of record-breaking heat wave. liberationnews.org As temperatures in Boston reached 99 degrees on July 24 — a record high for the day — nearly 20,000 people in the neighborhood of Dorchester suddenly lost power after two manholes caught fire near Savin Hill.

Yves Engler (2022-07-30). Time to Acknowledge Hateful Leader of "anti-hate" Group. dissidentvoice.org What do you call an "antiracist" group led by an open ethnic/religious supremacist? Last year Israeli human rights group B'tselem published "A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid." The landmark report provides mainstream Jewish Israeli endorsement of what's long been clear to Palestinians and the internationalist …

Editor (2022-07-30). An interview with John Pilger: "Assange is the courageous embodiment of a struggle against the most oppressive forces in our world" mronline.org Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the U.S., where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dongsheng News (2022-07-30). China's Nanochips Breakthrough. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. | ‚Ä¢ China's nanochips breakthrough | ‚Ä¢ Didi fined for data breaches | ‚Ä¢ Turning coal to ethanol | ‚Ä¢ Rising workplace accidents…

Gerald Sussman (2022-07-30). Russia-Ukraine conflict: the propaganda war. mronline.org What the mainstream media fail to see in the coverage of the current Ukraine crisis is that there is no text (narrative) without context. Long before the mainstream U.S. (and UK) media launched a worldwide propaganda war against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, the CIA had laid the foundations of the conflict in the early years following the Second World War—the Cold War.

Hard Crackers (2022-07-30). Clinic Defense in the Era of Operation Rescue. itsgoingdown.org Long-time anarchist organizer Suzy Subways discusses the struggle against Operation Rescue and the lessons it leaves us with today in a post-Roe world. Originally posted to Hard Crackers. Listen to an interview with Suzy Subways on IGD here. by Suzy Subways In the early '90s, anarchists and other feminists defended clinics with our bodies and…

John Grant (2022-07-30). Roy Bourgeois and Male Supremacy. thiscantbehappening.net I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men. She is to keep silent. — Timothy 1, 2: 12-13 If the patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die. — Roy Bourgeois Discussed in this essay: Male … |

Robert Hunziker (2022-07-30). Breakdown of the Marine Food Web. dissidentvoice.org For the first time, a significant loss at the base of the marine food web has been detected. The Scottish research vessel Capepod reported the findings in equatorial waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It's a disturbing discovery, but first a look at the marine food web, starting with the lowest organisms: (1) phytoplankton &#1 ; plant-like …

| Anadolu Agency | (2022-07-30). Child trafficking rampant in India's Madhya Pradesh. tribune.com.pk India's central state of Madhya Pradesh received the dubious distinction of topping all states concerning the number of children missing as the globe observes the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Saturday. | Every day 30 children go missing in Madhya Pradesh, out of which nine never return, according to data provided by the National Crime Records Bureau. About 10,000 children go missing every year. Most are believed to be trafficked for domestic work, sex, and marriage. | Prashant Dubey, from the Awaaz Foundation, a non-governmental organisation on child rights, told Anadolu Agency that the governme…

| Anadolu Agency | (2022-07-30). Video shows Benin FM cleaning shoulder after being touched by Macron. tribune.com.pk Video of Benin's foreign minister using his hand to dust off his shoulder after being touched by French President Emmanuel Macron went viral on social media on Saturday. | In the video, Macron, paying an official visit to Benin on July 27 as part of an African tour, is seen calling Aurelien Agbenonci to his side as he speaks with Patrice Talon, Benin's president. | Footage shows Macron approaching Agbenonci, touching his shoulder, and then saying something to him. Agbenonci then dusts off the spot where Macron touched him. | üìπ | #Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs Aurelien A. Agbenonci…

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). At least 16 die in 'epic' Kentucky floods, including 6 children. tribune.com.pk The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to at least 16 on Friday as flooding unleashed by "epic" torrential rainfall swept through homes, washed out roads and pushed rivers over their banks, state authorities said, warning that more fatalities were expected. | Police and National Guard troops, including personnel from neighboring states, used helicopters and boats to rescue dozens of people from homes and vehicles in Kentucky's Appalachian coal-mining region. Video from local media showed floodwaters reaching the roofs of houses and turning roads into rivers. | "This isn't over. While we're doing search and re…

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). Spain reports first monkeypox-related death in Europe. tribune.com.pk Spain reported its first monkeypox-related death on Friday, in what is thought to be Europe's first death from the disease and only the second outside of Africa in the current outbreak. | Brazil reported earlier on Friday the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current wave of the disease. | According to a World Health Organization report from July 22, only five deaths had been reported worldwide, all in the African region. | The WHO last Saturday declared the rapidly spreading outbreak a global health emergency, its highest level of alert. | In its latest report, the Spanish Hea…

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). India to ground MiG-21 fighter jets by 2025 – report. tribune.com.pk India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet's failure, a newspaper reported on Saturday. | The Times of India quoted unnamed Indian Air Force officials as saying the MiG-21s have long past their retirement but must be replaced before being grounded. | The report did not specify what portion of India's fighter-jet capability would be affected. The Wion news outlet said the air force has around 70 MiG-21s. The air force and defence ministry have been buying airc…

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). Unseasonable rains leave seven dead in UAE. tribune.com.pk At least seven people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates after unseasonable downpours triggered flash flooding in eastern districts of the normally parched Gulf state, authorities said. | "We regret to announce that six people of Asian nationalities have been found dead as a result of the floods," the interior ministry's chief of central operations, Ali al-Tunaiji, said. | The ministry later announced the death of a seventh Asian migrant. | July temperatures in the UAE regularly hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) but its east coast can also be affected by the Indian Ocean monsoon. | When…

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). Iran arrests Swedish citizen on espionage charges. tribune.com.pk Iran's intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported, without naming the detained person. | "The intelligence ministry announced that a citizen of the Kingdom of Sweden was arrested on espionage charges," IRNA quoted a ministry statement a saying. It did not say when the arrest was made. | Sweden's Foreign Ministry said it was aware of the case. | "This is a known and ongoing case which the Foreign Ministry has been working on for a while," a spokesperson said in an emailed comment. | Also read: Iran says it detains Is…

Brianna Griffith (2022-07-30). Austin, Texas, partially decriminalizes abortion: what comes next? liberationnews.org The GRACE Act partially decriminalized abortion in Austin and is based on Austin's successful decriminalization of marijuana.

Jim McMahan (2022-07-30). Seattle/Workers fight back against Starbucks' attacks. workers.org Seattle Strike at Seattle Starbucks Roastery, July 17. Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is trying with a vengeance to halt the unionization of some of its prime stores. Workers are countering Starbucks' union-busting attacks with strikes and solidarity. Starbucks, with billionaire prime stockholder and CEO Howard Schultz at the helm, recently . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-07-30). One-day strike in Philadelphia. workers.org Philadelphia Starbucks workers strike Philadelphia Center City store, July 22. "Scabby the Rat" courtesy of Teamsters union supporters. Workers at a Philadelphia Center City Starbucks store held a one-day strike July 22 to protest union-busting tactics by management. The strike began before 6: 00 am and lasted into the evening rush . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2022-07-30). Abortion access under attack in West Virginia. workers.org Charleston, West Virginia As a result of the recent SCOTUS overthrow of Roe v. Wade, the bigoted coal baron governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, used a special legislative session — originally called to establish income tax cuts — as an opportunity to carry out a vicious assault on abortion . . . |

_____ (2022-07-30). Saudi Arabia Realizes its Dreams. journal-neo.org Developments in recent months clearly show that Saudi Arabia is steadily moving beyond being only a religious Mecca, becoming more and more also a center of political and innovative global gravity. This is not only evidenced by the attempt by Washington, which is losing more and more of its hegemonic position every day, to secure …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-07-30). China is issuing the same "Red Line" warnings about Taiwan that Russia issued about Ukraine. mronline.org House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to pour gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire that is her planned visit to Taiwan next month, now reportedly encouraging other members of congress to come along for the ride.

Connor Freeman (2022-07-30). Pelosi's Potential Taiwan Provocation Raises South China Sea Tensions. news.antiwar.com As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is preparing to lead a Congressional delegation on a tour of Asia, which may include a stop in Taiwan, tensions between Washington and Beijing in the South China Sea are increasing. After a port call in Singapore, the USS Ronald Reagan has returned to the South China Sea …

Editor2 (2022-07-30). Cuba Announces Package of Economic Reactivation and Social Benefit Measures. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, July 28, the Cuban government announced 75 new economic measures aimed at reactivating the national economy. Cuba is currently going through one of the most severe economic crises in its history. The effect of the pandemic, along with greater tightening of the US economic blockade, has caused considerable economic damage to the country. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen, as well as the standard of living of more than 11 million Cubans. | The 75 measures revolve around four fundamental axes: strengthening welfare and social policies for the most vulnerable sectors of society, hard currency e…

Editor2 (2022-07-30). Shenzhou-14 Crew Enters Wentian Lab Module, as China's Space Station Is Near Completion. orinocotribune.com The Shenzhou-14 crew of three taikonauts, who watched live the epic launch of the Wentian [Quest to The Heavens] lab module from some 400 kilometers above the Earth and cheered it on with applause on Sunday, did not wait long to check into their office and home unit in space, as they opened the gate of the freshly docked new module and entered the Wentian at 10: 03 am on Monday, the Global Times learned from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). | It was a historic first that the taikonauts entered the scientific lab module in orbit, the CMSA noted in a statement it provided to the Global Times on Monday morning,…

Editor (2022-07-30). Argentina's Evita: an indispensable legacy. mronline.org It is seventy years since the death of Evita, an extraordinary character in Argentine and Latin American history. Owner of a penetrating and mobilizing oratory, she was a proudly plebeian popular leader whose class instinct defined the most advanced and contesting features of Peronism.

Editor (2022-07-30). What would be different about a socialist economy? mronline.org The New York Stock Exchange is perhaps the premier institutional expression of the capitalist economy.

Nino Pagliccia (2022-07-30). The Ongoing Infowar Against Cuba: From the Moncada Assault to the Embargo. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 26, 2022 | Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish colonisation, the killings of indigenous people, slavery, etc. that finally took a major turn for socialist gains in the mid-20th century. | Cubans fought two wars to become independent from Spain in the 19th century. Those wars were the crucible where heroes were forged. José Martí was one such hero, killed in battle in 1895, that still symbolises today the courageous revolutionary spirit of Cubans. | When Cubans had practically achieved their goal to defeat Spanish domination with much human sacrifice at the…

Staff (2022-07-30). Venezuela and Colombia Are Advancing in Restoring Relations, Says President Maduro (+Hugo Chávez Birth Anniversary). orinocotribune.com Venezuela and Colombia are advancing in a cooperative agenda to restore bilateral relations, announced Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during an event in La Casona Aquiles Nazoa, Caracas, celebrating the birth of Commander Hugo Chávez. He reported that the meeting between Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Faría and Colombian Foreign Minister-elect àÅlvaro Leyva revolved around 14 issues, the most important of which was the restoration of Venezuela-Colombia relations. | In this regard, the topics addressed were the new opportunities for the border region and the entire western region of Vnezu…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Gold's Rise Is Just A Recession Away. zerohedge.com Gold's Rise Is Just A Recession Away | Many are asking about Gold's rise, or better yet: When, how and why it will rise? | Toward this end, cold data in the face of historical facts and current recessionary realities will make…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). What Happens If The Fed Doesn't Capitulate On Interest Rates? zerohedge.com What Happens If The Fed Doesn't Capitulate On Interest Rates? | In the past stock markets used to rely on the innovation and profit reports of individual companies, and while there were sometimes all encompassing events that would push equities in one direction or another, in the last decade there has been only one factor that ever really matters: The Federal Reserve. | The central bank has positioned itself as the ultimate arbiter of market rallies and corrections. In fact, most of the world is now placing all their investment bets on a single hope, that the Fed will capitulate on interest rate hikes, ignore th…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo. zerohedge.com Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo | As Germany bakes in a heatwave, water levels on the River Rhine — an 800-mile (1,288-kilometer) river that runs from Switzerland to the North Sea and is used to transport tens of millions of tons of commodities through inland Europe — have fallen to Water levels at the chokepoint of Kaub near Frankfurt declined to 25.6 inches (65 centimeters) on Thursday, its lowest reading since 2018, when…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). The Genetic Panopticon: We're All Suspects In A DNA Lineup, Waiting To Be Matched With A Crime. zerohedge.com The Genetic Panopticon: We're All Suspects In A DNA Lineup, Waiting To Be Matched With A Crime | "Solving unsolved crimes is a noble objective, but it occupies a lower place in the American pantheon of noble objectives than the protection of our people from suspicionless law-enforcement searches… Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be taken and entered into a…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). F-35 Stealth Fleet Grounded By USAF Over Faulty Ejection-Seat Worries. zerohedge.com F-35 Stealth Fleet Grounded By USAF Over Faulty Ejection-Seat Worries | The US Air Force grounded its fleet of fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets due to new concerns over ejection seat safety just days after the Navy grounded planes for the same reason. | Air Combat Command (ACC) spokeswoman Alexi Worley confirmed to

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). To Take Back Our Culture We Need To Build Our Own Media Army. zerohedge.com To Take Back Our Culture We Need To Build Our Own Media Army | I have been writing about the concept of decentralization since around 2006, well before the threat of the woke takeover and the culture war became obvious. The idea is a rather simple one (most ideas that work are simple): | If the corrupt system does not or will not provide what the public needs or wants then the public should provide those necessities for themselves. If they are successful then the system…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). "Paving The Road To Hell": Digital ID Systems Could Lead To Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations. zerohedge.com "Paving The Road To Hell": Digital ID Systems Could Lead To Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations | The authors of a new

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). "Pure Lies": China Contradicts White House On Key Aspect Of Biden-Xi Call. zerohedge.com "Pure Lies": China Contradicts White House On Key Aspect Of Biden-Xi Call | China blasted the White House in a Friday foreign ministry press conference, charging the US administration with lying after a Biden spokesperson said the president raised the issue of Uyghur Muslim genocide and forced labor camps with Xi in their over two-hour Thursday phone call. | The controversy started when White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters soon after the call that Biden "raised genocide and forced labor practices by the [People's Republic of China]," explaining that is something the president "always does…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Capitol Police Use Of Force Reports Expose Unprovoked Brutality Against Jan. 6 Protesters. zerohedge.com Capitol Police Use Of Force Reports Expose Unprovoked Brutality Against Jan. 6 Protesters | A 104-page report issued three months after the events at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, said the Capitol Police's Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU) was ordered by supervisors not to use "heavier, less-lethal weapons," like flash bangs. However, vid…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). LA's New $588 Million Bridge Keeps Closing As People Treat It Like A GTA Amusement Park. zerohedge.com LA's New $588 Million Bridge Keeps Closing As People Treat It Like A GTA Amusement Park | A brand new, half-billion-dollar bridge in Los Angeles that opened July 9 has already been plagued by frequent police closures, as people treat it like some kind of Grand Theft Auto amusement park. | As The 6th Street Viaduct — which soars over the concrete-lined Los Angeles River to connect downtown to the historic Eastside — quickly became a hotspot for street racin…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). One Abandoned NYC Block Is "Frozen" In Peak-Pandemic Time. zerohedge.com One Abandoned NYC Block Is "Frozen" In Peak-Pandemic Time | Life in most places is making an attempt to move forward from the pandemic lockdowns. But for one city block in New York, that isn't the case. | Outside of the 59th Street subway stop, across Lexington Avenue, The area, which used to be prime New York real estate, was formerly the home of Banana Republic, the Gap and Victoria's S…

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (2022-07-30). Shouldn't Biden be talking directly to Putin? indianpunchline.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at latter's request, Jul 29, 2022 No sooner than Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returned to Moscow after the SCO ministerial in Tashkent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's pending request for a conversation was scheduled late Friday evening. This has … |

Staff (2022-07-30). New theatrical play featuring the struggle of Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat to premiere in Edinburgh. samidoun.net The story of Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat, the Palestinian-Scottish doctor and Palestinian community organizer subjected to political imprisonment, surveillance, and repression by British authorities, is coming to the stage in Edinburgh, Scotland. "From the Heart of the Incident" will premiere at ZOO Southside at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 8 and 9, 2022. Tickets …

____ (2022-07-30). China leads in hydropower capacity for 17 years. ecns.cn hina's installed hydropower capacity has been on top of the world for 17 consecutive years, according to a press release by the China Society for Hydropower Engineering.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic hospitals earn star ratings for hospital quality, patient experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic hospitals across the organization received Overall Hospital Quality star ratings and received the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The ratings provide patients with information about several dimensions of quality. Eleven hospitals across Mayo Clinic received star ratings from CMS for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average…

Rebecca Solnit, Terry Tempest Williams (2022-07-30). Declare Your Climate Emergency Today. commondreams.org We don't need to wait for so-called leaders. The climate emergency has been declared over and over by Nature and by human suffering and upheaval in response to its catastrophes.

WSWS (2022-07-30). WSWS readers defend Zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger. wsws.org "It is Orwellian, the control these government groups have in terms of censorship and the amount of power they wield over the professionals they regulate."

Labor Video Project (2022-07-30). Workers & Delegates Speak Out At 2022 CA Labor Federation Convention. indybay.org Workers and delegates spoke out at the 2022 biennial convention of the California AFL-CIO…

Staff (2022-07-30). Profundizar la hermandad y la solidaridad desde el deporte. cubadebate.cu Hermandad, solidaridad, deporte y ciencia fueron algunas de las palabras más comunes en la conversación que sostuvo este viernes el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel, con Renzo Manyari Velazco, presidente del Comité Olímpico de Perú, y Carlos Zegarra Presser, presidente de la Confederación Panamericana de Judo, quienes realizan una visita de trabajo a Cuba.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations. wsws.org The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Marcia Walters, widow of deceased UAW member Danny Walters, endorses Will Lehman's campaign for UAW President. wsws.org "I write this to encourage you to support the campaign of Will Lehman for UAW International President. He wants to see the power back in the hands of those who do the work. I speak for my husband who has lost his voice. Vote for Will Lehman for UAW President!"

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-07-30). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Preparing Imam Hussein shrine for Muharram. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Imam Hussein's holy shrine is being prepared to hold Muharram ceremonies.

Olivia Riggio (2022-07-30). Corporate Media Fails to Connect Gas Price Surge and Climate Crisis. commondreams.org This silence perpetuates inaction that poses climate solutions as lofty, unattainable pipe dreams, and suggests the only mitigation for fuel shortages is relentlessly drilling more of this harmful and nonrenewable resource.

Staff (2022-07-30). Las redes sociales digitales y los retos a la unidad en el medio digital revolucionario cubano. cubadebate.cu La creciente presencia de las redes sociales digitales en las sociedades contemporáneas genera una gran variedad de fenómenos que merecen ser estudiados y atendidos con cuidado, por su impacto en las relaciones sociales y en las configuraciones sociopolíticas de cualquier nación.Un poco en broma y mucho en serio voy a intentar describir tres de esas actitudes que se han vuelto comunes en el entorno digital cubano.

WSWS (2022-07-30). The class dynamics of the Fed's recession program. wsws.org The central bank, the guardian of the interests of the corporations and finance capital, has set out to engineer a marked slowdown and, if necessary, a major economic contraction.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). Floods in Afghanistan kill at least 18, destroy people homes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Taliban officials announced that several people have died and dozens of houses have been destroyed after flash floods hit different parts of Afghanistan.

Michael Strinberg (2022-07-30). Will The Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant Ever Shut Down? indybay.org The powers that be are trying to keep the troublesome Diablo Canyon nuclear plant on CA's central coast open longer than planned.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 hospital in Florida by U.S. News & World Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic is again ranked the No. 1 hospital in the Jacksonville metro area and Florida in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings, which were published on Tuesday, July 26, on the U.S. News & World Report website. Mayo Clinic in Florida has ranked No. 1 in the state of Florida for six of the past seven years. "It is an honor to be recognized as the No. 1 hospital…

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-30). Presidente López Obrador destaca crecimiento económico en México. telesurtv.net El Inegi notificó que, en el segundo trimestre de 2022, la estimación oportuna del PIB ascendió 1.9 por ciento en términos reales.

Staff (2022-07-30). Eight confirmed dead in helicopter crash in Georgia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A helicopter crash in Georgia left 8 people killed, media said on Saturday.

Jorg Bibow, Peter Frey (2022-07-30). The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers. indybay.org The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). China defends military ship's planned visit to India's neighbour Sri Lanka. tribune.com.pk China said on Friday it hoped "relevant parties" would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship's planned visit to a port in India's southern neighbour Sri Lanka. | India worries that the Chinese-built and leased port of Hambantota will be used by China as a military base in India's backyard. The $1.5 billion port is near the main shipping route from Asia to Europe. | Shipping data from Refinitiv Eikon showed Chinese research and survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 was en route to Hambantota and due to arrive on Aug. 11, at a time when…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-30). El juego final de la COVID-19: Gobernanza global, "tiranía digital" y la agenda de despoblación. globalizacion.ca "Ahora nos enfrentamos a una situación en la que una gran cantidad de organizaciones y élites muy poderosas a nivel internacional y nacional están pidiendo políticas que son básicamente un pacto suicida. Básicamente, un deseo de muerte de algún tipo". …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic researchers pinpoint genetic variations that might sway course of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered key human genomic signatures that could help explain why COVID-19 is severe in some people and mild in others. After analyzing volumes of diverse worldwide DNA sequence data, the scientists identified mutations in two human proteins that might sway the course of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus responsible for COVID-19. Their study reveals that variants in the genes for ACE2 and TMPRESS2 can…

TeleSUR, MER (2022-07-30). Confirman primera muerte por viruela del mono en Brasil. telesurtv.net El paciente era un hombre, de 41 años de edad, que vivía en la ciudad de Uberlandia.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). 9 common questions about genetic testing for cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Your genes play a role in nearly all areas of your health. A gene is like an instruction manual for your body that tells your body how to function, develop and stay healthy. People have about 20,000 genes in their bodies. Many health conditions have a genetic link. Genetic testing can help you and your health care team understand if you have an increased risk for developing certain conditions that are present in your family….

David Giesen (2022-07-30). Wednesday 7/27: Bernal Litterati [sic]: SF's longest-running prize-giving poetry gig. indybay.org outdoor amphitheater outside Bernal Branch library | 0 Cortland Avenue…

____ (2022-07-30). Philippines detects 1st monkeypox case. ecns.cn The Philippines has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Bolsonaro calls for mass fascist demonstration against Electoral Court on Brazil's Independence Day. wsws.org A week before the official launching of Bolsonaro's reelection bid, Defense Minister Gen. Paulo Sergio de Oliveira announced the military would do a parallel counting of ballots, siding with the president against the Electoral Court.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Consumer Health: What is lung cancer screening, and who needs it? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Lung Cancer Day will be observed Monday, Aug. 1, which makes this a good time to learn more about lung cancer screening and who needs it. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Lung cancer claims more lives each year than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. Although the disease can occur in people who have never smoked, people who smoke or have smoked have…

____ (2022-07-30). Chinese-built highway inaugurated in southwestern Cameroon. ecns.cn A major Chinese-built highway in southwestern Cameroon was inaugurated on Friday.

Jeffrey Sterling (2022-07-30). CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org UK legal system puppets as US pulls strings. Media complicit.

Staff (2022-07-30). Iran criticizes US interference in Lebanese affairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Director General of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) affairs at the foreign ministry has criticized the US' interference in Lebanese internal affairs.

Mohamed Hassan (2022-07-30). Resurgence of Jidwaaq: Part One. indybay.org The Somali Clan of Jidwaaq…

____ (2022-07-30). (W.E. Talk) Why do We Say that the Traditional Chinese Culture Contains the Gene of Human Rights. ecns.cn lthough the term "human rights" appeared in the Western culture first, out of Chinese culture are the natural genes and roots of human rights: "Humanity is most valuable under the sky", "The benevolent love others"… Those traditional humanistic thoughts are the very precious Chinese genes of human rights in the long-standing Chinese culture.

Staff (2022-07-30). Muharram ceremonies in Imam Reza shrine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — On the occasion of the arrival of the Muharram month, a ceremony was held in Imam Reza (as) shrine to mark the holy month.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). Gustavo Petro anuncia diálogo social tras toma de posesión. telesurtv.net El presidente electo de Colombia pidió a la ciudadanía involucrarse en la confección de un plan de desarrollo nacional hasta 2026.

____ (2022-07-30). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

John Zarocostas (2022-07-30). [World Report] Monkeypox PHEIC decision hoped to spur the world to act. thelancet.com WHO has declared the global outbreak of monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in a bid to intensify efforts to control the disease. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

____ (2022-07-30). 23rd Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong kicks off. ecns.cn Staff members prepare for the opening of 23rd Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, July 28, 2022.

Editor (2022-07-30). 'An attack on solidarity'. mronline.org Trade unions furious with Sir Keir for sacking shadow transport secretary as McDonnell backs growing calls for a general strike.

Human Agenda (2022-07-30). Saturday 8/13: Hot Topic: The New Civil War. indybay.org Roosevelt Community Center | 901 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95116…

____ (2022-07-30). Ukraine's GDP to drop 33.4 pct in 2022: central bank. ecns.cn Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 33.4 percent this year amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.

Staff (2022-07-30). Russian embassy Condoles with Iran over flood crisis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — In a statement on Saturday, the Russian envoy to Tehran offered his sincere condolence to the families of victims of recent floods in Iran.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: "We can't fight for what we need without organizing ourselves" wsws.org On Friday, Lehman issued a statement directed to all workers in the UAW, calling for support for his campaign.

A Guest Author (2022-07-30). Julian Assange defense files appeals, granted extension. workers.org By Tareq Haddad This excerpted article, which originally appeared July 16 in Popular Resistance, can be read in full at tinyurl.com/kfzvkh2c. London — Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks . . . |

LEWIS (2022-07-30). New York Post's editorial should worry Trump. indybay.org After everything Donald Trump has done from his seemingly open embrace of bigotry to his failed handling of Covid-19 (which polls show most Americans were critical of) to his efforts to thwart democracy it's hard to believe that anything could siphon…….

Julia Conley (2022-07-30). After House Passes Assault Weapons Ban, Advocates Say Senate Opponents Must Be Forced to Vote. commondreams.org The bill stands virtually no chance of passing in the Senate, but campaigners said a vote would "show young people why we need to turn out to expand [Democrats'] majority in the Senate."

Anonymous669 (2022-07-30). Azerbaijan Supplied Ukraine With Dozens Of Precision-Guided Bombs In Secret. southfront.org The QFAB-2 LG laser-guided bomb. Source: the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Republic. | Azerbaijan had secretly supplied Ukraine with dozens of precision-guided bombs, documents leaked by the Iraqi Sabereen News Telegram channel on July 27 revealed. | According to the shipping documents, the bombs were sent by the CIHAZ Industrial Association, which is owned by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, to Ukrspecexport, a Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company. | Ukrainian airline Meridian, that h…

Staff (2022-07-30). China to hold live-fire military drills in Taiwan Strait. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — China on Saturday will hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait, the government announced via state media, raising the stakes ahead of a possible trip to the self-governing island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Top Trump Homeland Security officials deleted January 6 messages. wsws.org The deletion of text messages by the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security underscores the complicity of all the major police and intelligence agencies in Trump's efforts to overthrow the government.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-30). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Platform Conference 2022. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Government, academic and industry leaders from around the world will come to Rochester, Minnesota, July 26—27 for the Mayo Clinic Platform Conference. The invitation-only event will bring together 175 industry experts, policymakers, investors, startups, and CEOs from Mayo Clinic Care Network hospitals to discuss new technologies and solutions. During the event, these top leaders in health technology and medicine will discuss new opportunities, new ideas and breakthrough solutions that will shape the future of care….

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat and how it 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 (2022-07-30). WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The World Health Organization's Emergency Committee has declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been over 16,000 cases globally, including in 68 countries where the virus isn't typically seen. Of those cases, more than 2,800 were in the U.S. Dr. Richard Kennedy, co-director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, explains what the declaration means. "The monkeypox outbreak has spread far beyond…

Staff (2022-07-30). Cuba y Turquía refuerzan lazos de solidaridad. cubadebate.cu Roberto Morales Ojeda, miembro del Buró Político y secretario de Organización del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) al recibir hoy en esta capital a Kemal Okuyan, secretario general del Partido Comunista de Turquía (TKP), destacó las muestras sistemáticas de apoyo que esa organización política ofrece a la mayor de las Antillas.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Combatting drug shortages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug shortages continue to be a major health care issue in the U.S., with more than 200 ongoing and active shortages per year since 2018. "Drug shortages are not new to health care," explains Dr. Mary Gilmer, director of pharmaceutical supply and procurement for Mayo locations across the Midwest. "But, really, over the last two years with the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortages have really exposed the vulnerability of our global drug supply chain. And these…

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Holy Kaaba in Macca draped with new Kiswa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A specially selected team in Saudi Arabia on Saturday replaced the old Kiswa of the Holy Kaaba in Mecca with the new one. The new Kiswa consists of four distinct side panels and a door curtain.

Mariana àÅlvarez Orellana (2022-07-30). La derecha peruana no logra derrocar ni destituir al presidente Pedro Castillo. globalizacion.ca Tras renunciar a Perú Libre, el partido con el que llegó a la presidencia, el presidente peruano Pedro Castillo se enfrenta ahora a una izquierda que lo acusa de traicionar las promesa de cambio y a una derecha que sigue…

____ (2022-07-30). China-Laos 'Peace Train-2022' joint medical drill concludes. ecns.cn The medical train of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, after concluding its mission in the "Peace Train-2022" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercise and medical service activities, headed for China on Friday morning.

RECOVERY Collaborative Group (2022-07-30). [Articles] Baricitinib in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial and updated meta-analysis. thelancet.com In patients hospitalised with COVID-19, baricitinib significantly reduced the risk of death but the size of benefit was somewhat smaller than that suggested by previous trials. The total randomised evidence to date suggests that JAK inhibitors (chiefly baricitinib) reduce mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 by about one-fifth.

Staff (2022-07-30). Swedish national charged with spying detained. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iran intelligence forces managed to identify and detain a Swedish national accused of spying.

Reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-07-30). México_Chiapas: LLamamiento Zapatista sin fronteras. indybay.org México_Chiapas: LLamamiento sin fronteras a las comunidades autà≤nomas zapatistas…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). Pedro Santander: La marca de origen de teleSUR es Chávez y Fidel. telesurtv.net Es parte del legado de TeleSUR a la comunicación contrahegemónica en las actuales circunstancias del mundo contemporáneo.

