Private: Why the High Dudgeon over Alleged Russian Bounties for Taliban Slaying of US Troops
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
Democratic politicians like presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and liberal media pundits are all screaming for "action" against Russia based on an article in the New York Times that relies on anonymous sources in the "military" and "US intelligence." The article, picked up by most major media unquestioningly, asserts base on…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/private-why-the-high-dudgeon-over-alleged-russian-bounties-for-taliban-slaying-of-us-troops/
Will the ICC Investigation Bring Justice for Palestine?
Ramzy Baroud — Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
In the past, there have been many attempts at holding accused Israeli war criminals accountable. Particularly memorable is the case of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, (known, among other nicknames, as the 'Butcher of Sabra and Shatila') whose victims attempted to try him in a Belgian Court in 2002. Like all other efforts,…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/will-the-icc-investigation-bring-justice-for-palestine/
Why 3rd Quarter US Economic 'Rebound' Will Falter
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
The US is currently experiencing what might be called a 'triple crisis'. A health crisis that shows little sign of abating. A deep economic crisis that is still in its early phases. And a ripening political crisis…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-3rd-quarter-us-economic-rebound-will-falter/
Trump's Racism May be Blatant, But the Culture He Defends Comes Out of the Civil War and Goes Well Beyond Racial Division
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
President Trump is making plain the degree to which the country remains divided by the American Civil War. His threat to veto the $718bn Defence Bill if it renames military bases called after Confederate generals harks back to 1861. His stand highlights the bizarre way that the US military has named its biggest bases, like…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/trumps-racism-may-be-blatant-but-the-culture-he-defends-comes-out-of-the-civil-war-and-goes-well-beyond-racial-division/
Socialist Strategy and the Biden Debate
Max Elbaum | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
Should anti-capitalists urge a vote for Joe Biden to defeat Donald Trump in November 2020 or not?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/socialist-strategy-and-the-biden-debate/
Britain Is Following Its Big Brother By Imposing So-Called Humanitarian Sanctions
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-07
The UK's imposition of so-called "humanitarian sanctions" against 49 individuals from Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, and Saudi Arabia that it claims are supposedly involved in "human rights abuses" is nothing more than London following its "big brother's" lead from "across the pond" in…
Britain Is Following Its Big Brother By Imposing So-Called Humanitarian Sanctions
Housing Activists Unite to Fight Mass Evictions and Defund Police
Candice Bernd | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
"I just don't feel that police evicting people is a way to 'protect and serve.'"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/housing-activists-unite-to-fight-mass-evictions-and-defund-police/
"Woke" America is More Asleep to Injustice Than Ever
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-07
While America's "Woke" revolution topples statues and hunts down fictional characters at home, corporate America continues to engage in the mass murder and enslavement of blacks abroad. | To drive home just how superficial and empty recent protests in America are and how little besides further division and destruction will become of them — take the fate of two fictional characters recently put in the spotlight by baying activists — PepsiCo's "Aunt Jemima" breakfast food brand and Mars Incorporated's "Uncle Ben's" rice products. | Both came into the crosshairs of "woke" America. Both fictional characters…
The War on Logic: Contradictions and Absurdities in the House's Military Spending Bill
Richard Eskow | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
The House Armed Services Committee just passed a defense appropriations bill filled with moral contradictions and illogical absurdities. Consider: It removes some racist symbols in the military, but preserves Trump's ability to use the military against anti-racist demonstrators. It abdicates Congress' responsibility to declare war, but prevents the executive branch from moving toward peace.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/the-war-on-logic-contradictions-and-absurdities-in-the-houses-military-spending-bill/
Canada's migrant workers protest lack of COVID-19 protections
wsws.org | 2020-07-07
Hundreds of migrant workers and their supporters joined protests Saturday against atrocious working and living conditions–conditions long sanctioned by government and made still worse by the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/migr-j07.html
Roll 4 Justice – Protest on wheels demands justice for all on July 4 in Minneapolis
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-07
