(2023-07-13). WASHINGTON IS BEGGING FOR A PREEMPTIVE NUCLEAR ATTACK FROM RUSSIA. thealtworld.com The Washington Dumbshits are encouraging Russia to wipe out the US in a desperate act of self-preservation. | Russian lawmakers have completed an investigation into Washington's military-related biological activities at laboratories across Ukraine on the basis of findings made public by Russia's Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops over the past year. | Washington is working on a "universal" genetically engineered bioweapon designed to cause severe damage to enemies comparable to that of a "nuclear winter," a Russian parliamentary commission investigating US biolabs in Ukraine has concluded. | "The U…
(2023-07-12). China slams NATO's 'eastward expansion' into Asia-Pacific: Chinese Mission to EU. ecns.cn China firmly opposes NATO's "eastward expansion" into the Asia-Pacific region, a spokesperson for the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) said on Tuesday.
(2023-07-13). Stoltenberg admits NATO began preparing Ukraine for war with Russia since 2014. infobrics.org France will complete training 7,000 Ukrainian soldiers by year's end.
(2023-07-13). Jenin 2002 and now: Israel can't crush Palestinian resistance. workers.org 
Palestinian women rally on 47th anniversary of Land Day in occupied Palestine, March 30, 2023. The writer traveled to the occupied West Bank during the Second Intifada representing the International Action Center. She gained access to Jenin in April 2002 when Israeli Defense Forces were barricading the destroyed refugee camp. . . . |
(2023-07-13). Stephen Wertheim: The West Cannot Ignore Role NATO Expansion Played in Russia's Invasion of Ukraine. democracynow.org 
After the closing of a major NATO summit in Lithuania, President Biden vowed to support Ukraine and warned the war may continue for a long time, before flying to Finland, the newest member of NATO, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia. The goal of this summit may have been to make Ukraine seem more aligned with NATO, but "they actually revealed that the alliance was split" when they did not offer a timeline for Ukraine's membership, says Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Wertheim says the real result of th…
(2023-07-13). Military alliance urged to uphold peace. ecns.cn NATO is being "extremely hypocritical" by making unfounded accusations against China's nuclear capabilities, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday, urging the bloc to take concrete measures to maintain world and regional peace.
(2023-07-13). Headlines for July 13, 2023. democracynow.org As NATO Summit Wraps, Biden Pledges Ukraine Will Join Military Alliance "Some Day", Russian General with Advance Knowledge of Wagner Rebellion Disappears, U.N. Security Council to Meet Following North Korean Ballistic Missile Test, U.N. Calls for Probe After 87 Bodies Discovered in Mass Grave in Sudan's Darfur , Guatemala AG Suspends Progressive Semilla Party as Court Sends Leader Bernardo Arévalo to Runoff, Thailand's Coup-Installed Senate Rejects Popular Reformist Candidate Pita Limjaroenrat, 20 Million in Indian Capital Face Drinking Water Shortages Amid Historic Flooding, Spain Faces H…
(2023-07-13). The European Left Should Hear What the Global South Has to Say About War. libya360.wordpress.com SaàØd Bouamama In the West, the last major mobilization against war dates back to 2003, when the United States decided to invade Iraq. Since then, military interventions have multiplied with the complacency and even the support of many leftist movements. The most recent example is Ukraine, where many "progressives" are rallying to NATO to send…
(2023-07-12). Chinese embassy in UK slams British govt's discriminatory measures against China-related investments. ecns.cn Facts have shown that the British government has taken discriminatory measures against investment by Chinese companies, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the UK said on Wednesday.
(2023-07-13). Jenin atrocity sparks call for Australia to ban all military exports to Israel. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-13). FBI cooperated with Kiev regime to remove verified social media accounts. infobrics.org The attempt at mass censorship went wrong due to inaccurate analysis, having even listed an official American account in Russian language.
(2023-07-13). How BRICS Became a Real Club and Why Others Want In. infobrics.org The BRICS group of emerging markets — Brazil, Russia, India and China, with South Africa added later — has gone from a slogan dreamed up at an investment bank to a real-world club that also controls a major development bank…
(2023-07-13). Russian Army Strikes Ukrainian Ammunition Depots, Repels New Wave Of Attacks (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | The Russian military had launched an attack with long-range sea-based high-precision weapons strike against ammunition depots of Kiev forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 13. | In a statement, the ministry said that all designated targets were "neutralized" in the attack, without providing any additional details. | The ministry also said that a new wave of Ukrainian attacks was repelled in the directions of Donetsk, Krasny Liman and South Donetsk. | In Donetsk d…
(2023-07-13). Cold-chain logistics train brings Russian meat, ice cream to SW China's Chengdu. ecns.cn A cold-chain logistics train carrying 31 containers of meat and five containers of ice cream from Moscow arrived in Chengdu on Monday, the Chengdu International Railway Port told the Global Times on Wednesday.
