Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-31: News Headlines

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Russia to defend its maritime interests "resolutely" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Russia's naval fleet will start receiving the newest Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles "in the coming months," President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.

Esha Krishnaswamy (2022-07-31). "These are animals, not people": Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military. thegrayzone.com Once condemned by Ukrainian officials and imprisoned for sadistic torture and the rape of minors, leaders of the notorious Tornado Battalion are free under Volodymyr Zelensky's orders. After banning virtually his entire political opposition, publishing a blacklist of foreign journalists and academics accused of advancing "Russian propaganda," and ramming through a law exempting 70% of Ukrainians from workplace protections, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has freed from prison fascist militants convicted of some of the most heinous crimes the country has …

____ (2022-07-31). Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Latvia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had stopped sending gas to Latvia after violating supply conditions, a move the Baltic country said would have little impact on its gas supplies.

____ (2022-07-31). Ukraine's GDP to drop 33.4 pct in 2022: central bank. ecns.cn Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 33.4 percent this year amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.

____ (2022-07-31). (W.E. Talk) Shing-Tung Yau: Why are many Chinese students good at solving mathematical problems but not becoming great mathematicians. ecns.cn Recently, the Fields Medal which is known as the Nobel Prize in mathematics issued every four years was announced. Four "Generation Y", young mathematicians from France, America, Britain and Ukraine won the prizes. There into, June Huh has an especially legendary experience, who is a Korean-American mathematician had a bad math performance and even was repelled by math in his early years, finally becomes another Asian who won the medal after Shing-Tung Yau, Terence Chi-Shen Tao and Bao Chau Ngo.

____ (2022-07-31). US, Oman FMs discuss JCPOA, Ukraine war, Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Foreign Ministry of Oman announced on Saturday that Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamood Al Busaidi held a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss JCPOA, Ukraine war and ceasefire in Yemen.

Americanthinker (2022-07-31). Russia returning to state-sanctioned antisemitism? americanthinker.com In the USSR, there was state antisemitism. Now it seems to be coming back.

Staff (2022-07-31). Syria holds joint military drill with Russia (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Syrian Armed Forces, in cooperation with the Russian Army, held an amphibious military exercise on Sunday.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-07-31). España confirma segundo deceso por la viruela del mono. telesurtv.net Estos dos fallecimientos constituyen los únicos registrados en territorio europeo como consecuencia de la enfermedad.

Staff (2022-07-31). Turkey to dispach 2nd humanitarian aid cargo to Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The Ministry of Defense of Turkey announced on Twitter that the second cargo plane of the Turkish Air Force is ready to transfer Turkish humanitarian aid to the victims of the recent floods in Iran.

Staff (2022-07-31). Iran gets bronze medal at Qazaq Kuresi World Grand Prix. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The Iranian sportsman won a bronze medal in the traditional wrestling style of Kazakhstan at Qazaq Kuresi World Grand Prix.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Zelensky calls prison strike 'deliberate Russian war crime'. english.alaraby.co.uk President "Today I received information about the attack by the occupiers on Olenivka [the prison's location], in the Donetsk region. It is a deliberate Russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoner…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-07-30). China is issuing the same "Red Line" warnings about Taiwan that Russia issued about Ukraine. mronline.org House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to pour gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire that is her planned visit to Taiwan next month, now reportedly encouraging other members of congress to come along for the ride.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). US envoy: Russia intends to dissolve Ukraine from world map. english.alaraby.co.uk The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday there should no longer be any doubt that Russia intends to dismantle Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the

Americanthinker (2022-07-30). How about some international restraint on Ukraine? americanthinker.com Maybe it's time America stopped going abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's war offensive: Berlin approves delivery of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. wsws.org The war aims associated with the massive arms shipments are clear: NATO and Berlin are pursuing the goal of continuing the war until Russia's military defeat.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations. wsws.org The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-30). Azerbaijan Supplied Ukraine With Dozens Of Precision-Guided Bombs In Secret. southfront.org The QFAB-2 LG laser-guided bomb. Source: the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Republic. | Azerbaijan had secretly supplied Ukraine with dozens of precision-guided bombs, documents leaked by the Iraqi Sabereen News Telegram channel on July 27 revealed. | According to the shipping documents, the bombs were sent by the CIHAZ Industrial Association, which is owned by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, to Ukrspecexport, a Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company. | Ukrainian airline Meridian, that h…

