Jean Castex’s first three errors

Living and Working in the Time of the Pandemic in Pakistan
Maria Arshad | zcomm.org | 2020-07-28
People in Pakistan desperately hope and long for a return to normality, but as the writer Arundhati Roy already noted: nothing could be worse than a return to the normality because that normality was unjust to its core.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/living-and-working-in-the-time-of-the-pandemic-in-pakistan/

How do private interests maintain control over public land? Featuring Mark Bartolini and Laura Cunningham
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-07-28
How do private interests maintain control over public land? Mickey and his guests explore the example of Point Reyes National Seashore in California, where commercial ranches and dairies still operate,…
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Episode 99 — Racial Justice and Art, spirituality and activism w/Rev. Mark Doox
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-07-28
On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore art, spirituality and activism w/Rev. Mark Doox. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that…
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Actions in 40 cities say 'Stop Evictions!'
Liberation staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-28
July 25 protest in Portland, Oregon. Liberation photo. With more than 50 million people having lost their jobs, a wave of evictions and foreclosures is beginning to sweep the country. Instead of providing real relief, the government is unleashing police departments to evict people from their homes, harass the homeless and continue to carry out …
liberationnews.org/actions-in-40-cities-say-stop-evictions/

Jute mill workers protest in Bangladesh demanding arrears
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-28
Hundreds of workers employed at the Asha jute mill in Debidwar, Bangladesh, congregated at the Dhaka-Chattogram highway to demand the release of their pending wages. Workers also burnt tyres and raised slogans against the administration…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/28/jute-mill-workers-protest-in-bangladesh-demanding-arrears/

3 Questions on "Resistance" to the Federal Crackdown in Portland
Coco Das | zcomm.org | 2020-07-28
Dangerous regimes all over the world have been driven out by the people in sustained, non-violent protest demanding the removal of the regime and refusing to go home until their demand is met…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/3-questions-on-resistance-to-the-federal-crackdown-in-portland/

Trump deploys more federal agents in Portland crackdown
wsws.org | 2020-07-28
One hundred US Marshals and 50 Customs and Border Patrol agents specializing in "riot control" are en route or have already arrived as protests continue.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/28/port-j28.html

Employees of South African airport services firm protest demanding payment of salaries
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-28
Workers of BidAir Services Ltd picketed outside the Department of Employment and Labor in Pretoria on Tuesday. They demanded that the government clear the dues owed to them under the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/28/employees-of-south-african-airport-services-firm-protest-demanding-payment-of-salaries/

Indignación por ataque de Trump: el movimiento de Portland contraataca
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-07-28
Portland, Oregon 22 de julio. Se desplegaron oficiales federales para "sofocar" las protestas de Portland a partir del fin de semana del 10 de julio y continuando la semana siguiente. Agentes no identificados y camuflados arrestaron y detuvieron a manifestantes sin siquiera un pretexto. La administración Trump ha intensificado la . . . | Continue reading Indignación por ataque de Trump: el movimiento de Portland contraataca at Workers.org…
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Trump deploys more federal agents in Portland crackdown
wsws.org | 2020-07-28
One hundred US Marshals and 50 Customs and Border Patrol agents specializing in "riot control" are en route or have already arrived as protests continue…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/28/port-j28.html

The latest racist attack from The Times is truly chilling
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
On 27 July, the Times published a vile racist attack on UK minority groups who already face daily "pervasive prejudice and discrimination". And this comes as the Conservative government is pushing forwards with draconian legislation that will have a devastating impact for members of the UK's Gypsy, Roma, Traveller (GRT) communities, as well as protesters and activists. | Many Travellers fac…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/07/28/the-latest-racist-attack-from-the-times-is-truly-chilling/

Winning Requires Vision, Strategy, and Numbers
Vincent Emanuele | zcomm.org | 2020-07-28
The current wave of protests must articulate winnable demands with regard to policing (which will vary greatly depending on geographical location/political context) while simultaneously articulating demands that meet the primary material needs of poor and working class people (wages, housing, debt)…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/winning-requires-vision-strategy-and-numbers/

Solidarity Québec Haiti's Protest Against U.S
Yves Engler | zcomm.org | 2020-07-28
Solidarity Québec Haiti's sit in is not only about drawing attention to a dark chapter in Haitian history, but Washington retaining significant influence over the country…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/solidarity-quebec-haitis-protest-against-u-s/

Trump Is Lawless
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-07-28
Trump Is Lawless…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-protests-portland/

White House brands teachers "essential workers" to force reopening of schools
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-28
The comparison between teachers and meatpacking workers is highly significant and must be taken as a sharp warning by teachers and all education workers.
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Unprepared to Reopen Safely Colleges Are Prepared to Blame Their Students
Julia Marcus | zcomm.org | 2020-07-28
Despite serious public-health concerns, many college campuses are slated to reopen for in-person instruction this fall. Students will get infected, and universities will rebuke them for it; campuses will close, and students will be blamed for it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/unprepared-to-reopen-safely-colleges-are-prepared-to-blame-their-students/

Alabama State Representative Celebrated KKK Leader at Party Hosted by Hate Group Members
Howard Graves | splcenter.org | 2020-07-28
Will Dismukes, a representative in Alabama's state house, posted Sunday on Facebook about his participation in an event that day honoring KKK founder Nathan Bedford Forrest. The event was hosted at the home of Pat Godwin, a longtime member of neo-Confederate hate group the League of the South.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/07/28/alabama-state-representative-celebrated-kkk-leader-party-hosted-hate-group-members

The Tangle of Desire and Class in 'Normal People'
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2020-07-28
The Tangle of Desire and Class in 'Normal People'…
thenation.com/article/culture/normal-people-hulu-tv/

Mary Trump: Donald's upbringing forged his bullying, racism
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-28
WASHINGTON–Donald Trump's upbringing, especially his constant need to prove his toughness to his father Fred Sr., alive or dead, forged Trump's bullying and racism, his niece, Mary, says. "Most of what I was trying to do" in her new book about Trump and how he became the way he is "was to give people a …
peoplesworld.org/article/mary-trump-donalds-upbringing-forged-his-bullying-racism/

The US Chamber of Commerce Says Trump Is Bad for Business
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-07-28
The US Chamber of Commerce Says Trump Is Bad for Business…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-big-pharma-executive-orders/

House panel grills Barr on sending Trump's troops to cities
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-28
WASHINGTON–Trump regime Attorney General William Barr faced tough grilling July 28 from congressional Democrats who hate the GOP president's schemes to send troops to the nation's cities. And Barr also must contend with an eyewitness to Trump's first deployment, in Washington's Lafayette Square. Army National Guard Major William DeMarco flatly testified Barr ordered U.S. Park …
peoplesworld.org/article/house-panel-grills-barr-on-sending-trumps-troops-to-cities/

Bolivians reject postponement of elections with massive mobilizations
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-28
Organizations and trade unions from diverse sectors in Bolivia joined the call to mobilize today, on July 28, against…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/28/bolivians-reject-postponement-of-elections-with-massive-mobilizations/

Michael Meeropol: This Is How It Starts
Michael Meeropol | mronline.org | 2020-07-28
Early in the campaign for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination, I stated that I believed Donald Trump was a fascist.
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Israel shells southern Lebanon
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-28
Israeli forces shelled areas in southern Lebanon on July 27, Monday, leading to the destruction of a house whose residents narrowly escaped harm. Israel claimed that the shelling was to stop Hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate the Shebaa Farm area along the border under Israeli control. The claim was denied by Hezbollah in an official statement, which called the shelling a one-sided attack on Lebanon. | Israel claimed that on Monday, several Hezbollah fighters tried to enter the Shebaa Farm area, which is claimed by Lebanon but under Israeli occupation since 1967. According to Israel, its forces opened fire t…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/28/israel-shells-southern-lebanon/

Call Trump's Tactics What They Are: Fascist
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-07-28
Call Trump's Tactics What They Are: Fascist…
thenation.com/article/politics/fascist-tactics-trump-wisconsin/

Slavery — "a necessary evil" ?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-28
Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton, widely seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, aims to prohibit use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project, an initiative that reframes U.S. history around August 1619 and the arrival of slave ships on American shores for the first time.
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Ten years ago, the UN declared access to water and sanitation a human right
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-28
When she moved to the Jardim Emburá neighborhood, in Sà£o Paulo's south side, Kátia Marques knew that there was no running water, and without any other options, adapted to the routine of filling buckets with water from the trucks that come by. What she didn't expect however, was that five years later she would still be in the exact same situation. | Just like Kátia, who is a mother of two, hundreds of families in the area live under the same conditions. They belong to the 16…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/28/ten-years-ago-the-un-declared-access-to-water-and-sanitation-a-human-right/

Hungarians rally for press freedom
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-28
Hungary is ranked the second-worst in the EU with regard to freedom of press by Reporters Without Borders. There have been a number of previous instances of pro-Orban forces and individuals gaining control over media outlets critical of the government.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/28/hungarians-rally-for-press-freedom/

McDonald's Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2020-07-28
McDonald's Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem…
thenation.com/article/society/mcdonalds-sexual-harassment-feature/

Les trois premières fautes de Jean Castex
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-28
Sans aucun doute, Jean Castex est un brillant haut fonctionnaire. Mais cela n'en fait pas l'homme de la situation pour devenir Premier ministre de la France. Il n'a pas réfléchi à la manière de restaurer le pacte social face à la globalisation financière et se satisfait de mesures pour acheter la paix sociale à court terme. Dès sa nomination, il a montré qu'il ne voulait pas réformer la classe politique, qu'il se contentait de lutter contre la pandémie en faisant comme les autres, et qu'il soutenait le projet maastrichien conàßu durant la Guerre froide. | L'administration franàßaise fonctionne très bi…

Les trois premières fautes de Jean Castex

Black Lives Matter and the working-class struggle against genocide
Tim Libretti | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-28
As many have pointed out, making Black lives matter is a precursor to making all lives matter. To make all lives matter, we have to address the ways certain lives, particularly those of people of color and working-class people in the United States, have been devalued. Put another way, we can't create a culture and …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-lives-matter-and-the-working-class-struggle-against-genocide/

Larry Holmes on fighting fascism, white supremacy and capitalism
Larry Holmes | workers.org | 2020-07-28
This is a slightly edited talk given by Workers World Party First Secretary Larry Holmes at the July 23 WWP webinar on "Fighting fascism, white supremacy and capitalism." I hope those of you who can will participate in the several days of actions, starting tomorrow, July 24, in solidarity with . . . | Continue reading Larry Holmes on fighting fascism, white supremacy and capitalism at Workers.org…
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2020 Vision Will Show You What is True, if You Can Keep Your Sanity
Kathleen Wallace | zcomm.org | 2020-07-28
The very basic levels of reciprocity have been broken; our government could care less if we live or die.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/2020-vision-will-show-you-what-is-true-if-you-can-keep-your-sanity/

Death of Jaylen Brown: Struggle for truth continues vs. Duquesne, Pittsburgh police
Dominic DeNuzzio | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-28
On July 21 an article published by Pittsbugh local news channel, WTAE, seemed to signal that the demands by Dannielle Brown, the mother of Jaylen Brown, were met by Duquesne University. Immediately people online began celebrating that the hunger strike is over and that Dannielle could finally go home. Read more about Dannielle Brown's struggle …
liberationnews.org/death-of-jaylen-brown-struggle-for-truth-continues-vs-duquesne-pittsburgh-police/

A Story That Shows The Depth Of Police Corruption And Brutality
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-28
Authors Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg wrote "I Got A Monster: The Rise and Fall Of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad," a Baltimore story that is a warning to the nation.
therealnews.com/stories/i-got-a-monster-book-police-corruption-and-brutality

Killing Democracy In The United States
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
I fear that it either can't or won't end because, as Martin Luther King, Jr., pointed out in 1967 during the Vietnam War, the United States remains the world's greatest purveyor of violence — and nothing in this century, the one he didn't live to see, has faintly proved him wrong. Considered another way, Washington should be classified as the planet's most committed arsonist, regularly setting or fanning the flames of fires globally from Libya to Iraq, Somalia to Afghanistan, Syria to — dare I say it — in some quite imaginable future Iran, even as our leaders invariably boast of having the world's greatest fir…
popularresistance.org/killing-democracy-in-the-united-states/

US — China Conflict Puts Allies In Crossfire
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling for "an alliance of democracies" to confront China. It amounts to a new Cold War in which nations are being forced to side either with Washington or Beijing. | It's a classic tyrannical power-play by Washington. Such polarized demarcation of the planet as designated by Washington is impossible in a global economy which is highly integrated, from consumer and financial markets to supply chains. | A news report this week once again underscores how even the American military is reliant on China for supplies of rare earth metals used in its weapon systems. | Indeed, the en…
popularresistance.org/us-china-conflict-puts-allies-in-crossfire/

Consequences Of 'New' US- South China Escalation Unclear
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
Predicting US policy and actions in the South China Sea in the last stages of a dying administration is a crapshoot. Indeed, some think this may only be an election-year ploy to unite the country against the "China threat." While the language will last beyond a change in US administrations, its implementation will vary with these changes. | Most affected countries, including China, will probably wait for the next US administration to change their approach — if they decide to do so. All Southeast Asian countries, including China's main protagonist, Vietnam, have been relatively muted in their responses to Po…
popularresistance.org/consequences-of-new-us-south-china-escalation-unclear/

Fossil Fuel Industry Pollutes Black And Brown Communities
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
Many of the most powerful oil and gas companies, private utilities, and financial institutions that drive environmental injustice are also backers of the same police departments — through their funding, sponsoring, and governing of police foundations — that tyrannize the very communities these corporate actors pollute. As demands continue to rise to defund the police and reinvest in Black and Brown communities, as well as to divest from the fossil fuel industry and reinvest in environmental justice and a just transition, the fossil fuel industry power structure presents a common foe for these intercon…
popularresistance.org/fossil-fuel-industry-pollutes-black-brown-communities/

How The Harvard Covid-19 Study Became The Center Of A Partisan Uproar
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
The researchers found that Covid-19 patients who lived in polluted areas were more likely to die than those in less polluted areas, with a small increase in PM 2.5 associated with a large increase in the risk of premature death. If the results held up, it would be striking evidence of the need for a more expansive public policy to control Covid-19 that included environmental, as well as personal, protection. | But the paper instantly touched off a political scrum, in large part because the Harvard team's conclusion was directly at odds with the Trump administration's drive to aggressively roll back environmental…
popularresistance.org/how-the-harvard-covid-19-study-became-the-center-of-a-partisan-uproar/

What Can Safety Without Police Look Like?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
This is a moment of contention and restructuring in America. Mass public outcry is exposing the long-buried, problematic foundations of a nation built on human trafficking, commodification and enslavement of people from Africa, and on the genocide and attempted erasure of Indigenous societies. Protesters across the country are tumbling the statues of profiteers and benefactors of those atrocities, and pushing the nation to dismantle its many false narratives and systems of power. This uprising asks for an acknowledgment that the police force, in particular, is a direct extension of a problematic history, which ha…
popularresistance.org/what-can-safety-without-police-look-like/

The Beginning Of The US-Iran Hot War?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
Washington, DC — "Americans should not blame others in vain," Iranian general Esmail Gha'ani has declared, "this is a fire they have lit and today has engulfed them." Gha'ani, a veteran military commander who heads the Quds Force, the branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for extraterritorial operations, was speaking about the massive fire that has overtaken a U.S. navy vessel in San Diego. | Gha'ani chose his words carefully. He skirted suggesting that Iran had a role in the blaze, instead saying it was the "result of the actions and crimes of the American government" and wa…
popularresistance.org/the-beginning-of-the-us-iran-hot-war/

Vietnam Veteran Sprayed With Chemical Weapon In Portland Protest
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
Federal troops were filmed pepper spraying an elderly Vietnam War veteran who was attending a protest in Portland over the weekend. | The veteran, Mike Hastie, was standing several feet from a line of federal troops and shouting at them about his time in Vietnam when a troop rushed him from his side and sprayed pepper spray in his face. | Mr Hastie was rebuking the troops for following orders he believes are unlawful rather than upholding an oath to the US Constitution. | He continued yelling at the federal troops as they walked away despite having the pepper spray in his eyes.
popularresistance.org/vietnam-veteran-sprayed-with-chemical-weapon-in-portland-protest/

