(2021-09-19). Telegraph: AUKUS partnership was discussed at G7 summit without Macron's knowledge. tass.com According to the report, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab assisted in the preparation of the agreement despite the warnings that such agreement will harm the relations with Beijing and Paris…
(2021-09-19). Australia May Rent or Buy Nuclear Subs From US, UK Until Its Own Fleet is Built Under AUKUS Deal. sputniknews.com Australia announced its new security alliance with the US and the UK, called AUKUS, on Wednesday, which would allow the country to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. France, which found itself pushed out of a $66 billion defence contract with Canberra, branded the agreement "a stab in the back".
(2021-09-19). Canadian Amazon Warehouse Could Soon Be First to Unionize in North America. zcomm.org "It's being seen as a PR move to make [Amazon] look good, to basically increase wages on one hand and slash bonuses on the other."
(2021-09-19). Syria repairs gas pipeline & restores power after 'ISIS terrorist attack' plunged Damascus into darkness. rt.com 
A key gas pipeline, damaged in an attack claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group, has been repaired and power supply in Damascus fully restored, following a brief but widespread blackout, according to Syrian state media. | The repairs were completed and gas supply fully restored to the Deir Ali power station, the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources said in a Saturday night statement, less than a day after the act of sabotage. | Pictures of the damaged pipeline that supplied an important power station in the
(2021-09-19). VI CELAC Summit: Latin America and the Caribbean to Expand Relations with China. orinocotribune.com 
The Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held this Saturday, September 18, in Mexico city, opens the doors to broader relations with China and the European Union (EU). | During the VI Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC, several nations called for the dismantling of the Organization of American States (OAS ), and on the contrary, to consolidate Latin American integration and inter-relation, far from the interests of the United States and Canada. | Comparto la foto oficial de la VI Cumbre de Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la CELAC. Un encuentro de grandes p…
(2021-09-19). President Maduro Proposes New Institutional Framework for CELAC (Lacalle and Abdo). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, September 18, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed to create a new institutional framework of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to resume the path of regional intergration that had already begun to be built during the 2000s. | During his speech at the VI CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Mexico City, the Venezuelan president stressed that the former councils of ministers had made proposals, and there was also a very valuable interregional dialogue that must be restarted. | President Maduro, without any previous announcement, arrived in Mexico…
(2021-09-19). Prisoners' Lawyer: Mohammad Arda was Severely Beaten, Denied Food, Water. orinocotribune.com 
Attorney Khaled Mahajna, a lawyer with the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission, revealed after meeting with Mohammad Arda, one of four re-captured Palestinian prisoners, that since his re-arrest on Friday, Arda has been subjected to physical abuse, deprivation of sleep, denial of food and water, and humiliation, that caused him injuries to his head and face. | Mahajna recounted the details of his visit to Arda at dawn today after an Israeli court lifted the ban imposed by the Israeli Security Services on visits by the lawyers to the four prisoners. The Security Services nevertheless allowed only one law…
(2021-09-19). In Memoriam: Maia Leonardo. liberationnews.org 
Maia Leonardo, a member of the New Haven branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, passed away on August 30.
(2021-09-19). US admits that Hellfire Strike on Kabul, killing 10, was a "Mistake" — But US often does not know Whom it is Droning. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Associated Press reports that the survivors of family members killed in a U.S. hellfire missile strike on a civilian vehicle after US troops and Afghan evacuees were killed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul are not satisfied with the apology issued by the U.S. military. They want compensation. …
(2021-09-19). Fresh evidence of Nanjing Massacre found. ecns.cn A batch of historical materials was donated to a Chinese memorial hall on Saturday as new evidence of war crimes related to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre perpetrated by the invading Japanese troops.