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. fifth-generation warplanes in Britain en route to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJuly 28, 2022 US F-22 Raptors arrive in England for NATO Air Shielding United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, on July 27 en route to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, ≈Åask, Poland, to support NATO's Air Shielding mission. The F-22 Raptor performs both …

Staff (2022-07-30). Nuclear missions: State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJuly 29, 2022 US State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of over $8 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Germany, moving closer to providing Berlin with new fighter aircraft for nuclear deterrence missions. The State Department on Thursday announced the foreign military …

Nino Pagliccia (2022-07-30). The Ongoing Infowar Against Cuba: From the Moncada Assault to the Embargo. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 26, 2022 | Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish colonisation, the killings of indigenous people, slavery, etc. that finally took a major turn for socialist gains in the mid-20th century. | Cubans fought two wars to become independent from Spain in the 19th century. Those wars were the crucible where heroes were forged. José Martí was one such hero, killed in battle in 1895, that still symbolises today the courageous revolutionary spirit of Cubans. | When Cubans had practically achieved their goal to defeat Spanish domination with much human sacrifice at the…

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Iran arrests Sweden citizen on espionage charges: IRNA. english.alaraby.co.uk "The intelligence ministry announced that a citizen of the Kingdom of Sweden was arrested on espionage charges," IRNA quoted a ministry statement a saying. It did not say when the arrest was made. | Sweden's foreign ministry said it was aware of the case. | "This is a known and ongoing case which the Foreign M…

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's military-academic complex publishes war manifesto. wsws.org It denounces any "desire for an early ceasefire and political solution" as "dangerous," and calls for "the standard and quantity of Western arms deliveries" to be increased.

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2022-07-30). The Balancing Act — How Russia Struggles to Appear on Africa's Horizon. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-07-30). Condemn the FBI raids in St Louis, MO and St Petersburg, FL! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | On the morning of Friday, July 29th, the FBI conducted raids at multiple locations, including the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida, the private residence of Omali Yeshitela in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the Uhuru Solidarity Center, also in St. Louis. The FBI employed flashbang grenades and handcuffed Yeshitela and his wife while the house was raided. The FBI says that the raids are connected to the federal indictment of a Russian…

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (2022-07-30). Shouldn't Biden be talking directly to Putin? indianpunchline.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at latter's request, Jul 29, 2022 No sooner than Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returned to Moscow after the SCO ministerial in Tashkent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's pending request for a conversation was scheduled late Friday evening. This has … |

____ (2022-07-30). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Tunis summons US envoy over criticism of constitutional vote. english.alaraby.co.uk Tunisia's foreign ministry summoned the US charge d'affaires on Friday to denounce "unacceptable" statements by American officials criticising this week's constitutional referendum and the country's political development. | The ministry said in a statement that it had called Natasha Franceschi, currently the top official at the US embassy, to its headquarters over recent remarks by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and American ambassadorial nominee Joey Hood. | In the statement, foreign minister Othman Jerandi slammed the "unacceptable interference in internal national affairs" and expressed "amazement" at th…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo. zerohedge.com Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo | As Germany bakes in a heatwave, water levels on the River Rhine — an 800-mile (1,288-kilometer) river that runs from Switzerland to the North Sea and is used to transport tens of millions of tons of commodities through inland Europe — have fallen to Water levels at the chokepoint of Kaub near Frankfurt declined to 25.6 inches (65 centimeters) on Thursday, its lowest reading since 2018, when…

Mark Taliano (2022-07-30). Katie Has a Story to Tell. marktaliano.net READ MORE: British Funeral Director Tells RFK, Jr. About Fear, Propaganda and COVID Vaccine Deaths During Early Days of Pandemic Member of European Parliament Labels COVID Vaccine Coercion "Worst Crime Ever Committed on Humanity" Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization Shocking: UK Government Admits COVID Vaccinated Children Are 4423% More Likely …

Staff (2022-07-30). Two Iranian border guards martyred in northwest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Two Iranian border guards were martyred on Saturday when they were patrolling an area in the border Salmas County in West Azerbaijan Province.

____ (2022-07-30). Iran, Belarus to launch short-term combined flights: min. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Tehran and Minsk will launch combined flights in short term.

