(2023-07-08). The Indian Child Welfare Act upheld! workers.org 
On June 15, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in Brackeen v. Haaland, a Supreme Court case that sought to declare ICWA unconstitutional. Had SCOTUS failed to uphold ICWA, the results would have been disastrous for Native nations and communities. . . . |
(2023-07-08). World Report] Ethnic conflict hampering health services in Manipur, India. thelancet.com Violence has seen 50‚Äà000 people displaced and more than 100 killed, impeding delivery of health services and leading to staff shortages. Dinesh C Sharma reports from New Delhi.
(2023-07-08). The Magic Skin of US dollar hegemony. journal-neo.org 
The dominance of the US dollar in the global economy continues to wane quietly but relentlessly as many countries actively seek other currencies. First and foremost, they are the BRICS nations of Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Although it appeared to be only a few countries, the total population is over 3.23 billion, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-07-08). Remembering Dr. Amit Sengupta's legacy in the health movement. peoplesdispatch.org Jan Swasthya Abhiyan recently announced the recipients of the 4th Amit Sengupta Fellowship on Health Rights. The announcement was followed by reflections on Dr. Sengupta's activist legacy and a discussion on tuberculosis in India…
(2023-07-09). The People Are The Builders Of The Brazil's Unified Health System. popularresistance.org Brazil's 17th National Health Conference brought a significant portion of the social mobilizations that led to President Lula's electoral victory to the federal capital Brasilia. It was a rare opportunity to see all, or almost all, the social struggles from different corners of the country in one place. The National Health Conference represented an important gathering point for different activists and generations, highlighting the long-standing challenges in the pursuit of social justice. | The National Health Conferences are spaces for activists and the population at large to conduct dialogue with the government…
(2023-07-08). Housing Coalition Asks Government To Socialize Corporate-Owned Housing. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, July 5, the housing rights coalition in Berlin urged the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Social Democratic Party (SPD) government to honor the mandate of the 2021 Berlin referendum and introduce legislation to socialize the properties of corporate realtors to solve the escalating housing crisis in the city. | The previous SPD-Greens-Die Linke government in Berlin had established a commission of legal experts to assess the legality and feasibility of implementing the mandate of the referendum known as Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co. (DWE).
(2023-07-09). OECD Secretly Lobbied Against Law Requiring Corporations to Disclose Tax Records. truthout.org The Financial Times confirmed Friday that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lobbied Australia to weaken a law that would have compelled about 2,500 highly profitable multinational corporations to reveal where they pay taxes, eliciting outrage from tax justice advocates. Citing two unnamed people familiar with the discussions, FT reported that the Paris-based club of wealthy… |
(2023-07-09). China sets out new plan to preserve Yangtze River culture. ecns.cn Jointly issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the National Cultural Heritage Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission, the plan includes seven major tasks, including the protection of cultural relics and cultural heritage along the Yangtze River, improving related tourism services and cultural products, constructing national cultural parks and launching outstanding literary and artistic works themed on the river, as well as promoting international cultural exchanges.
(2023-07-09). Eco Forum Global Guiyang opens in Guizhou. ecns.cn Eco Forum Global Guiyang, China's only national-level global forum focusing on ecological civilization, has become a showcase of the country's sweeping ecological conservation efforts and an important vehicle for global exchanges in the area, said Governor of Guizhou Li Bingjun.
(2023-07-09). How can China's development be global model? Stephen Perry explains. ecns.cn The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the 48 Group Club of the UK held a celebratory luncheon on Thursday in Beijing for the 70th anniversary of the "Ice-breaking Mission" in China-UK trade.
(2023-07-09). Janet Yellen, playing the "good cop" routine in China? indybay.org Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing this week meeting with Chinese officials. But Western corporate media is trying to spin her role as a "good cop" for the NeoLiberal policy of coercing China to follow the USA-made "rules-based" international order.
(2023-07-09). Lebanon reports Israeli naval violation for second day in a row. plenglish.com Beirut, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) For the second consecutive day, Lebanon reported the violation of its national sovereignty by an Israeli military vessel, the Army Guidance Directorate announced today.
