(2022-07-09). Former Japanese PM Abe showing no vital signs: Kyodo. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is showing no vital signs after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara, Kyodo reported citing a local emergency official.
(2022-07-09). How can American women's human rights be guaranteed. ecns.cn The case of a 10-year-old child rape victim in Ohio who was six weeks pregnant but ineligible for an abortion in her own state and forced to travel to Indiana for the procedure has shocked the U.S. and the world. The abortion ban does secondary harm to the girl.
(2022-07-09). Massive floods in South Asia kill hundreds, displace millions. wsws.org The Indian and Bangladesh governments have responded to the crisis with contempt for the victims, refusing to provide adequate relief materials, rescue equipment, medicines, trained personnel and infrastructure.
(2022-07-09). Raeisi expresses condolences on Japanese ex-PM's death. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Addressing the Prime Minister of Japan in a message, President Raeisi expressed deepest condolences to all Japanese on the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.
(2022-07-09). Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated. wsws.org Abe leaves behind a legacy of remilitarization, right-wing historical revisionism, and attacks on the working class.
(2022-07-09). Former Japanese PM Abe confirmed dead: local media. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sunday's upper house election, local media reported.
(2022-07-09). Hancock Health, Hendricks Regional Health in Indiana join Mayo Clinic Care Network. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Hancock Health, Hendricks Regional Health and Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday, June 29, that the two Indiana health systems have joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted, independent health care organizations, have special access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise. Hancock Health and Hendricks Regional Health have a shared vision to provide central Indiana with excellent health care and keep communities healthy…
(2022-07-09). HKSAR gov't appeals to all sectors to continue to fight COVID-19 together. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday strongly appealed to all sectors of the community including domestic helpers to continue to fight the COVID-19 virus together.
(2022-07-09). Chinese president sends message of condolence to Japanese PM following passing of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday.
(2022-07-09). Manifestantes asaltan la residencia presidencial en Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Defensa comunicó que Gotabaya Rajapaksa se encontraba en un lugar secreto protegido por el ejército.
(2022-07-09). [Clinical Picture] Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with ascites: an enigmatic diagnosis. thelancet.com A 41-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of worsening abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The patient gave no history of recent travel, previous abdominal surgery, or adverse reactions to any allergens. She had no past medical problems. However, 2 days before we saw her, the patient had a gastrointestinal endoscopy which found no abnormalities; gastroduodenal and colonic mucosal biopsies had also been reported as healthy.
(2022-07-09). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Thousands of ready-mix concrete truckers walkout in South Korea while Taiwanese postal delivery workers take action over pay and Australian nurses and midwives protest unsafe staffing and low pay.
(2022-07-09). Dealing with Police and Government Agents. indybay.org "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances." (U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson writing in Watts v. Indiana, 338 U.S. 49 (1949))…
(2022-07-09). Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe killed in shooting. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died at the age of 67 on Friday after being shot from the back while delivering a speech in Nara on Friday when campaigning for Sunday's upper house election, media reported on Friday.
(2022-07-08). How the Pentagon Uses a Secretive Program to Wage Proxy Wars. orinocotribune.com The Intercept divulges exclusive documents that detail classified 127e operations. | According to private documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former government officials, small teams of New documents confirm that at least 14 127e programs were active in the greater Middle East and the Asia-Pacific as recently as 2020. In total, US…
(2022-07-08). Amid War In Ukraine, Foreign Powers Remain Active In Syria. southfront.org 
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(2022-07-08). Turkey: 20 Kurdish 'Terrorists' Killed in Northern Syria. news.antiwar.com Turkey is never not in the middle of a military operation in northern Syria, targeting Kurdish groups that they have a problem with. The latest reports are that a new round of fighting is coming around Manbij. | Thursday, though, Turkish officials reported that they had carried out a The incident happened as Turkey sent convoys into the area, and started hammering YPG forces near the border with airstrikes.This was N…
(2022-07-08). Oil Minister: Iraq Will Move to Annul Kurdish Oil Deals. news.antiwar.com Setting the stage for a surge in regional tensions, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail says the government is Earlier this year, the Iraqi courts gave the Oil Ministry
(2022-07-08). Before its Final Defeat, the U.S. Empire Will Try to Take the Rest of the World Down With it. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea If U.S. imperialism gets its way, during our generation it will commit a gargantuan series of atrocities that take many millions of lives. It could carry out nuclear attacks against one or more of the countries challenging it, repeating its great crimes against the people of Japan with the bombings of Hiroshima and…
(2022-07-08). Northern Iraq Operation Claims Lives Of Five More Turkish Service Memebers. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO: Turkish soldiers seen at the border town of Akcakale © Reuters / Murad Sezer | The Turkish military has lost five more service members in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, where it has been conducting a large-scale operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). | The operation, codenamed Claw-Lock, was launched on April 17 to neutralize PKK cells in the areas of Metina, Zap and Avashin Basyan. | On July 7, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that three service members were killed and fi…
(2022-07-08). Union shuts down strike against impending closure of Ford India assembly plant. wsws.org A militant, more than month-long strike by workers at Ford's Tamil Nadu assembly plant was arbitrarily shut down by the union last Saturday after it signed an agreement with management that completely abandoned the workers' demand for job security.
