2021-07-13: News Headlines

Staff (2021-07-13). 'Outside interference' in Cuban affairs is 'unacceptable' & foreign nations should let Havana solve its own issues, Moscow warns. rt.com Any foreign interference in the affairs of Cuba is completely unacceptable, Russia has declared, after the Caribbean country erupted in protest over an ever-worsening economy and the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. | In a comment published on its website, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Moscow is "closely following the development of the situation in and around Cuba." | "We consider outside interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, and any other destructive actions that would encourage destabilization of the situation on the island, t…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-13). Pro-European party wins Moldovan elections, communists re-enter parliament. peoplesdispatch.org After two years of political instability and crisis, Moldovans voted in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday, July 11, where the pro-European Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) led by Igor Grosu won a majority and is set to form the new government…

ecns.cn (2021-07-13). France fines Google over news copyright. ecns.cn France on Tuesday fined Google 500 million euros (592 million U.S. dollars) for failing to offer a fair deal to local media companies for hosting their news content.

sputniknews (2021-07-13). China-Russia-N.Korea Ties Reinforced on Equal Footing, Experts Believe. sputniknews.com China and its two neighbors with significant relations – Russia and North Korea – have been strengthening their ties recently, as Chinese analysts said that ties among China, Russia and North Korea are totally different in nature from the US-Japan-South Korea alliance.

Kevin Martin (2021-07-13). Peace on the Korean Peninsula Needs to Be a Priority. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden deserves credit for successfully re-engaging in international diplomacy. Extending the New START nuclear arms control agreement with Russia, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, World Health Organization and UN Human Rights Council, and especially (hopefully soon) getting the U.S. back into the Iran anti-nuclear deal are significant achievements. Policy experts, grassroots organizations and

Manlio Dinucci (2021-07-13). Accelera la corsa nucleare. globalresearch.ca Nella base di Redzikowo in Polonia sono iniziati i lavori per l'installazione del sistema Aegis Ashore, con una spesa di oltre 180 milioni di dollari. Sarà la seconda base missilistica Usa in Europa, dopo quella di Deveselu in Romania divenuta …

Olivia Engling (2021-07-13). Jubilee USA Statement on G20 Finance Ministers Meeting and Communiqué. indybay.org G20 finance ministers and central bank governors met in Venice, Italy, on COVID response, economic recovery, vaccines, debt relief and global tax agreements on July 9-10, 2021.

Olivia Engling (2021-07-13). G20 Finance Ministers Meet in Venice on Global COVID Response. indybay.org G20 finance ministers begin two-day meetings in Italy on Friday on COVID response, economic recovery, vaccines, debt relief and global tax agreements. More than 265 groups signed a letter organized by Jubilee USA urging the G20 to act on debt relief, aid and COVID healthcare for developing countries.

Never Forgive, Never Forget (2021-07-13). 1923 Beer Hall Putsch to 1933 Nazi Germany. indybay.org The 1923 Beer Hall Putsch was Hitler's failed attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic. By 1933, he was Chancellor of Germany. That lesson of history is being repeated with Nazi Trump and his praise of the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection and Nazi Trump's current election campaign for 2024, aided by his Death Cult Nazi Republican Party. For more on the Beer Hall Putsch,

Peter Koenig (2021-07-13). How to Dull People's Minds and Then Kill Them. dissidentvoice.org Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, born in Berlin in 1950, is a German medical doctor, a scientist and teacher. He practices foremost in the US, but also gives regular seminars in Germany. In the following one-and-a-half-minute video, Dr. Klinghardt says it all. What to do to totally control, dumb and eventually kill people: You spray their food …

_____ (2021-07-13). Dems Request Meeting With Merkel to Discuss Germany's 'Blockade' of Vaccine Patent Waiver. commondreams.org "Every day Chancellor Merkel delays global action on Covid vaccines costs thousands of lives."

John Clamp (2021-07-13). Refugees and the UK: Welcome to Blighty, Now Piss Off. counterpunch.org United Kingdom home secretary Priti Patel's proposed changes to that country's asylum law are not a victimless crime. She has advanced from bullying her own staff to bullying governments of poor nations full of brown people without her privileged background. Patel wants the power to punish states refusing re-entry to the asylum-seekers she wants to

Thom Hartmann (2021-07-13). Why America Can't Have "Nice Things" zcomm.org So, if the majority of Americans want Scandinavian/European healthcare, schools, unions, wages and taxes-on-the-rich, why don't we have these things?