Ferry Biedermann (2022-07-30). [World Report] New Dutch regulations to alleviate drug shortages. thelancet.com The Netherlands has some of the worst medicine shortages in Europe. Ferry Biedermann reports from Amsterdam.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). UK, US to hold joint drills in Finland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Around 150 British Army and Royal Air force personnel have deployed to Finland alongside US and Finnish armed forces for Exercise Vigilant Fox, the British government said.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). If Telling the Truth Puts Me on Ukraine's 'Russian Propagandist' Blacklist, I'll Wear that Proudly. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter When it comes to fact-based analysis, I'll take so-called 'Russian propaganda' over 'Ukrainian truth' every day. In 1997 I flew into Kiev, on-mission with the United Nations Special Commission to seek the assistance of the Ukrainian government in investigating the activities of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of illegally selling ballistic missile components and…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-29). US-NATO Intent upon Boycotting Russia-India Relations. globalresearch.ca

Donald Monaco (2022-07-29). Two Party Imperialism and War with Russia. A Historical Perspective. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-29). Russia's "Vostok 2022" War Games: Massive Military Exercise on "Invasion Scenarios" globalresearch.ca

Andrea Widburg (2022-07-29). Reducing Nitrogen Output Destroys Farms: Ireland Joins Canada and the Netherlands in Contributing to World Famine. globalresearch.ca

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-29). Italian government arrests militant unionists. workers.org Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics . . . |

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2022-07-30: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's war offensive: Berlin approves delivery of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. wsws.org The war aims associated with the massive arms shipments are clear: NATO and Berlin are pursuing the goal of continuing the war until Russia's military defeat.

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. fifth-generation warplanes in Britain en route to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJuly 28, 2022 US F-22 Raptors arrive in England for NATO Air Shielding United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, on July 27 en route to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, ≈Åask, Poland, to support NATO's Air Shielding mission. The F-22 Raptor performs both …

Staff (2022-07-30). Nuclear missions: State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJuly 29, 2022 US State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of over $8 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Germany, moving closer to providing Berlin with new fighter aircraft for nuclear deterrence missions. The State Department on Thursday announced the foreign military …

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's military-academic complex publishes war manifesto. wsws.org It denounces any "desire for an early ceasefire and political solution" as "dangerous," and calls for "the standard and quantity of Western arms deliveries" to be increased.

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). Spain reports first monkeypox-related death in Europe. tribune.com.pk Spain reported its first monkeypox-related death on Friday, in what is thought to be Europe's first death from the disease and only the second outside of Africa in the current outbreak. | Brazil reported earlier on Friday the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current wave of the disease. | According to a World Health Organization report from July 22, only five deaths had been reported worldwide, all in the African region. | The WHO last Saturday declared the rapidly spreading outbreak a global health emergency, its highest level of alert. | In its latest report, the Spanish Hea…

Nino Pagliccia (2022-07-30). The Ongoing Infowar Against Cuba: From the Moncada Assault to the Embargo. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 26, 2022 | Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish colonisation, the killings of indigenous people, slavery, etc. that finally took a major turn for socialist gains in the mid-20th century. | Cubans fought two wars to become independent from Spain in the 19th century. Those wars were the crucible where heroes were forged. José Martí was one such hero, killed in battle in 1895, that still symbolises today the courageous revolutionary spirit of Cubans. | When Cubans had practically achieved their goal to defeat Spanish domination with much human sacrifice at the…

Tyler Durden (2022-07-30). Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo. zerohedge.com Rhine Levels In Germany Forecast To Drop Lower As Barges Reduce Cargo | As Germany bakes in a heatwave, water levels on the River Rhine — an 800-mile (1,288-kilometer) river that runs from Switzerland to the North Sea and is used to transport tens of millions of tons of commodities through inland Europe — have fallen to Water levels at the chokepoint of Kaub near Frankfurt declined to 25.6 inches (65 centimeters) on Thursday, its lowest reading since 2018, when…

Gerald Sussman (2022-07-30). Russia-Ukraine conflict: the propaganda war. mronline.org What the mainstream media fail to see in the coverage of the current Ukraine crisis is that there is no text (narrative) without context. Long before the mainstream U.S. (and UK) media launched a worldwide propaganda war against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, the CIA had laid the foundations of the conflict in the early years following the Second World War—the Cold War.

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). India to ground MiG-21 fighter jets by 2025 – report. tribune.com.pk India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet's failure, a newspaper reported on Saturday. | The Times of India quoted unnamed Indian Air Force officials as saying the MiG-21s have long past their retirement but must be replaced before being grounded. | The report did not specify what portion of India's fighter-jet capability would be affected. The Wion news outlet said the air force has around 70 MiG-21s. The air force and defence ministry have been buying airc…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-07-30). China is issuing the same "Red Line" warnings about Taiwan that Russia issued about Ukraine. mronline.org House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to pour gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire that is her planned visit to Taiwan next month, now reportedly encouraging other members of congress to come along for the ride.

