(2021-08-08). The Untimely Tragic Death of Labor's Best Friend. commondreams.org But there's fierce pushback from some GOP leaders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has blamed President Joe Biden and immigrants for his state's record Covid-19 hospitalizations.
(2021-08-07). WATCH: Taliban fighters joyride in Humvees after capturing Nimroz provincial capital & seizing more US-made weaponry. rt.com 
Taliban militants were spotted parading around in US-made Humvees after seizing a major city in Nimroz province, footage shows — the first regional capital to fall to the group as it launches a wave of attacks across Afghanistan. | The militants were seen making victory laps around the city of Zaranj on Friday afternoon in the captured vehicles, having just captured the provincial capital after overrunning Afghan government forces. |
(2021-08-07). Watch Taliban Militants Parade in US-Made Humvees After Seizing Afghan Provincial Capital. sputniknews.com On Friday, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai told the UN Security Council that the scale and scope of the ongoing Taliban* offensive in the country "are akin to an invasion unparalleled in the last 30 years of the conflict".
(2021-08-07). Hezbollah Fires Rockets in Response to Israeli Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Hezbollah responded Friday to recent Israeli shelling and airstrikes in southern Lebanon by firing rockets into Israel. The incident marks the Israel said 19 rockets were launched from Lebanon and that it fired back with artillery after the barrage. The back and forth is the most significant escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in years, but no casualties were reported on either side. | Israel's initial shelling of Lebanon took place late We…
(2021-08-07). Israel-Hezbollah Confrontation is 'Exchange of Messages', War is Not on Horizon, Expert Says. sputniknews.com The reason for this is not only the reluctance of Hezbollah to draw Lebanon into another bloody conflict, especially now when the country is mired in deep economic and political crises. It also stems from Israel being preoccupied with other problems and the split within its own coalition.
(2021-08-07). US transfers 40 ISIL forces to its base in Hasaka: report. en.mehrnews.com Syrian sources reported that the US military transferred dozens of ISIL prisoners in Syria to its base.
(2021-08-07). President López Obrador Calls for Resignation of Mexico's Electoral Magistrates. orinocotribune.com The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asked the magistrates of the Electoral Court (TEPJF) to resign and make way for a constitutional reform to clean up the highest electoral judicial body of the country. | During his morning press conference on Friday, August 6, which was held during his a visit to the state of Baja California Sur, President López Obrador declared that the same thing should occur with the National Electoral Institute (INE), which also requires a purge to end with its corruption. | AMLO remarked that the electoral tribunal was constituted in such a way that only the magistrates o…
(2021-08-07). Mexico to host talks between Venezuela's government and opposition. peoplesdispatch.org Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on August 5 during his daily press conference, confirmed that his country will host talks between the Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro and the far-right opposition led by Juan Guaidó. | "The foreign minister has just informed me that Norway suggests making Mexico a venue of these negotiations and we agree, as we support the dialogue and agreements between the sides," said President AMLO in reply to a question asked in this regard. | The Mexican head of state did not specify the date of the meeting, however, according to information from variou…
(2021-08-07). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Fisseha S, Sen G, Ghebreyesus TA, et al. COVID-19: the turning point for gender equality. Lancet 2021; 398: 471—74—In this Comment, part of the fourth sentence of the first paragraph is corrected to read "increasing risk of child marriages and female genital mutilation" and the Mexican Government is now included at the start of the first sentence of the sixth paragraph to read "The UN and the Mexican and French Governments convened the Generation Equality Forum, with the most recent held in Paris…" These corrections have been made to the online version as of Aug 5, 2021, and the printed version is c…
(2021-08-07). Defensa de diplomático Alex Saab expone ilegalidades en proceso. telesurtv.net El Tribunal de la Cedeao ha ordenado en dos ocasiones la libertad inmediata de Alex Saab ante las irregularidades en su detención.
(2021-08-07). Panama and Colombia Seek Agreement to Avoid Migrant Crisis (Darién). orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 6, delegations of the governments of Panama and Colombia met, with the aim of reaching an agreement to control the flood of mostly Colombian migrants, people who have been forced into vulnerable situations by the pandemic, trying to cross the inhospitable and dangerous forested area of Darién on their route to the United States. | Just in this year, about 49,000 migrants have crossed the border between Colombia and Panama, which is equal to the number of migrants from the last four years combined. They are fleeing the crisis generated by COVID-19, poverty due to neoliberal policies and violence…
(2021-08-07). What is the U.S. afraid of? What kind of 'truth' does it try to make up?>. ecns.cn The U.S.' "excessive efforts" on origin tracing has distorted this scientific issue while its failure to curb the surging COVID-19 cases has ruined its international image.
(2021-08-07). Talibanes capturan una segunda capital provincial en Afganistán. telesurtv.net En la tarde del viernes, los talibanes tomaron el control de la ciudad de Zaranj, capital de la provincia suroccidental de Nimroz.
(2021-08-07). [World Report] Mediterranean migrants lacking health care. thelancet.com Hostile policies are putting lives at risk in the Mediterranean and migrants face a lack of access to health care. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2021-08-07). WHO should conduct origin tracing in the US: China Daily editorial. ecns.cn A survey conducted around the world by China Global Television Network in the six official languages of the United Nations over the past few weeks found that 83.1 percent of the respondents support the World Health Organization carrying out a novel coronavirus origin tracing investigation in the United States.
(2021-08-07). Iran not to hesitate to defend its sovereign rights in PG. en.mehrnews.com Condemning the G7 statement over baseless accusations against Iran, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that Iran will not hesitate to defend its sovereign rights in the Persian Gulf.
(2021-08-07). Biden flubs number of vaccinated Americans. en.mehrnews.com In his speech on Friday, the US president made another blunder, making a mistake over the total number of vaccinated people in the United States.
(2021-08-07). Colombia suma una nueva masacre para llegar a 64 en el 2021. telesurtv.net La masacre se registró en el interior de una vivienda en el municipio colombiano de Soacha dejando tres hombre y una mujer muerta.
(2021-08-07). Edward Snowden Slams Apple's Plan to Scan Every User's Phone as 'Assault on Privacy'. sputniknews.com The tech giant previously announced it will be using the neuralMatch software in order to scan photos uploaded to the iCloud by American users and will notify the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) if child abuse imagery is discovered.
(2021-08-07). Congresistas de EE.UU. piden a Biden cerrar cárcel en Guantánamo. telesurtv.net Los presidentes de varios comités legislativos se sumaron a la iniciativa para que se ejecute inmediatamente el cierre de la prisión.