(2022-07-24). VIDEO: Unprecedented flood hits Yemen's capital. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Following the flood caused by heavy rainfalls in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, the Interior Ministry of Yemen's National Salvation Government warned citizens to avoid driving vehicles across the city.
(2022-07-24). The Arctic is warming Four Times faster than the Global Average. juancole.com By Daniel T Cross | ( Sustainability Times ) Climate change is upon us, but not all regions of the world are experiencing it at the same rate. Polar regions have especially been affected by warming temperatures and a new analysis of temperature rises in the Arctic shows just how much. An international …
(2022-07-24). Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as prime minister of Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday.
(2022-07-24). Chinese entrepreneur honored at 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame induction. ecns.cn Lu Guanqiu, founder of Wanxiang Group, has become the first Chinese national inducted into the U.S. Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF). Lu was honored at the 2022 AHF Induction & Awards Ceremony at the ICON Convention Center in Detroit on Thursday.
(2022-07-24). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…
(2022-07-24). WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox. tribune.com.pk 
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. | "I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference. | He said a committee of experts who met on Thursday was unable to reach a consensus, so it fell on him to decide whether to trigger the highest alert possible. | "WHO's assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and…
(2022-07-24). Planned Parenthood workers in 5 states unionize. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 21, 435 Planned Parenthood workers from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska joined the Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa (SEIU HCMN&IA) in a resounding 90.1% yes vote. 238 workers voted to join the union, and only 26 voted not to. | The Planned Parenthood workers began working with organizers at SEIU HCMN&IA in early summer of 2021. Over the next year they built an organizing committee among their coworkers with workers from all five states represented on the committee and wide representation from the 28 locations involved. | In May…
(2022-07-24). Medical reform in China eases financial burdens for patients. ecns.cn China's medical reform in the past ten years has significantly eased the financial burdens for patients, according to the National Health Commission.
(2022-07-24). California Juneteenth Holiday "Official" or "Optional" indybay.org Adding a California Juneteenth Freedom Day as an official Holiday for the Great State of California is the desired goal to align with our Federal Juneteenth Holiday, building upon our unique journey documented 20 years ago in AB 1749 (Longville)…
(2022-07-24). World's largest luxurious ro-ro passenger ship finishes trial trip in China's Lingding Bay. ecns.cn The world's largest luxurious ro-ro passenger ship has been back to Guangzhou City, Guang Dong Province after its successful trial trip in the Lingding Bay at the mouth of the Pearl River in South China, according to its maker, the Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited, on July 21.
(2022-07-24). Iran's envoys to 8 states appointed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Iran's ambassadors to six countries and two international organizations have been appointed.
(2022-07-24). Dali-Baoshan section of Dali-Ruili Railway enters operation. ecns.cn A railway linking Dali and Baoshan, two cities in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, started operations on Friday, a major breakthrough in the construction of the China-Myanmar international railway corridor.
(2022-07-24). Greece hit by wildfires as authorities work to evacuate areas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Two strong forest fires are raging in Greece – on the island of Lesbos and in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park in the country's north-east.
(2022-07-24). Thousands of Unhoused to be Swept with No Adequate Shelter in Sacramento. indybay.org My name is Crystal Sanchez, and I am the Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless and the President of the Sacramento Homeless Union. Today, I write to you in total dismay and frustration. As many of you know, the 2022 point in time count was recently released with an astonishing 9,300 unhoused people counted and a whopping 20,000 people on any given night living on the streets of Sacramento. We know the pit count number is inadequate and low due to low volunteers and not everybody being counted. We have had an astonishing 67% increase in homelessness, with now more people on our streets t…
(2022-07-24). California's fast-moving Oak Fire burns nearly 12,000 acres. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — A wildfire raging for a second day Saturday in central California's Mariposa County outside Yosemite National Park has burned nearly 12,000 acres and forced evacuations of rural communities, fire officials said.
(2022-07-24). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.
(2022-07-24). China holds int'l travel fair after one-year pause. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Travel Mart (CITM) kicked off Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, after a hiatus of one year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
(2022-07-24). Rescuing Lew Hill's Pacifica. indybay.org The real threats to the Pacifica network are the stations that are not self-sustaining, and a National Board that is unable to address the problem. | Each station has to be self-sustaining, and a functional National Board has to be able to take appropriate remedial action when they're not.
(2022-07-23). Lavrov — extended range weapons In Ukraine will lead to more loss of its land. mronline.org 
Today the foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, announced the extension of the land in Ukraine that Russia intends to capture.