Puja Mehta, Boghuma K Titanji (2022-07-30). [Comment] Baricitinib in COVID-19: a coming-of-age from artificial intelligence to reducing mortality. thelancet.com Immunomodulatory therapies targeting excessive host immune responses,1 vaccination, and immunity from natural infection have changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has stymied progress towards ending the pandemic. An unmet need remains for accessible therapies that reduce mortality. In The Lancet, the RECOVERY Collaborative Group assessed the use of baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, for the treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19, in the randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVE…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). UK, US to hold joint drills in Finland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Around 150 British Army and Royal Air force personnel have deployed to Finland alongside US and Finnish armed forces for Exercise Vigilant Fox, the British government said.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Funeral of Sri Lankan SEP chairman Wije Dias to be livestreamed today. wsws.org The funeral of the veteran Trotskyist leader Wije Dias will be held at Colombo's Borella Cemetry at 3 p.m. today (Sri Lankan time) and will be streamed live.

____ (2022-07-30). Construction of Chinese Basketball Hall of Fame underway. ecns.cn The first Chinese Basketball Hall of Fame has entered the nomination stage, and all related work is underway.

Staff (2022-07-30). Grandes inundaciones en Kentucky dejan al menos 25 fallecidos. cubadebate.cu El número de muertos por las inundaciones en el centro y este de Kentucky, ha ascendido a 25 personas, según indicó este viernes la oficina del gobernador del estado, Andy Beshear. Entre los fallecidos hay seis niños, cuatro de ellos pertenecientes a una misma familia.

____ (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Moment when 16 years old Palestinian martyred. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A 16 years old Palestinian has been shot dead by the Israeli army in the village of al-Mughayyer, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-30). Denuncian asesinato de otro firmante de paz en Arauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net La víctima fue interceptada por hombres armados cuando se dirigía a la vereda Alto Purare, en el municipio Tame.

Staff (2022-07-30). àìmnibus Nacionales incrementa rutas y frecuencias en algunos destinos a partir del 1ro de agosto. cubadebate.cu La Empresa Viajeros informó en sus redes sociales sobre el incremento a partir del próximo 1ro de agosto de otra salida diaria desde Pinar del Río con destino a La Habana a las 10: 00 a.m. y retorno a las 2: 20 p.m. Además, se adiciona la ruta Mantua con destino a La Habana los días martes y viernes, con salida de Mantua a las 10: 00 p.m.

Leon Kunstenaar, event announcement (2022-07-30). Haitians Demand Reparations at French Consulate and Citibank. indybay.org France: Amount Due to Haiti $21,685,135,571.48…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Consumer Health: Understanding hepatitis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Hepatitis Day will be observed Thursday, July 28, which makes this a good time to learn more about three types of hepatitis. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The five main strains of the hepatitis virus are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. While they all cause liver disease, they differ in geographic prevalence, modes of transmission, severity of illness and prevention methods. In the U.S., the most common types…

____ (2022-07-30). U.S. chips bill will disrupt global trade: commerce ministry. ecns.cn The Chips and Science Act passed by the U.S. Congress contains provisions that restrict the normal economic, trade and investment activities of relevant companies in China, which will distort the global semiconductor supply chain and disrupt international trade, China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Is a lectin-free diet beneficial? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine continues to speak highly about the health benefits of a diet where people eliminate lectins. She says it helped her lose weight and reduced her arthritis pain. What are lectins, and can a lectin-free diet cure autoimmune diseases and prevent other health problems? ANSWER: Lectins are naturally occurring proteins that are found in all foods, but they are most concentrated in certain plants. Lectins serve a protective function for plants…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-30). Declaran estado de emergencia tras crecidas en Kentucky, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Ascendió a 15 la cifra de fallecidos. Autoridad local informa que las víctimas podrían duplicarse.

Jean W Liew, Maureen Dubreuil (2022-07-30). [Comment] Upadacitinib for the treatment of active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. thelancet.com Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis has a prevalence similar to rheumatoid arthritis, but remains an under-recognised cause of chronic back pain. Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis is an earlier or milder form of axial spondyloarthritis than radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (also known as ankylosing spondylitis), yet it carries the same burden of disease and decreased quality of life.1 Despite this disease burden, the average time from symptom onset to axial spondyloarthritis diagnosis is 6—8 years, without evident trends of improvement over time.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). Pope calls Canada Indigenous abuse 'genocide'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Pope Francis said Saturday the decades-long abuse of Indigenous schoolchildren across Canada amounted to "genocide".

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-30). Online events w) Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen M. Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Andrea Vetter, etc. indybay.org Here are some 8 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 3: 00 pm today, July 27th), featuring people such as Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Drew Pendergrass, Matthew Huber, Andrea Vetter, Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-30). Incendio forestal destruye 162 estructuras en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, el siniestro es el mayor que ha ocurrido en California en 2022, destruyendo más de 77,7 kilómetros cuadrados.

____ (2022-07-30). U.S. House passes bill to ban assault weapons. ecns.cn House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to ban assault weapons with a narrow 217-213 vote.Gun violence has taken more than 25,500 lives across the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from Gun Violence Archive.

Angela (2022-07-30). Saturday 7/30: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Aida Returns" indybay.org

____ (2022-07-30). Xi sends congratulatory message to Vanuatu's new president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory message to Nikenike Vurobaravu on his assuming office as the president of Vanuatu.

____ (2022-07-30). 2nd China Intl Consumer Products Expo concludes in Hainan. ecns.cn The second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) concluded on Saturday in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan province.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Black women and uterine fibroids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org July is National Fibroid Awareness Month. Black women in the U.S. are up to three times more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids. While noncancerous, fibroids can cause painful and excessive uterine bleeding, interfere with everyday life and self-image, and affect fertility.Symptoms can vary and so can the size and location of the fibroids, says Dr. Michelle Louie, a Mayo Clinic gynecologic surgeon and fibroid specialist. She says treatment options are available and you don't need to suffer with symptoms….

Michael Marmot (2022-07-30). [Perspectives] Lower taxes or greater health equity. thelancet.com "We have to lower taxes." A former UK Government minister and prominent member of the Conservative Party recently said this nine times in 3 minutes. He said it with passion, as if it were a fresh diagnosis of the problem. It was probably his solution to any problem, but this time we were on a radio news programme to discuss inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. It is not a uniquely British obsession. The sour joke in the USA is that Republicans were put on earth to lower taxes. Perhaps equally predictably, my concern was not a priori with the level of taxation, but with what action was necessary to prevent a s…

WSWS (2022-07-30). Papua New Guinea's Governor-General tries to avert failure of election. wsws.org Despite the Governor-General's unprecedented intervention, a political and constitutional crisis could yet erupt following the chaotic and still uncompleted election.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-30). Diplomats Aim to Extend Yemen Ceasefire Once Again. news.antiwar.com Yemen's current ceasefire expires Tuesday, and after multiple extensions there is a Even with the expected extension, separatist STC warns nothing is being resolved and sooner or later, " That's a concern since months of ceasefire have not yielded serious peace talks. Pessimists see the ce…

____ (2022-07-30). Iran, Belarus to launch short-term combined flights: min. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Tehran and Minsk will launch combined flights in short term.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Rusia propone medidas regionales contra sanciones de Occidente. telesurtv.net Se presentará a los líderes de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái una propuesta para utilizar monedas nacionales en acuerdos bilaterales.

Staff (2022-07-30). Envía Raúl Castro felicitación al Sistema de la Defensa Civil en su aniversario 60. cubadebate.cu El líder de la Revolución Cubana, General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz envió una carta de felicitación a los integrantes del Estado Mayor Nacional de la Defensa Civil en ocasión del 60 aniversario de la fundación de este Sistema. Ponderó la labor del país en el enfrentamiento a la COVID-19, y en especial al pueblo, principal protagonista de esta fortaleza de la Revolución.

Clean Energy Wire (2022-07-30). Germany: Là∂wenbrà§u, other Beer Brands to be Made with Wind and as Russian Gas Turns Unreliable. juancole.com By Hannah Naylor | &#1 ; inFranken.de / Sàºddeutsche Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire ) &#1 ; Bavarian breweries concerned about possible gas shortages are developing contingency plans to avoid a complete halt of beer production, reports regional news website inFranken.de. Munich breweries are considering switching to other energy sources, such as oil or renewables, but these …

Christopher Brauchli (2022-07-30). The Death Penalty Returns to the Supreme Court. commondreams.org In the U.S. the person facing the prospect of execution has to take it upon himself to make sure it is done in a "humane" way.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). San Francisco y New York declaran emergencia por viruela símica. telesurtv.net Funcionarios federales sopesan una declaración de emergencia de salud pública a nivel nacional en torno al brote.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Aseguran a 94 migrantes de un tráiler abandonado en México. telesurtv.net Reciben atención médica ante cuadros de deshidratación severa y otros perjuicios. Autoridades buscan a un grupo mayor, que pudo escapar del vehículo.

The Conversation (2022-07-30). Top 3 Reasons Climate Change is creating Record-Breaking Deluges and Flash Floods. juancole.com By Frances Davenport, Colorado State University | &#1 ; A powerful storm system triggered flooding in the Appalachians in late July, inundating and sweeping away homes in the night and killing at least 16 people, Kentucky's governor announced. The destruction followed flooding a few weeks earlier in the mountains of Virginia and Tennessee. In June, flooding …

____ (2022-07-30). Chinese premier stresses promoting effective investment, consumption. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for efforts to detail measures to expand demand, promoting effective investment and increasing consumption.

Arnold August (2022-07-30). Controversia por la protesta del 11 de julio en Cuba: la 'traición' de Fidel, elecciones y constituciones. globalizacion.ca El Instituto Macdonald-Laurier (Macdonald-Laurier Institute, MLI) se describe a sí mismo como "el único grupo de expertos en políticas públicas de Canadá, verdaderamente nacional, con sede en Ottawa", "rigurosamente independiente y no partidista." En realidad, se trata de un think…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). A decade of excellence: Mayo Clinic named No. 1 hospital in Arizona for a 10th year on U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Hospitals' rankings. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Arizona hospital ranked among the nation's top 20 hospitals for a sixth year PHOENIX — For a 10th year, Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona has been ranked No.1 in Arizona and the Phoenix metro area as part of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings. In addition, for a sixth consecutive year, Mayo Clinic in Arizona was recognized on the "Best Hospitals Honor Roll" which recognizes the top 20 hospitals in the nation….

____ (2022-07-30). Saudi-led coalition violates ceasefire in Yemen 155 times. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A Yemeni military source on Saturday announced that Saudi aggressor coalition has violated the humanitarian and military ceasefire in Yemen 155 times in the last 24 hours.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-30). Ocupantes israelíes asesinan a otro adolescente palestino. telesurtv.net La víctima mortal tenía 16 años y protestaba contra la represión del Ejército y los colonos israelíes.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-30). Palestina condena asesinato de joven por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net El Gobierno palestino hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional "para que rompa su silencio ante estos crímenes israelíes".

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Ice cream brain freeze, it's a real thing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Have you ever enjoyed a sip of an ice-cold milkshake or taken a bite of an ice cream cone only to get an instant blast of pain or headache that lasts a few seconds? You're not alone. Dr. Amaal Starling, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, says the condition is called a "cold-stimulus headache." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/2NrtjewPTHc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 56) is in…

____ (2022-07-30). China's pork prices fall last week. ecns.cn Pork prices in China edged down compared to a week ago, official data showed.

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-07-30). Anti-Abortion Extremism Fueling American Dystopia. commondreams.org Contraceptives banned. Miscarriages prosecuted. Pregnant people under surveillance. Is this the future Americans want?

Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-30). Gilding the Cage of Suburbia: Farewelling Neighbours. dissidentvoice.org The statistics of Australia's longest running drama series about sickeningly idyllic suburbia will interest soap show boffins. It lasted 5,955 episodes over 37 seasons, starting in 1985. Its anaemically thin plotlines, subpar acting, and emphasis on ideals bound to cause indigestion, did not prevent Neighbours from being mandatory viewing. Neighbours was, especially for British audiences, …

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-30). OPA CA appreciates Newsom's leadership directing CARB to ensure state meets climate goals. indybay.org Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) California Chapter, an organization with over 440 Californian elected officials, thanks Governor Gavin Newsom for his letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) telling them to do more for the climate crisis. His bold direction in the letter instructing CARB to ensure their plan will meet the state's climate goals gives EOPA CA hope that the Governor is serious about solving the climate crisis.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Science Saturday: Lupus rates increasing, communities of color especially vulnerable. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org New research led by Mayo Clinic shows that more people are being diagnosed with lupus than in the past, while risks of severity and death remain the same. The study is published in BMJ Annals of the Rheumatologic Diseases. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation and pain throughout the body. Most common in women (9 of 10 diagnosed cases); it attacks both joints and organs — including the skin. "In our study, we confirmed that in…

____ (2022-07-30). 1st night of mourning month of Moharram marked in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — The first night of mourning month of Muharram was held in Tehran on Friday night with the participation of enthusiasts to infallible imams of Household of Holy Prophet and with eulogy of Meysamm Moti'ei.

Francisco Ramírez Varela (2022-07-30). El terrorismo del "Fake News": Chile y la Nueva Constitución. globalizacion.ca Quieren destruir los emblemas patrios, nos expropiaran los fondos de pensiones, ya no seremos propietarios de nuestras casas, los indígenas tendrán otro sistema de justicia o destruirán la institución de carabineros, son solo algunas de las informaciones que circulan en…

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Flood hits industrial complexes in Rafsanjan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Flood in Rafsanjan County of Kerman has inflicted heavy damage to industrial and mining complexes in this area.

Staff (2022-07-30). Cubanos barren en comienzo de Olimpiada de Ajedrez de Chennai 2022. cubadebate.cu Los elencos cubanos barrieron en el comienzo de la Olimpiada de Ajedrez de Chennai 2022, cita que por primera vez se celebra en India y se ha convertido en una fiesta de los trebejos. En el certamen abierto enfrentaron a la discreta selección de Myanmar, a la que vencieron 4-0, con triunfos de Yasser Quesada, Carlos Daniel Albornoz, Luis Ernesto Quesada e Isán Ortiz.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Boric propone que Chile acoja diálogo de Gobierno Colombia y ELN. telesurtv.net Vicepresidenta electa de Colombia, Francia Márquez, agradeció al presidente chileno Gabriel Boric la voluntad de apoyar el diálogo de paz.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 hospital in nation by U.S. News & World Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the nation for the seventh consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report's 2022—2023 "Best Hospitals" rankings. U.S. News & World Report first published state rankings in 2012, with Mayo Clinic in Rochester ranked No. 1 in Minnesota since the beginning. This year marks a decade that Mayo Clinic in Arizona has ranked No. 1 in the state, while Mayo Clinic in…

____ (2022-07-30). Pro-Sadr demonstrators gather outside Green Zone again. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — While gathering the outside "Green Zone" gate of Baghdad, supporters of Sadr Movement demanded not to hold a meeting of Iraqi Parliament to elect the Prime Minister and President.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-30). Ola de calor provoca más de 1.900 muertes en julio en España. telesurtv.net El Sistema de Monitorización de la Mortalidad Diaria reportó del 1 al 26 de julio 1.913 decesos debido a las altas temperaturas.

Nayanika Guha (2022-07-30). People Are Dying in the Global South Because of Anti-Abortion Limits on US Aid. truthout.org Even as the overturn of Roe v. Wade continues to send shock waves throughout the U.S., it's also having ripple effects overseas. | Nelly Munyasia, the executive director of the Reproductive Health Network in Kenya, told Truthout that after the Supreme Court ruling on Roe, Kenya and other countries with regressive abortion laws have seen renewed opposition against abortion being legalized or abortion services being expanded. | "We have seen overnight that there is stronger opposition to abortion," Munyasia says. "People are citing the recent events around Roe v. Wade and saying that the U.S. as has made a decision…

Sasha Abramsky (2022-07-30). Media Mogul Murdoch Dumps Trump for DeSantis. How Will This Impact the Election? truthout.org Sometimes things end with a whimper rather than a bang. In the nearly two years since Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, the would-be-strongman has done everything in his power to keep himself in the spotlight and to fuel a sense of inevitability that he will be the GOP's standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential election. | Now, in the wake of Congress's ongoing January 6 hearings, Trump's lock on the right, and his ability to commandeer undying loyalty from conservative media organs, may finally be corroding. With this change in how he is portrayed, Trump's hold on the foot soldiers of the conservative and far…

Labor Video Project (2022-07-30). Hundreds of SEIU1021 SF Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Strike For Living Wages. indybay.org Hundreds of SEIU 1021 San Francisco non-profit workers at he Tenderloin Housing Clinic went on strike for living wages. They do public work but are paid wages that keep them in poverty.

Protect Juristac (2022-07-30). Thursday 8/4: Juristac EIR Comment Writing Workshop. indybay.org Online event. Free registration: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7uuUIBwwQnqTaS6SNnryOg

____ (2022-07-30). China's Red Cross celebrates 70th anniversary of international restoration. ecns.cn This year marks the 70th anniversary of the restoration of China's lawful seat in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the country's first official organization to regain recognition as an international group since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-30). Losses Reported After Attack By Turkey's Proxies On Syrian Army Positions In Northern Aleppo (Photos). southfront.org . | On July 30, militants from the Liberation and Building Movement, a coalition within the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, attacked several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) near the village of Tadef in the northern Aleppo countryside. | Tadef is located around a kilometer to the south of the town of al-Bab, the main stronghold of Turkey's proxies in northern Syria. | Turkish-backed militants shelled SAA positions with mortars and other heavy weapons then clashed with arm…

Igor Derysh (2022-07-30). GOP Officials in at Least 3 States Have Refused to Certify Primary Results. truthout.org Republican election officials in at least three states have refused to certify primary votes, in a sign of things to come amid the party's baseless election fraud crusade. | Numerous allies of former President Donald Trump have echoed his lies about voter fraud on the campaign trail. Trump-backed Arizona gubernatorial candidate

____ (2022-07-30). World's first multimodal service port opens in Guangdong. ecns.cn A fully automated terminal, the first of its kind built in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, began operations on Thursday at Nansha port in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province.

Greg Coleridge (2022-07-30). Time to Investigate Corporate Insurrection. commondreams.org "The corporate insurrection of democracy is not limited to one day, but is year round and more than a century long."

Ferry Biedermann (2022-07-30). [World Report] New Dutch regulations to alleviate drug shortages. thelancet.com The Netherlands has some of the worst medicine shortages in Europe. Ferry Biedermann reports from Amsterdam.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Devastating flash floods in eastern Kentucky leave 16 dead, including 6 children. wsws.org Another one to two inches of rain is expected from Sunday until Tuesday, threatening another round of flooding.

Middle East Monitor (2022-07-30). In their Hope for a 'Middle Eastern NATO' against Iran, Israel and the US may end up Heartbroken. juancole.com By Muhammad Hussein | &#1 ; ( Middle East Monitor ) &#1 ; As Arab states the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco began establishing ties with Israel over the past few years and warmed towards their old adversary, many saw it as the beginning of a new era. And in some ways, it was: …

WSWS (2022-07-30). Quebec's CAQ government defends massive, deadly pollution by mining giant Glencore in Rouyn-Noranda. wsws.org Recent revelations have shown the harmful and deadly consequences of the pollution generated by the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda, with all levels of government in Canada looking the other way as one of the world's largest corporations poisons the population.

Arnold August (2022-07-30). Una visión de la izquierda canadiense sobre el Moncada del 26 de julio en Cuba. globalizacion.ca En 1953, cuando prácticamente todas las fuerzas progresistas y revolucionarias de Cuba no ofrecían ninguna solución viable para oponerse a la dictadura de Batista respaldada por Estados Unidos, Fidel Castro y sus camaradas sí elaboraron un camino. | Fue una ruta…

____ (2022-07-30). China Post hoping to brew up new customer connections with coffee. ecns.cn Launched by China Post, Beijing's first Post Coffee store opened on July 24 and it soon became a photogenic spot among local coffee enthusiasts and young consumers.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-30). Ascienden a 53 los reos muertos tras ataque ucraniano en Donetsk. telesurtv.net Según autoridades de Donetsk, el ataque de Kiev contra una prisión en Yelénovka, donde había prisioneros de guerra ucranianos, dejó 75 heridos.

Staff (2022-07-30). Two Iranian border guards martyred in northwest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Two Iranian border guards were martyred on Saturday when they were patrolling an area in the border Salmas County in West Azerbaijan Province.

____ (2022-07-30). Cradle of Civilization: Jiaohe Ruins. ecns.cn Jiaohe Ruins sit in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and cover 37.6 hectares. Dating back to around 2,300 years ago, Jiaohe Ruins is the best-preserved, longest-lasting and largest relics of a clay-built city across the globe. As a fortress atop a steep cliff, the city was built by digging the ground rather than being built up. In 2014, it became part of the Silk Road UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

____ (2022-07-30). Papercutting attracts foreign internet celebrities to Ordos. ecns.cn More than a dozen foreign internet celebrities from Britain, South Korea, Brazil, Thailand and other countries attended a traditional Chinese papercutting class at a museum in Dalad Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Staff (2022-07-30). Park renamed Salman Farsi to show Iran-Pakistan solidarity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — The Sindh government in Pakistan renamed a park in Karachi after Iranian companion of Holy Prophet Muhammed Salman Farsi to show the solidarity between the two neighboring countries.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-30). Cuba se prepara para referendo del nuevo Código de las Familias. telesurtv.net El Código de Familias será aprobado si alcanza el voto afirmativo mayoritario durante el referendo a celebrarse en septiembre.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-07-30). China e Irán reiteran disposición de fortalecer cooperación. telesurtv.net El mandatario iraní afirmó que su país está decidido a expandir las relaciones con China en todos los ámbitos.

Rodolfo Koé Gutiérrez (2022-07-30). El Mercosur no quiso oír a Zelensky. globalizacion.ca La negativa del Mercosur a recibir al presidente de Ucrania Volodimir Zelensky en su sexagésima cumbre presidencial realizada la semana pasada en Paraguay, es una confirmación de la posición ampliamente neutral de América Latina sobre el conflicto ucraniano. El excomediante…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-30). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…

De-Fence Phest (2022-07-30). Friday 7/29: De-Fence Phest. indybay.org People's Park Berkeley…

Staff (2022-07-30). Leader issues message on recent flash floods in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has ordered the Iranian officials to repair damages caused by the recent floods quickly and offered condolences to the families of victims.

Atul Deodhar, Filip Van den Bosch, Denis Poddubnyy, Walter P Maksymowych, Désirée van der Heijde, Tae-Hwan Kim, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Ricardo Blanco, Yuanyuan Duan, Yihan Li, Aileen L Pangan, Peter Wung, In-Ho Song (2022-07-30). [Articles] Upadacitinib for the treatment of active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SELECT-AXIS 2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. thelancet.com Upadacitinib significantly improved the signs and symptoms of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis compared with placebo at week 14. These findings support the potential of upadacitinib as a new therapeutic option in patients with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-30). Cuba realiza preparativos para el Habana Mambo Festival. telesurtv.net Esta edición incluirá conciertos y espectáculos, así como la primera Convención Internacional "Música, bailes y tradiciones populares".

WorkWeek (2022-07-30). Voices From Uvalde, Mooney Cult Murder Connection To JPN Abe's Murder & Rev Poets Brigade. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Voices From Uvalde , The Mooney Cult Murder Connection To Japan PM Abe & Poetry From The Revolutionary Poets Brigade…

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-30). ONU: acceso a medio ambiente sano y limpio es un derecho humano. telesurtv.net La resolución advierte que los daños ambientales tienen implicaciones negativas para que se consolide el disfrute efectivo de todos los derechos humanos.

Mohawk Nation News (2022-07-30). Mohawk Mothers Demand Pope Leave. indybay.org Kanien'kehà : ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) demand that the Pope must leave our land and take the cross and all of the symbols of their atrocities with him. Indigenous people see it as how the Jewish people see the swastika. McGill must stop bulldozing alleged unmarked graves before any investigation.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). COVID-19 variant BA.5 is dominant strain; BA.2.75 is being monitored. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 infections in the U.S. continue to rise, with omicron BA.5 causing an estimated 82% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It may be the most dominant strain, but it's not the only one public health officials are monitoring. Omicron is a variant of COVID-19. BA.5 and BA.2.75 refer to as subvariants or strains of omicron. Variant basically means a mutation that occurs in the virus over time. "BA.5 is a strain…

____ (2022-07-29). Chinese FM advocates closer SCO community with shared future. ecns.cn The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries should uphold the Shanghai Spirit, work together and help each other to build a closer SCO community with a shared future, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday.

Staff (2022-07-30). 59 years old Palestinian martyred by Zionist regime. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A 59 years old Palestinian who was shot by the Zionist soldiers for no reason last week was martyred due to the severity of his injuries.

Juan Cole (2022-07-30). Red States Turning Green: Louisiana Republicans Plan 5 Gigs of Offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico, with Interior Dept. Blessing. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; The Biden administration's attempt to get 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 initially focused on the Atlantic coast, where New York has jumped in with both feet to plan ambitious such wind farms. One of them will come online in as early as two years from now, in …

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-30). Confirman en Brasil fórmula de candidatura presidencial de Lula y Geraldo Alckmin. telesurtv.net La fórmula presidencial Lula-Alckmin fue aprobada por unanimidad, al tiempo que aumenta el respaldo mostrado por diversos sectores políticos y del Congreso brasileños.

Ana Perdigón (2022-07-30). UK Court Insists on Withholding Venezuelan Gold Reserves, Venezuela Denounces Ruling. orinocotribune.com This Friday, July 29, the British judiciary ruled in favor of the "ad hoc board of directors" of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), appointed by former deputy Juan Guaidó, who never had any power to appoint any directive body of the BCV. This ruling reiterates the British policy of withholding the Venezuelan gold reserves in Bank of England, valued at about $2 billion. | The ruling was issued by Judge Sara Cockerill of the High Court of London, who determined that the British judiciary does not recognize the resolutions of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela that had declared Guaidó's illegitimate d…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Q and A: When your teenager needs to see a gynecologist. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter is 13, and her pediatrician recently reminded us that she should get the HPV vaccine because it can prevent cervical cancer. That got me thinking about gynecologic health for my daughter. She began her menstrual cycle at age 12, but I'm unsure if there are conditions and issues that I should talk to my daughter about or when to have her visit a gynecologist. ANSWER: Taking time to discuss gynecologic issues with…

Unicorn Riot (2022-07-30). Occupation Forces Repress Palestinians Fighting Land Grabs in the Northwestern West Bank. unicornriot.ninja

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-30). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

____ (2022-07-30). Integrating elderly and medical care services. ecns.cn China will further advance the integration of elderly and medical care services as part of efforts to actively cope with an aging society and increase satisfaction of its growing elderly population, a guideline introduced this month says.

Staff (2022-07-30). Al-Kawthar hosts 1st Hello Commander international festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Al-Kawthar TV is hosting the international festival of the song "Hello Commander" for the first time.

Juan Antonio Sacaluga (2022-07-30). àÅfrica, el tablero no tan marginal de las grandes potencias. globalizacion.ca Si en alguna región del mundo el frente antirruso es más débil o menos compacto es àÅfrica. El continente donde malvive más de la mitad de la población más pobre del planeta ofrece, sin embargo, un atractivo no menor para…

Staff (2022-07-30). Chinese army 'preparing for war': PLA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — A Chinese army group's post about "preparing for war" attracted hundreds of thousands of approvals on Friday on the social network Weibo.

Direct Action Everywhere (2022-07-30). Wednesday 8/10: Protest the FBI: A Government Against the People. indybay.org 4 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102…

WSWS (2022-07-30). COVID-19 cases explode again in Japan, South Korea. wsws.org The claims that the COVID-19 pandemic is over are lies to keep the economy open and profits flowing into the pockets of big business.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Australian schools in crisis after governments reject basic COVID-19 safety measures. wsws.org The resumption of schooling in Australia after the mid-year break has seen a further escalation of COVID-19 infections.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: ABCs of hepatitis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28, bringing the world together to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the liver. It comes in many forms, including hepatitis A, B and C. But what do those letter designations mean, and how do they differ from one another? Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/3bfI2lLGOdM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 58) is in the downloads at…

____ (2022-07-30). China launches new group of remote sensing satellites. ecns.cn China successfully launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday.

The Lancet (2022-07-30). [Editorial] Monkeypox: a global wake-up call. thelancet.com WHO's declaration on July 23 that the current monkeypox outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) was unprecedented. It is the seventh such declaration, but the first made against the advice of a majority of the emergency committee (nine were against, six were for). Dr Tedros' decision is a brave one. It needs to serve as a global wake-up call. The question is whether it will prompt the escalated efforts required to control the outbreak.

Staff (2022-07-30). Presidente argentino recibe a vicepresidenta electa colombiana. telesurtv.net Ambos políticos coincidieron en la necesidad de continuar impulsando la agenda de trabajo bilateral.

____ (2022-07-30). English education meeting kicks off. ecns.cn The 2022 Global English Education China Assembly, a three-day high-level educational event focused on broadening international education cooperation, kicked off on Friday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-30). Venezuela denuncia fallo de tribunal británico sobre reservas en oro. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez instó al Gobierno de Reino Unido a rectificar y devolver a la nación suramericana los recursos que le pertenecen.

Geoff Watts (2022-07-30). [Perspectives] Cathie Sudlow: devoted to data. thelancet.com Do doctors specialising in medical data science choose it because they dislike working with patients? Over the past decade or so Cathie Sudlow, Professor of Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre, has emerged as a leading force in medical informatics, so the question is clearly one for her. "Absolutely not", is her amused response. But, as she concedes, circumstances have changed over time. When Sudlow took on her BHF role in 2020, she had to stop her clinical work entirely.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-30). OIM: han muerto 192 migrantes en Centroamérica y México este 2022. telesurtv.net Acnur y OIM instaron a proteger los derechos de las personas en condición de movilidad, a luchar contra el tráfico ilícito de migrantes y la trata de personas.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-30). Papa Francisco culmina visita pastoral a Canadá. telesurtv.net La última actividad servirá para pedir perdón a los indígenas inuit de Canadá, víctimas de abusos de sacerdotes católicos.

Josh Bivens (2022-07-30). Is the US Economy in a Recession? Not Yet. commondreams.org The Fed's overly aggressive interest rate hikes increase risk of recession.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-30). Afirman que casi toda la población mundial respira aire contaminado. telesurtv.net El estudio, que examina el Índice de Vida de la Calidad de Aire, encontró que la contaminación del aire por Materia Particulada (PM2.5) es "la mayor amenaza para la salud mundial".

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-30). GOP Introduces Bill That Makes It Easier to Fire Workers at Federal Agencies. truthout.org U.S. Rep. Chip Roy's introduction Friday of a bill to make federal bureaucratic personnel at-will employees further stoked fears that marginalized workers will suffer discriminatory firings under a future Republican administration or even GOP-controlled Congress. | The

Repost (2022-07-30). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-07-30). Sunday Protest for Reproductive Rights at Golden Gate Bridge. indybay.org Supreme Court seen as illegitimate as protesters demand "Abort the Court!"

