(2022-07-23). White House confirms plans to send US-NATO jets to fight Russia. wsws.org In what may be the most provocative escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia to date, the White House has confirmed that the US is planning to send NATO-made fighter jets to Ukraine.
(2022-07-23). Lithuania lifts ban on rail transport into Russia Kaliningrad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The Baltic state of Lithuania has lifted a ban on the rail transport of sanctioned goods into and out of the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
(2022-07-23). Two Iraqi groups threaten to attack Turkey's soil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Two unknown groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Turkish bases in northern Iraq and warned that if the Turkish military does not leave Iraq, further operations will be carried out on Turkish soil.
(2022-07-23). Lavrov — extended range weapons In Ukraine will lead to more loss of its land. mronline.org 
Today the foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, announced the extension of the land in Ukraine that Russia intends to capture.
(2022-07-23). U.S. plans to send NATO-made jets to Ukraine to fight against Russia. mronline.org 
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, told the newspaper that "discussions are ongoing" to send the fighters to Ukraine.
(2022-07-23). White House Approves 16th Weapons Transfer to Ukraine, Total Security Aid Now Over $8 Billion. news.antiwar.com The White House announced a $270 million weapons package Kiev on Friday. The latest transfer will send four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and drones to Ukraine. The additional four HIMARS brings the total number the US has committed to sending to Ukraine to 16. Commander of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley …
(2022-07-23). In Video: Improved Lancet Loitering Munition Takes Out Artillery Piece In Ukraine. southfront.org 
Lancet-3, screen grab from a report by Russia-24. | The improved version of the Russian Lancet loitering munition has been spotted in action in Ukraine for the very first time. | The version in question, which remains without an official designation, is built around the Lancet-3. It features a more aerodynamic design with extended X-shaped wings. This version has a longer range and endurance than the original Lancet-3, which has a range of 40 kilometers and an endurance of up to 40 minutes only. | On July 22, Russia…
(2022-07-23). US to deliver four more HIMARS, up to 580 drones to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The White House has announced that the United States will send an additional $270m in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include more medium-range rocket systems and tactical drones.
(2022-07-23). Zionism and the Dark Side of Germany. dissidentvoice.org 
Post World War II Germany has exhibited commendable characteristics — publicly atoning for its Nazi past, working assiduously to create a thriving nation, designing a truly democratic country, integrating its European compatriots into a common market, leading others in opening borders to refugees, and modifying its previous ultra-nationalism to form the European union. Behind these …
(2022-07-23). Safety tips to prevent heat-related illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Parts of Europe are experiencing a heat wave that is causing emergency situations for millions of residents. And, in the United States, many parts of the country are grappling with temperatures that remain unseasonably high. Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke can be life-threatening and often prevented. Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion can happen when your body becomes dehydrated and loses too much water and salt, as a result of high temperatures and humidity. Those most at risk…
(2022-07-23). Iraq files complaint against Turkey at UNSC. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council against Turkey, calling for holding an emergency meeting on the Turkish artillery attack on the north of Iraq.
(2022-07-23). Syrian army builds 3 new bases to counter Turkish threats. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — In order to counter Turkey's threats to start operations in northern Syria, the Syrian army is strengthening its positions and equipping its forces in the border areas.
(2022-07-23). Iraq recalls its Chargé d'Affaires to Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Following Baghdad's request to hold an extraordinary meeting in the UN Security Council regarding Turkey's recent attack on northern Iraq, the country announced that it had recalled its Chargé d'Affaires to Ankara.
(2022-07-23). Ola de calor deja miles de muertos en Europa y pone en alerta a Estados Unidos y China. cubadebate.cu Es noticia en varios medios la ola de calor que azota a Europa Occidental, Estados Unidos y Asia por estos días, una muestra de que comienzan a incrementarse los efectos del calentamiento global en el mundo. En Europa Occidental, el calor extremo se ha apoderado de varios territorios, con un saldo de más de 1 700 fallecidos en España y Portugal.
(2022-07-23). Coronavirus outbreak at children's summer camp in Germany. wsws.org The case is symbolic of the federal and state government's policy of mass infection and their propagation of "living with the virus" in Germany.
(2022-07-23). Sunday 7/24: A conversation with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IWVD0_5wRgOdhBc89guDgw…
(2022-07-23). European Central Bank walking a tightrope as rate-hiking cycle commences. ecns.cn Delivering on its commitment made at the June meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday increased interest rates by 50 basis points, the first rate hike in 11 years by the bank that is on track to normalize its monetary policies.