Minneapolis, MN – On July 4, more than 200 protesters took the streets on wheels for a new type of march calling for an end to a fundamentally racist criminal justice system and "#Justice4All." Protesters were on bikes, rollerblades, roller skates, skateboards, as well as in a car caravan as they rolled through various neighborhoods in Minneapolis. The protest was organized by Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) along with co-hosts Native Lives Matter, CAIR-Minnesota, LatinoAltRock, and Asamblea de Derechos Civiles. Messaging included slogans such as: "Abolish ICE," "Prosecute the police," and lin…
fightbacknews.org/2020/7/6/roll-4-justice-protest-wheels-demands-justice-all-july-4-minneapolis
Roll 4 Justice – Protest on wheels demands justice for all on July 4 in Minneapolis
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-07
Minneapolis, MN – On July 4, more than 200 protesters took the streets on wheels for a new type of march calling for an end to a fundamentally racist criminal justice system and "#Justice4All." Protesters were on bikes, rollerblades, roller skates, skateboards, as well as in a car caravan as they rolled through various neighborhoods in Minneapolis. The protest was organized by Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) along with co-hosts Native Lives Matter, CAIR-Minnesota, LatinoAltRock, and Asamblea de Derechos Civiles. Messaging included slogans such as: "Abolish ICE," "Prosecute the police," and lin…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/6/roll-4-justice-protest-wheels-demands-justice-all-july-4-minneapolis
In Seattle, people not intimidated, keep marching
Liberation Staff Seattle | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-07
The horrific car attack on the Black Femme March on July 4 that killed Summer Taylor and gravely injured Diaz Love has not stopped protests.
liberationnews.org/in-seattle-people-not-intimidated-keep-marching/
Gimme Shelter: the Brief And Strange History of CHOP (AKA CHAZ)
Daniel Beaumont | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
"Rape, murder–it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away" –"Gimme Shelter" the Rolling Stones The end has come for CHOP–or CHAZ. At first the six-block area just east of downtown Seattle was called CHAZ. The area was occupied by protesters on June 8th after it was reluctantly ceded to them by Seattle Mayor…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/gimme-shelter-the-brief-and-strange-history-of-chop-aka-chaz/
White Supremacist Intelligence Alliance Pushes China Hostage Standoff
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-07
In recent weeks movements in different countries have toppled statues and put the police and other institutions upholding systemic racism on the defensive. But, amidst unprecedented protests against racism, there has been remarkably little interest in the white supremacist foreign policy alliance currently driving conflict with China. The "Five Eyes" intelligence arrangement has faced almost …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/white-supremacist-intelligence-alliance-pushes-china-hostage-standoff/
Attempted car attacks fail to deter protesters in Tri-Cities, Wa
Matthew Sakamoto | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-07
Hundreds of protesters gathered at John Dam Plaza in Richland, Washington, on Saturday, July 4 to protest the national epidemic of racist police killings. People from all over the Tri-Cities attended the protest, which lasted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The organizers, members of the local group Blackformation, spoke on the park stage about …
liberationnews.org/attempted-car-attacks-fail-to-deter-protesters-in-tri-cities-wa/
All Articles The World Can Show How Pharma Monopolies Aren't the Only Way to Fight COVID-19
Prabir Purkayastha | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
After his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 epidemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead's stock of remdesivir…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/all-articles-the-world-can-show-how-pharma-monopolies-arent-the-only-way-to-fight-covid-19/
Dozens of immigrants drown in eastern Turkey's Lake Van
wsws.org | 2020-07-07
Migrants traveling from Central Asian war zones are reportedly forced to travel by boat over Lake Van to bypass police checkpoints on land.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/lake-j07.html
Coronavirus pandemic threatens lives of at least one million people at risk from AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
wsws.org | 2020-07-07
The global distribution of preventative treatments for other deadly diseases has been severely disrupted by the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/aids-j07.html
Democrats' denunciation of America's revolutionary heritage provides an opening for Trump
wsws.org | 2020-07-07
The campaign waged by the Democratic Party to discredit Jefferson, Lincoln and other leaders of America's two revolutions allows Trump to package his extreme right-wing policies as a defense of democratic traditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/pers-j07.html
India's abysmal healthcare system
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-07-07
DD Kosambi uses a telling example to illustrate the crisis of Indian feudalism: at the third Battle of Panipat in 1761, the troops on oneside had not had enough to eat, while the troops on the other side just managed to assuage hunger by looting villages in the neighbourhood; neither side in short had arranged …
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How do you spell desecration of African burials?: "Ni**er!"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-07
Much of the nation may be repudiating white supremacy, but not Montgomery County, Maryland, which is paving over sacred Black ground in an attempt to bury its own racist history.
