(2022-08-17). China's US Ambassador Says US Has 'Gone Too Far' Over Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Chinese Ambassador to the US Qin Gang held a press conference at a private home in Washington on Tuesday to discuss US policy toward Taiwan in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to the island. Qin, who took his post in Washington last summer, said that the US has gone "too far" …
(2022-08-17). Turkey Trades Heavy Shelling With Syrian Kurds. news.antiwar.com Off and on fighting just west of the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane has escalated into a Mortar attacks by the Kurds killed a Turkish soldier and wounded four others. Meanwhile, the Turkish shelling Turkish officials claimed res…
(2022-08-17). DPRK fires 2 cruise missiles toward western waters. ecns.cn The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two cruise missiles toward the western waters, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday citing a military official.
(2022-08-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Summer safety tips for ankles, feet and toes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently moved to the South to take advantage of warmer weather. I am excited that I can embrace sandals, flip-flops and more casual shoes this summer. Do you have advice on the best ways to protect ankles, feet and toes? ANSWER: Whether you live in a warmer climate or not, summer brings outdoor cookouts, family excursions and activities that beg for open-toed or casual footwear. Whether it's getting out for a leisurely morning…
(2022-08-17). OSHA opens investigation of Amazon warehouses after three New Jersey workers die on the job over three-week period. wsws.org The deaths occurred as the company has posted "better than expected" revenues due to its heavy exploitation of the work force.
(2022-08-17). The W-Curve Model: Understanding a new college student's experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The W-Curve Model was first proposed in 1963 to explain adjustment to culture shock. Starting college is a culture shock for many young people. It is often the first time students are away from home for an extended period. Freshman year is known for new experiences, but it also presents various challenges. Each new college student's experience is unique. Parents should be aware of the predictable adjustment pattern to help students navigate difficult times. The…
(2022-08-17). Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert shares heart failure signs, risk factors people may not be aware of. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Heart failure may seem like a disease of advanced age, but it can develop at any time in life. And, in many cases, it can be prevented or treated. In this expert alert, Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains risk factors, symptoms that people may not be aware of and how heart failure is treated. Risk factors: Heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump blood as efficiently as…
(2022-08-17). Mayo Clinic facilities recognized for environmental sustainability. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic locations in Arizona, Florida and Rochester, and Mayo Clinic Health System locations in Eau Claire and La Crosse, Wisconsin, have been recognized for their sustainability initiatives by Practice Greenhealth. This national organization recognizes health care organizations committed to continuous improvement in sustainability practices and programs. All locations received the Greenhealth Emerald Award, which recognizes outstanding hospitals from within Partner for Change applicants. The Partner for Change application is designed for health care…
(2022-08-17). Challenging Colonialism s01e05: Nichelle Garcia on Run4Salmon. indybay.org Nichelle Garcia (Winnemem Wintu) talks about the Run 4 Salmon, the 2022 run, its goals and its history. She also discussed inter-tribal solidarity in water and salmon protection, as well as the curriculum and mini-lessons she's contributed to and taught in schools to raise awareness of what's at stake.
(2022-08-17). S Korea says DPRK fires 2 cruise missiles toward western waters. ecns.cn The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two cruise missiles toward the western waters, South Korea's defense ministry said Wednesday.
(2022-08-17). Selected Articles: The Psychological Warfare Apparatus Creates False Beliefs. globalresearch.ca 
By An increasingly large number of people now agree that information of all kinds in the countries of North America, Europe and their Pacific allies is deployed …
(2022-08-17). Colombia da el beneplácito a embajador designado por Venezuela. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano señaló que es un "momento histórico que marca una nueva etapa en las relaciones diplomáticas".
(2022-08-17). Trabajadores venezolanos marchan en apoyo al presidente Maduro. telesurtv.net La movilización celebra conquistas sociales, económicas y laborales de la Revolución Bolivariana en medio del ilegal bloqueo impuesto por EE.UU.
