(2019-08-25). High-Stakes Gamble: Iranian Envoy Gets Surprise G-7 Invite. truthdig.com 
Fissures emerge among world leaders over how to deal with Iran as the country's foreign minister arrives as a guest of the French president.
(2019-08-25). Trump's Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA? globalresearch.ca In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.
(2019-08-25). 100,000 Rohingyas Rally in Bangladesh to Mark Genocide Day. telesurenglish.net At least 100,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh Sunday, marking two years since the start of a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar that forced more than 730,000 to flee across the border. | RELATED: | 'People Were Hiding': Rohingya Refugees Refuse To Return | Massive crowds gathered in the morning on a hillside for memorial prayers for relatives…
(2019-08-25). 2 Israeli Drones Crash in Beirut, Hezbollah Rejects Aggression. telesurenglish.net The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, said Sunday that the two Israeli drones that exploded and crashed in the southern suburbs of Beirut were on a "suicide mission," warning that the movement will prevent Israel from sending more drones to Lebanon. | RELATED: | Lebanon Accuses Israel of Threatening Peace in the Region | "Hezbollah will not allow such aggression," he said, adding that "the time when Israeli aircraft come and bombard parts of Lebanon is over." | This c…
(2019-08-25). CIA Afghan Paramilitaries Prevent Restoration of Peace. globalresearch.ca US aggression in Afghanistan continues unabated in its 18th year. Prospects for restoring peace and stability to the war-torn are more illusory than likely. | Talks between Trump regime and Taliban representatives have been ongoing since July last year. | Claims about …
(2019-08-25). US Missile Test, UN Security Council Face Off: China-Russia v. US. globalresearch.ca At the request of Russia and China, a Thursday Security Council session was held on the Trump regime's development of short-and-intermediate-range missiles prohibited by the landmark 1987 INF Treaty. | The key pillar of arms control (and earlier ones) are gone …
(2019-08-25). Double Standards in Iran Reporting. indybay.org Iran has not attacked any country militarily in the last 100 years. This is mostly unmentioned in the media. Demonizations occur in the Iran reporting. In comparison, reporting about human rights in Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda.
(2019-08-25). Iran Rejects Israeli Claim of Attacking Country's Base in Syria. telesurenglish.net Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council said Sunday that Israeli military's statement about hitting Iranian sites on Syria are lies. | RELATED: | Safe Zone in Northern Syria is Fully Operational: Turkish MoD | "This is a lie and is not true," Rezaei, a former chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), told local media adding, "America [U.S.] and Israel do not have the power to attack Iran's centers and positions and the Zionist…
(2019-08-25). Donald Trump: Israel's Chump. globalresearch.ca Ponzi finance—with its reliance on hedge funds, speculation, and other financial instruments of mass destruction—will usher in the next recession, far worse than the last one that began a decade ago. | Just about every American knows the vaunted middle class …
(2019-08-25). States With Fracking Bans Are Still Building Fracking Infrastructure. truthout.org | | Fracking bans have begun to sweep across the world, with Ireland, France, Germany and Bulgaria declaring a moratorium on the deadly fossil fuel process. While the U.S. is lagging behind in the effort to stop the ill effects of global climate crisis, states like Vermont, Washington, Maryland and New York have passed bans. Both Georgia and Florida have attempted these bans as well. | Banning fracking isn't enough, though. Fracking infrastructure is being built in states with bans and is continui…
(2019-08-25). The "Irresponsibility" of Small Nations. US Missile Tests. globalresearch.ca After falsely accusing Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), Washington unilaterally repudiated the treaty. Thus did the US military/security complex rid itself of the landmark agreement achieved by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev that defused the Cold …
(2019-08-25). Black Sea-Caspian Sea Connectivity Is the Future of Eurasian Integration. globalresearch.ca This week's first-ever Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenistan resulted in the unveiling of an exciting new vision of Eurasian integration through Russian Prime Minister Medvedev's proposal to prioritize Black Sea-Caspian Sea connectivity. | *** | Most of the international media didn't report …
(2019-08-25). Interview: Lebanese Solidarity with Palestinian Refugees. globalresearch.ca Author's Note | For two months, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been in rebellion against new labor laws discriminating against them and against Syrian refugees. Already denied more than 70 jobs, in order to work in Lebanon Palestinians must now apply …
(2019-08-25). Hong Kong Crisis: Made in America. globalresearch.ca Claims that Western interests are driving unrest in Hong Kong to undermine China have been decried across the Western media as "fake news," "disinformation," and even grounds for censorship from platforms like Facebook and Twitter. | Yet a look at the …