(2023-07-13). Half of Russian Strategic Missile Divisions Now Use Hypersonics in Response to US Escalation. Pentagon Failures in Strategic Weapons Capabilities? globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-13). Who fuels war and profits from it. indybay.org It is morally indefensible to support the strategy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Nor is it moral to remain silent when the U.S. pursues strategies and policies that cannot achieve its stated | goals. This senseless pursuit of defeating Russia in the spirit of some kind of 19th century imperial victory is unattainable.
(2023-07-13). Taiwan Labor Party against U.S. institute expansion. ecns.cn Taiwan's pro-reunification Labor Party on Thursday condemned the island's Democratic Progressive Party authorities for allowing a proposed expansion of the American Institute in Taiwan's office compound in Taipei.
(2023-07-13). BDS leads widespread calls for South African football club Orlando Pirates to boycott match with Israeli team. peoplesdispatch.org Despite increasing pressure and appeals from all quarters, the Orlando Pirates have justified the decision to participate in the match citing rules of the world's football governing body FIFA…
(2023-07-13). The Rice Bowl of the Chinese People Is Held Firmly in Their Hands. scheerpost.com 
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), member states decided to replace the Millennium Development Goals (established in 2000) with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first SDG was to 'end poverty in all its forms everywhere'. Despite the enthusiastic verbiage, it was clear that …
(2023-07-13). Insights | Pakistani scholar: People-centered approach key to CPC's success. ecns.cn On the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Hannan Hussain, assistant research associate at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), expressed his appreciation for the actions taken by the CPC in poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, and the fight against COVID-19 in an exclusive interview with China News Network. He believes that its people-centered philosophy has been the mainstay of the CPC's vision.
(2023-07-13). 'The East Is Still Red' a necessary read. workers.org 
With his recently published book, "The East Is Still Red," Carlos Martinez has clarified the role of the Chinese revolution in improving the lives of a fifth of humanity. The book is a contribution to the discussion among Marxists regarding the class character of the People's Republic of China. As . . . |
(2023-07-13). Friday 7/14: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…
(2023-07-13). How Clearly Israel Is an Apartheid Country. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-13). Dumping Doubts: Releasing Fukushima's Waste Water. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-07-13). Can China and the United States Establish Mutual Respect to Lessen Tensions? By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com 
On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) and speeded across its path. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command released a statement saying that the Chinese ship "executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner." The spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, responded that the United States …
(2023-07-13). UNIFIL: Lebanon and Israel Must Avoid Escalation, Drone Attack. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) urged Lebanon and Israel to stop any action that may lead to an escalation in southern Lebanon, a few hours after three Hezbollah members were reportedly injured by an Israeli drone attack near the two countries' border. | Related: | According to official statements, on earlier Wednesday, an Israeli drone attacked Hezbollah members, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, a…
(2023-07-13). SOEs to step up power supply amid heat wave. ecns.cn China's State-owned enterprises, including power generators and grid operators, are making all-out efforts to ensure adequate power supply in the country in response to recent surging electricity demand caused by scorching temperatures in many parts of China.
(2023-07-13). Clean coal use key to deep cuts in emissions, stable electricity supply. ecns.cn China must push for the clean use of coal and step up integration of the dirty fuel with carbon capture, utilization and storage to achieve sustained reductions in emissions, industry experts have said.
(2023-07-13). China's parcel delivery sector sees impressive growth. ecns.cn China's parcel delivery sector has seen double-digit growth in the first half of this year, boosting consumption recovery and enhancing the economy.
(2023-07-13). China's foreign trade up 2.1% in H1. ecns.cn China's foreign trade of goods went up 2.1 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to 20.1 trillion yuan, customs data showed on Thursday.
(2023-07-13). 'World's supermarket' Yiwu embraces surging orders driven by Asian Games. ecns.cn Yiwu in East China's Zhejiang Province, dubbed the world's supermarket or the world's small commodity capital, is witnessing surging orders as the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou approaches.
(2023-07-13). Janet Yellen, playing the "good cop" routine in China? indybay.org Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing this week meeting with Chinese officials. But Western corporate media is trying to spin her role as a "good cop" for the NeoLiberal policy of coercing China to follow the USA-made "rules-based" international order.