Without Federal Aid To State And Local Governments, Millions Will Lose Their Jobs
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
Because a weakening economy undercuts state and local tax revenues, and because states operate under balanced budget constraints, the coming months will see intense downward pressure on state and local spending. Reductions in this spending will in turn significantly slow recovery from the current economic crisis. This is not an abstract concern–the historically slow recovery in state and local spending following the Great Recession by itself delayed a recovery in unemployment to pre-crisis levels by four full years.
popularresistance.org/without-federal-aid-to-state-and-local-governments-millions-will-lose-their-jobs/

Venezuela Moves Toward Elections: US Seeks To Undermine Them
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-28
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has kickstarted proceedings for the upcoming December 6 National Assembly (AN) elections. A number of events have taken place in recent weeks that appear to open the way for a path out of the current political crisis and towards new conditions of stability in the country. | The roadmap has several democratic and electoral elements, which dovetail with decrees handed down by state institutions. | The government's strategy is, in broad strokes, to create a new democratic framework on the basis of several recent developments that we will examine. | While this roadmap is r…
popularresistance.org/venezuela-moves-toward-elections-us-seeks-to-undermine-them/

NSW Police had no real cause to disperse BLM rally
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-28
Anti-racism Pip HinmanIssue 1274 Australia Stop Black Deaths in Custody Black Lives Matter SydneyJuly 28, 2020Several peo…
greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-police-had-no-real-cause-disperse-blm-rally

The Heat: U.S. presidential election countdown
John Gilmore | america.cgtn.com | 2020-07-28
With fewer than a hundred days to go before Americans head to the voting booths in November, President Donald Trump faces an uphill battle to win reelection. A number of polls give former Vice President Joe Biden the lead nationally, especially in key battleground states. …
america.cgtn.com/2020/07/28/the-heat-u-s-presidential-election-countdown

Spain hits out at UK's 'error' over coronavirus travel warning
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
Boris Johnson's government faces a diplomatic storm with Spain and warnings that its policy on travel to the country risks major damage to business and confusion for holidaymakers.The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has warned against all but essential travel to Spain's Balearic and Canary Islands, having already issued the same advice for the mainland.Travellers from all parts of Spain are required to quarantine for a fortnight on arrival in the UK, a change imposed at short notice over the weekend. | Travel advice for #Spain has…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/28/spain-hits-out-at-uks-error-over-coronavirus-travel-warning/

Hezbollah Denies Claims of Failed Attempt to 'Infiltrate' Israel Amid Lebanon Border Clash Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
Armed clashes were reported on 27 July along the border between Israel and Lebanon, with a source in the Lebanese Security Service saying they occurred after a detachment of Hezbollah fighters purportedly attempted to destroy an Israeli military convoy.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007281080000858-hezbollah-denies-claims-of-failed-attempt-to-infiltrate-israel-amid-lebanon-border-clash-reports/

Turkey, Uzbekistan vow to boost trade volume
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Turkey and Uzbekistan will increase their bilateral trade volume up to $5 billion, the top Turkish diplomat said on Tuesday after meeting Uzbekistan's deputy foreign minister.Mevlut Cavusoglu shared his picture with Uzbekistan's Sardor Umurzakov on Twitter and wrote the two countries will further cooperate in every field particularly transportation and defense industry."Had a fruitful meeting," with Umurzakov, who is also the minister of investments and foreign trade, Cavusoglu added."Will continue to support Uzbek brothers in fight against #Covid," Cavusoglu wrote.Earlier this year, at a news conference in the c…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-uzbekistan-vow-to-boost-trade-volume-3535575

Nearly three billion animals affected by Australia bushfire
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Australia's bushfires killed or displaced nearly 3 billion animals, including mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs during the period, called "Black Summer", according to a report."The breakdown is 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds, and 51 million frogs," World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said in a statement, citing the interim report commissioned by it.In January, it was reported that the deadly bushfires estimated to killed 1.25 billion animals in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.Although bushfires are common in Australia, the 2019 blazes which erupted last August, broke out i…
yenisafak.com/en/world/nearly-three-billion-animals-affected-by-australia-bushfire-3535560

About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Tuesday, triple the group's earlier estimates.Some 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds and 51 million frogs were impacted by the country's worst bushfires in decades, the WWF said.When the fires were still blazing, the WWF estimated the number of affected animals at 1.25 billion. The fires destroyed more than 11 million hectares (37 million acres) across the Australian southeast, equal to about half the area…
yenisafak.com/en/life/about-3-billion-animals-harmed-in-australian-bushfires-wwf-says-3535580

China suspends Hong Kong treaties with 3 countries
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
China on Tuesday announced the suspension of Hong Kong's extradition treaties with the UK, Canada, and Australia, local media reported.Speaking at a news conference in Beijing, China's Foreign Minister Spokesman Wang Wenbin said: "China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region suspends extradition treaties and judiciary assistance treaties with Canada, Australia, and the UK in response to their previous interference in China's internal affairs," according to CGTN broadcaster.Earlier, the UK, Canada, and Australia suspended extradition agreements with Hong Kong after China implemented the law that makes it a crim…
yenisafak.com/en/news/china-suspends-hong-kong-treaties-with-3-countries-3535582

Turkey plans to reopen all schools as long as virus keeps receding
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Turkey plans to reopen schools nationwide on Aug. 31, to get students back into classrooms and free up working parents, assuming a recent stabilisation in coronavirus cases holds.Teachers and administrators are preparing on-site health precautions, but two government sources told Reuters that the daily infection rate may need to dip below the more than 900 seen recently to allow them to execute what they called Plan A.Schools shifted to distance education in March, when Turkey identified its first case and began restricting movement.Much of the economy reopened on June 1, after the school year ended, but masks an…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-plans-to-reopen-all-schools-as-long-as-virus-keeps-receding-3535578

Floods, coronavirus hobble two of India's poorest states
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
The Brahmaputra river in the northeastern state of Assam is flowing above the "danger level" in many places, while heavy rains that began this week in Bihar in the east will last until Wednesday, officials say.Since the start of the monsoon season on June 1, Assam has received 15% more rainfall than a 50-year average and Bihar 47% more, according to the country's weather department.The floods in Assam, where at least nine one-horned rhinos have drowned in an inundated national park, have so far affected 5.7 million people, more than 45,000 of whom are still sheltered in makeshift relief centres.In Bihar, floods h…
yenisafak.com/en/world/floods-coronavirus-hobble-two-of-indias-poorest-states-3535585

Iran records 235 more deaths from COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Iran on Tuesday confirmed 235 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 16,147, according to an official. | A further 2,667 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the overall count to 296,273, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said. | She said more than 257,019 people have so far recovered and been discharged from hospitals, adding that 3,902 patients remain in critical condition. | Over 2.38 million tests have been conducted in the country to date, Lari added. | The alarming surge in daily fatalities has sent shockwaves across Iran as t…
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German health agency concerned over COVID-19 surge
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Germany's disease control agency on Tuesday warned of an imminent second wave of coronavirus in the country amid a drastic rise in cases.Speaking at a televised news briefing, Robert Koch Institute head Lothar H. Wieler said: "We are in a rapidly developing pandemic. For a few days now, we have seen again the number of cases increase significantly."He went on to say 3,611 new cases were reported nationwide over the past seven days."The latest developments in the number of cases make me and everyone at the Robert Koch Institute very concerned," Wieler said.He cautioned this could be the beginning of the feared sec…
yenisafak.com/en/world/german-health-agency-concerned-over-covid-19-surge-3535565

Signs of virus 2nd wave appearing in Europe: PM Johnson
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
The British premier on Tuesday warned "the signs of a second wave" of the coronavirus are appearing in some European countries.Speaking to Sky News during a visit to Nottingham, Boris Johnson said his government's job is to take measures when they see those signs."What we have to do is take swift and decisive action where we think that the risks are starting to bubble up again," Johnson said, defending his government's decision of a blanket quarantine introduced to all those arriving from Spain."Let's be absolutely clear about what's happening in Europe, amongst some of our European friends, I'm afraid you are st…
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Re-globalization is hallmark of post-COVID-19 world: Spanish FM
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Turkey and Spain have decided to extend their Alliance of Civilization agenda for further 15 years to address issues like xenophobia and discrimination in societies.At the end of her first visit outside the European Union (EU) after the COVID-19 lockdown, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive conversation in Ankara that both countries have agreed to invest a little bit more in redefining a positive agenda of Alliance of Civilization for the next 15 years and diversify it further to combat extremism.In the wake of tragic events of 9/11 both countries had set up the agen…
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Madrid adds new measures to tighten grip on COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
After the region of Madrid saw COVID-19 cases spike over the weekend, the regional leader announced on Tuesday a number of new measures to control the virus's spread without resorting to a lockdown. | President of Madrid Isabel Diaz Ayuso said social gatherings will be reduced to 10 people, both in public and private meetings. | The city's famous nightlife will also be radically altered with all bars and nightclubs having to register guests, and close at 1: 30 a.m. Normally, nightclubs in Madrid get busy at around 2 a.m. and stay open until at least 6 a.m. | Ayuso announced that masks will be made mandatory in all…
yenisafak.com/en/world/madrid-adds-new-measures-to-tighten-grip-on-covid-19-3535569

Nukes guarantee N. Korea's safety, future: Kim Jong-un
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has said the country's nuclear capabilities will permanently guarantee its "national security and future," according to media reports on Tuesday.His remarks came at an event in the capital Pyongyang on Monday night to mark the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.They were a clear signal that North Korea has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons and views them as an essential means of deterrence."Thanks to our reliable and effective self-defense war deterrence, there will no longer be war on this land and our na…
yenisafak.com/en/world/nukes-guarantee-n-koreas-safety-future-kim-jong-un-3535562

Turkey rebuffs US call to release Osman Kavala
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Turkey responded on Tuesday to a US call to release Osman Kavala, saying the judicial process was still ongoing and that Washington's call was not consistent with principles of law.Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a written statement that everybody must respect the judicial process in Turkey led by independent courts, adding that Kavala had been acquitted of charges in February before being re-arrested over accusations on another crime.Aksoy went on to say that the US was using the legal process as an excuse not to extradite Fetullah Gulen, the US-based leader of the Fetullah Terrorist Organi…
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'Nothing new' in French FM's visit to Lebanon: Diab
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
This came in his speech during a meeting of the Lebanese Supreme Council of Defense at the presidential palace, east of the capital Beirut, to discuss security developments in the country. | "Le Drian's visit brought nothing new, and the French minister lacks information regarding the government's path of reform in Lebanon," Diab said in a statement shared on his Twitter account. | The French foreign minister stipulated reforms in order to provide aid to Lebanon, through the International Monetary Fund (IMF), "which confirms that the international decision so far is not to assist Lebanon," Diab said. | He went…
yenisafak.com/en/world/nothing-new-in-french-fms-visit-to-lebanon-diab-3535568

Turkish Red Crescent to provide Eid meat to 4M people
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
The Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) is set to send aid to over 4 million needy people around the world during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha."As part of our 2020 Eid al-Adha campaign, we will carry the meat we obtain from donations of our citizens to more than 4 million people," the Turkish Red Crescent Chairman Kerem Kinik told Anadolu Agency in an interview.The majority of Muslim countries around the world will mark the first day of the Eid Al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, on Friday.As part of the holiday festivities, the charity will sacrifice animals in 17 countries, including Turkey, he said.Referring…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-red-crescent-to-provide-eid-meat-to-4m-people-3535576

Cinaralti: Istanbul's historical tea garden
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
A decades-old Istanbul tea garden on the shore of the iconic Bosphorus Strait is a frequent stop for both locals and tourists under its nearly 1,000-year-old sycamore tree.Located in the Cengelkoy neighborhood on the Asian side of the city, the ancient namesake branches straddling Cinaralti Cay Bahcesi (Under the Sycamore Tea Garden) shelter customers from the city's hustle and bustle as they enjoy the cool sea breeze with a soothing cup of tea.Over its nearly half-century in service, Cinaralti became a gathering place for family and friends, rather than a more commercial venue, as customers are allowed to bring…
yenisafak.com/en/news/cinaralti-istanbuls-historical-tea-garden-3535579

Pakistan discovers | very own Ertugrul Ghazi
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Hold onto your hats ladies and gentleman! Pakistan now has its very own Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of the founder of the Ottoman Empire.Hardcore Pakistani fans of the series were shocked when they discovered the doppelganger of Engin Altan Dàºzyatan, who stars as the famous leader in the globally-acclaimed Turkish TV series Resurrection: Ertugrul, in their very own backyard.Mustafa Hanif is a Pakistani Youtuber from Karachi who shot to fame on social media after it was discovered that he bears a striking resemblance to the titular character of the show, which also airs on PTV. "My name is Mustafa and many pe…
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Turkey renovates health center in Cameroon
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-28
Turkey has renovated a health facility in Cameroon, which had become non-operational due to a lack of finances, an official statement said on Tuesday.The state-run Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said the center, which opened in 2003, is up and running again after the repairing of medical equipment.The health center in Foumban province of the Central African country is now expected to serve 8,000 people annually. TIKA also drilled a well to supply clean water to the center, and others in the region.The care center's opening ceremony was attended by Ayse Sarac, Turkey's ambassador to Cameroon, M…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-renovates-health-center-in-cameroon-3535583

'Still Sh**': Former Sanders' Campaign Chair Shares Strong Opinion on Voting For Trump, Biden
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
In the upcoming November US presidential elections, incumbent President Donald Trump will face Democratic presumptive nominee Joe Biden, who, according to some recent polls, is leading by seven points in the key swing state of North Carolina.
sputniknews.com/us/202007281079997563-still-sh-former-sanders-campaign-chair-shares-strong-opinion-on-voting-for-trump-biden/

China's Proposed New Assault Carrier May Launch Drones From Electromagnetic Catapult
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
New details have emerged in Chinese media about the proposed Type 076 landing helicopter dock (LHD), a unique variant of that type of warship that would combine a helicopter carrier, a catapult aircraft launching system and a docking area for amphibious landing craft. Sputnik was among the first to report on the new warship.
sputniknews.com/military/202007281080003589-chinas-proposed-new-assault-carrier-may-launch-drones-from-electromagnetic-catapult/

Is Europe on Verge of Second Wave of Coronavirus?
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
BRUSSEL (Sputnik), Luc Rivet – Europe, which has managed to bring the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic down to a trickle of controlled clusters, fears a second wave, as there is a tendency among the population of European countries to relax and stop following restrictions, though the virus is still present.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202007281079996151-is-europe-on-verge-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus/

People Over 6 Feet Tall Are Twice as Likely to Contract COVID-19, Survey Finds
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
A new survey of 2,000 people in the US and the UK suggests people over 6 feet tall have double the risk of getting infected with COVID-19 compared to their shorter counterparts.
sputniknews.com/society/202007281080004214-people-over-6-feet-tall-are-twice-as-likely-to-contract-covid-19-survey-finds/

US Navy Slams Iranian Military Drills in Strategic Strait of Hormuz as 'Irresponsible and Reckless'
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
At the same time, Washington has repeatedly ignored Tehran's calls for the US to stop sending its carriers to the Gulf and its warnings that such actions only contribute to the escalation of tensions in the region, not to security.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007281080001708-us-navy-slams-iran-drills-in-gulf-as-irresponsible-and-reckless/

US Federal Agents in Portland for Protests Reportedly Expected to Stay Until Mid-October
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US federal agents that are currently in Portland to quell violence are expected to stay in the city until mid-October, CNN reported on Tuesday citing an email it obtained from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
sputniknews.com/us/202007281080004026-us-federal-agents-in-portland-for-protests-reportedly-expected-to-stay-until-mid-october/

Portland Mayor Calls For 'Immediate Meeting' With DHS Chiefs to Discuss 'Cease-Fire', Fed Removal
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
As civil unrest in Portland continues amid massive anti-racism protests spanning the United States, President Donald Trump has reportedly deployed 100 additional federal officers to the region as a means of quelling the protests.
sputniknews.com/us/202007281079998161-portland-mayor-calls-for-immediate-meeting-with-dhs-chiefs-to-discuss-cease-fire-fed-removal/

