2021-07-30: Social Media Postees

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Dallas protests political repression in the Philippines
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-07-30
Dallas, TX – On July 25, about 30 people gathered at Belo Garden Park in downtown Dallas to protest killings of activists and indigenous people in the Philippines by Rodrigo Duterte's far-right government. The protest was called by Malaya Movement Texas, and the Dallas Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines. | The protest was a part of nationwide demonstrations against political repression on the date of the Philippines State of the Nation Address, with protests also occurring in Austin and Houston. The event was cohosted or endorsed by the Dallas Anti-War Committee, Dallas Alliance Against Racist an…
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Jacksonville demands a People's Budget, no new police funding
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-07-30
Jacksonville, FL – Around 40 community members, led by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC) came out to Jacksonville City Hall July 27 to rally and demand a People's Budget before the city council meeting started. | The week before, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry released his proposed 2021-2022 budget, which calls for an increase to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) budget by $29 million, bringing their total share of the budget to around $513 million and accounting for nearly 40% of city spending. | Community members from the Northside Coalition, Southern Women Against Gun Violence and repr…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/7/30/jacksonville-demands-people-s-budget-no-new-police-funding

Frito Lay workers end strike, ratify contract after management forced to revise offer
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-07-30
Topeka, KS – Around 850 Frito Lay Workers In Topeka, Kansas ended a 20-day strike and are back on the job after ratifying a new contract offer from management. The workers are represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union (BCTGM). They began a strike on July 5 which lasted 20 days before management came back to the table with a revised offer addressing many of the strike issues. The union announced on Saturday, July 24 that they were ending the strike after the new agreement had been reached. | One of the main issues the workers struck over was forced overti…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/7/30/frito-lay-workers-end-strike-ratify-contract-after-management-forced-revise-offer

Victory in Sonoma County
National Union of Healthcare Workers | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
JULY 28TH, 2021 – Wellpath, one of the nation's largest providers of prison healthcare services, has grown accustomed to securing no-bid contracts for its services in California. But NUHW members who work for Wellpath at the Sonoma County Jail this month successfully blocked a five-year contract extension that Wellpath thought was a done deal.
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Sunday 8/1: Virtual Book Launch – In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
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Turkish Combat Drone Targets Two Vehicles In Northeastern Syria (Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
File image. | On July 30, a Turkish combat drone carried out a strike on the southern countryside of the town of Kobane, held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeastern Syria. | The combat drone targeted two vehicles on Kobane-Aleppo road as they were passing near the village of Qumagi. The two vehicles were badly damaged as a result of the strike. Nevertheless, no casualties were reported. | Click to see f…
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U.S. Sanctions Against Syria Fuelling Extremism And Radicalization
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGEWashington continues to economically strangle Syria. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst. | The Syrian Army has launched an offensive against the city of Dara'a in the south of the country. President Bashar al-Assad announced in February 2016 his intentions to liberate "every inch" of Syria, but is now facing a resurgence of terrorist acts — even in liberated cities. This situation is even more aggravated by U.S. economic sanctions. | It is remembered that Dara'a, consider…
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Russian Warplanes Continue To Hummer Militant Positions In Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
FILE PHOTO: Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft before departing for its permanent base in Russia from Khmeimim Air Base in Syria. © Vadim Grishankin / Sputnik | On July 30, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out seven airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where several terrorists groups are present. | The Russian airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the towns of Mashoon, Kansafra, Mareian and al-Fatterah in southern Idlib. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) s…
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Clashes Continue In Syria's Daraa Despite Reports Of Ceasefire, New Round Of Talks
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
Illustrative image | Clashes are still ongoing in different parts of the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa despite reports of a ceasefire and ongoing talks between the authorities and former rebels. | The situation in the governorate blew up on July 29, when the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a military operation against the remaining former rebels in the southern part of Daraa city, known as a Da…
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Central Syria: Hundreds Of Russian Airstrikes killed Or Injured 35 ISIS Terrorists During July
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
File image. | Russian warplanes carried out more than 800 airstrikes on Syria's central region over the last 30 days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on July 30. | The airstrikes targeted hideout of ISIS cells in the deserts of Homs, Deir Ezzor as well as in the Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle. The terrorist group has been very active in these areas. | According to the London-based monitoring group, at least 16 terrorists of ISIS were killed and 19 others were wounded as a result…
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Jubilee USA Statement on World Trade Organization Meeting
Olivia Engling | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
The World Trade Organization closed two-day meetings on pandemic response policies that included a proposal to temporarily wave COVID vaccine patents.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844050.php