(2023-07-13). The Philippines still cannot get off the colonial needle. journal-neo.org
(2023-07-13). Archaeology Is Flipping the Script on What We Know About Ancient Mesoamerica By: Gary M. Feinman & David M. Carballo. midwesternmarx.com 
Recent archaeology emerging from ancient Mesoamerica is flipping the script of public understanding about the people and institutions that inhabited this world: the evidence tells us that cooperative and pluralistic government was at least as common and more resilient than despotic states.This more complex picture and the achievements of Mesoamerica's peoples are all the more impressive given the area's rugged terrain and resource constraints. Compared to ancient Eurasia, the …
(2023-07-13). Blast Wipes Out Ammunition Depot Of Turkistan Militants In Syria Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 12, a large blast wiped out an ammunition depot of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Photos that surfaced online showed fire and thick smoke rising from the scene of the blast at the city of Jisr al-Shughur in the western Idlib countryside. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said that three militants of the TIP were wounded in the blast.
(2023-07-13). House, Headquarters Of Former ISIS Facilitator Blown Up In Syria's Daraa. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 12, two large explosions rocked the town of Tafas in the western countryside of Daraa, where several cells of ISIS are reportedly taking shelter. | The explosions destroyed the house and the headquarters of former rebel leader and ISIS facilitator
(2023-07-13). Trump lawyers seek indefinite delay in documents trial as legal cases pile up. wsws.org The fascist ex-president could face overlapping trials in New York, Washington DC, Georgia and Florida, in the midst of the presidential election campaign.
(2023-07-13). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
(2023-07-13). Global hunger remains far above pre-pandemic levels, claims FAO. peoplesdispatch.org Asia and Africa continue to be the hotspots for global hunger while Latin American countries were able to reduce hunger significantly. Developed countries in North America and Europe also witnessed a slight rise in food insecurity in 2022…
(2023-07-13). Cambodia's election campaign in calm. plenglish.com Phnom Penh, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) The campaign for the seventh national elections in Cambodia is calm and with the participation of 18 political groups that will fight for the 125 seats in the National Assembly (Parliament).
(2023-07-13). How Walid Daqqah has kept the struggle for dignity alive behind the bars of Israeli prison. peoplesdispatch.org A global campaign is demanding the freedom of Palestinian writer, intellectual, and activist Walid Daqqah, who has been imprisoned in Israeli jails for over 37 years, and is facing severe health issues. Sahar Francis, the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, talks about Daqqah's life of resistance and the importance of the campaign…
(2023-07-13). Arrested Sri Lanka comedian Natasha Edirisooriya granted bail. wsws.org While the High Court decision to overrule the Magistrates' Court indicates sections of the ruling class want to avoid international criticism, the attacks on democratic rights will intensify.
(2023-07-13). Saturday 8/5: SF Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony in Commemoration of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. indybay.org Berkeley: RSVP for location details | Saturday, Aug. 5th in the evening…
(2023-07-13). Presidente palestino visita Yenín tras ataque israelí. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con medios palestinos, Abbas colocó una ofrenda floral en las tumbas de las víctimas mortales.
(2023-07-13). Irán y Kenia firman cinco documentos de cooperación. telesurtv.net Los acuerdos firmados profundizarán las relaciones bilaterales para el crecimiento sostenible.
(2023-07-13). China rechaza calificación de amenaza por parte de la OTAN. telesurtv.net Las declaraciones del portavoz de la cancillería china se producen cuando en Lituania concluyó este miércoles la Cumbre anual de la Alianza Atlántica.
(2023-07-12). Health Workers In South Korea Prepare For Nationwide Strike. popularresistance.org The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMU) has announced a nationwide strike starting Thursday, July 13, unless the government responds to their demands. The trade union has been concerned about staff shortages and low wages for years and is now prepared to escalate action as President Yoon Seok-yeol's administration continues to ignore the issues faced by health workers. | In a recent press release, the KHMU emphasized that the strike aims to defend the lives and health of the people, in collaboration with citizens. Trade union officials also stated that during the strike, they would address the existin…
(2023-07-12). 13 July, Twitter Space: Political Prisoners for Palestine: A crime to care? samidoun.net 
DON'T MISS THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION OF THE PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS ▪️ What shall we do when Palestine supporters are repeatedly put behind bars for protesting for our brothers and sisters in Palestine? ▪️ What can we do to help them continue fighting against companies like Elbit Systems who provide the arms to kill innocent men, …