Daily Archives: July 9, 2020

2020-07-09: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2020-07-09). Delhi University students and faculty oppose implementation of online exam system. peoplesdispatch.org The University Grants Commission, which regulates higher education in India, and the government have declared that online end-term exams in Delhi University should be conducted by September. Students and faculty have opposed this…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2020-07-09). COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rising Sharply. globalresearch.ca Concerns are mounting across the African continent and internationally over the exponential growth in COVID-19 infections. | At the time of this writing the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) reported a total of 508,584 cases resulting in 12,000 …

South Front (2020-07-09). Video: Turkish Proxies Create Chaos in Northeastern Syria. globalresearch.ca Chaos is spreading through the Turkish-occupied part of northern Syria. | Late on July 7, a car bomb explosion rocked the town of Tell Abyad killing at least seven people. Pro-Turkish sources immediately accused the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) of …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-09). US Policy Toward China Wrecking Bilateral Relations. globalresearch.ca Both right wings of the US one-party state are of a single mind in wanting China's economic, industrial, technological, and military advancement undermined. | Obama's near-decade ago prioritization of asserting Washington's Asia/Pacific presence was and remains key Dem and GOP policy….

Scott Ritter (2020-07-09). The UN Has Found that the US Killing of Qassem Soleimani Broke International Law. It's Right, but Nothing Will Happen as a Result. globalresearch.ca For America, international law has no meaning. In Washington's view, it applies to other countries, but not to them. Sadly, this well-reasoned UN declaration is simply an exercise in frustration and irrelevance. | On paper, it sounds very copesetic: "… a …

Nicaraguan civil society (2020-07-09). Open Letter to the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the IACHR Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts on Nicaragua, the Argentinian Team of Forensic Anthropology and SITU Research of New York. globalresearch.ca IACHR President: Sr. Joel Hernández García | IACHR First Vice-President: Sra. Antonia Urrejola Noguera | IACHR Second Vice-President: Sra. Flávia Piovesan | GIEI members: Sr. Amerigo Incalcaterra, Sra. Sofía Macher, Sr. Pablo Parenti and Sra. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey | EAAF: Sra. Mercedes …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-09). The Global Reset — Unplugged. "The Deep State" globalresearch.ca Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy — and you may even believe it — but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, …

Josh Mitteldorf (2020-07-09). The "Second Wave": Politics Influences the "Science" of COVID-19. Flawed Data, Flawed Models. globalresearch.ca Many of us are still shell-shocked by the changes in our lives that have been imposed this spring. We're reacting to each unexpected event as it comes. But to anyone who has stepped back to make sense of this web …

Ted Walter (2020-07-09). How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers' Explosive Demolition on 9/11. globalresearch.ca Editor's Note: As of the publication of this article, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is awaiting a decision from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the

Xavier Azalbert (2020-07-09). From Coincidences to Coincidences, Covid and the "Boston Connexion" Serves Gilead's Remdesivir? globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of our readers this important article of France Soir, translated from the French (by France Soir) | Each day brings new developments in what is now commonly known as the "LancetGate". The WHO's latest flip-flop, relayed …

Oxfam International (2020-07-09). COVID-19 Could Kill More People Through Hunger than the Disease Itself, Warns Oxfam. globalresearch.ca More people could die as a result of hunger linked to COVID-19 than could die from the disease, warned Oxfam in a new report published today. | The report, The Hunger Virus, reveals how an estimated 122 million more people could …

Dr. T. P. Wilkinson (2020-07-09). Evolving Global Crisis: Medical Social Engineering and Management. globalresearch.ca There have been for some time, esp. from libertarian quarters, accusations that the COVID-19 crisis has led to a state that has been called by some "medical martial law". I believe the more accurate term and point of departure is …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-07-09). Bolsonaro Will Politicize His "Alleged" Coronavirus Infection to Regain Lost Popularity. globalresearch.ca It is only natural for many people to think Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro testing positive for COVID-19 is a karma for his insistence on minimizing the risks of the disease and a near non-existent management of the pandemic that has …

Emile Badarin (2020-07-09). Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan's Existential Threat. globalresearch.ca More than any other Arab state, Jordan's past, present and future are inextricably linked to the question of Palestine. Jordan's emergence is an outcome of British imperialism, which imposed the infamous