(2022-08-17). Presidente Maduro condecora brigada por combatir incendio en Cuba. telesurtv.net El reconocimiento reivindica el mérito sobresaliente de especialistas y técnicos que, desde el 7 de agosto, se mantenían prestando servicio en la provincia de Matanzas.
(2022-08-17). Presidente venezolano recibe cartas credenciales de embajadores. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano había recibido el pasado lunes en Casa Amarilla a los nuevos representantes de las cinco naciones.
(2022-08-17). Embajador argentino reconoce secuestro del avión venezolano. telesurtv.net El embajador de Argentina, Oscar Laborde, aseguró que las relaciones bilaterales entre Venezuela y Argentina no se han dañado pese al incidente.
(2022-08-17). Venezuela apoyará reconstrucción de base petrolera en Matanzas. telesurtv.net Nicolás Maduro afirmó que Cuba no quedará solo bajo ninguna circunstancia, pues siempre contará con el apoyo de los pueblos del mundo.
(2022-08-17). Maduro entrega reconocimiento a los bomberos que apoyaron en la extinción del incendio en Matanzas. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reconoció la labor de los venezolanos que prestaron su apoyo a la extinción del incendio registrado en la Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas. Se le entregó de una réplica del sable victorioso de Carabobo e imposición de la Orden "Francisco de Miranda" al personal de bomberos de Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
(2022-08-17). Sunday 8/28: Cuba Film Festival Fundraiser. indybay.org 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco…
(2022-08-16). Russian-Backed Officials Say Ukraine Launched Strikes on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com A Moscow-installed official in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian Oblast of Zaporizhzhia on Monday accused Ukraine of shelling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and areas around the plant, The official said that Ukraine launched 25 strikes using US-provided M777 howitzers that and that some hit the ZNPP and Energodar, the city where the facility is located. The claim hasn't been confirmed, but the ZNPP has been the site of frequent shelling over the past few weeks. | Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling the ZNPP,…
(2022-08-16). Explosions Hit Russian Arms Depot in Crimea, Moscow Blames 'Sabotage'. news.antiwar.com A blast "On the morning of August 16, as a result of an act of sabotage, a military warehouse near Dzhankoi was damaged," the Russian Defense Ministry said, A senior Ukrainian official speaking on t…
(2022-08-16). How Britain Fueled Ukraine's War Machine and Invited Direct Conflict with Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-16). Russian Patience With the War in Ukraine Is Not Endless as the West May Soon Learn. journal-neo.org 
In March of this year Russian troops captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It has been in Russian possession ever since, although the Ukrainian forces have made desperate attempts to recapture it. These attempts have included bombing and shelling of the site. To describe this and incredibly stupid is an understatement. The plant is a nuclear …
(2022-08-16). The German government's war tax: gas consumers to face huge cost rises. wsws.org The gas surcharge is a kind of war tax that Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is using to pass on the costs of the Ukraine war, which the German government is uncompromisingly fuelling, to the population.
(2022-08-16). Dallas vigil for martyred Palestinians. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, August 13, 50 people raised Palestinian flags and held candles at the Grassy Knoll in downtown Dallas. They gathered to pay respects to the 49 Palestinians killed by Israel. Israel bombed people in Gaza, Palestine from August 5 to August 7. | Jo Hargis of the Dallas Anti-War Committee said, "The United States is guilty of every bomb dropped on Palestine and every murder of Palestinians," stated Hargis. "The continued occupation of Palestine is only possible thanks to the billions of dollars a year in direct funding of weapons and in favorable trade deals." | Rick Majumdar of the Dallas…
(2022-08-16). Nuclear War Will Eliminate More Than 5 Billion People — Oppose War. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-16). Estonia to Cancel Visas of More Than ,000 Russians. news.antiwar.com Estonia is set to close its border The ban will come into effect on August 18 and
(2022-08-16). Israel Admits to Killing Five Children at Cemetery in Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli military officials have admitted that an Israeli airstrike The Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Faluja Cemetery next to the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on August 7. After the incident, Israeli officials claimed the children could have been killed by a misfired rocket launched by the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. | But Israeli milit…
(2022-08-16). US Carries Out ICBM Test It Delayed Over China Drills. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the US military US Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said the ICBM was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It was unarmed and equipped with a test reentry vehicle, which traveled 4,200 miles and splashed down near…
(2022-08-16). Turkey Kills 11 in Strikes Near Syria Border Outpost. news.antiwar.com Turkey has fired a flurry of 12 airstrikes against a Syrian border outpost near the Kurdish town of Kobane, Unclear from reports are whether the victims were Syrian soldiers or Kurdish YPG military.
