____ (2022-08-21). Plundering oil and food in Syria makes U.S. a world robber. ecns.cn U.S. forces have stolen 398 tankers of Syrian oil since Aug. 11 and sent them to bases in Iraq, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.

Kerry Smith (2022-08-21). Peace group says Pitch Black war exercises do not foster closer Asia Pacific ties. greenleft.org.au Exercise Pitch Black further entrenches Australia with the United States' war drive the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network says. Kerry Smith reports.

____ (2022-08-21). Chinese embassies, consulates stand ready to help overseas Taiwan compatriots: spokesperson. ecns.cn Overseas Taiwan compatriots can contact and seek help from Chinese embassies and consulates when they encounter difficulties, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said Friday.

Staff (2022-08-21). Al-Aqsa Mosque to remain center of anti-Zionist resistance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Zionists, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman described resistance as the only way to save Palestine.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-21). Mayo Clinic announces a strategic collaboration for a new era of biomanufacturing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic today announced a strategic collaboration in biomanufacturing to deliver novel biotherapeutics for rare and complex conditions. The collaboration brings together science, engineering and manufacturing to advance Mayo Clinic's vision of bringing new cures to clinical care. The focus will be on therapies derived from human sources known as biologics — cells, blood, enzymes, tissues, genes or genetically engineered cells — for use in medicines. Therapeutics based on biologics have the…

Staff (2022-08-21). At least 34 dead in two Turkey road accidents (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate road accidents Saturday, each in places where collisions had taken place shortly before, local media reported.

____ (2022-08-21). DPRK slams S. Korean new assistance plan. ecns.cn A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed South Korea's proposal of economic assistance in exchange for denuclearization, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday.

Staff (2022-08-21). At least 34 dead in two Turkey road accidents. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate road accidents Saturday, each in places where collisions had taken place shortly before, local media reported.

Staff (2022-08-20). Rocket hits near US base in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Some news sources released unconfirmed reports of a rocket hitting near the US base in the al-Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor, Syria early on Saturday.

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-20). Turkish MHP Leader Gives Support to Ankara's Call For 'Reconciliation' With Syria. orinocotribune.com The leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has given support to the recent statement by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who had indicated his country's plan to mend relations with neighboring Syria. | "Turkey's steps toward Syria are valuable and accurate. No one living in this country, regardless of their origin or sect, is [an outsider] or the enemy of our country," Devlet Bahceli said in a written statement released on Monday. | He emphasized that Syrians are brothers of the Turkish people, having strong ties based on history, culture and faith. | Raising the level of Turkey's talks with Syr…

TeleSUR (2022-08-20). Colombia: Indepaz Confirms Another Massacre in Northern Bogota. telesurenglish.net A new massacre, the 64th in Colombia so far in 2022, was registered in the north of Bogota, after four bodies, three men and a woman, were found inside a van, reported the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz). | RELATED: | This discovery took place on Autopista Norte and Calle 223 in the Colombian capital, after neighbors alerted the authorities, who later found the bodies in bags inside a car. | The deputy…

Staff (2022-08-20). Turkish army targets village in Iraqi Kurdistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Turkish army helicopters on Friday bombed a village in Iraqi Kurdistan.

____ (2022-08-20). Indian govt. committed to develop, equip Chabahar port: Min. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Indian government is committed to equip and develop Chabahar port and will make its utmost effort for turning the port into a regional and international hub in transit area.

____ (2022-08-20). 16 killed in massive road accident in Turkey's Gaziantep. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — A crash involving several large vehicles in the southern Turkish region of Gaziantep on Saturday left 16 people killed, Governor Davut Gul said.

____ (2022-08-20). Hezbollah brings prestige to Islamic world: Leader's envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — The Leader's representative in Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force said that Hezbollah Resistance Movement in Lebanon brings prestige and credit to the Islamic world.

Staff (2022-08-20). VIDEO: Heavy rains and flood in Saudi Arabia's Medina. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Saudi news sources reported that heavy rains and winds caused a flood in Medina.

Staff (2022-08-20). Man dies in shooting at Swedish shopping center. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a shooting at a shopping center in Sweden, police say.

Theodora Simon (2022-08-20). Tribal Nations Are Under Threat as Native Families' Right to Stay Together Is at Stake at the Supreme Court. commondreams.org The Indian Child Welfare Act—a law that protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture—is currently under attack.

