_____ (2022-06-05). US Attempt to Stage an Armed Conflict in GBAR has Failed. journal-neo.org Since the Russian armed forces' special operation to denazify Ukraine was launched on February 24, the US and Britain have been actively trying to create a "second front" against Russia in Central Asia (CA). To this end, the United States has taken active steps to foment, through controlled NGOs, media and US intelligence capabilities, zones …

____ (2022-06-05). China, Malaysia vow to safeguard ASEAN-centered regional cooperation framework. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked over phone Saturday with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, and both sides pledged to safeguard the mature ASEAN-centered regional cooperation framework.

____ (2022-06-05). Chinese, Iraqis celebrate Dragon Boat Festival in Baghdad. ecns.cn The Iraqi-Chinese Friendship Association on Saturday held an event here to celebrate China's traditional Dragon Boat Festival, as part of its efforts to promote cultural exchanges between the two countries.

____ (2022-06-05). China, Timor-Leste to further enhance win-win cooperation. ecns.cn Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held talks with Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Adaljiza Magno, with both sides agreeing to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation.

____ (2022-06-05). China, Timor-Leste agree to strengthen regional cooperation, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta and visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday expressed common willingness to strengthen regional cooperation and safeguard multilateralism.

____ (2022-06-05). 1st batch of Chinese emergency humanitarian medicine aid arrives in Sri Lanka. ecns.cn The first batch of Chinese emergency humanitarian medicine aid arrived at Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday night.

Editor2 (2022-06-05). The Angry Arab: Lebanon's Hung Parliament. orinocotribune.com By As'ad AbuKhalil &#1 ; May 29, 2022 | Did Hizbullah really receive a devastating blow in the elections? As'ad AbuKhalil says the answer is not as simple as Western coverage makes it seem. | The gist of Western headlines about Lebanon's election earlier this month were the same: that either Hizbullah and its bloc suffered a severe blow or Western allies won hands-down. | In the 128-seat Lebanese Parliament, 65 seats are needed for a majority. In the 2018 election, Hizbullah and its allies held 71 seats. Western media reports give differing results, but all put Hizbullah's bloc below 65 seats. | The Washington Po…

____ (2022-06-05). Monkeypox-like symptoms detected in 5-year girl in India, sample sent for testing. ecns.cn Doctors at a private hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have detected monkeypox-like symptoms in a five-year-old girl, officials said Saturday.

____ (2022-06-05). UN Security Council welcomes truce extension in Yemen. ecns.cn The UN Security Council on Friday welcomed the extension of the UN-brokered truce in war-torn Yemen, which began on April 2.

Pratik Chakrabarti (2022-06-04). [Perspectives] Health as activism: rethinking social medicine in India. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep problems and inequities in India's health infrastructure, which has suffered from decades of underinvestment. But the pandemic also galvanised a wide range of community participation. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), volunteers, and health-care workers arranged for the supply of oxygen, helped register people for vaccination, ran vaccination camps, and visited communities and schools to speak about the virus and precautions. Notably, many local women, who trained as accredited social health activists (ASHAs), took part in these efforts.

____ (2022-06-03). Dragon Boat Race builds bridge across Straits. ecns.cn The 2022 Cross-Straits Dragon Boat Race started on Thursday in Xiamen, Fujian province, with the two-day event attracting people from different age groups, including those from Taiwan who are studying or working in Fujian.

Editor (2022-06-03). Crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism provokes a popular uprising. mronline.org Since early April, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by a wave of mass protests demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Thousands of workers and students have mobilised in the most significant mass movement in 30 years.

Staff (2022-06-03). Terrorist attack on passenger bus kills 3 in E Syria. en.mehrnews.com Three people were killed and 21 others wounded on Thursday when a civilian passenger bus was attacked in south of Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour.

Editor (2022-06-02). Culture for All: Why Film Matters. mronline.org Action films, horror films, romantic comedies, science fiction, documentaries—film plays a big part of our lives. Film matters, not only because it was the most popular cultural art form of the 20th century, but because film connects to so many areas of our lives in so many different ways. Not only in the way we visualise our lives, but the ways in which we understand and communicate them.

Staff (2022-06-02). Turkish military base in Iraq reportedly comes under attack. en.mehrnews.com News sources on Thursday reported that the sound of several huge explosions was heard in Turkey's Zelikan base in the north of Iraq's Mosul.