(2022-07-23). Turkey's Zelikan base in N Iraq comes under rocket attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Media sources reported late Friday that the Zelikan base in Bashiqa, where Turkish troops are stationed, once again came under rocket attack.
(2022-07-23). What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in the U.S., and the BA.5 omicron variant is fueling this latest wave, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. A new study published in Nature found the variant was four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of…
(2022-07-23). Hungary thanks Iran's attention to issue of energy security. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Hungarian Foreign Minister thanked Iran's attention to the issue of energy security, saying that Iran's stronger entry into the global energy market is in line with the interests of the world's entire countries and nations.
(2022-07-22). Turkey Says Russia, Ukraine to Sign Grain Deal on Friday. news.antiwar.com Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey will meet in Istanbul on Friday to sign a deal proposed by the UN to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, Turkey
(2022-07-22). Moscow, Kiev and Ankara Reach Grain Agreement in Istanbul. libya360.wordpress.com Observateur Continental Negotiations on the export of Ukrainian grain from the part of the Black Sea controlled by the Ukrainian army took place in Istanbul. Military delegations from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine as well as representatives of the UN came to Istanbul to discuss the food crisis. So what is the substance of the planned…
(2022-07-22). Up To 300 Ukrainian Nationalists Killed In Kramatorsk (Photos, Video). southfront.org 
On July 21st, Russian forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian forces in the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is under Ukrainian control. | On July 22nd, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian precision ground-based weapons hit the temporary deployment point of the nationalist battalion "Black Hundred", deployed in the building of school No. 23 in the city of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of th…
(2022-07-22). Russian Offensive Stopped: Ukraine Takes Time For Reinforcement. southfront.org 
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(2022-07-22). Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine. marktaliano.net Syria was the first country apart from Russia to recognize the independence of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk July 20 2022 The Syrian foreign ministry announced on 20 July that Damascus is formally breaking diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to a similar move by Kiev. "The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to break …
(2022-07-22). Staged Incidents as the Western Approach of Doing Politics (Sergey Lavrov). orinocotribune.com By Sergey Lavrov Jul 18, 2022 | Today, the Russian Armed Forces, together with the self-defence units of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, are delivering on the objectives of the special military operation with great resolve to put an end to the outrageous discrimination and genocide of the Russian people and eliminate direct threats to the security of the Russian Federation that the United States and its satellites have been creating on Ukrainian territory for years. While losing on the battlefield, the Ukrainian regime and its Western patrons have descended to staging bloody incidents to demonis…
(2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…
(2022-07-22). Zelensky Rejects Any Ceasefire With Russia. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia would capitalize on any ceasefire to give its troops rest and to re-equip its military. He claimed that a break in fighting would prolong the war. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Zelensky said, "Freezing the conflict with the Russian Federation means a pause that gives the …
(2022-07-22). Russian defense minister arrives in Istanbul for grain deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was seen on live TV arriving on Friday in Istanbul, where Russia and Ukraine will later sign a deal to facilitate grain exports.
(2022-07-22). EU imposes more sanctions on Russia. ecns.cn The European Union on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Russia over its conflict with Ukraine, including a ban on gold imports and the tightening of export controls on high-technology goods.
(2022-07-22). Australia Finally Recognizes That The AUKUS Deal Makes No Sense At All. popularresistance.org In September 2021 Australia, the UK and the U.S. announced AUKUS, a new alliance under which Australia would buy nuclear submarines from either the U.S. or UK and ditch its contract for French diesel driven u-boats. | I spelled out the details and the negative consequence of the deal: | To Protect Itself From U.S. Hostility Australia Decides To Buy U.S. Submarines | This is a huge but short term win for the U.S. with an also-ran booby price for Britain and a strategic loss of sovereignty and budget control for Australia. | It is another U.S. slap into the face of France and the European Union. The deal will piss…
(2022-07-22). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech To Diplomats. popularresistance.org Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated his baseless attacks on the integrity of the nation's election system. | While offering no credible evidence to support his claim, Bolsonaro told dozens of diplomats from countries including the United States and members of the European Union that the Brazilian electoral system is "completely vulnerable" to fraud in the run-up to this October's presidential election. | According to Folha de Sà£o Paul…
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Kills Seven in North Syria's Idlib. news.antiwar.com Details are emerging on a new Russian airstrike against rebel-held Idlib in northern Syria. Seven were reported killed, with the All White Helmet claims are taken with a pinch of salt, as they tend to offer statements that designed to carry a very specific pro-war narrative . | In this case, not only did they attack a rebel-held neighborhood, the statement claims Russia attacked an olive farm and that children were among the slain. | The area attacked is one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, so its not surprising Russia is…
(2022-07-22). Abbas-Macron meeting: talk of "peace" to normalize colonialism. samidoun.net 
On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 in Paris, a meeting took place between French president Emmanuel Macron and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. This is Abbas' first visit to France since 2018 and takes place a few weeks following the visit of Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid with the French president, which produced multiple …
(2022-07-22). Astana Process Renews Demands For US Withdrawal From Syria. popularresistance.org Syrian foreign minister Faisal Mekdad, who was visiting Iran, said on Wednesday, July 20 that his country welcomed the joint statement issued at the end of Astana peace summit a day earlier which talked against all kinds of external aggression in his country. During his meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Amir Abdollahian Mekdad noted that "we are against any interference of Turkey in Syrian lands and establishment of any settlements and attempts of Turkification of Syria." | On Tuesday, during the first day of his two-day visit to Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the summit of the Astana format…
(2022-07-22). Existing climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate colonial inequalities. mronline.org 
The core countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the rest of Europe (collectively referred to here as the Global North) use on average about 130 gigajoules of energy per capita each year, nearly ten times more than what low-income countries use (13 ∑4 GJ/capita).