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (2022-07-30). Shouldn't Biden be talking directly to Putin? indianpunchline.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at latter's request, Jul 29, 2022 No sooner than Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returned to Moscow after the SCO ministerial in Tashkent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's pending request for a conversation was scheduled late Friday evening. This has … |

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). Iran arrests Swedish citizen on espionage charges. tribune.com.pk Iran's intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported, without naming the detained person. | "The intelligence ministry announced that a citizen of the Kingdom of Sweden was arrested on espionage charges," IRNA quoted a ministry statement a saying. It did not say when the arrest was made. | Sweden's Foreign Ministry said it was aware of the case. | "This is a known and ongoing case which the Foreign Ministry has been working on for a while," a spokesperson said in an emailed comment. | Also read: Iran says it detains Is…

Clean Energy Wire (2022-07-30). Germany: Là∂wenbrà§u, other Beer Brands to be Made with Wind and as Russian Gas Turns Unreliable. juancole.com By Hannah Naylor | inFranken.de / Sàºddeutsche Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire ) Bavarian breweries concerned about possible gas shortages are developing contingency plans to avoid a complete halt of beer production, reports regional news website inFranken.de. Munich breweries are considering switching to other energy sources, such as oil or renewables, but these …

Staff (2022-07-30). Two Iranian border guards martyred in northwest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Two Iranian border guards were martyred on Saturday when they were patrolling an area in the border Salmas County in West Azerbaijan Province.

Staff (2022-07-30). Russian embassy Condoles with Iran over flood crisis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — In a statement on Saturday, the Russian envoy to Tehran offered his sincere condolence to the families of victims of recent floods in Iran.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-30). Losses Reported After Attack By Turkey's Proxies On Syrian Army Positions In Northern Aleppo (Photos). southfront.org . | On July 30, militants from the Liberation and Building Movement, a coalition within the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, attacked several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) near the village of Tadef in the northern Aleppo countryside. | Tadef is located around a kilometer to the south of the town of al-Bab, the main stronghold of Turkey's proxies in northern Syria. | Turkish-backed militants shelled SAA positions with mortars and other heavy weapons then clashed with arm…

____ (2022-07-30). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

| Reuters | (2022-07-30). China defends military ship's planned visit to India's neighbour Sri Lanka. tribune.com.pk China said on Friday it hoped "relevant parties" would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship's planned visit to a port in India's southern neighbour Sri Lanka. | India worries that the Chinese-built and leased port of Hambantota will be used by China as a military base in India's backyard. The $1.5 billion port is near the main shipping route from Asia to Europe. | Shipping data from Refinitiv Eikon showed Chinese research and survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 was en route to Hambantota and due to arrive on Aug. 11, at a time when…

Staff (2022-07-30). EU halved purchases of Russian gas since Ukraine operation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said members of the European Union had halved purchases of Russian natural gas since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine.

Leon Kunstenaar, event announcement (2022-07-30). Haitians Demand Reparations at French Consulate and Citibank. indybay.org France: Amount Due to Haiti $21,685,135,571.48…

____ (2022-07-30). Iran, Belarus to launch short-term combined flights: min. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Tehran and Minsk will launch combined flights in short term.

____ (2022-07-30). Ukraine's GDP to drop 33.4 pct in 2022: central bank. ecns.cn Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 33.4 percent this year amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.

The Conversation (2022-07-30). Top 3 Reasons Climate Change is creating Record-Breaking Deluges and Flash Floods. juancole.com By Frances Davenport, Colorado State University | A powerful storm system triggered flooding in the Appalachians in late July, inundating and sweeping away homes in the night and killing at least 16 people, Kentucky's governor announced. The destruction followed flooding a few weeks earlier in the mountains of Virginia and Tennessee. In June, flooding …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-30). Azerbaijan Supplied Ukraine With Dozens Of Precision-Guided Bombs In Secret. southfront.org The QFAB-2 LG laser-guided bomb. Source: the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Republic. | Azerbaijan had secretly supplied Ukraine with dozens of precision-guided bombs, documents leaked by the Iraqi Sabereen News Telegram channel on July 27 revealed. | According to the shipping documents, the bombs were sent by the CIHAZ Industrial Association, which is owned by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, to Ukrspecexport, a Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company. | Ukrainian airline Meridian, that h…

WSWS (2022-07-30). Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations. wsws.org The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

Ferry Biedermann (2022-07-30). [World Report] New Dutch regulations to alleviate drug shortages. thelancet.com The Netherlands has some of the worst medicine shortages in Europe. Ferry Biedermann reports from Amsterdam.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-30). UK, US to hold joint drills in Finland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Around 150 British Army and Royal Air force personnel have deployed to Finland alongside US and Finnish armed forces for Exercise Vigilant Fox, the British government said.