(2022-07-23). U.S. plans to send NATO-made jets to Ukraine to fight against Russia. mronline.org 
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, told the newspaper that "discussions are ongoing" to send the fighters to Ukraine.
(2022-07-23). The pandemic in Russia and the bankruptcy of national-chauvinist politics. wsws.org The pandemic continues to exact a terrible toll in Russia. Since the invasion of Ukraine, efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have been abandoned. This essay has been submitted to the WSWS by the Young Guard of Bolshevik Leninists, an organization of Trotskyist youth in Russia.
(2022-07-23). US to deliver four more HIMARS, up to 580 drones to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The White House has announced that the United States will send an additional $270m in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include more medium-range rocket systems and tactical drones.
(2022-07-23). Iran & Russia pledge to cut US dollar from global trade, strengthen China alliance. multipolarista.com 
Russian President Putin visited Iran, signed a $40 billion energy cooperation agreement, and pledged to strengthen their economic and military alliance with China. Moscow and Tehran also called to drop the US dollar and use local currencies for trade.
(2022-07-23). Dialogue With US 'Is Just For Putting The Noose Around Your Own Neck'. popularresistance.org The front-row seat reservations at the central act of the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista revolution in Managua, Nicaragua, saw no sign of the international community—a stale euphemism for the US' withering clientele. | Instead, the pantheon of the vaunted multipolar world order took its place: Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia were all represented, as were an assortment of lesser deities, enclaves of resistance, and potential allies: Argentina, Brazil, Angola, Western Sahara, and Palestine, just to mention a few. | The crowd, mostly party youth sprinkled with groups of foreign representa…
(2022-07-23). SEP condemns state attack on Galle Face protesters in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The military/police violence is a warning of what is to come if the parties of the capitalist class are left in power. It adds to the urgency of workers and rural toilers taking up the political initiative outlined by the SEP in its July 20 statement entitled "For Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!".
(2022-07-23). New Zealand foreign minister sounds alarm about Sri Lankan "lessons" wsws.org Drawing "lessons" from the escalating Sri Lanka economic and political crisis, New Zealand and Australia are preparing interventions in the Pacific to suppress popular discontent.
(2022-07-23). Peasants form action committee in southern Sri Lanka to fight government attacks. wsws.org The inaugural meeting issued a call for the formation of a wide network of action committees to organise united action to overcome the serious economic problems confronting peasants.
(2022-07-23). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Indian public sector insurance workers hold national strike; Andhra Pradesh rural health workers demand minimum wage; Sri Lankan teachers and health workers protest fuel shortages; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers to strike again…
(2022-07-23). Brazil's Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Election Fraud Warnings. scheerpost.com 
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro with international diplomats in Brasília on July 18. (Palácio do Planalto/flickr/cc) | By Brett Wilkins / Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this week accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated…
(2022-07-23). Venezuelan Lawyer Laila Tajeldine: Alex Saab is a Political Prisoner of the US Empire (Interview). orinocotribune.com More than two years have already passed since, on June 12, 2020, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was illegally kidnapped during a technical stopover in Cape Verde and taken to prison, without an arrest warrant. He would remain there until October 16, 2021, when he would be deported to the United States, despite the fact that the appeal against his extradition had not yet been concluded, and despite repeated protests from various international organizations against the arbitrary detention and torture that he has suffered. | Blackmailed by the US government, the government of Cape Verde, already at the end of its leg…
(2022-07-23). Terrorists not achieved goals by scientists assassination. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said that the cowardly assassination of heroes of Iran's scientific prowess didn't help behind-the-curtain terrorists to achieve their goals.
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Towards preventive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. thelancet.com Prevention of rheumatoid arthritis is an ambitious therapeutic goal. Once it has developed, rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by high chronicity and often requires lifelong treatment.1,2 Sustained drug-free remission is rare, especially in seropositive disease, which is defined by the presence of rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA).3 Onset of rheumatoid arthritis, characterised by joint swelling, is preceded by a pre-arthritis phase, in which patients show discrete symptoms (eg, pain), presence of autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor and ACPA), and subclinical signs of inflammation…
(2022-07-23). China-India Ties: Need to Focus on Commonalities. orinocotribune.com By C. Saratchand — Jul 20, 2022 | The trajectory of bilateral relations between China and India has traversed through a number of phases both before and since India's independence in 1947 and the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. These relations have also spanned a number of domains, of which the economic aspect is possibly second to none. | Economic relations between China and India involve elements such as trade, investment and finance. Trade flows involve substantial two-way movement of commodities. Some key Chinese exports to India at present involve the following product categories: m…
(2022-07-23). Congresswoman Karen Bass and the will to intervene. mronline.org 
Congresswoman Karen Bass is running for mayor of Los Angeles. She's also Vice Chair of the NED, the CIA's soft power arm. She epitomizes everythng that is wrong with the Black political class.
