(2022-07-24). How the US is Killing its Principal Competitor the EU. journal-neo.org 
It will hardly be a revelation for anyone that the United States, being historically the "stepchild" of Europe from where the mass-scale population of the New World began, has always manifested a jealous attitude towards their Alma Mater. This process has especially aggravated in the recent decades when America entered the path of severe competitive …
(2022-07-24). EU sanctions on Russia failed: Hungarian PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — The European Union needs a new strategy on the war in Ukraine as sanctions against Moscow have not worked, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
(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). China strengthens warning to US about Pelosi visit to Taiwan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — China has issued stark private warnings to the Biden administration about the upcoming trip to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
(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). 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). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.
(2022-07-24). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(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). Convocan a Bienal de Poesía Juan Beroes en Táchira, Venezuela. telesurtv.net El certamen entregará un premio único en metálico, y pretende ser un espacio de encuentro para fortalecer vínculos entre Colombia y Venezuela.
(2022-07-24). Presidente Maduro recibe réplica de un pie de Maradona. telesurtv.net La réplica fue entregada por Stefano Ceci, quien acompañó al gran jugador argentino como manager y amigo.
(2022-07-24). Rasgos de Simón Bolívar que lo hicieron el Libertador. telesurtv.net Simón Bolívar obtuvo el título de Libertador por ser el líder del triunfo de la independencia de Venezuela, la cual sirvió de impulso para dar la libertad a seis naciones americanas.
(2022-07-23). White House Approves 16th Weapons Transfer to Ukraine, Total Security Aid Now Over $8 Billion. news.antiwar.com The White House announced a $270 million weapons package Kiev on Friday. The latest transfer will send four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and drones to Ukraine. The additional four HIMARS brings the total number the US has committed to sending to Ukraine to 16. Commander of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley …
(2022-07-23). War In Ukraine: Belarusian President Says Moscow Got Hold Of Two French Caesar Howitzers. southfront.org 
French soldiers, assigned to Task Force Wagram, fire a French Ceasar in support of Operation Roundup, in Al Quim, Iraq, May 16, 2018. | According to the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, the Ukrainian authorities have sold to the Russians two Caesars self-propelled howitzers delivered by France. | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed on Thursday that Russia had managed to get its hands on two Caesars self-propelled howitzers delivered by France to Ukraine, assuring…
(2022-07-23). British Short-Range Air-Defense System Makes First Appearance In Ukraine (Photos). southfront.org 
The British-made Stormer HVM short-range air-defense (SHORAD) system has made its first appearance in the Ukrainian battlefield. | On July 23, photos showing a single Stormer HVM system with service members from Kiev forces on an unspecified front in Ukraine surfaced online. | The Stormer HVM, which is built around the chassis of the Alvis Stormer armored personnel carrier, was developed primarily to counter the threat of attack helicopters and low-flying aircraft. The SHORAD system is equipp…
(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). Turkish Drone Strike Reported in East Syria, Three Killed. news.antiwar.com A Turkish drone strike destroyed a car in a residential area near Qamishili on Friday, The Syria Observatory for Human Rights reported this as the fourth Turkish drone strike in the area in the past two days. The attacks seem to be targeting cars, but it's not 100% clear why. | The area is under at least partial control of the Kurdish YPG, so it's possible their members are being targeted. That would be in keeping with Turkish policies. | This isn't…
(2022-07-23). IAEA Chief Warns Iran Nuclear Program May Be Galloping Ahead. news.antiwar.com IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi often makes things with regard to the Iran nuclear program sound worse than they really are, and today accused Iran of The specifics make it clear that Grossi is upset at lack of monitoring access, and lack of oversight, and that for all he knows Iran might well have advanced its activities a lot. | Special monitoring deals are not in place right now, and Grossi warned they migh…
(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). Military Situation In Syria On July 23, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On July 23, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 23, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions in the Tal Rafaar area; | On July 23, Turkish drone struck an alleged PKK vehicle in the city of Qamishli; | On July 23, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in the Kafr Nubl area; | On July 21, the US military vehicles entered the headquarters of th…
(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). [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). [Correspondence] The importance of empathy. thelancet.com Seamus O'Mahony1 makes some interesting points in his review of A Fortunate Man: the Story of a Country Doctor—a classic general practice book written by John Berger and Jean Mohrbut,2 but we believe he has gone seriously adrift in writing "be wary of empathy…In my view, empathy is often of little benefit to the patient and might even injure the doctor".1…
(2022-07-23). VIDEO: Flood in Iran's Estahban washes away cars. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Footage shows when floods in Estehban in the southwestern Iranian province of Fars wash away the vehicles of people who were cooling off at the banks of a river without paying attention to the meteorological warnings.
(2022-07-23). Two Iraqi groups threaten to attack Turkey's soil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Two unknown groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Turkish bases in northern Iraq and warned that if the Turkish military does not leave Iraq, further operations will be carried out on Turkish soil.
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Contraceptive mix and informed choice. thelancet.com Contraceptive use is associated with economic development, improved maternal and child health, education, and the empowerment of women and their family planning needs.1 These gains can also reduce poverty and slow population growth.2—3 Access to contraception supports the quest for gender equity4 and human rights,5 and represents a strategy to reduce health system and household costs.6 Measuring progress toward satisfying the need for family planning entails assessing the general contraceptive prevalence and unmet demand and the range and types of contraceptive procedures employed.
(2022-07-23). Weaning the State Department Off War-Making. commondreams.org Waging peace and conflict resolution should be the State Department's main mission.
(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). The Lawyers Who Enabled Trump's Assault on Democracy. commondreams.org Their prolonged silence forced the nation to live through the catastrophic consequences of their earlier cowardice.
(2022-07-23). Guaidó Gang Admits to Irregularities in Its Management of Monómeros. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 22, a group of former deputies belonging to the Guaidó gang agreed to approve a report documenting irregularities committed in the management of Venezuelan fertilizer company Monómeros Colombo-Venezolanos, headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia, since it has been under the control of the "interim government" of Juan Guaidó. | According to a message circulated on Twitter, "the report documents the political responsibility of Guillermo Rodríguez Laprea," current general manager of Monómeros appointed by Juan Guaidó, for having concealed information "with the purpose of preventing the truth from bei…
(2022-07-23). Venezuela: Public Housing, Production Center Given to Families Who Were Victims of Eviction. orinocotribune.com 
On Thursday, July 21, President Nicolás Maduro handed over homes of the Great Venezuela Housing Mission (GMVV) and property titles to six farming families, who had been evicted from their lands on April 12 by order of the mayor of Guatire, Raziel Enrique Rodríguez Villanueva, and Polizamora (municipal police) officials of the Villa Zamora 2021 subdivision of Miranda state. | President Maduro stated that the government worked hard for days "to hand over the homes to the inhabitants of Villa Zamora, who had been subjected to an act of arbitrary eviction." | Handing over the property titles, he added, "This is an…
(2022-07-22). A breakthrough for the French left? canadiandimension.com 
La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the inaugural convention for NUPES. Photo by Hugo Rota. | In a world heading toward more wars, economic crisis, climate catastrophe and the resurgence of the far-right, any success for the left is good news. So the results of the second round of elections for the French National Assembly will have been welcomed not only in France but far beyond its frontiers. | The setback for the newly-elected president Macron is well-deserved. His first five years in power have led to growing inequality, with the poorest sections of society suffering the most; his taxation…