(2022-08-28). China puts military on alert after US warships enter Taiwan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — Beijing has reportedly slammed the US Navy's "freedom of navigation" missions in the Taiwan Strait as provocations.
(2022-08-28). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. multipolarista.com 
France's President Macron warned of the end of "an era of abundance." Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing, having lost cheap Russian energy and cheap labor and consumer goods from China, and with regime-change ops failing.
(2022-08-28). Military Situation In Syria On August 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 26, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 4 times: 2 in Aleppo province, 1 in Latakia province, 1 in Idib province; | On August 26, the US base at Al-Omar oil field was targeted by a drone attack by the resistance groups; | On August 25, Israeli warplanes struck SAA positions in Masyaf with several missiles; | On August 25, Israeli warplanes struck SAA positions near Tartus with several missiles.
(2022-08-28). Military Situation In Yemen On August 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 136 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On August 26, the STC forces captured Qashaa base in Abyan province from the Islah Party militants; | On August 27, the Jordanian media reported that US representatives and the rescue government of Yemen reached an agreement on the complete reopening of daily flights and the return of all airlines to Sana'a airport withou…
(2022-08-28). Liberal Requiem for the Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Kahlil Wall-Johnson Aug 26, 2022 | Cold war veteran and former Radio Free Europe broadcaster George Urban is
(2022-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Helping your child with back-to-school anxiety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Most kids are eager for the last day of school and the start of summer vacation. But this time of year, there are many students who might not look forward to returning to the classroom, in part because of separation anxiety. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/C_wvC0NAgy8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. By the time the first…
(2022-08-28). Science Saturday: Mayo innovation, research at forefront of World War II victory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A photograph taken from the air of "G-Whiz," the Mayo Clinic Dauntless Dive Bomber plane used for testing the G-suit and other innovations. If you watched "Top Gun: Maverick" this summer, you saw a fictional portrayal of how fighter pilots can perform incredible aerial maneuvers at high G-forces, or the force of gravity. Here's the story about the role Mayo Clinic had in enabling pilots to reach those heights and possibly win a war. In…
(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). 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). China, ROK urged to jointly boost growth. ecns.cn Premier Li Keqiang has called for joint efforts by Beijing and Seoul to work toward another 30 years of common development and prosperity, saying that the two sides should reach agreements on the second phase of a bilateral free trade agreement as soon as possible.
(2022-08-28). Iran attained irreversible knowledge, capabilities: Gantz. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — Referring to Iran's salient progress in its nuclear program, the Zionist Minister of War said that Iran has achieved technical know-how, knowledge, infrastructure and capabilities, most of which are irreversible.
(2022-08-28). Philippines: Free Adora Faye de Vera, poet, patriot and warrior for women's liberation. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 27 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | We join the clamor of women's groups, artists, poets, rights defenders and other democratic organizations for the immediate release of Adora Faye de Vera. Adora Faye was arrested by police last Wednesday afternoon in her place of residence in Quezon City, and later brought to Calinog town, Iloilo, where she is being made to face false criminal charges. She joins at least 800 other political prisoners in the Philippines who continue to suffer unjust incarceration. | Adora Faye is an artist, a poe…
(2022-08-28). Presidente de Venezuela recibe al viceprimer ministro de Cuba. telesurtv.net El funcionario cubano, quien arribó el miércoles a la nación suramericana, se reunió también con la vicepresidenta venezolana, Delcy Rodríguez.
(2022-08-28). Presidente de Venezuela felicita a los nuevos jefes de calle. telesurtv.net "Más de 45.000 comunidades en la asamblea han elegido a sus jefes y jefas de comunidad, les expreso todo mi apoyo y todos somos vencedores", indicó el presidente Maduro.
(2022-08-27). Biden Receives Bipartisan Criticism for Bombing Syria. news.antiwar.com After three days of airstrikes against Shia groups allied with the Syrian government, some members of Congress are taking aim at the White House. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy called for rethinking American troop presence in the Middle East. Republicans capitalized on the fighting to call for an end of nuclear talks with Iran. On Tuesday, …
(2022-08-27). Pledging "pain," Federal Reserve declares war on the working class. wsws.org Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech outlined a policy of class war on workers aimed at sustaining record profits, with US corporate profit margins recently hitting a 72-year high.
