(2022-07-20). Ilhan Omar's Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert. orinocotribune.com 
By Ann Garrison  ; Jul 13, 2022 | Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar's "woke" politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman's role in US meddling in the Horn of Africa. | Ilhan Omar was
(2022-07-20). Inicia votación para elegir al nuevo presidente de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El actual presidente interino, Ranil Wickremesinghe, parte como favorito para ser designado como nuevo mandatario del país.
(2022-07-20). Ranil Wickremesinghe es elegido como presidente de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Tras ser electo, Wickremesinghe, dirigirá los destinos de Sri Lanka hasta 2024, completando así el mandato del depuesto Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
(2022-07-20). Sri Lanka's parliament to elect president Wednesday with vast authoritarian powers in fraudulent anti-democratic exercise. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) has denounced Wednesday's vote as "a fraud and a conspiracy against the working class, youth and rural poor."
(2022-07-20). Turkey summons German envoy due to arson of consulate vehicle. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) — German Ambassador to Ankara Jurgen Schulz was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after the official vehicle of the Turkish Consulate General in Stuttgart was set on fire.
(2022-07-20). Syria talks in Switzerland 'no longer possible': UN Envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) — Due to the neutrality issues, talks between the government and opposition scheduled to start on July 25 in Geneva are no longer possible, the UN special envoy for Syria said.
(2022-07-20). PLA guards against U.S. ship as it sails through Taiwan Straits again. ecns.cn The Chinese military has monitored and guarded against a United States guided-missile destroyer that sailed across the Taiwan Straits on Tuesday, a spokesman from the People's Liberation Army said Wednesday.
(2022-07-19). Secrets Of Ukrainian Cargo Aircraft That Crashed in Greece. southfront.org 
Obstacles of plane | On the night of July 16, a Ukrainian An-12BK transport plane crashed in Greece. The plane fell 16 km west of Kaval airport, which is located in Greece. The plane was designed to transport cargo. The aircraft was on a Nis-Amman flight, flying from Serbia to Jordan. It was supposed to make two stops for technical reasons in Riyadh and Ahmedabad. Eventually, the plane was supposed to fly to Bangladesh. | When the aircraft entered the airspace of Greece, one of its engines caught fire. The…
(2022-07-19). Aaron Maté challenges Guardian reporter on US govt-funded Syria smears. thegrayzone.com The Guardian parroted an evidence-free report from the US state-funded Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Syria Campaign claiming The Grayzone's Aaron Maté is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" about Syria. Aaron phoned The Guardian's Mark Townsend to challenge him on his defamatory article. A recent article in The Guardian parroted a US state-funded group's evidence-free claim that The Grayzone's Aaron Maté, who has reported extensively on the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal, is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" …
(2022-07-19). Iraq's Sadr: No Right for Maliki to Lead After Plot Claims. news.antiwar.com Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr accused Nouri al-Maliki of The plot accuses Britain of wanting to use Sadr to sideline Iraq's Shi'ites, and then These are broad claims, but within Iraq ant conspiracy that ends with the Sunni minority retaking power is treated at least as plausible. | The plot came in audio recordings,…
(2022-07-19). A Marxist view of the Asian American National Questions. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Over the last two years, hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans and their supporters have taken to the streets to protest the wave of violence against Asian Americans. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a Burmese family was assaulted in Texas; to the Atlanta Spa killing in April 2021, where six of the eight people killed were Asian American women, this wave of violence against Asian Americans inspired protests across the country, even including middle-school students. | These protests were the largest ever to draw together Asian Americans of different nationalities. This was in pa…
(2022-07-19). Hong Kong: The Truth Is Out. popularresistance.org Hong Kong marked the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese sovereignty with Chinese president Xi Jinping appearing in the city to witness the inauguration of the Chinese territory's new leadership headed by John Lee. | The largely indoor ceremony had been forecast to take place amid a mild tropical typhoon, but for the past three years Hong Kong has been battered by quite different kinds of storms. | Xi's visit takes place after an unprecedented period of turmoil. The first stage beginning in 2019 was characterized by a wave of initially peaceful mass protests against extradition legislation, which rapidly sp…
(2022-07-19). Nurses In The US Are Suffering 'Moral Injury'. popularresistance.org Minnesota emergency room nurse Cliff Willmeng remembers, during the early days of the pandemic, treating a patient at United Hospital who asked how the nurses were doing. The man was a Vietnam veteran, and Willmeng recalls that he said, "This is your war." | "I kind of laughed, like what do you mean by that?" said Willmeng, who recalled he didn't grasp at the time how horrible the pandemic would become. "He said, 'We dealt with this in Vietnam. You don't know it yet but none of you are ever going to be the same again.'" | More than two years later, Willmeng, like countless other nurses and frontline workers natio…
(2022-07-19). The Salafist Roots of the Free Syrian Army/ By William Van Wagenen. marktaliano.net 
by William Van Wagenen | Feb 28, 2022 Original Link Here: The Salafist Roots of the Free Syrian Army | The Libertarian Institute "At the same time, we see that there is almost no difference between the group called Free Syrian Army or other jihadist groups and ISIS. For instance, these 'moderate' opposition groups burned the churches down, …
(2022-07-19). Al menos tres candidatos disputarán la presidencia de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net La votación para elegir al nuevo presidente del país se llevará a cabo de forma secreta por los 225 legisladores que integran el Parlamento esrilanqués.