mronline.org/2020/07/07/how-do-you-spell-desecration-of-african-burials-nier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-do-you-spell-desecration-of-african-burials-nier
Fallacious Arguments Employed to Justify the Revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's Autonomy and Its Bifurcation
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
The throes of pain, palpable on the face of the 3-year old child whose grandfather was killed in an exchange of fire between militants and Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Sopore, can lacerate the most hardened person. The palpable contrast between the enchanting beauty of Kashmir and the glazed eyes of its people is…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/fallacious-arguments-employed-to-justify-the-revocation-of-jammu-and-kashmirs-autonomy-and-its-bifurcation/
On Coronavirus and the Anti-Police-Brutality Uprising
Arun Gupta | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
An investigative reporter, Arun Gupta has been consistently ahead of the news. In September 2011, he founded The Occupy Wall Street Journal with the help of the Yes Men to help build support for the fledgling occupation in Zuccotti Park. During the 2016 presidential campaign, he warned that if elected Trump would carry out…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/on-coronavirus-and-the-anti-police-brutality-uprising/
Of Fire and Fish
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
One of the many excuses used to justify "thinning" and logging today is to preclude massive wildfires. Notwithstanding, there is considerable evidence that such actions do not impede large fires, which only occur during extreme fire weather; people still use this as an excuse. To generate even more public support, one often hears dire warnings…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/of-fire-and-fish/
Activists defy NSW Police bully tactics
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-07
Democracy Rachel EvansIssue 1272 Australia NSW Police COVID-19 restrictions SydneyJuly 7, 2020New South Wales Police are stepping up…
greenleft.org.au/content/activists-defy-nsw-police-bully-tactics-0
VIDEO: Belgians protest for headscarf rights
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-07
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 — Some 1,000 people took the streets in the Belgian capital to advocate for the right to wear headscarves at universities.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160660/VIDEO-Belgians-protest-for-headscarf-rights
WATCH protesters carried on hood as car tries to break through blocked road in Bloomington, Indiana
rt.com | 2020-07-07
At least two protesters were left clinging to a vehicle for dear life after they attempted to block the car from driving through the scene of a protest in Bloomington, Indiana, videos posted to social media show. | It's not clear what provoked the altercation. After a passenger in the car gets out to clear a scooter placed in the middle of the road, a woman can be seen attempting to physically block the car from proceeding any further. | Here is the full video of the passenger that hit the protester in Bloomington!!! pic.twitter.com/4FHf6rOobF– Nathan Dimoff ‚&…
rt.com/usa/493990-bloomington-car-hit-protesters/
Trump rails against Marxism and "international socialism"
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
While the deadly COVID-19 pandemic raged, President Trump celebrated Independence Day by unabashedly promoting a fractured, fascist interpretation of American history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/06/18834923.php
Can We Compare the George Floyd Protests to the Vietnam War Protests? Maybe, But the Analogy is Imperfect
Andrew Stewart | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
At the outset, I would argue it is paramount to emphasize the centrality of radical BIPOC organizers in this discussion. There undeniably are BIPOC-led local formations and organizations that have been fighting for racial justice for decades active in many cities, ones that cannot be given anything but high praise, support, and made into the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/can-we-compare-the-george-floyd-protests-to-the-vietnam-war-protests-maybe-but-the-analogy-is-imperfect/
Xenophobia in South Africa fractures international working-class solidarity
Pan Africanism Today Secretariat | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-07
The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly impacted migrants in South Africa who have been facing increasingly violent attacks and marginalization over the past decade, reinforced by xenophobic rhetoric on a state-level…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/07/xenophobia-in-south-africa-fractures-international-working-class-solidarity/