Staff (2021-07-13). Russian Guantánamo Prisoner Released to UAE at Risk of Torture Upon Repatriation. truthout.org United Nations human rights special rapporteurs One of the last prisoners to be released the day before Obama's presidency ended in 2017, and o…

Staff (2021-07-13). Over 160 unmarked graves found on island where infamous residential school branded 'Canada's Alcatraz' stood — indigenous group. rt.com In the fourth such discovery in recent months, a Canadian indigenous group has said it has found over 160 "undocumented and unmarked" graves on Penelakut Island, which once housed a residential school dubbed 'Canada's Alcatraz'. | Representatives of the Penelakut tribe confirmed that the graves had been found on the "grounds and foreshore" of the territory, previously known as Kuper Island, located in the strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the western province of British Columbia on the mainland. | In a statement to "neighboring tribes and organizations" on July 8, the tribe's Chief Joan Brown and…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-13). Australia's Hermit Nation Strategy Unravels. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | Australia, like other island states, has had spells of isolationist fancy and hermit dispositions. Protected by geography, distant and vast, the country's first bit of legislation in 1901 was the Immigration Restriction Act. This nasty little statute came to be colloquially known as the White Australia Policy. Doors would remain open to Europeans and preferably those of Western stock. | Fortress Australia has also had a few modern manifestations. Refu…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-13). U.K. Royal Navy Allegedly Hunted For Russian Submarines In The Mediterranean. southfront.org On June 27th, the UK's Royal Navy allegedly evaded Russian submarine that were stalking the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. | It was just revealed that the UK Navy's flagship was allegedly being tailed by Russian submarine, while it was sailing near Cyprus. | Upon realising that they were being followed, the Royal Navy scrambled two Merlin Mk2 helicopters to search for the submarine, the Daily Telegraph The helicopters then dropped sonobuoys into the water, which use…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-13). Poland To Purchase Hundreds Of U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tanks. southfront.org Illustrative image | The United States is allegedly going to sign another major contract on supply of military equipment to Europe. Reports on Poland's plans to buy several hundred U.S. tanks now sound with renewed vigor. | According to the Polish web site

Anonymous103 (2021-07-13). Getting Started with Cryptocurrency Investment. southfront.org SPONSORED: | BERLIN, GERMANY — FEBRUARY 15: In this photo illustration model Bitcoins lying on Dollar bills on February 15, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) | Although we know how volatile digital currencies like Bitcoin are, there seems to be a mania in investing in them. Ever since 2019, there seems to be steady growth in its value with breaking all shackles this year, reaching the extent of 64K USD per bitcoin. The current price might be on the lower…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-13). Military Situation In Syria On July 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 12, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 36 times: 17 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 6 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On July 12, one SAA member was killed by an IED blast near Palmyra | On July 12, the US forces conducted a military patrol in the Jamaya neighborhood at the entrance to the city of Qamishli | On July 12, the US Army brought 37 vehicles, including tru…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-13). U.S. Diplomat Steals Russian Railroad Sign, For Some Reason, Gets Deported. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A US embassy employee stole a railroad sign in Russia's Tver R…

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Russia, Nicaragua, Bolivia Reject Destabilization in Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that her country rejects attempts to destabilize the government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Cuba. | RELATED: | She qualified as "unacceptable the external interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state… and any other destructive action that foments the destabilization of the situation on the island". | The diplomat also expressed…

Staff (2021-07-12). President Maduro: More than 20 Colombian Paramilitaries Trained Cota 905 Gangs. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Sunday, July 11, that during the operation Gran Cacique Indio Guaicaipuro in Caracas, Colombian military weapons were seized. He also announced that at least 20 paramilitaries from Colombia were at Cota 905 alongside the criminal gangs, "linked to the criminal structures operating on Cota 905." | Similarly, Maduro denounced Leopoldo López for his involvement, from Madrid, Spain, in funding the gangs and their terrorist activities in Venezuela. "They are an incurable network of violence, hatred, and terrorism," said Maduro. "They receive all their support…

