(2020-07-06). UNESCO ready to develop tourism coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) — The Director General of Tourism Planning and Development Affairs said that United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is ready to boost tourism cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(2020-07-06). Spiked Concerns: The Melbourne Coronavirus Lockdown. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-07-06). British Government Encourages Mass Emigration from Hong Kong to Affect China. globalresearch.ca In late June, China's National People's Congress passed Hong Kong's new national security law, later signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The new law imposes a special security regime in the autonomous territory of Hong Kong, prohibiting foreign interference …
(2020-07-06). Reparations and Other Scams: Israeli Survivors Live in Poverty and Are Starving? globalresearch.ca The issue of reparations and other compensation has been much in the news of late, most particularly in relationship to possible payments to descendants of slaves in the United States to compensate them for their disadvantages brought about by what …
(2020-07-06). Is Taiwan Creating a "Coalition of Unrecognized States" by Recognizing Somaliland? globalresearch.ca The Taiwanese government intends to compensate for its diplomatic problems in Africa by developing a relationship with the unrecognized Somaliland. The two sides announced just days ago that they are establishing official representative agencies in their respective territories. In recent …
(2020-07-06). Are the Democrats a Political Party or a CIA-Backed Fifth Column? globalresearch.ca How do the Democrats benefit from the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests? | While the protests are being used to paint Trump as a race-bating white supremacist, that is not their primary objective. The main goal is to suppress and demonize …
(2020-07-06). Venezuela Is on a Path to Make Colonialism Obsolete. globalresearch.ca On June 29 the European Union (EU) slapped
(2020-07-06). Provocative US Military Drills Near Chinese Waters. globalresearch.ca Imagine how the US and world community would react if Chinese, Russian, or Iranian warships conducted military exercises in the Gulf of Mexico or off America's east or west coasts. | Bipartisan hardliners in Washington and establishment media might consider this …
(2020-07-06). Nicaragua — Virtual Reality and Human Rights. globalresearch.ca Ever since January 2007, the Western human rights industry has attacked Nicaragua's Sandinista government for being undemocratic and repressive. For over a decade, Nicaragua's social and economic development and successive democratic elections repeatedly contradicted that mendacious narrative. Frustrated by Nicaragua's …
(2020-07-06). A MoU inked between Iran's Navy, IAU for bilateral coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) — A Research-Training Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed and sealed between Iran's Navy Force and Islamic Azad University (IAU) at Navy Command HQ, on Sun.
(2020-07-06). Government accused of confusing holidaymakers over travel lists. thecanary.co Only 25 countries on government lists aimed at restarting foreign holidays are accessible for English visitors, according to new analysis. | Last week, the Department for Transport (DfT) named 74 countries and territories from where people will not need to quarantine if they return to or visit England from Friday. | The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) published a separate list of 67 destinations which are exempt from its advisory against all non-essential travel. | But analysis by travel consultancy The PC Agency and consumer research agency AudienceNet found that just 25 locations included on the lists do…
(2020-07-06). Trump's wrong, the Marxists are winning. fightbacknews.org Speaking at the White House, July 4, President Trump stated, "We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing." He is wrong. The radical left and Marxists are beating him at every turn. | Trump is a failed political representative of a failed and dying economic system: monopoly capitalism. Trump's hatred of science, coupled with a profit-motivated health care system, has made the pandemic so much worse than it had to be. By every measure, the economy is entering a 1930s s…
(2020-07-06). Germany has only a few hundred doses of remdesivir, says health minister. yenisafak.com Germany has only a few hundred doses of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir, the country's health minister Jens Spahn told European Union lawmakers on Monday, urging to move production of the drug to Europe."We do not have a huge inventory now, (it's) a few hundred doses that we have," he said at a video-conference hearing organised by the European Parliament.Spahn said he was working to ensure the drug could be produced in Europe. Its manufacturer Gilead Sciences Inc has no production facilities for remdesivir in Europe.