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-29). All that I ask is that you fight for peace today: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens.

_____ (2022-07-29). Will Christina Quinn Impose US-style Democracy on Armenia? journal-neo.org The US has made no secret of its wish to push Armenia from Russia's sphere of influence, and in order to boost its efforts Washington plans to make some staffing changes at its embassy in Yerevan. Specifically, it intends to strengthen its core of "experienced personnel" who have already been trained in anti-Russian activities in …

Anonymous765 (2022-07-29). Iraqi Resistance Exact Revenge On Turkey. southfront.org |

_____ (2022-07-29). All That I Ask Is That You Fight for Peace Today. popularresistance.org The fragility of Europe's energy supply has once again been on display in recent months. Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens. Shortly thereafter, on 11 July, the pipeline was taken offline for ten days for annual routine maintenance. Despite receiving assurances from Moscow that the supply would resume as scheduled, European leaders expressed fears that the shutdown would continue indefinitely in retaliation for sanctions impose…

_____ (2022-07-29). West Prepares To Plunder Post-War Ukraine. popularresistance.org While the United States and Europe flood Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars of weapons, using it as an anti-Russian proxy and pouring fuel on the fire of a brutal war that is devastating the country, they are also making plans to essentially plunder its post-war economy. | Representatives of Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland this July to plan a series of harsh neoliberal policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors." | Ukraine has been destabilized by violen…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). How the US Is Killing Its Principal Competitor — The EU. orinocotribune.com By Vladimir Danilov Jul 24, 2022 | 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 struggle with Europe in economics, trade and for global domination. | By pursuing the policy of weakening of the national elites and economy of the European countries, the United States managed to remove Europe from among its c…

Editor (2022-07-29). Sanctions had no effect on Moscow yet Europe lost 4 governments: Orban. mronline.org The Western strategy to weaken Russia backfires on Europe.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). Why is Europe Silent on Ukraine's Attempts to Create a New Chernobyl? libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Ukraine, on the eve of a decision by residents liberated from Kiev's Nazi regime to hold a referendum on Zaporozhye Region becoming part of Russia, has turned to nuclear terrorism, trying to destroy nuclear power plants, intimidate civilians and force residents to leave the region. To this end, Kiev's regime attacked the Zaporozhskaya NPP with…

Andrea Widburg (2022-07-29). Reducing Nitrogen Output Destroys Farms: Ireland Joins Canada and the Netherlands in Contributing to World Famine. globalresearch.ca

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-29). Italian government arrests militant unionists. workers.org Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics . . . |

Editor2 (2022-07-29). EU Member Resumes Sanctioned Goods Transit. orinocotribune.com The move follows EU clarifications on rail shipments to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad | Lithuanian Railways resumed the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad, starting on July 22, Mantas Dubauskas, spokesman for LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, said on LRT TV on Friday. | "Customers are informed that it is already possible to transport, since we have received [EU] clarifications… If clients make it in time to transport [the cargo] today, then it is possible that some products will be shipped today," Dubauskas said, as cited by TASS. | On June 18, Lit…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Transit of Goods to Kaliningrad Resumes. orinocotribune.com The move follows EU clarifications on rail shipments to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad | Lithuanian Railways resumed the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad, starting on July 22, Mantas Dubauskas, spokesman for LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, said on LRT TV on Friday. | "Customers are informed that it is already possible to transport, since we have received [EU] clarifications… If clients make it in time to transport [the cargo] today, then it is possible that some products will be shipped today," Dubauskas said, as cited by TASS. | On June 18, Lit…