The Racist Underpinnings of the American Way of War
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
The U.S. military command's pushback against President Donald Trump's attempt to use the military against people demanding racial justice has received a lot of good press. But let's not overdo the praise. For most of their existence, the U.S. Armed Forces were racially segregated. It was only in the 1950s that the slow process of…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/the-racist-underpinnings-of-the-american-way-of-war/
Back to School in Rural India: Digital Divide to Digital Partition
Parth M.N. | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
It took a down payment of Rs. 2,500 for Rajesh Andhare to get his hands on a smartphone for the first time in his life. Two years later, he still can't operate it. "It was a gift for my older child Dinesh, who had passed out of school," says 43-year-old Rajesh.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/back-to-school-in-rural-india-digital-divide-to-digital-partition/
South African unions demand dismissal of finance minister Tito Mboweni over airline liquidation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-07
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the South African Cabin Crew Association made the demand after the National Treasury under Tito Mboweni announced that no money would be allotted for South African Airways which faces liquidation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/07/south-african-unions-demand-dismissal-of-finance-minister-tito-mboweni-over-airline-liquidation/
Social Distancing for Mega-Million Fun and Profit
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
For the world's super rich, the thrills don't come cheap. But they do keep coming — even amid a pandemic. Case in point: this past Monday night's historic Sotheby's art auction, the first-ever "hybrid" sale of high-end artwork. On site in London, Hong Kong, and New York, socially distanced Sotheby's specialists took in phone and…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/social-distancing-for-mega-million-fun-and-profit/
Argentine social movements propose San Martín Plan to overcome extreme poverty post-COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-07
Social leader Juan Grabois, in an interview with community media, detailed aspects of the plan which envisions the generation of 4 million jobs The plan envisions the creation of a fund which will set up 4,000 productive units…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/07/argentine-social-movements-propose-san-martin-plan-to-overcome-extreme-poverty-post-covid-19/
The Coronavirus Seal: Victoria's Borders Close
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-07-07
asia-pacificresearch.com/coronavirus-victoria-borders-close/5629169
Something Wicked This Way Comes
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
Are Trump and Johnson paving the way for fascism, or for something different, but just as bad?
zcomm.org/znetarticle/something-wicked-this-way-comes/
Unemployment Benefits Should Depend on the Pandemic
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
In recent weeks many members of Congress have been arguing against extending the $600 weekly supplement to unemployment insurance benefits that was put into the original pandemic relief package. Some members of Congress have even argued for extra payments to encourage unemployed workers to return to work. These proposals miss the logic that led Congress…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/unemployment-benefits-should-depend-on-the-pandemic/
Life and Lexicon
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
Remember when we understood 'sentiment' As a human construct? Now, 'sentiment' defines the mood-swings Of the stock and share market. When men were killed in gruesome droves, We spoke of a "blood bath'; Now, it is currency that bleeds When the bourses take a bearish path. And "carnage' no longer defines A human Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/life-and-lexicon/
Key U.S. Ally Indicted for Organ Trade Murder Scheme
Nicolas J.S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-07
When President Clinton dropped 23,000 bombs on what was left of Yugoslavia in 1999 and NATO invaded and occupied the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, U.S. officials presented the war to the American public as a "humanitarian intervention" to protect Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanian population from genocide at the hands of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. That …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/key-u-s-ally-indicted-for-organ-trade-murder-scheme/
As cutoff of $600 weekly benefit and wave of evictions loom, Congress takes a holiday
wsws.org | 2020-07-07