(2020-07-06). £1.57bn support package 'shows important role arts will play in recovery'. thecanary.co 
The government's £1.57bn support package for the arts is an acknowledgement that they have an "important" role to play in the nation's recovery, a theatre boss has said.Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the Young Vic, told Times Radio that he and his colleagues are "relieved".The move has also been welcomed by the Tate, the Science Museum Group, the National Gallery and the Royal Shakespeare Company. | Kwei-Armah added: "When we heard last night, we slept for the first time since March."It is a real vindication that we have been listened to and that the government understands that we were dying on our…
(2020-07-06). Minnesota protesters demand justice for Isak Aden, Somali-American man killed by police. peoplesworld.org 
EAGAN, Minnesota—The protest on the one-year anniversary of the murder of Isak Aden, 23, at the hands of police officers here was both a somber remembrance of his life and a militant event demanding the reopening of his case. Family members, former schoolmates, teachers, and a thousand supporters gathered July 1 at the site where …
(2020-07-06). Bountygate: Scapegoating Systemic Military Failure In Afghanistan. popularresistance.org It took little more than a year for the president to come to grips with a reality that would be reflected in the findings of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko, that there had been "explicit and sustained efforts by the U.S. government to deliberately mislead the public…to distort statistics to make it appear the United States was winning the war when that was not the case." | In November 2018, Trump turned on "Mad Dog", telling the former Marine General "I gave you what you asked for. Unlimited authority, no holds barred. You're losing. You're getting your ass kicked. You faile…
(2020-07-05). The Unthinkable: Is a US-China War Possible? US War Ships in the South China Sea. A New Era of "Great Power Competition" globalresearch.ca The US is waging undeclared war on China by other means — aiming to undermine its growing prominence on the world stage. | Pompeo falsely calling China's new national security law "an affront to all nations," his endless war of words …
(2020-07-05). The World Is Burning and Canada Will Not Extinguish It. globalresearch.ca It's hard to find things to celebrate right now. Between a dangerous virus and the dangerous police, the news cycle is even darker than usual. This week, Justin Trudeau and the Canadian establishment will try to interrupt that cycle and …
(2020-07-05). Video: Germany's Extra-parliamentary Inquiry on COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Dear fellow citizens, | Welcome to the ACU, the Extra-Parliamentary Corona Investigation Committee. If the Parliament does not do it, then we citizens are called upon to do it ourselves. | Extra-parliamentary Corona Committee of Inquiry, we will investigate why these …
(2020-07-05). CIA Information Warfare Succeeds: Occupation of Afghanistan Forced to Continue, Trump's Real Crimes in Afghanistan Ignored. globalresearch.ca On July 1st the House Armed Services Committee
(2020-07-05). Is Washington Provoking India into a War with China? globalresearch.ca US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a recent video conference suggested that the US might move some of its troops from Germany to the region around India, citing growing US security concerns in the Asian region. Given the dramatic …
(2020-07-05). Video: String of ISIS Attacks Continues in Syrian Desert. globalresearch.ca Since the start of the week, the Syrian Army has repelled several ISIS attacks on its positions in the desert in central Syria. | The most recent attack took place in eastern Homs early on July 2 and became the largest …
(2020-07-05). Co Dependence Day. Voting will Not Solve Anything. Furthering Demand for Real Change in America. globalresearch.ca They'll be shooting off the fireworks, eating and drinking like ' Ants at a picnic' and sending 'Social Distancing' out the window. Why not? It's July 4th once again, a time to celebrate. Celebrate what? This pandemic is showing its …
(2020-07-05). Benjamin Franklin and the International Dimensions of 1776. How an Age of Reason Was Subverted. globalresearch.ca This July 4th, a larger-than-usual shadow is cast upon America which has come face-to-face with some serious historic reckonings. While the existence of an oligarchy and international "deep state" should not be ignored as a political force of …
(2020-07-05). Igbo Women Seek Biafra, Voice Nigeria's Bleak Future. globalresearch.ca Nigeria is one of the largest by territory with population (estimated currently at 206 million) and huge economy in Africa. Situated on the southern coast on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, this country most often referred to …
(2020-07-05). Palestine, Annexation and the Wrong Story. globalresearch.ca The other night I watched PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff. The report on the annexation (do I need to qualify or explain "annexation"? What other country has or is likely ever to declare its impending annexation of someone else's land …
(2020-07-05). LancetGate: "Scientific Corona Lies" and Big Pharma Corruption. Hydroxychloroquine versus Gilead's Remdesivir. globalresearch.ca Introduction: | There is an ongoing battle to suppress Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a cheap and effective drug for the treatment of Covid-19. The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed …
(2020-07-05). Netherlands 'Justice' Is Totally Corrupt: The Malaysian MH17 Court Case against Russia. globalresearch.ca On Friday, July 3rd, the judge in the Netherlands court case against Russia as having fired a Buk missile that brought down the Malaysian Airlines plane that Ukrainian Air Traffic Control had instructed to fly over Ukraine's civil-war zone on …
(2020-07-05). Scotland Could Place English in Quarantine as Independence Debate Heats Up. globalresearch.ca There's no doubt that Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has had a better pandemic than her English counterpart. Sturgeon's ratings have been consistently high throughout the crisis, with one
(2020-07-05). Trump Regime Wants Legitimate Iranian Fuel Shipments to Venezuela Seized. globalresearch.ca No nation in world history more strongly professes support for democratic values and the rule of law while more egregiously breaching its proclaimed principles than the US. | It's been this way throughout the country's history, fleeting moments alone when positive …
(2020-07-05). It's Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America. globalresearch.ca The Declaration of Independence speaks volumes about the abuses suffered by early Americans at the hands of the British police state. Read it again, and ask yourself if the list of complaints tallied by Jefferson don't bear a startling resemblance to the abuses "we the people" are suffering today at the hands of the American police state.
