(2021-07-28). Imperial Overstretch: Is the American Empire going the way of the Soviet Union? juancole.com 
By Tom Engelhardt | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — It was all so long ago, in a world seemingly without challengers. Do you even remember when we Americans lived on a planet with a recumbent Russia, a barely rising China, and no obvious foes except what later came to be known as an "axis of …
(2021-07-28). La contrarrevolución cultural cubana: raperos y artistas apoyados por el gobierno de EE.UU. ganan fama como "catalizadores de las protestas" thegrayzone.com El Movimiento de San Isidro, que se presenta como un colectivo popular de artistas que luchan por la libertad de expresión, se ha convertido en un arma clave en el asalto del gobierno estadounidense a la revolución cubana. Traducción por Diego Sequera "Mi gente necesita a Europa, mi gente necesita que Europa señale al maltratador", proclamó Yotuel Romero, un rapero cubano radicado en España en un evento del Parlamento Europeo convocado por legisladores de derecha, antes de pasarle el micrófono …
(2021-07-28). Clashes Reported In Syria's Daraa As New Reconciliation Agreement Collapse (Videos). southfront.org 
Illustrative imageClashes Reported In Syria's Daraa As New Reconciliation Agreement Collapse (Videos) | The newly-brokered Syrian authorities and local leaders reached the agreement on July 24 following extensive talks sponsored by Russia. According to the available information,…
(2021-07-28). Military Situation In Syria On July 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 28, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 28 times: 9 — in Idlib province, 14 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On July 28, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kabani area | On July 27, a civilian was killed in the al-Hawl camp by unknown gunmen | On July 27, SAA artillery reportedly shelled Dara al-Balad district in Daraa city…
(2021-07-28). 12 Killed In Large ISIS Attack On Syrian Army Posts In Deir Ezzor. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Early on July 28, ISIS cells launched a large-scale attack on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in the western Deir Ezzor countryside. | The attack targeted posts located near al-Kuratah oil station, in Jabal al Bishri and along Deir Ezzor's administrative border with Raqqa. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, heavy clashes broke out between ISIS terrorists and Syrian troops. Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces targeted the terrorists with a number of airstrikes. | "The…
(2021-07-28). Russian Bombs Continue To Rain Down On Militant Positions In Greater Idlib (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
Photo: Sputnik / Dmitry Vinogradov | On July 28, a new wave of Russian airstrikes targeted militants' positions in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a total of seven airstrikes hit the outskirts of the town of Duwayr al-Akrad in the northwestern Hama countryside as well as hills surrounding the town of Kabani in the northern Lattakia countryside. | ÿ™Ÿàÿ´ŸäŸÇ ŸÑÿ&ne…
(2021-07-28). Armenia Loses Two Soldiers, More Injured In Renewed Localized Clashes With Azerbaijan. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 28, at about 3: 40 am local time, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces attacked Armenian positions located in the north-eastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. | Localized clashes broke out, continued for a few hours. | According to preliminary information, there are losses on both sides as a result of the fighting. | The Armenian Ministry of Defense claimed that as a result of the hostilities that began after the aggression of the Azerbaijani armed for…
(2021-07-28). Russia Delivers Free Military Equipment To Tajikistan For Border Control. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The surge in terrorist activity in Afghanistan against the background of the hasty withdrawal of foreign troops from the country and the rapid degradation of the situation require the adoption of appropriate measures. | These measures are already underway, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu."Today, joint work to neutralize threats from the territory of neighboring Afghanistan comes to the fore. The hasty withdrawal of foreign troops from there provoked a rapid degradation of th…
(2021-07-28). Corporate Media joins the anti-vaxxers when it comes to Chinese- and Russian-made vaccines. mronline.org 
"It's striking how similar the techniques [are] that Fox News uses to frighten people about the U.S. vaccination campaign and those that The New York Times, Reuters and others use to scare people about Chinese vaccines." — Jim Naureckas, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting…
(2021-07-28). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On July 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Leninskoe shelled the Gagarin mine in Gorlovka city with grenade launchers | 2. UAF in Avdiivka shelled Yakovlevka with grenade launchers | 3. UAF in Vodyanoe shelled Veseloe with grenade launchers | 4. UAF in Opytne shelled Veseloe with grenade launchers | 5. UAF in Galitsinovka shelled Staromikhailovka with 122-mm and 120-mm artillery | 6. UAF in Novogrigorovka shelled Krasniy Oktyabr with 122-mm artillery | 7. UAF in Lebedinskoe shelled Sakhanka with…
(2021-07-28). Hesitant about COVID-19 vaccine development? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Some people may be hesitant to be vaccinated for COVID-19 because they think COVID-19 vaccines were developed too quickly. But today's successes are the result of many years of coronavirus research. "To say that these messenger RNA vaccines were only developed in the past year would be erroneous," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "I know some people are hesitant and they might be fearful over some of the headlines they…