The $600 weekly federal supplement to unemployment benefits is set to expire July 25, while moratoriums on evictions have already expired in 20 states.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/lead-j07.html
ICE threatens international students with deportation unless their college resumes in-person classes
wsws.org | 2020-07-07
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an ICE rule change is forcing international students to risk their lives to stay in the US…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/ice-j07.html
A Statue of Hatuey
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
If you look at a US $20 bill, you might notice Andrew Jackson nervously watching statues of Columbus and Robert E. Lee coming down and wondering if his face is going to disappear from currency. As Democrats ponder which militarist they wish to glorify in the next round of monuments, it is critical to realize…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/a-statue-of-hatuey/
Trump's 'Heroes' Garden Is a Nationalistic Nightmare
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-07-07
Trump's 'Heroes' Garden Is a Nationalistic Nightmare…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-heroes-garden-coronavirus/
The Racial Wealth Gap Is About the Upper Classes
Matt Bruenig | zcomm.org | 2020-07-07
Here's an idea: we should redistribute wealth from the largely white 1 percent to the poor and working class of all races — tackling both racial and class inequality simultaneously.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-racial-wealth-gap-is-about-the-upper-classes/
The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It
Taliah Mancini | thenation.com | 2020-07-07
The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It…
thenation.com/article/culture/interview-sam-feder-disclousre-documentary/
Killing Koalas: the Promise of Extinction Down Under
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
The British conservationist Gerald Durrell once remarked that the koala was "the most boring of animals". Its brain size, proportionally the smallest of any mammal, evolved to cope with its slow metabolism. But the spectacle of these singed, toasted animals was a terrifyingly cruel one to behold. As good stretches of Australia burned over the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/killing-koalas-the-promise-of-extinction-down-under/
The Burning of Newgate Prison: a Glyph
Ed Sanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-07
counterpunch.org/2020/07/07/the-burning-of-newgate-prison-a-glyph/
Donald Trump's Many Pandemic Blunders
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-07-07
Donald Trump's Many Pandemic Blunders…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-pandemic-blunders/
Anthony Fauci: The Last American Hero?
Mike Davis | thenation.com | 2020-07-07
Anthony Fauci: The Last American Hero?
thenation.com/article/society/fauci-american-hero-coronavirus/
Wednesday 7/8: Why Radical Interventions are Needed Now to Stop the Climate Apocalypse
Sierra Club Loma Prieta | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/05/18834900.php
'Solidarity selfie' campaign draws support for persecuted Kurdish mayors, MPs in Turkey
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-07
Democracy Ismet TastanIssue 1272 Australia People's Democratic Party (HDP) Turkey Rojava Solidarity (Sydney)
greenleft.org.au/content/solidarity-selfie-campaign-draws-support-persecuted-kurdish-mayors-mps-turkey
Farmers oppose Vickery coal mine expansion
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-07
Agriculture Margaret GleesonIssue 1272 Australia Whitehaven Coal Lock the Gate Alliance Vickery coal mineJuly 7, 2020F…
greenleft.org.au/content/farmers-oppose-vickery-coal-mine-expansion
Statement: "Death Of Palestinian Detainee Not Confirmed"
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2020-07-07
The Israeli Prison Service has not yet officially informed the Palestinians or the Red Cross of the death of a Palestinian detainee in prison, while the current information reveals that the detainee is likely clinically dead, but so far, there has been no official confirmation, despite various conflicting reports. Former …
imemc.org/article/statement-death-of-palestinian-detainee-not-confirmed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=statement-death-of-palestinian-detainee-not-confirmed
Spanish PM Sanchez to discuss EU recovery fund with Germany's Merkel
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of a July 17-18 summit to discuss a planned European Union recovery fund, government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said on Tuesday."Spain's future is at stake in the coming days," Montero said regarding the negotiations over the fund, from which Spain hopes to receive around 140 billion euros.