India Imposes Prohibitive Orders Around Ambala Airbase Ahead of Rafale Jets' Arrival
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
New Delhi (Sputnik): The much-anticipated first batch of five Rafale jets took off from France on Monday, beginning their 7,000 km journey to India. The three single-seater and two twin-seater fighter jets will touch down at the Ambala Airbase in Punjab, close to Ladakh and the Pakistani border, on Wednesday.
sputniknews.com/world/202007281080001357-india-imposes-prohibitive-orders-around-ambala-airbase-ahead-of-rafale-jets-arrival/

Google Announces New 'Grace Hopper' Undersea Cable Project to Link US With UK, Spain
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
Google, one of the largest tech companies in the world, announced Tuesday that it would be starting a new undersea cable initiative intended to strengthen the digital connection between the US, UK and Spain.
sputniknews.com/science/202007281080003414-google-announces-new-grace-hopper-undersea-cable-project-to-link-us-with-uk-spain/

ProPublica's Publication of NYPD Complaint Data Exposes System 'Deeply Riddled With Impunity'
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
For the first time, disciplinary records of thousands of New York City Police Department officers have been publicized, revealing that some 4,000 active-duty cops in the 36,000-member force have had at least one substantiated complaint leveled against them. While this alone is shocking, it also raises questions about what authorities are hiding.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202007281080003803-propublica-publishes-nypd-complaint-data-exposes-system-deeply-riddled-with-impunity/

Gaming is Not a Crime: Hilarious Memes Flood Twitter Over Speculations of Ban on PUBG in India
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian government last month banned 59 Chinese apps over security concerns. The government has issued a list of 250 apps which might be banned in the near future over the same reasons. After the TikTokers, it is the gamers who are going to be hit hard with the ban as the list includes PubG.
sputniknews.com/viral/202007281079998530-gaming-is-not-a-crime-hilarious-memes-flood-twitter-over-speculations-of-ban-on-pubg-in-india/

'Cristiano Ronaldo is the Michael Jordan of Football', Says Manchester United's Jesse Lingard
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese football star who plays for Italian club Juventus in Serie A, is a five-time Ballon d'Or winner. He is considered to be one of the best players in football history.
sputniknews.com/sport/202007281080001299-cristiano-ronaldo-is-the-michael-jordan-of-football-says-manchester-uniteds-jesse-lingard/

Grizzlies Just Wanna Have Fun: Bear Loves Posing for Camera
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
Some people adore being the center of attention and thrive in front of the camera. So do some animals, apparently – as a photogenic bear recently demonstrated for her very own "paparazzi."
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Beijing Blasts US 'Reckless Provocation of Confrontation' After Consulate Closures
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
The US Consulate General in the Chinese city of Chengdu was shut down on 27 July following an order from Beijing, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.
sputniknews.com/world/202007281080002543-beijing-blasts-us-reckless-provocation-of-confrontation-after-consulate-closures/

Trump Slams 'Ridiculous, Illegal, Unfair' Twitter 'Trending' For Showing Negative Trends About Him
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
Tension between Twitter and Trump has been high recently, after the platform flagged some of the president's tweets as "potentially misleading" and "glorifying violence", placing "fact-check" and "public interest" notes. Trump claimed Twitter is controlled by "the Radical left", and accused the company of trying to "interfere" in the 2020 vote.
sputniknews.com/us/202007281079998219-trump-slams-ridiculous-illegal-unfair-twitter-trending-for-showing-negative-trends-about-him/

Trump Nominates Retired Army Colonel Macgregor as Next US Envoy to Germany, White House Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-28
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – President Donald Trump selected retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor as the next ambassador to Germany, the White House said in a press release on Monday.
sputniknews.com/us/202007281079998046-trump-nominates-retired-army-colonel-macgregor-as-next-us-envoy-to-germany—white-house/

Iran records 2,667 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,667 people and claimed 235 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said.
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VIDEO: Zionist Regime continues crackdown on protesters
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Israeli Police continues to crack down on protestors against Zionist regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's over alleged corruption and his handling of the coronavirus crisis.
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2 short animations win at Cinrecreo
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Iranian short animated pieces 'The Fox' directed by Sadegh Javadi and 'Pet Man' by Marzieh Abrar-Paydar win Cinrecreo youth short film festival awards in Ecuador.
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Ardabil province exports up 6% in first quarter
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — A total of 33,548 tons of non-oil goods worth $32 million were exported from the northwestern Ardabil province during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 20- June 20), a senior customs official said.
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VIDEO: 'Great Prophet-14' military drill in south of Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that its forces have started the final stage of the 'Great Prophet-14' military drill in the south of Iran on Tuesday.
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US officials tour to region aimed at Iranophobia, instability
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant in Special Political Affairs said that trip of Americans to the region is aimed at spread of 'Iranophobia' and 'instability'.
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Iran, Austria discuss boosting academic ties
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA)– Officials of Iran and Austria's emphasized boosting research and academic cooperation in the form of 17 joint research projects.
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Outgoing Iranian envoy bids farewell to Omani FM official
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — The outgoing Iranian Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman bid farewell to the Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi in Muscat on Tue.
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Iran, Azerbaijan Republic emphasize developing bilateral ties
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan stressed the need to expand and develop bilateral ties.
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Resistance countries has right to respond Zionist aggression
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) –The Popular Resistance Committee issued a statement stressing that "It is the right of Hezbollah, the Palestinian Resistance, Syria, and Iran to respond to any aggression by the Zionist enemy."
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Iran not to tolerate US provocations
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic will not tolerate US unusual and illegal behaviors.
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Iran's Kerman attracts $ 282m foreign investment
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — The Deputy Director General of Economic Affairs and Finance of Kerman Hamid Shahsavari said that Kerman has attracted 282 million dollars' foreign investment during six years.
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IRGC improves weapons based on enemies' strengths, weaknesses
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said the force improves its weaponry considering the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies.
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Kim Jong Un rules out possibility of war against N Korea
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — North Korea leader Kim Jong Un said there will not be any war on his country again.
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VIDEO: Al-Alam reports on unstable situation in S. Lebanon
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Al-Alam correspondent reported on the unstable situation in Southern Lebanon, stating that Zionist regime's planes do not leave the region for a moment. Not even a Zionist soldier can be seen in the embankments of Al-Ruwaisat.
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Lebanon will always stand against Israelis' violations: FM
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Lebanon has once again rebuked the Israeli regime's violation of its territories, saying Beirut will always stand against the Zionists' violations.
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1st phase of intl. Chabahar airport to be inaugurated in year
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Deputy head of transportation and transit of Chabahar Free Zone announced on Monday that the first phase of the International Chabahar airport will be inaugurated within 12 months.
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Tehran-Dushanbe relations enhancing: Tajik FM
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-28
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — Foreign Minister of Tajikistan said that the bilateral relations between Tehran and Dushanbe have improved in various fields in recent months.
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GOP 'Covid-19 relief' bill sets aside $7bn on weapons, including F-35 FIGHTER JETS — Sanders calls it 'dead on arrival'
rt.com | 2020-07-28
The coronavirus relief proposal released by Republican lawmakers seeks to inject $7 billion into tools presumably essential for fighting the virus… such as the Pentagon's favorite money sink, the F-35 stealth fighter program. | Democrats have been adamantly opposed to the GOP coronavirus relief package right from the onset, and to the surprise of no one, given the current ultra-partisan climate. But the bill, which was made public on Monday, really brings out the Republican party's generosity towards defense contractors. Of the $1 trillion financial injection, $29 billion is supposed to go to defense spendin…
rt.com/usa/496448-gop-coronavirus-relief-f35-sanders/

Trump Jr. locked out of Twitter account for sharing controversial video defending HCQ as Covid-19 cure
rt.com | 2020-07-28
Donald Trump Jr has been given a "temporary lockout" from his Twitter account after violating the social media company's "misinformation policy" by sharing a video defending hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a Covid-19 "cure." | "This is a must watch!! So different from the narrative everyone is running with!" Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, originally wrote when sharing the video. The clip has been removed repeatedly from social media sites. | PROTECT THIS DOCTOR | President @realDonaldTrump was right about Hydroxychloroquine | Dr. Stella…
rt.com/usa/496444-twitter-locks-trump-jr-hcq-coronavirus/

Sinclair media group axes TV segment with 'Plandemic' conspiracy researcher for good, voices support for Fauci after backlash
rt.com | 2020-07-28
The Sinclair Broadcast Group will not air a controversial interview with a Covid-19 conspiracy researcher, opting to toss the segment altogether after saying it would postpone the program to "provide additional context." | The conservative media giant said on Monday that it would throw out its interview with Judy Mikovits — a former research scientist who gained prominence after starring in the documentary film 'Plandemic,' where she pushed a number of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus, vaccines and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr Anthony Fauci. | "Upon further review…
rt.com/usa/496022-sinclair-scraps-plandemic-interview/

'Demon sperm' and 'Alien DNA' trend, inducing eye-rolls following media dive into doctor touting HCQ as Covid-19 cure
rt.com | 2020-07-28
Dr Stella Immanuel, one of the doctors filmed touting hydroxychloroquine as a "cure" for Covid-19, has a history of unorthodox statements about health — including that visits from demons in our dreams can cause fertility issues. | It was only a matter of time before a mainstream media outlet did a deep dive on the doctor involved in the much-shared video claiming masks are not needed to stop the spread of coronavirus because HCQ is the "cure." The drug has been promoted by the US president, but has yet to produce anything but varied results in research. | Left-wing media outlet The Daily Beast led the ch…
rt.com/usa/496470-immanuel-coronavirus-demon-sperm/

Twitter YANKS doctor's fierce defense of HCQ as Covid-19 'cure' after Trump's retweet, as skeptics question her credentials
rt.com | 2020-07-28
A Texan doctor's full-blown onslaught of what she called "fixed" science promoted by Big Pharma that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does not work has earned her praise and scorn online, with critics delving deep into her background. | FYI, Twitter just removed your video: pic.twitter.com/cjRqoYiJsT– Julian's Rum ü•É (@JuliansRum) July 28, 2020 | A clip from a press conference by a group of American doctors calling themselves "America's Frontline Doctors," st…
rt.com/usa/496024-doctor-hydroxychloroquine-twitter-removed/

'Scumbags!' Russian boxer & kickboxer suspects in sickening 1-punch KO killing of man defending disabled person in Siberia (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-07-28
A Russian ex-boxer and a female world champion kickboxer have been filmed partaking in a mass brawl in which a man was killed with a sickening one-punch knockout while allegedly defending a disabled person in Barnaul, Siberia. | Former boxer Mikhail Startsev, 38, and kickboxer Liliya Vorogushina were filmed fighting in a city parking lot on Monday, which began with the duo and another woman approaching and then beating a man with his own walking stick, according to television channel '360'. | In the footage, Star…
rt.com/sport/496298-kickboxer-boxer-murder-killing-mass-brawl-siberia/

Dems, media allies cry foul after GOP leader 'hijacks' Barr hearing with video showing violent side of protests
rt.com | 2020-07-28
A US House hearing meant by Democrats to excoriate Attorney General William Barr got off to a rocky start Monday as ranking Republican Jim Jordan showed a video montage of violent protests raging across the country. | The video began with clips of more than a dozen media outlets and Democrat leaders describing the wave of anti-racism demonstrations as "peaceful protests," followed by the widow of retired St Louis police captain David Dorn speaking about the murder of her husband by a looter on June 2. Video of rioting, looting and arson then begins to play with the widow's speech continuing. | Immediately a…
rt.com/usa/496469-jordan-protest-video-barr-hearing/

'An assault on the US govt': AG Barr says anarchists hijacked 'legitimate protests' to sow chaos & destruction
rt.com | 2020-07-28
US Attorney General Bill Barr said that "violent anarchists" have transformed peaceful anti-police-brutality protests into riots, singling out ongoing demonstrations in Portland as an outright "assault" on the government itself. | The comments came in Barr's opening statement for an upcoming committee hearing this week, pre-released on Monday, in which the AG condemned those helping to stoke violence and unrest amid the protests. | "In the wake of George Floyd's death, violent rioters and anarchists h…
rt.com/usa/496023-barr-anarchists-assault-government/

'These are not fireworks': Antifa accused of throwing real explosives at feds in apparent major escalation in Portland
rt.com | 2020-07-28
In an apparent disturbing escalation in violence, after the 61st consecutive day of protests in Portland, Antifa have been accused of throwing real explosives, not fireworks, at federal agents. | Approximately 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Portland on Monday evening, including parents and veterans groups, all of whom were teargassed in something that has become a nightly tradition. | Daily footage from the city shows that neither side is backing down and, in the latest disturbing escalation, accusations that members of the protest group have begun throwing actual explosive devices at authorities have…
rt.com/usa/496034-antifa-explosives-portland-courthouse/

'Plumbing the depths of ignorance': New York Times mocked mercilessly after implying object on NY city seal is a NOOSE (it isn't)
rt.com | 2020-07-28
The New York Times was taken to the woodshed after suggesting the Big Apple's official seal features a noose, with netizens rushing to inform the newspaper that the object in question is, in fact, an antiquated measuring device. | In a report published on Monday, the Times noted that New York's emblem is facing "scrutiny" and could soon see a facelift, citing its "cartoonish" depiction of a Native American man in a loincloth alongside an early American settler. While the paper accurately described some of the seal's symbolism — observing that beavers on the emblem represent the fur trade, for example &#15…
rt.com/usa/496025-new-york-times-nyc-seal/

Ghislaine Maxwell fights to keep 'nude photos and sexualised videos' secret with gag order ahead of trial
rt.com | 2020-07-28
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of grooming underage girls for pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has requested a gag order against prosecutors to keep evidence including naked photos and 'sexualised' videos private. | Maxwell, 58, was arrested earlier in July and is scheduled to be tried for sex-trafficking offenses in a Manhattan federal court in July next year. She has pleaded not guilty to charges that she'd groomed and aided the abuse by Epstein of at least three girls throughout the 1990s. | Court documents show that Maxwell's lawyers want to keep the evidence, which they describe as "highly confide…
rt.com/usa/496193-ghislaine-maxwell-evidence-gag-order/

More deaths from yellow fever expected in Africa because of climate change
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-28
Changing temperature and rainfall across Africa could increase yellow fever deaths by up to 25 percent by 2050.
imperial.ac.uk/news/200355/more-deaths-from-yellow-fever-expected

New Imperial antibody test up and running for NHS staff
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-28
Researchers are using antibody tests developed at Imperial to confirm past COVID-19 infection in NHS staff.
imperial.ac.uk/news/200693/new-imperial-antibody-test-running-nhs

Fears over access to coronavirus guidance for non-English speakers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
Concerns have been raised about a government "blind spot" on translating coronavirus guidance for many non-English speakers in the UK. | Charity Doctors of the World said public health messages had only been translated into a limited number of languages and had not been promptly updated when guidance changed. | It has co-ordinated a letter to health secretary Matt Hancock and communities secretary Robert Jenrick calling for a stronger focus on helping "excluded people", according to the BBC. | More than 4.2 million people — or 7.7% of the population in England and Wales — said that English or Welsh wa…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/28/fears-over-access-to-coronavirus-guidance-for-non-english-speakers/

Closing furlough scheme 'a mistake' which could see unemployment surge
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
The government plan to shut the coronavirus furlough scheme this autumn "seems to be a mistake" which will result in a surge in unemployment, according to a leading economic thinktank. | The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has warned that the rate of unemployment is set to surge to around 10% of the country's workforce by the end of the year. | NIESR hailed the government's coronavirus job retention scheme but called on the chancellor to extend the scheme into next year in a bid to preserve jobs. | Around 9.5 million roles have been supported by the furlough scheme, but it will be wound…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/28/closing-furlough-scheme-a-mistake-which-could-see-unemployment-surge/

Key questions answered on £50 bike repair vouchers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
Cyclists will soon be able to apply for vouchers towards the cost of repairing a bike.Here are 10 key questions about the government's Fix Your Bike scheme.What is it?As part of measures to encourage cycling during the coronavirus pandemic, the government is offering people in England £50 vouchers to be used towards repair costs. | t.co/lwfp874lBR | ?????? #Walking #GetPedalling pi…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/28/key-questions-answered-on-50-bike-repair-vouchers/

