Daily Archives: July 20, 2023

2023-07-20: News Headlines

Editor (2023-07-20). Extreme heat prompts issue of safety warnings across several countries. mronline.org Safety warnings have been issued in France where temperature levels on Wednesday reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

Staff (2023-07-20). "While We Watched": New Film Spotlights Journalist Ravish Kumar's Fight for Truth in Modi's India. democracynow.org As world leaders from the United States to France welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we look at press freedom in India under the leader of the Hindu nationalist party BJP. One of India's last bastions of free media, NDTV, has been taken over by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, believed to have close ties to Modi. NDTV's former executive editor and longtime anchor Ravish Kumar, one of India's most prominent TV journalists who has reported critically on Modi's Hindu nationalist policies, is the subject of Vinay Shukla's film While We Watched, which is being released this week in the…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-20). Justicia francesa condena a más de mil personas tras disturbios. telesurtv.net Los tribunales emitieron 742 sentencias a penas de cárcel de obligado cumplimiento.

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez Meets Gerardo Blyde & Presidents of France, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil in Brussels. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, with the sector of the Venezuelan opposition represented by Gerardo Blyde, chief negotiator of the Unitary Platform (PU). The meeting was also attended by the presidents of France (Emmanuel Macron), Argentina (Alberto Fernández), Colombia (Gustavo Petro), and Brazil ("Lula" Da Silva). | The meeting took place on Monday, July 17, within the framework of the third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU). | Earlier, Colombian President Gust…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-20). Madrid to host EUROLAT Parliamentary Assembly. plenglish.com It will start the day after the general elections in Spain, which will mark the arrival of a new right-wing government or the continuity of the current left-wing one. The details of the event, released on Thursday, highlighted that on July 24 itself, His Majesty King Felipe Sixth will receive the European and Latin American delegates. | This will be the 15th EUROLAT meeting, scheduled for July 24-27 at the Spanish Senate headquarters, which will focus on the analysis of the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), concluded this week in Brussels.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-20). Spanish unions close ranks and Sánchez receives support. plenglish.com Madrid, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The largest worker union organizations in Spain, CCOO and UGT, closed ranks today in favor of a future progressive government, in line with…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Twelve European Countries in Grips of Sweltering Heat. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, extreme heat warnings were issued across Europe as the best part of the continent was gripped by the most intense heatwave since records began. | RELATED: | In Italy, red alerts were in force in all but four of the country's 27 main metropolitan area. Temperatures during the hottest part of the day were considered a threat to even young and healthy individuals. | In Spain, the heatwave in more than…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Spain: Presidential Candidates Conclude Last Debate. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the last debate between the candidates for the Spanish presidency took place, where the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez and the candidate for Sumar, Yolanda Díaz ratified their articulation against Santiago Abascal, president of the ultra-right-wing Vox party. | Related: | With the absence of the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the other candidates addressed issues such as employment, GDP growth or inflation…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Moroccan: Evaluating the Rescue's Actions. telesurenglish.net The Moroccan authorities are overwhelmed by the hundreds of boats that pass through their waters, seeking to reach Spain. The onslaught is such that in a week, more than 800 migrants who made the crossing have been rescued, in most cases, in these precarious boats. | Related: | According to sources consulted by Prensa Latina, it is believed that this increase in the migratory flow is due to the increase in controls on undocumente…

Mike Walter (2023-07-19). The Heat: Far Right Growing in Europe. america.cgtn.com The far-right is making gains in Europe and becoming more mainstream. All across Europe, from Sweden to Greece, far-right parties are gaining strength and winning seats in parliaments. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni, became western Europe's first far-right prime minister since World War II, when she …

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Shocking Footage Shows Turkish Soldiers Torturing Syrians On Border (18+). southfront.org Turkish forces are seen at Mount Barsaya in northeast of Afrin, January 28, 2018 / Khalil Ashawi / Reuters | On July 19, a video surfaced online showing Turkish soldiers brutally torturing a group of Syrians who allegedly attempted to cross the border into Turkey. | In the shocking footage, the Turkish soldiers can be seen beating the Syrians, who appear to be minors, with sticks and insulting them inside a military position. One of the soldiers even goes as far as stepping on the head of one of the victimes. | The v…

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Top diplomat Wang Yi to visit Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. ecns.cn China's top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Turkey at the invitation of the countries later this month, prior to and following his attendance at a BRICS meeting in South Africa.