US Charities Illegally Funding Illegal Israeli Settlements
Stop US Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
In a July 22, 2021 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Reps. Tlaib, Bush, Carson, McCollum, Ocasio-Cortez, Pocan and Pressley demanded that Yellen investigate the illegal activities of pro-Israel charities in funding illegal Israeli settlements. See ccrjustice.org/reps-tlaib-ocasio-cortez-carson-betty-mccollum-pocan-pressley-and-bush-seek-treasury-dept
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844032.php

Secretary Haaland to welcome totem pole at DC event on National Mall
Red Road to DC | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Event is part of cross-country tour of Indigenous sacred sites…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844044.php

How the financial market redistributes from poor to rich
Gerhard Schick | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
"Some business models, such as high-frequency trading, where huge blocks of shares are shuffled back and forth every millisecond, have no added value for society, but bring profits to a few financial professionals at the expense of everyone else."
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844056.php

Puerto Rico Job Creation Bill Introduced in Senate
Olivia Engling | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Companies could get tax breaks for creating jobs in Puerto Rico, under a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Robert Menendez (D) and Roger Wicker (R).
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844037.php

The UK Launches Its Very Own Space Command
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
Click to see full-size image | On July 29th, the UK officially established its Space Command, with the first 'Space Operator' Badges presented to personnel."Space plays a vital role in the Armed Forces ability to undertake the majority of defence tasks, with any disruption to the space domain leading to significant consequences on civilian, commercial, economic and military activity." | The stand-up of Space Command is a crucial step to ensure we protect UK inte…
southfront.org/the-uk-launches-its-very-own-space-command/

Oppose the right-wing campaign against vaccination!
repost | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
For the self-defense of the working class, mass vaccination is an elementary requirement.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844051.php

U.S. Mulls Sanctioning Iran's UAV And Guided Missile Programs: WSJ Report
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
Click to see full-size image | The United States plans to sanction Iran's UAV and guided missile programs, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed US officials. | The Wall Street Journal reported that US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the sanctions are aimed at disrupting the development of Iran's weapons program."It's part of a comprehensive approach so we're dealing with all aspects of the Iranian threat," a senior US official told the news outlet. | The US has al…
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Saturday 8/14: San Juan Bautista Amah Mutsun Garden Work Day
Amah Mutsun Land Trust | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park | 2211 Garden Road | Monterey, CA 93940…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844046.php

Capitalism as the religion of indebtedness and debt
Maurizio Lazzarato, Klaus Wagener | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
In capitalism, the fundamental social relation is neither exchange nor production. Rather, it is debt that dominates and supersedes every other way of recognizing and valorizing the measure between people. Those who have money are creditworthy, manifesting the sign of God's grace.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/30/18844064.php

Oregon Approves Petition to Increase Marbled Murrelet Endangered Species Protection
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Coastal Seabird at Risk of Extinction From Climate Change…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844059.php

Republicans rally for Trump mob as hearing details fascist violence
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
The openly fascist faction of the House Republicans, led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, held a press conference in front of the Justice Department to defend what they called the "political prisoners" imprisoned for their roles in the January 6 assault on Congress.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844029.php

Thursday 8/19: On the Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
CIIS Public Programs | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
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Thursday 8/12: 831 Water Street – Virtual Community Meeting
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Virtual Webinar – Zoom | ZOOM MEETING ID: 918 7870 5149 | DIRECT ZOOM LINK: 831 WATER WEBINAR: http: //https//zoom.us/j/91878705149…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844058.php