(2023-07-09). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know your status — the importance of HIV testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's not making major news headlines like in the '80s, but HIV remains a significant health concern. About 38 million people are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to the World Health Organization. June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, a reminder to get tested and know your HIV status. This year's theme is self-testing. Knowing your HIV status helps you choose options to stay healthy. Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic…
(2023-07-09). DPRK condemns IAEA report in favor of Japan. plenglish.com Pyongyang, July 9 (Prensa Latina) The Land and Environmental Protection Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday strongly condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report in favor of Japan.
(2023-07-09). Iraq To Purchase JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets From Pakistan — Reports. southfront.org 
Pakistan Air Force Chengdu JF-17. By Wikimedia user (Shimin Gu) | Iraq will purchase a number of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan for its air force, The News International and other sources reported on July 9. | The JF-17 was jointly developed by China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. The fighter jet can be used for multiple roles, including interception, ground attack, anti-ship, and aerial reconnaissance. | Citing unnamed sources, The News International…
(2023-07-09). Sunday 7/30: International Childfree Convention 2023 (Day 2). indybay.org Virtual on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@childfreeconvention | FREE livestream…
(2023-07-09). Nicaragua: Fifth Anniversary Of Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist. popularresistance.org According to Amnesty International (AI), five years ago the Nicaraguan government committed an extraordinary and horrendous crime. In October 2018, AI published a report, Instilling Terror,[1] concerning the violent coup attempt that took place in Nicaragua in April-July of that year. Among the incidents they covered, they gave prominence to a claim that on July 8, 2018, Faber López Vivas, a young member of the national police force's Directorate of Special Operations, was the subject of a possible "extrajudicial execution" by his fellow police officers. The report alleged that two days earlier, disenchanted with…
(2023-07-09). Qatar Boosts Mediator Credentials by Hosting Secret US-Venezuela Talks. orinocotribune.com The meeting in Doha sought to 'unblock' strained relations between Washington and Caracas. | Qatar last month hosted direct talks between Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez, advisor for the Western Hemisphere at the US National Security Council, according to Spanish daily The focus of the high-level meeting, which took place without mediators or third parties present, was to "establish a direct channel of comm…
(2023-07-09). President Maduro Makes New Appointments in Venezuela's Military High Command. orinocotribune.com 
The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), Nicolás Maduro, announced new appointments in the military high command of the country during the joint graduation ceremony for the different categories of technical commanders, troops, and the passing to active reserve of the 1990 promotions of the FANB, held at the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela (UMBV), also know as the Military Academy, in Caracas. | During the event on Friday, July 7, the president ratified Vladimir Padrino López as the minister for Defense "for his values o…
(2023-07-09). Prime Minister of Barbados Meets President Maduro on Official Visit in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, who is on her first official visit to Venezuela. | At the meeting, which took place on Saturday, July 8, bilateral agreements on energy, agriculture, air transport, and other cooperation treaties were signed at Miraflores Palace. | The Barbadian prime minister arrived in Venezuela on Saturday and was received by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil. Thereafter, Motltey met with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. She also visited the National Pantheon in Caracas where she paid a floral tribute to the Libe…
(2023-07-08). Idaho Disbands Maternal Mortality Review Committee Amid National Surge in Deaths. truthout.org On July 1, Idaho became the only state without a legal requirement or specialized committee to review maternal deaths related to pregnancy. The change comes after state lawmakers, in the midst of a national upsurge in maternal deaths, decided not to extend a sunset date for the panel set in 2019, when they established the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, or MMRC. |
(2023-07-08). UPS negotiations collapse ahead of contract expiration, strike looms. liberationnews.org 
After marathon bargaining sessions lasting until 4am on July 5, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked out of negotiations with United Parcel Service (UPS). The National Negotiating Committee of the union unanimously rejected the inadequate proposals from UPS. With no more bargaining sessions scheduled ahead of the contract's expiration date on July 31, the stage is set for the Teamsters to launch a nation-wide strike of 340,000 UPS drivers. This would be the largest strike at a single employer in U.S. history, and would be felt throughout the country and around the world.