(2021-07-28). Unvaccinated people at highest risk of being infected by delta variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A highly transmittable form of COVID-19 known as the delta variant is spreading globally. Now a subvariant known as delta-plus has been identified. "Delta-plus just means that there's been an additional mutation in the delta variant," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases physician and researcher at Mayo Clinic. "We have not really seen that take off yet. And that's probably because it's being outcompeted by the delta variant. If you look at the original virus and…
(2021-07-28). Why Germany Has Won and Italy Has Lost. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-28). Kremlin Suggests Biden To Learn More About Russia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested to U.S. President Joe Biden that he should learn more about Russia before claiming that this country only has nuclear weapons and oil. | RELATED: | "At the very least, these statements are fundamentally incorrect… They are evidence of a wrong understanding and knowledge of modern Russia," he said. | While Russia is the largest nuclear power and has a very large oil and gas industry, claiming that t…
(2021-07-27). Cuba's Cultural Counter-Revolution: US Gov't-Backed Rappers, Artists Gain Fame As 'Catalyst For Current Unrest'. popularresistance.org Over the past decade, the US government has spent millions of dollars to cultivate anti-government Cuban rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in an explicit bid to weaponize "desocialized and marginalized youth." The strategy implemented by the US in Cuba is a real life version of the fantasies anti-Trump Democrats entertained when they fretted that Russia was covertly sponsoring Black Lives Matter and Antifa to spread chaos through North American society.
(2021-07-27). UNVACCINATED diners only: California restaurant says it's having fun watching 'heads explode' over mandatory no-vax policy. rt.com 
A California restaurant has refused to back down after being bombarded with negative press and customer reviews for posting a sign demanding that all diners provide proof that they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. | With vaccination status increasingly becoming a prerequisite to participate in many ordinary activities, one Huntington Beach eatery has decided to take a slightly different approach to granting privileges based on personal medical decisions. | On its storefront window, Basilico's Pasta e Vino taped a sign reading: "PROOF OF BEING UNVACCINATED REQUIRED. We have zero tolerance for treasono…
(2021-07-27). Biden says US 'combat mission' in Iraq will be over by year's end, but won't say how many troops to remain deployed. rt.com 
President Joe Biden said the US combat mission in Iraq will end this December, when Washington's role will shift to training local forces, but declined to say what will come of the 2,500 American troops still in the country | Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, Biden
(2021-07-27). Snowden skewers Big Tech, 'amoral' capital firms for enabling 'Insecurity Industry' & calls for urgent action before it's too late. rt.com 
Warning that companies that claim to protect national security are the "greatest danger" to it, Edward Snowden has urged the dismantling of this 'Insecurity Industry' by banning trade in intrusive software and penalizing enablers. | In a searing
(2021-07-27). France Neoliberal Macron: Vanguard of a Covid Global Corporate Dictatorship? dissidentvoice.org 
Citoyen Chouette Archive Liberte-Egalite-Fraternite: under Macron's pass sanitaire guillotine? For the few of us who are students of history, and its aficionado travelers, meaning those who muse and wonder at times about how significant figures of the past would view our often dire predicament, it is rather obvious that, for example, the founding fathers of …
(2021-07-27). Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records — they shatter them. juancole.com 
By Scott Denning | — ( The Conversation) — Summer isn't even half over, and we've seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would be hot for Death Valley, enormous fires that have sent smoke across North America, and lethal floods of biblical proportions in Germany and China. Scientists have …
(2021-07-27). The Roma struggle from protests to political liberation. roarmag.org 
The second racialized peoples-led protest against police brutality and institutional racism in Madrid, Spain — 2018. Photo: Kale Amenge | The recent
(2021-07-27). What is the Difference between Swastikas and Crosses? dissidentvoice.org 
On 24 July 1534, French navigator Jacques Cartier voyaged to the Gulf of Kaniatarowanenneh (River of the Mohawks, St Lawrence) and planted a cross on the shore of Gaspé. It signified claiming possession of the territory on behalf of the king of France, Francis I. Donnacona, chief of Stadacona (Québec city), was unhappy at this …
(2021-07-27). Intelligence forces arrest Mossad terrorist network in W Iran. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced on Tuesday that a network of the members of the Zionist regime's Spy Organization (Mossad) was arrested on the western border of the country.
(2021-07-27). Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, U.S. CDC director says. ecns.cn "The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday.
(2021-07-27). U.S. rocked by more than 900 shooting incidents last week: media. ecns.cn More than 900 shooting incidents took place across the United States last week, according to ABC News.