Anonymous669 (2022-08-20). Turkey's Proxies Shelled Key Air Base In Northern Syria (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from footage released by the Syrian National Army. | Between August 19 and 20, the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) carried out a series of rocket and mortar strikes on areas held by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern Aleppo countryside. | The strikes were a response to the

Jocalyn Clark (2022-08-20). [Perspectives] Firdausi Qadri: putting Bangladeshi science on the map. thelancet.com Firdausi Qadri, infectious disease specialist and Senior Scientist at icddr,b, found time on a hectic day to speak with me. She was taking a lunch break on day 5 of Bangladesh's 7-day vaccination blitz in July, 2022, during which more than 2 ∑4 million people were immunised with oral cholera vaccine (OCV). A vaccination roll-out of this speed and scale is not unusual for Bangladesh. But this year's campaign is different because "it is aimed at breaking the cycle of infection in the country's worst cholera outbreak in 60 years", says Qadri.

Staff (2022-08-20). Reino Unido y EEUU quieren excluir al presidente Putin de la próxima Cumbre del G20. cubadebate.cu Desde Occidente han surgido voces que buscan excluir al presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, de la Cumbre del G20, que se celebrará en la isla indonesia de Bali el 15 y 16 de noviembre del presente año. Como jefe del G20 en 2022, Indonesia se ha enfrentado a la presión de los países occidentales para retirar su invitación al líder ruso.

Staff (2022-08-20). Iraqi forces kill ISIL chieftain, 5 more terrorists. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Iraq's counter-terrorism forces killed the ISIL chieftain Abu Maryam al-Qahtani and five other terrorists in Saladin province.

Staff (2022-08-20). Turkey launches new drone attack on Erbil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Iraqi media sources reported a drone attack by Turkey on one of the areas near Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Staff (2022-08-20). Turkish officials likely to pay imminent visit to Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — After the Turkish media reported about the imminent trip of a delegation from one of the country's political parties to Damascus, the leader of the party said that a number of Turkish statesmen will accompany them on the trip.

Anonymous669 (2022-08-20). In Video: Iraqi Airstrike Hits Hideout Of Senior ISIS Leaders In Hamrin Mountains. southfront.org On August 20, a fighter jet of the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) carried out a pinpoint airstrike on a hideout of ISIS in Hamrin mountains in the northern Iraqi province of Saladin. | In a statement, the Security Media Cell said that the hideout was targeted based on information provided by the Counter Terrorism Service and the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency. | Senior leaders of ISIS were reportedly taking shelter in the hideout when it was struck. The Security Media Cell said that their nam…

Staff (2022-08-20). PMU repels ISIL attack on central Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Forces of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Unit, also known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, on Friday managed to repel an ISIL attack on central Iraq.

_____ (2022-08-19). Australia and India are Coming Closer due to the Increasing Chinese Power. journal-neo.org The process of reinforcement of relations between Canberra and New Delhi has been observed since 2009, when representatives of the two countries adopted a Declaration on Security Cooperation, according to which India and Australia act together on issues related to combating terrorism, ensuring regional security, as well as coordinating their foreign policy. The reason for …

_____ (2022-08-19). Decent Health Care Requires Dignified Attention To Each Patient. popularresistance.org Many of the people that I spoke to in the shacklands of Johannesburg and Durban said something that resonated with what I hear from the poor in Indian villages. When I asked why they didn't go to the public hospital next door and instead chose to go to a private clinic, they would say they don't feel respected in the public hospital and do not get dignified attention. This is exactly what I hear from the poor in India, who would often take loans they can't easily repay to be able to visit a private clinic when they could have received the same drugs from a doctor in a public hospital. The questions of respect and…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-19). Turkey Says First Swedish Extradition Doesn't Live Up to NATO Deal. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Turkey's justice minister said Sweden's decision to extradite a man who is wanted in Turkey for fraud Turkey wants Sweden and Finland to extradite suspected members of the Kurdish militant group PKK and people allegedly involved in a 2016 coup attempt. But the man Sweden announced it was extradited to Turkey last week isn't linked to these groups and was only convicted for credit card fraud.

WSWS (2022-08-19). Sri Lankan government unleashes brutal police attack on student demonstration. wsws.org Half an hour after the march began students were confronted by a massive contingent of 0 police, including riot control officers, and accompanied by two water cannons.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-19). Mayo Clinic announces a strategic collaboration for a new era of biomanufacturing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic today announced a strategic collaboration in biomanufacturing to deliver novel biotherapeutics for rare and complex conditions. The collaboration brings together science, engineering and manufacturing to advance Mayo Clinic's vision of bringing new cures to clinical care. The focus will be on therapies derived from human sources known as biologics — cells, blood, enzymes, tissues, genes or genetically engineered cells — for use in medicines. Therapeutics based on biologics have the…

____ (2022-08-19). Plundering oil and food in Syria makes U.S. a world robber. ecns.cn U.S. forces have stolen 398 tankers of Syrian oil since Aug. 11 and sent them to bases in Iraq, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.

