(2022-08-28). Chinese court upholds death sentence of U.S. citizen convicted of murder. ecns.cn A Chinese court on Thursday rejected the appeal of Shadeed Abdulmateen, an American national, who was sentenced to death in April this year for intentional homicide.
(2022-08-28). China advances to tank biathlon final in int'l army games. ecns.cn The Chinese team on Wednesday advanced to the tank biathlon's final contest in the ongoing International Army Games 2022 held in Russia.
(2022-08-28). The Ethiopian Embassy in the US Decisively Responded to the New York Times' Disinformation. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko What's so devious about their latest report is that it masquerades as objective but deliberately twists some key facts while purposely omitting others in order to artificially manufacture a false perception of the conflict that entirely blames the central government for everything. Casual news consumers might therefore easily be misled into falling for…
(2022-08-28). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…
(2022-08-28). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.
(2022-08-28). Protests Threaten Biden Administration's Plans for a New Golden Era in U.S.-South Korean Relations. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Protests in Seoul against THAAD missiles. [Source: defensenews.com] Protesters in Seoul demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea During his trip to the Indo-Pacific in May, U.S. President Joe Biden made his first stop in South Korea where he hoped to inaugurate a new golden era of U.S.-South Korean relations. South Korea's…
(2022-08-28). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.
(2022-08-28). Mayo Clinic study shows AI may improve prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX — In a multinational study led by a Mayo Clinic research team using artificial intelligence (AI), investigators developed an algorithm to improve the prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. Study results are published in Gastroenterology. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Rish Pai, M.D., Ph.D., a pathologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and senior author, developed QuantCRC, a deep-learning segmentation…
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(2022-08-28). Death toll from Pakistan flood exceeds 1,000. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) announced that the death toll from the recent flood in the country has exceeded 1,000.
(2022-08-28). Ministry: Nations' military drills shouldn't target 3rd party. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to any form of interference by a third party in the China-India boundary issue, Defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Tan Kefei said on Thursday.
(2022-08-28). Top 100 Chinese brands reach 1.24 trln USD in overall value in 2022: report. ecns.cn The total value of the top 100 Chinese brands surpassed the 1-trillion-U.S. dollar threshold for the second consecutive year and reached 1.24 trillion dollars in 2022, according to a report released by the international market research firm, Kantar, on Thursday.
(2022-08-28). Spokesperson denounces DPP's attempts to pursue 'Taiwan independence' by soliciting external support. ecns.cn The attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to pursue "Taiwan independence" by soliciting the support of external forces will not impede China's path to reunification and national rejuvenation, a mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.
(2022-08-28). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.
(2022-08-28). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…
(2022-08-28). Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling. indybay.org LOS ANGELES, August 24, 2022 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service reached an agreement today that requires the agencies to re-examine the risks and harms to whales and other endangered species from continued oil and gas drilling in federal waters off California.
(2022-08-28). India respalda incorporación de Argentina al grupo Brics. telesurtv.net La Cancillería argentina resaltó que los países del Brics, en su conjunto, representan el 22 por ciento de la superficie continental y el 24 por ciento del PBI mundial.
(2022-08-27). Blinken Returns Empty Handed From Africa Tour. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe — Aug 24, 2022 | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited three African Union (AU) member-states during early August in an attempt to enhance the presence of Washington in the continent. | This tour came amid an escalation of tensions between Washington the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. | Blinken first visited the Republic of South Africa where he had a joint meeting with Naledi Pandor, his diplomatic counterpart. Pandor reiterated the views of the African National Congress (ANC) government which has refused to denounce Moscow over its special milit…
(2022-08-27). Russian Ops in Ukraine Update (August 27, 2022) — Latest US Military Aid Package "Biggest" Yet. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for August 27, 2022 US to send air defense systems, VAMPIRE laser-guided rockets, Puma UAS and parts for (not additional drones) ScanEagle drones… many of these systems will not reach Ukraine for months if not years. While the Pentagon is trying to convince Moscow it is in this…
(2022-08-27). Ukraine: The Ground Beneath Zelensky's Feet is Shifting. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR A HIMARS vehicle on deployment in Eastern Ukraine (File photo) Reading and rereading the US President Joe Biden's statement last Monday on Ukraine Independence Day, one is reminded of English poet John Keats' immortal line, 'Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter.' Three things are striking. Biden repeatedly invoked the abiding nature…
(2022-08-27). Russia Correctly Described The US-Led West's Golden Billion As Racist To The Core. oneworld.press By its very nature, the Golden Billion divides the international community into a rigid US-determined hierarchy whereby vassals who do its bidding are afforded certain "privileges" (or at least the promise and/or perception thereof in the eyes of their population) while the rest are ruthlessly pressured to submit to its demands.