(2022-08-27). Fortress Europe: All European nations but Austria, Hungary involved in Ukraine war — FM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Radio PolandAugust 27, 2022 All European countries except Austria and Hungary sending military aid to Ukraine: FM Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that all European nations except Austria and Hungary are sending military aid to his country…. *** "All European countries, except Austria and Hungary, are sending military aid to Ukraine to a …
(2022-08-27). U.S. boosts Ukraine war assistance to $13 billion. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Breaking DefenseAugust 24, 2022 With biggest-yet security package, US aid to Ukraine nears $13B The security package "is not relevant to the fight today, tomorrow or next week," but is designed to support Ukraine for years to come, said Pentagon Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl. President Joe Biden today…announc[ed] a new arms …
(2022-08-27). The Heat: Turkiye foreign policy. america.cgtn.com Turkiye is considered at the crossroad between West and East and now between Ukraine and Russia. We will take a look at how the country is helping forge peace by talking to both sides.
(2022-08-27). Ignorant and Stupid Politicians Committed to Nuclear War: The Unthinkable: "Money and Mistakes" are the Driving Force behind World History. globalresearch.ca Nuclear War against both China and Russia is contemplated: | "At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable. All the safeguards of the Cold War …
(2022-08-27). CNN Defamed Darya Dugina As A "Disinformation" Agent To Discredit Her Multipolar Legacy. oneworld.press Far from being forgotten, Darya will go down in history as a Russian hero, especially after President Putin posthumously awarded her the Order of Courage. It's precisely because of her de facto canonization as one of the emerging Multipolar World Order's secular saints that CNN decided to defame her as a "disinformation" agent in order to discredit her indisputably influential legacy.
(2022-08-27). NATO interoperability: Poland to receive over 1,200 tanks from U.S., Germany, South Korea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsAugust 25, 2022 Abrams-maker GDLS announces $1.1 billion tank deal for Poland Dollars will start flowing toward Poland's long-planned purchase of tanks, as the U.S. Army taps General Dynamics Land Systems to make 250 Abrams in the newest configuration, the company announced. The $1.148 billion contract — awarded in late July, according to the …
(2022-08-27). An All Out "No Nuclear War Appeal" to the Leaders of the Nine Nuclear Weapon States. globalresearch.ca This article was first published on August 28, 2020 | *** | Initiative of the No War No NATO Campaign: | We, the people of good will, of all walks of life, living on all continents and professing different creeds and religions, direct …
(2022-08-27). German workers pay the cost of war as gas and electricity prices skyrocket. wsws.org A price rise tsunami is racing toward working-class households, which means ruin for many. Experts predict that the official inflation rate at the end of the year will be 10 percent, several times higher than the wage settlements agreed by the trade unions.
(2022-08-27). Is The World Moving Towards War Or Peace. oneworld.press Knowledge will bring us peace, because all knowledge generates social commitment, and those who are at the tip are in charge of taking the rest with them.
(2022-08-27). Censorship, Big Tech, and Psychological Warfare. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-27). "Cold and Hot Wars": U.S. Has No Choice but to Exercise Restraint in Military Matters, Scholars Argue. globalresearch.ca
(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). Western Media Bias Makes Israeli War On Palestinians Possible. popularresistance.org While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favor of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the case. | Take the New York Times coverage of the latest Israeli war on Gaza as an example. Its article on August 6, "Israel-Gaza Fighting Flares for a Second Day" is the typical mainstream western reporting on Israel and Palestine, but with a distinct NYT flavor. | For the uninformed reader, the article succeeds in finding a balanced language between two equal sides. This misleading moral equivalence is one of the biggest intellectual blind spots for…
(2022-08-27). The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You To See. popularresistance.org Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation." The warning , made at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, arrives at a time of alarmingly heightened tensions around the world. Just a few days after Guterres made that statement, Nature Food published a harrowing scientific paper that drove home the UN Secretary General's message: "Global food insecurity and famine from the reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate d…
(2022-08-27). Trader Joe's Union Campaign Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. popularresistance.org Trader Joe's workers in Minneapolis won their union in a landslide vote August 12, making theirs the second store to go with the new, independent Trader Joe's United. The win raises the question of whether the grocer, with its 530 locations and progressive image, could be the next Starbucks. | It seems that Trader Joe's management is considering becoming the next Starbucks in a different sense: closing stores and harassing workers out of union drives. A store in Boulder, Colorado, had a vote lined up for this week, but workers seeking affiliation with Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 there withdrew thei…
(2022-08-27). President Maduro Urges Venezuelans Not to be Scammed by Increase in Black Market Exchange Rate of Dollar. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, August 25, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro referred to the recent rise in the black market exchange rate of the US dollar, pointing out that it is a "fictitious rise." He urged the Venezuelan people to keep up their fighting spirit and not be scammed by the sudden rise in the parallel exchange rate. He called on both the people and the merchants to maintain "maximum awareness," and emphasized that the price of the dollar as fixed by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) must be respected. | "I ask the people for maximum awareness. I ask the merchants, maximum awareness. And the people: keep up the…
(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). Recently-released videos show federal agents assaulting immigrant workers in 2018 raid at Tennessee slaughterhouse. wsws.org Agents carried out their rampage despite not having warrants, deportation orders or any proof of wrongdoing.