____ (2022-08-19). Asian elephants' forest habitat loses over 67,000 sq km in 18 years: study. ecns.cn The forest habitat of Asian elephants lost about 67,635 square kilometers from 2001 to 2018, accounting for about 13.4 percent of their habitat in 2000, says the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals.

Tomdispatch (2022-08-19). How Trump helped Sportswash Saudi Arabia. juancole.com By Robert Lipsyte | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; Here's the big question in Jock Culture these days: Is the Kingdom of Golf being used to sportswash the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Or is it the other way around? After all, what other major sport could use a sandstorm of Middle Eastern murder and human-rights …

Andy Kroll (2022-08-18). Being Anything But a Good Sport in Saudi Arabia. tomdispatch.com Here's the big question in Jock Culture these days: Is the Kingdom of Golf being used to sportswash the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Or is it the other way around? After all, what other major sport could use a sandstorm of Middle Eastern murder and human-rights abuses to obscure its own history of bigotry and greed? In fact, not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used to cosmeticize Nazi Germany's atrocities and promote Aryan superiority have sports and an otherwise despised government collaborated so blatantly to enhance their joint international standings. Will it work this time? The jury has been out since the new…

Jason Ditz (2022-08-18). Turkey Invades Syria After Killing 17 in Drone Strikes. news.antiwar.com A flurry of Turkish drone strikes in and around Kobane continued apace Tuesday, That's just the start of the Turkish action, as following the strikes, Turkish military forces Turkey has been threatening a new round of offens…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-18). Syria Denies It's Holding Missing American Journalist Austin Tice. news.antiwar.com The Syrian government Damascus was responding to a statement President Biden issued last week, where he said the US knows "with certainty" that the Syrian government has Tice. Syria has always maintained that it does not have Tice detained. | "The US issued last week misleading and illogical statements by the American president and secretary of state…

_____ (2022-08-18). Port Workers' Strike Threatens To Bring UK Economy To A Standstill. popularresistance.org Nearly 2,000 Unite union members voted to strike at the end of July by a 92 percent majority on an 81 percent turnout, rejecting a below-inflation pay offer of just 5 percent. At the time of the ballot result the RPI measure of inflation was at 11.8 percent. It is now 12.1 percent and predicted to rise to over 17 percent this year. Pay has been held down for years with dockers receiving another below-inflation deal, 1.4 percent, in 2021. | Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company is owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holding Ltd, one of the largest foreign investors in Britain. It is one of the world's foremost con…

_____ (2022-08-18). After Nuking Japan, US Government Lied About Radioactive Fallout. popularresistance.org After dropping two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945, killing between 100,000 and 200,000 civilians, top US government officials lied to the media and Congress, claiming there was "no radioactive residue" in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and that Japanese reports of deaths due to radiation were "propaganda." | The US general overseeing the nuclear program told Congress that Japanese civilians did not face "undue suffering," insisting that it was in fact "a very pleasant way to die." | This information was revealed by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. | On August 8, the archive published d…

WSWS (2022-08-18). Sri Lanka's JVP seeks to revive illusions in parliamentary democracy. wsws.org In calling for fresh elections, the JVP does not oppose the severe austerity measure being imposed by the current government, but fears that it does not have the credibility to ruthlessly implement the agenda.

Anonymous103 (2022-08-18). Military Situation In Iraq On August 18, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On August 16, Hadi Al-Amiri, the head of the Fatah coalition, met and hold talks with Jeanine Hennis Plasschaert, the UN special representative for Iraqi affairs in Baghdad; | On August 16, an explosion was heard near the base of the Turkish Army in Bamerne; | On August 17, the PMU and the Iraqi Army launched a security operation in east of Biji city; | On August 17, the PMU Intelligence Units arrested a high-ranking ISIS terrorist west of Baghdad. | MORE ON THE TOPI…

James Patrick Jordan (2022-08-18). While Claiming To Defend Freedom Around the World, the US Has Dozens of Political Prisoners—and the Majority Are People of Color. orinocotribune.com By James Patrick Jordan &#1 ; Aug 15, 2022 | Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment | Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool of racist repression. It is aimed disproportionately at people of color, as well as others engaged in anti-racist struggle. Whether in the fight against racism at home or against racist foreign policies, wars, occupation and colonialism, the overarching purpose of political imprisonment is to intimidate and try to crush militant forms of anti-racist struggle. | By treating U.S. political prisoners as "common criminals," the crimi…