Saturday 7/31: Africa, Namibian MUN Miners & Union Busting By Chinese National Nuclear Corporation CNNC
LaborFest | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Virtual Program Go To Website…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844053.php

Saturday 8/28: Women's Rights Day Event. "The inspiring global fight for reproductive justice"
Radical Women U.S. | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Zoom Event at http: //bit.ly/WRD-RW | Register at the above…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844060.php

Why Germany Has Won and Italy Has Lost
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
Illustrative Image | Written by Manilo Dinucci; originally published on Global Research. | German Chancellor Merkel — writes Alberto Negri (il manifesto, July 23) — has resisted the pressure of three U.S. administrations — Obama, Trump and Biden — to cancel North Stream 2, the pipeline that flanks the North Stream inaug…
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Tuesday 8/3: Black Women's Equal Pay Day Discussion w/ ERA Coalition
ERA Coalition | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844039.php

Santa Cruz County Jail Inmate Dies Following "Medical Emergency"
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Felipe Herrera, a 57-year-old inmate at the Santa Cruz County Jail, died on Tuesday, July 27.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844049.php

Saturday 7/31: Voting Rights Rally: Selma-Mongomery Style March in Texas Livestream & Actions w/ PPC
Poor People's Campaign & partners | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Online protest livestream & actions voting rights and justice…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844042.php

Saturday 8/14: 12th‚ÄØAnnual GLIDE Legacy Gala, An In-Person and Virtual Event‚ÄØ
GLIDE Legacy Committee | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
In-Person at‚ÄØTerra Gallery (limited capacity), 511 Harrison St, San Francisco‚ÄØ‚ÄØ | Or online: ‚ÄØVisit‚ÄØglide.org/legacygala‚ÄØto register‚ÄØor purchase tickets.‚ÄØ‚ÄØ…
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Armenia Claims Azerbaijan Continues Violations, Calls For Russian Soldiers Along Entire Border
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
Click to see full-size image | The Armenian Defense Ministry claimed that Azerbaijan has violated the ceasefire and shelled its positions again."On July 30, between 11: 20 and 11: 30 (10: 20-10: 30 Moscow time), Azerbaijani units opened fire from sniper and other small arms at Armenian positions deployed in the Yeraskh sector (70 kilometers from Yerevan) ", reads the release of the military department. | It also noted that the fire was suppressed by retaliatory actions, there were no casualties. | Acting Prime Minister o…
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Lawsuit Threatened Over U.S. Failure to Protect Imperiled Wildlife From Marine Highway Program
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Program Funds Expansion of Ship Traffic That Harms Protected Species…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844033.php

Manny's Amazon, Apple, Tesla stocks
Michael Petrelis | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
SF Ethics Commission records for Manny's Cafe owner are scrutinized.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/28/18844040.php

Friday 8/6: Shine a Light, Stop the Heat, Lower the Heat
Livermore Conversion Project | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
Virtual Broadcast…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844061.php

Houthis Captured Two Districts In Phase Two Of 'Operation Evident Victory' In Al-Bayda
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-30
Brigadier General Yahya Sari, spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces. Source: almasirah.net | On July 30, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced that they had successfully completed the second phase of Operation Evident Victory in the central Yemeni province of al-Bayda. | The operation was launched early in July in response to a large-scale offensive by Saudi-backed forc…
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Friday 7/30: Free virtual screening of the film Zahra
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-07-30
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ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Comicomment: Is mute Fort Detrick 'innocent'?>. ecns.cn It is not up to the U.S. itself to decide whether the Fort Detrick laboratory is "clean."

