2021-08-09: News Headlines

Staff (2021-08-09). China's Wuhan completes citywide Covid-19 testing in SIX days, finds 37 cases & 41 asymptomatic carriers among 12mn residents. rt.com The city of Wuhan has tested virtually every resident, except for children under six and those on vacation, in a sweeping effort to prevent a new Covid-19 outbreak in the metropolis where the pandemic is believed to have started. | Mass testing in the capital of Hubei province was launched on Tuesday, after authorities discovered a handful of locally transmitted cases, marking the first time that Covid-19 infection has been registered in the city since June 2020. | With an army of 28,000 medical staff mobilized to test 11.28 million residents at over 2,800 sampling sites set up across the city, the sweeping ca…

Dan Cohen (2021-08-09). NY Times, WaPo national security reporters serve at pro-war Pentagon-funded think tank. thegrayzone.com The Center for New American Security provides residencies to top national security correspondents while raking in massive funding from the arms industry, Pentagon and State Department. This was originally published by Behind The Headlines at Mint Press News Imagine a country where there's no separation between the government, the military, and the media. A lot of Americans would think of China, Russia or North Korea, but it's a perfect description of the United States today. Located in Washington, the Center …

_____ (2021-08-09). The COVID Challenge ‚àí Cooperation Or Competition. popularresistance.org Once again, in confronting the greatest immediate challenge facing humanity, U.S. imperialism has played only a disruptive role. The drive to maximize profits and assert global dominance has pushed Washington to recklessly exacerbate the deadly COVID-19 health crisis. | What does U.S. imperialism hope to gain by blocking the World Health Organization's inquiry into COVID with the demand that the WHO Inquiry focus on blaming China? This intentionally blocks an international initiative which needs full cooperation. | Regarding the 18 intelligence agencies, nine report directly to the U.S. military. The rest coopera…

Brian Berletic (2021-08-09). US-led Information War Targets Southeast Asia (and China). asia-pacificresearch.com

Staff (2021-08-08). USA to Brazil: Join NATO but First Kick Out Huawei from 5G Market (Free Trade Not So Free). orinocotribune.com The US offers Brazil the status of "global partner" in NATO, if Brasilia replaces the Chinese Huawei in its 5G network market with a "similar" US one. | As reported by Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sà£o Paulo on Friday, August 6, US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, during his visit to Brazil, has offered the government of Jair Bolsonaro to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with the status of "global partner," in exchange for Brasilia "reconsidering" its digital communication technology relations with China. | The senior US official undertook his first trip to Brazil with the aim of…

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