2022-08-07: News Headlines

____ (2022-08-07). World food prices decline amid relief from restarted Ukraine grain exports: FAO. ecns.cn World food prices declined dramatically in July, according to the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday.

____ (2022-08-07). Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a 'malicious provocation': Medvedev. ecns.cn Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a "malicious provocation."

____ (2022-08-07). 2nd caravan of grain ships from Ukraine arrive in Istanbul. ecns.cn The second caravan of ships transporting grain from Ukraine arrived at the shores of Istanbul, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry on Saturday.

____ (2022-08-07). Four more grain ships depart Ukraine ports: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — Four ships carrying food produce sailed from Black Sea ports in Ukraine Sunday as part of a deal to unblock the country's sea exports, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-07). The Strategies of Global Warfare: War with China and Russia? Washington's Military Design in the Asia-Pacific. globalresearch.ca Pivot to Asia: China is threatened by the US military in the South and East China Sea. War with China is currently on the drawing board of the Pentagon as outlined in a Rand Report commissioned by the US Army…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The US Keeps Reneging on Arms Control Agreements, So Why Should Russia Trust Biden's Latest Overtures? libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter >An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., August 2, 2017 Washington's track record on fulfilling treaty obligations is not exactly stellar. This week, in an address to the Tenth Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons — which…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-08-07). Video: America Is Preparing for Confrontation with Russia and China. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on December 14, 2018, of relevance to unfolding events | At first glance, it reads like the script for a Hollywood catastrophe movie. And yet it's one of the scenarios that is actually being considered in …

____ (2022-08-07). Chinese, Russian FMs meet in Cambodia. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the latter's request on the sidelines of meetings of foreign ministers on East Asia cooperation.

TeleSUR-mcs- JL (2022-08-07). Al menos 700 españoles son evacuados tras incendio forestal. telesurtv.net Los incendios han arrasado más de 135.000 hectáreas en la nación europea.

Staff (2022-08-07). Cubanas vencen a Austria en Olimpiada de Ajedrez mientras los varones empatan. cubadebate.cu La selección de Cuba se impuso este sábado 3,5-0,5 a Austria y ascendió hasta el lugar 25 de la lid para mujeres, tras la séptima ronda de la Olimpiada de Ajedrez de Chennai 2022. En la sección abierta el elenco masculino de la Isla enfrentó a Andorra y al menos en los números parecía posible un resultado mejor. Pero no siempre la realidad se ajusta a las previsiones y eso sucedió con el empate a dos unidades,…

____ (2022-08-07). Iran Bagheri, EU's Mora hold meeting in Vienna in fresh talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — In fresh talks on the removal of anti-Iranian sanctions in Austrian capital of Vienna, Iran's chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani met and held talks with EU Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora.

____ (2022-08-07). Iran chief negotiator attends mourning ceremony in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — Members of Iranian negotiating team participated in the mourning ceremony of Third Imam of Shia Muslims Imam Hussein (Peace Be Upon Him) held at Islamic Center in Austrian capital of Vienna on Saturday night.

____ (2022-08-07). Iran missile launchers arrive in Baku for Sea Cup competition. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — The Defense Ministry of Republic of Azerbaijan announced the arrival of two Iranian missile launchers in the Azeri capital of Baku on Sunday to take part in Sea Cup Competitions.

Staff (2022-08-06). 7 August, Rotterdam: Protest for Palestine, the Palestinian People and the Resistance. samidoun.net Sunday, 7 August 4 pm Binnenwegplein Rotterdam, Netherlands Info: www.instagram.com/p/Cg5Z9a2IeyH/ Protest for Palestine, the Palestinian People and the Resistance The occupying forces killed ten Palestinians in Gaza this Friday, including a 5-year-old girl and Islamic Jihad resistance leader Tayseer al-Jabari, and injured dozens. The attacks follow after the occupying forces arrested Bassam al-Saadi, leader of …

_____ (2022-08-06). US is Actively Trying to Transform Kyrgyzstan into Anti-Russia. journal-neo.org The geopolitical confrontation between the collective West, led by the United States, and Russia has noticeably intensified and in recent months, after Moscow launched a special operation to denazify Ukraine, has perhaps reached its peak. This confrontation is especially clearly manifested in the political and trade and economic spheres. The United States, having recently made …

Roger Annis (2022-08-06). Shedding Light on Who, Exactly, is Responsible for the War in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com On July 7, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR.org) published an article by Gregory Shupak analyzing the hypocrisy of U.S. …

WSWS (2022-08-06). Amnesty International report exposes Ukraine's violations of international law, deliberate use of civilians as human shields. wsws.org The report has dealt a significant blow to the relentless war propaganda in the media and has provoked a hysterical response by the Ukrainian government.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-06). "The Doomsday Forum": Senior Military, Nuclear Weapons Officials Convene… America's "$1 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Plan". Take out Russia, Iran and North Korea? globalresearch.ca "Blowing up the Planet" through the use of "peace-making nuclear bombs" is a money making undertaking, a corporate bonanza for the "defense" contractors.

TeleSUR (2022-08-06). Tàºrkiye and Russia Agree to Trade in Rubles. telesurenglish.net On August 5, the presidents of Russia and Tàºrkiye signed a memorandum on the development of their trade and discussed the use of Russian Mir cards. | RELATED: | "Of course, this visit to Sochi had one good thing: we agreed on the ruble with [Vladimir] Putin. As we are going to make these exchanges in rubles, this will of course bring money to Russia and Tàºrkiye as a separate source between Tàºrki…

Ali Abunimah (2022-08-06). US, Europe greenlight Israel's latest Gaza massacre. electronicintifada.net Western weapons, money and political support sustain Israel's persecution of the Palestinian people and keep the blood flowing.