_____ (2023-07-20). Russo-Turkish Relations: The 'Indivisible Security' Principle Is No Longer Binding. strategic-culture.org Turkey seems to demonstrate what some experts on Turkey call "transactional relationship" or "eastern bazaar mentality." | Join us on , , and . | I recall vividly the latest NATO Summit that took place in Vilnius and was giv…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Erdogan Open To Meeting Al-Assad, But Not Withdrawing Turkish Troops From Syria. southfront.org File image. | On July 17, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he is open to talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but would not meet him if a withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syria were set as a condition. | Speaking to reporters in Istanbul ahead of his departure for a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Erdogan said Turkey has never "shut the door" to discussions with the Syrian government."We can hold a four-party summit [with Syria, Russia and…

Jonathan Metzer (2023-07-19). Court of Appeal upholds challenge to Rwanda removals policy — an extended look. ukhumanrightsblog.com R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 745 The Claimants in this case are 10 individual asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan and Albania who entered the UK irregularly by crossing the English Channel in small boats, together with one charity, Asylum Aid. The Home …

WSWS (2023-07-19). "What do photographs tell?": Images from occupied Eastern Europe in 1941-42 in Berlin museum exhibition. wsws.org On display are some 40 colour photographs from a private collection of 380 slides taken by Wehrmacht (German army) doctor Albert Dieckmann during his deployment with advancing troops in occupied Belarus, Russia and Poland.

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Blasts Paraguay's President for Serving US Interests & Not Honoring Debts. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called on the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, to honor the debt that Paraguay has with Venezuela before continuing in an "empty monologue," after new fresh intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and European Union (EU) summit held in Brussels, Belgium. | Abdo supported the European Union's resolution to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado from the presidential elections. Machado was disqualified from holding public office for…

Annelise Whitley (2023-07-20). Migration and the Shadow of War. tomdispatch.com Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life that sank in mid-June off the coast of Greece, I googled "migrant ship" and got 483,000 search results in one second. Most of the people aboard the Adriana had drowned in the Mediterranean, among them about 100 children. I did a similar search for the Titan submersible which disappeared the same week in the North Atlantic. That kludged-together pseudo-submarine was taking four wealthy men and the 19-year-old son of one of them to view the ruins of the famed passenger ship, the Titanic. They all…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Australia and New Zealand claim victories in FIFA Women's Cup. telesurenglish.net In a dramatic start to the FIFA Women's World Cup on Thusday, Australia edged out debutants Ireland, and underdogs New Zealand stunned European powerhouse Norway with surprise victories. | RELATED: | The month-long tournament features an expanded roster of 32 teams, with the final scheduled for August 20 in Sydney. Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand initiated the tournament with identical 1-0 penalty victories. | At Sydney's Stadium Au…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). President Ortega Asks the European Union to Respect Nicaragua. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demanded that European countries respect his nation and defended the decision not to sign the final declaration of the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | "We want them to respect us. They want to be leading Nicaragua. What they want is to put an end to the Latin American revolutionary gove…

Ann Brown (2023-07-20). EU Says Slavery Inflicted 'Untold Suffering,' Hints At Reparations. moguldom.com The European Union (EU) has acknowledged and expressed deep regret for the "untold suffering" inflicted by Europe's slave-trading past on millions of people. The EU also hinted at the need for reparations for slavery, which it described as a "crime against humanity." The EU is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states …