(2021-07-27). Americans' optimism about country's direction drops nearly 20 points: poll. ecns.cn Americans' optimism about the direction of the country has dropped nearly 20 points, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll.
(2021-07-27). Comicomment: U.S. 'cannot fool all the people all the time' over Fort Detrick. ecns.cn You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
(2021-07-27). Effect of Systemic Hydrocortisone Started After Birth in Ventilated Preterm Infants on Mortality and Neurodevelopment. jamanetwork.com This follow-up to the STOP-BPD randomized clinical trial, which investigated the efficacy and safety of systemic hydrocortisone treatment initiated 7 to 14 days after birth in ventilator-dependent, very preterm infants in the Netherlands and Belgium at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age, examines the prespecified composite of death and neurodevelopmental impairment among these infants at 2 years' corrected age.
(2021-07-27). Polish Amazon Workers Are Organizing. popularresistance.org Although Amazon is based in the United States, its workforce now extends around the world. This has been used by the company to suppress wages and increase productivity through greater competition. But there are efforts to counter that strategy, with some workers across Europe building connections and the capacity to organize together. It is still an uphill battle as Amazon creates individual contracts for its locations, doing its best to pit workers against one another not only from country to country, but from warehouse to warehouse. Yet the efforts remain, pointing toward possibilities for the future of intern…
(2021-07-27). 16 Injured, Several Missing After Chemical Site Blast in Germany. telesurenglish.net At least 16 people were injured and several others were missing after an explosion at an integrated chemical site in the western German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday morning, local media reported. | RELATED: | The explosion happened at Chempark Leverkusen at around 9: 40 a.m. for a previously unknown cause, with subsequent fire in the tank farm of a disposal center, said Currenta, the company operating the Chempark site, in a statement online. | An…
(2021-07-27). What We Can Learn From Iceland's 4-Day Work Week. popularresistance.org Between 2015 and 2019, the government of Iceland and the Reykjavik City Council undertook an employment experiment, allowing a sample of workers access to a shorter work week without any loss of pay. The results are now in, and over the past week or so the study's findings have garnered significant media attention. Many are declaring the Icelandic pilot "an overwhelming success," reporting that workers experienced greater work-life balance, reduced stress and more free time with family.
(2021-07-27). U.S. Sanctions: Weapons of Economic Warfare. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-07-27). Russia Vows To Foil Western Meddling In Its Upcoming Elections. oneworld.press Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov vowed that his country will foil Western meddling in its upcoming elections, which he expects will be attempted through a variety of means including politicized foreign observers as well as the propagation of false narratives concerning Russia's foreign and domestic policies which aim to negatively influence voters' perceptions of the ruling authorities.
(2021-07-27). Olympics: Gymnastic Gold For Russia. telesurenglish.net The Russian gymnasts – competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) — seized the gold ahead of the United States and Great Britain, which won silver and bronze respectively, bringing an end to U.S. dominance in the event. | RELATED: | The Russian women's gymnastics team add their gold medals to those won by the men's outfit on Monday, with the country currently fourth in the Olympic medal leaderboards a…
(2021-07-27). World Leaders to Attend Castillo's Swearing-in Ceremony. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, several presidents and world leaders will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Peru's President-elect Pedro Castillo and other protocol events amidst the 200th anniversary of the Andean country's independence from Spain. | RELATED: | Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez on Tuesday arrived in Lima. He was one of the first leaders to congratulate Castillo on his electoral victory, although the electoral authorities had not yet completed…
(2021-07-27). US drone whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison. rt.com 
Daniel Hale, a former US Air Force intelligence analyst who leaked information about civilian deaths caused by drone strikes overseas, has been sentenced to almost four years in prison under the Espionage Act. | US District Judge Liam O'Grady passed the sentence on Tuesday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, saying that the 45-month sentence was needed as a deterrent to others from disclosing government secrets. O'Grady told Hale he had other options than to share classified documents with a reporter. | Whistleblower Daniel Hale faces sentencing today for revealing the widespread murder of civilians by…
(2021-07-27). 'A Hitman Sent Them,' Capitol Police Officer Says of January 6 Attackers. commondreams.org The massive storms in Germany, heat domes, and fires that produce their own weather suggest that models of linear progress may no longer be appropriate for storms of this magnitude and intensity.