(2023-07-08). Perspectives] Hani Kim: The RIGHT way to fund global public health research. thelancet.com South Korea is the first member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee to have moved from aid recipient to aid donor. The RIGHT Foundation (RIGHT is an acronym of research investment for global health technology) based in Seoul is contributing to South Korea's involvement in global health. Hani Kim, Executive Director of the RIGHT Foundation since 2018, is committed to raising its profile globally and shaping its future development, especially its goal of greater health equity. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, USA, and a member of…
(2023-07-08). World Report] Shock over National Cancer Research Institute closure. thelancet.com An influential partnership of funders to promote cancer research in the UK is to close after 22 years, causing shock and anger. Jacqui Thornton reports.
(2023-07-08). Calamities suffered by migrant women in Panama are pointed out. plenglish.com Panama City, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Irregular migrant women suffer the greatest calamities on their way through the Darien jungle, in Panama, on their way to the United States, an international forum on the subject explained.
(2023-07-08). Idaho Disbands Maternal Mortality Review Committee Amid National Surge in Deaths. truthout.org On July 1, Idaho became the only state without a legal requirement or specialized committee to review maternal deaths related to pregnancy. The change comes after state lawmakers, in the midst of a national upsurge in maternal deaths, decided not to extend a sunset date for the panel set in 2019, when they established the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, or MMRC. |
(2023-07-08). UPS negotiations collapse ahead of contract expiration, strike looms. liberationnews.org After marathon bargaining sessions lasting until 4am on July 5, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked out of negotiations with United Parcel Service (UPS). The National Negotiating Committee of the union unanimously rejected the inadequate proposals from UPS. With no more bargaining sessions scheduled ahead of the contract's expiration date on July 31, the stage is set for the Teamsters to launch a nation-wide strike of 340,000 UPS drivers. This would be the largest strike at a single employer in U.S. history, and would be felt throughout the country and around the world.
(2023-07-08). Perspectives] Hani Kim: The RIGHT way to fund global public health research. thelancet.com South Korea is the first member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee to have moved from aid recipient to aid donor. The RIGHT Foundation (RIGHT is an acronym of research investment for global health technology) based in Seoul is contributing to South Korea's involvement in global health. Hani Kim, Executive Director of the RIGHT Foundation since 2018, is committed to raising its profile globally and shaping its future development, especially its goal of greater health equity. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, USA, and a member of…
(2023-07-08). World Report] Shock over National Cancer Research Institute closure. thelancet.com An influential partnership of funders to promote cancer research in the UK is to close after 22 years, causing shock and anger. Jacqui Thornton reports.
(2023-07-08). Calamities suffered by migrant women in Panama are pointed out. plenglish.com Panama City, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Irregular migrant women suffer the greatest calamities on their way through the Darien jungle, in Panama, on their way to the United States, an international forum on the subject explained.
(2023-07-08). Díaz-Canel congratulates Santiago for hosting patriotic celebration. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the inhabitants of the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, host of the central event for the National Rebellion Day, which is celebrated on July 26.
(2023-07-08). Erdogan Signals To Moscow: Azov Commanders Allowed To Return To Ukraine From Turkey. southfront.org 
On July 8, five commanders of the notorious Ukrainian Azov battalion returned to Ukraine from Turkey. They were supposed to stay in Turkey until the end of hostilities "under the personal guarantees of the Turkish president". However, it seems that the Turkish President changed his mind. | The commander of the Azov Denis Prokopenko, acting commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade Sergei Volynsky, Deputy Commander Svyatoslav Palamar, Major of the National Guard Oleg Khomenko and Colonel…
(2023-07-08). Saturday 7/29: International Childfree Convention 2023. indybay.org Virtual on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@childfreeconvention | FREE livestream…
(2023-07-08). Contracted area of the 6th CIIE exceeds 330,000 sqm to date. ecns.cn The sixth China International Import Expo, or the CIIE, scheduled to be held in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10 this year, has a total of 330,000 square meters of contracted area to date.