Staff (2022-07-30). EU halved purchases of Russian gas since Ukraine operation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said members of the European Union had halved purchases of Russian natural gas since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine.

Staff (2022-07-30). VIDEO: Sadr supporters storm parliament building in Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Hundreds of supporters of the Sadrist Movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr broke into the parliament building on Saturday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after breaching the heavily fortified Green Zone.

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-29). All that I ask is that you fight for peace today: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens.

_____ (2022-07-29). An Interview With John Pilger On Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pilger explains, Patel's order will be the subject of a further appeal, but the British judiciary that will adjudicate has facilitated Assange's persecution every step of the way. This underscores the urgency of a political fight to free Assange, based on the powerful struggles of the working class that are emerging all around the world. | Pilger began his media career in the l…

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-29). Ben & Jerry's owner Unilever admits it melted under Israel's threats. electronicintifada.net Ice cream maker and its parent fail to reach deal in lawsuit over decision to stop sales in West Bank settlements.

Tamara Nassar (2022-07-29). Israel carries out killings, revenge demolitions in Nablus. electronicintifada.net Israel collectively punishes the family members only of accused Palestinians, never Jews.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). China Defies US Sanctions with Computer Chip Breakthrough. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic The Western media lamented China's most recent breakthrough in computer chip manufacturing, achieving standards in production that were thought impossible because of sanctions imposed by the United States specifically designed to stifle Chinese advances. A report from early July by CNBC would discuss these sanctions. In their article, "US mulls fresh bid to restrict…

_____ (2022-07-29). The Shadow Bank That Owns The World. popularresistance.org For most people in America and much of the world, our life is — to some degree — owned, run, managed, or manipulated by a "shadow bank" that few people even know the name of. It holds between 9 and 10 Trillion dollars in assets. It is the largest or close-to largest stake holder in most enormous media companies like Disney and Comcast, most big tech companies like Google and Meta/Facebook, most big banks like Citibank, Bank of America, and Barclays. This secretive cabal is one of the biggest funders of deforestation, fossil fuel use, weapons contractors, and basically destroying the planet. And yet, d…

Editor (2022-07-29). Lee Camp: The Shadow Bank That Owns The World. scheerpost.com By Lee Camp / Behind the Headlines…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-29). The Covid-19 Endgame: Global Governance, "Digital Tyranny" and the Depopulation Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Daniel Davis (2022-07-29). The Nancy Pelosi Trip to Taiwan: "Not a Good Idea" according to the Pentagon. Is Joe Biden Intent upon Triggering a "Military Clash" in the Taiwan Strait? globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-29). US-NATO Intent upon Boycotting Russia-India Relations. globalresearch.ca

The New Arab (2022-07-29). Dangerous Crossroads: US Carrier Strike Group Returns to South China Sea Amid Taiwan Tensions. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2022-07-29). Expanding the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Third Parties Could Lead to War in South Asia. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-29). A Tribute to My Wife Seung Eun : Emanuel Pastreich. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-07-29). The Phoniest, Most PR-Intensive War of All Time. globalresearch.ca

Donald Monaco (2022-07-29). Two Party Imperialism and War with Russia. A Historical Perspective. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2022-07-29). Rand Paul Demands Answers After NIH Admits Redacting COVID-19 Origins Emails 'To Prevent Misinformation'. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-29). Australia: Facial Recognition Technology Down Under. globalresearch.ca

Ellen Brown (2022-07-29). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us from Inflation. globalresearch.ca

Andrea Widburg (2022-07-29). Reducing Nitrogen Output Destroys Farms: Ireland Joins Canada and the Netherlands in Contributing to World Famine. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-29). Zelensky Poses for Magazine as His Country Collapses. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-29). Russia's "Vostok 2022" War Games: Massive Military Exercise on "Invasion Scenarios" globalresearch.ca

The Expose (2022-07-29). Shocking: UK Government Admits COVID Vaccinated Children Are 4423% More Likely to Die of Any Cause & 13,633% More Likely to Die of COVID-19 Than Unvaccinated Children. globalresearch.ca

Dr. James Lyons-Weiler (2022-07-29). How Fauci and Grady Degraded the Standards of Ethical Requirements for Clinical Research in the US Compared to the Rest of the World. globalresearch.ca

Stephen Lendman (2022-07-29). Pelosi to Taiwan an Affront to China's Sovereignty. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-07-29). How Medicine Was Corrupted: Difficult Times Ahead — How to Break Free From the System. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-07-29). Will Christina Quinn Impose US-style Democracy on Armenia? journal-neo.org The US has made no secret of its wish to push Armenia from Russia's sphere of influence, and in order to boost its efforts Washington plans to make some staffing changes at its embassy in Yerevan. Specifically, it intends to strengthen its core of "experienced personnel" who have already been trained in anti-Russian activities in …

_____ (2022-07-29). All That I Ask Is That You Fight for Peace Today. popularresistance.org The fragility of Europe's energy supply has once again been on display in recent months. Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens. Shortly thereafter, on 11 July, the pipeline was taken offline for ten days for annual routine maintenance. Despite receiving assurances from Moscow that the supply would resume as scheduled, European leaders expressed fears that the shutdown would continue indefinitely in retaliation for sanctions impose…

_____ (2022-07-29). Chicago Mandated Contracts For Domestic Workers. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois – As of Jan. 1, 2022, a new ordinance took effect in Chicago aimed at bringing much-needed accountability to an industry that has been, by and large, treated as part of the informal economy: domestic work. Domestic work covers a range of jobs, from nannies and home-caregivers to home cleaners, but domestic workers themselves—the majority of whom are people of color and the vast majority of whom are women—are not protected by most labor laws and are frequently subjected to rampant wage theft and harassment. The Chicago ordinance requires employers to provide workers, regardless of the…

_____ (2022-07-29). Every Boss Has A Weak Spot — Find And Use It. popularresistance.org Steel production in the late 1800s used to require one crucial step: a 20-minute process called the "blow" that removed impurities, strengthening the metal. It was not unheard of for union members to go to the supervisor at the start of the blow and demand that some important grievance be resolved. | According to old-timers, it was amazing what the company could accomplish in those 20 minutes. These workers had found their employer's vulnerability— and they used it to make the workplace safer and more humane. | Think about where your employer is vulnerable. For some companies it might be their logo or their…

_____ (2022-07-29). Is Private Equity's Employee Ownership Plan The Real Deal? popularresistance.org In April, 19 private equity firms committed to providing equity shares to employees at some portfolio firms, as part of the new nonprofit Ownership Works initiative, which has a goal of creating $20 billion in wealth for low- and moderate-income workers over the next decade. Seems like good news. But we urge impact investors to be skeptical. | The industry that has done the most damage to job quality and worker security over the last two decades claims to be reversing course. And there will be workers who see a nice hit of cash. But ownership? Not really. What these PE firms are doing falls far short of what auth…

_____ (2022-07-29). Statement By Honourable Murray Sinclair On The Pope's Apology. popularresistance.org I want to recognize the importance of the Pope's apology to Survivors, their families, and communities. For many Survivors, I know that hearing the words of contrition from the Pope was, and is, an essential factor in their personal recoveries and growth. My thoughts and prayers were with them as they listened. | Despite this historic apology, the Holy Father's statement has left a deep hole in the acknowledgment of the full role of the Church in the Residential School system by placing blame on individual members of the Church. It is essential to underscore that the Church was not just an agent of the state, nor…

_____ (2022-07-29). °Viva La Solidaridad! Latin America's Left Leads The Way. popularresistance.org Hundreds joined international guests, solidarity campaigners and elected representatives for °Viva la solidaridad! Latin America's Left Leads the Way: a session organised by Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America as part of this year's Arise Festival. Chairing the event, Arise's Sam Browse went through examples of electoral successes and resilience in the face of aggression by the region's left, and emphasised the importance of international co-operation amongst progressive forces: "those winning gains in the fight for a better future are an inspiration to us all". | Secretary of the Presidency in Hondur…

_____ (2022-07-29). West Prepares To Plunder Post-War Ukraine. popularresistance.org While the United States and Europe flood Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars of weapons, using it as an anti-Russian proxy and pouring fuel on the fire of a brutal war that is devastating the country, they are also making plans to essentially plunder its post-war economy. | Representatives of Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland this July to plan a series of harsh neoliberal policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors." | Ukraine has been destabilized by violen…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Kiev Assassinated Dozens Of Its Own Azov Heroes (18+). southfront.org In the early morning of July 29, Kiev's forces shelled a detention center for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the village of Elenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The blow was struck precisely at the barracks in which the captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment were held. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the attack. According to the Russia's Defense Ministry and local authorities, Ukrainian troops used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike th…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). The Skripals Are Either Imprisoned Or Murdered By UK. southfront.org Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia | Written by On 8 March 2018, the brilliant geostrategic analyst who anonymously writes the "Moon of Alabama" blog headlined

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Ukrainian Gas Industry Failed. southfront.org Zelensky addresses members of the Norwegian parliament | Written by The Norwegian government refused to supply Kiev with about five billion cubic meters of gas for the heating season of 2022-2023. Despite Zelensky's held the ground before the Norwegian parliament and expressed confidence in long-term bilateral cooperation in this area, the Norwegian leadership, after consulting with its oil and gas industry representatives…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). US Aircraft Carrier Group Heads Towards Taiwan As tension Over Nancy Pelosi's Possible Visit Continues To Grow. southfront.org The USS Ronald Reagan and its escorts left Singapore on Monday sailing northeast, according to ship tracking information. The ship's…

Anonymous765 (2022-07-29). Iraqi Resistance Exact Revenge On Turkey. southfront.org |

Connor Freeman (2022-07-29). Blinken Holds First Call With Lavrov Since February, Ceasefires Not Discussed. news.antiwar.com During a news conference on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced he held a call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on a potential bilateral prisoner exchange. A State Department official said the call lasted approximately 25 minutes. Washington and Moscow's top diplomats discussed the Ukrainian grain export deal brokered by the UN and …

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Idlib Terrorists attack Syrian Christian children in Al Sqeilbiyyeh — UK Column News. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Kiev Eliminates POW Witnesses/ Commentary and Photos by Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Reality Theories, Eva K Bartlett, [2022-07-29 11: AM][ Album ]*Warning, graphic photos in this post. Pretty horrific scenes today at the detention center near the village of Yelenovka which Ukraine bombed late last night with American HIMARS. Press Secretary of the DPR Military Command, Eduard Basurin, said there are a confirmed 53 Ukrainian POWs dead, …

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go?/By Justus R. Hope, MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go? | Columnists | thedesertreview.com As anyone making a tight family budget knows, there are only two ways to balance it. The first is to increase income. The second is to decrease spending. Unfortunately, Catherine Austin Fitts says our government chose the latter to …

CounterSpin (2022-07-29). Vivek Shandas on Climate Disruption & Heat Waves, Jamie Kalven on Laquan McDonald Coverup. fair.org NBC Nightly News ( This week on CounterSpin: In what is being reported as an "abrupt" or "surprise" development, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, whose shtick relies heavily on legislative roadblocking, has agreed to sign on to a package that includes some $369 billion for "climate and energy proposals." | The New York Times The package…

Cygaelle Bergado (2022-07-29). Filipinos Call Out Marcos-Duterte Government in War-Torn Philippines. towardfreedom.org Hours before Filipino President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., gave his first State of the Nation address on July 24, Filipino people throughout the world protested. They held their own "People's State of the Union Address," or PSONA. Claudia Jones Editorial Intern Cygaelle Bergado reports from New York City.

David Ridley (2022-07-29). Rebuilding collective intelligence. mronline.org Human capital theory cannot solve our economic woes. David Ridley says we need a socialist alternative.

Don Gross (2022-07-29). Police terrorize Chicago south suburbs; communities respond. liberationnews.org On July 27, police in Oak Lawn — a suburb southwest of Chicago — were filmed assaulting Hadi Abultelh, an Arab teenager.

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Renewal of the UN Mission to Haiti (BINUH). orinocotribune.com By Black Alliance For Peace &#1 ; Jul 20, 2022 | JULY 18, 2022—On Friday, July 15, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted the The Black Alliance for Peace welcomed th…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). EU Member Resumes Sanctioned Goods Transit. orinocotribune.com The move follows EU clarifications on rail shipments to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad | Lithuanian Railways resumed the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad, starting on July 22, Mantas Dubauskas, spokesman for LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, said on LRT TV on Friday. | "Customers are informed that it is already possible to transport, since we have received [EU] clarifications… If clients make it in time to transport [the cargo] today, then it is possible that some products will be shipped today," Dubauskas said, as cited by TASS. | On June 18, Lit…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). How the US Is Killing Its Principal Competitor — The EU. orinocotribune.com By Vladimir Danilov &#1 ; Jul 24, 2022 | It will hardly be a revelation for anyone that the United States, being historically the "stepchild" of Europe from where the mass-scale population of the New World began, has always manifested a jealous attitude towards their Alma Mater. This process has especially aggravated in the recent decades when America entered the path of severe competitive struggle with Europe in economics, trade and for global domination. | By pursuing the policy of weakening of the national elites and economy of the European countries, the United States managed to remove Europe from among its c…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Puerto Ricans Demand Cancellation of Contract With Canadian-American Energy Company LUMA. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch &#1 ; Jul 23, 2022 | On Wednesday July 20, thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of the capital San Juan, demanding that Governor Pedro Rafael Pierluisi cancel the contract with private electricity distribution company LUMA over chronic power outages and frequent rate hikes. | Workers from across diverse sectors, members of various social organizations, and legislators of left-wing opposition Puerto Rican Independence Party marched from the Capitol, the legislative assembly, to the La Fortaleza, the governor's office, demanding that the government terminate the contract signed between…

Editor (2022-07-29). Despite domestic priorities, RBI will have to follow the U.S. Fed. mronline.org India will have to respond by increasing interest rates further sooner rather than later. Higher U.S. interest rates make global capital abandon other countries and rush to American bonds whose market yields have doubled at the shorter end.

Editor (2022-07-29). Sanctions had no effect on Moscow yet Europe lost 4 governments: Orban. mronline.org The Western strategy to weaken Russia backfires on Europe.

Editor (2022-07-29). The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years. mronline.org The value of the federal minimum wage has reached its lowest point in 66 years, according to an EPI analysis of recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.

Editor (2022-07-29). Callers Say &#1 ; "Can't Get Through" &#1 ; Callees Say "Don't Want to Let Them Through" scheerpost.com By Most of us play both roles of the Caller and Callee. Guess which role rules? The Callee. I've lost count of how many older adults tell me, week after week, how hard it is to get through to powerful Callees. Especially by telephone! The latter include your local electric, gas and telephone company, your bank and insurance compa…

Editor (2022-07-29). Ralph Nader: Keep Calling Powerful Players—Even If They Won't Answer. scheerpost.com By Most of us play both roles of the Caller and Callee. Guess which role rules? The Callee. I've lost count of how many older adults tell me, week after week, how hard it is to get through to powerful Callees. Especially by telephone! The latter include your local electric, gas and telephone company, your bank and insurance compa…

Editor (2022-07-29). Is America's Destiny Manifest? scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner One of the GODFATHER's most dramatic episodes is the 'Day of the Long Knives.' Michael executes a plan to liquidate all of the Corleone family's enemies. Everybody from Barzini and Tattaglia to Moe Green and Carlo is eliminated in orchestrated acts of ruthless violence. The Corleone family then bestrode the criminal world — in unchallenged …

Editor (2022-07-29). Katie Halper: Trump 'Broke Liberals' Brains'. scheerpost.com Katie Halper. [Womens Media Center] | Click to subscribe on: Katie Halper needs no intro…

Editor (2022-07-29). Massachusetts Trader Joe's Becomes First to Unionize in Huge Workers' Victory. scheerpost.com [ By Brett Wilkins | Workers at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's on Thursday voted to become the first of the supermarket chain's more than 0 locations to unionize, a historic development that comes amid a nationwide labor organizing wave. | "Our crew needs to be represented by an entity that is solely dedicated to our best interests." | Employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley, a suburb of Sprin…

Fight Back (2022-07-29). Machinists in Missouri and Illinois set to strike August 1. fightbacknews.org St. Louis, MO – Around 2500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) who work for Boeing in Illinois and Missouri voted down a contract offer from management on July 24. They have set a date to begin a strike on August 1. | The workers build F-15 and F-18 aircraft as well as other military equipment like drones and missiles. A strike at the Boeing plants is expected to significantly effect Boeing and also supply chains to the U.S. military. | The union is demanding pay increases to keep up with rapidly rising costs, and to keep retirement plans in effect, as well as to g…

Fight Back (2022-07-29). St. Paul protest marks Kalamazoo oil spill, opposes Line 3. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On Saturday, July 23, roughly 30 climate activists gathered outside the Saint Paul Farmers' Market to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Kalamazoo oil spill and demand a stop to Line 3, a new tar sands pipeline. The action was organized by the Climate Justice Committee (CJC). | The Kalamazoo oil spill occurred on July 26, 2010 and was one of the largest in U.S. history. Spills and accidents happen regularly from oil pipelines. Between 2010 and 2020 alone, the U.S. and Canada had a combined 3398 pipeline spills. | B Becker from the Climate Justice Committee opened the protest, stating, "Enbri…

Https: (2022-07-29). Brothers mark 40th transplant anniversary. mayoclinic.org/rss/all-news Pete Suby thought he had the flu. He'd been exhausted for a while and had recently vomited at work. An appointment at Mayo Clinic would reveal a much more serious reason for his symptoms: Pete's kidneys were failing. He was just 25 years old. "They couldn't believe I was standing up," says Pete, who went straight to the ICU. It was February 1982. The news wasn't a complete surprise though. When Pete was in middle…

Liberation Staff (2022-07-29). Berkeley REI workers fight for fair union election. liberationnews.org "Look at all the other stores trying to organize, at Starbucks and Amazon. We want to inspire other workers to organize and fight for real change."

Liberation Staff (2022-07-29). 'The deadliest water New Hampshire has ever seen' — Shut down Saint Gobain! liberationnews.org The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services' prolonged inaction towards Saint Gobain Performance Plastics in Merrimack is allowing dangerous chemicals to poison the people of New Hampshire.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-29). Russia's Vostok 2022 Has Big Messages. globalresearch.ca

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-29). Italian government arrests militant unionists. workers.org Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics . . . |

Noah Styzkgold (2022-07-29). Oil companies announce record profits, workers pay the price. liberationnews.org These record breaking profits for oil companies come at a time when workers in the U.S. are getting squeezed harder each day by inflation, especially taking a hit at the gas pump and on heating and electric bills.

Olujimi Alade (2022-07-29). Choice means choice ‚àí a WW commentary. workers.org By Olujimi Alade The SCOTUS overturning of Roe v. Wade has inspired a wave of reaction. The fervor in support of reproductive autonomy is unlike any I've witnessed before, and it is a powerful sign that people in the U.S. are waking up to the fact that democracy in the . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-29). U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release? mronline.org Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.

Staff (2022-07-29). Head of NATO Military Committee attends Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference for first time. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJuly 28, 2022 First Chair of the Military Committee to attend Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference From 25 to 27 July 2022, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee attended the 24th annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Australia. On the sidelines of the conference, he met with NATO Partners' Chiefs of Defence …

Staff (2022-07-29). U.S. pushes for India to join NATO Plus arrangement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Republic WorldJuly 27, 2022 US Lawmaker Ro Khanna Proposes India Be 6th Nation In NATO Plus To Bolster Defence Ties US Congressman Ro Khanna stated that he has proposed India become the sixth nation in the NATO Plus arrangement to strengthen the bilateral defence relations. US Congressman Ro Khanna on Tuesday stated that he has …

Splcenter (2022-07-29). 'Akin to Torture': For-profit immigrant prison singles out Black men after peaceful protest. splcenter.org

Staff (2022-07-29). Hugo Chávez, Leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Was Born 68 Years Ago. orinocotribune.com It is said that on a rainy night, in Sabaneta de Barinas, the boy who would become one of the greatest political leaders of Venezuela, and of the Latin American and Caribbean region, was born. This was Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, the great leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, peasant boy, baseball-playing teenager, young soldier, insurgent man, firm and loving leader, and leading light of peoples and revolutions. | The great revolutionary leader ventured into the military world in an attempt to reach the US major leagues of baseball, but the call of his homeland, and outrage at a…

Staff (2022-07-29). Venezuela and Colombia to Resume Full Diplomatic Relations In Less Than 2 Weeks. orinocotribune.com In a joint declaration issued Thursday, July 28 by the designated foreign affairs minister of Colombia, àÅlvaro Leyva Durán, and Venezuelan foreign minister, Carlos Faría, both nations confirmed their willingness to resume full diplomatic and consular relations as of Monday, August 7, the date that Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro will be inaugurated. | After the end of the bilateral meeting, held in San Cristobal, Táchira state, Venezuela, and hosted by governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, with Colombia's incoming head of foreign affairs, the authorities offered a press conference to announce the ag…

Ann Brown (2022-07-29). Video: Texas Woman Starts Bustin' On Man And Toddler Over Road Rage Incident. moguldom.com On July 26, a road rage incident led to a woman in Texas trying to shoot up another car with a man and his toddler inside. It all took place just north of Houston on I-45, and it was caught on video. In the video, a man is seen slamming his hands on top of …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-07-29). Dr. Wesley Muhammad Drops Science On How Drill Rap Impacts Black America: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Dr. Wesley Muhammad, a student minister in the Nation of Islam, recently spoke out about the influence of rappers and the impact drill rap is having on the Black community. Here are 5 things to know about Muhammad's views on hip-hop and drill rap. 1. Muhammad said rappers are the gods of the Black community. …

Dana Sanchez (2022-07-29). Biden Fans Change Definition Of Recession In Wikipedia Before Page Is Locked. moguldom.com Wikipedia editors have been accused of taking a cue from the White House and redefining "recession" after the Biden administration denied that the economy is in trouble despite two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth this year so far. Most economists agree that the economy is technically in a recession when a country's real gross domestic product (GDP)—the …

Rann Miller (2022-07-29). Opinion: Representation Can Only Go So Far Without Exercise Of Power For Black People. moguldom.com Sadly, I can I remember the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. I also remember the news coverage in the immediate aftermath — the pundits declared 2020 the year of racial reckoning. Protests in the streets compelled mayors across the country — specifically Black mayors and other mayors of color — to …

Ann Brown (2022-07-29). World Health Organization Tells Gay Men To Have Fewer Sex Partners To Stop Monkeypox Spread. moguldom.com There have been 4,907 cases of monkeypox in the U.S. so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now the World Health Organization is telling gay men to have fewer sex partners to help curb the spread. The monkeypox virus causes fever, body aches, enlarged lymph nodes, and eventually "pox," or painful, fluid-filled blisters on the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). Xi Jinping and Biden Conversation and the Law of Chips and Science. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López This Thursday, July 28, Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, held a telephone conversation for more than two hours, in one of the most tense moments between China and the United States due to the security situation around the Taiwan Strait, the alleged plan of the Speaker of the U.S. House of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). Child Labor is Alive and Well in the United States. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques A Hyundai subsidiary used up to fifty underage migrant workers at an auto plant known for hazardous conditions, according to former and current employees On July 22, Reuters revealed that a subsidiary of auto giant Hyundai, SMART, had been employing migrant children in Luverne, Alabama. Reuters learned of the underage labor exploitation through local police, the family of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). If Telling the Truth Puts Me on Ukraine's 'Russian Propagandist' Blacklist, I'll Wear that Proudly. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter When it comes to fact-based analysis, I'll take so-called 'Russian propaganda' over 'Ukrainian truth' every day. In 1997 I flew into Kiev, on-mission with the United Nations Special Commission to seek the assistance of the Ukrainian government in investigating the activities of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of illegally selling ballistic missile components and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). Why is Europe Silent on Ukraine's Attempts to Create a New Chernobyl? libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Ukraine, on the eve of a decision by residents liberated from Kiev's Nazi regime to hold a referendum on Zaporozhye Region becoming part of Russia, has turned to nuclear terrorism, trying to destroy nuclear power plants, intimidate civilians and force residents to leave the region. To this end, Kiev's regime attacked the Zaporozhskaya NPP with…

_____ (2022-07-29). Lebanon and Israel Start New Fight Over Bottomless Depths. journal-neo.org In 1983 American radio personality Gary Byrd released The Crown. This is now regarded as a rap record, but the genre barely existed then, so at the time it was more an oddity than anything. The Crown tells the story of human socio-political development, and the specifically the African role in it, and the omission …

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Transit of Goods to Kaliningrad Resumes. orinocotribune.com The move follows EU clarifications on rail shipments to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad | Lithuanian Railways resumed the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad, starting on July 22, Mantas Dubauskas, spokesman for LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, said on LRT TV on Friday. | "Customers are informed that it is already possible to transport, since we have received [EU] clarifications… If clients make it in time to transport [the cargo] today, then it is possible that some products will be shipped today," Dubauskas said, as cited by TASS. | On June 18, Lit…

Misión Verdad (2022-07-29). How to Exploit Venezuelan Migrants: The Darién Case. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad &#1 ; July 27, 2022 | In recent weeks, the Venezuelan migrant issue has rebounded in the media and in the anti-Chavista discourse after several months of not making the headlines. The epicenter of this new wave is the Selva del Darién (the Darién Gap), a thick and dangerous jungle that separates Colombia from Panama; a place full of threats where Venezuelan migrants, on their northward journey, have faced vicissitudes of all kinds. | WHO CROSSES IT? | The Darién Jungle is a highly dangerous irregular migration passage that has been historically exploited by drug trafficking groups and gangs dedic…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-29). Judgment Day? Chess Robot Crushes Child Player's Finger During Tournament. zerohedge.com Judgment Day? Chess Robot Crushes Child Player's Finger During Tournament | The real question that needs to be asked is "who was winning?" An AI driven chess playing robot Officials at the Moscow Open claim the boy "

Tyler Durden (2022-07-29). Trump Warns Something Worse Than Recession Is Coming. zerohedge.com Trump Warns Something Worse Than Recession Is Coming | Former President Donald Trump has warned that America's economy is on track for a bigger disaster than a recession, with his remarks coming shortly before government statistics showed GDP printing negative for the second consecutive quarter, which is a rule-of-thumb definition for a recession. | "Where we're going now could be a very bad place," Tr…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-29). Third Body Found At Lake Mead As Water Levels Drop. zerohedge.com Third Body Found At Lake Mead As Water Levels Drop | As the water level of the nation's largest artificial reservoir recedes due to a devastating drought, human bodies keep emerging. | Human remains have been discovered in Lake Mead for the third time in three months. The U.S. National Park Service We are out at Lake Mead where more human remains were fou…

Infobrics (2022-07-29). Egypt's Russian-built nuclear plant places Cairo into global nuclear club. infobrics.org Cairo is to balance its relationship with both Russia and the US – whether Washington likes it or not.

Infobrics (2022-07-29). China's patience running out as US ramps up its provocative foreign policy. infobrics.org As a result of its belligerence, the US is now locked in a New Cold War with both Russia and China, concurrently.

Infobrics (2022-07-29). Russian Coal Miners Turn to India as War Upends Commodity Flows. infobrics.org While coal previously had priority over other goods, now it's competing for scarce capacity with iron and steel…

Infobrics (2022-07-29). Hainan Airlines Resumes Flights to Russia. infobrics.org The Chinese carrier will operate once weekly between Beijing and Moscow with its Airbus A330s…

____ (2022-07-29). New born giant panda cubs make debut in Sichuan. ecns.cn A new-born giant panda cub, less than 3-month-old, sleeps in an incubator at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in northwest China's Sichuan Province, July 28, 2022.

Julia Conley (2022-07-29). Advocates Slam $0 for Child Care in Manchin Anti-Inflation Package. commondreams.org "It is a complete shame that the Senate's Inflation Reduction Act does not include inflation-fighting funding for child care."

WSWS (2022-07-29). 7 Prisoners from Brazil and modern slave labor. wsws.org Tens of millions remain trapped by capitalism in this primitive and brutal condition, and some of them in major urban areas.

Staff (2022-07-29). Analizan avería en bloque 1 de termoeléctrica Felton. cubadebate.cu El Comandante de la Revolución Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, vice primer ministro de Cuba, chequea la avería producida en la tarde de ayer en la unidad 1 de la central termoeléctrica (CTE) Lidio Ramón Pérez, de Felton, en el municipio holguinero de Mayarí.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Greek government moves to weekly COVID reporting as cases and deaths surge. wsws.org The surge in Greece is down to the premature lifting of virtually all public health measures in anticipation of the summer tourist season.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). Turkish FM: Turkey Would Support Assad Against Kurdish SDF. news.antiwar.com In a TV interview once again emphasizing a Syria operation could happen at any time, Turkish FM Mevlut Cavosoglu reported Turkey That brings Turkey's involvement in Syria full circle. Early in the Syrian Civil Warm Turkey broke with Assad and backed the Sunni rebels, reasoning they'd be more anti-Kurd if they won. | They didn't win though, and as Turkey moved against the Kurds with rebel-backed offensives, they naturally aligned with the…

Jenna McGuire (2022-07-29). Mediterranean Sea Ecosystem Threatened by Heat-Induced 'Marine Wildfire,' Scientists Warn. commondreams.org Ocean researcher David Diaz said such ocean heatwaves were "the equivalent of underwater wildfires, with fauna and flora dying just as if they had been burned."

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-29). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Hydration in the summer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am prone to kidney stones, so I know it's important for me to stay hydrated while I exercise. But do I need to change what I drink in the summer? A friend mentioned that I might be better with a sports drink versus water. I'm also wondering how much I should drink. Can you provide any advice? ANSWER: Staying hydrated during exercise is important. You can become dehydrated if you take in too…

Staff (2022-07-29). Nicaragua decides to bar new US envoy from entering country. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — The authorities of Nicaragua decided to bar newly-appointed US Ambassador Hugo Rodriguez from entering the country due to his previously made unfriendly statements in regard to Managua, the Foreign Ministry of Nicaragua said.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Armed Seattle man who threatend to kill Democratic Congresswoman Jayapal charged with one felony. wsws.org King County prosecutors requested that bail be set at $ 0,000, saying the defendant, Brett Forsell, "is likely to commit a violent offense if free in the community."

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-29). Fuerzas Armadas desmontan 129 laboratorios de droga en México. telesurtv.net Los laboratorios fueron desmontados entre el 21 de mayo y el 25 de julio a través de operativos de las Fuerzas Armadas.

____ (2022-07-29). Preparations for 14th COP meeting on wetland conservation on track. ecns.cn Preparation works for the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) are being carried out actively.

Staff (2022-07-29). Presentan en Cuba la Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna 2022. cubadebate.cu Autoridades de Unicef y el Ministerio de Salud Pública presentaron este viernes la Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna 2022, que tiene como lema "Impulsemos la lactancia materna, apoyando y educando". Se celebra del 1 al 7 de agosto en más de 170 países y busca fomentar la lactancia materna o natural y mejorar la salud de los bebés en el mundo.