(2021-07-27). Western left intellectuals and their love affair with the attempted 'color revolution' in Cuba. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Noam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar, Paul Le Blanc, Suzi Weissman, Tithi Bhattacharya, Charlie Post, Robert Brenner, Gayatri Spivak, Alex Callinicos, Ashley Smith, Eric Toussaint, Marc Cooper, Etienne Balibar. These are a handful of the over 500 signatories on an open letter directed to the blockaded Cuban government on July 12 demanding "respect for the democratic rights of all Cuban people" and the release of "dissident Marxist" Frank García Hernández and his comrades from jail after the protests of July 11. | These signatories are high-profile academic socialists in the U.S. and Europe, featured promine…
(2021-07-27). Press Release of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in France. libya360.wordpress.com During the night of July 26-27, the Cuban Embassy in France was the object of a terrorist attack perpetrated by two individuals who threw three Molotov cocktails, causing a fire on the faàßade and entrance of this diplomatic mission. Cuban diplomatic personnel were not injured, but material damage was noted. Terrorist acts such as this…
(2021-07-27). Military Situation In Syria On July 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 29 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 1 — in Aleppo province | On July 26, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kansafra area | On July 26, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Safuhin and Fatirah | On July 26, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF p…
(2021-07-27). Ukraine, fourth member of bloc with Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From a self-celebratory article by Vadym Nozdria on the website of the Ukrainian National News Agency (Ukrinform). Ukrainian-Pakistani military integration complements Ukrainian-Turkey-Azerbaijan military integration. ==== Strategic importance: Ukraine, Turkey develop drones for wars in Donbass, Caucasus U.S., Ukraine, Turkey gear up Kosovo model for Russia After Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh: Ukraine to use Turkish drones for …
(2021-07-27). NATO threatens Russia with war games, tanks, missiles — daily. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Reproduced in its entirety from today's TASS. Key points, and there are several, are in bold print. ==== Pentagon deploys "combat-credible" 1st Infantry Division to Poland Belarus: European leaders bringing world closer to World War III U.S. airborne troops, armored vehicles arrive for multinational NATO exercise in Georgia U.S. delegation visits Ukraine war zone, pledges …
(2021-07-27). Greenwashing the Tokyo Olympic Games. counterpunch.org "The gap between rhetoric and reality is a persistent one when looking at the sustainability of commitments of Olympic Games hosts". — Martin Màºller, European Urban and Regional Studies, 2015 The organisers of the Olympics have always been into appearances and grand theatre. And the International Olympic Committee has always been keen in keeping them
(2021-07-27). By acknowledging America can't stop the pipeline, Biden's Nord Stream 2 deal seals the end of the Washington-centric world order. rt.com 
The new agreement between the US and Germany was supposed to show the West was united behind American leadership across the globe. Instead, the deal lays bare the emerging fault lines in a rapidly changing multi-polar world. | Clothed in the usual unifying language of upholding common values and confronting Russia, the pact was published last week to great fanfare and harsh criticism at the same time. The US agreed to give its "permission" for the gas pipeline, in exchange for concessions from Germany. Berlin has committed to a one-off payment of $175 million to fund Ukraine's transition to greener energy, and…
(2021-07-27). In Videos: Large Explosion At Chemical Plant In Leverkusen, Germany. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, an explosion rocked a chemical plant in Leverkusen, Germany. Two people have died and at least 31 have been injured, according to preliminary data. | The explosion occurred at a tank farm that is part of the facility. The fire was put out, but 5 employees are still missing, and a search is underway."We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident and the death of an employee," Chempark site operator Currenta said in a statement. | The city of Leverkusen is located 20 kilometers north of…
(2021-07-27). COVID's Taken 3 Million Lives as Rich Nations Blocked Vaccine Patent Waiver. truthout.org 
More than three million people across the globe have died of Covid-19 in the roughly nine months since India and South Africa first proposed a temporary patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines, a popular measure that Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other rich countries have blocked. | According to an analysis released Tuesday morning by the U.K.-based advocacy group Global Justice Now, 3.08 million people have succumbed to the coronavirus since members of the World Trade Organization be…
(2021-07-27). Ukraine Received First Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drone From Turkey. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Ukrainian Navy accepted the delivery of its first Bayraktar TB-2 combat drone on July 15th, Kiev's Defense Ministry announced. | –ù–∞–±–∏—Ä–∞—î–º–æ –≤–∏—Å–æ—Ç—É! | –ú—ñ–Ω—ñ—Å—Ç—Ä –æ–±–æ…
(2021-07-27). From Afghanistan to Russia and China: David Swanson talks to RT International 2021 07 26. warisacrime.org
(2021-07-27). Respiratory illnesses on the rise with symptoms similar to COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A respiratory infection prevalent mostly in the winter has been increasing in parts of the U.S."Particularly in the South part of the U.S., we have seen an increase in what's called RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus. It's a virus that causes a cold much like influenza causes a cold, though it can be severe in very young children and elderly adults," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases physician and researcher at Mayo Clinic. Watch: …
(2021-07-27). 3 million people have died of Covid since rich nations began obstructing vaccine patent waiver. nationofchange.org "Every one of those deaths is a mark of shame for the governments of countries like the U.K. and Germany who have protected patents over human lives."