Belarus president tests positive after previously dismissing coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
The president of Belarus, who has previously dismissed concerns about coronavirus, says he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is asymptomatic. | Alexander Lukashenko made the announcement at a meeting with security officials, the state news agency Belta reported. He had previously referred to concerns about coronavirus as "psychosis". | He said: "Today you are meeting with a person who managed to survive the coronavirus on his feet. Doctors made such a conclusion yesterday: asymptomatic." | Belarus took no comprehensive measures against coronavirus such as lockdowns or ordering social distancing. | The country…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/28/belarus-president-tests-positive-after-previously-dismissing-coronavirus/

Australian Outback pub bans messy emus for 'bad behaviour'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
An Australian Outback pub has banned emus for "bad behaviour" and erected barriers to prevent the large, flightless birds from creating havoc inside. | Locals and tourists have been bemused by the antics of the emus eager to steal food from people in Yaraka, a remote Queensland state outpost with a permanent population of 18. | But things took an intolerable turn last week when two of the birds, Carol and Kevin, discovered they could climb the front stairs of the Yaraka Hotel, the only pub, publican Chris Gimblett said. | "They've learnt to walk up the front steps of the hotel, which has been causing just a few i…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/28/australian-outback-pub-bans-messy-emus-for-bad-behaviour/

Government accused of 'dragging its feet' on tackling racism
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
The government has been accused of "dragging its feet" on tackling racism. | David Isaac, who is set to step down as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission next week, made the claim as he called for a coherent race strategy to be implemented. | In an interview with the BBC, Isaac said he does not believe the issue has been made a top priority. | "There are lots of people, particularly of colour, who need to be supported, and for that reason a coherent race strategy is a top priority and I call upon the government to act urgently," he said. | "I do believe that they are dragging their feet. They seek to…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/28/government-accused-of-dragging-its-feet-on-tackling-racism/

Mayors want US agents blocked from Portland and other cities
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-28
The mayors of Portland, Oregon, and five other major US cities have appealed to Congress to make it illegal for the federal government to deploy militarised agents to cities that do not want them."This administration's egregious use of federal force on cities over the objections of local authorities should never happen," the mayors of Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Kansas City, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Washington wrote to leaders of the US House and Senate.Portland mayor Ted Wheeler and city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty called for a meeting with acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf to discuss a ceasefire…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/07/28/mayors-want-us-agents-blocked-from-portland-and-other-cities/

Wednesday 7/29: Racism is a Public Health Crisis: Intersection of COVID19, Racism & Health Care in America
Black Abolitionist Network and others | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/28/18835473.php

Thursday 8/6: 8/6 5-7PM PST Please Join Our D2K LA 2000 – 20th Anniversary Zoom Webinar
Lee Siu Hin, Immigrant Solidarity Network | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
8/6 5-7PM PST Please Join Our D2K LA 2000 – 20th Anniversary Zoom Webinar | Time: August 6th Thursday at 5-7 PM PST. | Zoom Webinar Registration: us04web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upwrcOmrrjkjGt3I5EpvVOBEXwgErDneL6Yt | August 2000 will be the 20th anniversary of the D2K LA 2000, a week-long moralization that shocked the country: DNC LA, march to Staples Center, The Rage concert, the convergent center at the MacAuthor Park, the LA Independent Media Center at the Patriotic Hall, Mumia march, direct action at the Rampart Police Station, midnight special law collective, jail solidarity action in front of the T…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/27/18835467.php

8/6 5-7PM PST Please Join Our D2K LA 2000 – 20th Anniversary Zoom Webinar
Lee Siu Hin, Immigrant Solidarity Network | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
8/6 5-7PM PST Please Join Our D2K LA 2000 – 20th Anniversary Zoom Webinar | Time: August 6th Thursday at 5-7 PM PST. | Zoom Webinar Registration: us04web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upwrcOmrrjkjGt3I5EpvVOBEXwgErDneL6Yt | August 2000 will be the 20th anniversary of the D2K LA 2000, a week-long moralization that shocked the country: DNC LA, march to Staples Center, The Rage concert, the convergent center at the MacAuthor Park, the LA Independent Media Center at the Patriotic Hall, Mumia march, direct action at the Rampart Police Station, midnight special law collective, jail solidarity action in front of the T…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/27/18835467.php

"We Mean Business" SF Unionists Protest SF POA & Demand Defunding of Police/Militarization
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
San Francisco trade unionists protested at the office of the San Francisco Police Association POA to defend the police and stop militarization and police terror.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/27/18835460.php

ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 27.07.2020
Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 27.07.2020 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/27/18835450.php

Saturday 8/1: Banner Drop: Love, Rise, Resist!
Martha Hubert | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
Highland Avenue Bridge over the San Jose exit/entrance to Interstate 280, in the Bernal/Mission/Noe/Glen Park vicinity.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/27/18835455.php

Saturday 8/1: All Power to the People! A Rally in Solidarity with the West Oakland Community
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
West Oakland Bart Station | 1451 7th St | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/27/18835459.php

Tuesday 7/28: Senior Citizens Hold Car Parade to Celebrate Essential Social Insurance Programs
California Alliance for Retired Americans | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
Mission District…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/26/18835411.php

Tuesday 7/28: Rationing Care: Who Gets to Live, Who Dies, and What You Can Do About It
Senior & Disability Action and others | indybay.org | 2020-07-28
Online via FB livestream or Zoom w/ ASL interpretation…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/28/18835471.php

Human Rights and Washington's Global Britain
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-28
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo went to London on July 21 because the British government had bowed the knee to Washington and obeyed Trump's orders to cut commercial contact with China's Huawei technology company and Pompeo wanted to reinforce the US-UK anti-China campaign. The U.S. considers it essential that Chinese enterprises should be excluded from world trade, and there are no prizes for concluding that replacement for Huawei in Britain will be provided by American business.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/28/human-rights-and-washington-global-britain/

Killing Democracy in America
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-28
William J. ASTORE | The phrase "thinking about the unthinkable" has always been associated with the unthinkable cataclysm of a nuclear war, and rightly so. Lately, though, I've been pondering another kind of unthinkable scenario, nearly as nightmarish (at least for a democracy) as a thermonuclear Armageddon, but one that's been rolling out in far slower motion: that America's war on terror never ends because it's far more convenient for America's leaders to keep it going — until, that is, it…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/28/killing-democracy-in-america/

How Modern Jihadism Became Co-Invented by the U.S. and Saudi Governments
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-28
Modern jihadism was co-invented in 1979 by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud, and U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, working together, and here is the background for it, and the way — and the reasons — that it was done: | Back in the later Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church and its aristocracies had used religious fervor in order to motivate very conservative and devout people to invade foreign countries so as to spread their empire and to not need to rely only on taxes in order to fund these invasions, but also to highly motivate them by their faith in a heavenly reward. It…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/28/how-modern-jihadism-became-co-invented-by-us-and-saudi-governments/

Iran's Future Will Be Prosperous: A 150-Year Fight for Sovereignty From Oil to Nuclear Energy
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-28
This is Part 3 of the series "Follow the Trail of Blood and Oil". Part 1 is a historical overview of Iran's long struggle with Britain's control over Iranian oil and the SIS-CIA overthrow of Iran's Nationalist leader Mosaddegh in 1953. Part 2 covers the period of the Shah's battle with the Seven Sisters, the 1979 Revolution and the C…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/28/irans-future-will-be-prosperous-a-150-year-fight-for-sovereignty-from-oil-to-nuclear-energy/

Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK?
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-28
The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That's the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK Environment Agency. It follows her January 2019 open letter to Werner Baumann, CEO of Bayer CropScience, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/post-brexit-agrochemical-apocalypse-for-the-uk/

Indonesia's new mining law puts profit ahead of people and planet
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-28
Pius GintingIssue 1274 IndonesiaJuly 28, 2020The Indonesian government relies heavily on coalmining to generate revenue. It is the country's largest export commodity, creating about 15% of total export values. In addition, 60% of electricity generated in Indonesia comes from coal-fired power plants. | The dominance of coal as a fuel is supported by conflicting interests of government officials with close t…
greenleft.org.au/content/indonesia-new-mining-law-puts-profit-ahead-people

The Media Manipulator: Why Trump's Distractions May Not Save Him This Time
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
The secret of Trump's survival is his skill in using and manipulating the media to his own advantage. He may sound crass but he is expert at changing the topic of the hour so that today's damning revelation becomes tomorrow's old news. By outrageous antics he dominates the news agenda and, whatever his failings, he is never dull.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/the-media-manipulator-why-trumps-distractions-may-not-save-him-this-time/

The Media Manipulator: Why Trump's Distractions May Not Save Him This Time
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-27
Patrick COCKBURN | Donald Trump has fallen far enough behind in the polls as to raise the hopes of the world that it will soon see the back of him as US president come the election in 100 days' time. Given his calamitous handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the decline in his popularity is scarcely surprising. | Yet Trump has always shown a Dracula-like ability to rise from the political grave. The writer and politician Conor Cruise…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/27/media-manipulator-why-trump-distractions-may-not-save-him-time/

A Symbol of Hate
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
The Confederate flag (one of three flag designs used by the Confederate States of America… The flag pictured in the video is commonly referred to as the Confederate battle flag) is cut in two, part of this heinous symbol of racism and racist violence remains on its flag pole attached to the side of a garage in a…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/a-symbol-of-hate/

Amid Escalating Tensions, US Warships Sail Just Miles off Coast of China
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-27
The moves are believed by experts to be information gathering operations, attempting to track the positions of Chinese submarines and pinpoint coastal defenses as the US increases the tension with Beijing. | MPN– A U.S. warship and military aircraft were spotted traveling southwest from Japan towards China yesterday afternoon, in what some fear is a growing escalation of aggression towards Beijing. A Boeing P-8A Poseidon (hex code AE68A2), an anti-submarine aircraft appeared to be working in conjunction with the ant…

Amid Escalating Tensions, US Warships Sail Just Miles off Coast of China

Amid Escalating Tensions, US Warships Sail Just Miles off Coast of China
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-27
The moves are believed by experts to be information gathering operations, attempting to track the positions of Chinese submarines and pinpoint coastal defenses as the US increases the tension with Beijing.
mintpressnews.com/us-military-warships-aircraft-spotted-miles-off-china-coast/269810/

United Tesla Company: Widespread Condemnation of Elon Musk's Bolivia Coup Comments
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-27
Telsa CEO Elon Musk is once again under fire, this time for tweeting "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it." in reference to the 2019 US-backed coup in Bolivia.
mintpressnews.com/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-condemned-over-bolivia-coup-comments/269794/

New Investigation Reveals How Fossil Fuel Giants Are Amplifying Militarized Police Forces
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
"This report sheds a harsh and needed light on the ways police violence and systemic racism intersect with the climate crisis." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/military_police_fossil-fuels.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/27/new-investigation-reveals-how-fossil-fuel-giants-are-amplifying-militarized-police?cd-origin=rss

Sen. Warren Demands Eviction Moratorium as New Reporting Sheds Light on Nation's Stark Housing Inequality
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
"This pandemic is deepening our country's already historic levels of inequality." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cancelrent.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/27/sen-warren-demands-eviction-moratorium-new-reporting-sheds-light-nations-stark?cd-origin=rss

An inside look at Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution on its 41st anniversary
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2020-07-27
The Grayzone reports from inside Nicaragua's capital on the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, covering a speech by President Daniel Ortega, showing how the leftist government has responded to the coronavirus pandemic, and surveying the rising tide of U.S. and corporate media disinformation.
mronline.org/2020/07/27/an-inside-look-at-nicaraguas-sandinista-revolution-on-its-41st-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-inside-look-at-nicaraguas-sandinista-revolution-on-its-41st-anniversary

VIDEO: Covid-19 and "The Spiderweb of Fear". American Medical Doctors and Health Experts are being Silenced
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Listen to the testimony of American medical doctors. | Thousands of American physicians have been silenced. | "Americans are captured by Fear". | We cannot live with a spiderweb of fear. | We're being held down by the spider web of fear. That spiderweb …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-and-the-spiderweb-of-fear-american-medical-doctors-and-health-experts-are-being-silenced/5719608

VIDEO: Covid-19 and "The Spiderweb of Fear". American Medical Doctors and Health Experts are being Silenced
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Listen to the testimony of American medical doctors. | Thousand of American physicians have been silenced. | "Americans are captured by Fear". | "We cannot live with a spiderweb of fear." | Fear is sustained Worldwide by the media and the governments. | "There is …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-and-the-spiderweb-of-fear-american-medical-doctors-and-health-experts-are-being-silenced/5719608

Seattle & Portland Activists: Protest Federal and City Police Crackdowns & Keep Focus on BLM Agenda
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-27
As nationwide protests against systemic racism and police violence stretch into their second month, President Trump has sent a team of federal agents to Seattle, following a controversial deployment of federal forces in Portland, Oregon. "We don't know exactly what the federal officers are doing. What we do know is we are in a situation where local police are welcoming those federal agents into our cities," says Seattle community organizer Nikkita Oliver, co-executive director of Creative Justice. We also speak with Pastor E.D. Mondainé, president of the Portland, Oregon, branch of the NAACP.
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/27/trump_federal_agents_seattle_portland

"Don't Simply Yoke Him to Dr. King": Eddie Glaude on How Radical Student Activism Shaped John Lewis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-27
Memorials for John Lewis, the civil rights icon and 17-term congressmember, are highlighting the bravery he and others showed in the face of police violence as they fought for the right to vote. We highlight the radical early years of Lewis, when he was chairperson of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. His political upbringing as a youth and student organizer and "the movement that he came out of" can't be ignored, says Princeton professor Eddie Glaude. It's important that people "don't simply yoke him to Dr. King, [and] understand him as a product of this student activism." Glaude is chair of Princet…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/27/eddie_glaude_john_lewis

Seattle & Portland Activists: Protest Federal and City Police Crackdowns & Keep Focus on BLM Agenda
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-27
As nationwide protests against systemic racism and police violence stretch into their second month, President Trump has sent a team of federal agents to Seattle, following a controversial deployment of federal forces in Portland, Oregon. "We don't know exactly what the federal officers are doing. What we do know is we are in a situation where local police are welcoming those federal agents into our city," says Seattle community organizer Nikkita Oliver, co-executive director of Creative Justice. We also speak with Pastor E.D. Mondainé, president of the Portland, Oregon, branch of the NAACP.
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/27/trump_federal_agents_seattle_portland

Make America White Again: Eddie Glaude on Trump and What James Baldwin Still Has to Teach Us
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-27
Amid a nationwide reckoning with systemic racism, we speak with Princeton African American studies professor Eddie Glaude, whose new book on James Baldwin offers lessons from the iconic writer for the present. Baldwin, says Glaude, insisted that "we put aside the myths and illusions and understand what white supremacy has done in terms of disfiguring and distorting the character of this nation." The book is titled "Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own."
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/27/eddie_glaude_james_baldwin_begin_again

How a police spy's stunning testimony threatens the official US-Israeli AMIA bombing narrative
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-07-27
Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community…
thegrayzone.com/2020/07/26/police-spys-testimony-official-us-israeli-amia-bombing/

State Dept Abandons Families Of Mercenaries Detained In Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
The Grayzone has confirmed that former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson traveled to Venezuela on Monday, July 13, following conversations with the families of former Green Beret soldiers Luke Denman and Airan Berry. Venezuelan authorities detained Berry and Denman on May 4, after they participated in a failed mercenary invasion of Venezuela with the stated goal of kidnapping the country's elected president, Nicolas Maduro. | Mark Denman, the younger brother of the detained mercenary Luke Denman, told The Grayzone that Richardson had agreed to help his family after the US Department of State failed to offer…
popularresistance.org/state-dept-abandons-families-of-mercenaries-detained-in-venezuela/

Need Money for the Green New Deal? Take It From ICE
Josue De Luna Navarro | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
The climate crisis is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity is facing. Yes, it threatens everyone's existence. But in particular, it exacerbates the centuries-long systemic oppression plaguing so many communities. The scientific consensus tells us we have 10 years to transform our fossil-fueled, extractive economy into a regenerative one. This isn't so much a technological challenge…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/need-money-for-the-green-new-deal-take-it-from-ice/

Popular Movements Can Overcome Authoritarian Policing
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Today is the 60th day of protests since the murder of George Floyd. This weekend, people marched in cities across the country in solidarity with Portland and in opposition to the US becoming a police state. | President Trump sending …
globalresearch.ca/popular-movements-overcome-authoritarian-policing/5719539