Staff (2023-07-20). Venezuela's Non-Energy Exports Reach $3 Billion in 2023. orinocotribune.com According to data from the Venezuelan Exporters Association (AVEX), Venezuela's exports—excluding the energy sector—have reached approximately $3 billion so far in 2023. | AVEX president, Ramón Goyo, According to Goyo, Venezuela's main markets are the European Union, the United States—whose governments maintain illegal sanctions against Venezuela[m…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Understanding effects of heat on mental health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Irritability is a common side effect of heat. A heat wave is affecting parts of the U.S., including much of the Southwest, through the Southeast and parts of Europe. When temperatures soar, the heat can take a toll more than just physically. Our well-being can suffer as well. "A study of over 2 million people found an increased visit rate or incidence of people going to the emergency department with psychiatric and mental health-related concerns during…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-07-20). Presidente Ortega pide a la Unión Europea respeto para Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Ortega reveló que los europeos presionaron para que "el fascista, el nazi presidente de Ucrania (Volodímir Zelenski)" estuviera en la Cumbre de la Celac y la UE.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-19). What do climate engineering and Morgellons have in common? Chemtrails. expose-news.com Despite chemtrails being dismissed as "conspiracy theories" they are being openly, and more and more frequently, discussed in the "mainstream" as fact. Recently the European Commission has called for talks about the …

Staff (2023-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Says He's the Target of Federal Criminal Probe of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Michigan Attorney General Charges 16 GOP "Fake Electors" with Felonies, Chinese Coal Consumption Hits Record High as Temperatures Soar, Floodwaters Lap Walls of India's Taj Mahal; Heat Index in Iran Tops 150 ∞F, Wildfires Erupt in Greece as Europe Swelters in Record Heat, ACLU Asks Court to Release Children from Angola Prison as Heat Index Tops 130 ∞, Whistleblower Says Texas Officers Were Ordered to Push Migrant Children into Rio Grande, ICC to Probe Reports of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Czech Parliament Ratifies Treaty Allowing US Troops Presence. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the Czech parliament ratified a treaty that paves the way for a US troop presence on Czech soil as the US is looking to further beef up its military posture in Europe. The Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) was approved by the lower house of the Czech parliament in a vote of 115-18 and …

Isabella Arria (2023-07-19). América Latina y Europa: Entre acuerdos y también disensos. globalizacion.ca Los 60 países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) y la Unión Europea (UE) cerraron este martes en Bruselas su primera cumbre en ocho años, en la que se firmaron acuerdos por materias primas y energía renovable,…

Staff (2023-07-19). President Maduro Calls for New Stage in Relations with Europe. orinocotribune.com

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Venezuelan FM holds successful talks with opposition. plenglish.com In a phone conversation with Venezolana de Television news channel, Yvan Gil made a balance of such meeting and of the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC). | Gil pointed out that the first issue cleared up was the pernicious effect of sanctions imposed on Venezuela, assuring that he saw how "unanimously" the European Union (EU) and the Latin American and Caribbean countries requested to progress in eliminating sanctions. | The foreign minister added they would start working on the construction of a political dialogue among Venezuelans, who are the o…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-19). Heat wave in southern Europe could be deadly, says WHO. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) A global pattern of heat waves scorching parts of Europe, Asia and the United States intensified on Tuesday, with the World Meteorological Organization warning of an increased risk of deaths linked to excessively high temperatures.

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Finland to Close Russia's Consulate in Turku. telesurenglish.net Finland will withdraw consent for Russia to operate its Consulate General in the southwestern city of Turku as of Oct. 1, 2023. | RELATED: | The decision was announced after a meeting on Wednesday between President Sauli Niinisto and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy. The Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry has officially informed the Russian ambassador about this decision. | Niinisto and mi…

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-19). In Bid to Join NATO, Sweden and Finland Back Turkish Repression of Kurds. ips-dc.org NATO's July summit betrayed the Kurdish people. The left must stand with both Ukraine and the Kurds — and against NATO.