Staff (2021-07-29). EU issues travel warning after Greece's south Aegean islands report spike in Covid infections. rt.com The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has warned against travel to Greece's south Aegean islands, updating the area to dark red after a spike in coronavirus cases was reported by officials. | Greece has drawn visitors to the 13 islands, including Mykonos and Santorini, by promoting them as 'Covid-free' destinations but the updated The ECDC's travel map is a f…

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Columnist calls for depoliticizing COVID-19 origin-tracing. ecns.cn A Tanzanian columnist has called for depoliticizing COVID-19, saying politics should not in any way influence scientific inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Politicizing COVID-19 fight is perilous, says S. African official. ecns.cn As the rest of the world tries to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with science, some in the United States have chosen to politicize COVID-19, Anwar Adams, a councillor in the City of Cape Town has said.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Geo-political rivalry blocks global coronavirus cooperation, says Bangladeshi official. ecns.cn A senior Bangladeshi official has said that labelling COVID-19 as a Chinese virus is "very unfortunate" and that geo-political rivalry is "engulfing" global efforts to fight the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Science should prevail in origin-tracing of COVID-19, say Nepali experts. ecns.cn Efforts to probe the origin of COVID-19 could be hamstrung by the politicization of the issue, with a conspiracy theory about lab leaks taking precedence over a scientific conclusion.

Staff (2021-07-29). Russia rejects Dutch court ruling to hand $5 BILLION of taxpayers' cash to ex-oligarchs over collapse of Yukos oil & gas empire. rt.com Officials in Moscow have vowed to vigorously appeal a judicial ruling in an international arbitration court that would bind Russia to hand over billions of dollars to the former shareholders of the collapsed Yukos energy giant. | The office of the country's Prosecutor General said on Thursday that it does not acknowledge the validity of the decision, by the International Arbitration Court in The Hague. Authorities said that Russia would "appeal the decision without fail," questioning both the basis of the judges' jurisdiction and the claims themselves. | Earlier that day, representatives of the shareholders wh…

Staff (2021-07-29). 'Biggest destroyer of peace': China lashes out after US Navy warship sails through Taiwan Strait for SEVENTH time under Biden. rt.com A US Navy guided missile destroyer has crossed the Taiwan Strait in the South China Sea, making it the seventh such trip by an American warship this year, and prompting China to accuse the US of trying provoke its military. | The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed northwards through the strait on Wednesday, the US Navy said in a statement. The maneuver was confirmed by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday, with officials saying the military used joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance tools to monitor movements at sea and in the air around Taiwan, accordin…

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). UN envoy: 'Political manipulation' won't defeat pandemic. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday rejected "false information" from the United States on the coronavirus' origin, saying that "political manipulation is unpopular, cannot defeat the pandemic and is doomed to failure".

ecns.cn (2021-07-29). Any form of U.S. military contact with China's Taiwan opposed. ecns.cn A State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson on Thursday voiced firm opposition to any form of military contact between the United States and China's Taiwan region.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Tiktok vows to strengthen data security. ecns.cn As part of efforts to strengthen its global data security, the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has opened its first regional Fusion Centre in Dublin, Ireland, to detect and respond to critical incidents in real-time.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). China-U.S. relationship at 'new critical juncture': new Chinese ambassador. ecns.cn China's new Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang on Wednesday said the China-U.S. relationship "has once again come to a new critical juncture, facing not only many difficulties and challenges but also great opportunities and potentials."

Staff (2021-07-29). 'We're proud Jews': Ben & Jerry's co-founders say there's nothing 'anti-Semitic' about ice cream embargo of Israeli settlements. rt.com Ben & Jerry's co-founders have pushed back against claims of anti-Semitism following the company's decision to stop offering its ice cream products in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, noting that they themselves are Jews. | Writing in the New York Times, Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield said they were "proud Jews" who view Israel's occupation of the West Bank as a barrier to peace. | "It's possible to support Israel and oppose some of its policies, just as we've opposed policies of the US government. As such, we unequivocally support the decision of the company to end business in the occupied territ…

Pablo Navarrete (2021-07-29). Taking action for Palestine. thecanary.co
| Video transcript | What kind of democracy do we live in when 1 million people go out to oppose a war, and they still go and kill innocent civilians? Enough…

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-07-29). Mexico president blasts 'inhumane' US sanctions against Cuba. en.mehrnews.com Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has scoffed at the notion that Mexico should honor a US-imposed embargo on Cuba, as his country sends aid to the island in defiance of Washington's suffocating economic bans.