Popular Movements Can Overcome Authoritarian Policing
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-27
Portland protests say Go Home Feds as protests grow (by Noah Berger, AP) Today is the 60th day of protests since the murder of George Floyd. This weekend, people marched in cities across the country in solidarity with Portland and in opposition to the US becoming a police state. President Trump sending troops to cities added fuel …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/popular-movements-can-overcome-authoritarian-policing/

Nearly 30,000 back US campaign seeking Nobel for Cuban doctors
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Nobel Peace Prize for Cuban Doctors campaign has been endorsed by prominent intellectuals, artists, politicians, and citizens worldwide, according to the campaign's website.Prominent endorsers include Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel, former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa, actors Danny Glover and Mark Ruffalo, writers Alice Walker, Noam Chomsky, and Nancy Morejon, filmmakers Oliver Stone and Petra Costa, musician Tom Morello, and singer/songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, among numerous others.The campaign launched on June 16 describes its mission "to promote the nomination of the Cuban International M…
yenisafak.com/en/world/nearly-30000-back-us-campaign-seeking-nobel-for-cuban-doctors-3535497

Report: "Israeli Soldiers Killed 27 Palestinians, Injured 1070, in First Half Of 2020"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
The Abdullah al-Hourani Center for Studies and Documentation" which is run by Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers killed 27 Palestinians, including seven children and two women, in addition to wounding 1070 other, and abducted around 2330 Palestinians in the first half of this year, 2020. …
imemc.org/article/report-israeli-soldiers-killed-27-palestinians-injured-1070-in-first-half-of-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-israeli-soldiers-killed-27-palestinians-injured-1070-in-first-half-of-2020

A Century of Struggle in Palestine
Kaleem Hawa | thenation.com | 2020-07-27
Rashid Khalidi's new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.
thenation.com/article/world/hundred-years-war-on-palestine-rashid-khalidi/

Pressure for Sanctions Against Turkey Increases as Tensions with Greece Grow
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Divided on how to deal with Turkey, some European leaders are calling for sanctions and others are calling for a reset in Euro-Turkish relations. French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the European People's …
globalresearch.ca/pressure-sanctions-against-turkey-increases-tensions-greece-grow/5719562

Lawless State: Go Ask Donald, Joe, and Barack
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low Go ask Alice, I think she'll know When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's off…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/lawless-state-go-ask-donald-joe-and-barack/

Fed Guarantees Unproductive Debt and Perilous Speculation
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
The Federal Reserve Board — our unaccountable Central Bank — needs more citizen and Congressional supervision. Fees from financial institutions fund its operations, not Congressional appropriations. It is as secret as it wants to be and that's plenty. (See Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider). Plus, the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/fed-guarantees-unproductive-debt-and-perilous-speculation/

With Cold War Language, Pompeo Defines Plan For 'Totalitarian' China
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
In a major foreign policy speech on U.S.-China relations, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cast ratcheted-up tensions with Beijing in Cold War terms, announcing that Washington would seek to change Beijing's behavior and stopping just short of calling for regime change. | He described Beijing — and Chinese President Xi Jinping — as a generational threat to "free democracies around the world," a totalitarian and hegemonic regime that must not be treated like a normal nation. Riffing on President Ronald Reagan's famous "trust but verify" dictum about the Soviet Union, he said that when it comes to Beijing…
popularresistance.org/with-cold-war-language-pompeo-defines-plan-for-totalitarian-china/

"Made In The USA" Economic Collapse: Trump's "Stimulus Plan". Money for the Super-Rich, Crumbs for Ordinary Americans
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Made-in-the-USA economic collapse is the most diabolical scheme ever concocted by dark forces in the country. | It's all about engineering the largest ever wealth transfer from ordinary people to corporate favorites and the nation's super-rich. | It also aims to consolidate …
globalresearch.ca/gop-stimulus-scheme-generously-fund-privileged-americans-crumbs-workers/5719556

Militarizing Space: US Plans What Russia and Most Other Countries Oppose
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Longstanding US plans call for waging wars from space. | In 1985, the US Space Command (USSPACECOM) was created. | In December 2018, Trump ordered it be made a unified combatant command for war under the US Strategic Command, saying: | "Pursuant to | …
globalresearch.ca/militarizing-space-us-plans-what-russia-most-other-countries-oppose/5719508

SCOTUS' Birth Control Decision Favors Medicare for All
Sophia Paslaski | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
People of the menstruating persuasion: how dare you. The highest court in the land demands to know. On July 8th, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that the President, who does not have a uterus, was quite right to object to Obama-era ACA rules that allowed Americans who do have uteri access…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/scotus-birth-control-decision-favors-medicare-for-all/

Overinflated Covid Death Counts: Gunshot Wounds, Parkinson's Disease, Car Accident, Incorrectly Attributed to COVID-19
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
When it comes to overinflated coronavirus death counts, we recently outlined how a fatal motorcycle accident in Florida was added to the state's COVID-19 death toll. Still, no precise data shows just how overinflated death counts are on a state …
globalresearch.ca/gunshot-head-parkinsons-disease-deaths-palm-beach-incorrectly-attributed-covid-19/5719528

Overinflated Covid Death Counts: Gunshot Wounds, Parkinson's Disease, Car Accidents. Incorrectly Attributed to COVID-19
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
When it comes to overinflated coronavirus death counts, we recently outlined how a fatal motorcycle accident in Florida was added to the state's COVID-19 death toll. Still, no precise data shows just how overinflated death counts are on a state …
globalresearch.ca/gunshot-head-parkinsons-disease-deaths-palm-beach-incorrectly-attributed-covid-19/5719528

10?10: Join THE FIGHT
aclu.org | 2020-07-27
THE FIGHT is an inspiring, emotional tribute to the courtroom heroes defending our civil liberties. The film is more than an insider look at some of the most important legal battles of our time; above all, it shows us that we can all take a stand against injustice. We can all become heroes in our own lives, in our own ways. In honor of 100 years of the ACLU, commit to 10 actions that take 10 minutes each to join THE FIGHT. | 1. We are facing an unprecedented health crisis as COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the world. While the pandemic shouldn't be a…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/10×10-join-the-fight

D.C. Statehood is a Racial Justice Issue
Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux | aclu.org | 2020-07-27
As the movement for D.C. statehood gains undeniable momentum, anxious cries from its detractors are reaching a fever pitch. Following the House of Representatives' recent approval of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, H.R. 51, which would finally grant statehood and full voting representation in Congress to over 700,000 people living in our nation's capital, critics emerged in the Wall Street Journal, the National Review, and elsewhere to wring their hands over the alleged " partisan advantage" that statehood would bring. Further, the…
aclu.org/news/voting-rights/d-c-statehood-is-a-racial-justice-issue

Decarceration and Crime During COVID-19
ACLU Analytics | aclu.org | 2020-07-27
COVID-19 presents an enormous risk to those in carceral facilities and their surrounding communities. Since the pandemic began, more than 50,000 people in prison have tested positive for the coronavirus, and over 600 have died. These infections and deaths were largely preventable, as we demonstrated in April by working with academic partners to build an epidemiological model that illustrated the deadly threat of COVID-19 in jails. In response to this crisis — and in many loc…
aclu.org/news/smart-justice/decarceration-and-crime-during-covid-19

Incarcerated People are Still Dying of COVID-19, and We're Still Fighting to Save Them
Somil Trivedi | aclu.org | 2020-07-27
The recent spikes in COVID-19 cases across the country are a stark reminder that the pandemic is still very much with us. As John Oliver recently noted, nowhere is that more true than in jails and prisons. The top five clusters of cases in America, and eight of the top 10, are in corrections facilities. The reason is simple: Most law enforcement officials, judges, and lawmakers have been unwilling to use th…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/incarcerated-people-are-still-dying-of-covid-19-and-were-still-fighting-to-save-them

Assange Suffers Political Persecution, Lawyer Garzon Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
During a hearing at Spain's National Court, Julian Assange's lawyer Baltasar Garzon Monday denounced that his client has suffered "political persecution" from the U.S. government. | RELATED: | New Docs Reveal Links Between Firm That Spied on Assange and CIA | Garzon was called to declare over the alleged espionage by the Spanish company UC Global, which was responsible for the security of Ecuador's embassy in London from 2015 and 2018. | During the hearing were displayed rec…
telesurenglish.net/news/Assange-Suffers-Political-Persecution-Lawyer-Garzon-Says-20200727-0010.html

Colombia: Another Social Leader Killed In Corinto Municipality
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Colombia's National Federation of Agricultural Unions (Fensuagro) denounced Sunday the assassination of Jose Gustavo Arcila Rivera, a social and farmer leader. | RELATED: | Venezuela Dismantles Drug Camps Near its Border With Colombia | "The events took place at around 6 a.m. this Sunday when our friend was in his plot, located in the village of La Cominera. A man arrived at the place and attacked him with a firearm and then fled," Fensuagro stated. | Inhabitants transported Arcila to t…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-another-social-leader-killed-in-corinto-municipality-20200727-0024.html

A City Too Far
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
President Donald Trump's law and order gambit against Democrat-led cities and states that is intended to swing votes his way Nov. 3 could use more law and less disorder. It's not enough that the Republican leader has divided the country racially and ethnically but now has encroached on civil, state and even constitutional rights by sending federal law enforcement officers to Portland, Oregon, in his quest for another four-year term, now endangered by poor showings in polls against his presumptive opponent, Joe Biden.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/a-city-too-far/

Biden's New Climate Policy Proves That Movements Can Move Him Left
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-07-27
Biden's New Climate Policy Proves That Movements Can Move Him Left…
thenation.com/article/politics/biden-movements-climate-progressive/

How to Move Biden Left
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-07-27
How to Move Biden Left…
thenation.com/article/politics/biden-movements-climate-progressive/

One Cheer for John Kasich
Peter Dreier | thenation.com | 2020-07-27
One Cheer for John Kasich…
thenation.com/article/politics/kasich-biden-democratic-convention/

Will the Left Get a Say in the Biden Doctrine?
David Klion | thenation.com | 2020-07-27
Will the Left Get a Say in the Biden Doctrine?
thenation.com/article/politics/biden-foreign-policy/

After Bolivia, Elon Musk says capitalists can overthrow any government they want
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-27
Billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk has come under fire after welcoming last year's overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales in what was seen as a bid to obtain the country's lithium reserves. In response to a tweet on Saturday that accused the U.S. government of forcing Morales out, allowing Musk to access Bolivian resources, he …
peoplesworld.org/article/after-bolivia-elon-musk-says-capitalists-can-overthrow-any-government-they-want/

Trade pact could boost Africa's income by as much as $450 billion: World Bank
news.un.org | 2020-07-27
The African Continental Free Trade Area represents a major opportunity for countries to boost growth, reduce poverty, broaden economic inclusion and help "expand opportunities for all Africans", hailed a World Bank official on Monday, which if fully implemented, could boost regional income by around $450 billion.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/07/1069081

Yankee McYeehaw: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-27
Hi I'm Yankee McYeehaw. My government assistance during the pandemic consists of $1200 and a dick pic while congress passes a $740 billion annual military budget and trillions are funneled to giant corporations, so obviously I'm very very angry at Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. | ~ | Opposing the most destructive behaviors of the most powerful government on earth should not be an unusual and controversial position. | ~ | Arguments for western interventionism always remind me of the beginning of Edward Scissorhands when he's trying to move around the suburban house and make things right but he keeps destroying eve…

Yankee McYeehaw: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

COVID-19: Latin America Turns the World's Most Affected Region
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Latin America became Sunday the region with the highest number of coronavirus infections in the world with 4,340,214 cases. | RELATED: | China Offers Credit To Latin America To Access Covid-19 Vaccine | It is the first time that the number of infections in the region has exceeded North American records, which accumulates 4,330,989 cases. At least 4.2 million of them belong to the U.S., a country has reported 150,000 deaths so far. | In Latin America, Brazil is the most affect…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-Latin-America-Turns-the-Worlds-Most-Affected-Region-20200727-0002.html

Leftist leaders call for cancellation of debts owed by developing countries
Peoples Dispatch | mronline.org | 2020-07-27
A statement signed by former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and Indian Kerala State's finance minister Thomas Isaac, among others, highlights the inadequacy of the measures announced recently by the G20 and IMF to postpone debt repayment.
mronline.org/2020/07/27/leftist-leaders-call-for-cancellation-of-debts-owed-by-developing-countries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leftist-leaders-call-for-cancellation-of-debts-owed-by-developing-countries

Brazil: Labor Union Sues Bolsonaro for Crimes Against Humanity
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Brazil's Trade Union Network UniSaude filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Jair Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity and genocide during the COVID-19 crisis. | RELATED: | Brazil: Health Workers Protest Against Bolsonaro | "Bolsonaro's management of the pandemic has been criminal and negligent. He has risked the lives of health professionals and the people," UniSaude denounced. | Despite testing COVID-19 positive, the far-right politician refuses…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-labor-union-sues-bolsonaro-for-crimes-against-humanity-20200727-0013.html

Covid-19: 16 Million Cases In Six Months
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
WHO Director-General Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted on Monday that Thursday, July 30, marks six months since the UN agency declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern when there were less than 100 cases outside of China and no deaths. | RELATED: | COVID-19: Latin America Turns the World's Most Affected Region | During a virtual press conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Dr. Ghebreyesus said this was the sixth time a global health emergency has b…
telesurenglish.net/news/Covid-19-16-Million-Cases-In-Six-Months-20200727-0019.html

Military Escalation in the Middle East: Is Israel Planning a Multi-Front War against Its Arab Neighbors?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
If you watch the US mainstream media's 24 hour news coverage on recent events around the world no matter what time of the day it is, Covid-19 and China dominate the headlines while ignoring recent escalations in the Middle East …
globalresearch.ca/israel-planning-multi-front-war-arab-neighbors-top-us-israeli-military-officials-meet-unannounced-southern-israel/5719544

Mounting US pressure on Europe to line up against China
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
Pompeo condemned those that "simply don't have the ability, the courage to stand with us."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/useu-j27.html

The U.S. Does Not Respect International Law, Scholar Recalls
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Regarding the closure of China's consulate in Houston, Singapore's scholar Zheng Yongnian recalled that the United States has never been a good example of upholding international law. | RELATED: | Cuba Condemns US Decision To Close Chinese Consulate In Houston | "While pretending to be the embodiment of international law, it only demands other countries to abide by the international law," the professor of the National University of Singapore's East Asian Institute told Xinhua.
telesurenglish.net/news/The-U.S.-Does-Not-Respect-International-Law-Scholar-Recalls-20200727-0007.html

Climate Change: Mind-Blowing Warnings from Arctic and Antarctica
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
Ice floe with polar bear in Beaufort Sea. (Photo: NOAA Photo Library) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/2016arcticreportcard.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/27/climate-change-mind-blowing-warnings-arctic-and-antarctica?cd-origin=rss

Climate Change Litigation: the Australian Government Gets Sued
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
"It's time the government told the public about the impact climate change will have on our future and the economy." — Katta O'Donnell, The Guardian, Jul 24, 2020 While coronavirus ravages life, dominates policy and clouds debate, that other pressing issue of addressing climate change has moved into a more modest gear. That has not…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/climate-change-litigation-the-australian-government-gets-sued/

Pressured by Climate Activist Groups, Deutsche Bank Ditches Drilling in the Arctic
Krissy Waite, editorial intern | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
The bank joins a list of two dozen others that will not back Arctic drilling projects. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11697922011.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/27/pressured-climate-activist-groups-deutsche-bank-ditches-drilling-arctic?cd-origin=rss

New DNC Platform Could Make The Bleak Climate Forecast Even Worse
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-27
The DNC's proposed 2020 platform leaves the fossil fuel spigot on. The Senate tucks a bill promoting enhanced oil recovery and geoengineering into the defense budget. "McMansions" face climate scrutiny.
therealnews.com/columns/new-dnc-platform-could-make-the-bleak-climate-forecast-even-worse

Venezuela Dismantles Drug Camps Near its Border With Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Venezuela's Interior Minister Nestor Reverol Monday revealed that the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) officials seized 9,173 kilograms of cocaine and dismantled two drug processing camps 900 meters from the border with Colombia. | RELATED: | Venezuela Rejects U.S. Accusations About Drug Trafficking | Reverol said that FANB authorities, along with the Venezuelan National Anti-Drug Office (ONA), founded 25 drug processing laboratories located in two large camps in the Jesus María…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-dismantles-drug-camps-near-colombia-border-20200727-0012.html

Dr. Fauci: U.S. closed only half the country to battle the coronavirus
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-27
WASHINGTON–The U.S. "shut down about 50% of the country" and is now paying the price in a rebound of daily coronavirus cases, the nation's top expert on such diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says. And in that respect, he adds, we lag far behind a bloc of nations in Europe, which have a comparable combined population, …
peoplesworld.org/article/dr-fauci-u-s-closed-only-half-the-country-to-battle-the-coronavirus/

Do Masks Protect Against Coronavirus?
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-27
As I explained recently based on the available studies, N95 and higher masks offer viral protection from inhaling airborn virus. Surgical masks offer very little if any, and bandanas or cloth masks offer none. | I received a few rude letters from the usual know-it-alls who seldom know anything who maintained that there were no differences between N95 masks and surgical masks, etc. | Some people insist that mask reqiurements are a conspiracy to take away their freedom, and some of these people maintain that their right not to wear a mask takes precedence over public health. Some even claim that masks injure health…

Do Masks Protect Against Coronavirus?

