2020-07-16: News Headlines

sputniknews (2020-07-15). After 75 Years, Downwind Victims of 'Dirty' Trinity Nuclear Test Shown 'Genocidal' Lack of Concern. sputniknews.com Thursday marks the 75th commemoration of the Trinity Test, the first detonation of a nuclear bomb, in the New Mexico desert. However, the bomb's dirty explosion has caused untold suffering downwind of the blast – suffering never acknowledged or compensated for by the US government, an expert told Sputnik.

Nino Pagliccia (2020-07-14). US-Mexico Relations: The Outcome of the Trump-AMLO Meeting in Washington? globalresearch.ca Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has ended his trip to Washington that was intended to celebrate with the signing of a joint declaration pertaining to the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that took effect last July 1. Canada's …

WSWS (2020-07-14). Coronavirus cases, deaths soar in Mexico and across Latin America. wsws.org Mexico has now surpassed Italy in known COVID-19 deaths, making the country's pandemic outbreak the fourth deadliest in the world.

RT (2020-07-14). US Air Force loses 2nd F-16 in 2 weeks as fighter jet crashed at New Mexico base. rt.com A US Air Force supersonic F-16 fighter jet crashed during landing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, the military said. This is the second such incident in two weeks. | The crash occurred at around 6pm local time on Monday. The sole pilot ejected safely and suffered "minor injuries," the airbase said in a short statement. An emergency response team was deployed at the crash site. The plane was assigned to the 49th Wing. | The incident is the second USAF F-16 loss in two weeks. On June 30, a pilot was killed in a training flight crash at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. | Other types of aircraft…

Staff (2020-07-14). Headlines for July 14, 2020. democracynow.org California Shuts Down Again as COVID-19 Cases Surge, L.A., San Diego, Atlanta to Hold All Classes Online, "Shame on You!": Protester Disrupts Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Mexican Man Dies of COVID-19 a Month After Being Detained by ICE, Report: 5.4 Million Lose Health Insurance Due to Job Losses During Pandemic, WHO Warns Pandemic Could "Get Worse and Worse and Worse", Amnesty: 3,000 Health Workers Have Died from COVID-19, China: 2 Million Displaced, 141 Missing in Historic Flooding, Federal Government Carries Out First Execution in 17 Years, Judges Block Restrictive Abortion Laws in Tennessee and Georgia, Oreg…

teleSUR (2020-07-13). Immunity Against COVID-19 May Be Lost In Months, Study Says. telesurenglish.net The London King's College Monday published a study revealing that people who have recovered from COVID-19 may lose their immunity within a few months. | RELATED: | After testing more than 90 patients and health care workers' immune response, scientists found that antibodies capable of destroying the virus peaked about three weeks after the onset of symptoms, and then rapidly declined. | "People are producing a reasonable an…