infobrics (2023-07-20). Germany never learns as it pursues 'Drang nach Osten' once again. infobrics.org The exact motivation Berlin might have to go against Moscow once again is up for debate, particularly as Russia inflicted numerous crushing defeats on various German invaders in the last over 1000 years.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Germany's new strategy: Preparing for war against China. wsws.org The German government adopted a China strategy for the first time on Thursday. The aim is to reduce the German economy's dependence on China in preparation for a war against the rising Asian economic power.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-20). Italy allocates over 100 million euros for programs in Africa. plenglish.com Rome, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The Development Cooperation Committee of the Italian Foreign Ministry approved the allocation of over 100 million euros for programs in Africa, a communiqué said today.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Greek coastguard tried to tow hundreds of migrants to Italy, capsized the vessel. wsws.org On June 14, a fishing vessel carrying hundreds of refugees, the Adriana, sank off the Greek port city of Pylos. Roughly 600 people, including children, drowned.

KATIE (2023-07-19). More Than 300 Israeli Apartheid Free Zones Across Italy. bdsmovement.net

Fight Back (2023-07-19). Minnesota says "No to NATO" fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 11, about 40 protesters assembled in front of Senator Amy Klobuchar's office to speak out against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its role in the war in Ukraine. | The protest took place during the first day of a NATO summit meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania to discuss drastically increasing its military forces deployed near Russia, as well as the potential admission of Sweden – and possibly Ukraine – into the organization. | Speakers from the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Veterans For Peace, Minnesota Chapter 27 condemned NATO for being directly involved in destabilizing th…

Scott Ritter (2023-07-20). As NATO Looks for Answers to the Ukraine Conflict, Poland Seeks the Nuclear Option. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-20). Russia continues retaliation attacks near Odessa and Ilichovsk. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The Russian army continued retaliatory attacks against production workshops and storage sites of unmanned drones near Odessa and Ilichovsk, announced today the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-20). Russia restricts British diplomats' movements. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Russia informed the United Kingdom's Embassy in Moscow that it has introduced restrictions on the movement of British diplomats on its territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed on Thursday.

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Ships Sailing to Ukraine to Be Seen as Carrying Military Cargo. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that it will regard all ships sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as "potential carriers of military cargo." | RELATED: | "Due to the termination of the Black Sea Initiative, and the curtailment of the maritime humanitarian corridor, all ships en route to Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea will be considered potential carriers of military cargo from 00: 00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023," it said. | The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the countr…

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Venezuela Receives Millionaire Lot of Insulin Doses From Russia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, as part of the agreement between the Russian company Geropharm and the Venezuelan company Espromed Bio, a batch of more than 1.1 million containers of insulin arrived in Venezuela. | Related: | "The current batch of medicines includes more than 1.1 million containers of recombinant rapid and intermediate-acting human insulins: Rinsulin R and Rinsulin NPH," Geropharm said in a press release. | In addition, according to the company, the…

Staff (2023-07-20). Headlines for July 20, 2023. democracynow.org More Temperature Records Fall as U.S. Heat Wave Intensifies, Migrants Face Intense Heat in Mexico as They Wait to Apply for Asylum at U.S. Border, Receding Floodwaters in Northern India Prompt Warnings over Waterborne Diseases, Russia Bombards Ukraine's Black Sea Ports and Threatens Cargo Ships, Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Rally Against Tax Hikes and Inflation, Taliban Guards Attack Women Protesting Closure of Beauty Parlors and Salons, Iraqis Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Qur'an Burning in Stockholm, Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prison…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-20). John Bolton Accidentally Explains Why US Policy on Russia and China Is Wrong. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-07-20). US presses Ukraine for decisive breakthrough despite stubborn Russian defences. infobrics.org It will take years and billions of dollars for Ukrainian Air Force to match Russia, says General Milley.