Staff (2022-08-06). Russia destroys two more Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Russia's Aerospace Forces destroyed two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft during the past day, according to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman.

____ (2022-08-06). Grossi reacts to shelling Zaporizhzhya power plant in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expresses concern over shelling of Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, calling on parties to show restraint and abstain from resorting to military force.

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-08-06). RIAC and Oxford Process Second Expert Round Table. russiancouncil.ru On August 4, 2022, RIAC together with Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the second joint expert round table on the challenges of settling the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Russian and British experts discussed the analytical materials prepared by Oxford Process on issues of territorial integrity…

Staff (2022-08-06). US attempt to shift responsibility for food crisis to Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov slammed as absurd Washington's attempts to shift responsibility for the global food crisis to Russia.

Staff (2022-08-06). Mora rejects '72-hour deadline' for Iran nuclear talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — European Union's coordinator in Iran nuclear talks Enrique Mora has rejected a report that claimed there is a "72-hour deadline" in the negotiations.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-06). EU says optimistic about reaching agreement in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Peter Stano, the spokesman for the European Union expressed his optimism about reaching an agreement in the Vienna talks while saying that it hinges on the participants' decisions.

WSWS (2022-08-06). New Zealand government nervous about US-China confrontation. wsws.org Notwithstanding the evident concern in ruling circles about the US-China confrontation, New Zealand is integrated into the US alliance, its war against Russia, and war plans against China.

____ (2022-08-06). Russian, Chinese FMs discuss Iran in ASEAN summit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Russian and Chinese foreign ministers discussed Iran's nuclear deal and countering US bullying on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Cambodia.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-06). Turkey's military base in Syria attacked with rockets. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Local Syrian media reported a missile attack on a Turkish military base in the northern suburb of Aleppo on Saturday.

____ (2022-08-06). Chinese Foreign Ministry summons European, Japanese envoys to protest against G7's wrong statement on Taiwan question, urging countries not to go further down dangerous path. ecns.cn China firmly opposes to the G7 statement and staged a solemn representation, Deng said, according to a statement issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday after Deng summoned relevant European envoys.

____ (2022-08-06). Iran's export of products to Turkey up 81% in H1. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Statistical Department of Turkey announced on Saturday that Iran's export of products to neighboring Turkey in first six months of the current year in 2022 registered an 81 percent growth.

The Lancet (2022-08-06). [Editorial] 2022 heatwaves: a failure to proactively manage the risks. thelancet.com Human-induced climate change has made extreme heatwaves, wildfires, and flash floods substantially more likely and more severe. Yet, health impacts are widely underestimated. Most countries have failed to adequately plan, adapt, and use evidence-based information to protect their populations. For some countries, this is a dangerous failure of action, but others lack the adequate human and financial resources to respond. So far this year, India, Pakistan, the USA, China, and Europe have experienced extreme and dangerous heatwaves that damaged vital infrastructure and threatened to overwhelm emergency service capac…

Steve Watson (2022-08-06). Member of European Parliament Labels COVID Vaccine Coercion "Worst Crime Ever Committed on Humanity" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-08-06). Iranian cyclist wins silver medal in ISG. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iranian cyclist Behnam Arian won the silver medal in the Konya 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG), Turkey.

____ (2022-08-06). US, Europe failed to impose demands on Iran: Marandi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Emphasizing that salient progress has been made in the negotiations on the removal of anti-Iran sanctions, advisor to Iran's negotiating team said that Europeans and Americans have failed to impose their demands against Iran.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2022-08-06). La Unión Europea respira con dificultad. globalizacion.ca La política esgrimida por los actuales dirigentes de la Unión Europea (UE) con respecto a cumplir las exigencias de Washington en el sentido de imponer todo tipo de sanciones contra Rusia, ha impulsado a esa agrupación a depender, aún más,…

Aranka V Ballering, Sander K R van Zon, Tim C olde Hartman, Judith G M Rosmalen, Lifelines Corona Research Initiative (2022-08-06). [Articles] Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study. thelancet.com To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the nature and prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition, while correcting for individual symptoms present before COVID-19 and the symptom dynamics in the population without SARS-CoV-2 infection during the pandemic. Further research that distinguishes potential mechanisms driving post-COVID-19-related symptomatology is required.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Preparing deportation law, France targets imam Hassan Iquioussen. wsws.org Despite a legal order suspending the government's expulsion order, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin continued his pursuit of Hassan Iquioussen on Friday.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-08-06). The B61-12 Mini-nukes "Made in America" to be Used in "A Nuclear First Strike". Coming Soon to Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-08-06). Azerbaijani President to meet Armenian PM in Brussels. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will hold a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels, President of the European Council Charles Michel said.

Eferrari10 (2022-08-06). Venezuela Gold Case: Queen Elizabeth Recognizes Maduro, Reveals Central Bank President (+Letters). orinocotribune.com This Friday, August 5, the Venezuelan government presented diplomatic letters signed by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed to President Nicolás Maduro, in which the Queen recognizes Maduro as the head of state and government of Venezuela. These letters will be used as evidence by the Venezuelan government to demand access to the 31 tons of gold that remain seized in the Bank of England, reported financial news agency The president of the Cent…

Staff (2022-08-06). Bagheri Kani, Mora hold meeting as Vienna talks continue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iran's top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora held a bilateral meeting in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Saturday.

F. William Engdahl (2022-08-06). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-08-05). Has the Ukraine Conflict Driven U.S. Government Officials Crazy? covertactionmagazine.com Latest outrage is the FBI's use of flash-bang grenades and drones to startle 80-year-old leader of Black Nationalist organization who …

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