(2020-07-05). Rocket Lab CEO Promises Customers to 'Leave No Stone Unturned' After Latest Mission Ends in Failure. sputniknews.com Founded in 2004, the private US aerospace company has put 53 spacecraft into low-Earth orbit and most of its missions have been successful. Saturday's launch was initially scheduled for 5 July, however, due to a bad weather forecast, the company moved it one day earlier, a rare occurrence in the space industry.
(2020-07-05). Israeli Troops Abduct a Palestinian Student in Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted early on Sunday a Palestinian university student in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israel soldiers, stationed on a mobile military roadblock, near the Khan Alahmar neighborhood, mainly on the Ramallah-Jericho street, intercepted student Majdy Abuzaid, 20, before they …
(2020-07-05). Florida State students protest to take down statue of slave-owner. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On July 4, over 70 students protested in front of the Westcott administration building at Florida State University to demand the removal of the statue of Francis Eppes, a large Leon County slave-owner who had funded the Confederacy. The protest was called by Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who also issued demands for the removal of Eppes from the criminology building and segregationist Doak Campbell from the stadium. | Students, holding signs reading, "No slave-owners on campus" and "Eppes must fall," marched to the new location of the Eppes statue. An American flag was drap…
(2020-07-05). Crapped out on the Delayed Postage Front. dissidentvoice.org Barney came walking back into the living room from his kitchen holding a sandwich baggie and a bottle of cheap scotch. "I'm gonna teach that fuckin' post office a thing or two about losin' peoples unemployment checks," he announced. He took a pull off the bottle and his entire body trembled as he swallowed. I …
(2020-07-04). NYC Mayor's promise to defund NYPD falls short of the people's demands. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — The New York City Council voted Tuesday, June 30 in favor of a new budget proposal that will supposedly cut NYPD funding by $1 billion from the police department's current annual budget of $6 billion. This comes in response to recent protests demanding that the city defund the NYPD. While Mayor Bill DeBlasio claims that the budget plan answers protesters' calls, the proposed 'cuts' in funding are in truth no more than an illusion. | Mayor DeBlasio claims that several hundred million dollars cut from the NYPD will go to funding for education. However, the reality is that the money currently us…
(2020-07-04). The University Community As A Microcosm Of The National Economy. popularresistance.org In sum, MMT suggests that the printing of money can be calibrated to the fulfillment of short and long term needs. Money could and should be provided for health care for all, support for education (K through university), structural renovation, transitioning away from fossil fuels, the creation of jobs for all and universal basic income programs, and support for a Green New Deal. These programs were vitally needed before the pandemic and are even more essential since its onset. Of course, cutting military spending, pork-barrel legislation, and creating a progressive tax system helps. But the human needs articulate…
(2020-07-04). Without Radical Community Education, We Won't Move Beyond "Comfortable" Reforms. truthout.org Many of us are reflecting on what it means to engage critically within our own communities as a way of supporting and being accountable to broader movements for justice. In this moment, prioritizing community education — a process of learning and teaching together toward meaningful social change — is one of the many ways that those of us not directly targeted by anti-Black racism can collectively support and participate in movements to abolish policing, prisons, and all systems tha…
(2020-07-04). Society Is Infinitely Smarter Than Any One Individual but Lockdowns Kneecapped It. anti-empire.com 
We've lived through the most bizarre experience of human folly in my lifetime, and perhaps in generations. Among the strangest aspects of this has been the near universal failure on the part of regular people, and even the appointed "experts" (the ones the government employs, in any case), to have internalized anything about the basics of viruses that my mother understands, thanks to her mother before who had a solid education in the subject after World War II. | Thus, for example, are all governments ready to impose new lockdowns should the infection data turn in the other direction. Under what theory, precisely…
(2020-07-04). [Research Paper] Characteristics, risk factors and outcomes among the first consecutive 1096 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Kuwait. thelancet.com In Kuwait, prior to the first case of COVID-19 being reported in the country, mass screening of incoming travelers from countries with known outbreaks was performed and resulted in the first identified cases in the country. All COVID-19 cases at the time and subsequently after, were transferred to a single center, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Hospital, where the patients received standardized investigations and treatments. The objective of this study was to characterize the demographics, clinical manifestations, and outcomes in this unique patient population.