infobrics (2023-07-20). BRICS Currency: Is It a Feasible Idea?>. infobrics.org In recent times, there has been a growing call among countries to trade in currencies apart from the US dollar due to the economic disruption caused by Western sanctions against Russia and its subsequent eviction from international dollar-trading systems like SWIFT…

infobrics (2023-07-20). Russia's Arctic LNG 2 Will Use Chinese Equipment for Power Generation – Novatek. infobrics.org Russia's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek NVTK.MM plans to build a gas turbine power station for the future Arctic LNG 2 plant using equipment from China's Wison and Harbin Guanghan Gas Turbine Co. Ltd…

infobrics (2023-07-20). South Africa Says Putin Agreed not to Attend BRICS Summit. infobrics.org Russia will instead be represented by its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Johannesburg summit, alongside the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, the presidency said in a statement…

infobrics (2023-07-20). Russia protects Crimean civilians by attacking ports in Odessa. infobrics.org Kiev regime has arms depots in Odessa, legitimizing Moscow's attacks to neutralize threats.

Staff (2023-07-20). Venezuela Begins Using Russia's MIR Cards on Margarita Island. orinocotribune.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-20). Ships headed to Ukraine via Black Sea legitimate targets for attacks, warns Russia. peoplesdispatch.org The warning comes following Ukraine's attempts to revive the Black Sea grain deal without Russia. Ukraine is pitching a proposal that involves other countries providing protection to ships carrying its grain…

Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-20). USSR's Support For Black Liberation Earns Russia Grace With Africans. popularresistance.org On the first week of spring in 1931, at the nadir of the Great Depression, nine Black teenagers stowed away on a Memphis-bound train scuffled with a gaggle of white youths who took exception to their presence. The Black youths made quick work of their counterparts, heaving all but one, Orville Gilley, from the slow-moving railcars to the grassy knoll below. Gilley would have met the same fate as his friends but by the time the Black youths got to him, the train had picked up considerable speed, and he was hanging perilously from the gondola. Fearing Gilley might fall underneath one of the railcars, two Black teen…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-20). Third Wave Of Russian Retaliation Strikes Hit Ukraine. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Night of July 20 marked the third wave of Russian retaliation strikes on Ukrainian ports and military facilities throughout the country. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry confirmed damage to warehouses and port facilities as a result of night strikes in the Odessa region. The Russian military is yet to comment on the attack and reveal the targets. | Last night explosions thundered in the Odessa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporozhie regions. The main target was again the port infrastructure in the…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Blasts Heard Near Russian Hmeimim Air Base In Syria (Photos). southfront.org File image. | On July 19, a series of blasts rocked the city of Jableh which is located just three kilometers to the south from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base on the Syrian coast. | Syrian state TV said that the blasts were the result of a military exercise. However, activists in Jableh alleged that several armed drones that attempted to attack Hmeimim Air Base were intercepted by Syrian and Russian air defenses over the city. | Photos that surfaced online showed small fires and damaged properties in Jableh. There…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-20). Ukraine Attacks Crimea Again To Deflect From Losses On The Front (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On July 20, Ukraine launched yet another attack against the Crimean Peninsula, in what appears to be an attempt to deflect attention from its failing counteroffensive. | Crimea governor Sergey Aksyonov said that a suspected drone strike damaged at least four buildings and killed a young girl in the Russian-held peninsula.As a result of the "enemy drone" strike, "four administrative buildings" were damaged and at least one person killed, Aksyonov claimed on Telegram shortly after 6am…

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-20). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

WSWS (2023-07-20). Trump's imminent indictment: The political issues. wsws.org Special counsel Smith's letter at once reflects and intensifies an unprecedented crisis of the US political system, under conditions where the Biden administration has committed the US to expanding the war against Russia in Ukraine into a global war of indefinite duration.

_____ (2023-07-20). Foreign Affairs Barrage of Baloney on Ukraine is Keeping the Phoney War Going. strategic-culture.org Zelensky is not the leader who is going to negotiate peace with Russia, not now, not any time, Martin Jay writes. | Join us on , , and . | Foreign Affairs magazine had a brief moment of attention beyond its normal limited el…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-20). Anderson Cooper Is A Disgusting CIA Goon. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | In a Pushing back against West's claim that NATO provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine and his call for ceasefire negotiations, Cooper a…

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). Black Sea grain deal stares at bleak future. ecns.cn Wheat and corn prices on global commodities markets have jumped after Russia announced on Monday its pullout of a crucial deal allowing the export of grain from Ukraine.