Mark Weisbrot (2022-07-29). The Fed Will Be to Blame if the Economy Crashes Into a Recession. commondreams.org We don't need a recession—which would be devastating—to solve our inflation problem.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-29). OPS insta a países a mantenerse alertas ante la Covid-19. telesurtv.net La OPS afirma que para enfrentar la Covid-19, la viruela símica o la poliomelitis, deben reforzarse la vigilancia, vacunación y acceso a medicamentos.

____ (2022-07-29). China-Switzerland Stock Connect officially launched. ecns.cn The China-Switzerland Stock Connect program was officially launched on Thursday, China's top securities regulator has said.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-07-29). Registran 745 casos de viruela del mono en Canadá. telesurtv.net Más del 99 por ciento de los casos confirmados corresponden a hombres, mientras que la edad promedio es de 36 años.

Staff (2022-07-29). China's Xi tells Biden he plays with fire with Taiwan policy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that his Taiwan policy was dangerous and would ultimately backfire on Washington.

Staff (2022-07-29). Flooding in Kentucky causes 8 deaths, widespread damage. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — At least eight people have died in widespread flooding in eastern Kentucky following heavy overnight rains, the governor said Thursday.

Staff (2022-07-29). Agradece Raúl Castro a Galicia la creación del museo àÅngel Castro. cubadebate.cu En el 30 aniversario de la visita que hiciera Fidel Castro a la casa natal de su padre en Láncara y 17 años después que de que fuera Raúl en el 2005, quedó inaugurada el pasado 28 de julio la casa museo àÅngel Castro y Centro de Interpretación de la emigración gallega.

Eric A. Gordon (2022-07-29). 'Trouble the Water' world premiere recounts life of Black hero Robert Smalls. peoplesworld.org TOPANGA, Calif. —— Robert Smalls (1839-1915). Ever heard of him? Me neither. If you have, you're better educated than I am, that's for sure. But thanks to Trouble the Water, the 2019 award-winning historical novel by Rebecca Dwight Bruff, and now to the rich, panoramic stage work freely adapted from it by Ellen Geer, the …

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Video: COVID-19 Vaccine Induces a Profound Impairment in Type I Interferon Signaling, Which Has Diverse Adverse Consequences/By Dr. Stephanie Seneff and Reiner Fuellmich. marktaliano.net Corona Investigative Committee Session 114: The Inverse Principle Original Link Here: Video: COVID-19 Vaccine Induces a Profound Impairment in Type I Interferon Signaling, Which Has Diverse Adverse Consequences &#1 ; Global ResearchGlobal Research &#1 ; Centre for Research on Globalization By Dr. Stephanie Seneff and Reiner Fuellmich Global Research, July 28, 2022 Corona Investigative Committee 23 July 2022 ..]…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Chhattisgarh state government workers strike for higher allowances; Haryana auto workers occupy to demand wage settlement; Australian nurses walkout over staffing and low pay; New Zealand timber workers strike over pay.

Save the Mickelson Pool Advocate (2022-07-29). STOMP to Make Sutter Health Reopen Therapy Pool–Rally. indybay.org S.T.O.M.P. stands for Save The/Our Mickelson Pool. About 100 activists, many former pool users, gathered in front of the entrance to the Mickelson Therapy Pool in San Mateo on July 24. They demanded that Sutter Health reopen the facility that it shut down in March 2020.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-29). Detectan caso de rubeola en Bolivia después de 16 años. telesurtv.net El ministro de Salud instó a la población a cumplir todos los esquemas de vacunación para evitar el resurgimiento de enfermedades erradicadas en el país.

____ (2022-07-29). Video featuring disabled-yet-determined-uncle strikes a chord with millions. ecns.cn

Staff (2022-07-29). Puello augura magnífica Serie del Caribe de Béisbol en Venezuela. cubadebate.cu La Serie del Caribe Gran Caracas 2023 será histórica por la participación de ocho equipos. Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, comisionado de la Confederación de Beisbol Profesional del Caribe (CBPC), se mostró entusiasmado con los progresos que ha alcanzado el comité organizador (CO) para brindar un espectáculo a la altura de las circunstancias.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio overwhelmingly reject pro-company contract. wsws.org While the contract went down in flames by a 71 percent margin, the UFCW is refusing to call a strike, instead extending the previous contract while it hashes out a second deal with Kroger management.

Michael Biesecker, Helen Wieffering (2022-07-29). Invisible threat: Gas companies' massive methane leaks accelerating climate change. peoplesworld.org LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin. What's not visible through the chain-link fence is the plume of invisible gas, primarily methane, billowing from …

WSWS (2022-07-29). Biden's infection and the horrific reality of "forever COVID" wsws.org The infection of US President Joe Biden has prompted the White House to openly state their criminal new policy towards the pandemic: everyone will get infected with COVID-19, repeatedly, year after year, forever.

____ (2022-07-29). China's FDI inflow up 17.4 pct in H1. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 17.4 percent year on year in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-29). Ataque ucraniano deja 40 prisioneros muertos en Donestk. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a las autoridades de Donetsk, el ataque contra una prisión en Yelénovka dejo más de 100 heridos.

Staff (2022-07-29). Lula aventaja en sondeos a Bolsonaro a dos meses de elecciones. cubadebate.cu El expresidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva mantiene una amplia ventaja (18 puntos) frente al actual mandatario Jair Bolsonaro faltando casi dos meses para la elección, según una encuesta divulgada este jueves 28 de julio.

Staff (2022-07-29). Desde la Casa del Alba, música para Chávez (+Video). cubadebate.cu La Casa del Alba Cultural de La Habana abrió sus puertas este jueves para rendir homenaje al Comandante Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, uno de los grandes hijos de América y un hombre imprescindible para la humanidad. Este 28 de julio se conmemoraron 68 años del natalicio del líder bolivariano con la unión entre la música cubana y venezolana.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-29). Privatization of The Port, Community Colleges & K-12 Education: SLAP Education Conference. indybay.org The privatization of the Port of Oakland, the attack on the OEA, union busting in West Contra Costa School District, privatization of the Community college system, FCMAT and the destruction of public education was the focus of this Schools and Labor Against Privatization educational conference.

____ (2022-07-29). Topic For Friday. Tony Blinken's Song;)). smoothiex12.blogspot.com Pick up the phone, What a great tune from F.R. David. See Russian Foreign Ministry transcript, LOL. Oh, the eighties…

William Astore (2022-07-29). The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy. commondreams.org Where fear is omnipresent and violence becomes routinized and normalized, what you end up with is dystopia, not democracy.

WSWS (2022-07-29). German union Verdi ends strike at university hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia. wsws.org The negotiated collective agreement does not provide any real improvements for the nursing staff in Germany's most populous state, but serves to cement the intolerable working conditions in the clinics.

Dr. Katarina Lindley (2022-07-29). Video: Survey on How 300,000 people from 175 countries have fared "without taking a COVID-19 vaccine" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-07-29). China opposes UN Human Rights Committee concluding observations concerning Hong Kong, Macao. ecns.cn A spokesperson for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China's State Council has expressed firm opposition to and strong dissatisfaction with the so-called concluding observations made by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee.

Jeffrey C. Isaac (2022-07-29). Republicans Who Testified Had No Business Acting Surprised by Trump's Incitements to Violence on Jan 6. commondreams.org Trump's entire political persona has centered on violent posturing and on incitements to violence.

William J. Astore (2022-07-29). Afraid of *Everything* &#1 ; The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and I was 10. Later, he suffered from auditory hallucinations and heard voices saying nasty things to him. I remember my father reassuring him that the voices weren't real and asking …

Julia Conley (2022-07-29). Climate Crisis Linked to Deadly Kentucky Floods. commondreams.org "Climate collapse is here, now… For all of us it means increasing instability and devastation if we fail to act."

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-29). Ascienden a 357 los muertos por lluvias monzónicas en Pakistán. telesurtv.net El primer ministro pakistaní Shehbaz Sharif estableció un comité de ministros federales para evaluar los daños.

Staff (2022-07-29). Participe en el concurso entuMovil por el aniversario de Cubadebate. cubadebate.cu °Estamos de cumpleaños! Cubadebate está cumpliendo otro aniversario más de creado en el mes de agosto. Por esta razón los invitamos a participar en un nuevo concurso. El certamen consiste en responder la siguiente pregunta: øDiga qué día en agosto festeja Cubadebate su aniversario fundacional?.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-29). Fuertes lluvias dejan al menos ocho muertos en Kentucky, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El gobernador de Kentucky declaró el estado de emergencia debido a las fuertes lluvias e inundaciones que afectan el estado.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Australia's Labor treasurer declares working people must swallow "tough medicine" amid inflation crisis. wsws.org Chalmers reiterated Labor's commitment to an austerity agenda aimed at forcing the working class to pay for the deepening economic crisis, but the financial press has complained that he did not outline concrete measures to carry this out.

Judicial Watch (2022-07-29). FDA Resignations Regarding Covid-19 Vax "Booster Shots": Top FDA Officials "Express Concern" Regarding Biden Administration's "Booster Shots" globalresearch.ca

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-29). Following Trump's Lead, GOP Pushes Bill to Make Federal Workers Fireable 'At Will'. commondreams.org "Efforts to try to change the civil service aren't just Trump," warned one public policy expert, "and if Republicans take control of Congress following the midterms, this may very well go from idea to specific action."

WSWS (2022-07-29). BT workers speak from the picket lines in first UK-wide strike in 35 years. wsws.org The day before the strike action BT reported quarterly after-tax profits to June of £422 million (up from £388 million) on top of the £1.3 billion from last year.

Staff (2022-07-29). Maduro saluda próxima normalización de nexos Venezuela-Colombia. cubadebate.cu El presidente Nicolás Maduro saludó el compromiso contraído entre el Gobierno de Venezuela y la próxima administración de Colombia, para avanzar en la normalización de las relaciones bilaterales, interrumpidas desde 2019. Las partes expresaron su voluntad para una normalización gradual de las relaciones binacionales a partir del 7 de agosto.

Staff (2022-07-29). China holds drills in South China Sea. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — China launched military exercises in the South China Sea on Friday, according to a statement published on the website of China's Maritime Safety Administration.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Sri Lankan regime extends its arrests of leading anti-government protesters. wsws.org While the repression is targeting protest activists, government moves are in preparation for a far broader crackdown on the working class.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Face pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's a condition that causes excruciatingly painful sensations to your face, similar to an electric shock. It's not rare, and it's often misdiagnosed as dental pain or a sinus issue. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ajIBJ2G50Jw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. The trigeminal nerve carries sensation from your face to your brain. "And when it misfires or it…

Summer Pan (2022-07-29). Extreme weather continues to ravage the U.S. america.cgtn.com Extreme weather continues to ravage the United States. Some parts in Texas are on the verge of running out of water while in Kentucky, some parts are facing excessive rain and destructive flooding. CGTN correspondent Toni Waterman has more.

Staff (2022-07-29). Unidad 1 de Felton sale del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional por salidero en la caldera. cubadebate.cu La unidad 1 de la CTE Lidio Ramón Pérez de Felton quedó fuera del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional por salidero en caldera, informó el periodista Bernardo Espinosa en su perfil de Facebook. Especialistas del Despacho Nacional de Cargas explicaron que es necesario cumplir con el protocolo en período de enfriamiento de Unidad Térmica, para acceder y determinar el lugar de la falla.

____ (2022-07-29). CPC leadership analyzes economic work, reviews disciplinary inspection report. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to analyze the current economic situation, plan economic work for the second half of the year, and review a comprehensive report on the ninth round of disciplinary inspection missions of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Ellen Brown (2022-07-29). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Fix Inflation. commondreams.org Rather than making money harder to get, the U.S. government needs to focus on the other side of the demand vs. supply equation.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). Turkey Threatens North Syria Intervention, Drone Strike Kills Four. news.antiwar.com Four Kurdish force members in northern Syria were War is always on the horizon in any Kurdish territory near Turkey. With the Turkish forces already engaged in an operation in Iraq, Turkish officials say that a new military campaign in Syria could begin " The Syrian force…

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-29). Registran casi 13.000 afectados por terremoto en Filipinas. telesurtv.net El Consejo Nacional de Reducción y Gestión de Riesgos de Filipinas informó que 3.456 familias sufrieron los efectos del terremoto.

Editor (2022-07-29). Ashby Stage Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Mural Unveiling. indybay.org Shotgun Players partners with local artist Geralyn Montano…

WSWS (2022-07-29). On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase. wsws.org The final day of the UAW Constitutional Convention saw a bureaucratic rampage, as the leadership under President Ray Curry moved to quash opposition motions, install hand picked candidates and rescind the previously voted increase in weekly strike pay from $400 to $ 0 after many delegates had left.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-07-29). Casi 2 millones de afectados tras lluvias en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Los incidentes registrados han provocado daño leve en 1.070 viviendas, daño moderado en 3.294 y daño severo en 293.

Staff (2022-07-29). Precios petroleros cierran semana al alza. cubadebate.cu Los precios del petróleo intermedio de Texas (WTI) y del Brent cerraron en Nueva York y Londres, respectivamente, con fuertes alzas impulsadas por insuficiente oferta global, comunicaron operadores. En el primero de esos mercados el WTI avanzó 2,20 dólares, o un 2,3 por ciento, cotizado en 98,62 dólares el barril.

Common Dreams (2022-07-29). On Their 57th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Remain Under Threat. juancole.com By Max Richter | &#1 ; ( Commondreams.org ) &#1 ; You may wonder why former President Harry Truman is sitting close by while President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare and Medicaid into law in the iconic 1965 photograph. Or why Harry Truman received the first-ever Medicare card. The reason is that Truman first proposed a Medicare-like …

WSWS (2022-07-29). Over objections of victim's family, Alabama prisoner executed after US Supreme Court denies stay. wsws.org The victim's family had fought for the state to commute Joe Nathan James Jr.'s sentence to life without the possibility of parole.

____ (2022-07-29). China records nearly 1.17 bln urban cinemagoers in 2021: report. ecns.cn China's urban cinemagoers numbered nearly 1.17 billion in 2021, up 113 percent from 2020 and ranking first globally, according to a report released on Thursday.

____ (2022-07-29). Liaison office of central gov't in HKSAR reiterates resolutely safeguarding national security. ecns.cn The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR has expressed firm opposition to and strong dissatisfaction with so-called concluding observations by the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Hong Kong.

Staff (2022-07-29). 4 killed in Turkish attack on N Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Security forces of Kurdish-residence areas in Syria announced that they lost four of their elements, including three women, after being targeted by Turkish drones.

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-29). Anti-War Voices Warn Against 'Insanely Provocative' Pelosi Visit to Taiwan. commondreams.org "A trip to Taiwan by the most powerful member of Congress undermines that long-standing U.S. policy and increases the risk of another war."

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-29). Nicaragua retira beneplácito a postulante a embajador de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Nicaragua recordaron que "todo diplomático tiene el deber de contribuir al respeto y entendimiento entre los pueblos y los Gobiernos".

Staff (2022-07-29). Iraqi fighterjets bombard ISIL positions in N country. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iraqi security information unit announced that the positions of the ISIL terrorists in the north of the country have been bombarded.

Juan Cole (2022-07-29). Justice Alito Laments Disrespect for Religion as Americans Abandon Faith &#1 ; Will his Dobbs Push them Further Away? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; CNN's Ariane de Vogue, reports that Justice Samuel Alito, a right wing Catholic, gave a speech in Rome for Notre Dame last week, which has finally become public. Alito posed as a defender of religious freedom, but what he seemed to mean by that was the religious people who are …

Staff (2022-07-29). Consejo Electoral Nacional avanza en los preparativos para el Referendo del Código de las Familias. cubadebate.cu El Consejo Electoral Nacional que organiza, dirige y supervisa la realización del Referendo del Código de las Familias el próximo 25 de septiembre, ofreció detalles sobre los preparativos para este proceso. Tendrán derecho a ejercer el voto los ciudadanos cubanos, incluidos los miembros de las instituciones armadas, que hayan cumplido los 16 años de edad.

Staff (2022-07-29). Instagram, TikTok y YouTube las principales redes en las que consumen noticias los adolescentes británicos. cubadebate.cu Los adolescentes se alejan de los canales de noticias tradicionales y, en su lugar, recurren a Instagram, TikTok y YouTube para informarse, según ha descubierto Ofcom, el regulador de los servicios de comunicación del Reino Unido.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Safety concerns persist at National Steel Car's Hamilton, Ontario, plant in aftermath of three tragic deaths. wsws.org Lax safety standards and the rapacious pursuit of profit at all costs have resulted in the plant becoming one of the most unsafe workplaces in Ontario.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 2, 2009. marktaliano.net Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion for Fraudulent Marketing Original Link Here: Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History | OPA | Department of Justice WASHINGTON — American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter …

____ (2022-07-29). Research institute successfully breeds 1.5 million rare fish. ecns.cn Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute of The Three Gorges Corp has successfully bred 1.5 millions of rare Yangtze River fish since the end of April, including more than 800,000 Yangtze sturgeon, more than 180,000 Largemouth bronze gudgeon and more than 100,000 Rhinogobio ventralis.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-29). Brasil crea comité técnico para enfrentar a la viruela del mono. telesurtv.net Con más de mil casos confirmados de viruela símica, Brasil es el país más afectado y preocupante de América Latina.

TeleSUR- jaa (2022-07-29). Fútbol de Juegos Olímpicos de París cerrará con final femenina. telesurtv.net La sede de esta disputa por la medalla dorada será el Parque de los Príncipes de París, estadio del París Saint Germain.

Staff (2022-07-29). Multinacionales españolas de energía reportan beneficios históricos en medio de la mayor crisis energética en España. cubadebate.cu En medio de la peor crisis energética en décadas, que ha provocado un drama social de imprevisibles consecuencias, las grandes multinacionales españolas de la energía, el gas y el petróleo exhiben con orgullo sus beneficios históricos, confirmando que este año de guerra y hambre ha sido para ellos el mejor de su historia.

Sarah Anderson (2022-07-29). Biden Should Wield the Power of the Public Purse Against Excessive CEO Pay. inequality.org

TeleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-07-29). Presidente Maduro califica de exitosa reunión sobre normalización de relaciones con Colombia. telesurtv.net "Fue una reunión virtuosa y de unión en el espíritu de Bolívar", declaró el presidente venezolano.

Staff (2022-07-29). Ministro de Salud: Si no le ganamos la pelea al mosquito, no vamos a contener la transmisión de dengue. cubadebate.cu Para la prevención y control del dengue, tenemos que seguir llamando a la participación comunitaria y de los centros de trabajo, porque esta es una batalla que es de todos y en la que es imprescindible la autorresponsabilidad individual, familiar y de las administraciones y los colectivos laborales para impedir la proliferación del mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Staff (2022-07-29). Abandonados 400 migrantes dentro de un tráiler en México. cubadebate.cu Un tráiler que transportaba cerca de 400 migrantes, fue abandonado en una carretera del estado de Veracruz, México. 90 fueron rescatados, por el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM). Con gritos de auxilio, los residentes de la zona dijeron a medios locales que socorrieron a los migrantes, que en su mayoría eran de Guatemala.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: 'Forever chemicals' found in thousands of household products may affect women's heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Thousands of household products that you may use every day contain human-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They're also known as "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly over time. Studies have found that even small exposures to these per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances pose a health risk. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. DeLisa Fairweather, explains how these forever chemicals affect women's heart health. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/nR0lvK9LkTM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-29). Healthcare costs could drop due to Schumer-Manchin compromise. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—A budget deal brokered between Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and key dissident Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia would let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices with Big Pharma, impose a minimum 15% corporate tax on billion-dollar firms, and allot $369 billion for energy security and to battle climate change. As a result, Democratic …

Jane Green (2022-07-29). Protest wave continues to engulf Iran. peoplesworld.org Very often, Iran makes international headlines vis-à -vis the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, the agreement reneged on by Donald Trump in 2018, a form of which U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking to resurrect. The situation facing ordinary workers inside the country rarely breaks into the headlines of the international media. Yet the level …

Staff (2022-07-29). Lluvia de meteoros Delta Acuáridas visible en su máximo esplendor. cubadebate.cu La lluvia de meteoros Delta Acuáridas, producida por la travesía de los restos cósmicos del cometa 96P Machholz, podrá apreciarse en su máximo esplendor . El fenómeno es visible todos los años entre el séptimo y el octavo mes, en esta ocasión podrá apreciarse mejor durante la noche del 29 de julio y la madrugada del día 30.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). Russia To Improve Krasnopol Laser-Guided Artillery Round. southfront.org Work is undergoing to develop the 2K25 Krasnopol precision-guided artillery round, CEO of Russia's defense giant Kalashnikov Concern, Vladimir Lepin, said in an interview with Kalashnikov magazine published on July 28. | Lepin said that the artillery round will get an extended firing range, greater firepower and higher firing efficiency after its upgrade."Today we are at the final stage of the experimental design work on the modern modification of the Krasnopol precision-guided shell, under which the Kalas…

____ (2022-07-29). Bamboo a potential plastic substitute. ecns.cn To counter the widespread use and environmental damage caused by single-use plastics, a Chinese research institute has proposed developing new technologies by using a more eco-friendly substitute-bamboo.

Staff (2022-07-29). China inicia ejercicios militares en el mar de la China Meridional. cubadebate.cu China inició este viernes ejercicios militares en las áreas del mar de la China Meridional, los cuales tendrán una duración de dos días, informó la Administración de Seguridad Marítima del gigante asiático. Los ensayos tendrán lugar al oeste de las aguas del estrecho de Qiongzhou frente a la isla de Hainan y la provincia de Cantón.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-07-29). Growing evidence supports the link between air pollution and dementia. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers contribute to a report highlighting how air pollution contributes to dementia and a decline in mental ability.

Staff (2022-07-29). Belarús y Cuba firman convenio para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos. cubadebate.cu En Belarús se firma de Memorando de Entendimiento para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos entre Biocubafarma, la empresa de administración del Parque Industrial Gran Piedra, la Academia de Superación Médica de Belarús, el holding Belpharmprom y el Centro Científico -Practico Lotios, en saludo a el Día de la Rebeldía de Nacional de Cuba.

Staff (2022-07-29). Eight killed in fire at hostel in south of Moscow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — At least eight people were killed in a fire at a hostel at the Alma-Atinskaya street in the south of Moscow.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-29). Encuesta: Lula lidera intención de voto con 51,6 % en Brasil. telesurtv.net La nueva encuesta de Datafolha indicó que Lula puede ganar por amplio margen las elecciones de octubre, sin necesidad de segunda vuelta.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). Turkish Soldier Dies Of Injures He Sustained In Clash With PKK In Northern Iraq. southfront.org On July 28, a Turkish service member died from injuries he sustained in a clash with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq's northern region, where the Turkish military has been conducting Operation Claw-Lock. | The Turkish Ministry identified the service member as Staff Sergeant Batuhan Simsek. In a statement, the ministry said that Simsek was seriously wounded when PKK fighters in the Operation Claw-Lock zone opened harassing fire on Turkish soldiers. The service member, who…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Martha's Vineyard: "Playground of the rich" wracked by poverty and social crisis. wsws.org Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of southern Massachusetts, is a popular playground for the rich and famous, but the island is home to extreme poverty and hardship for the workers who live there.

WSWS (2022-07-29). 2, 0 people killed by police in the US since 2015 were attempting to flee. wsws.org A review by the Guardian of data maintained by Mapping Police Violence shows that nearly one-third of the people killed by police in the US were running away, driving off or attempting to flee.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-29). Sentencian a expolicías por violar derechos de George Floyd. telesurtv.net Exagentes J. Alexander Kueng y Tou Thao recibieron penas más leves que las recomendadas en las pautas de sentencia.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-29). Labor Board uses Atlanta case vs. independent contractor dodge. peoplesworld.org ATLANTA—The National Labor Relations Board is using a court case in Atlanta, pitting Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 798 against the Atlanta Opera's bosses, to battle, and try to narrow, employers' "independent contractor" dodge—misclassification which robs millions of workers of pay, benefits, jobless aid, workers comp and the right to unionize. And though the Biden …

____ (2022-07-28). Chinese spokesperson slams NATO for strategic concept referring to China. ecns.cn A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday voiced firm opposition to certain content regarding China in a strategic concept document published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Staff (2022-07-29). Arlenis Sierra asegura el puesto 28 en la quinta etapa del Tour de Francia. cubadebate.cu Arlenis Sierra aseguró el lugar 28 en la quinta etapa del Tour de Francia Femenino a pesar del agotador trabajo en defensa de la capitana de Movistar Annemiek Van Vleuten "Todas las carreras son complicadas, pero creo que en esta primera edición de un nuevo Tour de Francia todas quieren conseguir un buen lugar y esto está bien caliente", dijo la cubana.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-29). Presidente peruano rinde cuentas de su gestión a un año de Gobierno. telesurtv.net El mandatario criticó a los medios de comunicación que desinforman sobre su gestión y lo acusan sin ninguna prueba.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-29). Destacan contribución de teleSUR a empoderamiento de los pueblos. telesurtv.net Periodista brasileño Altamiro Borges se sumó a los debates del taller sobre el impacto de teleSUR en el escenario mediático alternativo y contrahegemónico.

Evan Reif (2022-07-29). What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com "I wonder how it came to pass that most of the billionaires in Ukraine are Jews?"—Dmytro Yarosh, former People's Deputy …

Staff (2022-07-29). El ángel que de Galicia voló a Birán. cubadebate.cu àÅngel vino al mundo en una España de caciquismo y oligarquía en la que no había espacio para todos. Esa España pobre maltratada por los ricos, frustrada ante tantos problemas que había que resolver, y que los escritores de la Generación del 98 expusieron acertadamente en su obra. àÅngel Castro podría haber sido perfectamente un poeta, porque trajo luz al mundo.

____ (2022-07-29). Facts about endangered Siberian Tiger. ecns.cn

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-29). ONU advierte que peligra la respuesta mundial al VIH Sida. telesurtv.net En el 2021 se contabilizaron 1.5 millones de nuevos contagios. Mujeres y adolescentes configuran los grupos sociales más afectados.

TeleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-07-29). Presidente venezolano califica de exitosa reunión sobre normalización de relaciones con Colombia. telesurtv.net "Fue una reunión virtuosa y de unión en el espíritu de Bolívar", declaró el presidente venezolano.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). 17 Killed in Fighting in South Syria. news.antiwar.com Two days of fighting raged in Sweida, in southern Syria, where pro-government fighters clashed with locals in the Druze-majority province. Ten of the killed were government fighters and the other seven were local. A dozen combatants were wounded. Unconfirmed reports say as many as 40 civilians were also wounded. | Fighting in SW Syria has been off and on throughout the war, but this is the first clash in awhile, as pro-government forces largely control the area. Many rebel-leaning…

Mukhtar Ismail (2022-07-29). Ethiopia: Afar-Somali Dispute Can be Resolved Peacefully. indybay.org Efforts to resolve the dispute, including the 2014 agreement, have failed, and so new approaches need to be explored.

Staff (2022-07-29). Iran FM discusses Helmand water share with Afghan side. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iranian FM told the Taliban acting foreign minister that if the issue of Iran's water rights is not resolved quickly and seriously, it will have negative effects on other areas of cooperation between the two countries.

TeleSUR, ysm, SH (2022-07-29). México asegura que no cederá soberanía ante presiones del T-MEC. telesurtv.net AMLO ratificó que su país no va a entregar su "independencia a ningún Gobierno extranjero", aunque se trate del mercado más importante del mundo.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-29). Canciller de Venezuela y homólogo designado de Colombia acuerdan establecer agenda para normalizar relaciones. telesurtv.net A partir del 7 de agosto ambas naciones procederán al nombramiento de embajadores en Caracas y Bogotá.

____ (2022-07-29). Facts about critically endangered South China Tiger. ecns.cn

Eric A. Gordon (2022-07-29). Manuel Tiago's 'Eulalia's House' translator reflects on one of his best books. peoplesworld.org As Eulalia's House has just come off the press, I want to introduce it to English-language readers with some personal reflections as its translator. A parent, asked which of their children is the favorite, will spread out the fingers of one hand and say, "My children are like my fingers. Don't ask me to name …

Robert C. Koehler (2022-07-29). The Cynics' Monkey Wrench. commondreams.org We're all in this together.

Staff (2022-07-29). Confirman la primera muerte por viruela símica en Brasil. cubadebate.cu Según una información ofrecida por Rusia Today, el ministerio de Salud de Brasil confirmó este viernes la primera muerte por viruela del mono en el país suramericano. Se trata de un hombre de 41 años con problemas de inmunidad que había sido internado en un hospital de Minas Gerais.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-29). Lula afirma que recuperará sistema científico de Brasil. telesurtv.net Lula destacó la importancia de promover el desarrollo de la ciencia y la educación para el progreso de la sociedad brasileña.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). New Turkish Drone Strike On Northeastern Syria Leaves Four SDF Security Personnel Dead. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On July 28, four personnel of the Asayish, the internal security service of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were killed when a Turkish combat drone targeted their vehicle in the northern countryside of Syria's Raqqa. | The vehicle was targeted as it was passing near Tell al-Samn refugee camp to the south of the town of Ain Issa, the capital of the SDF's Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. | Three of the Asayish personne…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, overwhelmingly reject pro-company contract. wsws.org While the contract went down in flames by a 71 percent margin, the UFCW is refusing to call a strike, instead extending the previous contract while it hashes out a second deal with Kroger management.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-29). Líder norcoreano afirma que amistad con China seguirá creciendo. telesurtv.net El presidente norcoreano señaló que las relaciones con China está cimentada en toda clase de pruebas históricas.

Zackery Corley (2022-07-29). Children as young as 12 working in Hyundai-owned plant in Alabama. peoplesworld.org LUVERNE, Alabama—Children as young as 12 have been discovered working at a Hyundai-owned metal stamping plant in Alabama, and other workers at the factory estimate that as many as underage people may have been employed at the facility. That according to a horrific exposé detailing the exploitation of child labor at a Hyundai subsidiary …

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-29). Venezuela denuncia fallo de tribunal británico para despojarla de sus reservas en oro. telesurtv.net Vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez insta al Gobierno de Reino Unido a rectificar y devolver a la nación suramericana los recursos que le pertenecen.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-29). Japanese Lawmakers Make Rare Taiwan Visit to Discuss Potential Conflict. news.antiwar.com A group of Japanese lawmakers Members of the Japanese delegation, which included former defense ministers, said the purpose of the visit was to discuss a potential conflict breaking out in the region. | "We need to think ahead about what kind of situations could happen, what kind of laws and agreements we should prepare,…

____ (2022-07-29). Ministry: PLA will not tolerate separatist acts. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army will never tolerate "Taiwan independence" acts or any interference from outside forces and will firmly smash such actions, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense.