(2022-07-08). One person reportedly killed at Baghdad Airport shooting. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Local sources in Iraq reported late on Thursday that a shooting at Baghdad International Airport has left at least one killed.
(2022-07-08). The July 9 protest in Sri Lanka: A socialist program for workers and youth. wsws.org In opposition to the perspective of the Galle Face protest leaders, who call for the formation of an alternative bourgeois government, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) advocates for a revolutionary socialist program for the working class.
(2022-07-08). Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
(2022-07-08). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes by airport and airline workers continue across Europe, with cabin crew, ground crew, pilots, security guards and mechanics in dispute over job losses, workloads and pay; UK Post Office staff to strike again over pay as Royal Mail managers announce dates for action over job cuts; unions call off Danish construction workers' wildcat strike for pay equality with Polish migrant workers claiming unspecified wage "improvement"; Jordanian port workers strike over safety after gas leak kills 13…
(2022-07-08). Shinzo Abe, Japan's right-wing militarist former prime minister, assassinated. peoplesworld.org 
Shinzo Abe, who ruled Japan as prime minister for a year in 2006 and then again from 2012 to 2020, was shot and killed Friday during a campaign rally in the town of Nara. Japan is holding elections for the upper house of its legislature on Sunday, and Abe was addressing a meeting of his …
(2022-07-08). Former Japanese PM Abe shot while delivering speech in Nara. ecns.cn Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe lies on the ground after being shot during an election campaign for the upcoming Upper House election, in Kashihara, Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022.
(2022-07-08). One person killed at Baghdad Airport shooting. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Local sources in Iraq reported late on Thursday that a shooting at Baghdad International Airport has left at least one killed.
(2022-07-08). Cancilleres del G-20 inician reunión en isla de Bali, Indonesia. telesurtv.net Otras cuestiones de interés estarán asociadas a la crisis alimentaria y energética globales, y el multilateralismo como mecanismo de posible solución de las mismas.
(2022-07-08). UFCW announces second tentative agreement for Kroger in Indianapolis. wsws.org It is clear even from the UFCW's self-serving "highlights" handed out to workers in stores Wednesday that this is not a "new" contract from the one which workers rejected weeks ago.
(2022-07-08). 4 Turkish soldiers killed, wounded in northern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Turkish Defense Ministry said on Thursday that one Turkish soldier was killed and three others were wounded in northern Iraq.
(2022-07-08). Former Japanese PM Abe shows no sign of life after being shot. ecns.cn Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and showed sign of life after being shot on Friday during a speech in the western city of Nara, local media reported.
(2022-07-08). Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe collapses after being shot during speech. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed during his speech in Nara on Friday and taken to the hospital, NHK cited an official from the Liberal Democratic Party as reported.
(2022-07-08). In "time of war," Biden awards top medals to Vietnam veterans. wsws.org In giving awards for military actions more than years old, the US government is seeking to rehabilitate the Vietnam War in the eyes of the American people, as it prepares new and even bigger wars.
(2022-07-08). Genocide in Indian Country: Torture Experiments, Trafficking and Mining. indybay.org Censored News: Exposing the Genocide: Torture Experiments, Trafficking and Mining. Mohawk Mothers continue their case in Quebec Superior Court. Their case exposes the U.S. CIA torture experiments, as Mohawk Mothers demand a search for unmarked graves of their children at McGill University in Montreal.
(2022-07-08). Japan's Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated on Campaign Trail. scheerpost.com 
[ By Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot Friday as he delivered a campaign speech on behalf of a member of his party just days ahead of the country's parliamentary elections. | Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was rushed to a hospital with wounds to his neck and left collar…
(2022-07-08). Former Japanese PM Abe hospitalized after being critically shot. ecns.cn Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and showed no sign of life after being shot twice on Friday when he was delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, local media reported.
(2022-07-07). The World is Facing a Stark Choice Between the NATO and BRICS View of the World. libya360.wordpress.com James ONeill The recent NATO summit held in Spain included as guests the nations of Australia, New Zealand and Japan. By expanding the invited countries, NATO was signaling that it was the longer confined to the North Atlantic, as its name consistently represents, but instead was expanding its sphere of influence to the Asia and…
(2022-07-07). Guatemala: "Political Unity" in the Imaginary of the Traditional Left. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Indians and peasants cannot call for unity. The only ones qualified to call for unity, and to indicate the political route to the Indians, are the Indians and peasants. Indians and peasants should not call for unity, nor for any kind of political articulation. This is the other ideological conviction that prevents them…
(2022-07-07). Documents reveal U.S. involved in 23 secret wars around the world. peoplesworld.org 
United States Special Operational forces have been involved in at least 23 secretive proxy wars across the world on a scale far greater than previously known, new documents indicate. A report published by The Intercept detailed the secretive 127e Pentagon program, with at least 14 operations across the Middle East and Asia Pacific region as …