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Monument to Simón Bolívar Unveiled in Moscow. telesurenglish.net An equestrian statue of Liberator Simon Bolivar was unveiled Wednesday in the Russian capital, Moscow, in commemoration of the 240th anniversary of his birth. | RELATED: | The Venezuelan representatives present at the solemn ceremony included the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez; the ambassador to Moscow, Jesús Rafael Salazar Velásquez; and the Minister of Petroleum, Rafael Tellechea. | The recently inaugurated statue is…

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Putin to Participate in the BRICS Summit by Videoconference. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov announced that President Vladimir Putin will participate by videoconference in the summit of the BRICS countries, a forum for economic cooperation led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. | RELATED: | Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov will represent Russia at the BRICS summit to be held from August 22 in Johannesburg. | In March, South Africa invit…

Editor (2023-07-19). Why the Ukraine Conflict Will Unravel NATO and Biden. scheerpost.com By Radhika Desai / CounterPunch The proxy war on Russia is the centre piece of Biden's foreign policy of uniting the world's 'democracies' against 'autocracies', particularly China and Russia. He boasts repeatedly of uniting US allies, most in NATO, as never before. Though the real unity is spotty at best, until recently, the rhetoric seemed …

Staff (2023-07-19). The Whitewashing of Neo-Nazis: Lev Golinkin & Ben Makuch on How Far Right Is Exploiting Ukraine War. democracynow.org Multiple reports are reinvestigating the neo-Nazi fighters and militias involved in the war both in Russia and Ukraine. "You have neo-Nazis on both sides of this conflict," says Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin, a longtime reporter on the far right in Ukraine and Russia who is critical of the Western media's normalization of groups like the Azov Battalion. "We are sending a very dangerous message that if you're the right type of neo-Nazis, we will not only work with you, we will celebrate you," Golinkin notes. | We also speak with national security reporter Ben Makuch…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). Russia Issues Warning Over Black Sea Ships Heading to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Russia warned on Wednesday that starting on July 20, it would consider all ships in the Black Sea heading to Ukrainian ports as carrying military cargo now that the grain deal has been terminated. "Given that the Black Sea initiative has come to an end and the maritime humanitarian corridor has been terminated, all ships …

Kit Klarenberg (2023-07-19). Leaked files suggest hidden British hand in latest Kerch Bridge strike. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone has exposed British intelligence freelancers for collaborating with Ukraine's Security Service to destroy Kerch Bridge. Leaked documents suggest they played a role in the latest attack on the bridge, and may be helping Kiev hunt down accused collaborators. On July 16, a predawn assault on the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia left two civilians dead and a 14-year-old injured. As advisors to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted at Ukraine's culpability, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed his …

infobrics (2023-07-19). US mainstream media easily spread fake news about Russian mutiny. infobrics.org Western journalists and officials repeatedly changed their narratives, trying to gain some advantage from the "mutiny".

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-19). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