_____ (2021-07-12). Why Is OPCW Chief Fernando Arias Afraid Of His Own Inspectors? popularresistance.org The stated mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is to ensure "a world free of chemical weapons." From his executive suite at The Hague, however, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias has been on a different mission: keeping the organization free of accountability for an explosive Syria cover-up scandal, and trying to silence two veteran inspectors who blew the whistle. | Arias has refused to address the manipulation of the OPCW's probe into an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma. Back in April 2018, the US, UK and France accused Syria of dropping chlorine gas c…

Nikola Mikovic (2021-07-12). Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq's oil? juancole.com Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) — When the George W. Bush administration launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003, many believed the campaign's main goal was to gain control of the country's oil. Almost two decades later, most U.S. oil corporations have exited Iraq and the last major, ExxonMobil, appears to be on the way …

Rosemary Frei (2021-07-12). "No One Has Died from the Coronavirus". Diseases and Deaths "Caused by Something Else"? globalresearch.ca First published on July 3, 2020 A high-profile European pathologist is reporting that he and his colleagues across Europe have not found any evidence of any deaths from the novel coronavirus on that continent. | Dr. Stoian Alexov called the …

Jason Ditz (2021-07-12). Taliban Opposes Turkey Running Kabul Airport Security. news.antiwar.com The US and Turkey have reached a deal on Kabul Airport security, but the Taliban The US has been pushing for Turkey to stay at the airport, and has argued it is The US made a deal to be out of Afghanistan by May, but…

Staff (2021-07-12). Headlines for July 12, 2021. democracynow.org Police Arrest Man Who Planned to Assume Haitian Presidency as More U.S. Ties Emerge, COVID Cases on the Rise in 42 U.S. States; CDC Urges Schools to Reopen in Fall, Thousands Take to Streets of Cuba to Protest Economic Crisis, Pandemic, Top U.S. Military General Leaves Post in Afghanistan as Withdrawal Nears End, Ethiopian Elections Deliver Win for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Racist Trolls Attack England Soccer Team's Black Players After Loss to Italy in Euro 2020, G20 Members Back 15% Global Minimum Tax; Critics Say Greater Change Is Needed, Biden Signs Order to Combat Monopolies, Low Wages, Biden Fires Trump-Era…

Thomas Klikauer (2021-07-12). Covid-19 and The Gender Gap in Germany. zcomm.org In most cases, women took over the largest share of additional childcare needs which came in the wake of widespread school closures…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-12). NATO Adventures In Black Sea Continue: Breeze-21 Exercises Launched In Bulgaria. southfront.org Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval ships are moored, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ukraine's new prime minister said Wednesday that embattled Crimea must remain part of Ukraine, but may be granted more local powers. Since last weekend, Russian troops have taken control of much of the peninsula in the Black Sea, where Russian speakers are in the majority. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) | The joint NATO exercises in the Ukrainian waters of the Black Sea ended on July 10, bu…

WSWS (2021-07-12). Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei admitted to Germany's federal elections. wsws.org The Federal Election Committee upheld the party status of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP), enabling it to participate in September's federal election. However, in an attack on democratic rights, it withheld party status to almost half the organisations that applied.

Rick Sterling (2021-07-12). Weaponizing "Humanitarian Aid" to Syria: Deceitful Cover for U.S. Support of Al Qaeda and Excuse to Violate Syrian Sovereignty and UN Charter. covertactionmagazine.com On Friday July 9 the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to a conditional one-year extension of the Turkey/Syria border crossing at Bab al Hawa. As part of the agreement, the UN Secretary General needs to report regularly on what is happening with the aid going into the Al Qaeda dominated zone. Evidently Russia and China thought …

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-12). U.S. deploys F-16s to Bulgaria for yet another Black Sea exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. deploys F-16s to Bulgaria for yet another Black Sea exercise Eight U.S. F-16 multirole combat aircraft arrived at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Bulgaria on July 9 for this year's iteration of the Thracian Star military exercise. The joint American-Bulgarian air force exercise is being conducted to, according to U.S. Air Forces in …

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