Staff (2022-07-29). Blinken y Lavrov conversan por primera vez desde el inicio de la guerra en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Exteriores de Rusia, Serguei Lavrov, y el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, mantuvieron una primera conversación desde que se inició la guerra en Ucrania, el pasado 24 de febrero. En el diálogo abordaron temas como la situación en Ucrania, la crisis alimentaria y el posible canje de prisioneros entre ambos países.

Staff (2022-07-29). Ashura a continuous historical event. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — This week's Tehran Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami stressed the importance of Muharram mourning gatherings and said that Ashura is a continuous historical event.

Staff (2022-07-29). Iran's new representative to IAEA appointed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Mohsen Naziri Asl was appointed as Iran's new representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

____ (2022-07-29). Policies to speed up recovery. ecns.cn China will continue to adopt a series of incremental policies to further consolidate and accelerate its economic recovery from COVID-19 in the latter part of this year, economists said.

WSWS (2022-07-29). As monkeypox spreads through universities, US government refuses to act. wsws.org American universities have been caught wholly unprepared for outbreaks. Contrary to official messaging, monkeypox is highly contagious and there is evidence that it may be airborne as well.

____ (2022-07-29). Dolphins spotted in Xisha waters. ecns.cn A group of dolphins are spotted frolicking in waters of the Xisha Islands, the South China Sea, July 29, 2022.

Sean Callebs (2022-07-29). Afghanistan: Its People, Its Problems. america.cgtn.com CGTN's Sean Callebs reports from Afghanistan, with a special series on how the lives of local people have changed over the past year.

_____ (2022-07-29). Junior Doctors In The UK Protest Government Disregard. popularresistance.org On Monday, July 25, junior doctors in London organized a protest march in the city demanding a pay rise. Under the banner of the Doctors Vote campaign, they took out a march from the Department of Health and Social Care Office to Downing Street. The doctors warned of more actions, including strikes, unless their long pending demand for pay restoration is met. Doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA), Doctors' Association UK, and trade unionists and activists from Unite the union, Unison, Socialist Party, and others also took part in the protest march in solidarity with the junior doctors. | Working clas…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). US-led Coalition Fired Projectiles From Northeastern Syria Base After Alleged Attack. southfront.org Late on July 28, the US-led coalition fired several projectiles from the Green Village base which is located in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor. | The unidentified projectiles, possibly artillery shells or anti-aircraft missiles, were allegedly fired following a rocket attack on the Green Village base. According to a number of news sources, at least two rockets landed in the outskirts of the base. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that four of the pr…

____ (2022-07-28). China, Uzbekistan reach consensuses on strengthening ties. ecns.cn China and Uzbekistan reached a series of consensuses on raising bilateral relations to a higher level during Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Tashkent on Thursday.

Staff (2022-07-29). Iranian, Azerbaijani warships to attend Russian naval parade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iranian and Azerbaijani combat ships will participate in Russia's naval parade on the Caspian Sea for the 1st time.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-29). Este 28 de julio el planeta agota sus recursos del año. telesurtv.net En dicha fecha es el Día del Sobregiro de la Tierra, según las estimaciones de la Red Global de la Huella Ecológica.

Staff (2022-07-29). Iran FM discuss Helmand water share with Afghan side. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iranian FM told the Taliban acting foreign minister that if the issue of Iran's water rights is not resolved quickly and seriously, it will have negative effects on other areas of cooperation between the two countries.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-29). Argentina modifica su gabinete ministerial. telesurtv.net El político Sergio Massa fue presentado como el nuevo ministro de Economía en sustitución de Silvia Batakis.

TeleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-07-29). Bolivia reinicia clases semipresenciales y presenciales en agosto. telesurtv.net El ministro de Educación dijo que los gobiernos municipales deben garantizar las condiciones adecuadas de la infraestructura en las unidades educativas.

TeleSUR, ysm, SH (2022-07-29). Argentina y Bolivia acuerdan producir celdas y baterías de litio. telesurtv.net El ministro argentino de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, indicó que la firma consolida la cooperación científico-tecnológica entre Argentina y Bolivia.

Global Research News (2022-07-29). Selected Articles: DARPA, Insects, Mad Science, and Us: Nowhere to Hide. globalresearch.ca By You may think that you have seen it all but here is a great idea. Take some insects, infect them with a genetically modified …

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-07-29). Reportan 2.101 casos de viruela símica y 75 decesos en àÅfrica. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias llamaron a redoblar esfuerzos para garantizar la vigilancia y el rastreo de contactos.

WSWS (2022-07-29). US economy starting to move into recession. wsws.org According to Commerce Department data released yesterday, US gross domestic product contracted at an annualised rate of 0.9 percent in the three months to June, following a 1.6 percent contraction in the first quarter.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). In Video: Iraqi Airstrikes Kill Eight ISIS Terrorists Who Were Hiding In Nineveh Cave. southfront.org On July 28, F-16 fighter jets of the Iraqi Air Forces (IQAF) carried out two airstrikes on a cave in the Adaiyah Mountains in the northern province of Nineveh where a cell of ISIS had been hiding. | The Security Media Cell said in a statement that the hideout was targeted based on information provided by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service and the Directorate of Military Intelligence. | Following the airstrikes, a force from the Iraqi military's 15th Division backed by a number of security units…

____ (2022-07-28). Xi speaks with Biden over phone. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone at the request of the latter on Thursday evening. The two presidents had a candid communication and exchange on China-U.S. relations and issues of mutual interest.

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-07-29). Crews are making progress against the Oak Fire. america.cgtn.com Fire crews have made progress against California's largest wildfire. The Oak Fire is now more than a third contained but officials say it could take another couple of weeks to fully contain it. Take a look at the frontlines with the firefighters. CGTN correspondent Ediz …

Jake Kallio, Benjamin Norton (2022-07-28). West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections. multipolarista.com Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors."

Infobrics (2022-07-28). Russia's new satellite-blinding lasers to disrupt NATO surveillance. infobrics.org Although the risk of escalation is high, what other choice does Russia have, given the political West's continuous belligerence?>

_____ (2022-07-28). ROK and the US — Words and Facts. journal-neo.org After the text about the President of the ROK at the NATO summit was published, part of the audience questioned whether the ROK, despite its loyalist statements, was in fact in no particular hurry to do Washington's bidding. This question is best answered by a combination of words and facts. The joint statement of the …

_____ (2022-07-28). A Reckless And Provocative Visit By Pelosi To Taiwan. popularresistance.org US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, the third-ranked figure in the American hierarchy — is reported to be planning a visit to Taiwan, despite the urging of Administration officials from her own party. It is hard to imagine a more reckless and provocative act. | Across the political spectrum, no observer of the cross-straits relationship between China and Taiwan doubts that such a visit by the Speaker of the American Congress may degenerate into military hostilities. | If the situation is misjudged or mishandled, the outcome for the security, prosperity and order of the region and the world (and above all for Ta…

_____ (2022-07-28). Africa Remains At The Center Of A 21st Century Cold War. popularresistance.org United States President Joe Biden announced during July that he would host a summit with African leaders at the White House in December. | This announcement by Biden comes in the aftermath of several important political developments which have exposed the ineffective foreign policy orientation of the world's leading capitalist country. Within the United Nations, many African states abstained from two resolutions which condemned the Russian Federation during the early phase of Moscow's special military operation in neighboring Ukraine. | In addition, most African governments have not made pronouncements in favor o…

_____ (2022-07-28). Lessons From Vietnam For Ukraine. popularresistance.org Learning no lessons from the failure and mass slaughter of the Korean War in the previous decade, the US military commenced widespread bombing of Vietnam and sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers. | At the time, spring 1965, about 400 US soldiers had died in the conflict. The war was not yet widely unpopular. Americans who protested against the Vietnam War were a small minority. It would be two years before Martin Luther King's famous denunciation of the war. | Years later, after hundreds of thousands had been drafted into the military with the deaths of tens of thousands, the war became widely unpopular. Ultima…

_____ (2022-07-28). Lufthansa Workers Strike Over Wages. popularresistance.org The ver.di union, one of the unions representing workers at the German airline Lufthansa, has called for a new strike on Wednesday, July 27, to demand a 9.5-percent wage increase to address inflation. The strike affects ground workers in maintenance and towing. | "The situation at airports is degenerating and employees are increasingly under pressure and overworked due to severe understaffing, high inflation, and no raise for three years," Christine Behl, a ver.di leader, told AFP. This flows from a shortfall of 7,000 employees in Germany's aviation sector, the result of precarious jobs marked by low wages, along…

_____ (2022-07-28). Pacific Peace Network Challenges RIMPAC. popularresistance.org Last month, two Canadian warships, HMCS Vancouver and Winnipeg departed Esquimalt naval base heading for San Diego and then Hawai'i to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) war maneuvers scheduled from June 29 to August 4. | Just as the Canadian warships were departing Esquimalt, activists in Hawai'i gathered at Kailua near the Marine Corps Air Station on Kaneohe Bay to protest the impending visit of the RIMPAC warships, including Canada's. | According to the US Pacific Fleet, this year's RIMPAC war rehearsals began on June 30 and will continue until August 4. It will be the largest maritime war exercise…

_____ (2022-07-28). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. popularresistance.org On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office in the heart of South Africa's coal belt. Workers at Eskom, the nation's state-owned electricity utility, have been embattled in four rounds of wage negotiations with the executives since April 2022. South Africa is rich in energy but is in the midst of cascading energy shortages. Fankomo's union is at the heart of this crisis: the workers bring the coal out of the ground but live with barely enough of its energy. | On June 28, Eskom announc…

_____ (2022-07-28). Trade Unionists Take A Stand For Jobs, Pay, Pensions And Conditions. popularresistance.org The rail network was brought to a standstill today as thousands of RMT and TSSA members walked out over jobs, pay, pensions and other conditions. | RMT is in dispute with Network Rail and 14 train operators while TSSA is striking at Avanti West Coast. | Speaking from the Euston picket line, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the union had received an "inadequate" pay offer from Network Rail last week. | He said: "It's a pay offer over three years which is nowhere near the rate of inflation. | "And the conditions that they wish to impose on that are not acceptable to the members." | TSSA general secretary Manue…

Andy Kroll (2022-07-28). The Nasty Voices in Our Heads. tomdispatch.com I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and I was 10. Later, he suffered from auditory hallucinations and heard voices saying nasty things to him. I remember my father reassuring him that the voices weren't real and asking him whether he could ignore them. Sadly, it's not that simple. That conversation between my father and brother has been on my mind, as I've been experiencing America's increasingly divided, almost schizoid, version of social discourse. It's as if this country were suffering from some set of collective auditory hallucination…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Russia to Be Labeled as Sponsor of Terror. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday passed a non-binding resolution that calls for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism." The resolution passed by unanimous voice vote as there is a strong bipartisan consensus to add Russia to the list. A similar resolution has been introduced in the House, and …

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). US Official Says Integrated Arab-Israeli Missile Defense Systems Still Just an Idea. news.antiwar.com A senior Biden administration official said Thursday that there is still no framework for creating integrated missile defense systems between Israel and the US's Arab allies, Reuters reported. Before President Biden's recent trip to the Middle East, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Israel was looking to build a US-backed anti-Iran alliance in the region …

Deja Gaston (2022-07-28). Voting rights under attack in Utah as Supreme Court sets its sights on another democratic right. liberationnews.org Millions of people across the state will be adversely impacted by reactionary rulings both by state politicians and the Supreme Court. They most not be ignored. In the period after the overturn of Roe, it is vital to bring together a wide variety of people to defend basic rights.

Editor (2022-07-28). Cuban culture is a militant of life, not at the side of the people but within them. mronline.org We come to this National Council three years after the Congress and two of them in pandemic, without pause in the follow-up to the agreements of that long, deep and critical meeting that opened the way to some solutions and a thousand more challenges.

Editor (2022-07-28). Trump returns to Washington D.C. to lay out his police state agenda before cheering Republican officials. mronline.org On Tuesday, Donald Trump spoke to an audience of Republican lawmakers and former Trump administration officials in his first public appearance in Washington D.C. since leaving office on January 20, 2021.

Editor (2022-07-28). What's behind the escalating attacks on trans people? mronline.org Thirty-one members of the white supremacist Patriot Front from across the U.S. were detained after preparing an assault on a Pride festival in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 12.

Johanna Kichton (2022-07-28). People's Action on Climate Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act: Thank an Organizer. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement by Gary Zuckett, director of People's Action member organization West Virginia Citizen Action Group, after Senator Manchin and Senator Schumer announced the Inflation Reduction Act: "West Virginia organizers and our allies around the country helped win this victory. For years we fought against …

Kevin Gosztola (2022-07-28). Whistleblower Testimony Shows BOP Director Ignored Rampant Abuse And Corruption At Atlanta Prison. thedissenter.org Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal (Screen shot from  | Two whistleblowers who worked at United States Penitentiary Atlanta testified at a US Senate hearing and described rampant abuse and corruption that has plagued the medium-security prison in Georgia for several years. | The

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-07-28). Round Table "Future of the Settlement of the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict" russiancouncil.ru In the framework of the event, there was a presentation of the RIAC working paper "Political Economic Model for Settling the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict"

Wang Pu (2022-07-28). From Commodity Fetishism to Teleological Positing: Lukács's Concept of Labor and Its Relevance. mronline.org The concept of labor constituted a pivotal problematic in Georg Lukács's theoretical development throughout his Marxist years.

Editor (2022-07-28). Patrick Lawrence: The Causes of Things. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Casus belli Over a summer sup on the back lawn the other night, a Times-reading, MSNBC—watching, NPR—listening neighbor asked what I thought she should read to acquire what she is not getting from these media, an accurate understanding of what goes on in our world. I loved the …

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (2022-07-28). Lavrov is on Blinken's list of people to call. indianpunchline.com Russian FM Sergey Lavrov rounded off a tour of African states in a blaze of media publicity despite US hopes to "isolate" him The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press availability at the State Department on Wednesday made the dramatic announcement that he intends to speak to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov … |

Infobrics (2022-07-28). As China and Russia Champion an Expanded BRICS, India May Have to Pick a Side. infobrics.org Expanding the BRICS grouping would help build an alternative to the Western alliance and enable countries in the Global South to avoid economic shocks from sanctions…

Infobrics (2022-07-28). BRICS Countries Can Make Greater Contribution to World: India's Ambassador to China. infobrics.org India's Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat said that BRICS countries as a whole, can make a greater contribution to the world, but not necessarily in conflict with international groups, adding that India participates in all the different international events as India can make a greater contribution by actively cooperating with more countries…

Infobrics (2022-07-28). Making the Most of South Africa at BRICS. infobrics.org Hot on the heels of the recent BRICS summit, we gather top experts to unpack South Africa's membership of BRICS with a keen focus on economic opportunities for our own development as well as the rest of the African continent…

Infobrics (2022-07-28). Expanding CPEC to third parties could lead to war in South Asia. infobrics.org Turkey could use Pakistan as a spearhead against India.

Infobrics (2022-07-28). NATO interested in boycotting Russia-India relations. infobrics.org US lawmakers want India as a NATO ally.

_____ (2022-07-28). Why Mahmoud Abbas is Seeking New 'Powerful' Sponsors. popularresistance.org To judge US President Joe Biden's recent visit to Israel and Palestine as a 'failure' in terms of activating the dormant 'peace process' is simply a misnomer. For this statement to be accurate, Washington would have had to indicate even a nominal desire to push for negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian leadership. | Political and diplomatic platitudes aside, the current American administration has done the exact opposite as indicated in Biden's words and actions. Alleging that the US commitment to a two-state solution "has not changed", Biden dismissed his Administration's interest in tr…

Deweylaura (2022-07-28). Marxist IQ: A people's culture. cpusa.org Capitalism sees cultural production (literature, theater, painting, films) as both commodities to be produced for profit and expressions of ruling-class ideology. But artists influenced by both Marxism and the struggles of the working class have produced work to advance working-class consciousness. This Marxist IQ is dedicated to those artists and their work. 1. World-famous …

____ (2022-07-28). Russia Running Out Of SMART Munitions;). smoothiex12.blogspot.com The work of

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). British Official Says Nuclear War Threat Higher Than During the Cold War. news.antiwar.com British National Security Advisor Stephen Lovegrove "The Cold War's two monolithic blocks of the USSR (Soviet Union) and NATO — though not without alarming bumps — were able to reach a shared understanding of doctrine that is today absent," Lovegrove said. | He said

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-07-28). Students get hands-on in Horizons Module. imperial.ac.uk 19 second-year undergraduate students have completed their public engagement module as part of Imperial Horizons and I-Explore.

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2022-07-29: News Headlines

Staff (2022-07-29). U.S. pushes for India to join NATO Plus arrangement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Republic WorldJuly 27, 2022 US Lawmaker Ro Khanna Proposes India Be 6th Nation In NATO Plus To Bolster Defence Ties US Congressman Ro Khanna stated that he has proposed India become the sixth nation in the NATO Plus arrangement to strengthen the bilateral defence relations. US Congressman Ro Khanna on Tuesday stated that he has …

____ (2022-07-28). Chinese spokesperson slams NATO for strategic concept referring to China. ecns.cn A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday voiced firm opposition to certain content regarding China in a strategic concept document published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

WSWS (2022-07-29). Biden's infection and the horrific reality of "forever COVID" wsws.org The infection of US President Joe Biden has prompted the White House to openly state their criminal new policy towards the pandemic: everyone will get infected with COVID-19, repeatedly, year after year, forever.

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-29). Italian government arrests militant unionists. workers.org Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics . . . |

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go?/By Justus R. Hope, MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go? | Columnists | thedesertreview.com As anyone making a tight family budget knows, there are only two ways to balance it. The first is to increase income. The second is to decrease spending. Unfortunately, Catherine Austin Fitts says our government chose the latter to …

Staff (2022-07-29). Head of NATO Military Committee attends Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference for first time. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJuly 28, 2022 First Chair of the Military Committee to attend Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference From 25 to 27 July 2022, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee attended the 24th annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Australia. On the sidelines of the conference, he met with NATO Partners' Chiefs of Defence …

____ (2022-07-29). China records nearly 1.17 bln urban cinemagoers in 2021: report. ecns.cn China's urban cinemagoers numbered nearly 1.17 billion in 2021, up 113 percent from 2020 and ranking first globally, according to a report released on Thursday.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-29). Japanese Lawmakers Make Rare Taiwan Visit to Discuss Potential Conflict. news.antiwar.com A group of Japanese lawmakers Members of the Japanese delegation, which included former defense ministers, said the purpose of the visit was to discuss a potential conflict breaking out in the region. | "We need to think ahead about what kind of situations could happen, what kind of laws and agreements we should prepare,…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). 17 Killed in Fighting in South Syria. news.antiwar.com Two days of fighting raged in Sweida, in southern Syria, where pro-government fighters clashed with locals in the Druze-majority province. Ten of the killed were government fighters and the other seven were local. A dozen combatants were wounded. Unconfirmed reports say as many as 40 civilians were also wounded. | Fighting in SW Syria has been off and on throughout the war, but this is the first clash in awhile, as pro-government forces largely control the area. Many rebel-leaning…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). Turkey Threatens North Syria Intervention, Drone Strike Kills Four. news.antiwar.com Four Kurdish force members in northern Syria were War is always on the horizon in any Kurdish territory near Turkey. With the Turkish forces already engaged in an operation in Iraq, Turkish officials say that a new military campaign in Syria could begin " The Syrian force…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Australia's Labor treasurer declares working people must swallow "tough medicine" amid inflation crisis. wsws.org Chalmers reiterated Labor's commitment to an austerity agenda aimed at forcing the working class to pay for the deepening economic crisis, but the financial press has complained that he did not outline concrete measures to carry this out.

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-29). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

WSWS (2022-07-29). US economy starting to move into recession. wsws.org According to Commerce Department data released yesterday, US gross domestic product contracted at an annualised rate of 0.9 percent in the three months to June, following a 1.6 percent contraction in the first quarter.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Sri Lankan regime extends its arrests of leading anti-government protesters. wsws.org While the repression is targeting protest activists, government moves are in preparation for a far broader crackdown on the working class.

LEWIS (2022-07-29). New York Post's editorial should worry Trump. indybay.org After everything Donald Trump has done from his seemingly open embrace of bigotry to his failed handling of Covid-19 (which polls show most Americans were critical of) to his efforts to thwart democracy it's hard to believe that anything could siphon…….

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-29). Online events w) Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen M. Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Andrea Vetter, etc. indybay.org Here are some 8 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 3: 00 pm today, July 27th), featuring people such as Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Drew Pendergrass, Matthew Huber, Andrea Vetter, Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-29). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…

Human Agenda (2022-07-29). Saturday 8/13: Hot Topic: The New Civil War. indybay.org Roosevelt Community Center | 901 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95116…

Staff (2022-07-29). Iran's new representative to IAEA appointed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Mohsen Naziri Asl was appointed as Iran's new representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

_____ (2022-07-29). Will Christina Quinn Impose US-style Democracy on Armenia? journal-neo.org The US has made no secret of its wish to push Armenia from Russia's sphere of influence, and in order to boost its efforts Washington plans to make some staffing changes at its embassy in Yerevan. Specifically, it intends to strengthen its core of "experienced personnel" who have already been trained in anti-Russian activities in …

____ (2022-07-29). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

Editor (2022-07-29). The Shadow Bank That Owns The World. scheerpost.com By Lee Camp / Behind the Headlines…

Olujimi Alade (2022-07-29). Choice means choice ‚àí a WW commentary. workers.org By Olujimi Alade The SCOTUS overturning of Roe v. Wade has inspired a wave of reaction. The fervor in support of reproductive autonomy is unlike any I've witnessed before, and it is a powerful sign that people in the U.S. are waking up to the fact that democracy in the . . . |

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Renewal of the UN Mission to Haiti (BINUH). orinocotribune.com By Black Alliance For Peace &#1 ; Jul 20, 2022 | JULY 18, 2022—On Friday, July 15, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted the The Black Alliance for Peace welcomed th…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Puerto Ricans Demand Cancellation of Contract With Canadian-American Energy Company LUMA. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch &#1 ; Jul 23, 2022 | On Wednesday July 20, thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of the capital San Juan, demanding that Governor Pedro Rafael Pierluisi cancel the contract with private electricity distribution company LUMA over chronic power outages and frequent rate hikes. | Workers from across diverse sectors, members of various social organizations, and legislators of left-wing opposition Puerto Rican Independence Party marched from the Capitol, the legislative assembly, to the La Fortaleza, the governor's office, demanding that the government terminate the contract signed between…

Editor (2022-07-29). Callers Say &#1 ; "Can't Get Through" &#1 ; Callees Say "Don't Want to Let Them Through" scheerpost.com By Most of us play both roles of the Caller and Callee. Guess which role rules? The Callee. I've lost count of how many older adults tell me, week after week, how hard it is to get through to powerful Callees. Especially by telephone! The latter include your local electric, gas and telephone company, your bank and insurance compa…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-29). U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release? mronline.org Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.

Staff (2022-07-29). Hugo Chávez, Leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Was Born 68 Years Ago. orinocotribune.com It is said that on a rainy night, in Sabaneta de Barinas, the boy who would become one of the greatest political leaders of Venezuela, and of the Latin American and Caribbean region, was born. This was Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, the great leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, peasant boy, baseball-playing teenager, young soldier, insurgent man, firm and loving leader, and leading light of peoples and revolutions. | The great revolutionary leader ventured into the military world in an attempt to reach the US major leagues of baseball, but the call of his homeland, and outrage at a…

Staff (2022-07-29). Venezuela and Colombia to Resume Full Diplomatic Relations In Less Than 2 Weeks. orinocotribune.com In a joint declaration issued Thursday, July 28 by the designated foreign affairs minister of Colombia, àÅlvaro Leyva Durán, and Venezuelan foreign minister, Carlos Faría, both nations confirmed their willingness to resume full diplomatic and consular relations as of Monday, August 7, the date that Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro will be inaugurated. | After the end of the bilateral meeting, held in San Cristobal, Táchira state, Venezuela, and hosted by governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, with Colombia's incoming head of foreign affairs, the authorities offered a press conference to announce the ag…

____ (2022-07-29). Philippines detects 1st monkeypox case. ecns.cn The Philippines has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday.

Reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-07-29). México_Chiapas: LLamamiento Zapatista sin fronteras. indybay.org México_Chiapas: LLamamiento sin fronteras a las comunidades autà≤nomas zapatistas…

WSWS (2022-07-29). As monkeypox spreads through universities, US government refuses to act. wsws.org American universities have been caught wholly unprepared for outbreaks. Contrary to official messaging, monkeypox is highly contagious and there is evidence that it may be airborne as well.

TeleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-07-29). Presidente venezolano califica de exitosa reunión sobre normalización de relaciones con Colombia. telesurtv.net "Fue una reunión virtuosa y de unión en el espíritu de Bolívar", declaró el presidente venezolano.

Repost (2022-07-29). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-07-29). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…

Staff (2022-07-29). Unidad 1 de Felton sale del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional por salidero en la caldera. cubadebate.cu La unidad 1 de la CTE Lidio Ramón Pérez de Felton quedó fuera del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional por salidero en caldera, informó el periodista Bernardo Espinosa en su perfil de Facebook. Especialistas del Despacho Nacional de Cargas explicaron que es necesario cumplir con el protocolo en período de enfriamiento de Unidad Térmica, para acceder y determinar el lugar de la falla.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-29). Destacan contribución de teleSUR a empoderamiento de los pueblos. telesurtv.net Periodista brasileño Altamiro Borges se sumó a los debates del taller sobre el impacto de teleSUR en el escenario mediático alternativo y contrahegemónico.

WSWS (2022-07-29). On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase. wsws.org The final day of the UAW Constitutional Convention saw a bureaucratic rampage, as the leadership under President Ray Curry moved to quash opposition motions, install hand picked candidates and rescind the previously voted increase in weekly strike pay from $400 to $ 0 after many delegates had left.

Save the Mickelson Pool Advocate (2022-07-29). STOMP to Make Sutter Health Reopen Therapy Pool–Rally. indybay.org S.T.O.M.P. stands for Save The/Our Mickelson Pool. About 100 activists, many former pool users, gathered in front of the entrance to the Mickelson Therapy Pool in San Mateo on July 24. They demanded that Sutter Health reopen the facility that it shut down in March 2020.

Staff (2022-07-29). Arlenis Sierra asegura el puesto 28 en la quinta etapa del Tour de Francia. cubadebate.cu Arlenis Sierra aseguró el lugar 28 en la quinta etapa del Tour de Francia Femenino a pesar del agotador trabajo en defensa de la capitana de Movistar Annemiek Van Vleuten "Todas las carreras son complicadas, pero creo que en esta primera edición de un nuevo Tour de Francia todas quieren conseguir un buen lugar y esto está bien caliente", dijo la cubana.

Staff (2022-07-29). Participe en el concurso entuMovil por el aniversario de Cubadebate. cubadebate.cu °Estamos de cumpleaños! Cubadebate está cumpliendo otro aniversario más de creado en el mes de agosto. Por esta razón los invitamos a participar en un nuevo concurso. El certamen consiste en responder la siguiente pregunta: øDiga qué día en agosto festeja Cubadebate su aniversario fundacional?.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-29). Encuesta: Lula lidera intención de voto con 51,6 % en Brasil. telesurtv.net La nueva encuesta de Datafolha indicó que Lula puede ganar por amplio margen las elecciones de octubre, sin necesidad de segunda vuelta.

WSWS (2022-07-29). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, overwhelmingly reject pro-company contract. wsws.org While the contract went down in flames by a 71 percent margin, the UFCW is refusing to call a strike, instead extending the previous contract while it hashes out a second deal with Kroger management.

____ (2022-07-29). Preparations for 14th COP meeting on wetland conservation on track. ecns.cn Preparation works for the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) are being carried out actively.

____ (2022-07-29). CPC leadership analyzes economic work, reviews disciplinary inspection report. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to analyze the current economic situation, plan economic work for the second half of the year, and review a comprehensive report on the ninth round of disciplinary inspection missions of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Mohawk Nation News (2022-07-29). Mohawk Mothers Demand Pope Leave. indybay.org Kanien'kehà : ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) demand that the Pope must leave our land and take the cross and all of the symbols of their atrocities with him. Indigenous people see it as how the Jewish people see the swastika. McGill must stop bulldozing alleged unmarked graves before any investigation.

____ (2022-07-29). Facts about critically endangered South China Tiger. ecns.cn

Staff (2022-07-29). Consejo Electoral Nacional avanza en los preparativos para el Referendo del Código de las Familias. cubadebate.cu El Consejo Electoral Nacional que organiza, dirige y supervisa la realización del Referendo del Código de las Familias el próximo 25 de septiembre, ofreció detalles sobre los preparativos para este proceso. Tendrán derecho a ejercer el voto los ciudadanos cubanos, incluidos los miembros de las instituciones armadas, que hayan cumplido los 16 años de edad.

WSWS (2022-07-29). 7 Prisoners from Brazil and modern slave labor. wsws.org Tens of millions remain trapped by capitalism in this primitive and brutal condition, and some of them in major urban areas.

TeleSUR, ysm, SH (2022-07-29). México asegura que no cederá soberanía ante presiones del T-MEC. telesurtv.net AMLO ratificó que su país no va a entregar su "independencia a ningún Gobierno extranjero", aunque se trate del mercado más importante del mundo.

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2022-07-28: News Headlines

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Hydration in the summer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am prone to kidney stones, so I know it's important for me to stay hydrated while I exercise. But do I need to change what I drink in the summer? A friend mentioned that I might be better with a sports drink versus water. I'm also wondering how much I should drink. Can you provide any advice? ANSWER: Staying hydrated during exercise is important. You can become dehydrated if you take in too…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: 'Forever chemicals' found in thousands of household products may affect women's heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Thousands of household products that you may use every day contain human-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They're also known as "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly over time. Studies have found that even small exposures to these per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances pose a health risk. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. DeLisa Fairweather, explains how these forever chemicals affect women's heart health. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/nR0lvK9LkTM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-07-28). Recuerdan a niños víctimas de guerra en Donetsk desde 2014. telesurtv.net Más de 515 sufrieron lesiones de diversa consideración durante la guerra.

____ (2022-07-28). EU court confirms broadcasting ban on Russia. ecns.cn The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected on Wednesday a request by Russian state news network RT (Russia Today) France to lift a broadcasting ban it is subjected to under the sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Canada's New Democrats join far-right Ukrainian nationalists in denouncing Trudeau over Nord Stream turbine's return to Russia. wsws.org Canada's social democrats have made common cause with the right-wing Conservative opposition and the far-right-led Ukrainian Canadian Congress in accusing the Liberal government of appeasing Russian aggression.

