The Canary (2019-08-13). Vaccine against chlamydia moves a step closer after successful clinical trial. thecanary.co A vaccine to protect against the common sexually transmitted infection (STI) chlamydia is safe and has shown promising signs of being effective, a clinical trial has found.Researchers found the vaccine provoked an immune response during preliminary tests on 35 healthy women.Further trials will now be carried out to determine whether it can fully protect against the infection, but experts say it is an "important first step" in tackling the condition."The findings are encouraging as they show the vaccine is safe and produces the type of immune response that could potentially protect against chlamydia," said Profess…

Forrest Hylton (2019-08-13). Medellín Diary: Remembering Our Dead. counterpunch.org What set Gustavo Marulanda's death apart from so many others in those years, when the Colombian government of Andrés Pastrana negotiated peace with the insurgent guerrilla movement, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), and the paramilitaries targeted intellectuals as well as social and trade union movement activists as guerrilla supporters, is that Marulanda publicly forecasted his murder at a student assembly. | More

teleSUR (2019-08-13). Most US Citizens Do Not Support President Trump's Asylum Policy. telesurenglish.net A Pew Research Center poll found that most U.S. citizens reject President Donald Trump's measures against asylum seekers and 72 percent of them support granting legal status to immigrants. | RELATED: | Guatemala Cannot Be 'Safe Third Country,' US Congresswoman Says | According to this study, 65 percent of respondents believe that the U.S. government is per…

Ed Sykes (2019-08-13). Angela Rayner takes Tories to task over 'toxic, eye-watering debts'. thecanary.co Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has slammed "the current broken system" of higher education loans. She blames Conservative-led governments for creating "vast levels of debt" and passing "almost half the cost" onto taxpayers. And she insists that a Labour government would do things very differently. | "Student loan debt set to almost double": | The Labour Party has criticised the current student…

Shane Quinn (2019-08-13). History: US-led Pressures on Japan Performed a Central Role Leading to Pearl Harbor. globalresearch.ca By 1920, America had become by far the world's richest country, whose strength held sway over much of the Western hemisphere, and was stretching further eastwards. As her influence expanded, the United States was posing a serious problem for the …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-13). Why Don't Activists Care About the Kashmiris as Much as the Rohingyas? globalresearch.ca It's certainly peculiar that the international activist community cares more for the Rohingyas than the Kashmiris despite both of these people being Muslim minorities that are facing a similar threat of ethnic cleansing, which suggests that there must be more …

Telesur (2019-08-13). Brazilian Prosecutors to Bar Bolsonaro's Son from US Envoy Role. globalresearch.ca Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking to prevent far-right President Jair Bolsanaro's son from becoming the new ambassador to the United States. | The prosecutors filed a court injunction on Monday to bar Eduardo Bolsonaro from this ambassador role, citing the latter's …

Pepe Escobar (2019-08-13). How Tehran Fits into Russia-China Strategy. globalresearch.ca Complex doesn't even begin to describe the positioning of Iran-Russia in the geopolitical chessboard. What's clear in our current, volatile moment is that they're partners, as I previously reported. Although not strategic partners, as in the Russia-China tie-up, Russia-China-Iran …

Prof. Tony Hall (2019-08-13). Freedom or Repression of Speech at Alberta's Universities? A Point of Contention Between the NDP and the UCP. globalresearch.ca Is former NDP Cabinet Minister, Shannon Phillips, attempting to revive her waning political career by initiating a fear mongering campaign? Ms. Phillips is targeting Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's plan to integrate the Chicago Principles on Free Speech …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-13). Iran Might be About To Change Its Approach Towards India. globalresearch.ca Iran had hitherto allowed India to make a fool out of it without uttering even the faintest protest in response, yet the Islamic Republic's previously servile attitude might be changing if two recent statements by its leadership are any indication …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-13). Hong Kong Protesters Are Collectively Punishing the Peaceful Population. globalresearch.ca Thousands of demonstrators held an unlawful assembly in Hong Kong International Airport on Monday and prompted the cancellation of all flights for the day out of safety concerns. This marks a dramatic escalation in the weeks-long demonstrations against a now-suspended …