Staff (2021-07-29). Cuba no está sola a pesar de la política genocida de los vecinos del norte, afirman cubanos residentes en el exterior. cubadebate.cu Los cubanos, pueblo noble, culto y valiente, llamamos a la Paz, siendo consecuentes con nuestros orígenes. Sólo corresponderá a sus ciudadanos dilucidar y resolver los problemas de la Nación, en un clima de armonía y libertad, de dignidad y justicia, de trabajo y creación, inclusivo y participativo, al que todos podemos contribuir con respeto y compromiso con el futuro.

Staff (2021-07-29). Israel to offer Covid booster shot for over-60s, PM Bennett says amid vaccine efficacy worries. rt.com Israel is set to roll out a scheme to give a third Covid jab to people aged over 60, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced, in a bid to increase protection amid fears vaccine efficacy diminishes over time. | The Health Ministry

sputniknews (2021-07-29). US Jobless Hits 400,000 Mark Second Week in Row Amid COVID-19 Challenges – Labor Dept. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – US jobless claims stood at 400,000 and above for a second week in a row, according to Labor Department data on Thursday that suggested a continued challenge for the labor market recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). UNICEF, Sinovac agree to supply more COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries. ecns.cn The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has recently signed an agreement with the Chinese firm Sinovac to supply developing countries with more COVID-19 vaccines via the COVAX mechanism.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). COVAX begins offering Sinovac jabs from Aug. ecns.cn The COVAX vaccine equity scheme is on course to begin deliveries in the developing world of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac from August.

ecns.cn (2021-07-28). Inhaled vaccine shows signs of promise. ecns.cn A two-dose inhaled COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese researchers appears to be safe and capable of eliciting strong immune responses comparable to those of its one-dose injected counterpart.

Staff (2021-07-29). Priest gagged for saying Canada residential-school victims lied about abuse for 'extra money' & joke about SHOOTING church vandals. rt.com A Catholic priest has been barred from speaking publicly by a Canadian archdiocese, after accusing residential-school survivors of lying about sexual abuse to get more money, and of speaking about wanting to shoot church vandals. | The inflammatory statements, made over a number of weeks by Father Rhéal Forest at St. Emile Roman Catholic Church in Winnipeg, were even shared on the church's Facebook page, but have since been taken down. | During a mass on July 10, Forest said the survivors lied about being sexually abused in a ploy to receive more money in the settlement process with the federal governme…

teleSUR, lfl, SH (2021-07-29). Más de la mitad de los mexicanos confían en el presidente AMLO. telesurtv.net El secretario de la Función Pública de México informó que desde 2019, la confianza en el presidente se ha incrementado de un 25 a 51 por ciento.

teleSUR, him, JL (2021-07-29). Declaran emergencia ante intentos de desestabilización en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Huarachi declaró la emergencia ante el nulo reconocimiento de la oposición boliviana del dictamen pericial sobre el proceso electoral de 2019.

sputniknews (2021-07-29). Capitol Police to Arrest House Staffers, Visitors Not Wearing Masks After CDC Policy Reversal. sputniknews.com The new guidelines from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) come as the number of new coronavirus cases per day grows in the US, with the highly contagious Delta variant making up the majority of new infections.

sputniknews (2021-07-29). Pentagon's Use of Private Security Contractors Requires Better Oversight – GAO. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – The US Department of Defense using private security contractors requires better oversight to ensure they operate within international law, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Thursday.

sputniknews (2021-07-29). Worst Riots Since 90s: How Zuma's Arrest Divided South Africa. sputniknews.com Last week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed that the instigators of the violence which recently hit the country had been identified and that the government was "going after them".

sputniknews (2021-07-29). Biden Forgets to Name Third Reason Why He Ran for Presidency, Claims He 'Drove' 18-Wheeler Once. sputniknews.com The Democratic president is well known for his frequent gaffes, especially during off-the-cuff speeches, prompting his political rivals to raise questions about his mental capability to hold the nation's highest post.

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