Editor2 (2022-07-28). No Russian Roulette: The Hunger Emergency and the Global Corporate System. orinocotribune.com By Sajai Jose &#1 ; Jul 22, 2022 | As government efforts to contain it fails even in rich nations, the world's hunger and livelihoods crisis is rapidly escalating into an emergency. Western leaders and media have been blaming Russia and the war in Ukraine for this unfolding catastrophe, but the facts say otherwise. | A month ago, the Food and Work Network, a coalition of academics, community activists, and trade unions in the United Kingdom issued an

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-28). Corte Suprema salvadoreña recibe cientos de habeas corpus. telesurtv.net La "Guerra contra las Pandillas" ha provocado detenciones arbitrarias y denuncias de asesinatos policiales.

Juan Cole (2022-07-28). Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; In a huge surprise on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Joe Manchin, announced an agreement on a package of legislation that includes an unprecedented $369 billion to encourage green energy and cut carbon dioxide emissions, on a …

WSWS (2022-07-28). US Senate passes CHIPS and Science Act to bolster US tech against China. wsws.org The Senate passed a $280 billion package of investments in the semiconductor industry and other high-tech research areas as part of the intensifying confrontation with China.

____ (2022-07-28). NDRC allocates $355 mln for greener economy. ecns.cn The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic regulator, recently announced an allocation of 2.4 billion yuan ($355 million) to save energy and reduce carbon emissions as part of the country's effort to transition to a greener economy.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). Pelosi Invites Lawmakers to Join Her in Taiwan as Military Prepares for Her Trip. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has invited other members of Congress Rep. Michael McFaul (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday that Pelosi invited him and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), who chairs the committee. | McFaul said he couldn't go to Taiwan due to a prior engagem…

WSWS (2022-07-28). Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown. wsws.org During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank's decision was the drive to clamp down on workers' wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Australian inflation figures point to intensifying cost-of-living crisis for working-class households. wsws.org The Labor government, while feigning concern for "households," seized on the figures to reject demands for wage rises to cope with the soaring prices, saying such expectations were unrealistic.

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-28). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

____ (2022-07-28). U.S. Fed raises rates by another three-quarter point amid persistent inflation. ecns.cn The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, the second in a row of that magnitude, as elevated inflation showed no clear sign of easing.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 — July 27, 2022). wsws.org It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) and its forerunner, the Revolutionary Communist League.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Sri Lankan government endorses and extends President Wickremesinghe's state of emergency. wsws.org Ranil Wickremesinghe has been installed as president to impose the austerity demands of the International Monetary Fund in return for emergency funding and to suppress the widespread opposition of workers and rural toilers.

____ (2022-07-28). Three recipients awarded highest military honor. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping conferred the August 1 Medal, the highest honor awarded to individual members of the Chinese military, to three People's Liberation Army personnel on Wednesday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-28). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…

____ (2022-07-28). power climbs toward record high. ecns.cn China's expected new capacity in 2022 is on course to hit a record as the country goes full throttle on its green energy transition with the aim of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.

Staff (2022-07-28). N Korea warns US ready for any military conflict. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un warned that his government is "fully prepared" for any military conflict with the United States.

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-28). Online events w) Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen M. Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Andrea Vetter, etc. indybay.org Here are some 8 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 3: 00 pm today, July 27th), featuring people such as Kshama Sawant, Eric Blanc, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Jamal Abdi, Drew Pendergrass, Matthew Huber, Andrea Vetter, Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…

Human Agenda (2022-07-28). Saturday 8/13: Hot Topic: The New Civil War. indybay.org Roosevelt Community Center | 901 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95116…

LEWIS (2022-07-28). New York Post's editorial should worry Trump. indybay.org After everything Donald Trump has done from his seemingly open embrace of bigotry to his failed handling of Covid-19 (which polls show most Americans were critical of) to his efforts to thwart democracy it's hard to believe that anything could siphon…….

Staff (2022-07-28). Russia reportedly agrees to give S-300, S-400 to Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — A Hebrew-language media claimed that a meeting was held in Damascus between Syrian, Russian and Iranian commanders during which the Russians declared their readiness to hand over 3-400 advanced defense systems to Syrian army.

Editor2 (2022-07-28). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. orinocotribune.com Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands. | As Panamanians enter week three of national strike against the cost of living crisis, the government has responded with heavy repression. On July 19, the anti-riot units brutally repressed the protesters, who have been blocking the Inter-American highway over the past three weeks. However, within hours, the protesters returned to block the road. | Ronaldo Ortíz of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the on…

Https: (2022-07-28). Brothers mark 40th transplant anniversary. mayoclinic.org/rss/all-news Pete Suby thought he had the flu. He'd been exhausted for a while and had recently vomited at work. An appointment at Mayo Clinic would reveal a much more serious reason for his symptoms: Pete's kidneys were failing. He was just 25 years old. "They couldn't believe I was standing up," says Pete, who went straight to the ICU. It was February 1982. The news wasn't a complete surprise though. When Pete was in middle…

Staff (2022-07-28). 30 July, NYC: Ghassan Lives! Palestine Lives! A community event honoring Ghassan Kanafani. samidoun.net Saturday, 30 July 4 pm Shore Road Park Brooklyn, NY (Between 99th and Third Ave) RSVP here: bit.ly/KanafaniNYC Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining PYM New York City for a community event in commemoration of the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, revolutionary writer and political icon of the Palestinian resistance. Please join us for …

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-28). Cuba y Bolivia sellan acuerdo sobre alimentos y medicinas. telesurtv.net La ministra boliviana de la presidencia indicó que la alianza sirve para romper esas lógicas de mercantilización de la salud y la vida.

TeleSUR-mcs- JL (2022-07-28). Inauguran estatua de Marielle Franco en Río de Janeiro, Brasil. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el Instituto Marielle Franco, la pieza fue develada en la semana que se celebra el Día Internacional de la Mujer Negra Latinoamericana y Caribeña.

Staff (2022-07-28). El tiempo: Lluvias en oriente y en el sur de occidente y centro. cubadebate.cu Estará parcialmente nublado en zonas de la costa norte de la mitad oriental, con nublados y chubascos ocasionales en el norte de Guantánamo. En el resto del país estará parcialmente nublado y se nublará en la tarde en localidades del interior y sur, con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas desde Matanzas hasta Santiago de Cuba, que en la noche se extenderán a la Isla de la Juventud.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-07-28). Students get hands-on in Horizons Module. imperial.ac.uk 19 second-year undergraduate students have completed their public engagement module as part of Imperial Horizons and I-Explore.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 hospital in nation by U.S. News & World Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the nation for the seventh consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report's 2022—2023 "Best Hospitals" rankings. U.S. News & World Report first published state rankings in 2012, with Mayo Clinic in Rochester ranked No. 1 in Minnesota since the beginning. This year marks a decade that Mayo Clinic in Arizona has ranked No. 1 in the state, while Mayo Clinic in…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The World Health Organization's Emergency Committee has declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been over 16,000 cases globally, including in 68 countries where the virus isn't typically seen. Of those cases, more than 2,800 were in the U.S. Dr. Richard Kennedy, co-director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, explains what the declaration means. "The monkeypox outbreak has spread far beyond…

____ (2022-07-28). Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps. ecns.cn Snow from the last winter season is covered with blankets on a slope beside the top station of a cable car at Diavolezza ski area near the Alpine resort of Pontresina, Switzerland July 21, 2022.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Saxophone highlights Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra concert in New York. wsws.org The program at Lincoln Center illustrated the influence of jazz on classical music composition in the early decades of the 20th century.

TeleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-07-28). Encuesta revela que 51 % de jóvenes respalda a Lula en Brasil. telesurtv.net El 55 por ciento de los jóvenes rechazan al Gobierno federal.

____ (2022-07-28). Fifth CIIE starts its 100-day countdown in Shanghai. ecns.cn The fifth China International Import Expo began the 100-day countdown to its opening on Wednesday, with the conference expected to demonstrate the confidence of companies in China's economic resilience and the higher level of its economic opening-up.

TeleSUR -ysm- JL (2022-07-28). Estados Unidos supera los 3. 0 casos de la viruela del mono. telesurtv.net La mayoría de los positivos a viruela símica se concentran en Nueva York, con 900 casos, seguido de California (356) e Illinois (3 ).

TeleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-07-28). Familiares de tripulación de ARA San Juan presentan queja a ONU. telesurtv.net "Hemos detectado en el fallo del sobreseimiento, groseros errores jurídicos y arbitrariedad manifiesta en la omisión de hechos", afirmó la abogada de los familiares.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-28). Mudslide kills 4, injures 9 more in northwest Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Heavy rainfall and subsequent mudslide in northwestern Tehran last night killed four people and injured nine more.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-28). California Juneteenth Holiday "Official" or "Optional" indybay.org Adding a California Juneteenth Freedom Day as an official Holiday for the Great State of California is the desired goal to align with our Federal Juneteenth Holiday, building upon our unique journey documented 20 years ago in AB 1749 (Longville)…

Sacramento Homeless Union (2022-07-28). Thousands of Unhoused to be Swept with No Adequate Shelter in Sacramento. indybay.org My name is Crystal Sanchez, and I am the Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless and the President of the Sacramento Homeless Union. Today, I write to you in total dismay and frustration. As many of you know, the 2022 point in time count was recently released with an astonishing 9,300 unhoused people counted and a whopping 20,000 people on any given night living on the streets of Sacramento. We know the pit count number is inadequate and low due to low volunteers and not everybody being counted. We have had an astonishing 67% increase in homelessness, with now more people on our streets t…

Repost (2022-07-28). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.

TeleSUR -ysm- JL (2022-07-28). Venezuela y Qatar profundizan relaciones bilaterales. telesurtv.net El diálogo bilateral abordó el intercambio comercial y nuevas inversiones, así como las perspectivas para mejorar la cooperación y el impulso de proyectos comunes.

____ (2022-07-28). Luxury sees gateway in Hainan. ecns.cn Buoyed by the free trade port under construction and business-friendly events, Hainan has emerged as a bright spot on the global consumption map, creating a sizable market for luxury goodsÔºçand top brands are keen to exploit the opportunity to further tap into the China market…

Protect Juristac (2022-07-28). Thursday 8/4: Juristac EIR Comment Writing Workshop. indybay.org Online event. Free registration: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7uuUIBwwQnqTaS6SNnryOg

____ (2022-07-28). Chinese spokesperson refutes U.S. report against China. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday refuted a U.S. report against China, saying it is political disinformation fabricated by a handful of Senate Republicans and completely ungrounded.

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2022-07-27: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-27). Pelosi's Taiwan trip threatens World War III. wsws.org Behind the backs of the American public, the US military is preparing a provocation against China aimed at instigating a conflict that could lead to a full-scale world war between the world's two largest economies.

Staff (2022-07-27). China military gives warning to US on Pelosi visit to Taiwan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — The Chinese military will not sit back if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, a Chinese defense spokesperson warned on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-27). Russia to quit ISS after 2024: space chief. ecns.cn Russia has decided to leave the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and will start building a Russian one by that time, said Yury Borisov, director general of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-07-27). Iran to Grow Food on a Million Hectares in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has agreed to provide Iran with one million hectares of agricultural land for food growing projects, Iranian officials confirm. | On July 26, Iran's deputy interior minister for economic affairs, Mohsen Kushki Tabar, praised on the agricultural agreement signed between the two countries, which is part of the 20-year cooperation plan signed during the visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to Tehran, Iran's capital city, in June. | The Iranian official has stated that this agreement, which was inked amid the crisis of food reserves in the world, "shows that the strong and great Iran has reached a l…

Sara Flounders (2022-07-27). Ukraine: Will U.S. sabotage grain deal? workers.org July 24 — A deal brokered by Turkey for the export of grain from both Ukraine and Russia presents a political problem for U.S. imperialism and its war aims. Washington's response: ship more weapons. The landmark deal to move hundreds of tons of grain, if it moves forward, undermines U.S./NATO . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-27). Republicans Come Out in Support of Pelosi's Plans to Visit Taiwan. news.antiwar.com A growing number of Republican China hawks Republicans that have expressed support for Pelosi's plans include Senators Ben Sasse (NE), Tom Cotton (AR), and John Cornyn (TX). "Speaker Pelosi should go to Taiwan and President Biden should make it abundantly clear to Chairman Xi that there's not a damn thing the Chi…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-27). Russia Fired on Israeli Jets Over Syria in May 'One-Off'. news.antiwar.com In late May, Russia fired S-300 missiles at Israeli jets attacking Syria. Israeli DM Benny Gantz confirmed this, calling it a " Russia has long complained about Israeli attacks on Syria, but this marks the first time they actually fired on…

Arjae Red (2022-07-27). Spanish Labor Minister meets with young union organizers mobilizing at Starbucks and Apple. workers.org New York City Union organizers from Starbucks Workers United and the Communications Workers, along with representatives of DSA, met with Spain's Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, who also serves as the country's Second Deputy Prime Minister, in New York City on July 21. Starbucks organizers Angel . . . |

Editor (2022-07-27). Biden's COVID-19 challenge — a WW editorial. workers.org The Joe Biden administration has the following plan for dealing with COVID-19: Accept as normal 420 extra deaths each day, that is, 150,000 a year; Assume that most of the deaths and much of the severe symptoms will stay concentrated in the older, poorer and more oppressed sectors of the . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-27). US police on track to kill over 1,100 people in 2022. wsws.org A New York City corrections officer faces charges after murdering an 18-year-old who was playing with a plastic water pellet gun.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Hydration in the summer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am prone to kidney stones, so I know it's important for me to stay hydrated while I exercise. But do I need to change what I drink in the summer? A friend mentioned that I might be better with a sports drink versus water. I'm also wondering how much I should drink. Can you provide any advice? ANSWER: Staying hydrated during exercise is important. You can become dehydrated if you take in too…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: 'Forever chemicals' found in thousands of household products may affect women's heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Thousands of household products that you may use every day contain human-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They're also known as "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly over time. Studies have found that even small exposures to these per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances pose a health risk. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. DeLisa Fairweather, explains how these forever chemicals affect women's heart health. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/nR0lvK9LkTM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-07-27). Ich schreie es in die Welt hinaus: Stoppt den mà∂rderischen Krieg in der Ukraine! globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-07-27). China's positive global role underscored. ecns.cn China has played a positive role in avoiding deepening global polarization and a new Cold War against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the "Indo-Pacific" strategy proposed by the United States, experts said on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-07-27). European Union demands rationing of natural gas to wage war. wsws.org The aim is to enable Europe to continue the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine for months and years, until Russia's military defeat.

William Walter Kay (2022-07-27). Ukraine War: What the Vinnytsia Strike Signifies. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-07-27). Reciben a delegación cubana asistente a Mundial de Atletismo de Oregón. cubadebate.cu Los atletas, entrenadores y funcionarios integrantes de la delegación cubana asistente al Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo de Oregón 2022 fueron recibidos el miércoles por directivos del Inder y miembros de las organizaciones políticas y de masas en el Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí.

Miri Wood (2022-07-27). NATO Drones Murder Syrians at Church Inauguration in Hama. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR- jaa- JL (2022-07-27). Rechazan asesinato de dos indígenas ecuatorianos en Colombia. telesurtv.net Los cadáveres de los indígenas del pueblo Kichwa fueron identificados como Franklin Armando Tocagon y Miguel Quilumbaqui Sanchela.

Ronald Thomas West (2022-07-27). Serbian Leader Aleksandr Vuƒçiƒá Pushes for European Union Accession Despite Opposition Among Majority of Serbs. covertactionmagazine.com Serbia is one of the key battleground countries in the New Cold War that is being cajoled into the Western …

Jezile Torculas (2022-07-27). Why the European Union Is Passive in the Extradition Case Against Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-07-27). CovertAction Bulletin — Surveillance Nation: From Amazon to the NSA. covertactionmagazine.com Amazon wants to be your retailer, educator, grocery store, security system, bank and now your healthcare provider: A few days ago, reports came out that the tech giant is looking to buy One Medical for $4 billion, its latest foray into the healthcare business. At the same time, Amazon provides law enforcement with easy access to massive amounts of data and the tools to parse it. Of course it's not just Amazon: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and every big tech company obey the basic law of capitalism: grow or perish. They all rely on one shared resource: our data. And they all cozy up to the U.S. government…

Dean Baker (2022-07-27). The Semiconductor Bill and the Moderna Billionaires. cepr.net It's pretty funny that we continually debate the causes of inequality when we routinely pass bills that redistribute income upward. The To be clear, the bill does some good things. It has funding both to subsidize manufacturing capacity for semiconductors in the United States and also for further research in developing better chips in the future. Both of these are positive developments even…

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-27). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

Michael T. Klare (2022-07-27). The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about "peak oil" — the moment of maximum global oil output after which, with world reserves dwindling, its use would begin an irreversible decline. Then along came hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the very …

WSWS (2022-07-27). Sri Lanka: Fishing workers speak out against the destruction of their livelihoods. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of people involved in the fishing industry in Sri Lanka, including fishermen using small boats and workers on larger trawlers, face financial disaster as they have no fuel to go to sea.

Oscar Grenfell (2022-07-27). An Interview With John Pilger: "Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World" mintpressnews.com Renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger warns that the "US is close to getting its hands on" the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

Editor2 (2022-07-27). Time for Palestine to Claim Its Stolen Gas. orinocotribune.com By Yousef Fares &#1 ; Jul 22, 2022 | Hezbollah has threatened Israel with war if Lebanon is not allowed to exploit its share in the Karish gas field. Now, the Palestinian resistance may do the same over their "stolen gas" off the Gaza Strip. | The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over the Karish gas field is reminiscent of the

Fight Back (2022-07-27). Take action to free Colombian revolutionary, political prisoner, Simón Trinidad. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Committee to Free Simón Trinidad. | Simón Trinidad, a Colombian revolutionary and political prisoner of the U.S. empire, will have his 72nd birthday in solitary confinement in a federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. Simón Trinidad, born Ricardo Palmera, is languishing in prison after a bogus extradition to the United States in 2004, convicted on trumped-up charges, and sentenced to 60 years. He has been requested by the Special Peace Jurisdiction Court (JEP) in Colombia to help rebuild his country toward a peace with justice…

WSWS (2022-07-27). Detroit Chrysler workers demand UAW delegates nominate Will Lehman. wsws.org During a shift change at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit workers spoke with the socialist candidate for president of the United Auto Workers and denounced efforts by the UAW bureaucracy to block his nomination at the constitutional convention today…

LEWIS (2022-07-27). New York Post's editorial should worry Trump. indybay.org After everything Donald Trump has done from his seemingly open embrace of bigotry to his failed handling of Covid-19 (which polls show most Americans were critical of) to his efforts to thwart democracy it's hard to believe that anything could siphon…….

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…

____ (2022-07-27). Top political advisor stresses upholding 1992 Consensus, working toward reunification of motherland. ecns.cn China's top political advisor Wang Yang on Tuesday stressed the importance of upholding the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, and called for jointly striving to achieve the reunification of the motherland.

Global Research News (2022-07-27). Selected Articles: The Prime Movers Behind the Global Warming Scare: Margaret Thatcher and the Rise of the Climate Ruse. globalresearch.ca By Contrary to perception, largely sustained by opponents of the Climate Change campaign, this campaign was …

____ (2022-07-27). '92 Consensus called only way forward on Taiwan. ecns.cn China's top political adviser, Wang Yang, called on Chinese at home and abroad on Tuesday to adhere to the 1992 Consensus, which embodies the one-China principle, and to jointly push forward the cause of national reunification and share in the glory of national rejuvenation.

____ (2022-07-27). Online prescription retail set to bloom. ecns.cn China's retail prescription medicine sector has seen rapid growth in the past few years, thanks to enhanced ties among parties related to the industry and digital tools, which are further pushing the sector forward on a healthy track.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-27). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-27). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Lowkey (2022-07-27). Intelligence Services Interference in British Democracy, with Kit Klarenberg. mintpressnews.com The MintPress podcast "The Watchdog," hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist The well propagated myth is that Britain functions democratically. This, of course, flies in the face of a syst…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-27). Sudáfrica pide declarar a Israel un Estado de apartheid. telesurtv.net Millones de palestinos sufren la desigualdad racial, la discriminación y la negación por parte de Tel Aviv y sus fuerzas de ocupación.

Canadian Tire Fire (2022-07-27). Canadian Tire Fire #41: Radical Pride, Worker Solidarity, CGL Resistance Continues, Anti-Homeless Violence, and Upcoming Anarchist Events. itsgoingdown.org In the time since our last issue, there have been many events to celebrate and many others to fuel our continued resistance. In this issue we've got details and dates for three upcoming anarchist bookfairs, in Montreal, Halifax, and Victoria. We bring you more updates from the Naujawan Solidarity Network, which continues to consistently bring…

Staff (2022-07-27). Venezuela's Electoral Authority to Provide Technical Support for Primaries Only Upon Political Parties' Request. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 26, 2022 ( Regarding opposition primary elections, Marquez—with clear connections with Venezuela's far-right opposition—pointed out that the CNE is not directly involved in these elections, and he clarified that Venezuelan political parties are not obliged to use the electoral authority's expertise for these internal elections. | During an interview with journalis…

Ann Brown (2022-07-27). Why Former FBI Informant And Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Hated Malcolm X. moguldom.com Thurgood Marshall and Malcolm X were two major figures in Black America. Yet it seems they often took jabs at each other. Marshall, the first Black American named to the Supreme Court, especially did not appear to be impressed by Malcolm X and his activist works. Marshall, a lawyer and civil rights activist, served as …

Https: (2022-07-27). Brothers mark 40th transplant anniversary. mayoclinic.org/rss/all-news Pete Suby thought he had the flu. He'd been exhausted for a while and had recently vomited at work. An appointment at Mayo Clinic would reveal a much more serious reason for his symptoms: Pete's kidneys were failing. He was just 25 years old. "They couldn't believe I was standing up," says Pete, who went straight to the ICU. It was February 1982. The news wasn't a complete surprise though. When Pete was in middle…

Staff (2022-07-27). Incendios forestales en Francia arrasan con más de 500 hectáreas. cubadebate.cu En la jornada de este martes, alrededor de 500 bomberos luchan por controlar un nuevo incendio en el sur de Francia, que arrasó con alrededor de 500 hectáreas de bosque y viñas, y obligó a evacuar un pueblo. Los vecinos de Aumelas, a 20 kilómetros al oeste de Montpellier tuvieron que dejar sus casas por la proximidad de las llamas, azuzadas por el viento.

____ (2022-07-27). Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft reenters atmosphere in a controlled manner. ecns.cn The Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft destroyed itself during atmospheric reentry on Wednesday morning, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

Sacramento Homeless Union (2022-07-27). Thousands of Unhoused to be Swept with No Adequate Shelter in Sacramento. indybay.org My name is Crystal Sanchez, and I am the Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless and the President of the Sacramento Homeless Union. Today, I write to you in total dismay and frustration. As many of you know, the 2022 point in time count was recently released with an astonishing 9,300 unhoused people counted and a whopping 20,000 people on any given night living on the streets of Sacramento. We know the pit count number is inadequate and low due to low volunteers and not everybody being counted. We have had an astonishing 67% increase in homelessness, with now more people on our streets t…

TeleSUR -ysm- JL (2022-07-27). Alertan sobre tormenta tropical formada en Pacífico mexicano. telesurtv.net El centro del sistema se encuentra relativamente lejos de México, pero se pronostican lluvias en zonas de Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán y Nayarit.

Protect Juristac (2022-07-27). Thursday 8/4: Juristac EIR Comment Writing Workshop. indybay.org Online event. Free registration: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7uuUIBwwQnqTaS6SNnryOg

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). Mobile app for improving heart health among African Americans shows promise, Mayo study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mobile apps are popular tools for people looking to improve their health, but are they effective? They can be if the app is culturally tailored to the needs of its users. In a study published on Monday, July 18, in Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a culturally relevant mobile app designed to improve heart health among African Americans in faith communities. The researchers found that people who participated in…

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2022-07-26: News Headlines

_____ (2022-07-26). US is Stepping Up its Efforts to Squeeze Russia Out of Armenia. journal-neo.org Against the backdrop of the lack of success in creating an opposition stronghold to Russia in Ukraine, the United States has recently taken a number of measures to create a so-called "second front" against Moscow by increasing instability and initiating anti-Russian sentiment in a number of countries that are politically and strategically important to the …

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-07-26). Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov arrives in Uganda as Moscow courts Africa. plusnews.ug Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Monday in Uganda, the third stop on an African tour to strengthen ties with the continent and seek support against Western pressure over Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. Lavrov was greeted in Entebbe by his Ugandan counterpart, Jeje Odongo, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. The top …

Staff (2022-07-26). Moscow regrets Israel's anti-Russian position on Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Israel's anti-Russian position on the situation around Ukraine causes regret, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-26). U.S. is No.1 empire of hacking, surveillance and theft of secrets. ecns.cn US government agencies have long been using advanced cyber surveillance technologies to indiscriminately keep tabs on people, a move that ignores ethical boundaries. For example, it found that ICE spent nearly $3 billion in recent years on new tech and data analysis. Its "surveillance dragnet" has access to data of three quarters of American adults and information belonging to over 218 million utility customers across all 50 states and the district.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-26). Biden Presses Chip Legislation in Meeting With Lockheed CEO. news.antiwar.com President Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks The legislation, known as the CHIPS Act,

Jason Ditz (2022-07-26). Saudis Seize Yemen Gasoline Ship, Oil Company Reports. news.antiwar.com According to the Yemeni Oil Company, one of their ships carrying 31,000 tons of gasoline was captured by Saudi and coalition forces. This was just the latest in a series of Saudi seizures. Nominally, the fuel is presented as military gear, even though it has obvious civilian use a…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-26). Erdogan Says Attack on Iraq's Dohuk a False-Flag Terrorist Act. news.antiwar.com Last week's (apparently Turkish) attack on a resort in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan continues to worsen ties, with Iraq complaining to the UN Security Council about the " The attack Turkey rejec…

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-26). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

WSWS (2022-07-26). US Fed meets amid fears of global recession and financial turbulence. wsws.org While there are some indications that commodity price increases which sparked the inflationary spiral are falling, there are warnings that the inflationary surge is spreading throughout the economy.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Sri Lanka's former Central Bank governor calls for tough austerity measures. wsws.org Indrajit Coomaraswamy warned the ruling class: "We have a very narrow path to follow. If we do not follow it will result in a disastrous outcome."

WSWS (2022-07-26). American Federation of Teachers convention: In service of American capitalism's COVID-19 coverup, strike suppression, and war plans. wsws.org The American Federation of Teachers biennial convention towed the Democratic Party line in regard to covering up the pandemic, supporting war against Russia, and suppressing the working class through the trade union apparatus.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-26). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-26). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Pepe Escobar (2022-07-26). The Power Troika Trumps Biden in West Asia. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar &#1 ; Jul 20, 2022 | The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria a key talking point. Oil and gas, wheat and grains, missiles and drones — the hottest topics in global geopolitics today — were all on the agenda in Tehran this week. | The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Ostensibly about the Astana peace process in Syria, launched in 2017, the summit joint statement duly noted that Iran, Russia and (recently rebranded) Turkiye will c…

C.J. Hopkins (2022-07-26). The Normalization of The New Normal Reich. dissidentvoice.org I know, you're probably sick and tired of hearing about the Rise of the New Normal Reich. You want it to be over. So do I. It isn't over … not by a long shot. It might seem like it's over where you are. I imagine it does if you live in Florida, or in …

North Shore Counter-Info (2022-07-26). Hamilton Pride 2022 Report Back. itsgoingdown.org Report back from an autonomous Pride march in so-called Hamilton. Originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. Remember Hamilton Pride 2019? Expecting an attack by Christian hate groups and far-Right trolls, folks organized themselves to defend Pride. When the far-Right rolled up to Gage Park, we were ready: a giant banner was unfurled to block the…

Shawgi Tell (2022-07-26). Florida: Poor Charter School Performance Persists. dissidentvoice.org Charter school promoters and operators have long believed that scores on unsound high-stakes standardized tests produced by large for-profit corporations are useful and meaningful measures of teaching and learning. They rarely say anything critical about these tests that have been rejected for years by millions of teachers, parents, students, and education advocates across the country. …

Mairead Skehan Gillis (2022-07-26). Boston Starbucks Workers United strikes against unfair labor practices. workers.org Boston Striking members of Boston Starbucks Workers United made U.S. labor history this week, shutting down their store at 874 Commonwealth Ave. at Boston University for seven days, in protest of what SBWU calls a pattern of management's new union-busting, racist and transphobic Unfair Labor Practices. July 19 protest. WW . . . |

Deborah Rodriguez (2022-07-26). From San Juan to NYC: protests against increased energy costs in Puerto Rico. workers.org On July 20 an alliance of Puerto Rican and multinational anti-imperialist organizations led by New York Boricua Resistance (NYBR) gathered in front of DLA Piper in New York City. DLA Piper is one of the law firms that represents LUMA and is connected to the increase in energy prices in . . . |

Staff (2022-07-26). Venezuela Shoots Down Another Colombian Narco-Jet. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Armed Force recently shot down another plane which had trespassed into the region bordering Colombia, making it the 22nd of the year and the fourth in the last 11 days. | The head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported on Twitter this Sunday, July 24, that the country's military had detected an "invading aircraft" which was "in flagrant violation of Venezuelan airspace and infringing all kinds of international standards and conventions." | Hernández noted that the invading plane, "the 22nd in 2022 and the 300th since…

____ (2022-07-26). Chinese, Lao militaries launch 'Peace Train-2022' joint medical drill. ecns.cn The "Peace Train-2022" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercises and medical service activities between the Chinese and Lao militaries are being held in Phonhong of central Laos' Vientiane Province.

Staff (2022-07-26). US State Department OKs potential sale of missiles to Japan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — The US State Department has approved the potential sale of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Japan for an estimated cost of $293 million, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Staff (2022-07-26). Ciego de àÅvila: Dos Banderas con motivo del 26 de julio. cubadebate.cu Desde el punto más alto devolvieron los colores a la ciudad de Ciego de àÅvila al "desdoblar", con la destreza de sus manos y la ayuda de equipamiento y pinturas, las gigantescas banderas que identifican a Cuba, devenidas en atractivo e inspiración para los avileños. Emplazado en el centro de la Ciudad de los Portales el edificio multifamiliar Doce Plantas atrajo a transeúntes y usuarios de las redes sociales desde que el artista plástico Jesús Alberto Mederos Martínez y los integrantes del proyecto de desarrollo local Vértigo, comenzaron a transformar la imagen del inmueble.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-26). Privatization of The Port, Community Colleges & K-12 Education: SLAP Education Conference. indybay.org The privatization of the Port of Oakland, the attack on the OEA, union busting in West Contra Costa School District, privatization of the Community college system, FCMAT and the destruction of public education was the focus of this Schools and Labor Against Privatization educational conference.

Linda Ellen Lemaster (2022-07-26). City's Oversized Vehicles Ordinance Goes Down. indybay.org The Coastal Commission has again overruled City of Santa Cruz parking ordinance along the City's coastline. Renders ordinance useless.