Donald Monaco (2022-07-29). Two Party Imperialism and War with Russia. A Historical Perspective. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-07-29). US-NATO Intent upon Boycotting Russia-India Relations. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-29). Russia's "Vostok 2022" War Games: Massive Military Exercise on "Invasion Scenarios" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Kiev Assassinated Dozens Of Its Own Azov Heroes (18+). southfront.org In the early morning of July 29, Kiev's forces shelled a detention center for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the village of Elenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The blow was struck precisely at the barracks in which the captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment were held. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the attack. According to the Russia's Defense Ministry and local authorities, Ukrainian troops used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike th…

Connor Freeman (2022-07-29). Blinken Holds First Call With Lavrov Since February, Ceasefires Not Discussed. news.antiwar.com During a news conference on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced he held a call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on a potential bilateral prisoner exchange. A State Department official said the call lasted approximately 25 minutes. Washington and Moscow's top diplomats discussed the Ukrainian grain export deal brokered by the UN and …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-29). Russia's Vostok 2022 Has Big Messages. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-29). If Telling the Truth Puts Me on Ukraine's 'Russian Propagandist' Blacklist, I'll Wear that Proudly. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter When it comes to fact-based analysis, I'll take so-called 'Russian propaganda' over 'Ukrainian truth' every day. In 1997 I flew into Kiev, on-mission with the United Nations Special Commission to seek the assistance of the Ukrainian government in investigating the activities of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of illegally selling ballistic missile components and…

Infobrics (2022-07-29). Egypt's Russian-built nuclear plant places Cairo into global nuclear club. infobrics.org Cairo is to balance its relationship with both Russia and the US – whether Washington likes it or not.

Infobrics (2022-07-29). China's patience running out as US ramps up its provocative foreign policy. infobrics.org As a result of its belligerence, the US is now locked in a New Cold War with both Russia and China, concurrently.

Infobrics (2022-07-29). Russian Coal Miners Turn to India as War Upends Commodity Flows. infobrics.org While coal previously had priority over other goods, now it's competing for scarce capacity with iron and steel…

Infobrics (2022-07-29). Hainan Airlines Resumes Flights to Russia. infobrics.org The Chinese carrier will operate once weekly between Beijing and Moscow with its Airbus A330s…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Kiev Eliminates POW Witnesses/ Commentary and Photos by Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Reality Theories, Eva K Bartlett, [2022-07-29 11: AM][ Album ]*Warning, graphic photos in this post. Pretty horrific scenes today at the detention center near the village of Yelenovka which Ukraine bombed late last night with American HIMARS. Press Secretary of the DPR Military Command, Eduard Basurin, said there are a confirmed 53 Ukrainian POWs dead, …

Evan Reif (2022-07-29). What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com "I wonder how it came to pass that most of the billionaires in Ukraine are Jews?"—Dmytro Yarosh, former People's Deputy …

____ (2022-07-29). Topic For Friday. Tony Blinken's Song;)). smoothiex12.blogspot.com Pick up the phone, What a great tune from F.R. David. See Russian Foreign Ministry transcript, LOL. Oh, the eighties…

WSWS (2022-07-29). German union Verdi ends strike at university hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia. wsws.org The negotiated collective agreement does not provide any real improvements for the nursing staff in Germany's most populous state, but serves to cement the intolerable working conditions in the clinics.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). Turkey Threatens North Syria Intervention, Drone Strike Kills Four. news.antiwar.com Four Kurdish force members in northern Syria were War is always on the horizon in any Kurdish territory near Turkey. With the Turkish forces already engaged in an operation in Iraq, Turkish officials say that a new military campaign in Syria could begin " The Syrian force…

Staff (2022-07-29). Iranian, Azerbaijani warships to attend Russian naval parade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iranian and Azerbaijani combat ships will participate in Russia's naval parade on the Caspian Sea for the 1st time.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). Turkish FM: Turkey Would Support Assad Against Kurdish SDF. news.antiwar.com In a TV interview once again emphasizing a Syria operation could happen at any time, Turkish FM Mevlut Cavosoglu reported Turkey That brings Turkey's involvement in Syria full circle. Early in the Syrian Civil Warm Turkey broke with Assad and backed the Sunni rebels, reasoning they'd be more anti-Kurd if they won. | They didn't win though, and as Turkey moved against the Kurds with rebel-backed offensives, they naturally aligned with the…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Greek government moves to weekly COVID reporting as cases and deaths surge. wsws.org The surge in Greece is down to the premature lifting of virtually all public health measures in anticipation of the summer tourist season.