(2019-08-25). Venezuela: Major Natural Gas Explosion Act of 'Sabotage'. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says an investigation will immediately begin regarding the explosion of a natural gas-filling plant located in Miranda State on Saturday evening that forced some 6,500 residents of Ocumare del Tuy to temporarily leave their homes. | RELATED: | Maduro: #NoMoreTrump Petition Hits 5 Million | Venezuela's Minister of Popular Power of Oil and president of Petrol of Venezuela (PDVSA) tweeted that President Maduro is starting an investigation into the case, and has a…
(2019-08-25). Seven Whispers of the White Dove. indybay.org Hertz Hall | 101 Cross-Sproul Path | University of California | Berkeley, CA 94720…
(2019-08-25). China: Ho Iat Seng Elected as Macao's Chief Executive. telesurenglish.net The lone candidate for the fifth-term chief executive (CE) election of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), Ho Iat Seng, was declared winner after all 400 members of the election committee voted Sunday. | RELATED: | Shenzhen Tasked to Lead China's Greater Bay Area Innovation and Integration | "I will unswervingly carry out my duties and governance in strict accordance with the constitution and the basic law to serve the people, the SAR, and the country," Ho said. | Un…
(2019-08-25). Palestine Legal comments on California's ethnic studies model curriculum. indybay.org Palestine Legal has submitted the following public comment on California's 2020 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum:…
(2019-08-24). Huawei, evil Chinese & decapitated cat: Bannon serving warmed-over propaganda to Trump & Americans. rt.com 
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has faced the "China threat" head-on with a lukewarm propaganda film dramatizing the Huawei case in Canada, hoping to galvanize the American people (and president) for a second Cold War. | Claws of the Red Dragon — "inspired by real life events" — tells the tale of a stand-in for Huawei's Meng Wanzhou, her arrest in Vancouver on US orders, the retaliatory arrest of two Canadians for definitely not spying in China, and the Huawei-standin's totally real collusion with an especially evil Chinese government. Characters include a plucky Chinese-Canadian journalist hot…
(2019-08-24). Media Availability: Prabir Purkayastha on How Big Data's Threat to Elections and Democracy Is Quickly Becoming a Global Problem. mronline.org 
The cost of the 2016 U.S. elections was $6.5 billion if we combine the presidential and congressional elections. The Indian Parliamentary election of 2019 outspent the 2016 U.S. 2016 election, costing about $8.6 billion. | Source
(2019-08-24). 'We Don't Need China', Trump Says as Wall Street Plunges. telesurenglish.net Wall Street plunged on Friday after President Donald Trump "ordered" U.S. companies to leave China and look for business alternatives. | RELATED: | 'We May Not Do Any Business With Huawei': Trump Says | "We don't need China and, frankly, would be far better off without them… Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternativ…
(2019-08-24). Israel's Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires. truthout.org | | During Congress's August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congressmembers traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes congressional trips to Israel in order to further the "special relationship" between Israel and the United States. Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. military aid: $3.8 billion annually. AIPAC is the chief Israel lobby in the United States and a consistent apologist for Israel's oppressive policies t…
(2019-08-24). Israel bombs Iraq, escalating violence targeting Iran. thegrayzone.com An Israeli bombing of a weapons depot allegedly used by Iran is the first Israeli strike on Iraq in nearly…
(2019-08-24). Safe Zone in Northern Syria is Fully Operational: Turkish MoD. telesurenglish.net The safe zone in northern Syria is fully operational now after weeks of negotiations between the U.S. and Turkish defense officials, Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying on Saturday by the state-owned Anadolu news agency. | RELATED: | Syrian Army Opens Humanitarian Corridor For Terror Victims | Akar pointed out that the two sides agreed to force out the 'terrorists' that were occupying several areas in the northern part of the country. | Prior to the imple…
(2019-08-24). National Democrats Endorse John Hickenlooper, a Proponent of Fracking, in Competitive Colorado Primary. theintercept.com In Colorado, nearly a dozen Democrats are vying for the opportunity to take on Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020 — a race widely seen as the party's most promising pick-up in the Senate. One of the leading contenders, former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, is running on a platform that includes Medicare for All and an aggressive plan to combat the climate crisis — and his campaign has already topped $1 million in fundraising. | But the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has thrown its weight behind former Gov. John Hickenlooper, a pro-fracking moderate. After months of rejecting calls…
(2019-08-24). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
(2019-08-24). Wall Street falls as US-China trade conflict intensifies. wsws.org Tweets by Trump in response to tariff measures by Beijing were his most belligerent to date, taking aim not only against China, but US corporations and the Federal Reserve.