(2022-07-23). Amazon joins the Medicare privatization spree. mronline.org 
The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.
(2022-07-23). VIDEO: Aaron Maté Challenges Guardian on Syria. scheerpost.com Check out Bob Scheer's Interview with Aaron Maté on Scheer Intelligence
(2022-07-23). Puerto Ricans demand cancellation of contract with Canadian-American energy company LUMA. mronline.org 
Protesters have condemned that power outages have increased, while prices have gone up since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico's electricity transmission and distribution system in June 2020.
(2022-07-23). Inside Airport Workers' Fight For Dignity And Livable Wages. popularresistance.org Airport workers have been on the front lines of the pandemic and the labor struggle in recent years. In Florida, for instance, workers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami and beyond have staged multiple actions over the past year to demand a living wage. Many airport workers in Florida earn as little as $7 an hour, tips included. Now, a new bill, the Good Jobs for Airports Act, could establish national wage and benefits standards for airport workers. To learn more about airport workers' ongoing fight for dignity and higher wages, freelance journalist and new TRNN contributor McKenna Schueler talks with Scottie Walker, a cab…
(2022-07-23). Who is going to Fast Check the Fast Checkers?Domina Petric, MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: (PDF) Who is going to Fast Check the Fast Checkers? (researchgate.net) The International Fast-Checking Network is a forum for fast-checkers worldwide hosted bythe Poynter Institute for Media Studies. The Poynter Institute is largely funded by GeorgeSoros ¥ Open Society Foundations, Google, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, theNational Endowment for Democracy, Ebay ¥s Omidyar …
(2022-07-23). FRSO condemns State Department designation of Communist Party of the Philippines as 'terrorist'. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest possible terms the U.S. State Department decision to keep the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army on its list of designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations." This is an example of confounding facts with fiction, and it is an attempt to criminalize international solidarity. | The real terrorists in the Philippines are to be found in the U.S.-backed regime of President Marcos. Jails in the Philippines are filled with political prisoners. Trade union federations, like the May First Workers Movement, face constant government repre…
(2022-07-23). Colombia: Petro Appoints Renowned Legal Expert Iván Velásquez as Minister of Defense. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 22, the president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that his defense minister will be Iván Velásquez, a well-known human rights activist. He was formerly an auxiliary magistrate of the Supreme Court, in charge of the judicial investigation on the paramilitary-political nexus in Colombia. | Velásquez, 67, who will assume one of the strategic portfolios of Colombia, also served as the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala from October 2013 to September 2019. | The future minister thanked Petro for the appointment, calling it a great honor. | Agradezco al presid…
(2022-07-23). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.
(2022-07-23). US actions against Havana failed: Cuban President. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The Cuban president stated that the US has failed in its new efforts aimed at subverting the economic and social order of Cuba, and Washington will not achieve its goals through economic measures against independent countries.
(2022-07-23). La Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 412 MW durante el horario pico de este sábado. cubadebate.cu La UNE informa que para el horario pico de este sábado se estima una disponibilidad de 2 508 MW, una demanda máxima de 2 850 MW y un déficit de 342 MW, por lo que se pronostica una afectación de 412 MW. Los especialistas de la UNE estiman una afectación máxima de 500 MW en el horario diurno.
(2022-07-23). January 6 Committee covers up role of Republican Party, national security officials in Trump coup. wsws.org The Democratic-controlled committee presented the absurd narrative that the fascist siege of the Capitol was allowed to drag on because Trump rejected pleas to call it off from White House staffers, family members, congressional leaders and other loyalists who had supported his baseless claims of a "stolen election," but heroically came to the defense of the Constitution.
(2022-07-22). Letters from behind the walls. workers.org 
Re: "Released after 46 years, Bradford Gamble exposes medical abuse," WW Vol. 64 No. 12 (wwp.pub/gamble) I read what your organization published on Bradford Gamble before it ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer. 'Twas a well-written article that speaks volumes to what occurs inside Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections locations, medical-wise. What . . . |