____ (2022-07-29). China-Switzerland Stock Connect officially launched. ecns.cn The China-Switzerland Stock Connect program was officially launched on Thursday, China's top securities regulator has said.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). Russia To Improve Krasnopol Laser-Guided Artillery Round. southfront.org Work is undergoing to develop the 2K25 Krasnopol precision-guided artillery round, CEO of Russia's defense giant Kalashnikov Concern, Vladimir Lepin, said in an interview with Kalashnikov magazine published on July 28. | Lepin said that the artillery round will get an extended firing range, greater firepower and higher firing efficiency after its upgrade."Today we are at the final stage of the experimental design work on the modern modification of the Krasnopol precision-guided shell, under which the Kalas…

Staff (2022-07-29). Belarús y Cuba firman convenio para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos. cubadebate.cu En Belarús se firma de Memorando de Entendimiento para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos entre Biocubafarma, la empresa de administración del Parque Industrial Gran Piedra, la Academia de Superación Médica de Belarús, el holding Belpharmprom y el Centro Científico -Practico Lotios, en saludo a el Día de la Rebeldía de Nacional de Cuba.

Jake Kallio, Benjamin Norton (2022-07-28). West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections. multipolarista.com Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors."

Infobrics (2022-07-28). Expanding CPEC to third parties could lead to war in South Asia. infobrics.org Turkey could use Pakistan as a spearhead against India.

_____ (2022-07-28). Lufthansa Workers Strike Over Wages. popularresistance.org The ver.di union, one of the unions representing workers at the German airline Lufthansa, has called for a new strike on Wednesday, July 27, to demand a 9.5-percent wage increase to address inflation. The strike affects ground workers in maintenance and towing. | "The situation at airports is degenerating and employees are increasingly under pressure and overworked due to severe understaffing, high inflation, and no raise for three years," Christine Behl, a ver.di leader, told AFP. This flows from a shortfall of 7,000 employees in Germany's aviation sector, the result of precarious jobs marked by low wages, along…

_____ (2022-07-28). Africa Remains At The Center Of A 21st Century Cold War. popularresistance.org United States President Joe Biden announced during July that he would host a summit with African leaders at the White House in December. | This announcement by Biden comes in the aftermath of several important political developments which have exposed the ineffective foreign policy orientation of the world's leading capitalist country. Within the United Nations, many African states abstained from two resolutions which condemned the Russian Federation during the early phase of Moscow's special military operation in neighboring Ukraine. | In addition, most African governments have not made pronouncements in favor o…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Russia to Be Labeled as Sponsor of Terror. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday passed a non-binding resolution that calls for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism." The resolution passed by unanimous voice vote as there is a strong bipartisan consensus to add Russia to the list. A similar resolution has been introduced in the House, and …

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-07-28). Round Table "Future of the Settlement of the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict" russiancouncil.ru In the framework of the event, there was a presentation of the RIAC working paper "Political Economic Model for Settling the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict"

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (2022-07-28). Lavrov is on Blinken's list of people to call. indianpunchline.com Russian FM Sergey Lavrov rounded off a tour of African states in a blaze of media publicity despite US hopes to "isolate" him The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press availability at the State Department on Wednesday made the dramatic announcement that he intends to speak to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov … |

Infobrics (2022-07-28). As China and Russia Champion an Expanded BRICS, India May Have to Pick a Side. infobrics.org Expanding the BRICS grouping would help build an alternative to the Western alliance and enable countries in the Global South to avoid economic shocks from sanctions…

Infobrics (2022-07-28). NATO interested in boycotting Russia-India relations. infobrics.org US lawmakers want India as a NATO ally.

Infobrics (2022-07-28). Russia's new satellite-blinding lasers to disrupt NATO surveillance. infobrics.org Although the risk of escalation is high, what other choice does Russia have, given the political West's continuous belligerence?>

_____ (2022-07-28). Lessons From Vietnam For Ukraine. popularresistance.org Learning no lessons from the failure and mass slaughter of the Korean War in the previous decade, the US military commenced widespread bombing of Vietnam and sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers. | At the time, spring 1965, about 400 US soldiers had died in the conflict. The war was not yet widely unpopular. Americans who protested against the Vietnam War were a small minority. It would be two years before Martin Luther King's famous denunciation of the war. | Years later, after hundreds of thousands had been drafted into the military with the deaths of tens of thousands, the war became widely unpopular. Ultima…

____ (2022-07-28). Russia Running Out Of SMART Munitions;). smoothiex12.blogspot.com The work of

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