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-09). UK Complicity with Saudi War Crimes in Yemen. globalresearch.ca Britain operates as a US imperial project junior partner — allied with its preemptive wars against nonbelligerent nations threatening no one. | Both countries operate by a do what we say, not as we do standard. | While their lofty language expresses …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2020-07-09). Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court. globalresearch.ca A war crimes

Johanna Ross (2020-07-09). UK Commits 'Highway Robbery' of Venezuelan Gold, Says Academic. globalresearch.ca When it comes to Venezuela, Britain is suffering from split personality disorder. While the UK Foreign Office reportedly maintains 'full, normal and reciprocal diplomatic relations' with legitimately elected President Maduro's government, and with Maduro's UK ambassador, the British government has …

Jorge Capelan (2020-07-09). The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and Nicaragua — Science or Injustice? globalresearch.ca The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, EAAF1, created in the mid-1980s, is a very prestigious human rights organization in Argentina and Latin America2 for, among other things, having found the mortal remains of the founder of the Mothers …

Ulson Gunnar (2020-07-09). Washington's War on Huawei Continues. globalresearch.ca For Washington, Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei presents a nearly unsolvable problem. We can draw this conclusion by looking at how the US has chosen to compete, or rather, what it is substituting instead for what should be competition. | CNET in …

_____ (2020-07-09). Economic Justice Rally Pushes For City Level Reparations. popularresistance.org St. Paul, MN — After weeks of intense protests following the murder of George Floyd by police, Minnesota organizers are pushing legislative changes to bring forth justice for the Black community. One of those items is a bill that would distribute reparations for descendants of slaves in Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul. The St. Paul Recovery Act, spearheaded by Minnesota Green Party spokesman Trahern Crews and Ward 7 city councilor Jane Prince, is what the pair call "economic justice". The Recovery Act was created out of H.R. 40 which was passed in 2019 by Congress and commissioned research on discrim…

RT (2020-07-09). Not a 'racist' plan anymore? Democrats rejoice over Biden's $700bn 'Buy American' promise. rt.com Joe Biden unveiled a $700 billion 'Buy American' initiative, drawing praise from both liberals and conservatives on social media, but some noted that similar plans by the Trump administration were previously framed as 'racist.' | Biden's economic pitch includes plans for a $400 billion, four-year increase in government spending on US-made goods and services — topped by a $300 billion investment in research and development for US technology. | "This will be the largest mobilization of public investments in procurement, infrastructure and (research and development) since World War II," Biden's senior advise…

RT (2020-07-09). Princeton University faculty seek to establish racial thought police & punish insufficiently diverse disciplines. rt.com Professors at prestigious Princeton University have assailed the school for its alleged "anti-Black racism," issuing a lengthy list of demands including bribing departments to hire minorities (and punishing those that don't). | Over 350 Princeton faculty members have signed on to an open letter demanding the university prioritize the fight against "anti-Black racism," which the writers insist "has a visible bearing upon Princeton's campus makeup and its hiring practices." Members of every department of the Ivy League school except Chemical and Biological Engineering and Operations Research and Financial Engine…

Global Research News (2020-07-09). Selected Articles: Flawed COVID-19 Data, Lockdown and Its Global Impacts. globalresearch.ca If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a

imperial.ac.uk (2020-07-09). Seismic societal engagement activity recognised in the 2020 President's Awards. imperial.ac.uk From a citizen science project with a local school to inspiring global audiences with volcanoes, we celebrate the achievements of this year's winners.

Fight Back (2020-07-09). On UTA administration's inaction to ICE and the international student deportation. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – As an international student, I am frankly disillusioned at the silence of the University of Texas Arlington (UTA) administration as they failed to address the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) plan for the deportation of international students if they enroll in an online classes in the upcoming fall semester. As of yet no email has arrived from the acting provost's office to either calm international students or provide them with any sort of protections to assure their safety against these federal mandates. | There are 4887 international students at UTA presently out of a…