yenisafak.com/en/world/spanish-pm-sanchez-to-discuss-eu-recovery-fund-with-germanys-merkel-3533894
Russia digs trench around Siberian village to enforce COVID quarantine
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
Russian authorities have dug a trench around a remote Siberian village to enforce a quarantine, after dozens of residents contracted the coronavirus, which local officials believe was spread at a traditional shaman ritual.The village of Shuluta, located some 30 kilometres south east of Lake Baikal in Siberia's Buryatia region, has 37 confirmed cases of the virus among its 390 residents.Ninety-five other people are believed to have been in contact with those infected and are also required to quarantine, said the head of the local administration, Ivan Alkheyev.Alkheyev said the outbreak started after dozens of vill…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-digs-trench-around-siberian-village-to-enforce-covid-quarantine-3533892
Demolition of Palestinian homes rises despite pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
An Israeli human rights center reported a sharp increase in the number of Palestinian homes demolished by Israel in the occupied West Bank in June, despite the outbreak of coronavirus. | "During the past month, Israel escalated the pace of house demolitions in the West Bank," the Jerusalem-based B'Tselem NGO said in a Tuesday report. | The NGO said 63 Palestinian homes were demolished across the West Bank (not including occupied East Jerusalem) since the beginning of the year, 33 of which were destroyed in June only. | The report stated that a total of 151 Palestinians, including 84 minors, lost their homes and o…
yenisafak.com/en/world/demolition-of-palestinian-homes-rises-despite-pandemic-3533888
China joins UN weapons trade treaty
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
China has formally joined the UN's Arms Trade Treaty, the country's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.At a news conference in Beijing, ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China had deposited its instrument of accession and completed "all legal procedures to join this treaty," daily Global Times reported."The treaty will become effective for China after 90 days," he said.Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, submitted the document to UN chief Antonio Guterres.In a statement, the Chinese diplomat said Beijing "attaches high importance to the problems caused by illicit transfer and abuse of c…
yenisafak.com/en/world/china-joins-un-weapons-trade-treaty-3533891
Turkish Central Bank lowers reserve requirement ratios
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
The Turkish Central Bank on Tuesday cut reserve requirement ratios to provide more liquidity in domestic markets.Turkish lira reserve requirement ratios was lowered from 6% to 5% and will be effective from July 10.Showing the minimum amount of reserves that local banks must hold at the Central Bank, the reserve requirement ratios are determined by the Central Bank to manage the liquidity in local markets.
yenisafak.com/en/economy/turkish-central-bank-lowers-reserve-requirement-ratios-3533889
WHO to travellers: keep an eye on 'anywhere and everywhere' COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged travellers to wear masks on planes and keep themselves informed as COVID-19 cases surge again in some countries, prompting new restrictions in places like Australia.Spokeswoman Margaret Harris urged people not to be caught off-guard by resurgent local epidemics and quarantine measures, saying: "If it's anywhere, it's everywhere and people travelling have to understand that.""This virus is widespread and people have to take that very, very seriously."The WHO said last month that it would update its travel guidelines ahead of the northern hemisphere summer holidays but…
yenisafak.com/en/life/who-to-travellers-keep-an-eye-on-anywhere-and-everywhere-covid-19-3533886
WHO criticized for 'contradictory' COVID-19 statements
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
The WHO, which has been chastised by the US for failing to make necessary warnings in a timely manner, has recently been subjected to intense criticism, including accusations of "misleading countries over use of mask," taking late steps and making "contradictory statements".WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus rejects criticism, saying they act in line with science, learn new information about the virus every day, and that the organization is constantly updating its COVID-19 guidelines.- Wearing masksIn the first days of the pandemic, the WHO made statements that healthy people do not need to wear a mask.On April…
yenisafak.com/en/news/who-criticized-for-contradictory-covid-19-statements-3533895
Toll rises from rain storms in China as student bus plunges into reservoir
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
A bus carrying high school students plunged into a reservoir on in southwest China on Tuesday, as days of torrential rain triggered flood warnings across large parts of the country and disrupted the first day of national college exams.In the central city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus epidemic first erupted in December, a record-breaking 426 millimetres (16.8 inches) of rain fell on Sunday, the official China Daily reported, and authorities were using giant pumps to remove water from the flooded roads.State broadcaster CCTV said the students on a bus that crashed into a reservoir in the city of Anshun in southwe…
yenisafak.com/en/world/toll-rises-from-rain-storms-in-china-as-student-bus-plunges-into-reservoir-3533887
EU exports 2.2M tons of chocolate in 2019
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
EU countries exported 2.2 million tons of chocolate and chocolate bars in 2019, the 27-member bloc's statistical authority said on Tuesday.Germany was the largest chocolate exporter, selling 640,000 tons of chocolate in 2019, followed by Belgium (300,000 tons), the Netherlands (290,000 tons), Poland (230,000 tons), and Italy (180,000 tons), Eurostat announced.These countries were also the top five chocolate exporters globally, according to a report.Meanwhile, 220,000 tons of chocolate were imported by member states from non-EU countries last year, Eurostat said.