We must all accept hard choices if we're to beat COVID-19, urges WHO
news.un.org | 2020-07-27
Governments everywhere should adopt a much more focused approach to stopping coronavirus transmission if they want to avoid having to impose sweeping lockdowns once again.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/07/1069031

Boogaloo Movement: USA Far Right is Growing Thanks to Donald Trump
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
As of this writing, the United States is rocked with civil unrest due to racism and police violence, and the country continues to break records for the most cases of coronavirus. The unstable and unhinged president Donald Trump makes things far worse domestically and internationally with his inflammatory language and his disdain for science. As…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/boogaloo-movement-usa-far-right-is-growing-thanks-to-donald-trump/

Dozens of Australian schools shut down after coronavirus outbreaks
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
Keeping the schools open is regarded as a central aspect of the reopening of the economy and the continued provision of an exploitable workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/vsch-j27.html

White House brands teachers "essential workers" to force reopening of schools
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
With the coronavirus pandemic raging out of control, the Trump administration is escalating its homicidal campaign to reopen schools across the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/scho-j27.html

Kennedy Jr. Warns Parents About Danger of Using Largely Untested COVID Vaccines on Kids
Martin Berger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned Americans on Thursday to be cautious about any new coronavirus vaccine, pointing out that key parts of testing are being skipped. | "The Moderna vaccine, which is the lead candidate, skipped the animal testing …
globalresearch.ca/kennedy-jr-warns-parents-about-danger-using-largely-untested-covid-vaccines-kids/5719566

Hurricane Hanna hits regions of Texas and Mexico devastated by COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
In conjunction with a natural disaster, the coronavirus outbreak in the cross-border region threatens to spiral out of control.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/hhht-j27.html

Ohio House Speaker arrested for running a $60 million bribery scheme
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
The FBI arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder for alleged corrupt connections involving the electric company FirstEnergy Corporation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/ohio-j27.html

The Commodification of Black Death
Nia Imara | progressive.org | 2020-07-27
As corporations and large universities attempt to profit off of the movement against racial violence, it's apparent that racism and capitalism are as intertwined as ever.
progressive.org/dispatches/commodification-of-black-death-imara-200727/

New Report Shows How Fossil Fuel Corporations, Utilities, and Fossil-Financiers Help Direct, Sponsor, Partner With, and Fund Police Foundation
commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/07/27/new-report-shows-how-fossil-fuel-corporations-utilities-and-fossil-financiers?cd-origin=rss

Corporate Constitutional Rights are Cancerous to Democracy
Judy Young, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
"Monsanto has known for several decades that Roundup (glyphosate) causes cancer. Rather than informing consumers about the glyphosate cancer risk, Monsanto buried the risks as sales of Roundup continued to skyrocket." (Photo: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/monsanto_bayer-settlement.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/27/corporate-constitutional-rights-are-cancerous-democracy?cd-origin=rss

The Heart of Darkness in Portland
Mike Hastie | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
Soon it will be 60 straight nights of demonstrations and ear shattering protests in Portland, Oregon. There is a continuous drum corps that is beating hypnotic rhythms that gives thousands of Portlanders a reason to be alive. The energy is electrifying, as people take turns chanting their built up frustrations of what they see as utter…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/the-heart-of-darkness-in-portland/

Black Left Views on American Elections Matter
Arnold August | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
Netfa Freeman is an organizer for Pan-African Community Action and the Coordinating Committee of the Black Alliance for Peace. He is also a radio talk-show host of the popular D.C.-based Voices with Vision and an active supporter of the Cuban and Bolivarian revolutions. In an exclusive online interview for teleSur from Washington D.C., Freeman asserted…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/black-left-views-on-american-elections-matter/

Black Left Views on American Elections Matter
Arnold August | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
Netfa Freeman is an organizer for Pan-African Community Action and the Coordinating Committee of the Black Alliance for Peace. He is also a radio talk-show host of the popular D.C.-based Voices with Vision and an active supporter of the Cuban and Bolivarian revolutions. In an exclusive online interview for teleSur from Washington D.C., Freeman asserted…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/black-left-views-on-american-elections-matter/

Police Are The Real Cancel Culture
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution. –Fred Hampton As much as academics, celebrities, friends or anti-capitalists may fret about being deplatformed in various ways — what about activists and unhoused people deplatformed of their presence and existence by curfews and cops' repression? –Tranquil Enes…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/police-are-the-real-cancel-culture/

Three Questions for the "Resistance"
Coco Das | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
The Trump/Pence regime has sent a federal occupying army into Portland to "quell" ongoing protests. Overseen by the Department of Homeland Security and cobbled from a number of federal agencies, including Customs & Border Patrol and the Coast Guard, these anonymous thugs in camouflage, virtually indistinguishable from right-wing militias, have seized the authority to kidnap…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/three-questions-for-the-resistance/

The Black and White Disability Gap Widens With Age
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
With the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) happening this weekend as Black Lives Matter protests continue, it's a good time to look at the intersection between race and disability in the United States. The figure below compares disability rates by age, sex, and race for non-Latinx adults. The data in the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/the-black-and-white-disability-gap-widens-with-age/

The Heart of Darkness in Portland
Mike Hastie | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
Soon it will be 60 straight nights of demonstrations and ear-shattering protests in Portland, Oregon. There is a continuous drum corps that is beating hypnotic rhythms that gives thousands of Portlanders a reason to be alive. The energy is electrifying, as people take turns chanting their built-up frustrations of what they see as utter failure…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/the-heart-of-darkness-in-portland/

RADICAL SELF CARE: ANGELA DAVIS
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/radical-self-care-angela-davis/

The Volatile Path to Democracy in Ethiopia
Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-27
Ancient ethnic divisions and long held grievances die hard. Ethiopia is made up of dozens of tribal/ethnic groups, divided into nine regional states. Oromia is the largest region (it includes the capital, Addis Ababa) and, with 34% of the population (c.40 million), the Oromo people make up the biggest single group. On 29th June the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/27/the-volatile-path-to-democracy-in-ethiopia/

Trinidad & Tobago's President Slams Muslim Leader's Apology
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Trinidad & Tobago's President Paula-Mae Weekes Sunday criticized the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr's late apology for the 1990 attempted coup. | RELATED: | Damages As Tropical Depression Gonzalo Hits Trinidad and Tobago | Bakr filed an affidavit apologizing for the traumatic effects he caused three decades ago, during a coup attempt that shook the country on July 27, 1990. | That day, over 100 members of the Islamist radical group Jamaat-al-Muslimeen stormed Parlia…
telesurenglish.net/news/trinidad-and-tobago-president-weeks-slams-bakrs-apology-20200727-0009.html

Stop Trump's coup d'état! Mobilize the working class against authoritarianism and dictatorship!
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
The Trump administration's deployment of paramilitary forces throughout the United States is a major escalation in his attempt to organize a coup d'état in advance of the November presidential elections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/pers-j27.html

Stop Trump's coup d'état! Mobilize the working class against authoritarianism and dictatorship!
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
The Trump administration's deployment of paramilitary forces throughout the United States is a major escalation of the attempt to organize a coup d'état in advance of the November presidential elections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/pers-j27.html

Venezuela: Authorities Postpone Electoral Registration Day
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) President Indira Alfonzo Sunday announced that the Special Electoral Registration Day will be postponed due to the radical quarantine applied in several regions of the country. | RELATED: | Venezuela Announces International Lawsuit Against US | The COVID-19 local resurgence that has been registered in different communities forced authorities to apply a radical quarantine in the states of Miranda, Zulia, Sucre, La Guaira, Tachira, and Bolivar…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-authorities-delay-special-electoral-registration-day-20200727-0003.html

Elizabeth Warren On Why We Must Stop Utility Shutoffs During The Pandemic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-27
With unemployment at record levels and an economy teetering on the edge, utility shutoffs threaten to compound the existing public health disaster unfolding in the US. The Real News is highlighting voices from a national campaign that is trying to do something to prevent this by demanding a national moratorium on shutoffs during the COVID…
therealnews.com/stories/elizabeth-warren-on-why-we-must-stop-utility-shutoffs-during-the-pandemic

What Will Happen to Neoliberalism after the COVID-19 Crisis? Will It Survive?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
For the last forty years, neo-liberalism has dominated economic thinking and the formulation of economic policies Worldwide. | But the corona virus crisis has exposed, in a dramatic way, its internal contradictions, its incapacity to deal with the corona crisis and …
globalresearch.ca/what-will-happen-neoliberalism-after-covid-19-crisis-will-survive/5719364

Mexico: Churches Reopen As Outbreak Surpasses 390,000
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Mexico City churches Sunday reopened despite the exceptional health situation amidst COVID-19. As of Monday, the local outbreak toll surpassed 68,900 cases, and 8693 people have died due to the virus. | RELATED: | Hanna Storms Into Northwest Mexico | According to Mexico City's governor Claudia Sheinbaum, chapels and churches would receive 20 percent of their congregations to prevent new contagions. | The churchgoers must use hand sanitizer, masks, and remain distanced. Churches would not hold masses, we…
telesurenglish.net/news/mexico-churches-reopen-as-contagion-surpasses-39-0000-20200727-0014.html

What explains the COVID-19 surge in Mexico?
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-27
Magdiel Sanchez Quiroz from Jóvenes Ante la Emergencia Nacional talks about the rising number of COVID-19 cases and the current conditions in Mexico. He explains the reasons behind the worsening situation, emphasizing on how the public healthcare system has deteriorated over the years.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/27/what-explains-the-covid-19-surge-in-mexico/

The Ugly Terror of a Fascist Abyss Lurks in the Background of This Pandemic
Henry A. Giroux | zcomm.org | 2020-07-27
Amid the corpses produced by neoliberal capitalism and COVID-19, there are also flashes of hope, a chance to move beyond a contemporary resurgence of authoritarianism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-ugly-terror-of-a-fascist-abyss-lurks-in-the-background-of-this-pandemic/

El Salvador: Health Ministry Adds Cabins For Covid-19 Testing
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
El Salvador's Health Ministry Monday installed three diagnose cabins in San Salvador public spaces for more extensive virus' tracking, as the outbreak toll surpasses 15,000. | RELATED: | El Salvador: Medical Institution Denounces Case Undercounting | "With this mechanism, patients who come out positive would receive direct attention," Health Minister Francisco Alabi said. | The temporary installations would be open until Wednesday and would be free of charge, testing about 300 p…
telesurenglish.net/news/el-salvador-health-ministry-installs-cabins-to-perform-wide-covid-19-testing-20200727-0018.html

South Africa has the world's fifth highest COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
The rate at which detected cases are doubling in the country, about every two weeks, implies that confirmed infections will be one million early August.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/safr-j27.html

What will Happen to Neoliberalism after the COVID-19 Crisis? Will it survive?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
For the last forty years, neo-liberalism has dominated economic thinking and the formulation of economic policies Worldwide. But the corona virus crisis has exposed, in a dramatic way, its internal contradictions, its incapacity to deal with the corona crisis and …
globalresearch.ca/what-will-happen-to-neoliberalism-after-the-covid-19-crisis-will-it-survive/5719364

Over 7,500 children in Tennessee have been diagnosed with COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
As the state's schools move toward reopening, new data has provided a glimpse of the spread of COVID-19 among the state's school-age children.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/kids-j27.html

What Will Happen to Neoliberalism after the COVID-19 Crisis? Will It Survive?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
For the last forty years, neo-liberalism has dominated economic thinking and the formulation of economic policies Worldwide. But the corona virus crisis has exposed, in a dramatic way, its internal contradictions, its incapacity to deal with the corona crisis and …
globalresearch.ca/what-will-happen-neoliberalism-after-covid-19-crisis-will-survive/5719364

Nashville police flout mask requirement during COVID-19 crisis
Ronda Shelton | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-27
Nashville cops not observing mask wearing regulations, community member fights back.
liberationnews.org/nashville-police-flout-mask-requirement-during-covid-19-crisis/

Uruguay: Broad Front Sees Victory Facing Covid-19 Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Uruguay's left-wing political force Broad Front (Frente Amplio) stated on Monday the need to add municipalities during the coming citizen consultation on September 27, to protect citizens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Uruguay: Teachers Union to Strike Against Government's Bill | After the political parties reached an agreement in March to postpone the departmental elections until September because of the sanitary crisis, the Broad Front sees the citizen consultation as "k…
telesurenglish.net/news/Uruguay-Broad-Front-Sees-Victory-To-Face-Covid-19-Crisis-20200727-0015.html

Dominican Republic Capital Lacks Beds For Covid-19 Patients
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday that the capital, Greater Santo Domingo, has run out of beds as there are now 641 hospitalized for COVID-19, which represents 100 percent of the hospitals' capacity. | RELATED: | Luis Abinader Proclaims Victory in Dominican Republic Elections | Moreover, authorities warned that 122 patients remain in intensive care, 65 of them with artificial breathing, so the Intense Care Units (UCI) are at 80 percent of its availabi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dominican-Republic-Capital-Lacks-Beds-For-Covid-19-Patients-20200727-0020.html

Kenya Rolls Back On Easing Covid-19 Pandemic Restrictions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Kenya's government prolonged curfews and other containment measures on Monday as cases surge have continued for the last 21 days, and in some areas, accelerated sharply. | RELATED: | 100 Cuban Doctors to Remain in Kenya Until the End of the Year | "When we de-escalated 21 days ago, I said that I would not hesitate to re-escalate again if reckless behavior is widespread," recalled Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta during a press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic. | The new set…
telesurenglish.net/news/Kenya-Rolls-Back-On-Easing-Covid-19-Pandemic-Restrictions-20200727-0023.html

San Quentin vigil says incarceration has become a death sentence
David Bacon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-27
On Sunday, July 19, about a hundred people gathered at the gate of San Quentin State Prison in San Rafael, to call for the release of prisoners because of the terrifying spread of COVID-19 inside the facility. On May 30th the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation transferred 121 prisoners from the California Institution for …
peoplesworld.org/article/san-quentin-vigil-says-incarceration-has-become-a-death-sentence/

Mounting COVID-19 deaths expose deep crisis in Australian aged care homes
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
"They've casualised the workforce so much that this is bound to happen."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/aged-j27.html

WHO warns that COVID-19 pandemic is resurgent across Europe
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
Even before the pandemic has been brought under control in Eastern Europe, the premature ending of lockdowns in Western Europe is leading to a surge in new cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/euro-j27.html

With over 16 million COVID-19 cases, the pandemic is devastating developing nations
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
Millions of people in emerging countries are facing the onslaught of the deadly virus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/coro-j27.html

Cuban Medical Brigade Headed to the Virgin Islands
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
A group of 22 Cuban health professionals headed Saturday to the British Virgin Islands to help in the fight against COVID-19. | RELATED: | Cuba Receives Group of Doctors Who Faced COVID-19 in Mexico | They are part of Cuba's Henry Reeve Medical Brigade that has served thousands of patients around the world. | A group of 22 health professionals, including 11 doctors, 9 nurses and one administrative professional are part of the mission. | Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brun…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuban-medical-brigade-headed-to-the-virgin-islands–20200726-0009.html

Trump's fascist political strategy
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-27
Trump is personally motivated by ego, power, racial hate, and revenge. His ongoing medical issues related to his declining cognitive abilities, his cowering fear during the May #BlackLivesMatter uprising in which he hid in the White House bunker, and his disastrous inability to lead the country through the COVID-19 pandemic and deepening economic crisis have …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-fascist-political-strategy/