yenisafak (2020-07-09). Fashion giant apologizes for selling Muslim prayer mats with Kaaba motif as 'Greek carpets'. yenisafak.com Online fashion retailer Shein has issued a public apology after facing fierce backlash for selling Muslim prayer mats as a home decorative item on its official site, despite many of the rugs bearing motifs of Islamic holy sites.The fast-fashion retailer came under fire after its products caught the eye of a journalism student from the University of Salford, Khadija Rizvi, who posted now-viral screenshots of the mats on social media. Many of the Muslim mats, which were advertised as "frilled Greek carpets," bore motifs of mosques and the Ka'aba, which is considered the most sacred Islamic site by Muslims around th…

yenisafak (2020-07-09). What you need to know about the coronavirus right now. yenisafak.com Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Worsening U.S. outbreak prompts tough actionsNew Jersey adopted a stringent coronavirus face-mask order on Wednesday, and New York City unveiled a plan to allow public school students back into classrooms for just two or three days a week, as newly confirmed U.S. COVID-19 cases soared to a daily global record.More than 47,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the two northeastern states, accounting for more than a third of the 132,000-plus Americans killed by the virus, according to a Reuters tally.New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy unveiled an ex…

_____ (2020-07-09). Rally Protests Anti-Racist Teacher's Suspension. popularresistance.org Milton, MA – Hundreds rallied on Juneteenth (June 19) in Milton, Mass., calling for an end to systemic racism in school curriculum and voicing support for Zakia Jarrett, an African-American sixth-grade English teacher. Jarrett was briefly put on administrative leave June 5 for her remarks on police violence during a lesson on racism. | Jarrett, who has taught for 18 years, used the last line of the poem "Allowables" by Nikki Giovanni as a metaphor for racism. The line reads: "I don't think I'm allowed to kill something because I am afraid." | Jarrett explained that killing out of fear leads to systemic racism and…

Eds. (2020-07-09). Two months of gains, but a huge jobs deficit remains, and deepening pain is on the horizon. mronline.org Today's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows two months in a row of payroll employment gains, an increase in jobs of 4.8 million in June on top of 2.7 million in May. But, because so many jobs were lost in March and April, we are still 14.7 million jobs below where we …

WSWS (2020-07-08). Florida orders schools to reopen as COVID-19 cases surge. wsws.org The Florida Department of Education is ordering schools to physically open in August, threatening the lives of teachers and students.

_____ (2020-07-08). A Decade Of Research On The Rich-Poor Divide In Education. popularresistance.org Education inequality is not just a divide between rich and poor but also between the ultra-rich and everyone else. In 2020, a Pennsylvania State University researcher documented how the wealthiest school districts in America — the top 1 percent — fund their schools at much higher levels than everyone else and are increasing their school spending at a faster rate. The school funding gap between a top 1 percent district (mostly white suburbs) and an average-spending school district at the 50th percentile widened by 32 percent between 2000 and 2015, the study calculated. Nassau County, just outside New Y…

RT (2020-07-08). US must tear down 'whole system of oppression,' says Democrat Ilhan Omar. Dems have 'given up' on America, Republicans reply. rt.com Ilhan Omar has called on the US "to tear down systems of oppression." But the Minnesota Democratic representative's remarks have outraged Republicans, who say she wants to ruin the whole American system. | Oppression is seen pretty much across the board in the American system, Omar claimed in a speech in Minnesota on Tuesday. | "We are fighting to tear down systems of oppression that exist in housing, in education, in healthcare, in employment, in the air we breathe," she said. | "We cannot stop at the criminal justice system. We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression wherever we fin…

RT (2020-07-08). 'Redress for systemic racism'? California State University faculty demand free tuition for non-white students… & segregation. rt.com Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University's faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? | The California Faculty Association has published a list of

Julian Rose (2020-07-08). The Sad Faces of Our Children in Lockdown Covid Captivity. globalresearch.ca Of all the depressing sights witnessed during the insane process of Covid home imprisonment, stupid social distancing and mask madness, the regimentation of children into predesignated playground /classroom 'chalked-off zones' is the one I find the most blood chilling. | There …

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2020-07-08). Is a Global Demographic Crisis Unavoidable? globalresearch.ca "Throughout history, any profound political and social change was preceded by a philosophical revolution, at least among a significant section of the population." —M. N. Roy (1887-1954), humanist and political figure from India, 1950. | "For social problems, to paraphrase …