_____ (2022-08-18). South Korean Unionists Protest US-South Korea War Games. popularresistance.org The drills will be the largest in years, and follow the May election of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has promised to take a hardline with North Korea. Union leaders worry about risks. | While many South Koreans, especially supporters of President Yoon on the right, favor close ties with the U.S., large numbers also argue the US military and the country's alliance with Washington, prevent the improvement of ties with North Korea — and generate tension. | The drills will reportedly involve a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group with extensive field training to include amphibious maneuvers. South Korea has also…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-18). South Africa: Decent Health Care Requires Dignified Attention to Each Patient. libya360.wordpress.com Richard Pithouse 17 April 2021: Permaculture activist Ntsika Mateta from Ngqwele village near Qonce in the Eastern Cape holds a carrot plant he is using for seed production to support rural residents in establishing communal and household vegetable gardens. (Photograph by Bonile Bam) Yogesh Jain, a communist doctor practicing in rural central India, recently visited…

Theodora Simon (2022-08-18). Native Families' Right to Stay Together is at Stake at the Supreme Court. aclu.org Since European settlers arrived on the shores of what is now known as the United States, federal and state governments, intent on seizing Indian lands, have sought to undermine and threaten the existence of tribes through the forced separation and assimilation of Native children. By severing Native children from their families, tribes, and culture, colonizers believed they could stamp out Indigeneity and erase tribal people altogether. As with any nation, the future ceases to exist if children are prevented from carrying on the languages, traditions, and knowledge passed down from each generation to the next.

Monet Bailey (2022-08-18). How a herbal medicine protects against inflammatory bowel disease. healtheuropa.com Researchers in Japan have found a common herbal remedy that protects against colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease condition. A new study by Zhengzheng Shi and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) found that DKT — a herbal medicine containing ginger, pepper, ginseng, and maltose reduced the severity of inflammatory bowel disease …

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-08-18). Encuesta: Lula lidera intención de voto con 45 % en Brasil. telesurtv.net El líder del Partido de los Trabajadores ganaría la Presidencia de Brasil en la primera vuelta de los comicios de octubre próximo.

WSWS (2022-08-18). Young steelworker seriously injured by steel coil at Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor Mill. wsws.org The recent serious injury of a Cleveland-Cliffs steelworker in Indiana exposes the extremely dangerous conditions for steelworkers in the US and the bankruptcy of the USW's claim that "the union's priority must always be making sure that workers come home safely at the end of their shifts."

Nathan King (2022-08-18). The Heat: Prominent Trump critic loses while investigations heat up. america.cgtn.com U.S. Congresswoman Liz Cheney goes down swinging after losing her bid for reelection. Plus — we'll have the latest on the Trump investigations.

____ (2022-08-18). Record-breaking high temperature hits Chongqing. ecns.cn A woman walks in the street with a fan to beat the heat in Chongqing, Aug. 17, 2022. The highest temperature recorded was 44.6 ‚ÑÉ in Chongqing on Wednesday.

____ (2022-08-18). Tax breaks for workers from SARs in Nansha. ecns.cn Hong Kong and Macao residents working in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, are eligible for partial exemption from personal income tax which exceeds that in the two special administrative regions.

____ (2022-08-18). 5.3-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture: JMA. ecns.cn An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday, the weather agency here said.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-08-17). Filipino Vice-Presidential Candidate Arrested Just Days After Secretary of State Antony Blinken Traveled to the Philippines To Pledge Greater U.S. Military Support. covertactionmagazine.com Filipinos find themselves living in a back-to-the-future nightmare made in part by the U.S. with dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son as their new president. On Saturday, August 6, Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., in Manila and pledged greater U.S. military support for the Philippines because of "rising tensions in …

_____ (2022-08-17). Nancy Pelosi and Wendy Sherman's Tour of the Indo-Pacific Region. journal-neo.org The latest trip abroad by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the lower house of the US Parliament, was commented on by the world media mainly for its most scandalous part which (expectedly) was a visit to Taiwan by a third person in the US government hierarchy. The author's view regarding the significance of this part is …

Asieh Namdar (2022-08-17). The Heat: India -Pakistan 75th Anniversary. america.cgtn.com From signs of patriotism to great sacrifice, India and Pakistan mark 75 years of independence.