(2023-07-08). Comicomment: U.S. Independence Day celebrations clouded by domestic predicament. ecns.cn Under multiple clouds of despair, as expressed by David Shribman, former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the U.S. "no longer conforms to the boast in its national anthem that it is the home of the brave. It is instead the home of the fearful."
(2023-07-08). S. Korean activists question IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan. ecns.cn South Korean civic activists on Wednesday raised questions over the credibility of a final report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-08). Norman Finkelstein: A National Treasure? dissidentvoice.org 
Among the most dangerous people in the US are those who actually once fervently believed the foundational myths of the country's social and political order. It's the true believers — we who are schooled on republican virtues, democratic procedures, universal equality, and fair play that are said to be deeply embedded in the US experience …
(2023-07-08). Russia's Indigenous Heartland. libya360.wordpress.com Oleg Yasinsky Oleg Yasinsky and José Salcedo (Image by Pressenza) My friend, the Ecuadorian anthropologist José Salcedo, a researcher of shamanic cultures and civilisational crises, had a dream: he wanted to get to know the ancestral Siberian cultures and be able to compare their oral creation myths and healing ceremonies with those of the indigenous…
(2023-07-08). Petro and Lula on the Road to the Amazon Summit. plenglish.com The meeting aims to agree on a strategy to guarantee the integrity of the ecosystem, stop the destructive use of the land and prevent the point of no return from being reached, as a response to climate and biodiversity crisis. | The meeting between the two heads of state and their respective delegations, will take place at the headquarters of the National University of Colombia in Leticia, moments before the closing plenary of the technical-scientific meeting of the Amazon. | This event represents the starting point for the creation of a new agenda for the Amazon based on science, ancestral knowledge, social incl…
(2023-07-08). Ukraine is doing Great, Which is Why Biden is Sending Them Cluster munitions. sonar21.com 
The Biden Administration is not good at logic. Watch Biden's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, insist that Ukraine is doing swell and that the United States must send cluster bombs…
(2023-07-08). Africa Sets the Course for Latin America and Multipolarity. orinocotribune.com 
By Eder Peña — Jul 6, 2023 | The African continent, like the American continent, was subjected to colonization and intervention by European nations and, although the processes were different, there are common channels between the two histories, just as there are with Asia. | One such conduit is the slave trade that took place from Africa to America between the 16th and late 19th centuries. Another is the current international division of labor, that global order in which the European metropolises imposed on both continents the role of being extractive enclaves, no matter what economic model was involved. | I…
(2023-07-08). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-08). Video: America is at War with Europe. globalresearch.ca The evidence amply confirms that The Nord Stream was the object of an act of sabotage ordered by President Joe Biden. | Nord Stream —which originates in Russia— transits through the (maritime) territorial jurisdiction of 4 member states of the EU. From a legal standpoint (International Law: UN Charter, Law of the Sea) this was a U.S. Act of War against the EU.
(2023-07-08). International group of lawyers join forces to oppose WHO's power grab. expose-news.com On Monday, a group of lawyers from ten countries released a statement voicing their opposition to the World Health Organisation's ("WHO's") proposed Pandemic Treaty, officially known as WHO CA+, and the amendments …
(2023-07-08). Non-Aligned Movement Reiterates Support for Palestinian Statehood. orinocotribune.com The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has reiterated its support for the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of an independent state. | "We call for redoubled international efforts to reach a just solution that ensures the fulfillment of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as a just solution that ends the suffering of Palestinian refugees within the framework of [United Nations] General Assembly Resolution 194," reads the fi…
(2023-07-08). Russia and China Oppose Military Intervention in Haiti. orinocotribune.com Russia and China opposed military intervention in Haiti during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the deployment of an international force in the Caribbean island nation. | "Some consider that the panacea is a multinational force, when history shows us that such foreign interventions have done more harm than good in Haiti," deputy ambassador of Russia to the United Nations, Dmitri Polianski, said during the meeting held on Friday, July 7. | The Russian representative exhorted the international community to listen to the voices of Haitians who advocate for other alternatives amid the serious political an…