(2019-08-24). Trump escalates economic confrontation with China. wsws.org Trump's "order" for American companies to leave China marks a milestone in the global descent into economic nationalism and preparations for military conflict.
(2019-08-23). Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, But at What Price? counterpunch.org 
Israeli Jewish settlers are on a rampage in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part of everyday routine in Palestine, the violence of recent weeks is directly linked to the general elections in Israel, scheduled to be held on September 17. The previous elections, on April 9, failed to bring about political More
(2019-08-23). What Netanyahu's Travel Ban Has Revealed. counterpunch.org 
Until a few weeks ago America's unqualified support for Israel was solidly bipartisan. Aided by media bias and reporter reluctance to address on-the-ground realities, AIPAC and its affiliates had the public relations space virtually to themselves. Reinforced by mainstream media, the "Exodus" narrative captured and retained popular sympathy, while U.S. policymakers began to regard Israel More
(2019-08-23). Putin Orders Russia to Respond After U.S. Missile Test. truthdig.com 
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. | In Sunday's test, a modified ground-launched version of a U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile accurately struck its target more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) away. The test came after Moscow and Washington withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. | Speaking at a meeting of his Security Council, Putin charged that the U.S. waged a "propaganda campaign" alleging Russian breaches of the pact to "
(2019-08-23). More Russiagate unraveling? Ex-CEO says FBI instructed him to have relationship with Maria Butina. rt.com 
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has told media that he was ordered by the FBI to initiate a romantic relationship with imprisoned Russian gun activist Maria Butina, seemingly confirming claims made by her lawyer. | Byrne, who resigned from the online retail company on Thursday, explained to CNN's Chris Cuomo that he had been asked by the FBI — on the orders of then-director James Comey — to "rekindle a romantic relationship" with Butina. | Taken aback by the claim, Cuomo interjected: "You believe that Jim Comey knew that you were being asked to do these things in the name of the United States gove…
(2019-08-23). WATCH: Plane cabin fills with smoke moments before emergency landing. rt.com 
Horrified passengers of Hawaiian Airlines were lucky to escape disaster after their cabin filled with smoke during a flight to Honolulu on Thursday. Their plane made an emergency landing before the crew evacuated all on board. | Seven passengers, five adults and two children, were hospitalized after suffering "smoke-related symptoms," the airline said in a statement. | Also on rt.com | | Watch Swiss fighter jets shadow Russian GOVERNMENT PLANE as 'act of hospitality' | Smoke began filling the cabin 20 minutes before the flight from Oakland, California lan…
(2019-08-23). 'Provocative' post-INF missile test serves US neocon goal to stop détente with Russia. rt.com 
The decision by the United States to test a cruise missile banned under the now-expired INF treaty was a provocative move that delights neocons who oppose rapprochement between the US and Russia, analysts told RT. | Less than a month after pulling out of the INF arms control treaty, the US military tested a ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missile previously prohibited under the agreement. | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would "take exhaustive measures to prepare a symmetrical response" to the test, while stressing that it is not aiming to ignite a new arms race. | Also on rt.com…
(2019-08-23). 'Crime does pay': CNN hires disgraced ex-FBI director Andrew McCabe. rt.com 
What does one get for leaking to the media, lying to federal investigators about it, and allegedly participating in a plot to derail an American election? If you answered jail time, too bad. The correct answer is a job at CNN.
(2019-08-23). Bolivian Mine Workers Strike Against one of World's Largest Mining Corporations. therealnews.com 
The Japanese Sumitomo corporation runs one of the world's largest zinc, copper, and lead mines in Bolivia, where it has been denying workers overtime pay, despite a court order to pay them. We talk to the mine workers' union president, Henry Cayo…
(2019-08-23). Canada: Trudeau government has money for pipelines, but not for indigenous housing. peoplesworld.org 
TORONTO—On Aug. 2, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a trip to Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, for a photo-op during which he laid out his government's alleged commitment to building new housing in the northern territory. Nunavut is in the midst of a severe and worsening housing crisis with Premier Joe Savikataaq saying in …
(2019-08-23). One Woman's Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, Seaweed, Wave Energy. dissidentvoice.org 
Symbioses — prolonged associations between organisms often widely separated phylogenetically — are more common in biology than we once thought and have been neglected as a phenomenon worthy of study on its own merits. Extending along a dynamic continuum from antagonistic to cooperative and often involving elements of both antagonism and mutualism, symbioses involve pathogens, …
(2019-08-23). San Diego joins Philippine National Day of Mourning and Action. liberationnews.org 
On Aug. 21, the Philippine National Day of Mourning and Action, the Party for Socialism and Liberation San Diego co-hosted an action in an effort to end U.S. funding to Rodrigo Duterte's military in the Philippines.