(2020-07-04). COVID-19 Coronavirus "Fake" Pandemic: Timeline and Analysis. globalresearch.ca On January 30, a far-reaching decision was taken by the WHO without the support of expert opinion at a time when the coronavirus outbreak was limited to Mainland China. 150 confirmed cases outside China, when the decision was taken, 6 in the US, 3 in Canada, 2 in the UK, etc. In early March, 430 cases in the US.
(2020-07-04). Economically, US is a declining power, China is a rising power. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Signs of Our Time, Marxist intellectual Aijaz Ahmad and Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research talk about the state of US-China relations and rising tensions in East Asia. Prof. Ahmad analyses the decline in US economic and strategic power and talks about the implications of the China-Russia partnership…
(2020-07-04). Breakthrough in dark matter mystery as neutral hydrogen from other galaxies detected for first time. rt.com 
In a development that could finally shed light on dark matter, an international team of scientists have detected neutral hydrogen atoms, from a galaxy other than our own, for the very first time. | The finding came thanks to the enormous Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), which sits in a hilly, green natural basin in southwest China's Guizhou Province. | The researchers detected the hydrogen coming from three extragalactic galaxies with only five minutes of exposure, a feat that demonstrates the exceptional sensitivity of the telescope. It is the first time neutral hydrogen from outs…
(2020-07-04). Russian Cosmonaut Shares Photo of Brightest Comet in 7 Years. sputniknews.com C/2020 F3 is a retrograde comet discovered in March 2020 by the NEOWISE space telescope and named after it, believed to be the brightest comet in 7 years. It will make its closest approach to the Earth on 23 July, 2020.
(2020-07-04). City University of New York lays off 2,800 adjuncts in wave of austerity. wsws.org These actions will have a devastating effect on the largest urban university system in the US, forcing faculty, students, and staff to bear the brunt of the current pandemic-triggered state and city financial crisis.
(2020-07-04). Turkish space team to send mini satellite into space. yenisafak.com A team of Turkish engineering students will send a miniaturized satellite into space at the end of the year."We started working on the PocketQube in 2016, a newly developed standard in space technologies, and developed Turkey's first PocketQube satellite Grizu-263A," Aytac Dursun, head of Grizu-263 Space Team, told Anadolu Agency."The satellite will be sent into space in December with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex in the US," he said.Established in 2016 by Bulent Ecevit University students in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak, Grizu-263 aims to work on space and satellite…
(2020-07-04). 2010: Why the WHO Faked a Pandemic. anti-empire.com 
The World Health Organization has suddenly gone from crying "The sky is falling!" like a cackling Chicken Little to squealing like a stuck pig. The reason: charges that the agency deliberately fomented swine flu hysteria. "The world is going through a real pandemic. The description of it as a fake is wrong and irresponsible," the
(2020-07-04). What George Floyd and Breonna Taylor Can Teach Us About the History of the War on Drugs and Needed Police Reforms. commondreams.org Ronald Scott, a central neighborhood resident for more than 10 years, takes a photo of the memorial mural over flowers and banners laid in the memory of George Floyd outside of Cup Foods on May 29, 2020. (Photo: Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-07-04). Continued Unemployment Claims in the US Rise by Another 1 Million, Now at Eye-Watering 31.5 Million. anti-empire.com 
Normally, the jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is released on the first Friday of the month. And the unemployment claims report is released Thursday every week. But this month, the monthly jobs report was also released today because of the 4th of July weekend. And now we have this delicious situation of both reports on the same day, with the Labor Department's unemployment insurance data — people who are actually receiving unemployment benefits under state and federal programs — calling the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey-based report a liar. And we'll go through them. | What the L…
(2020-07-04). Mexico Could Be Significantly Downplaying Its Coronavirus Death Toll – Reports. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Mexican government may be downplaying tens of thousands of deaths from official coronavirus statistics, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing a compilation of independent studies.