____ (2022-07-26). Japan executes man over 2008 frenzied attack in Tokyo. ecns.cn Japan on Tuesday executed a man over a frenzied attack in the Akihabara district of Tokyo in 2008, which left seven people dead and 10 injured, the country's justice minister said.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Roger Waters in concert: Art and politics in a time of crisis. wsws.org The tour, which made a stop in Detroit on July 23, uses Waters' extensive artistic catalog to condemn the ruthlessness of the ruling elite in the US and around the world.

TeleSUR -ysm, JL (2022-07-26). Presidente Maduro recibe credenciales de nuevos embajadores. telesurtv.net Los diplomáticos recién acreditados centrarán su gestión en la consolidación de las relaciones bilaterales al más alto nivel.

Staff (2022-07-26). Llega a Villa Clara vuelo chárter promocional desde Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu Con el nombre "acortando distancias" y a modo de incentivar los vuelos chárter a las terminales aéreas del interior de Cuba, arribó en las últimas horas de este domingo 24 de julio el vuelo 514 con 108 pasajeros al aeropuerto internacional Abel Santamaría. Sus pasajeros adquirieron los boletos en un sorteo completamente gratis realizado dos semanas atrás en Miami.

Staff (2022-07-26). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on July 26. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Mehr News agency takes a look at headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Tuesday, July 26.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-07-26). Imperial startup to bring Hollywood-style 3D face capture to consumers. imperial.ac.uk Technology from Lumirithmic based on Imperial research can create a life-like digital model of a person's face in minutes.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-07-26). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…

Staff (2022-07-26). Díaz-Canel preside gala "Cienfuegos, sueños y esperanzas" en homenaje al 26 de julio. cubadebate.cu Lo más genuino de la música cubana, en especial cienfueguera, se vio reflejado en el tabloncillo del teatro Tomás Terry de la provincia de Cienfuegos. Bajo el título Cienfuegos, sueños y esperanzas, se realizó la gala político-cultural en homenaje al 26 de julio, al ser está provincia la sede del acto central por el Día de la Rebeldía Nacional.

TeleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-07-26). Revelan aumento en popularidad de nueva Constitución en Chile. telesurtv.net En comparación con el mes de junio, la aceptación de la nueva idea de Carta Magna aumentó seis puntos porcentuales.

____ (2022-07-26). World Athletics to introduce repechage round at Paris 2024 Olympics. ecns.cn Athletes to enter all individual track events from 200 meters to 1,500 meters will have at least two races at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the World Athletics has announced.

____ (2022-07-26). Alibaba seeks dual-primary listing to foster more diversified investors. ecns.cn Alibaba Group seeks dual-primary listing in China's Hong Kong and the United State's New York, according to the company's Tuesday announcement on its official website.

WSWS (2022-07-26). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman campaigns on first day of convention. wsws.org The Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for president of the UAW needs the nomination of at least one delegate to appear on the ballot for president.

____ (2022-07-26). New utility helicopter cleared to enter market. ecns.cn Propelled by two turboshaft engines, the helicopter has a maximum takeoff weight of 7.5 tons, a maximum carrying capacity of 3 tons and a cruising speed of about 280 kilometers per hour. It can fly up to 850 km in a single flight.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-26). Bolivia confirma mayor cifra de casos de Covid-19 en quinta ola. telesurtv.net Autoridades sanitarias deciden reforzar la vacunación y ampliar durante una semana la vacación escolar de invierno.

____ (2022-07-26). Direct train to Kashgar set to boost tourism in Xinjiang. ecns.cn The non-stop tourism train from Urumqi to Kashgar arrived in Kashgar on Monday. The line extends 1,453 kilometers and is the only overnight sleeper train operating in Xinjiang.

____ (2022-07-26). China's FAST telescope under maintenance in Guizhou. ecns.cn The long-time exposure photo taken on July 24, 2022 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Using FAST, or the "China Sky Eye," scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars.

WSWS (2022-07-26). SEP (Australia) files second appeal against Twitter censorship. wsws.org Without the slightest reason or rational explanation, Twitter has shut down a significant aspect of the public presence of a political party with a -year history.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-07-26). Registran sismo de magnitud 5,2 en frontera Ecuador-Colombia. telesurtv.net El movimiento telúrico fue localizado a 16,3 kilómetros de San Gabriel con una profundidad de 4,56 kilómetros.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-07-26). Arrestan a exfiscal mexicano acusado de desaparición forzada. telesurtv.net Jorge Winckler Ortiz fue fiscal del estado de Veracruz durante el gobierno de Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares (2016-2018).

____ (2022-07-26). 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo opens strong. ecns.cn The second China International Consumer Products Expo launched in Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan Province, on Monday, attracting 1,505 enterprises from 70 countries and regions, the organizer said.

Ramona Wadi (2022-07-26). Palestinian Authority Leader Mahmoud Abbas Is Endorsing an Altered Status Quo After Biden's Visit. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

Staff (2022-07-26). 5 Turkish security forces killed in northern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Turkey's interior minister announced that one military and four security forces of Turkey were killed in northern Iraq.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Video shows overheated UPS driver collapse on doorstep in Arizona. wsws.org Despite frequent heatstroke incidents, United Parcel Service company trucks remain non-air conditioned, placing workers in extreme danger.

Staff (2022-07-26). Tashkent International Conference on Afghanistan kicks off. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Tashkent International Conference with the theme of "Afghanistan; Security and Economic Development" has begun.

WSWS (2022-07-26). WSWS readers denounce Twitter lockdown of SEP Australia account and in defence of Dr David Berger. wsws.org "I applaud Dr Berger and thank him for his unwavering commitment to sharing his vast medical knowledge. I attribute to the fact that I have yet to experience COVID on being able to follow his advice." – Melbourne teacher…

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2022-07-25: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-25). Biden Administration Fears Pelosi Taiwan Trip Could Spark Cross-Strait Crisis. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Saturday that Biden administration officials increasingly fear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan next month Media reports said last week that Pelosi plans to make the trip in August, prompting strong warnings from China. Beijing would view the visit as a major provocation since Pelosi is a high-level official in the US government and it would signal that Washington was moving away from the one-China policy. | Administration officials told…

WSWS (2022-07-25). US considers deploying carriers to support House speaker's Taiwan trip – Washington Post. wsws.org The US military is considering "moving aircraft carriers or sending fighter planes for close air support" as part of a potential trip by US house speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

Lowkey (2022-07-25). The End of US Hegemony and The Rise Of BRICS, with Ben Norton. mintpressnews.com In the past two decades, the U.S. grip on global power has been slipping, and new nations and organizations have begun to emerge that challenge American dominance.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-25). The War 'Diplomat': How Borrell, the West Lost the 'Global Battle of Narratives'. mintpressnews.com The High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, seems to have accepted the painful truth that the West is losing what "the global battle of narratives".

WSWS (2022-07-25). Towns outside of Yosemite National Park evacuated as wildfires rage across California and Pacific Northwest. wsws.org More than 5.5 million acres in the United States have been burned by wildfires this year so far, more than 1.4 times the ten-year average.

WSWS (2022-07-25). New Sri Lankan president appoints his predecessor's cabinet. wsws.org In response to the country's unprecedented economic and political crisis, the "new" government will impose the austerity measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and brutally suppress any opposition.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-25). 9 Arrested in Police Crackdown on Protests in Tunisia Ahead of Constitutional Referendum. towardfreedom.org Several human-rights defenders and progressive activists were detained during a mass protest against authoritarian moves by President Kais Saied, reports People's Dispatch.

WSWS (2022-07-25). Trump, Republican lawmakers incite fascist violence at far-right conference in Florida. wsws.org While Republicans at the conference defended Trump's coup and threatened their political enemies, outside the conference hall, neo-Nazis attacked abortion rights demonstrators.

Staff (2022-07-25). FSB foils Ukraine op. to hijack Russian Air Force aircraft. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has disrupted a Ukrainian military intelligence operation, supervised by NATO special services, to hijack Russian Air Force aircraft, the FSB's Center for Public Relations (CPR) said.

____ (2022-07-25). 21 killed in bus crash in Kenya. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — A bus fell off a bridge on Sunday in Kenya and plunged into a river along the highway, killing at least 21 people, police said.

Staff (2022-07-25). Will Biden end his presidency? en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — Joe Biden's poor performance along with signs indicating that he is mentally and physically unfit to perform his duties as the President of the United States has raised questions about his remaining in power.

Natalia Marques (2022-07-25). Record profits equal stolen wages: HarperCollins on strike. liberationnews.org Workers at HarperCollins, a "big five" publisher with $515 million in profits in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, are demanding fair wages, more diversity, family leave benefits, union security, and better accountability for the company.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-25). Battle For Vuhlehirska Power Plant: Remaining Ukrainian Forces Are Surrounded. southfront.org On July 25th, the the military of the Donetsk People's Republic declared the beginning of mop up operations in the Vuhlehirska power station located on the western outskirts of the city of Svetlodarsk. | The first reports about the Russian military operations on the territory of the plant came late on July 24th. So far, the TPP reportedly remains under control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the reports from the area, the Ukrainian command left the area…

Anonymous765 (2022-07-25). Losing Battle For The Vuhlehirska Power Plant, Ukraine Counterattacks In Kherson Region. southfront.org |

Laurent Brayard (2022-07-25). Larissa, three months of torture in the SBU dungeons in Kharkov. mronline.org Larissa was a police officer in the city of Kharkov and served Ukraine faithfully for 18 years.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-25). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 25, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU 95th Airborne Assault Brigade in Kostantinovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 60th Infantry Brigade near Orekhov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Chuguyev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Uspenovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Dzerzhinsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia st…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-25). War as a Purpose: Young Ukrainians Radicalized in Neo-Nazi Training Camps. libya360.wordpress.com Thousands of Ukrainian children have been poisoned by the neo-Nazi ideology in the years since the Maidan Uprising. Grown-ups have consistently taught them hatred, calling it patriotism. To that end, the country established a whole network of children's camps, whose instructors had served as punishers in the Donbass. 'Let Moscow Lie in Ruins!' In 2017,…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-07-25). My Message to the World: Stop the Murderous War in Ukraine! globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-25). Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Battalions Indoctrinated Children with Anti-Russian Ideology. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-07-25). Russia, Iran and Turkey Hold Tehran Summit While the Paranoid West Views It Suspiciously. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – Despite political discards, they met and shared their differences to cooperate for change and future-making. Why can't the US, NATO and the EU do the same to end the military confrontations and agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine? The Teheran summit demonstrated that Putin and Raisi could engage with the West in dialogue to stop the acceleration of military conquests and perpetuated political animosities.

Staff (2022-07-25). "Auschwitz Women" goes to Ukrainian theater festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — Iranian play "Auschwitz Women" by Ali Safari will be screened in the International Theater Festival "Melpomene of Tavria" in Ukraine.

____ (2022-07-25). Sowing Hunger, Reaping Profits — A Food Crisis by Design. transcend.org 14 Jul 2022 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, headlines have been dominated by the global food supply shortages and rising food prices. Detailed in this new report is how, in fact, we have already been facing a food and malnutrition crisis long before the current conflict.

Drago Bosnic (2022-07-25). Plunder of Ukraine: Kiev Hands Over $12 Billion of Gold Reserves to the U.S. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-07-25). Panamericano de Pesas: Calderón agranda cosecha de medallas de Cuba. cubadebate.cu Arley Calderón agrandó la cosecha de medallas de Cuba en la primera jornada del Campeonato Panamericano de levantamiento de pesas de Bogotá 2022. En la división de los 61 kg, el cubano conquistó medallas de plata en el envión y el total, que se suman al par de metales de bronce logrados al mediodía por su compatriota Osmel Argote en los 55 kg.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-25). Organizaciones confirman asesinato de líder social en Colombia. telesurtv.net La comunidad de la zona rural del municipio de Suárez, Cauca, confirmó el asesinato del líder social Larry Reinoso Sánchez.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-25). Tiroteo en universidad capitalina deja tres muertos en Filipinas. telesurtv.net El jefe de policía local de Quezon City, Remus Medina, confirmó que el tiroteo parecía haber sido un asesinato selectivo contra la exalcaldesa de Lamitan, Rose Furigay.

Juan Cole (2022-07-25). EU: In 2021, Israel planned or built 20,030 New Squatter-Settlements In Palestinian Territories, with Massive Spike in E. Jerusalem. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; A European Union report on Israeli settlements Palestinian territory has found that in 2021 alone, 22,030 units were planned, began being built, or were finished in the West Bank and Occupied East Jerusalem. The report was issued by the European Union office for the Palestinian Territories (the West Bank, the …

Antonio Camacho Negrón (2022-07-25). Puerto Rico: between colonialism, racism and slavery on July 25. multipolarista.com July 25 is the date of the US invasion of Puerto Rico, and also the day of the creation of the "commonwealth." Racism keeps it in a state of colonial impotence, based on court cases from the era of slavery.

Antonio Camacho Negrón (2022-07-25). Puerto Rico: entre el colonialismo, el racismo y la esclavitud del 25 de julio. multipolarista.com El 25 de julio es el día de la creación del Estado Libre Asociado, y también la fecha de la invasión de Puerto Rico por parte de Estados Unidos. El racismo lo mantiene en un estado de impotencia colonial, basado en casos judiciales de la época esclavista.

____ (2022-07-25). The Multipolar "Iran-Russia-Turkey Troika" Overshadows "Unipolar Joe Biden" in West Asia. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Their Presidents convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria and wholesale rejection of the "war on terror" exceptionalist unipolarity that once ruled West Asia, as key talking points.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-25). Milley Accuses Chinese Military of Being More 'Aggressive'. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley "The message is the Chinese military, in the air and at sea, have become significantly more and noticeably more aggressive in this particular region," Milley told reporters while on his way to Asia. | Milley said the Chinese military had stepped up its "dangerous" intercepts of aircraft against the US and its allies. | Missing from Milley's comments is the context that the US a…

Dana Sanchez (2022-07-25). After Missing Inflation, Is The Biden White House Changing The Definition Of Recession For Politics? moguldom.com The economy may be slowing but the U.S. government is working hard to convince you that this is not a recession, triggering discussions over what defines the "R" word and accusations that the government is trying to redefine the term for the sake of politics. Consumer spending is up, Americans' finances are solid for the …

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-25). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

Karen Conner (2022-07-25). PREVIEW: What to Look for In the Second Quarter 2022 GDP Report. cepr.net It is very possible that we will see negative growth again in the second quarter. This does not mean we are in a recession.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-25). Reporters Without Borders Launches Campaign to Censor Russian Media. libya360.wordpress.com Steve Sweeney Reporters Without Borders General Secretary Christophe Deloire A JOURNALIST has accused press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) of "abetting genocide" after it launched a controversial appeal for funds to censor Russian media. Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett accused RSF of silencing the voices of the Donbass region's inhabitants. The group launched an appeal…

WSWS (2022-07-25). One day queuing for cooking gas in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka. wsws.org This following report was written by a WSWS writer living in the UK, describing his experiences during a short holiday visit to Sri Lanka.

Vanessa Taylor (2022-07-25). Abolitionist Organizers Warn 'Counter-Extremism' Won't Stop White Supremacist Violence. shadowproof.com This article was funded by the Marvel Cooke Fellowship. Read more about this reporting project and make a contribution to fund our fellowship budget. In May, a gunman killed ten Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and livestreamed the event on Twitch. While that by itself was horrific, many were further…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-25). Military Situation In Syria On July 25, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 25, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 14 times: 4 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Aleppo province, 2 — in Lattakia province; | On July 25, clashes between the SDF and smugglers were reported in the town of Al-Busaira; | On July 25, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces near al-Barah; | On July 24, the SDF conducted a military exercise with live ammunition inside the 17th Division in no…

Editor2 (2022-07-25). Haiti: In Cité Soleil, the G9 Federation in All-Out War With G-Pèp. orinocotribune.com By Kim Ives &#1 ; Jul 13, 2022 | On the evening of Jul. 11, amid fierce gun battles, a combatant of Haiti's "Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies, Mess With One, You Mess With All" (commonly referred to as the G9) called a HaàØti Liberté source: "Right now, I'm lying in Ti Gabriel's bed," he told the source. | Ti Gabriel, whose real name is Jean Pierre Gabriel, is the leader of G-Pèp (G-People), a copy-cat pseudo-federation of criminal armed groups that was formed to counter the G9, an alliance of armed neighborhood organizations, led by former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, committ…

Editor (2022-07-25). Russia attacked warship and arms depot in Odessa port. mronline.org The Russian Defense Ministry today confirmed the recent attack by the Russian armed forces on the port of Odessa, an action that directly hit military targets.

Editor (2022-07-25). Ralph Nader: Weaning the State Department Off War-making. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader Other than being an adjunct booster of overseas Pentagon military operations and refortifying its vulnerable embassies, what does the U.S. State Department stand for and do anymore? Sometimes it's hard to see much difference with the much larger Department of Defense (DOD). Its more belligerent statements or threats since Bill and Hillary …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-07-25). R Kelly's Manager Found Guilty At Trial Over Surviving R Kelly Movie Screening Threat, Warned a Shooter Would Start Bustin'. moguldom.com R Kelly isn't the only one in his camp who's feeling the legal fallout from his sex crimes. The disgraced singer's manager was found guilty of calling in a shooting threat to a Manhattan movie theater in 2018 to sabotage the premiere of the "Surviving R. Kelly" docuseries, which detailed the allegations of Kelly's long …

Dennis Broe (2022-07-25). 'The Battle at Lake Changjin': China's onscreen contesting of American aggression. peoplesworld.org As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi readies an announcement of a state visit to Taiwan most likely to stoke calls for Taiwanese independence, China continues to warn the U.S. about upping its level of aggression in a land that both the U.S. and China have affirmed for almost half a century is a part of China. …

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-25). The War of Corporate Wealth Against Humanity and the "Covid-19 Scare" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-07-25). The way forward for port truckers is unity with the dockworkers! wsws.org Carrying the fight forward of truck drivers against AB5 requires joint action committees with dockworkers to wage a common struggle.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-25). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…

____ (2022-07-25). Woman detained for enshrining Japanese war-criminal memorials. ecns.cn A woman who paid to enshrine the memorial tablets of five Japanese war criminals at Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, was detained, Nanjing authorities announced Sunday.

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-25). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

____ (2022-07-25). Neutralizing Dirty Tricksters. transcend.org MYSTIFICATION is a plausible misrepresentation of reality, presenting forms of exploitation as forms of benevolence. FABRICATION weaves together fragments of truths, half-truths, facts out of context, images, and distortions to create a coherent, internally consistent, compelling, convincing worldview. Dirty tricks abound. Beware. Don't be a sucker. Think for yourself.

____ (2022-07-25). Economic Theory and Community Development: Why Putting Community First Is Essential to Our Survival. transcend.org This book is not the boring, unreadable stuff I'd come to expect of economics. As Howard Richard's crowning masterpiece, it addresses hopes for a better world, the rights of everybody to dignity and a decent livelihood, and the need we all have to do things that matter to others, to contribute what we can.

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2022-07-24: News Headlines

____ (2022-07-24). Cradle of Civilization: Zhoukoudian Site. ecns.cn Zhoukoudian site is located 50 kilometers to the southwest of Beijing. It was one of China's first batch to be inscribed in the List of World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO back in 1987. In 1929, skull fossils of the Peking Man were discovered , and provided concrete evidence for the existence of the primitive man in the Beijing area and marking a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology.

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-24). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Juan Cole (2022-07-24). Is it Apartheid Yet? Israeli Supreme Court Allows stripping of Citizenship. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; Al Jazeera reports that on Thursday, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling permitting the state to strip citizenship from persons guilty of "undermining confidence in the state through actions such as terrorism, spying and treason." The case came up of two Israelis of Palestinian extraction who were accused of …

Staff (2022-07-24). EU looks to replace gas from Russia with Nigerian supplies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — The European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for potential Russian supply cuts, Matthew Baldwin, deputy director general of the European Commission's energy department, said.

_____ (2022-07-24). How the US is Killing its Principal Competitor &#1 ; the EU. journal-neo.org It will hardly be a revelation for anyone that the United States, being historically the "stepchild" of Europe from where the mass-scale population of the New World began, has always manifested a jealous attitude towards their Alma Mater. This process has especially aggravated in the recent decades when America entered the path of severe competitive …

Anonymous103 (2022-07-24). Assad and Zelenskyy — a contrast in media coverage. southfront.org | Written by Gavin O'Reilly | In the early hours of Friday morning, Israeli

Anonymous103 (2022-07-24). AUKUS, Technology and Militarising Australia. southfront.org | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Thinktanks across Australia, tanked with cash from US sources and keen to think in furious agreement, are all showing how delighted they are with the AUKUS security pact and what potential it has for local, if subordinated industry. The United States Studies Centre, a loudspeaker for Washington's opinions based at the University of Sydney, has added its bit to the militarising fun with a report on what AUKUS will be able to do. | The author of the report, non-resident…

Ekaterina Blinova (2022-07-24). How Russo-Turkish-Iranian Talks May Help Fix Regional Problems, Set Stage for Global Transformation. orinocotribune.com By Ekaterina Blinova &#1 ; Jul 20, 2022 | Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran on July 19 to take part in the trilateral Astana meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts. The leaders are due to discuss strategic economic and political cooperation, including tackling the food crisis and further de-dollarization. | "The [Putin visit to Iran] is quite important in every sense in the geopolitical, geo-economic, and other aspects," explained Dr. Kerim Has, a political analyst of Russian and Eurasian affairs. "It is the first foreign visit of President Putin out of post-Soviet territory after February…

Fight Back (2022-07-24). Planned Parenthood workers in 5 states unionize. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 21, 435 Planned Parenthood workers from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska joined the Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa (SEIU HCMN&IA) in a resounding 90.1% yes vote. 238 workers voted to join the union, and only 26 voted not to. | The Planned Parenthood workers began working with organizers at SEIU HCMN&IA in early summer of 2021. Over the next year they built an organizing committee among their coworkers with workers from all five states represented on the committee and wide representation from the 28 locations involved. | In May…

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-24). Confirman tercer caso de viruela símica en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias llaman a la población a extremar las medidas de bioseguridad ante los primeros casos de la enfermedad.

Staff (2022-07-24). Impulsan transformaciones en barrios vulnerables de Holguín (+Fotos). cubadebate.cu El mejoramiento de la infraestructura de la vivienda, consultorios médicos e instalaciones de recreación sana, destaca entre las transformaciones impulsadas en el municipio de Antilla, de la provincia de Holguín, para mejorar la calidad de vida en los barrios vulnerables. Dentro de esos asentamientos se priorizan las madres con tres o más hijos.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-24). Operación israelí deja dos palestinos muertos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud palestino indicó que dos de los seis heridos en la ciudad de Naplusa se encuentran en estado de gravedad.

____ (2022-07-24). World youth leaders share views on coping with climate change at World Youth Development Forum. ecns.cn A number of world youth leaders shared their views on the role of the young people play in dealing with climate change during the Roundtable Dialogue of the Thematic Forum for Climate Action and Green Development of the World Youth Development Forum held in Beijing on Friday.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-24). Arrecia ola de calor en Estados Unidos. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Boston, Chicago, Nueva York, Filadelfia y Washington, declararon el estado de emergencia debido a las altas temperaturas.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-24). Lisa Health launches Midday, an app leveraging AI to personalize the menopause journey, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OAKLAND, Calif. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Today, Lisa Health, a digital health company creating advanced technology solutions for menopause and healthy aging, launched Midday: an app that leverages AI, sensor technology, and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey. Midday is a personalized digital health solution that illuminates what is happening physically and emotionally during menopause and provides the right intervention at the right time to promote healthy aging. As part of a…

Robert Kurz (2022-07-24). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

Staff (2022-07-24). López Obrador recibe a primer grupo de médicos cubanos que iniciará cooperación en México. cubadebate.cu El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dio la bienvenida este sábado al primer grupo de médicos cubanos que integrará un nuevo programa de cooperación en su país. "El derecho a la salud no tiene ideologías", comentó el jefe de Estado al recibir a los galenos, cuyo trabajo en clínicas y hospitales aztecas fue solicitado por su Gobierno.

Staff (2022-07-24). Así celebra teleSUR su 17 aniversario. telesurtv.net La multiplataforma teleSUR celebra un año más siendo la señal informativa de los pueblos.

Staff (2022-07-24). Greece hit by wildfires as authorities work to evacuate areas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Two strong forest fires are raging in Greece – on the island of Lesbos and in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park in the country's north-east.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-24). Presidente Maduro recibe réplica de un pie de Maradona. telesurtv.net La réplica fue entregada por Stefano Ceci, quien acompañó al gran jugador argentino como manager y amigo.

Editor (2022-07-24). Ashby Stage Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Mural Unveiling. indybay.org Shotgun Players partners with local artist Geralyn Montano…

TeleSUR -ysm, JL (2022-07-24). Niegan al Gobierno ecuatoriano recurso de equiparación salarial. telesurtv.net El nuevo dictamen ratifica la ejecución de la equiparación salarial a personal docente y declara inapelable la decisión.

____ (2022-07-24). Yotkan tourist attraction in Xinjiang opens to public. ecns.cn Yotkan tourist attraction in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, opened to the public on Thursday after three years of construction.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-24). Accidente aéreo deja dos fallecidos en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Los fallecidos fueron identificados como José Nilton Vasconcelos, estadounidense de origen brasileño, y Ofinis Hernández, dominico-estadounidense.

____ (2022-07-24). (W.E. Talk) Is the world heading for a recession. ecns.cn What's going on here in global economy? Are we in the middle of a global recession? In the latest W.E. Talk, Bala Ramasamy, Professor of Economics, Associate Dean, Director of GEMBA Programme at CEIBS and Fernando Gomez, Corporate CFO of Premo were invited to talk with Wei Xi, Director of Department of Economy of China News Service.

TeleSUR, ysm, JCM (2022-07-24). Convocan a Bienal de Poesía Juan Beroes en Táchira, Venezuela. telesurtv.net El certamen entregará un premio único en metálico, y pretende ser un espacio de encuentro para fortalecer vínculos entre Colombia y Venezuela.

TeleSUR, ysm, JCM (2022-07-24). Exigen cese del bloqueo de EE. UU. contra Cuba en Francia. telesurtv.net Los participantes condenaron el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero contra la isla, y lo calificaron de genocida y criminal.

____ (2022-07-24). Yamdrok Lake: summer resort in SW China's Tibet. ecns.cn Yamdrok Lake (also known as Yamdrok Yumtso) is a freshwater lake in Tibet. It is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. Yamdrok means "jade" in Tibetan, which vividly depicts the limpidity and the fine blue color of the water.

TeleSUR -ysm-JL (2022-07-24). Ministra de Economía argentina se reunirá con directora de FMI. telesurtv.net El encuentro pretende buscar soluciones para la estabilidad y el crecimiento económico del país suramericano.

Celeste Romero (2022-07-24). Albuquerque 'Women's Socialism Conference' calls for a new mass movement for women's liberation. liberationnews.org On July 16, the Women's Socialism Conference brought out more than 1 people for a day of education and discussion on the issues facing working-class women and LGBTQ people.

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-24). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

____ (2022-07-24). Reforms helping keep SOEs in good shape. ecns.cn China's centrally administered State-owned enterprises have completed over 95 percent of the measures outlined in the country's three-year action plan (2020-22) for SOE reforms by the end of June, the country's top State-owned assets regulator said on Friday.

TeleSUR -ysm- JL (2022-07-24). Universitarios en Uruguay rechazan recorte presupuestal. telesurtv.net El recorte presupuestario a la Udelar provocaría la pérdida de horas docentes y salarios, en un contexto de incremento de matrículas estudiantiles.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-24). Detienen a responsables de atropellar a manifestantes en Panamá. telesurtv.net La Fiscalía Regional de la provincia panameña de Chiriquí investiga el caso como delito por presunta tentativa de homicidio.

Angela (2022-07-24). Saturday 7/23: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Sands of Sorrow" indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mDPhNTGDQm2q4EO4MMDINQ

Berkeley Rent Board Convention (2022-07-24). 2022 Berkeley Rent Board Convention Results Announced. indybay.org Berkeleyans select Negeene Mosaed, Soli Alpert, Ida Martinac, Della Moran, and Vanessa Danielle Marrero as the progressive, pro-tenant slate for Rent Board…

TeleSUR, NG, JGN (2022-07-24). Rasgos de Simón Bolívar que lo hicieron el Libertador. telesurtv.net Simón Bolívar obtuvo el título de Libertador por ser el líder del triunfo de la independencia de Venezuela, la cual sirvió de impulso para dar la libertad a seis naciones americanas.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-24). TeleSUR arriba a su aniversario 17 acompañando la lucha de los pueblos. telesurtv.net teleSUR cuenta, a partir de junio pasado, con nuevos parámetros satelitales para llegar a más territorios, tanto en su señal en español como en inglés.

____ (2022-07-24). Chinese entrepreneur honored at 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame induction. ecns.cn Lu Guanqiu, founder of Wanxiang Group, has become the first Chinese national inducted into the U.S. Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF). Lu was honored at the 2022 AHF Induction & Awards Ceremony at the ICON Convention Center in Detroit on Thursday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-24). What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in the U.S., and the BA.5 omicron variant is fueling this latest wave, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. A new study published in Nature found the variant was four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-24). AI applied to prediagnostic CTs may help diagnose pancreatic cancer at earlier, more treatable stage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study published in Gastroenterology finds that radiomics-based machine learning models may detect pancreatic cancer on prediagnostic CT scans substantially earlier than current methods for clinical diagnosis. "Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease and a leading cause of cancer-related death," says Ajit Goenka, M.D., a Mayo Clinic diagnostic radiologist and the study's senior author. Dr. Goenka says that while early detection enhances the chances for successful treatment, standard imaging cannot detect early…

Sacramento Homeless Union (2022-07-24). Thousands of Unhoused to be Swept with No Adequate Shelter in Sacramento. indybay.org My name is Crystal Sanchez, and I am the Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless and the President of the Sacramento Homeless Union. Today, I write to you in total dismay and frustration. As many of you know, the 2022 point in time count was recently released with an astonishing 9,300 unhoused people counted and a whopping 20,000 people on any given night living on the streets of Sacramento. We know the pit count number is inadequate and low due to low volunteers and not everybody being counted. We have had an astonishing 67% increase in homelessness, with now more people on our streets t…

Staff (2022-07-24). Turkish base on Iraq-Turkey border targeted with drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — News sources on Sunday reported that a Turkish military base located on the borders of Iraq and Turkey was targeted with several fixed-wing drones.

Repost (2022-07-24). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.

Brenda Norrell (2022-07-24). Oglala Lakota Demand Missionary Leave for Hate Speech Demonizing Culture. indybay.org The Oglala Lakota Nation has issued a statement demanding that the Jesus is King missionary and mission leave Oglala land for hate speech demonizing Lakota culture.