(2019-08-23). Trump Never Had a Grand Strategy for China. truthdig.com 
President Trump has delayed the new tariffs he threatened to impose on Chinese imports in the early fall, and exempted some other Chinese imports altogether. The de-escalation of the Sino-U.S. trade war is especially welcome, given the markets' renewed concerns about impending recession. Also striking was the president's tacit acknowledgment that the tariffs threatened to harm the Am…
(2019-08-23). 'Who is our bigger enemy?': Trump lashes out, compares Fed chairman Powell to Chinese President Xi. rt.com 
President Donald Trump has lashed out at the Federal Reserve chairman, after Jay Powell refused to cut interest rates to Trump's liking, a move that would have given the president ammunition to escalate his trade war with China. | "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING!" Trump tweeted on Friday, after Powell announced that he would "sustain the expansion" of the US economy, but not by slashing interest rates by a whole percentage point, as Trump has repeatedly called for. Instead, Powell is likely to lower rates by around a quarter of a percentage point, from their current level of 2.25 percent. | Also on rt.com…
(2019-08-23). Kashmir on the edge of the abyss. mronline.org 
Tariq Ali on the situation in Kashmir. | Source
(2019-08-23). Six European Countries to Receive 356 Migrants Rescued at Sea. telesurenglish.net The Government of Malta confirmed Friday that Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania will host 356 migrants on board the Ocean Viking, a Norwegian-flagged rescue vessel chartered by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée. | RELATED: | Italy: Officials Finally Allow 'Open Arms' Migrants to Land | " [We] welcome [the fact] t…
(2019-08-23). World Watching the Fate of Iranian Tanker. globalresearch.ca At 11: 30pm on Sunday, August 18, the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya-1 left the shores of Gibraltar at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. This ship had been detained about six weeks previous by British Royal Marines and Gibraltar officials. The …
(2019-08-23). Activists demand Minnesota divest from border militarization contractor. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On August 22, immigrant rights and Palestine solidarity activists presented over 1000 signatures of Minnesota residents petitioning the State Board of Investments (SBI) to divest state pension funds from the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems. Elbit sells cluster bombs and weaponized white phosphorus to the Israel Defense Forces, whose indiscriminate use on besieged Gaza has been widely condemned by international organizations. Elbit also manufactures surveillance equipment for the Israeli apartheid wall, and drones used in targeted assassinations of Palestinian political leaders. | Advertisi…
(2019-08-23). Trump Fine-tunes Peace Deal with Taliban. globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump's remarks at the Oval Office in the White House on August 20 regarding the Afghan peace talks and related issues exuded an overall sense of satisfaction that the "endless war" is finally ending —although …
(2019-08-23). Youtube Bans 210 Pro-Beijing Channels Posting About Hong Kong. telesurenglish.net YouTube's parent company, Google, announced Thursday that they had disabled 210 channels engaged in posting pro-Beijing content related to Hong Kong's protests. | By doing so, Google joins Facebook and Twitter, which also informed Monday that hundreds of thousands of accounts were deleted from their platforms for similar reasons. Twitter published a statement in which first line they imply that state-backed information was some sort of a crime. | According to Twitter's version this accounts were…
(2019-08-23). Trump Regime Threatens Illegal Sanctions on Nations Legally Buying Iranian Oil. globalresearch.ca The US under both extremist right wings of its war party is a rogue state by any definition. | It operates extrajudicially at home and abroad. It's increasingly repressive and totalitarian, heading toward full-blown tyranny if the present trend continues unchecked….
(2019-08-23). Why a Defense Agreement with Israel Would be a Disaster for Americans. Lindsey Graham's Blank Check. globalresearch.ca Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country's complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make …
(2019-08-23). Israel's Online Occupation of Palestine. progressive.org How a Facebook post can land you in prison.