_____ (2023-07-19). Russia's Maria Zakharova, Serbia, Saudi Arabia and Sport's Wimbledon Effect. strategic-culture.org

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). In Video 18+: Ukrainian Army Suffers Crushing Losses In Battles Near Bakhmut. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Heavy battles are ongoing near the city of Artemosk (former Bakhmut). Ukrainian forces continue bloody attempts to break through Russian defence both on the western and and southern flanks. In their turn, Russian servicemen are fiercely resisting, holding their positions, and counterattack inflicting more damage to the Ukrainian units. | Fierce fighting is ongoing west of Klescheevka, where Ukrainian forces continue attempts to take control of an important stronghold on a hill near the village…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Donbass On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian forces advanced up to 1 km near the village of Trudovskaya mine; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Konstantinovka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Krasnogorovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Torske; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On the night of July 19, Russian forces launched a group strike on facilities near Odessa, as well as on the Kanatov air base in the Kirovograd region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported; | Last night, explosions thundered in Kiev; | Last night, explosions thundered in Zaporozhie; | Last ight, explosions thundered in the Dnepropetrovks region; | Last night explosions thundered in Kharkov; | Last night, explosions thundered in the Zhitomir region; | Last night, Russian fo…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Forces Advance Near Kupyanks, Kharkiv Region (Map Update On July 19, 2023 ). southfront.org Units of the Russian "Western" grouping of troops advanced more than 1 km in depth and up to 2 km along the front to the north-east of Kupyansk. The advancing forces captured the Molchanovo railway station in the Kharkiv region; | Russian forces destroyed 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 1 AN/TPQ-50 system in Kupyansk area; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Ukraine's Recent Attacks On Crimea (Map Update). southfront.org On July 17, the AFU attacked the Crimean Bridge with two naval drones. Two civilians were killed, a 14 years old girl was wounded; | On July 17, a Ukrainian strike UAV was found near the Port Kavkaz near the Crimean Bridge; | On July 16, the Russian Army thwarted the AFU attacks on Sevastopol with 7 UAVs and 2 surface drones. All drones were destroyed or downed; | On July 18, Russian forces shot down 28 UAVs near Crimea; | On July 19, a fire broke out at a military w…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-19). Russian Military Revealed Targets Of New Wave Of Retaliation Strikes. southfront.org On Juy 19, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on the night attacks on the Ukrainian military facilities throughout Ukraine. The Russian military confirmed "a group strike with high—precision naval and air-based weapons". | The Russian Ministry of Defence revealed the targets of the attack, claiming that that precision strikes hit "facilities of the Ukrainian military industry, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Odessa". Another target h…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian MoD Shares Details On Recent Odessa Strikes, Ground Attack In Kupyansk (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has carried out a series of pinpoint strikes with sea and air-launched high-precision weapons against high-value Ukrainian targets, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 19. | In a statement, the ministry said that the strikes targeted military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of Kiev forces in the Odessa region as well as Kanatovo Air Base of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kirovograd region."All the assigned targets have been neutr…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-19). Russian 'Yug' Group Used Armata Tank In Combat — Report. southfront.org File image. | The Russian military's Yug Group of Forces had used the advanced T-14 Armata main battle tank in combat, a source in the Russian defense industry told Another source told the Russian news agency that the tank has already enter…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). NATO's "strengthening" hasn't weakened Russia, it's only accelerated capitalist collapse in the NATO member states. newswiththeory.com

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Iraqis Set Fire to Swedish Embassy Over Offending the Quran. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani withdrew his charge d'affaires in Sweden, asked the Swedish ambassador to leave Baghdad, and warned that his nation could break relations with the Nordic country. | RELATED: | This happened "in response to the Swedish government's repeated authorization to burn the noble Koran, insult Islamic sanctities, and burn the Iraqi flag," government spokesman Basem Al-Awadi said. | Al-Sudani's decisi…

Editor (2023-07-20). The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO's Ukraine Roulette. scheerpost.com By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch Deliberate provocations of a nuclear rival, coups d'état, colour revolutions, broken promises, broken treaties, escalation of tensions, demonization, invective, double-standards — all this while asserting adherence to international legal norms and playing innocent about our aggressions, our violations of the Hague and Geneva Conventions, of articles 1(2)[1], 2(3)[2], 2(4)[3] and 39[4] of …

Andrea Peters (2023-07-20). Impoverishing Ukraine: "Western Political and Business Interests integrated into the Ukrainian State" globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-20). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-07-20). The Short but Nasty Truth About Biden's Bluff in Ukraine. journal-neo.org The American's aren't coming, they won't be 'on the ground' nor in the air nor on the seas. There is no combat environment for the US against a grade one power. Let me tell you why. America is all about bluff. Stealth planes, nukes when that threat doesn't work, or they will unleash ISIS (is […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Staff (2023-07-20). Ukraine justifies massive nukes and Western 'way of war' spending increase, military claims. thecanary.co Ukraine highlights the need for nuclear weapons and affirms the 'western way of war', a new report claims. This report comes as the Tories announced a £6bn hike in nuclear warhead spending over the next six years. But, critics are not having it. Anti-war leaders said the decision was counter to peace and social justice, …