(2022-07-22). Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on the prospects for Russia-Africa relations in the current geopolitical context with esteemed readers. Today, African states play an increasingly important role in the global politics and economy, take an active part in solving key modern-day…
(2022-07-22). Portugal y España rechazan reducir consumo de gas ante crisis. telesurtv.net La Comisión Europea propuso reducir el consumo hasta en un 15 por ciento debido al impacto de las sanciones antirrusas adoptadas.
(2022-07-22). Russia adds 5 states to unfriendly countries list. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Greece, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia have been added to the list of states unfriendly to Russia, the press service of the country's Cabinet said on Friday.
(2022-07-22). China-Europe railway express creating new opportunities for countries and regions along the routes. ecns.cn The China-Europe railway express has found more partners, creating new opportunities for the development of countries and regions along the routes.
(2022-07-22). Poverty in Germany: Food banks count 2 million people seeking help. wsws.org Social inequality in Germany continues to rise at an alarming rate, expressed in the record numbers of people lining up at the food banks for donations.
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Hit Two Christian Towns Occupied By Al-Qaeda In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On July 22, a series of airstrikes which were reportedly carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the towns of Jdayde and Yacubiyeh in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Jdayde and Yacubiyeh, which are located in the western countryside of Idlib, are currently occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Gre…
(2022-07-22). Russia requests liquidation of Jewish Agency in country. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Russia's Ministry of Justice has requested the liquidation of the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency.
(2022-07-22). Robotic fish eat microplastics. america.cgtn.com A worrisome threat to the world's oceans… enormous amounts of plastic we dispose of is sparking the spread of microplastics.
(2022-07-22). Italy's Draghi government comes to an end. wsws.org Draghi's case is a consequence of the sharp class tensions and social contradictions in Italy.
(2022-07-22). In Video: Russian KUB-BLA Loitering Munitions Decimate Camp Of Kiev Forces. southfront.org 
A KUB-BLA loitering munition, screen grab from footage released by the ZALA Aero Group. | The Russian military has used KUB-BLA loitering munitions to decimate a camp of foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev forces in the Kherson region. | On July 22, a video documenting the attack on the camp, which is located in the settlement of Dobroye, was released. The video shows four KUB-BLA loitering munitions attacking posts, a gathering of mercenaries and a military vehicle with high-precisio…
(2022-07-22). Iraqi, Kurdish governments blame Turkey for bombardment killing 9 civilians. wsws.org At least nine civilians, including two children, were killed and more than 20 wounded Wednesday in a bombardment on the tourist village of Perex in Iraq.
(2022-07-21). Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 21, 2022): Pentagon Prefers Fiction Over Facts. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russia Operations in Ukraine for July 21,2022 — Pentagon admits Ukrainian troops are not stopping Russia's advance; — Pentagon admits HIMARS cannot "win" a war on their own; — US allies are repairing Ukrainian equipment Ukraine is not capable of repairing itself; — Media and US officials float idea of training Ukrainian pilots…
(2022-07-21). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with RT, Sputnik and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, July 20, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Question: You just returned from a trip and are about to leave again soon. This "international isolation" is so tight that you are almost never home. Here's a question from our subscribers. At different levels, from the deputies to public officials, our talks with Ukraine are on and off. We say it's impossible to hold talks…