(2022-08-27). Scrutinizing The Claim That The Ethiopian Air Force Just Bombed A Kindergarten In Mekelle. oneworld.press Even leaving aside the central government's factually grounded designation of the TPLF as terrorists, that group's proven disreputableness, and its prior pattern of manipulating the US-led Western Mainstream Media (MSM) into amplifying its false narrative against the state by dumping fake body bags and/or the bodies of those who died elsewhere at the scenes of where it claims the government committed war crimes, there are three other reasons not to believe its latest accusations.
(2022-08-27). Contra Costa County Educators move towards a potential strike over pay and class sizes. wsws.org Potential strike of 90 teachers, who educate students with mental and physical disabilities, after working in unsafe conditions for months.
(2022-08-27). Warning strike at Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany. wsws.org A two-day warning strike left the Frankfurt University Hospital paralyzed until Friday evening. More than 4,000 non-medical employees are taking part, protesting against staff shortages and catastrophic working conditions.
(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). Venezuelan Central Bank Scrambles to Control Soaring Exchange Rate. venezuelanalysis.com The currency devaluation has an immediate impact on the Venezuelan people's purchasing power.
(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.
(2022-08-27). Cuba and Vietnam in a position to strengthen ties. en.cubadebate.cu Cuba and Vietnam have all the factors and conditions to further strengthen their fraternal ties of brotherhood, the island's ambassador, Orlando Hernández Guillén, affirmed this Saturday in Hanoi. "The spirit of independence, resilience, equitable and mutually beneficial cooperation for the cause of the revolution of each country and as a contribution to peace, stability, cooperation and development, are bases on which to support the strengthening of bilateral ties. ", he pointed.
(2022-08-27). Chinese Company Ships Crude From Venezuela, Defying US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com China has entrusted a defense-focused state firm to ship Venezuelan crude oil, in a clear defiance of US sanctions against Venezuela. | Since November 2020, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) has been in charge of transporting millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil as part of a deal to offset Caracas' debt to Beijing. This was reported as an exclusive by British news agency Startin…
(2022-08-27). Presidente venezolano rechaza especulación financiera. telesurtv.net Solicitó a la población y a los comerciantes enfrentar la especulación con el llamado "dólar paralelo".
(2022-08-27). Colombia Greenlights New Monómeros Board Proposed by Miraflores. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela has regained definitive control of the PDVSA subsidiary Monómeros after being allowed to register the representatives of the new board of directors formalized by Petroquímicos de Venezuela (Pequiven), the governing authority of the PDVSA subsidiary. | The process was carried out before the Barraquilla Chamber of Commerce, in the Colombian city where Monómeros is located. The Chamber had previously refused to allow the procedure. However, it was obliged to allow it this time, given that Colombian President Gustavo Petro already announced that his government recognizes the authority of Pequiven over Monóm…
(2022-08-26). 'Peacemaker' of Death: This Ukrainian Website Threatens Hundreds of Thousands with Extrajudicial Killings. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Mirotvorets, which compiles lists of 'enemies of Ukraine', has been operating with impunity for eight years For the last eight years, a group of publicly unknown activists in Ukraine have been compiling lists of 'enemies of the people' with impunity. Hundreds of thousands have been declared criminals without trial. Among them are not…
(2022-08-26). Colombian President's Security Delegation Attacked. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The government of President Gustavo Petro is willing to negotiate peace agreements with all paramilitary groups to achieve total peace in Colombia. (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) President Gustavo Petro stated that the violence must end in the country and reiterated his government's commitment to achieve total peace On Wednesday, August 24, a security delegation…