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Air Serbia announces more flights to Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-07
Serbia's flag carrier on Tuesday announced it will operate at least eight charter flights to Turkey's southern coastal city of Antalya in July.The first such flight by Air Serbia flew to the resort city on Sunday with 144 passengers on board. Another aircraft left for Antalya today.The flights on Airbus A319 and Boeing B737 planes are next scheduled for July 9, 11, 15, 17, 18, and 19."I am extremely pleased that in cooperation with our partners and travel agencies, we have resumed charter flights," Bosko Rupic, a senior manager of corporate sales at Air Serbia, said in a written statement.Turkey remains one of th…
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Indonesia denounces Israeli regime's annexation plan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-07
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) — Indonesia's government and House of Representatives have denounced the Israeli regime's plan to annex Palestinian territories.
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Iran reports highest coronavirus death toll since outbreak
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-07
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) — Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran hit a high record on Tuesday as 200 new deaths were registered over the past 24 hours, the highest since the virus outbreak in the country.
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Iran's nuclear activities unstoppable: Rabiei
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-07
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) — Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei reacted to the recent incident in Natanz nuclear facility, highlighting that nothing can stop Iran's nuclear program.
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AEOI rejects rumors on blast in Shahid Rezaei nuclear site
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-07
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) — In a statement on Tuesday, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) dismissed the rumors of an explosion in Shahid Rezaei nuclear site in the Iranian province of Yazd.
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US 'certainly looking' at banning TikTok & other Chinese social media apps, says Pompeo
rt.com | 2020-07-07
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed Washington is considering a ban on Chinese social media apps, including the ultra-popular TikTok, apparently inspired by a similar ban in India and Australia's threat to do the same. | Speaking with Fox News, Pompeo affirmed "we're certainly looking at" banning TikTok and other Chinese apps, following the lead of India, which banned 59 Chinese apps after border skirmishes with Beijing, and Australia, which has threatened to do the same. Americans should download the apps "only if you want your information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party," he smirked.