Matt Sedlar (2020-07-08). How the Trump Administration's Small Business Protection Program Has Failed Communities of Color. cepr.net In These Times See article on original site In recent weeks, it's become increasingly clear that the federal government has failed to protect minority-owned businesses from the pandemic's economic fallout. According to data published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of black-owned businesses decreased by 41% between February and April. For the …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-08). UN So-called Committee of Inquiry (COI) Casually Blames Bashar Al-Assad for US-Sponsored High Crimes Committed by Terrorist Proxies Against the People of Syria. globalresearch.ca Launched preemptively in March 2011 by the Obama regime, escalated by Trump, US direct and proxy aggression in Syria will likely continue indefinitely no matter which right wing of its war party is in charge ahead. | Formed in September 2011, …

Dr. Pascal Sacré (2020-07-08). Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO). globalresearch.ca This article, translated from French, was written prior to the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak. | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English — and that's much more appropriate. WHO: who is it really? | Would …

South Front (2020-07-08). Video: The US Air Force's "Swarm Approach". Toward Aerospace Warfare Model of the 21st Century. globalresearch.ca While the phrase "system of systems" has entered relatively common usage some years ago as a reflection of the need to field systems and assets with complementary capabilities that will operate as part of a synergistic whole in their respective …

The Global Research Team (2020-07-08). The World Is Changing — But Whose Voice Is Telling You How? globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | The world is changing — but whose voice is telling you how? | Global Research stands at a pivotal moment in its 19-year history. Increasingly we are faced with new challenges regarding how to keep our content flowing and …

South Front (2020-07-08). Video: Turkish Forces Lick Wounds After Airstrikes Hit Their Base in Libya. globalresearch.ca After a short break, the military confrontation between the Libyan National Army mainly backed up by Egypt and the UAE and the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord has once again entered an open phase. | On July 5, aircraft of the …

Robert J. Burrowes (2020-07-08). Invisible Rainbow: 5G Electromagnetic Radiation and the Evolution of Life on Planet Earth. globalresearch.ca In his recently revised and updated book

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-07-08). Arrest of Shi'ite Militias in Iraq Is Part of Iranian-US Proxy Struggle. globalresearch.ca New Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi faces many challenges to his authority, including from powerful pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias like Kata'ib Hezbollah. On June 26, 14 militiamen of Kata'ib Hezbollah, commonly known as the Iraqi Hezbollah, were apprehended by Iraqi security …

Beda M Stadler (2020-07-08). Coronavirus: Why Everyone Was Wrong. It is Not a "New Virus". "The Fairy Tale of No Immunity" globalresearch.ca So: Sars-Cov-2 isn't all that new, but merely a seasonal cold virus that mutated and disappears in summer, as all cold viri do — which is what we're observing globally right now. Flu viri mutate significantly more, by the way, and nobody would ever claim that a new flu virus strain was completely novel.

Andrew Korybko (2020-07-08). China-India Onset of "Cold Peace"? Mutual Disengagement Decision, Pull Back from the Line of Control. globalresearch.ca China accepts that India already made its geopolitical choice to become the US' proxy in "containing" the People's Republic, but it would prefer for their seemingly inevitable "decoupling" to be as manageable as possible, hence why it's helping its rival …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-07-08). Netanyahu's Annexation Drive. globalresearch.ca Land seizures, annexations, and conquest. These are words axiomatic to the state of Israel. In the main, the state has maintained an uncomfortable position based on patience and attrition. We have waited this long; you will wait longer. Be it …

OFSCIE (2020-07-08). Human Trafficking for Organs Removal: An Unseen Form of Exploitation. globalresearch.ca This is an official report of the OSCE | Two-day online expert meeting to discuss recent developments and policy gaps in combating trafficking in human beings for the removal of organs concluded yesterday evening. The event was co-organized by the Office …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-07-08). Remember the "Fake" 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency. globalresearch.ca A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.

Eds. (2020-07-08). 'Either you are fighting to eliminate exploitation or not': A leftist critique of the Green New Deal. mronline.org Canadian Dimension in conversation with essayist, researcher and historian Max Ajl…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-07-08). The National Institute of Health (NIH) Owns Half of Moderna Vaccine: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. globalresearch.ca New documents obtained by In addition, four NIH scientists have filed their …