Facing manpower shortages over COVID-19, UAW president tells workers 'don't retire'
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
As auto plants face staffing crises over COVID-19, the UAW chief tells workers considering early retirement, "Don't do it."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/gamb-j27.html

Vietnam Resumes Health Measures After Local Rebound in Danang
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Vietnam's government Monday set new health measures to contain the pandemic after detecting four COVID-19 local cases, which happens after the country has remained free of contagions since April. | RELATED: | Vietnam Sends Aid, Protective Suits to US To Fight COVID-19 | Authorities announced that 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, will be evacuated from Danang city, where social distancing measures will be indefinite reinstated. | The evacuees will be distributed through eleven Vietnamese…
telesurenglish.net/news/Vietnam-Resumes-Health-Measures-After-Local-Rebound-in-Danang-20200727-0006.html

Feminism and Chile's social explosion
Dawn Paley | zcomm.org | 2020-07-27
Over the past months, as cases of COVID-19 have risen, sporadic demonstrations and conflicts with police have erupted around Santiago as residents protest a lack of health measures, food and money to make it though.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/feminism-and-chiles-social-explosion/

Cuba: Strategy To Boost Economy Helps Social Justice
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said during the Council of Ministers meeting that the recently approved socioeconomic strategy to boost the domestic economy and face the global Covid-19 crisis would leave no one behind and the most vulnerable will continue being protected. | RELATED: | Santiago de Cuba Grants Illustrious Son Status to Raul Castro | According to Granma, the official Communist Party newspaper, Díaz-Canel stated that it is necessary to work quickly and ha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Strategy-To-Boost-Economy-Holds-Social-Justice-20200727-0016.html

Trump threatens democracy with militarized police as polls suggest he's in trouble
Juan Lopez | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-27
By sending federal militarized units in fascist-like fashion into major cities to attack peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators, President Donald Trump is assaulting democracy and setting a dangerous precedent less than 100 days before the November elections. Clearly, it is a desperate move to shore up his far-right base and divert public attention away from …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-threatens-democracy-with-militarized-police-as-polls-suggest-hes-in-trouble/

Killing Democracy in America
William Astore | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
A state of permanent war is considered America's new normal. (Photo: U.S. Army Photo by John Pellino/flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/33867757446_0659e9fb14_c_1.jpg …
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Killing Democracy in America
William Astore | zcomm.org | 2020-07-27
The Military-Industrial Complex as a Cytokine Storm…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/killing-democracy-in-america/

Baltasar Garzon to Defend Venezuelan Businessman in Extradition Case
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
The law firm of former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon confirmed this week that it will represent a Venezuelan businessman sanctioned by the Trump administration and facing extradition from Cape Verde. | Alex Saab, 48, was arrested on the archipelago island …
globalresearch.ca/baltasar-garzon-defend-venezuelan-businessman-extradition-case/5719512

Cuba's Nobel Nomination and Baldwin's Call to "Begin Again"
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
When an event is unexplained, it can't be repeated. Cuba's astonishing internationalism, the "good news" of the pandemic, is talked about (outside Cuba) as if a miracle, without cause. Support grows for the Nobel Prize nomination but the justification for …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-nobel-nomination-baldwin-call-begin-again/5719519

Capitalism Is the Parasite; Capitalism Is the Virus
Prof. Matthew Flisfeder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
With hindsight, a few years from now, it may well appear to us that the year 2020, the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century, marked the dawn of a new parasitic age. We can tell this much …
globalresearch.ca/capitalism-parasite-capitalism-virus/5719526

July 26, 1950: The No Gun Ri Massacre, South Korea
Rachel Mullin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
The Korean War is not publicly commemorated like the Civil War or World War II, so it is little wonder that the Korean War massacre, No Gun Ri, is also hidden from public memory. The event is one of …
globalresearch.ca/july-26-1950-the-no-gun-ri-massacre-south-korea/5719563

News and "Fake" News
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
We should be clear about one thing: "news" is a commercial product, like toothpaste or chewing gum. It is also designed more or less according to the same principles and with few exceptions "sold" by the same kind of hawkers….
globalresearch.ca/news-fake-news/5719531

Environmental Impacts of Alberta's Vista Coal Mine Project: Waiting for the Decision
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Environmentalists are watching with great interest to see what Canada's Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson will decide, by July 30, about the Vista coal mine, a massive venture near Hinton, Alberta, owned by Coalspur, which is in turn owned by U.S. …
globalresearch.ca/vista-mine-waiting-decision/5719549

The Folly of War, US Militarism Continues Apace
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
The First World War showed plainly that the resort to armed conflict is the most devious and damaging of all policies. Even in the heart of militaristic Europe, the folly of war had long been noted by prominent and shrewd …
globalresearch.ca/folly-war-us-militarism-continues-apace/5719534

Hagia Sophia: Religion As Politics
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Sultan Abdul Hamid II, in the face of a rising secular nationalism in the late 1800s, that culminated in the Young Turk movement, tried to restore the influence of the Ottoman Empire among Islamic nations and the Empire's many …
globalresearch.ca/hagia-sophia-religion-politics/5719514

The U.S. Empire Is Ending? A Turning Point in World History
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
On July 26th, Germany's Die Welt (The World) Sunday newspaper headlined "USA threatens German Nord Stream 2 contractors" and reported that, "The construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline has long been a thorn in the US's side. Now …
globalresearch.ca/us-empire-ending/5719551

How Atomic Bomb Survivors Have Transformed Our Understanding of Radiation's Impacts
Dennis Normile | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Kunihiko Iida wants the world to know that the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago next month are still claiming lives and causing suffering. | Iida was 3 years old in August 1945. His …
globalresearch.ca/how-atomic-bomb-survivors-transformed-understanding-radiation-impacts/5719521

Mephistopheles of Wall Street: Goldman Sachs, 1MDB and the "Malaysia Settlement"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-27
Malaysia's politicians were crowing. "We are confident that we are securing more money from Goldman Sachs compared to previous attempts, which were far below expectations," stated Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. "We are also glad to be able to …
globalresearch.ca/wall-street-goldman-sachs-1mdb-malaysian-settlement/5719547

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian young man near Bethlehem for allegedly attempting to smatch an Israeli soldier's weapon. According to Israel's TV, Channel 12, the young Palestinian man attempted to snatch the soldier's gun near the Gush Etzion colony, south of Bethlehem. The soldiers assaulted the …
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian young man near Bethlehem for allegedly attempting to snatch an Israeli soldier's weapon. According to Israel's TV Channel 12, the young Palestinian man attempted to snatch the soldier's gun near the Gush Etzion colony, south of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank. The …
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Palestinian Fishing Boats Attacked by Israeli Navy Ships off Coast of Gaza
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli navy ships, on Sunday morning, opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip, Alray Agency reported. Several Israeli naval gunships, off the coast of al-Sudania and al-Waha districts, opened gunfire towards Palestinian fishermen's boats. The fishermen were sailing within the Israeli dictated …
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Israeli Military Invade, Raze Palestinian Lands in Southern Gaza Strip
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli bulldozers invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian lands east of Rafah, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, Alray reported. Local sources stated that Israeli D-9 bulldozers carried out a limited incursion beyond the so-called 'security fence' east of Rafah. The sources noted that as the bulldozers razed the area, drones …
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Israeli Bulldozers Raze Palestinian-owned Farmlands near Salfit
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli occupation bulldozers levelled several dunams of Palestinian-owned farmlands, on Monday, in the northern occupied West Bank, to extend sewage lines for an illegal Israeli colony, according to a local official. Mayor of Bruqin, Marwan Abdul Rahman, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli bulldozers razed land belonging to local …
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Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian At Erez Terminal
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, the executive director of Mirsal Post Company in the Gaza Strip, as he was crossing the Erez (Beit Hanoun) Crossing, in the northern part of the coastal region. The Palestinian has been identified as Sa'id Shorafa, and was taken by the soldiers to an unknown destination, …
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Settlers Burn Palestinian-owned Olive, Almond Trees near Nablus
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday, set fire to Palestinian-owned farm lands in the village of Huwara, south of the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Alray Agency reported. Ghassan Doughlas, local official monitoring Israeli settlement activities, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that dozens of illegal Israeli settlers entered agricultural …
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Illegal Israeli Settlers Burn, Vandalize Mosque in Al-Bireh
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Illegal Israeli settlers vandalized and burned a mosque, early Monday morning, in the city of Al-Bireh, next to Ramallah in the southern West Bank, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency. The mayor of al-Bireh, Azzam Ismail, said that that illegal Israeli colonists entered the city overnight, filled the walls of …
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Two Female Detainees Remain In Solitary Confinement, Face Harsh Conditions
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
The Palestinian Commission for Detainees' Affairs has reported, Sunday, that the Israeli authorities are still forcing two female detainees in solidarity confinement under inhumane and harsh conditions. In a press statement, the Committee said that the two detainees, Fadwa Hamada and Jihan Hasheema, are in solitary confinement in the al-Jalama …
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Soldiers Order Halt On Construction Of Three Homes In Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-27
Israeli soldiers delivered, Sunday, stop-construction orders of three Palestinian homes, houses in Beit Sakariya village, south Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission, stated that the soldiers and officers of the so-called Israeli …
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The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War?
Sina Toossi | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
As Trump's prospects for re-election fade, a dangerous stage has been set for conflict in the months ahead. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_iran_0_0.jpg …
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Kashmir University student arrested under draconian act
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-27
Aqib Mushtaq was arrested under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Friday. His family says he is being persecuted for raising questions regarding alleged irregularities in his university…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/27/kashmir-university-student-arrested-under-draconian-act/

African Leaders Hold Summit Over Mali's Political Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monday held a virtual meeting to find a solution to the political crisis that Mali has been going through since June. | RELATED: | Mali: West African States Call For A Unity Government | This summit is expected to find a way out of the Mali crisis that does not contemplate the resignation of president-elect Boubacar Keita, who has been in office since 2013. | The presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal traveled…
telesurenglish.net/news/African-Leaders-Hold-Summit-Over-Malis-Political-Crisis-20200727-0004.html

NYC rallies for People's State of the Nation Address
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-27
New York, NY – Over 60 people gathered on July 26, in Woodside, Queens for the People's State of the Nation Address. This action is organized every year in response to the U.S.-backed Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address. The event is a protest of his government, which has committed human rights abuses and wages war the people. It was organized by the Malaya Movement, Sige, Kabataan Alliance, and BAYAN USA Northeast. | The action started at Woodside Plaza, where speakers addressed various topics about the Philippines, from migrant workers to women's rights to the recent Anti-Terror…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/27/nyc-rallies-people-s-state-nation-address

Israel Rolls Out Dystopian Cyber Espionage Award for US-Backed Digital Saboteurs
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-27
The myriad cybersecurity, AI, and IoT startups emerging out of Israel's state-funded organizations have extensive ties to American Fortune 100 companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many others.
mintpressnews.com/israel-dystopian-cyber-espionage-award-us-backed-digital-saboteurs/269785/

Ohio nuclear scandal 2020
Karl Grossman | nationofchange.org | 2020-07-27
The U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI last week charged the speaker of the Ohio House of Representative and four others in a scheme to use ratepayers money to keep two decrepit nuclear power plants operating.
nationofchange.org/2020/07/27/ohio-nuclear-scandal-2020/

Australian state government bans protest against police violence
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
The authorities are cynically invoking the pandemic to block political protests, while at the same time proceeding with a pro-business "reopening of the economy."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/poli-j27.html

AOC strikes back
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-07-27
"The politics of our moment are dominated by a bully of miserable character, a President who has failed to contain a pandemic through sheer indifference, who has fabricated a reà´lection campaign based on bigotry and the deliberate inflammation of division."
nationofchange.org/2020/07/27/aoc-strikes-back/

The Pandemic Is Killing Research–So Where Is University Support?
Ian Schlegel | thenation.com | 2020-07-27
The Pandemic Is Killing Research–So Where Is University Support?
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Pandemic worsens, resistance will follow
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-27
World leaders like Trump and Johnson trying to get back to business as usual while the virus continues to spread are deliberately sacrificing public health, writes John Clarke.
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Cuba: From the Moncada to the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Alicia Jrapko | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-27
Santiago de Cuba. Photo: Bill Hackwell Today Cuba celebrates the 67th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks that mark the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. From this beginning, Cuba's altruistic view of making the world safer and healthier began. It has developed into a society that gives everything …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/cuba-from-the-moncada-to-the-front-lines-of-the-pandemic/

As anti-racism protests intensify across the US, violence on protesters grows
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-27
Two months after the killing of George Floyd, violence from the police and law enforcement agencies have intensified protests across the United States. On Saturday, July 25, as the US witnessed nationwide demonstrations, a protester part of a Black Live Matter march in the city of Austin was shot dead. Witnesses have stated that the shooter drove his car into the march and then shot at the protesters. A similar attack happened on a demonstration in Aurora where a car was driven into the march. | In the city of Seattle, another demonstration faced intense repression from the police, leading to the arrest of 45 pro…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/27/as-anti-racism-protests-intensify-across-the-us-violence-on-protesters-grow/

US: Police and Anti-Racism Demonstrators Clash in Seattle
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Forty-five people Sunday were arrested after violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers at anti-racists demonstrations in Seattle. | RELATED: | UN Condemns Discriminatory Use of Force Against US Protesters | "The police made 45 arrests in connection with a riot in the East Precinct. Twenty-one officers sustained injuries after being struck by bricks, rocks mortars, and other explosives," the Seattle Police Department (SPD) stated. | Thousands of citizens mar…
telesurenglish.net/news/police-and-anti-racism-demonstrators-clash-in-seattle-20200727-0005.html

Romanian health workers demand improved working conditions
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-27
Health workers under the leadership of the Sanitas Federation of Romania are protesting lack of proper infrastructure in hospitals and have demanded the implementation of the promised wage hike…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/27/romanian-health-workers-demand-improved-working-conditions/

Protester shot and killed in Austin, Texas
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
Nationwide protests against police violence, which had receded in recent days, reignited in dozens of US cities over the weekend.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/demo-j27.html

As anti-racism protests intensify across the US, violence on protesters grow
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-27
Two months after the killing of George Floyd, violence from the police and law enforcement agencies have intensified protests across the United States. On Saturday, July 25, as the US witnessed nationwide demonstrations, a protester part of a Black Live Matter march in the city of Austin was shot dead. Witnesses have stated that the shooter drove his car into the march and then shot at the protesters. A similar attack happened on a demonstration in Aurora where a car was driven into the march. | In the city of Seattle, another demonstration faced intense repression from the police, leading to the arrest of 45 pro…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/27/as-anti-racism-protests-intensify-across-the-us-violence-on-protesters-grow/

Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire Across Lebanon Border
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Israel and Lebanon Monday exchanged fire in their border zone, a week after Shiite Hezbollah militia threatened to take revenge for one of their members' death during an Israeli attack in Damascus, Syria. | RELATED: | Israel Plans Thousands New Illegal Settlements in the West Bank | "We detected an ongoing battle at Mount Dov, in the north of the country," Israel Army's spokesman Jonathan Conricus reported and ordered residents to remain at home. | This is a "security inciden…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-and-hezbollah-trade-fire-across-lebanon-border-20200727-0008.html

WHO Reaches Hepatitis B Vaccination Milestone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that the number of children under five-years-old infected with hepatitis B (HBV) dropped to less than 1 percent globally in 2019. | RELATED: | United Nations: Vaccinations Drop for First Time in 28 Years | The achievement responds to the organization's target of eliminating viral hepatitis, established in the Sustainable Development Goals for 2020. | "No infant should grow up only to die of hepatitis B because they were not v…
telesurenglish.net/news/WHO-Reaches-Hepatitis-B-Vaccination-Milestone-20200727-0017.html

Hanna Storms Into Northwest Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) Monday reported that tropical depression Hanna advances through northwest Mexico, after hitting the south Texas coast as a hurricane with heavy rain and winds. | RELATED: | Damages As Tropical Depression Gonzalo Hits Trinidad and Tobago | Hanna came ashore in Texas this Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. | However, it has now reduced its intensit…
telesurenglish.net/news/hanna-storms-into-northwest-mexico-20200727-0001.html

