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Tainted Meat
Market
By Paul Edwards |
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They
are the Praetorian
Guard of Capitalist
Imperialism that has
abused the world
with impunity for so
long that it
believes it’s
invincible. -
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A Blockade
of Venezuela Must Be
Opposed
By Daniel Larison
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Trump
is serious about a
possible U.S.
blockade of
Venezuela, a senior
administration
official said
Friday, saying that
the country’s
president Nicolas
Maduro has a short
window to
voluntarily leave
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MIDDLE EAST
At least 31 Syrian
troops, allied fighters killed
in blast at airbase in Homs
province: Pro-rebel Monitor
Syrian militant group
refuses withdrawal from Idlib
buffer zone
4 Kurdish security
members killed, 3 wounded in IS
attack in eastern Iraq
Saudi Arabia kills
thirteen civilians in air
northern Yemen
UN says
Afghan forces, allies killed
most civilians in 2019:
More civilians were
killed by Afghan and
international coalition forces
in Afghanistan in the first half
of 2019 than by the Taliban and
other militants
An estimated 15 million
Yemenis are on the brink of
starvation
Iran to scale back more
nuclear commitments as permitted
under JCPOA: Zarif
China, Other Countries
Receive Oil From 12 Iranian
Ships in the Teeth of US
Sanctions – Report
Watch: Ex Intel Boss: It
Is Impossible For USA To Defeat
Iran!:
Yakov Kedmi: Former
head of the Israeli intelligence
agency “Nativ”
Israeli occupation
forces injure 51 Palestinians in
weekly protests in eastern Gaza
U.S. prevents UNSC from
holding Israel accountable for
"crimes": Palestinian
What's
behind Ayanna Pressley's anti-BDS
vote?:
The congresswoman must be
reminded that to truly be
'progressive', one must fight
for Palestinian justice
Why
Americans Should Support BDS:
Inspired by the civil rights and
anti-apartheid movements, it
calls for Palestinian liberation
on terms of full equality with
Israelis and categorically
opposes all forms of racism,
including anti-Semitism.
Jewish scholar: ‘Israel
uses Holocaust as a
justification of occupation’
Resounding collapse of US-Israel
organisation:
“TIP became the first
casualty of the polarization in
the pro-Israel community in
America.”
AFRICA
Violence Has Spiked in
Africa Since the U.S. Military
Founded AFRICOM, Pentagon Study
Finds
ASIA
UN:
Monthly Afghan casualties
highest since 2017
3 security personnel
killed in NW Pakistan's check
post attack
Kashmir in panic after
India orders tourists to leave
Hong Kong protests:
Police fire tear gas at
activists
S Korea says it 'won't
be defeated again' by Japan
Pentagon chief: US eager
to deploy new missiles in Asia
Chinese buyers pullback
dramatically in buying U.S. real
estate: foreign purchases drop
by 36%
EUROPE
Russia urges moratorium
on missile deployment after US
quits INF treaty
Russia protests:
Hundreds detained during
unauthorised demonstration
U.S. threatened Sweden
with 'negative consequences' if
ASAP Rocky wasn't released
Trump
Administration Threatened UK of
Dumping Free Trade Deal, Urges
Tax Cut for US Firms - Reports:
Washington has warned
London that the UK would not get
a free trade deal unless a new
tax affecting US tech giants is
dropped
Tommy Robinson protest
turns violent as chairs and
bottles hurled at police
French police use tear
gas on protesters following
silent march (VIDEO)
GLOBE
Al-Qaeda Stronger Than
Ever? State Department's War On
Terror Redux
In case yoiu
missed it:
Now the
truth emerges: how the US
fuelled the rise of Isis in
Syria and Iraq
In Rejecting DNC Lawsuit
Against WikiLeaks, Judge
Strongly Defended First
Amendment Rights Of Journalists
First
human-monkey chimera raises
concern among scientists:
Researchers
reprogrammed human cells before
injecting them in the monkey
embryo
Greenland ice sheet
loses 11 billion tons of water
in one day amid historic heat
AMERICAS
Pedro Pierluisi sworn in
as Puerto Rico's new governor
El Salvador’s new
president celebrates country’s
first day without a murder for
two years
900 asylum seekers
returned to wait in Mexican
border city
Man dies in front of
11-year-old daughter at US
border detention camp
Texas: 18 killed,
multiple injured in El Paso
Walmart shooting
Walmart AK-47 rampage in
El Paso:
The author of the alleged
manifesto calls the attack on
the Walmart a “response to [the]
Hispanic invasion of Texas” and
expresses extreme-right views,
voicing his support to the
Christchurch shooter.
Republicans becoming ever more a
party of white men:
The next Congress will have
exactly one black Republican:
Sen. Tim Scott of South
Carolina. There are no
African-American Republican
governors.
The US’s Immigration
Crackdown Began Decades Ago
Under Clinton
Pentagon
Tops $2 Trillion in Costs to
Field Major Arms Programs:
The total projected
costs to field major U.S.
military weapons systems topped
$2 trillion in 2018,
Trump's former top
adviser: Tariffs backfiring on
US
More than half of
Trump's trade war relief
allocated to biggest, richest
farms
Manhattan DA issues
subpoena to Trump Org over hush
money payments to Stormy
Daniels: report
Judge temporarily blocks
New York from giving Trump’s
state tax returns to Congress
An impeachment inquiry
has begun
Nigel Farage says
Trump’s racist attack on
Democratic congresswomen was
‘genius’
Trump’s New Pick for UN
Ambassador was ‘Gold-Level
Member’ at the Trump
International Hotel
Trump to Nominate
Someone Else for DNI After
Scrutiny of Rep. Ratcliffe’s
Resumé
Watch: Marianne
Williamson Defends Reparations
Plan During Democratic Debate
Bannon: Trump could very
well face a Democrat not even in
the 2020 presidential race yet
Michelle Obama: 'There's
zero chance' I run for president
In 1976, Trump-owned
housing in Maryland was so
deplorable that Trump's father
was arrested
Baltimore
has fewer rats than D.C.:
Baltimore ranked No. 9
on Orkin’s list of American
cities with the worst rat
problems in 2018. But so is
this: Washington, D.C., ranked
No. 4.
Judge Recommends Firing
Police Officer for Banned
Chokehold That Killed Eric
Garner
Arizona man learns mom's
body sold to military, detonated
in experiment
Hepatitis A crises
declared in Florida and
Philadelphia as rates soar
nationwide