(2022-08-16). Anti-War Veterans Group Asks Biden to 'Read Our Nuclear Posture Review Before Releasing Yours'. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-16). The Psychological Warfare Apparatus Creates False Beliefs. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-16). Military Situation In Iraq On August 16, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Muqtada Al-Sadr announces…
(2022-08-16). Chicago activists show out for Palestine. liberationnews.org 
On August 9, a few hundred protesters and several organizations held a rally to raise awareness of the continued onslaught on the Palestinian people by the Zionist Israeli government.
(2022-08-16). Inside Nicaragua's Free Socialized Health-Care System. orinocotribune.com By Becca Mohally Renk Aug 12, 2022 | An inside look at the free universal health-care system created by Nicaragua's Sandinista government, which has saved countless lives. | We're settling in to our daughter Orla's sixth night in the hospital. Visiting hours are over and only 10 of the beds in our 32-bed pediatric ward are occupied tonight, down from 20 a few nights ago. | The patients — mostly young teens in our room — are tucked in under mosquito nets. Their caretakers — mainly grandmas, aunts and moms — are slouched in chairs or curled around their patients on the beds. A few of u…
(2022-08-16). Exportar ølo más ágil posible?: La experiencia de Dofleini Software, la primera mipyme oficial cubana. cubadebate.cu Cuando en 2021 Dofleini Software se convirtió en la primera mipyme oficial cubana, sus gestores tenían la expectativa de incrementar las exportaciones que iniciaron bajo la sombrilla del cuentapropismo. Hoy, aunque todos los meses reportan ventas y han accedido a los mercados canadiense, inglés, español y "a veces se suma algún que otro", la pretensión está en hacer el proceso "lo más ágil posible", sin mediadores innecesarios.
(2022-08-16). Syria air defense downs 2 missiles fired by Israeli regime. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — Syrian air defense systems shot down two missiles fired by Israeli fighter jets toward Syria's Tartus and Damascus, said the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria.
(2022-08-16). Nine in 10 UK dental practices not accepting new adult patients for NHS treatment. wsws.org The British Dental Association's has warned that NHS dentistry was "at a tipping point, with millions unable to get the care they need and more dentists leaving every day."
(2022-08-16). Pig-nose dragon bronze building decoration found in Sanxingdui Ruins. ecns.cn A pig-nose dragon bronze ware was found during the most recent excavation of the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. Archaeologists speculate that the bronze may have been a special decoration for a building.
(2022-08-16). WWII battle commemoration boosts US anti-China offensive in the Pacific. wsws.org The events commemorating the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942 were used by Washington and its allies to escalate preparations for a major new war against China in the Pacific.
(2022-08-16). Turkey warplanes attack Syrian army positions in Ayn Al-Arab. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — Turkey warplanes bombarded the Syrian military's positions in Kobani (Ayn Al-Arab) in the north of Aleppo on Tuesdyay, local media have reported.
(2022-08-16). Government, union officials invoke nationalism in response to growing supply chain crisis. wsws.org Pointing to already massive cargo pile-ups on the West Coast docks and the mass exodus of rail workers in the last six years, labor bureaucrats warned that the inability of the rail companies to maintain acceptable service levels threatened the ability of the US government to wage war.