(2022-07-19). Campaign Against e-Cigarette Use Targets "Next Legends" jamanetwork.com The FDA recently launched a campaign to prevent e-cigarette use among American Indian and Alaska Native youth.
(2022-07-19). The Covid Crisis in Japan: Lockdown, Economic Crisis, the mRNA Vaccine, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). Centro de Estudios Martianos, más de cuatro décadas al servicio de la patria. cubadebate.cu No es posible valorar la cultura cubana de las últimas cuatro décadas sin tomar en consideración la labor del Centro de Estudios Martianos. Fue fundado por iniciativa del Dr. Armando Hart, entonces ministro de Cultura, y el Comandante en jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, con el objetivo de dedicarse a la investigación y promoción de la vida y la obra de José Martí.
(2022-07-19). US convoy targeted in Iraq's Saladin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) —A US logistics convoy was targeted by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Tuesday.
(2022-07-19). Against Romanticism: From Enlightenment to Enfrightenment and the Culture of Slavery: Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). U.S. urged to stop selling weapons to Taiwan. ecns.cn The United States should stop all of its arms sales to Taiwan, according to Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense.
(2022-07-19). UK declares national emergency in heat wave. ecns.cn A woman uses a fan to keep cool in London, UK, July 18, 2022. UK issued a red warning for extreme heat, the highest-level alert.
(2022-07-18). Symposium studies Xi's address at HKSAR anniversary meeting, inaugural ceremony of sixth-term gov't. ecns.cn A special symposium was held here on Monday to study President Xi Jinping's address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
(2022-07-19). Nominations for Sri Lankan presidential race announced in parliament. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, parliamentarian of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Dullas Alahapperuma, and National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake were nominated for…
(2022-07-19). State of emergency imposed as parliament convenes to choose new Sri Lankan president. wsws.org The declaration of a state of emergency underscores the anti-democratic character of tomorrow's vote in parliament to choose a new president after mass popular protests forced former president Gotabhaya Rajapakse to flee the country.
(2022-07-18). HK Palace Museum to compile history textbook with local education authorities. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) on Monday announced that it would work with the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to compile a new history textbook.
(2022-07-19). The War in Syria, Middle East Geopolitics: Is Erdogan Contemplating "Taking Over Aleppo Again": Dr. Ahmad Alderzi. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-18). Ukrainian Plane Crash Reveals US Deals of US-Sanctioned Serbian Arms Dealer. libya360.wordpress.com Dilyana Gaytandzhieva "White", according to the Greek authorities, can be seen at the site where the Ukrainian An-12 crashed on Saturday loaded with 11.5 tons of Serbian weapons en-route to Bangladesh with two scheduled technical landings in Amman (Jordan) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Photo: AP The Serbian arms company Valir DOO which exported weapons on…
(2022-07-18). Resistance Grows As NATO Goes Global To Protect Profits Over People. popularresistance.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently met in Madrid, Spain where they launched their new strategy to go global, extending what Chris Hedges calls "the most dangerous military alliance on the planet" into Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Clearing the FOG speaks with Joe Lombardo and Pippa Bartolotti of the United National Antiwar Coalition, who were in Madrid for the anti-NATO protests and counter summit, about NATO's plans and the growing global resistance to it. Pippa explains that NATO is openly siding with the fossil fuel corporations to defend their interests even as the clima…
(2022-07-18). The World is Changing and the Rich Nations Need to Take Notice. journal-neo.org 
One of the notable features of recent years has been the increasing division between the planet's rich powers and the rest. The former group consists primarily of the European nations, plus the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It has increasingly tried to expand its influence, most obviously at the recent meeting of …
(2022-07-18). Imran Khan Rewrites Pakistan's Political History. libya360.wordpress.com MK Bhadrakumar Pakistan's ousted president Imran Khan trounces his opponents by a wide margin in their own stronghold of Punjab. Against the odds and powerful rivals pitted against him, former PM Khan's win in Punjab elections is a victory for democracy and Pakistan's sovereignty It is an unsavoury proposition always, be it in India or Pakistan,…
(2022-07-18). The Assassination of Shinzo Abe and Japan's Military Expansion. libya360.wordpress.com Gary Wilson Shinzo Abe promoted the racist, ultra-nationalist organization Zaitokukai. Above, Zaitokukai members wave imperialist "rising sun" flags (a red ball with 16 red rays) during a rally in Tokyo. This is similar to waving Confederate battle flags in the U.S. The placard says 'Koreans should be massacred.' The assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former…
(2022-07-18). Biden Visits his Mirror Image. southfront.org 
Written by Simon Chege Ndiritu | Biden Finally 'decided' to visit Saudi Arabia, a country he had described as a pariah. Biden's word constitutes projection as unlikely as it sounds. Biden and his role as the US leader are very close to that of Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) in Saudi Arabia. Both persons and the countries they represent have more similarities than US neo-liberals would ever admit. Readers here should note the dictatorial stance that Biden and the US have on the world, which is si…
(2022-07-18). On the Results of the Upper House Elections in Japan. journal-neo.org 
On July 10 Japan held elections for 125 of the 248 seats (i.e. %+1) in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese Parliament. The results of these elections have attracted special interest owing to a number of different factors. These factors include both immediate and long-term issues, and relate to both domestic …
(2022-07-18). 1980s US Central America Wars. transcend.org Updated January 2022 – Less than a decade after U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the United States became deeply involved in Central America. The catalyst was a popularly supported leftist revolution in Nicaragua led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).