____ (2022-07-24). World's oldest male giant panda An An dies at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. ecns.cn An An, the world's oldest male giant panda under human care, has died, the Ocean Park in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced Thursday.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-24). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Staff (2022-07-24). La Tira de los Lectores: Tu foto en Cienfuegos. cubadebate.cu Vuelve La Tira de los Lectores, esta vez dedicada a Cienfuegos, donde se celebrará este 26 de Julio. Envíanos tu foto en esta ciudad. Hace unos días lanzamos esta convocatoria y hoy publicamos tus imágenes en nuestra página y redes sociales.

Angela (2022-07-24). Sunday 7/24: A conversation with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IWVD0_5wRgOdhBc89guDgw

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-24). Mueren diez mineros tras derrumbarse montaña en el norte de China. telesurtv.net El personal se movía por el sitio minero en la ciudad de Baiyin "cuando ocurrió el derrumbe de la ladera de una montaña" que "enterró a estos empleados y vehículos".

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2022-07-23: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-23). White House confirms plans to send US-NATO jets to fight Russia. wsws.org In what may be the most provocative escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia to date, the White House has confirmed that the US is planning to send NATO-made fighter jets to Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-07-23). White House confirms US may send US-NATO jets to fight Russia. wsws.org In what may be the most provocative escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia to date, the White House has confirmed that the US is planning to send NATO-made fighter jets to Ukraine.

Ralph Nader (2022-07-23). Weaning the State Department from War-making to Peaceful Robust Diplomacy. dissidentvoice.org Other than being an adjunct booster of overseas Pentagon military operations and refortifying its vulnerable embassies, what does the U.S. State Department stand for and do anymore? Sometimes it's hard to see much difference with the much larger Department of Defense (DOD). Its more belligerent statements or threats since Bill and Hillary Clinton's days have …

Staff (2022-07-23). Lithuania lifts ban on rail transport into Russia Kaliningrad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The Baltic state of Lithuania has lifted a ban on the rail transport of sanctioned goods into and out of the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

Staff (2022-07-23). Two Iraqi groups threaten to attack Turkey's soil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Two unknown groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Turkish bases in northern Iraq and warned that if the Turkish military does not leave Iraq, further operations will be carried out on Turkish soil.

WSWS (2022-07-23). Officer sentenced to 2.5 years for civil rights violations in George Floyd murder. wsws.org Thomas Lane is one of three other officers who participated in the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin two years ago. Lane was convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights by failing to provide medical aid after Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine minutes.

Staff (2022-07-23). UNSC must end Israel's constant crimes against Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani on Friday censured a brutal missile attack by the Israeli regime targeting the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, earlier in the day.

____ (2022-07-23). Cradle of Civilization: Zhoukoudian Site. ecns.cn Zhoukoudian site is located 50 kilometers to the southwest of Beijing. It was one of China's first batch to be inscribed in the List of World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO back in 1987. In 1929, skull fossils of the Peking Man were discovered , and provided concrete evidence for the existence of the primitive man in the Beijing area and marking a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology.

Miles Kampf-Lassin (2022-07-23). Biden's Presidency Isn't Sinking Because of the Left—It's Because of Right-Wing Democrats. commondreams.org Don't blame progressives for Biden's failures. It's the party's right flank that abandoned the working class.

Editor (2022-07-23). Lavrov — extended range weapons In Ukraine will lead to more loss of its land. mronline.org Today the foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, announced the extension of the land in Ukraine that Russia intends to capture.

Editor (2022-07-23). U.S. plans to send NATO-made jets to Ukraine to fight against Russia. mronline.org Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, told the newspaper that "discussions are ongoing" to send the fighters to Ukraine.

Kyle Anzalone (2022-07-23). White House Approves 16th Weapons Transfer to Ukraine, Total Security Aid Now Over $8 Billion. news.antiwar.com The White House announced a $270 million weapons package Kiev on Friday. The latest transfer will send four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and drones to Ukraine. The additional four HIMARS brings the total number the US has committed to sending to Ukraine to 16. Commander of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley …

Staff (2022-07-23). US to deliver four more HIMARS, up to 580 drones to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The White House has announced that the United States will send an additional $270m in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include more medium-range rocket systems and tactical drones.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-23). In Video: Improved Lancet Loitering Munition Takes Out Artillery Piece In Ukraine. southfront.org Lancet-3, screen grab from a report by Russia-24. | The improved version of the Russian Lancet loitering munition has been spotted in action in Ukraine for the very first time. | The version in question, which remains without an official designation, is built around the Lancet-3. It features a more aerodynamic design with extended X-shaped wings. This version has a longer range and endurance than the original Lancet-3, which has a range of 40 kilometers and an endurance of up to 40 minutes only. | On July 22, Russia…

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-23). Iran & Russia pledge to cut US dollar from global trade, strengthen China alliance. multipolarista.com Russian President Putin visited Iran, signed a $40 billion energy cooperation agreement, and pledged to strengthen their economic and military alliance with China. Moscow and Tehran also called to drop the US dollar and use local currencies for trade.

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-23). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Staff (2022-07-23). Oregón 2022: Sydney McLaughlin vuela sobre las vallas. cubadebate.cu La estadounidense Sydney McLaughlin dio una de las noticias más grandes de este Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo al rebajar su excepcional récord mundial en los 400 metros con vallas. La estrella local, hasta hoy con una cota de 51.41, entró a la meta con 50.68 y se convirtió en la primera atleta de la historia en quebrar la barrera de los 51 segundos.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-23). Fiscalía brasileña acusa a sospechosos de crímenes en Amazonía. telesurtv.net Los acusados permanecen arrestados y serán juzgados por doble homicidio calificado y ocultación de cadáver.

Dan Lieberman (2022-07-23). Zionism and the Dark Side of Germany. dissidentvoice.org Post World War II Germany has exhibited commendable characteristics — publicly atoning for its Nazi past, working assiduously to create a thriving nation, designing a truly democratic country, integrating its European compatriots into a common market, leading others in opening borders to refugees, and modifying its previous ultra-nationalism to form the European union. Behind these …

Juan Cole (2022-07-23). Greenland loses 6 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Days, harbinger of Unprecedented Coastal Flooding. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; CNN and The Independent reported this week on a massive ice melt in Greenland, with on the order of 6 billion tons of ice lost in three days. The melting was because of a heat wave at the top of the world, caused by our burning coal, gasoline and methane …

Jason Ditz (2022-07-23). Turkish Drone Strike Reported in East Syria, Three Killed. news.antiwar.com A Turkish drone strike destroyed a car in a residential area near Qamishili on Friday, The Syria Observatory for Human Rights reported this as the fourth Turkish drone strike in the area in the past two days. The attacks seem to be targeting cars, but it's not 100% clear why. | The area is under at least partial control of the Kurdish YPG, so it's possible their members are being targeted. That would be in keeping with Turkish policies. | This isn't…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-23). IAEA Chief Warns Iran Nuclear Program May Be Galloping Ahead. news.antiwar.com IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi often makes things with regard to the Iran nuclear program sound worse than they really are, and today accused Iran of The specifics make it clear that Grossi is upset at lack of monitoring access, and lack of oversight, and that for all he knows Iran might well have advanced its activities a lot. | Special monitoring deals are not in place right now, and Grossi warned they migh…

Yasmin Abusayma (2022-07-23). In Gaza, you die a thousand times. electronicintifada.net 15 years of Israel's blockade has affected every facet of life, big and small.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-23). Scott Morrison Awaits the Apocalypse. dissidentvoice.org The minds of defeated prime ministers are rarely pretty. In some cases, they are damnably awful places, where ruins accumulate and dust gathers in wretchedness. Such figures can become, by the admission of former Australian prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, miserable ghosts, cantankerous, bitter and resentful. Then come some, such as Malcolm Fraser, who have healthy …

_____ (2022-07-23). US is Trying to Drive Erdogan into a Corner &#1 ; but Without Success. journal-neo.org Joe Biden's administration is currently losing on all its foreign policy fronts, but he is still hoping for success, if nowhere else, in his confrontation with the Turkish leader Recep Erdogan, so that he can demonstrate to the world and the US public, that there is still some "gunpowder left in the barrel." This consideration …

Amanda Yee (2022-07-23). NYC labor unions demand reinstatement of fired Starbucks organizer. liberationnews.org While SWU is demanding Locke's reinstatement with backpay and compensation for harassment and illegal termination, its members and other organizers at the rally also expressed the need for solidarity among all workers to confront the common enemy of the capitalist class.

Ann Garrison (2022-07-23). Congresswoman Karen Bass and the will to intervene. mronline.org Congresswoman Karen Bass is running for mayor of Los Angeles. She's also Vice Chair of the NED, the CIA's soft power arm. She epitomizes everythng that is wrong with the Black political class.

Editor2 (2022-07-23). Global Unions Demand Immediate Release of Syrian Journalist Kidnapped by SDF. orinocotribune.com By Steve Sweeney &#1 ; Jul 19, 2022 | SYRIAN journalist Mohammad al-Saghir must be released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), global unions said today as he started a hunger strike in protest against his treatment. | The correspondent for the al-Ikhbariyah news channel has been held by the Kurdish-led authorities in Syria's Hasakah province since June 2019 when it is alleged he was abducted. | Fears have been raised over his health with his colleagues concerned over his safety while his family say he has suffered a number of strokes while in jail. | Friends and colleagues have alleged that Mr Saghir has been…

Editor (2022-07-23). Amazon joins the Medicare privatization spree. mronline.org The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.

Fight Back (2022-07-23). FRSO condemns State Department designation of Communist Party of the Philippines as 'terrorist'. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest possible terms the U.S. State Department decision to keep the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army on its list of designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations." This is an example of confounding facts with fiction, and it is an attempt to criminalize international solidarity. | The real terrorists in the Philippines are to be found in the U.S.-backed regime of President Marcos. Jails in the Philippines are filled with political prisoners. Trade union federations, like the May First Workers Movement, face constant government repre…

Geraldina Colotti (2022-07-23). Venezuelan Lawyer Laila Tajeldine: Alex Saab is a Political Prisoner of the US Empire (Interview). orinocotribune.com More than two years have already passed since, on June 12, 2020, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was illegally kidnapped during a technical stopover in Cape Verde and taken to prison, without an arrest warrant. He would remain there until October 16, 2021, when he would be deported to the United States, despite the fact that the appeal against his extradition had not yet been concluded, and despite repeated protests from various international organizations against the arbitrary detention and torture that he has suffered. | Blackmailed by the US government, the government of Cape Verde, already at the end of its leg…

Liberation Staff (2022-07-23). Defeat the Kansas anti-abortion initiative. liberationnews.org You can visit the pro-abortion Kansans for Constitutional Freedom website and sign up to phonebank to educate people, get out the vote or recruit volunteers.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-23). Puerto Ricans demand cancellation of contract with Canadian-American energy company LUMA. mronline.org Protesters have condemned that power outages have increased, while prices have gone up since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico's electricity transmission and distribution system in June 2020.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-23). Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant That Is Taking on the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud &#1 ; Jul 19, 2022 | The G7

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-23). The Shameful UN 'List of Shame': Equating Between the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Jul 20, 2022 | "We regret we failed to protect you." This was part of a

Sal Netherton (2022-07-23). Brookline, Mass. Starbucks workers on first indefinite strike to fight retaliation and discrimination. liberationnews.org Workers at the 874 Commonwealth Avenue location in Brookline, Massachusetts began an indefinite strike on July 18 — the first of its kind for the union.

Scorinoco (2022-07-23). China-India Ties: Need to Focus on Commonalities. orinocotribune.com By C. Saratchand — Jul 20, 2022 | The trajectory of bilateral relations between China and India has traversed through a number of phases both before and since India's independence in 1947 and the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. These relations have also spanned a number of domains, of which the economic aspect is possibly second to none. | Economic relations between China and India involve elements such as trade, investment and finance. Trade flows involve substantial two-way movement of commodities. Some key Chinese exports to India at present involve the following product categories: m…

Staff (2022-07-23). Colombia: Petro Appoints Renowned Legal Expert Iván Velásquez as Minister of Defense. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 22, the president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that his defense minister will be Iván Velásquez, a well-known human rights activist. He was formerly an auxiliary magistrate of the Supreme Court, in charge of the judicial investigation on the paramilitary-political nexus in Colombia. | Velásquez, 67, who will assume one of the strategic portfolios of Colombia, also served as the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala from October 2013 to September 2019. | The future minister thanked Petro for the appointment, calling it a great honor. | Agradezco al presid…

Staff (2022-07-23). Guaidó Gang Admits to Irregularities in Its Management of Monómeros. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 22, a group of former deputies belonging to the Guaidó gang agreed to approve a report documenting irregularities committed in the management of Venezuelan fertilizer company Monómeros Colombo-Venezolanos, headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia, since it has been under the control of the "interim government" of Juan Guaidó. | According to a message circulated on Twitter, "the report documents the political responsibility of Guillermo Rodríguez Laprea," current general manager of Monómeros appointed by Juan Guaidó, for having concealed information "with the purpose of preventing the truth from bei…

Staff (2022-07-23). Venezuela: Public Housing, Production Center Given to Families Who Were Victims of Eviction. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, July 21, President Nicolás Maduro handed over homes of the Great Venezuela Housing Mission (GMVV) and property titles to six farming families, who had been evicted from their lands on April 12 by order of the mayor of Guatire, Raziel Enrique Rodríguez Villanueva, and Polizamora (municipal police) officials of the Villa Zamora 2021 subdivision of Miranda state. | President Maduro stated that the government worked hard for days "to hand over the homes to the inhabitants of Villa Zamora, who had been subjected to an act of arbitrary eviction." | Handing over the property titles, he added, "This is an…

TeleSUR -ysm- JL (2022-07-23). Universitarios en Uruguay rechazan recorte presupuestal. telesurtv.net El recorte presupuestario a la Udelar provocaría la pérdida de horas docentes y salarios, en un contexto de incremento de matrículas estudiantiles.

____ (2022-07-23). Medical reform in China eases financial burdens for patients. ecns.cn China's medical reform in the past ten years has significantly eased the financial burdens for patients, according to the National Health Commission.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-23). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place To Work For Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic scored 100% on the Disability Equality Index to achieve this recognition. The Disability Equality Index evaluates whether organizations are adopting emerging trends and pioneering measures to move from accommodating those with disabilities to inclusion and, ultimately, genuine…

Staff (2022-07-23). Petro designa a nuevo ministro de Defensa en Colombia. cubadebate.cu Gustavo Petro, presidente electo de Colombia, anunció hoy que su ministro de defensa será Iván Velásquez, quien fue magistrado auxiliar de la Corte Suprema responsable de la investigación judicial contra la parapolítica. Este abogado colombiano, de 67 años, asumirá una de las carteras estratégicas del país suramericano.

Staff (2022-07-23). Los complejos debates de hoy vistos desde las ciencias naturales. cubadebate.cu Es imprescindible intentar encontrar "problemas esenciales" (las causas de las causas) de los que derivan todos los demás. Es lo que nos puede permitir concentrar las acciones. En mi apreciación (confesamente reduccionista) hay dos temas básicos que subyacen a muchos otros problemas: De cara al exterior, el tema de los ingresos en divisa y la inserción de la economía cubana en la economía mundial. De cara al interior, el tema de la separación entre propiedad y gestión.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-23). Migrantes piden ayuda y protección en el sur de México. telesurtv.net El grupo de migrantes pide recursos básicos para el viaje, atención médica a niños y mujeres embarazadas y salvoconducto policial.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-23). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: BA.5 omicron variant fueling latest COVID-19 surge. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The BA.5 omicron variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S., and it is leading to a new wave of COVID-19 infections. BA.5 was responsible for nearly 54% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and BA.4, a similar variant, accounted for another 17%, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts are concerned because this particular variant appears to be good at evading the immune system. "This BA.5…

____ (2022-07-23). World youth leaders share views on coping with climate change at World Youth Development Forum. ecns.cn A number of world youth leaders shared their views on the role of the young people play in dealing with climate change during the Roundtable Dialogue of the Thematic Forum for Climate Action and Green Development of the World Youth Development Forum held in Beijing on Friday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-23). University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Mayo Clinic Health System enter student health services agreement. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LA CROSSE, Wis. ‚Äï Starting this fall, the Student Health Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will look a little different. A new health services agreement between Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will bring Mayo Clinic care directly to students. The agreement, signed Wednesday, July 20, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, enhances student health services, with on-campus access to Mayo Clinic services and expertise. "Convenience and…

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-23). Japón aprueba liberar agua de planta nuclear de Fukushima al océano. telesurtv.net La cantidad de agua contaminada a verter en el océano Pacífico ronda el millón de toneladas y prevén que el proceso inicie en 2023.

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2022-07-22: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-22). Turkey Says Russia, Ukraine to Sign Grain Deal on Friday. news.antiwar.com Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey will meet in Istanbul on Friday to sign a deal proposed by the UN to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, Turkey

____ (2022-07-22). EU imposes more sanctions on Russia. ecns.cn The European Union on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Russia over its conflict with Ukraine, including a ban on gold imports and the tightening of export controls on high-technology goods.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-07-22). Families Face Violence and Displacement in Autonomous Zapatista Territory at the Hands of Paramilitaries. itsgoingdown.org Paramilitary groups continue to attack autonomous communities in Zapatista controlled territories. Check out Abolition Media for updates and more reports. The following two communiques were released by the ELZN in July: We denounce the death threats and forced displacement against the community of Nuevo San Gregorio, autonomous municipality Lucio Cabanas, Zapatista support base (BAEZLN), made by those…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-22). Safety tips to prevent heat-related illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Parts of Europe are experiencing a heat wave that is causing emergency situations for millions of residents. And, in the United States, many parts of the country are grappling with temperatures that remain unseasonably high. Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke can be life-threatening and often prevented. Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion can happen when your body becomes dehydrated and loses too much water and salt, as a result of high temperatures and humidity. Those most at risk…

Anonymous587 (2022-07-22). Zelensky turns captive AFU soldiers into criminals to save money. southfront.org Ukrainian prisoners are recognized as state traitors | Ordinary Ukrainians have recently been more and more persuaded of their leaders' complete incompetence and corruption. Both the previous and current Kiev government have successfully persuaded their populace of an alliance and friendly relations with the West by utilizing state apparatuses and the media. In actuality, the friends who were meant to be their allies are just lending a helping hand to those who are prepared to compromise their m…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-22). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: BA.5 omicron variant fueling latest COVID-19 surge. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The BA.5 omicron variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S., and it is leading to a new wave of COVID-19 infections. BA.5 was responsible for nearly 54% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and BA.4, a similar variant, accounted for another 17%, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts are concerned because this particular variant appears to be good at evading the immune system. "This BA.5…

WSWS (2022-07-22). Italy's Draghi government comes to an end. wsws.org Draghi's case is a consequence of the sharp class tensions and social contradictions in Italy.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Biden's infection exposes "living with COVID" propaganda. wsws.org The fact that Biden, who is surrounded by a level of security unknown to all but a handful of Americans, has contracted COVID-19 exposes the recklessness of his administration's pandemic policies.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Poverty in Germany: Food banks count 2 million people seeking help. wsws.org Social inequality in Germany continues to rise at an alarming rate, expressed in the record numbers of people lining up at the food banks for donations.

WSWS (2022-07-22). US unemployment claims and job cuts mount as interest rate hikes begin to hit economy. wsws.org US initial claims for unemployment insurance rose for the third week in a row, while Ford announced 8,000 salaried job cuts as the impact of recent interest rate increases starts to be felt.

Socialist Alliance (2022-07-22). Reject war drive on China: For a foreign policy based on justice, human rights and climate action. greenleft.org.au The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's new Strategic Concept, which Australia has signed up to, risks provoking another major war in the Asia-Pacific and should be opposed, says Socialist Alliance.

William deBuys (2022-07-22). Are New Mexico's Megafires so extreme they Mark a New era? Welcome to the Pyrocene. juancole.com By William deBuys | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.org) &#1 ; Firefighters don't normally allude to early English epics, but in a briefing on the massive Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico, a top field chief said, "It's like Beowulf: it's not the thing you fear, it is the mother of the thing you fear." He …

Foreign Policy in Focus (2022-07-22). President Biden Must Commit to Ending the War in Yemen. juancole.com By Farrah Hassen | &#1 ; ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) &#1 ; Biden once said the U.S. should never "check its principles at the door just to buy oil or sell weapons." He should take his own advice. By Farrah Hassen | July 13, 2022 The United Nations has called the Saudi Arabia-led war in …

____ (2022-07-22). Chinese scientists find gene boosting grain yield. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have found a gene in crops such as rice and wheat, which can improve the efficiency of photosynthesis and nitrogen utilization and significantly boost grain yield.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-22). Science Saturday: Investigating zombie cells and skin aging. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When she was just 8 years old, Saranya Wyles, M.D., Ph.D., would recite the stages of wound healing in Latin terms — rubor, tumor, calor, dolor and functio laesa — to her father at the dinner table. Decades later, that ingrained knowledge would be a cornerstone of her regenerative medicine research, education and practice at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Wyles is a Mayo Clinic dermatologist whose subspecialty is regenerative medicine. "Dermatology has a natural connection to regenerative…

____ (2022-07-22). Current measures effective for variants. ecns.cn China's COVID-19 disease control measures can effectively tackle the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron, and existing vaccines can offer protection against the two highly contagious strains, a public health expert said on Thursday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Moscow, Kiev and Ankara Reach Grain Agreement in Istanbul. libya360.wordpress.com Observateur Continental Negotiations on the export of Ukrainian grain from the part of the Black Sea controlled by the Ukrainian army took place in Istanbul. Military delegations from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine as well as representatives of the UN came to Istanbul to discuss the food crisis. So what is the substance of the planned…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…

Editor2 (2022-07-22). Staged Incidents as the Western Approach of Doing Politics (Sergey Lavrov). orinocotribune.com By Sergey Lavrov &#1 ; Jul 18, 2022 | Today, the Russian Armed Forces, together with the self-defence units of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, are delivering on the objectives of the special military operation with great resolve to put an end to the outrageous discrimination and genocide of the Russian people and eliminate direct threats to the security of the Russian Federation that the United States and its satellites have been creating on Ukrainian territory for years. While losing on the battlefield, the Ukrainian regime and its Western patrons have descended to staging bloody incidents to demonis…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-22). Up To 300 Ukrainian Nationalists Killed In Kramatorsk (Photos, Video). southfront.org On July 21st, Russian forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian forces in the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is under Ukrainian control. | On July 22nd, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian precision ground-based weapons hit the temporary deployment point of the nationalist battalion "Black Hundred", deployed in the building of school No. 23 in the city of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of th…

Anonymous765 (2022-07-22). Russian Offensive Stopped: Ukraine Takes Time For Reinforcement. southfront.org |

Contributing Writers (2022-07-22). Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine. marktaliano.net Syria was the first country apart from Russia to recognize the independence of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk July 20 2022 The Syrian foreign ministry announced on 20 July that Damascus is formally breaking diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to a similar move by Kiev. "The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to break …

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-22). It is dark, but I sing because the morning will come: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org In the chilly Brazilian winter of 2019, Renata Porto Bugni (deputy director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), André Cardoso (coordinator of our office in Brazil), and I went to the Lula Livre ('Free Lula') camp in Curitiba, set up just across the road from the penitentiary where former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sat in a 15-square metre cell.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-22). Inside Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution: 43 years resisting imperialism. multipolarista.com Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the Sandinista Front's emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism.

Toward increased Networking (2022-07-22). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-22). Jesuitas mexicanos demandan justicia a un mes de masacre. telesurtv.net Reclaman el esclarecimiento del asesinato de dos jesuitas y dos laicos en la Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua.

Diana Kruzman (2022-07-22). Without Congress, what can Biden do to combat the climate crisis? peoplesworld.org The White House is scrambling to reassure Democratic voters that President Joe Biden can still take action on climate change after another blow to proposed climate legislation from Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. On Sunday, White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein told CNN that Biden would pursue his climate agenda "with or without Congress," using executive …

Staff (2022-07-22). Oregón 2022: Lázaro Martínez a la final de la esperanza (+ Videos). cubadebate.cu Lázaro Martínez necesitó dos intentos para asegurar su presencia en una final del triple salto varonil que recoge las esperanzas cubanas de subir al podio en este Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo. Es una cuestión de historia y casi de honor, porque nunca antes en la historia la Mayor de Las Antillas salió de una cita planetaria con el cuello vacío.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-22). Fiscalía brasileña acusa a sospechosos de crímenes en Amazonía. telesurtv.net Los acusados permanecen arrestados y serán juzgados por doble homicidio calificado y ocultación de cadáver.

_____ (2022-07-22). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech To Diplomats. popularresistance.org Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated his baseless attacks on the integrity of the nation's election system. | While offering no credible evidence to support his claim, Bolsonaro told dozens of diplomats from countries including the United States and members of the European Union that the Brazilian electoral system is "completely vulnerable" to fraud in the run-up to this October's presidential election. | According to Folha de Sà£o Paul…

Editor (2022-07-22). $2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet. mronline.org The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Five Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday, Syrian officials say, Israel carried out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage c…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Kills Seven in North Syria's Idlib. news.antiwar.com Details are emerging on a new Russian airstrike against rebel-held Idlib in northern Syria. Seven were reported killed, with the All White Helmet claims are taken with a pinch of salt, as they tend to offer statements that designed to carry a very specific pro-war narrative . | In this case, not only did they attack a rebel-held neighborhood, the statement claims Russia attacked an olive farm and that children were among the slain. | The area attacked is one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, so its not surprising Russia is…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday say Israel carry out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage caused, in and around the strike, but did not clarify what was hit. Israel, as usual, did not of…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-22). Kraken Atrocities/ via UKRLEAKS eng. marktaliano.net Mark Taliano, [2022-07-22 11: 21 AM][Forwarded from UKR LEAKS eng] Revelations of fiends: a captured militant of the national battalion "Kraken" told why they were kicked out of Kharkov two weeks ago: "We were sent [from Kharkov] because [call sign] Konoplya started… they found seven corpses in his backyard." "Who?" "Civilians." "Why did he kill them?" …

JANET (2022-07-22). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. iacenter.org July 20, 2022 No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do so. Biden has never addressed Israel's responsibility for the murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli soldiers in May, as she covered an Israeli Defense Forces operation in the occupied West Bank. Biden spent his brief time in occupied Pale…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on the prospects for Russia-Africa relations in the current geopolitical context with esteemed readers. Today, African states play an increasingly important role in the global politics and economy, take an active part in solving key modern-day…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Kamanzi Photo via World Bank Photo Collection Behind rolling power cuts in South Africa loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office…

Michael Roberts (2022-07-22). Is China headed for a crash? mronline.org So, is this the moment of collapse in the Chinese model of development and the end of all that talk about 'moving towards socialism' etc? Many Western experts think so.

Jason Hickel (2022-07-22). Existing climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate colonial inequalities. mronline.org The core countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the rest of Europe (collectively referred to here as the Global North) use on average about 130 gigajoules of energy per capita each year, nearly ten times more than what low-income countries use (13 ∑4 GJ/capita).

Editor (2022-07-22). Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada. mronline.org It's because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.

Staff (2022-07-22). Cuartel de la Montaña Offers Special Programming for President Chávez's Birthday. orinocotribune.com On July 28, the birthday of the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, will be commemorated in Venezuela. As a result, various activities will be carried out at the Cuartel de la Montaña (the Mountain Barrack) where the remains of the world leader rest. | A special recreational cultural program was put together for the Cuartel de la Montaña, in the 23 de Enero parish of Caracas, for July 24, 26, 27, and 28. | The events were organized by the Hugo Chávez Foundation, which will offer activities such as " °Maisanta que somos chamos!," a fun and practical hip hop workshop on the 24th, at 9 a.m., in the April…

Editor2 (2022-07-22). Imran Khan Rewrites Pakistan's Political History. orinocotribune.com By MK Bhadrakumar &#1 ; Jul 18, 2022 | Against the odds and powerful rivals pitted against him, former PM Khan's win in Punjab elections is a victory for democracy and Pakistan's sovereignty | It is an unsavoury proposition always, be it in India or Pakistan, when political power is usurped by fly-by-night operators who engineer defections from a ruling party, and an established government gets overthrown despite its mandate to govern. | In India — so far, at least — such shenanigans leading to regime change at the federal or state level have not been manipulated by foreign powers — except, perh…

Staff (2022-07-22). Will President Maduro Attend Gustavo Petro's Inauguration? orinocotribune.com A special guardianship provision recently admitted by Colombia's Council of State could authorize the entry of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for the inauguration of President-elect Gustavo Petro on August 7. | Through this action, presented by Colombian citizen Juan Luis Castellanos, the statement by outgoing president, Iván Duque, in which he said that President Maduro would not be allowed to enter Colombia, will be subjected to legal analysis. | According to the outgoing president, because his government does not recognize the current Venezuelan head of state, he does not have the right to attend Petro's…

_____ (2022-07-22). Annual Run To Raise Awareness About Sacred Site Mount Graham. popularresistance.org A group of Indigenous activists and their allies will run from the San Carlos Apache Reservation to the summit of Mount Graham starting Thursday to honor one of their most sacred sites and to commemorate the beginnings of a local Native grassroots movement to preserve Indigenous sacred places. | The 31st Annual Mount Graham Sacred Run begins at the Old San Carlos Monument, the site of the original Indian agency and military post, dating to when Apache people were first restricted to the San Carlos Reservation. It will continue along state and local highways to the summit of Mount Graham, one of the Southwest's Sk…

Staff (2022-07-22). Abbas-Macron meeting: talk of "peace" to normalize colonialism. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 in Paris, a meeting took place between French president Emmanuel Macron and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. This is Abbas' first visit to France since 2018 and takes place a few weeks following the visit of Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid with the French president, which produced multiple …

Austin Reynolds (2022-07-22). Centennial Campground: A humanitarian crisis in Anchorage. liberationnews.org The campground is housing hundreds of homeless people under horrific conditions of city neglect while community groups try to meet needs.

Editor (2022-07-22). International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning. scheerpost.com By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen …

Editor (2022-07-22). Les Miserables, Living and Dying on American Streets. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Statistics lie. Some lie more than others. The ones regarding unemployment lie brazenly and have done so for years, erasing the very existence of the long-term unemployed by simply deleting them from the regular tally. Statistics about homelessness lie. But they have an excuse: the homeless are hard to keep …

Editor (2022-07-22). VIDEO: Mainstream Media Says Copwatchers Are a Menace—Here's Why They're Wrong. scheerpost.com Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 By Taya Graham and Stephen Janis / In this live conversation and Q&A, Police Accountability Report hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis discuss a recent win to protect the right to record police in the second highest court in the land. Guest Abade Irizarry (aka Liberty Freak) joins the stream to discuss the cop watching incident that started…

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