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July 12/13, 2020

Iran-China pact turbocharges the New Silk Roads
By Pepe Escobar
Aggression and expansion are never in the genes of the Chinese nation throughout its 5,000 years of history. - Continue

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JCPOA: The Deal That Wasn't
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
To American compatriots: Make sure Trump understands war will not get him re-elected. - Continue

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I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State
By Peter Beinart
The goal of equality is now more realistic than the goal of separation.    - Continue

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Why this Roger Stone commutation is not as controversial as some think
By Jonathan Turley
The sordid history of White House pardons makes this commutation look positively chaste in comparison.     - Continue

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How Military Contracting Hides Human Costs and Increases Inequality
By Heidi Peltier
The average wage in the U.S. was about $53,000, at Lockheed Martin the average wage was about $115,000, over twice as much. - Continue

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The Pandemic Reveals The Real Disease Of Our Societies
By Moon Of Alabama
Identity policies around ethnicity, gender or sexual preference are instrumental in hiding the real disease of our societies.    - Continue

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Where Do We Go from Here?
By Howard Brand
The current ruling class has no intention of giving up their ruling position without a concerted fight.     - Continue

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Tyranny Without a Tyrant: The Deep State’s Divide-and-Conquer Strategy Is Working
By John W. Whitehead
Is this revolution? Is this anarchy? Is this a spectacle engineered to distract us from the machinations of the police state? - Continue

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MIDDLE EAST

5 IS suicide bombers, 2 security members killed in raid near Iraq's Baghdad

Security forces kill two protesters in Baghdad:

US military tankers smuggle crude oil from Syria’s Hasakah to western Iraq

Unknown assailants attacked US military convoy in southern Iraq: report

British IS prisoner 'killed in Syria'

Senior Iranian military officer killed in Syria

Syrian Arab Army intercept US occupation forces in western countryside, forced them to retreat

Russian air defenses foiled jihadist attack on largest base in Syria

Russian Defense Ministry: Terrorists preparing to stage new chemical provocations in Idleb

UN Security Council votes against a Russian draft resolution on the delivery of humanitarian aids to Syria

UN Approves Extension of Cross-Border Aid to Syria

10 killed in Saudi-led airstrike in northern Yemen: Houthi TV

Yemen: UAE-backed militias clash with Saudi-backed combatants

Yemen vows retaliation after Saudi Arabia destroys civilian vessels

UN: Saudi prince is a prime suspect in Khashoggi murder case

UN rapporteur : US drone killing of Iran's General Soleimani sets dangerous precedent

Lieberman Calls to Gag the 'Middle Eastern Intelligence Official' Claiming Israeli Attacks in Iran

Israeli occupation forces kill another Palestinian man

Annexation will turn Palestinians into Israel’s modern day slaves

European countries need to recognise the Palestinian state before it's too late

Democrats call for aid cut to Israel over annexation

AFRICA

4 Killed in Protests Calling for Mali’s President to Resign

Victim burned to death in 'feud between warring Christian religious factions'

2 gunmen killed by troops in north Nigeria

ASIA

Afghanistan.- At least eight Afghan policemen killed in two clashes with the Taliban

Afghan forces kill 14 Taliban militants in retaliatory attack in country’s north- Military

Two House conservatives call on Trump to remove troops from Afghanistan

Four Pakistan Army soldiers killed in North Waziristan

China And Russia Promise Strong Mutual Support: "We strongly support China's efforts to safeguard its national security at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region," Putin said.

Russian jets intercept U.S. spy plane over Sea of Japan

U.S. tech restrictions risk losing Chinese market

China to build 6 to 8 nuclear reactors a year from 2020 to 2025: Report

EUROPE

Azerbaijan says 3 of its soldiers killed in border clash with Armenian troops,

US-Russian relations 'remain at almost-bottom point,' unbefitting of leading nuclear powers – Kremlin

Top Pentagon U.S. officials say Russian bounty program not corroborated : "All the defense intelligence agencies have been unable to corroborate that report"

Russia: OPCW's Report over Syria Chemical Weapons is 'Baseless'

Germany calls for EU sanctions against Russia

Trump confirms 2018 US cyberattack on Russian troll farm

AUSTRALASIA

Lies and hypocrisy behind Australian politicians' xenophobic mania

GLOBE

Trump Is Now Left With Two Darker Options - A Domestic Civil Conflict And/Or A Chinese Conflict

WHO reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases:

Russia Successfully Completes COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

A plasma shot could prevent coronavirus. But feds and makers won't act, scientists say

Watch: Inside the wicked saga of Jeffrey Epstein: the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell

AMERICAS

Venezuela ‘neutralizes’ unidentified US-registered aircraft : A US-registered aircraft used for drug trafficking violated the country’s airspace.

India to buy Venezuela oil under swap deal amid US sanctions

Bolivia: Interim President Áñez Tests Positive for COVID-19

Russia Offers Latin America a Drug to Cure COVID-19

Cases in the U.S.: Total Cases 3,106,931 59, - Total Deaths 136,850

Do Americans Understand How Badly They’re Doing? : In France, where I live, the virus is under control. I can hardly believe the news coming out of the United States.

US posts over 68K new Covid virus cases, setting record for third straight day

'All the hospitals are full': In Houston, overwhelmed ICUs leave COVID-19 patients waiting in ER

Phoenix Mayor: Maricopa County Medical Examiner at 96% capacity, adding refrigerated trucks

Trump and Fauci not speaking as coronavirus pandemic worsens

Trump wears mask in public for 1st time on visit to Walter Reed

Prison Officials in Kansas Ignored the Pandemic. Then People Started Dying.

California Will Release Up To 8,000 Prisoners Due To Coronavirus

Must watch: Working Woman Testifies About Reality Of Poverty In The U.S.

Roger Stone: Trump spares ex-adviser from prison, sparking critics' anger

Mueller defends Russia probe, says Stone remains a felon

Trump isn't secretly winking at QAnon. He's retweeting its followers.: It’s giving a boost to the sprawling, Trump-centric conspiracy movement.

MAGA supporters clash with protesters outside president's NYC home

Ending police violence begins with cutting Pentagon money, militarization program

U.S. Military Contracting Hides Costs and Exacerbates Inequality

The BREATHE Act would defund police — and fund environmental justice

Evictions Could Make 28 Million Americans Homeless This Summer: Nearly one-third of U.S. households have still not made their full housing payments for the month of July

U.S. Army’s Twitch Chat Banning People For Asking About War Crimes

Ghislaine Maxwell hadn't spoken to Jeffrey Epstein for a decade; Lawer says

 
 

 

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