Caribbean Artist Honors Commander Chavez on His 66th Birthday
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-27
Barbados' artist Wayne "Onkphra" Wells dedicated a song to Venezuela's Commander Hugo Chavez to honor his 66th birthday anniversary to be commemorated on July 28. | RELATED: | Legacy of Hugo Chavez a Force in Venezuela and Latin America | The reggae-style song " We Are All Chavez" is a tribute "to the revolutionary leader's legacy and the Venezuelan people, who have welcomed me in their homeland like a son," Wells said. | With six-and-a-half minutes long, the piece also honors the Latin American heroes Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, Jose Marti, and Fidel Castro's influences on C…
telesurenglish.net/news/caribbean-artist-honors-commander-chavez-on-his-66th-birthday-20200727-0011.html

What is BORTAC and why is it patrolling the streets of Portland?
wsws.org | 2020-07-27
The special paramilitary arm of Customs and Border Protection has been deployed to intimidate and terrorize young people and workers amid the greatest health, economic and political crisis in modern American history.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/27/bort-j27.html

Eid Slaughter Sacrifice Is Sad Day for Animals
Martha Rosenberg | zcomm.org | 2020-07-27
Eid observors buy animals to slaughter The lamb having its throat slit didn't want to die. "The animal tried to stand up but couldn't as the ground was slippery," said Christine Hafner of the International Fund For Animals on the Today's Zaman website. Hafner was monitoring the 2008 Eid animal sacrifices in Turkey, a Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/eid-slaughter-sacrifice-is-sad-day-for-animals/

March for Justice Challenges Back the Blue in Minneapolis Suburb
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-07-27
Bloomington, MN — Small shoving matches broke out as hundreds on a 'March for Justice' demo walked past a 'Back the Blue' rally at Bloomington's Civic Center on July 25. Some pushed, some swore, some threatened, and others watched small groups of people on both…
unicornriot.ninja/2020/march-for-justice-challenges-back-the-blue-in-minneapolis-suburb/

Venezuela Rejects Washington's 'Wild West' Bounty Against Chief Justice Moreno
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-07-27
The State Department has offered US $5 million for information leading to his capture.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14953

Vote Your Voice
Angela Tuck | splcenter.org | 2020-07-27
First grants awarded; second round application process underway…
splcenter.org/news/2020/07/28/vote-your-voice

First grants awarded; second round application process underway
Angela Tuck | splcenter.org | 2020-07-27
splcenter.org/news/2020/07/28/first-grants-awarded-second-round-application-process-underway

The Militarized Assault On Our Right To Protest
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
The Trump Administration sent federal law enforcement, including the paramilitary squad of Customs and Border Patrol, BORTAC, which has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, to the streets of Portland, OR to stop the ongoing demonstrations against racist police violence. Federal law enforcement, working with local police, is also being sent to other cities where anti-racist protests are going on. We speak with constitutional lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about the legality of this and how activists can fight back to protect the rights of everyone and end police violence and lawless impunity.
popularresistance.org/assault-on-right-to-protest/

Using Chemical Agents On Peaceful Protesters In A Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
Remember the protestors with guns walking into statehouses and protesting the stay at home orders? Do you remember a single case where teargas or pepper spray was used against those nearly all white protestors who were protesting in the sense of trying to encourage reopening which is what the Executive has been imprudently pushing? | Fast forward to this last week. Were teargas and pepper spray used on looters? No. It was used on peaceful protestors who were protesting after the murder of George Floyd. | Now, given teargas and pepper spray have the nefarious quality of causing people to cough and sneeze and rub t…
popularresistance.org/using-chemical-agents-on-peaceful-protesters-in-a-pandemic/

Judge Blocks Seattle's Ban On Crowd Control Weapons
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
A federal judge late Friday halted the implementation of a Seattle ban on police use of tear gas, pepper spray and other so-called less lethal weapons used for crowd control. His decision gives more latitude to law enforcement to use the tools ahead of what could be a weekend of protests, as federal agents arrive in Seattle with the stated orders of protecting federal property. | A separate court injunction against use of the crowd control weapons remains in place, although that order allows for their targeted and limited deployment in certain circumstances.
popularresistance.org/judge-blocks-seattles-ban-on-crowd-control-weapons/

More Federal Officers Deploying To Portland
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
Several dozen additional out-of-town federal law enforcement officers are deploying to Portland as they look to make additional arrests in the coming days, while also shifting tactics from the use of tear gas, according to multiple federal law enforcement sources. | The federal response has so far sparked four civil rights lawsuits, a Department of Justice inspector general investigation, proposed legislation in Congress limiting the role of federal law enforcement in American cities, and has injured a number of protesters. Rather than quell the protests as was the intent, it's served to reenergize and strengthen…
popularresistance.org/more-federal-officers-deploying-to-portland/

The State's Use Of Technology: An Issue For The Movement
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-27
Data are everywhere. In 2020, technology is a ubiquitous part of everyday life for many workers in this country and around the world. We use social media and email to keep in touch with family and friends. We watch live streams of events and activities that take place across the globe. We text and stream music on our commutes to work. The list goes on. Technology has increased capital's ability to put workers into direct competition with one another for jobs — and drive their wages downward and worsen their working conditions, irrespective of the country in which they reside. It has given rise to higher lev…
popularresistance.org/the-states-use-of-technology-an-issue-for-the-movement/

Trump's National Security Advisor tests positive for Covid-19, White House says
rt.com | 2020-07-27
Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to the White House, which added that there's "no risk of exposure" to the president. | In a statement, the White House confirmed the test results, adding that O'Brien had "mild symptoms." The head of the National Security Council has been self-isolating and working "from a secure location off-site." | "There is no risk of exposure to the president or the vice president. The work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted," the statement concluded. | O'Brien came down with the virus lat…
rt.com/usa/495977-trumps-advisor-gets-coronavirus/

Inner Circle Infection as Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Tests Positive for Covid-19
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-27
The White House claims there is no risk to the president or vice president. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1214841615.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/27/inner-circle-infection-trumps-national-security-adviser-robert-obrien-tests-positive?cd-origin=rss

Expanding transit infrastructure to increase deterrence power
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-27
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President Es'hagh Jahangiri said the development of domestic transit infrastructure to connect the country to international corridors will increase Iran's deterrence power.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161518/Expanding-transit-infrastructure-to-increase-deterrence-power

Hagia Sophia Turkey's internal matter, says FM
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Several countries, including Spain, agree that Hagia Sophia is Turkey's internal matter, the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday."Reopening of Hagia Sophia for worship is not a one-upmanship against any country or belief," Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a joint news conference with his Spanish counterpart Arancha Gonzalez Laya in the capital Ankara.Cavusoglu said Turkey respects the thoughts and pieces of advice to protect Hagia Sophia which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.Spanish Foreign Minister Laya said that Turkey's intention of observing UNESCO criteria regarding Hagia Sophia was praisewor…
yenisafak.com/en/news/hagia-sophia-turkeys-internal-matter-says-fm-3535475

Russia says it thwarted planned mass shooting attack in Moscow
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday it had thwarted a planned militant attack in Moscow and shot dead an unnamed man it said was plotting a mass shooting in a crowded public place.State TV channel Rossiya 24 showed a picture of the man, who the FSB said was from a Central Asian country, lying face down dead on the ground with a Kalashnikov assault rifle he had apparently been using nearby.The FSB said he had opened fire on them when they had tried to arrest him on the outskirts of Moscow and that they had shot him dead.State TV showed a sports bag nearby containing three hand grenades.The FSB s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-says-it-thwarted-planned-mass-shooting-attack-in-moscow-3535478

China: US claims on Houston consulate 'not factual'
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
China denied Monday that its staff at the consulate in Houston stole information from American companies doing COVID-19 research."US officials' accusations alleging that the Chinese Consulate General in Houston undertook illegal activities have no factual evidence and are completely slanderous," said China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin addressing a news conference in Beijing.Last week, the US in an abrupt move asked China to shut its consulate in Houston — a decision US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said was taken because China was "stealing American and European intellectual property".In a tit-for-t…
yenisafak.com/en/news/china-us-claims-on-houston-consulate-not-factual-3535468

WHO says COVID-19 by far its worst global health emergency
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced, its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.Only with strict adherence to health measures, from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, would the world be able to beat it, Tedros added at a virtual news briefing in Geneva."Where these measures are followed, cases go down. Where they are not, cases go up," he said, praising Canada, China, Germany and South Korea for controlling outbreaks.
yenisafak.com/en/news/who-says-covid-19-by-far-its-worst-global-health-emergency-3535469

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate moves into late-stage trial
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Moderna Inc said on Monday it has started a U.S. government-backed late-stage trial evaluating its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, in about 30,000 adults who do not have the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.The main goal of the study will be prevention of the symptomatic COVID-19 disease, the company said.
yenisafak.com/en/life/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-moves-into-late-stage-trial-3535476

Japanese government to urge more telecommuting as coronavirus cases surge
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Japan's economy minister said on Monday the government would urge businesses to aim for 70% telecommuting and enhance other social distancing measures amid a rise in coronavirus cases among workers, some infected during after-work socialising.Though Japan has largely avoided the mass infections that have killed tens of thousands overseas, a record surge in cases during the past week in Tokyo and other major urban areas has experts worried the country faces a second wave.Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Monday said in a video meeting with Japanese governors that business leaders will be asked to ramp up ant…
yenisafak.com/en/world/japanese-government-to-urge-more-telecommuting-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-3535492

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Florida passes New YorkFlorida on Sunday became the second state after California to overtake New York, the worst-hit state at the start of the U.S. novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Reuters tally.Total COVID-19 cases in the Sunshine State rose by 9,300 to 423,855 on Sunday, one place behind California, which now leads the country with 448,497 cases. New York is in third place with 415,827 cases.Still, New York has recorded the most deaths of any U.S. state at more than 32,000 with Florida in eighth place with nearly 6,000 deaths.The…
yenisafak.com/en/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-3535472

Pet cat becomes 1st animal in UK to catch COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
British authorities on Monday said that the novel coronavirus has been detected in a pet cat in the country for the first time.The infection was confirmed last week following tests at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) laboratory in Weybridge, according to a statement.The statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency said it is the first confirmed case of an animal infection with the coronavirus strain in the UK.However, "there is no evidence to suggest that the animal was involved in transmission of the disease to its owners or that pets or other…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pet-cat-becomes-1st-animal-in-uk-to-catch-covid-19-3535493

Spanish hotels offer to pay for tourists' coronavirus tests
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Spain's CEHAT tourism association on Monday offered to pay for foreign tourists to take coronavirus tests in an effort to encourage visitors to come after Britain imposed a quarantine on the country.Describing the quarantine as "illogical" and "unfair," CEHAT said widespread testing of travellers was a better guarantee of safety for tourists, workers and residents.
yenisafak.com/en/world/spanish-hotels-offer-to-pay-for-tourists-coronavirus-tests-3535491

Health workers should be top priority for vaccines: nurses' group
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Nurses and other health workers must be top priority for the first COVID-19 vaccines, especially as they are often left without enough protection against the virus in their frontline jobs, the International Council of Nurses said on Monday.An estimated 1.5 million health care workers have been infected, three times the number in early June, it said, citing figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the novel coronavirus which has infected some 16 million people worldwide."We are continuing to receive reports of nurses and health care workers not having enough personal protective equipment, not being able…
yenisafak.com/en/life/health-workers-should-be-top-priority-for-vaccines-nurses-group-3535495

Stick to basics to fight pandemic, WHO says
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
After nearly six months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern, the WHO said Monday it has counted almost 16 million cases and reported more than 640,000 deaths.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a twice-weekly press webinar that this Thursday will mark six months since the world health body declared COVID-19 a "public health emergency of international concern"."This is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most severe," said Tedros."And the p…
yenisafak.com/en/life/stick-to-basics-to-fight-pandemic-who-says-3535490

New Zealand court sentences man for slavery
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
The High Court in Napier, a coastal city on New Zealand's North Island, also ordered the payment $183,000 in reparations to his victims.In a statement, the country's immigration officials and police welcomed the verdict and said the Joseph Matamata was convicted on 10 human trafficking and 13 slavery charges in March this year."Today's sentencing is the result of more than three years of work by INZ [Immigration New Zealand] and New Zealand Police. A joint investigation began back in 2017 when the first allegations of Matamata's offending were brought to INZ's attention. His offending was related to 13 Samoan nat…
yenisafak.com/en/news/new-zealand-court-sentences-man-for-slavery-3535479

Iran moves mock-up US carrier to mouth of Gulf
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Iran has moved a mock-up U.S. aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, satellite images show, suggesting it will use the look-alike vessel for target practice in war games in a Gulf shipping channel vital to world oil exports.The use of dummy American warships has become an occasional feature of training by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and its naval forces, including in 2015 when Iranian missiles hit a mock-up resembling a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.Tehran, which opposes the presence of U.S. and Western navies in the Gulf, frequently holds naval war games in the strategic Strait, the conduit for some…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-moves-mock-up-us-carrier-to-mouth-of-gulf-3535473

Dozens of irregular migrants stranded in Mediterranean
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Dozens of irregular migrants have been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea in Malta's search and rescue zone for over 30 hours, the UN migration organization said Monday.Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), cited a tweet by Alarm Phone, a group monitoring migrant crossings across the Mediterranean Sea, calling on authorities to rescue the 95 migrants fleeing from Africa to Europe."Let's remember that these boats are unsafe and unfit for navigation and that they should be always considered as boats in distress, since they can sink at any moment," wrote Giacomo, who w…
yenisafak.com/en/life/dozens-of-irregular-migrants-stranded-in-mediterranean-3535474

Turkey rescues 23 irregular migrants in Aegean
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Turkey has rescued 23 irregular migrants including children in the Aegean Sea, according to security sources on Monday.Acting upon an intelligence tip off that there was a dinghy stranded off the coast of Tasburun in the Aydin province, the Turkish Coast Guard launched a search operation and rescued the migrants.After routine checks, they were referred to the provincial migration authority.Turkey has been a key transit point for asylum seekers aiming to cross to Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution.The country earlier this year opened its gates to irregular migrants seeking to c…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-rescues-23-irregular-migrants-in-aegean-3535477

Google to keep employees home until summer 2021 amid pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Alphabet Inc's Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai made the decision himself last week after debate among an internal group of top executives that he chairs, according to the report. Google did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.Google had earlier said it would begin reopening more offices globally as early as June this year, but most Google employees would likely work from home until the end of this year.
yenisafak.com/en/economy/google-to-keep-employees-home-until-summer-2021-amid-pandemic-3535489

Turkish forces seize arms, ammunition, illicit drug
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Security forces in Turkey seized arms, ammunition and a huge cache of heroin in the southeastern Hakkari province, the provincial governor's office said on Monday.The office said Yildirim-2 Cilo Operation, launched against the PKK terror group, continued with determination.It said a RPG-7 rocket launcher, rockets, anti-tank ammunition, 3 AK-47 rifle magazines, hand grenades and ammunition buried underground were seized in Yuksekova district.The office said in a separate statement that 80.6 kilos (177 pounds) of heroin, planned to be sold to finance the terror group's activities, were also seized in Semdilli distr…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-forces-seize-arms-ammunition-illicit-drug-3535496

Turkey restores 2,700-year-old Urartian temple
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-27
Turkish archaeologists are restoring stone carvings of a 2,700-year-old castle in the country's east.The Ayanis Castle atop a hill overlooking the Lake Van was built by Urartian King Rusa II.The excavation and restoration work has been ongoing for 31 years as the castle is among the most magnificent structures of the Iron Age Kingdom of Urartu with its mudbrick walls and stone engravings.This year a team of 30 experts are taking part in the excavation under the direction of Mehmet Isikli, an archeology professor at Ataturk University.The engraved stones are being placed at its original place in the Haldi Temple,…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-restores-2700-year-old-urartian-temple-3535487

Twitter Was Warned Many Times About User Data Security Issues Before Mid-July Bitcoin Scam – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-27
On 15 July, Twitter experienced its worst security breach to date, as over 130 verified accounts of prominent figures and companies, including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, became the subject of a massive hack by crypto-criminals posting a scam text urging followers to send Bitcoins to specified addresses.
sputniknews.com/science/202007271079997223-twitter-reportedly-warned-multiple-times-since-2015-about-issues-with-user-data-security/