(2022-08-16). Firefighters Who Helped With Cuba's Matanzas Fire Return to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, the 43 firefighters and technicians from Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA, sent to help put out the fire in Matanzas, Cuba caused by a lightning strike on August 5, returned safely to the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maequetía, in the state of La Guaira. | àöLTIMO MINUTO | | Acaba de aterrizar el vuelo de Conviasa que trae de regreso a los bomberos y profesionales de 43 hombres y m…
(2022-08-16). Colombia's President Petro: Guaidó's Presidency is Non-Existent. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, August 14, during a conversation with a journalist from the Colombian news outlet Semana, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said that it is time for the normalization of relations with Venezuela to be reflected in binational trade and production. | "There is already a normal flow, now we have to expand that to the issue of trade, to the issue of production," said the Colombian president in relation to progress in resuming diplomatic relations with Venezuela. | On Thursday, August 11, Caracas and Bogotá appointed ambassadors to consolidate the reestablishment of diplomatic ties, fractured during…
(2022-08-16). President Maduro Removes National Budget Office (ONAPRE) Director Due to Workers' Discontent. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro removed Marco Polo Cosenza as director of the National Budget Office (ONAPRE) and appointed Jennifer Quintero de Barrios in his place, according to the The Gazette also named Christiam Moisés Hernández Verdecanna as acting national treasurer | The National Budget Office is the governing body of the National Public Budget System, providing technical assistance in the different stages of the budget process to the bodies and…
(2022-08-16). U.S.' self-destructive China policies endanger fragile peace. peoplesworld.org 
I'm told there is an energy crisis looming this year, but there might be a solution no one has thought of yet. With all the furious backpedaling White House officials have done since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her infamous visit to Taiwan early this month, just put them on a treadmill. You could …
(2022-08-16). Arriban a Venezuela bomberos que lucharon contra incendio en Cuba. telesurtv.net "Le agradezco a ustedes (bomberos) por tenderles la mano a los hermanos cubanos, arriesgando sus propias vidas", afirmó el embajador cubano en Venezuela.
(2022-08-15). Is the Ukrainian War on its Own People Now Over? journal-neo.org 
My former neighbour in the US wrote to me, tongue in cheek, a few days ago. "I was told the Ukrainian civil war is over and Russia won because the Azov Battalion was wiped out. There is a total media blackout in the US, and worse than that — so much disinformation before and how …
(2022-08-15). Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan: Feedback from the Middle East. journal-neo.org 
The visit of US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan was met with bewilderment and wariness in the Middle East media. This is evidenced, in particular, by the headline comments on the subject: "Taiwan after Ukraine on the American chessboard", "Controversial visit", "Why provoke China?", etc. What is the use and point for …
(2022-08-15). While Claiming to Defend Freedom Around the World, the U.S. Has Dozens of Political Prisoners—and the Majority are People of Color. covertactionmagazine.com Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool of racist repression. It is aimed disproportionately at people of color, as well as others engaged in anti-racist struggle. Whether in the fight against racism at home or against racist foreign policies, wars, occupation …
(2022-08-15). The U.S. Pivot to Asia: Cold War Lessons from Vietnam for Today. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung In part one of this series, I discussed how a massive U.S. arms stockpile in Okinawa, Japan that was originally intended to be used for the planned American invasion of Japan was cancelled once the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. L. Fletcher Prouty, who served as Chief of Special Operations…
(2022-08-15). Urgent appeal for unity and mass action: Demand Amazon and Starbucks recognize unions now! workers.org 
Support Amazon Workers Network The Support Amazon Workers Network issued the following call for mass solidarity actions Aug. 10. By Aug. 14 close to 200 organizations and individuals from many states and other countries have signed in support. Pro-union Starbucks workers, Lansing, Michigan. Credit: Workers United Warning: The worker organizing . . . |
(2022-08-15). Matanzas fires solidarity firefighters with honors. en.cubadebate.cu Yurisbel Estrada Carrasco, Chief of the Cárdenas Firefighters Command, thanked the work of colleagues from the rest of the country and also those from other sister nations, the Cuban Red Cross, rescuers, combatants, volunteers, and those who sent humanitarian aid. The fire spread and caused the explosion at the supertanker base, in the industrial zone of this city; it was extinguished on the last 12 thanks to the work of specialized forces and media from Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela.They recognize Mexicans and Venezuelans who fought the fire in Matanzas…