South Front (2019-08-13). Video: Syrian Tiger Forces Crush Al Qaeda Militants' Defense in Southern Idlib. globalresearch.ca Over the past weekend, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces have continued their advance on positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies in northwestern Hama and southern Idlib. | By August 12, government forces had liberated the …

Joseph Thomas (2019-08-13). US Walks Away from Southeast Asia Summit Empty-Handed. globalresearch.ca A recent meeting of the 10 member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened in Bangkok, Thailand and attended by representatives from China, Russia and even the United States, provides us with a clear indicator of how power and influence …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-13). Trump: A Modern-Day Herbert Hoover? Financial Plunge 2019. globalresearch.ca Clearly, Hoover was world's apart from Trump geopolitically, at war with no other nations, polar opposite how both extremist right wings of the US war party operate today. This article deals only with economic and financial issues. | Hoover had the …

Jim Miles (2019-08-13). Obama's Unending Wars — Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State. globalresearch.ca Obama is a shining light in comparison to his two bookends, George Bush and Donald Trump. His manner is calm and focused as he presents his ideas with well mannered rhetorical flourishes, speaking in terms of hope, peace, change, freedom …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-13). Civil Disobedience in Hong Kong or US Color Revolution Attempt? globalresearch.ca As the saying goes, if it walks, talks, and quacks like a duck, chances are it is one. | What's been going on for months in Hong Kong has all the earmarks of a US orchestrated color revolution, aimed at destabilizing …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-08-13). The 'Idiot Box' — Now More than Ever! globalresearch.ca For decades many critics of broadcast television labeled it 'The idiot box'. As Ed Norton said in a Honeymooners episode "Maybe the phrase fits.'" Well, today, perhaps more than ever before, we all must be idiots to continue viewing …

Rahus-Solar Schoolhouse (2019-08-13). Educator Workshop: Climate Science & Solutions for K-12 Classrooms. indybay.org Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472…

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-08-13). The U.S. Government Doesn't Care About Afghan Women. truthdig.com In once, and to some extent still, relatively cosmopolitan Baghdad, Iraq, I once saw three young female college students from Mustansiriyah University walking home from class. They couldn't have been more differently clothed. One wore a full burqa that exposed only her eyes; another a hijab, a more modest head scarf without a facial veil, and a pair of jeans; the third sported a pink miniskirt and a revealing tank top with her long hair fully exposed. Still, they chatted like old friends. | By early 2007, this range of women's clothing was already highly rare in all but the safest Baghdad neighborhoods, yet it di…

teleSUR (2019-08-13). Students Strike, Protest Across Brazil as Moro Orders Crackdown. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro ordered his ministry's National Public Security Force (FSNP) to be stationed at the Ministries Square in Brasilia to crack down on student protests scheduled for Tuesday. | RELATED: | Argentina Frontrunner: 'Bolsonaro Is Racist, Misogynist, Violent' | The National Student Union (UNE) called o…

Gunar Olsen (2019-08-13). Fordham's Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status. thenation.com Fordham's Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status…

The Canary (2019-08-13). Employment gains mask sharp rise in unemployment. thecanary.co Employment has hit record highs in the UK as the market was boosted by higher numbers of working women and self-employed workers, new figures reveal. | The number of people in employment rose by 115,000 to 32.81 million in the three months to June, reaching a new high for people in work, the Office for National Statistics said. | However, unemployment also significantly increased, as fewer people were considered economically inactive. | The UK's level of unemployment rose 31,000 to 1.33 million for the quarter, as the rate of unemployment increased to 3.9%. | The rise in unemployment was the biggest the UK has se…

Staff (2019-08-13). How #MeToo Is Changing Sex Ed Policies — Even in Red States. truthout.org | | In Colorado, a law passed this spring requires any sex education taught in the state's public schools to be medically accurate and, in an unusual move, carves out $1 million to pay for it. | California's Board of Education updated its statewide framework in May for teaching comprehensive sex educat…

Global Research News (2019-08-13). Selected Articles: India's Kashmir Crisis. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Iran Might be About To …