Editor (2023-07-19). The war in Ukraine: Towards the collapse of the West's reputation. mronline.org After the bipolar world that existed from the end of the Second World War until the implosion of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the current conflict on the territory of Ukraine is the point of gravity in the process of transition between two great eras of contemporary history: the old—unipolar—that has lasted for the last 30 years and the new—multipolar—post-hegemonic, that came into being at the end of February 2022.

Editor (2023-07-19). Scott Ritter: Agent Zelensky. scheerpost.com By Scott Ritter / Substack As a former intelligence officer, I've been wondering why has no one done an investigation about Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine? His rise to power, in my opinion, represents an incredible manipulation of world opinion that will go down in history as a classic case study in social psychological …

Staff (2023-07-19). William Arkin: CIA Is Playing "Outsize Role" in Ukraine Despite Biden Pledge Not to Send U.S. Forces. democracynow.org A new investigation reveals the extent of the CIA's involvement in the war in Ukraine, where the agency operates clandestinely in what, under a formal declaration of war, would be the domain of the military. We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit of everything" in Ukraine. According to various sources, the CIA is shuttling weapons into Ukraine using a "gray fleet" of commercial aircraft that crisscrosses Central and Eastern Eur…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-19). US Announces $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a new $1.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes air defense systems, kamikaze drones, missiles, and other equipment. The package is being provided to Ukraine through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the US to purchase arms for Ukraine. The Pentagon said the announcement represents the beginning …

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-19). Ukraine's Unrelenting Demographic Collapse. Towards a Failed State under Kiev Nazi Regime. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-07-19). Shocking extent of Ukraine's unrelenting demographic collapse. infobrics.org Corriere della Sera states that both urban and rural areas are essentially empty, while countless families have been divided (likely forever), particularly as wives of many soldiers forcibly deployed on the frontlines have gone abroad and never returned. It insists that Ukraine is going through a catastrophic demographic crisis and that the population collapse will soon cause very serious economic and social problems in the country.

infobrics (2023-07-19). US veteran faked heroics on Ukraine battlefield to become rich. infobrics.org "Journalists advanced James Vasquez's lies for so long," says US junior sergeant in Ukrainian army.

Amy Goodman (2023-07-19). Investigative Reporter: "The CIA Is Playing an Outsize Role" in Ukraine. truthout.org A new investigation reveals the extent of the CIA's involvement in the war in Ukraine, where the agency operates clandestinely in what, under a formal declaration of war, would be the domain of the military. We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit… |

Al Mayadeen (2023-07-19). US Using Ukraine as Disposal Ground for Banned Cluster Bombs: Colonel. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous765 (2023-07-19). Fireworks Over Odessa Mark The Death Of Grain Deal. southfront.org |

Jordan Schachtel (2023-07-19). Biden Admin Seeks "Mission Accomplished" Moment to Secure Political Exit Route From Ukraine Proxy War. globalresearch.ca

Kyle Anzalone (2023-07-19). USAID Chief Samantha Power Announces Hundreds of Million in Aid to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-07-19). The US-Nazi Connection Since World War II: From Inspiring the Third Reich to Supporting the Neo-Nazis of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-19). The U.S.-NATO Fantasy World About Ukraine. theduran.com

Larry Johnson (2023-07-19). Why NATO Was Obsessed With Ukraine and is Now in a Panic. sonar21.com To answer the question in my title you need only look at two numbers — 1) Ukraine's rank in terms of natural resources and 2) the size of Ukraine's Army…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-20). U.S. and U.K. join to impose sanctions as foreign policy tool. plenglish.com Washington, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) While the world calls for the elimination of sanctions, the United States and the United Kingdom reaffirmed that these are today, in their opinion, a key foreign policy tool.

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