(2021-09-19). Thanks, comrades! US SOUTHCOM amuses Twitter followers with pic celebrating US Air Force birthday featuring RUSSIAN warplanes. rt.com 
The official Twitter account of US Southern Command is facing mockery after it posted a picture featuring silhouettes of Russian Sukhoi fighter jets to mark the US Air Force's birthday. | The simple graphics,
(2021-09-19). Military Situation In Yemen On September 19, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 138 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On September 18, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On September 18, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Nate district | On September 18, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Jabal Murad | On September 19, clashes between Ansar All…
(2021-09-19). Afghanistan: Women's ministry secretariat converted to Moral Police headquarters. greenleft.org.au The Taliban converted the secretariat of the Ministry of Women's Affairs to the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice on September 17, reports Yasmeen Afghan.
(2021-09-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease brought on by tobacco. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a progressive group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that make it hard to breathe. Millions of people around the globe die each year because of COPD, and nearly 16 million people in the U.S. have a form of the disease. The No. 1 cause of COPD in developed countries is tobacco smoking, according to Dr. John Costello, consultant pulmonologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. Watch: …
(2021-09-19). Mayo Clinic to offer COVID-19 vaccination walk-in clinics in Rochester. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic in Rochester has added more COVID-19 vaccine walk-in clinics for patients, visitors and staff in response to the Food and Drug Administration's full approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and older, the recommendation of a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine immunocompromised people, and the potential for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots when they're approved.Anyone 12 and older can attend these walk-in clinics. A parent or guardian needs to accompany children under…
(2021-09-19). Ukraine: Pentagon to "train combat credible Army forces in Europe" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rapid Trident exercise in Ukraine U.S. Army Europe and Africa will participate in exercise Rapid Trident 21 from Sept. 20 through Oct. 1 at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Rapid Trident 21 is a Ukrainian-led, U.S. Army Europe and Africa assisted annual exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allied and partner nations, …
(2021-09-19). Russian Warplanes Continue To Rain Hell On Greater Idlib Militants (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 aircaft on a runway at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria. © Maksim Blinov / Sputnik | On September 19, a new wave of Russian airstrikes targeted militants' positions in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Russian warplanes carried out a total of 17 airstrikes on the region, which is governed by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). | Two airstrikes targeted the town of al-Fatterah in the southern countryside of…
(2021-09-19). Russia's ZALA Tested New Drone With High-Definition Optical System In Syria (Video). southfront.org 
The ZALA 421-16–ï5G drone as seen in footage released by the ZALA Aero Group. | The ZALA Aero Group, a subsidiary of Russia's defense giant Kalashnikov, has tested its latest ZALA 421-16–ï5G drone in Syria. | The drone, which is propelled by a unique hybrid-electric system that combines an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, is capable of staying in the air for more than 12 hours and has an operational range of more than 100 kilometers. The state-of-the-art drone was unveiled by ZALA last Apr…
(2021-09-19). Libyan Army Says Two Of Its Helicopters Collided, Crashed South Of Benghazi. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On September 19, two helicopters of the Libyan National Army (LNA) collided midair and crashed in the area of Masus to the south of Benghazi city in northeastern Libya. | Brigadier Milad Al-Zawi, a spokesman for the LNA Special Forces, said that the helicopters were carrying out a "military operation" when the accident took place. | "The helicopters crash claimed the lives of Brigadier General, Pilot Bouzid Labarasi, and Corporal Milad al-Asaibi, while the crew of the other helicopter survived," the spoke…
(2021-09-19). Northeastern Syria: US Helicopters Moved Iraqi, Saudi & Tunisian Terrorists Out From SDF Prison. southfront.org 
File image. | US helicopters transported dozens of ISIS terrorists from a prison run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the city of al-Qamishli in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah to a US base located in the governorate's southern countryside, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on September 19. | Citing local sources, the state-run agency said that around 60 terrorists were transported by two US military helicopters from the prison, known as Nafkar, to al-Shaddadi base. | "Most of the terrorists…
(2021-09-19). Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization delivers high-quality care, Medicare savings. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization (ACO) LLC earned a quality score of 97.81% while generating $32.3 million in cost savings for the Medicare program in 2020. That's according to recently released performance data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS). The Mayo Clinic Community ACO has participated for a year and a half in the Medicare Shared Savings Program offered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation…
(2021-09-19). Struggling economies, widening inequality and millions vulnerable: the urgent need for vaccine equity. news.un.org Health leaders agree that a world without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone has equal access to vaccines. More than 4.6 million people have died from the virus since it swept across the globe from the beginning of 2020, but it's expected that the rate of people dying will slow if more people are vaccinated.