(2022-08-27). The US Blockade Against Cuba is an Act of War. libya360.wordpress.com HELEN YAFFE Cubans drive past the US embassy during a rally calling for the end of the US blockade. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images) For sixty years, the United States' blockade against Cuba has worked to hinder the island's development and prevent it from trading even with third countries. It's time Washington stopped its cruel…
(2022-08-27). Haiti: Beware of Washington's Trap! orinocotribune.com By Berthony Dupont — Aug 24, 2022 | The United States uses its puppet, the Organization of American States, to continue destabilizing Haiti. | The Haitian political crisis is a concrete example of cynical manipulation by the imperialist powers. Is it an examination of conscience that the Organization of American States (OAS) has just carried out, when in the last Communiqué of the General Secretariat on Haiti, it acknowledged that the international presence in Haiti was only a "strategy of erroneous policy"? | What compelled the hemispheric organization to make such revelations? "The last 20 years of the in…
(2022-08-27). Canadian Media Once Called Azov Neo-Nazis. Now They Hide That Fact. libya360.wordpress.com Davide Mastracci and Alex Cosh News outlets have stopped labelling the Azov Regiment as neo-Nazis because it has become politically inconvenient. Earlier this month, The Globe and Mail published a story profiling the wife of an Azov Regiment colonel, who denied that the group is made up of neo-Nazis. Instead, she insisted it's "the most motivated, most…
(2022-08-27). If You Thought This Summer's Heat Waves Were Bad, Here's Some Disturbing News. scheerpost.com 
Due to the climate crisis, it'll get harder and harder to cool down in summer. [ By As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa's Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century — even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions,…
(2022-08-27). The Congressional Research Service Suggests Continuing The Carrot-And-Stick Approach To India. oneworld.press This schizophrenic policy shows that the US still doesn't respect India as the international equal that it is under international law but instead considers it to be a vassal-in-waiting that its policymakers are convinced will inevitably submit to their unipolar hegemony if they just continue pressuring it.
(2022-08-27). Caitlin Johnstone: FBI's Muting of Hunter Biden's Story. scheerpost.com 
Screenshot of Mark Zuckerberg on The Joe Rogan Experience. | By Caitlin Johnstone / Facebook restricted visibility of The New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 election after receiving counsel from the F.B.I., according to Facebook/Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | "So we took…
(2022-08-27). Patrick Lawrence: When Correspondents Came Home. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost This is the first of a two-part series examining the collapse of foreign coverage in mainstream media. I have never gotten over a story The New York Times ran in its Sunday magazine back in May 2016. Maybe you will remember the occasion. It was a lengthy profile …
(2022-08-27). National Assembly of Venezuela Approves Tax Powers Bill on First Discussion. orinocotribune.com 
On Thursday, August 25, the National Assembly of Venezuela approved on first discussion the Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, with the purpose of strengthening efforts to develop the Venezuelan economy. | The bill was presented by the president of the Permanent Commission on Economy, Finance and National Development, Deputy Jesús Faría, to reorganize the national tax structure. | According to Faría, the purpose of this bill is to coordinate and harmonize the structure of the regional and local governments with the current national economic visio…
(2022-08-27). CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou On What We Learned From FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit. thedissenter.org Kevin Gosztola was joined by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who helped him go through the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search affidavit and break down what was learned. They discussed the construct of "national defense information" and storing classified information in a private residence. | Both offered their responses to the heavy redactions in sections of the affidavit, and John pulled from his expertise to assess the likelihood that "clandestine human sources" were exposed to harm. | John pled guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA). He was asked if Trump may have violated this parti…
(2022-08-27). 'The Pause' to vie at UK's Lift-Off FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Directed by Iranian filmmakers Elahe Baradaran and Ghazaal Gholami, "The Pause' is set to take part at the Lift-Off international film festival in the United Kingdom.
(2022-08-27). VIDEO: Iran marks National Day of Zakariya al-Razi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Today is the National Commemoration Day of the outstanding Iranian physician, alchemist and philosopher, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi.
(2022-08-27). UK postal workers speak during national strike: Bradford, Bournemouth and Cambridge. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with Royal Mail and post office workers on picket lines across the UK on Friday, during the first of six days of strikes.
(2022-08-27). Iran pursuing situation of Iranian migrants in Greek. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Issuing a statement, the Iranian Foreign Foreign Ministry reacted to the news released about the sinking of a migrant boat off the Greek island which led to the missing of a number of migrants including Iranian nationals.
(2022-08-27). Stop Using Islamophobic Rhetoric to Condemn Christian Extremism. commondreams.org When liberals call Christian nationalists "the Taliban," they're making Islam the standard for extremism—rather than the Christian far right that threatens our democracy.
(2022-08-27). Iran stays steadfast in support for upholding NPT integrity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — While referring to 10th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York, the Director-General for International Peace and Security said that Iran remains steadfast in support for upholding NPT integrity.
(2022-08-26). Former Home Malcolm X Shared With Brother Wilfred Being Excavated, Turned Into Museum. moguldom.com A group of archeologists began digging at one of the former homes of iconic revolutionary Malcolm X last month in preparation for turning it into a museum. Located at 4336 Williams St. in Inkster, Michigan, which is about 30 minutes from Detroit, the home was finally recognized by the National Register of Historic Places in …