Staff (2019-08-13). Ibram X. Kendi: IQ Tests, SAT Scores and Other "Intelligence" Tests Propagate Racism. democracynow.org Author and professor Ibram X. Kendi joins us to discuss his new book, "How to Be an Antiracist." He talks about the racist development of intelligence tests that blatantly discriminate against people of color under a veneer of scientific objectivity. "Even when we talk about antiracism, when most people think of who needs to be an antiracist, they think of Southerners. They think of people who voted for Trump," says Kendi. "They don't think of people who are advocating for the maintenance of these tests, which are denying access to some of the best schools in New York City to black and Latino kids."

Staff (2019-08-12). New Trump Rules Can Deny Green Cards to Immigrants on Food Stamps. truthdig.com A new initiative would allow the government to consider such factors as education, household income and health when granting legal status.

Staff (2019-08-12). The Long and Bloody History of White Supremacy in the U.S. truthdig.com What can settler colonialism and slavery teach us about Donald Trump and 8chan? Quite a bit, says author and professor Gerald Horne.

Kevin Zeese (2019-08-12). The World Is Uniting for International Law, Against US Empire. globalresearch.ca "We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures." | That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become …

David Suzuki (2019-08-12). Deniers deflated as climate reality hits home. nationofchange.org Climate science deniers are becoming desperate as their numbers diminish in the face of incontrovertible evidence that human-caused global warming is putting our future at risk. Although most people with basic education, common sense, and a lack of financial interest in the fossil fuel industry accept what scientists worldwide have proven through decades of research, some media outlets continue to publish inconsistent, incoherent opinions of people who reject climate science. | Over the past few weeks, Canada's Postmedia chain has run columns denying or downplaying the seriousness of climate change by Fraser I…

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Stephen Lendman (2019-08-12). Electoral Defeat for Ruling Argentinian Neo-Liberal Regime. globalresearch.ca Since taking office in December 2015, President Mauricio Macri created socio-economic crisis conditions by serving privileged interests exclusively at the expense of the public welfare. | He slashed social benefits at the behest of internal monied interests, Wall Street and the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-12). Undemocratic Dems for President. Only Tulsi Gabbard and Mike Gravel are Genuinely Anti-war. globalresearch.ca The crowded field has 25 Dems in it so far, maybe more to come, dropouts along the way for lack of enough support. | Tulsi Gabbard and 89-year-old former senator Mike Gravel are the only worthy candidates. | Both have genuine anti-war, …

Jon Queally (2019-08-12). 'Gold Over Life, Literally': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem. globalresearch.ca "Gold over life, literally." | That was the succinct and critical reaction of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein to reporting on Friday that President Donald Trump had personally intervened—after a meeting with Alaska's Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy on Air Force …

Eric Margolis (2019-08-12). Hair-trigger Nuclear Alert over Kashmir. globalresearch.ca Two of the world's most important powers, India and Pakistan, are locked into an extremely dangerous confrontation over the bitterly disputed Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir. Both are nuclear armed. | Kashmir has been a flashpoint since Imperial Britain divided India …

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-08-12). Our Vanishing World: Rainforests. globalresearch.ca Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth's biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth's climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth's hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most of the world's species, …

True Publica (2019-08-12). Britain: The Union Is Now All but Dead. The U.K. is Inevitably Breaking Up? globalresearch.ca Boris Johnson declares himself a champion of the UK union, a prime minister who wants to strengthen "the ties that bind our United Kingdom". This is just part of the propaganda game being played. But as the FT headline goes …

Eric Zuesse (2019-08-12). Adding Context to 'News' About Venezuela. globalresearch.ca This past week's meeting of the U.S.-and-Canada-created anti-Venezuela Lima Group of nations failed to achieve the U.S. regime's intention of organizing a coalition of its members to participate in a U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Venezuela's Government and install Trump's choice, …

Prof. Ray Bush (2019-08-12). Contrasting Development Experiences of the Arab World and East Asia. globalresearch.ca On the surface, it might be incongruous to assert that there is a single law that has shaped what appear to be the contrasting development experiences of the Arab World (AW) and East Asia (EA). After all, as Ali Kadri…