rt.com/usa/493991-pompeo-threatens-tiktok-china/
'Wish I was that oppressed': Colin Kaepernick's lucrative Disney deal mocked on social media (with a hefty helping of envy)
rt.com | 2020-07-07
Ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has signed with Disney to produce a documentary about his life for ESPN Films. His growing net worth isn't sitting well with those sick of his victim persona, however. | While no dollar amount was given regarding the first-look docuseries deal, it's safe to say that the agreement — which includes "scripted and unscripted stories that deal with race, social injustice and the quest for equity" and will "work to showcase directors and producers of color" — has the potential to make Kaepernick a very rich man (though as the face of Nike, he's presumably…
rt.com/usa/493988-kaepernick-disney-deal-oppressed/
US still 'knee-deep' in FIRST wave of Covid-19, Fauci warns
rt.com | 2020-07-07
Unlike countries in Europe, the US failed to get the first wave of Covid-19 under control and is now 'knee-deep' in a new surge of it, according to the country's top epidemic adviser Anthony Fauci. | The coronavirus situation in the US is "not very good," Fauci said in an interview with National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins on Monday. In less t…
rt.com/usa/494006-fauci-knee-deep-covid/
Foreign students face mass DEPORTATIONS from US if their universities switch to online-only classes
rt.com | 2020-07-07
US immigration authorities have warned foreign students at colleges offering online-only courses that they must transfer to schools with in-person classes or face deportation. The rule has students and many professors up in arms. | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ended the temporary exceptions it granted foreign students during the spring semester, leaving some students whose schools have gone online-only for fall facing removal from the country — or stranded back home. The loophole had permitted non-immigrant student visa holders to stay in the US while taking online courses due to the coro…
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China criticises US joint carrier drills in South China Sea
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-07
The Chinese government has accused the US of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two American aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway.Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the exercises were performed "totally out of ulterior motives" and undermined stability in the area.Zhao told a daily briefing: "Against such a backdrop, the US deliberately dispatched massive forces to conduct large-scale military exercises in the relevant waters of the South China Sea to flex its military muscle."The US Navy said over the weekend that the USS Nimitz and the…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/07/china-criticises-us-joint-carrier-drills-in-south-china-sea/
London mayor and Met chief remember victims on 15th anniversary of 7/7 blasts
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-07
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick have paid tribute to the 52 people who died in the 7 July bombings, on the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks.A series of explosions ripped through London in co-ordinated terrorist strikes in 2005.The attacks on three London Underground trains and a double-decker bus killed 52 people as well as the bombers, and more than 700 people were injured.Dick and Khan laid wreaths at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park at 8.50am on Tuesday — the time of the first bomb. | #LondonBombings pic.twitter.com/YoW…
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Everyone should wear a face covering in public, says Royal Society president
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-07
Everyone should wear a face covering in public to reduce the risk of a second wave of Covid-19 infections, the president of the Royal Society has urged. | Professor Venki Ramakrishnan said people should wear a mask when they leave home — particularly in enclosed indoor spaces — but acknowledged that the public remain "sceptical" about the benefits. | Not wearing them outside the home should be considered as "anti-social" as drink-driving, or failing to wear a seat belt, he said. | It comes as two new reports on face coverings were published by the scientific body, including one which found the UK was…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/07/everyone-should-wear-a-face-covering-in-public-says-royal-society-president/
PM's care home comments branded 'clumsy and cowardly'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-07
Prime minister Boris Johnson's claims that "too many" care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic have been branded "clumsy and cowardly" by a sector leader.Mark Adams, chief executive of the charity Community Integrated Care, said on Tuesday he was "unbelievably disappointed" to hear the prime minister blaming care workers. | He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think this — at best — was clumsy and cowardly, but to be honest with you, if this is genuinely his view, I think we're almost entering an … alternative reality where the government sets the rules, we fo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/07/pms-care-home-comments-branded-clumsy-and-cowardly/
Thursday 7/9: Saving Life On Earth: Discussion on Contraception, Consumption and Conservation
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Online…
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US Senate poised to pass National Juneteenth Holiday Bill S.4019
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Since that final summer military campaign in Texas beginning June 18, 1865, people of Pan African Ancestry throughout the Diaspora have always celebrated Juneteenth in a big way.
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Wednesday 7/8: Policing Without the Police: Race, Technology and the New Jim Code
Haymarket Books | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Online…
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Thursday 7/9: How White Supremacy Built Wall Street (webinar)
SMPTWS | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Online…
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San Geronimo Valley Joins BLM
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Quiet valley wakes up to Black Lives Matter…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/05/18834902.php
Thursday 7/9: COVID19 Pandemic & Its Hightened Impact on Latino Community
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-07-07
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/06/18834927.php