(2021-09-19). Hitchcock's Sabotage: Film as Terrorism. counterpunch.org 
Oscar Homolka in Alfred Hitchock's Sabotage. | As compulsively watchable as it is, Hitchcock's Sabotage makes a real hash out of Conrad's The Secret Agent—that prescient novel which so accurately predicted the ways in which radical underground groups could be penetrated and manipulated by intelligence agencies into doing the repressive work of the state. | To read this article, In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser m…
(2021-09-19). Talk World Radio: Delmarie Cobb on Rahm Emanuel's Nomination. warisacrime.org 
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio: Rahm Emanuel has been nominated for worst politician ever — just kidding, he's been nominated for Ambassador to Japan. Will the U.S. Senate go along with that? …
(2021-09-19). Syrian Democratic Forces Warn From Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Growing Influence In Turkish-Occupied Afrin. southfront.org 
File image. | Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is expanding its influence in the Turkish-occupied northern Syrian area of Afrin, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) warned in a statement released on September 17. | HTS is the de-facto ruler of the northwestern region of Greater Idlib which shares a 25 kilometers-long unofficial border line with Afrin. | Farhad Shami, head of the SDF Media Center, revealed in the group's statement that commanders of HTS had visited the Yazidi town of Bosoufane as well as…
(2021-09-19). Military Situation In Syria On September 19, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 18, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 28 times: 16 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On September 18, Russian military police along with SAA units entered the Tafas town to observe the implementation of ceasefire agreement | On September 18, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Barah area | On Sep…
(2021-09-19). Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 vaccine boosters and third doses. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Both of my parents have been vaccinated for COVID-19. The doctor told my mom she is eligible for a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but my dad is not eligible for a booster now. Can you explain who needs an additional vaccine now, and the differences between a booster and third dose. ANSWER: It's good to know that your parents are among the millions of people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19. A…
(2021-09-19). Survey Of the Russian Tank Troops In 2021. southfront.org 
Tankers of the 1295th Central Armored Vehicle Storage Base in the city of Arsenyev, Primorsky Krai, celebrate the Day of Tankers on September 11, 2021 | Exclusive translation based on the article of military analyst aka " The review was dedicated to the Day of Tankers in Russia. The article is based on the information taken from open sources. | As a preface.: | The main structural unit of the tank troops is a tank battalion. The battalion consists of three tank companies. Each company consists of three platoons, and each platoon has t…
(2021-09-19). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Listener mailbag — COVID-19 questions answered. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each week, the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast shares the latest information on COVID-19. On today's episode, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, answers listeners' coronavirus questions. Dr. Poland discusses the mu variant, understanding breakthrough infections and the importance of flu vaccinations this fall. "The symptoms of COVID-19 and the symptoms of influenza overlap so much that it can be hard to distinguish one from another," says Dr. Poland. What…
(2021-09-19). The Anglo Unilateralists Strike. southfront.org 
Jean-Yves Le Drian | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | When President Joe Biden won the White House, he promised, with a facility of unceasing boredom, that diplomacy was back. "Diplomacy is back at the centre of our foreign policy," The fact that such diplomacy had never gone away s…
(2021-09-19). Indonesian G20 Presidency Promises To Put A 'Battle For The Soul Of Islam' On The Front Burner. southfront.org 
Written by James M. Dorsey. Indonesian religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas set the bar high for President Joko Widodo…
(2021-09-19). COVID-19 variants mu, delta and what to know about mutations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A new COVID-19 variant called B.1621 or mu by the World Health Organization is being monitored by scientists. While this variant is making news, it is not the dominant strain in the U.S. or elsewhere, says Dr. John O'Horo, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases physician. "The delta variant is really the predominant strain everywhere at this point. And while it is important that scientists and public health officials keep an eye on this, we're still in…