Andre Vltchek (2019-08-12). China's Belt and Road (BRI): Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia? globalresearch.ca Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. | It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military …

Revd Andrew Ashdown (2019-08-12). What Is Really Happening in Syria? globalresearch.ca In this episode of "The Beloved Community", Mark Taliano and Andrew Ashdown shed light on what is really happening in Syria. Their evidence-based, on the ground narratives, are shockingly different from the fake, monochromatic narratives fed to Western populations on …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-08-12). "Opposition" or Terrorists? Who Is Syria and Russia Targeting in Idlib? globalresearch.ca Scott Lucas — a professor at the University of Birmingham UK — would decry with the rest of the Western media — resumed joint military operations carried out by Syria and Russia in and around the northwestern governorate of Idlib….

The Global Research Team (2019-08-12). Keep World News Unchained: We Need Your Support. globalresearch.ca Dear Global Research Readers, | As we take stock of our rapidly changing world, it can be easy to get swept along by the fierce tide of disinformation coming from many sources. While we strive for awareness and comprehension in the …

Theron Mohamed (2019-08-12). Bayer Gets Help from Donald Trump as US Regulators Veto Warnings Its Roundup Weedkiller Causes Cancer. globalresearch.ca Embattled Bayer is getting a helping hand from Donald Trump. | The German pharmaceuticals titan is currently inundated with lawsuits claiming Roundup, a weedkiller owned by its Monsanto subsidiary, causes cancer. The Trump administration is refusing to approve product labels …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-12). Could The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Contribute to Resolving the Kashmir Crisis? globalresearch.ca The onset of the latest Kashmir Crisis following India's "Israeli"-like unilateral moves there last week have raised the question among many in the Alt-Media Community of whether the SCO could help mediate a solution between New Delhi and Islamabad, but …

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-12). Sick to the Stomach: Pesticides and the Cocktail of Toxicity. globalresearch.ca Dame Sally Davies is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England and recently released the CMO annual report for 2019. The report focuses on UK engagement with global health and forging partnerships. | However, there appears to be no mention …

David Suzuki (2019-08-12). Deniers Deflated as Climate Reality Hits Home. commondreams.org Those who continue to spread doubt and confusion about climate science are starting to look even more ridiculous with their many conflicting, insubstantial arguments. (Photo: dullhunk/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

The Canary (2019-08-12). University bans beef burgers to do its part in the fight against climate chaos. thecanary.co Beef burgers have been banned by a university as part of efforts to tackle the climate emergency.Goldsmiths, University of London said it will remove all products containing beef from sale from next month as the institution aims to become carbon neutral by 2025.Students will also face a 10p levy on bottles of water and single-use plastic cups when the academic year starts to discourage use of the products.The college's new Warden, Prof Frances Corner, said staff and st…

Staff (2019-08-12). Lawsuit Seeks to Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage. truthout.org | | Medicare paid for Betty Gordon's knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old former high school teacher needed a nursing home stay and care at home to recover. | Yet Medicare wouldn't pay for that. So Gordon is stuck with a $7,000 bill she can't afford — and, as if that were not bad enough, she can't appeal. | The reasons Medicare won't pay have frustrated the Rhode Island woman and many others trapped in the maze of regulations surrounding something called "observation…

Ayesha Tandon (2019-08-12). Global sea-level rise began accelerating '30 years earlier' than previously thought. nationofchange.org The study, published in Nature Climate Change, introduces a new technique to more accurately determine historical global sea levels by combining two different statistical approaches. | It was found that the southern hemisphere, home to many developing small island nations, experienced the majority of the observed sea level rise, the lead author tells Carbon Brief. | The implication of this work is that ocean heat uptake will "likely increase again in the near future, further increasing the rate of current sea level rise", another scientist tells Carbon Brief. | Measuring our rising seas: | Global sea l…

Global Research News (2019-08-12). Selected Articles: Hard-Brexit Job Losses Across Europe? globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …