Monthly Archives: June 2022

2022-06-20: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-20). China's consumption recovery gains momentum amid mid-year shopping fest. ecns.cn China's consumption recovery has gained impetus from the mid-year online shopping spree amid the country's efforts to improve domestic market demands and upgrade consumption.

____ (2022-06-20). China conducts land-based mid-course missile interception test. ecns.cn China conducted a land-based, mid-course missile interception test on Sunday night, and the test had achieved its goals, the Defense Ministry said.

____ (2022-06-20). Celebratory atmosphere ahead of 25th anniv. of Hong Kong's return to motherland. ecns.cn A celebratory poster is seen at the seaside in Hong Kong, south China, June 19, 2022. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

____ (2022-06-20). Offshore floating oil, gas production and storage vessel completed in Dalian. ecns.cn FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32, super-large floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel and one of the world's largest FPSO projects, has been completed and delivered in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province.

____ (2022-06-20). Fire sparks safety campaign. ecns.cn Shanghai announced on Sunday the launch of a campaign to investigate and rectify hidden dangers that threaten the safe production of hazardous chemicals after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in the city, leaving one dead.

____ (2022-06-20). Beijing's Fengtai Railway Station reopens. ecns.cn Beijing's Fengtai Railway Station, built in 1895, resumed services to the public on Monday after four years of reconstruction.

____ (2022-06-20). Reality Check: Falsehoods in US Perceptions of China. ecns.cn US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has recently delivered a speech at Asia Society outlining the US administration's approach to China. With carefully calibrated language, he sought to promote the "China threat" narrative, interfere in China's internal affairs, and smear China's domestic and foreign policy, all in an attempt at full-blown containment and suppression of China.

____ (2022-06-20). China deepens agriculture cooperation with BRICS nations. ecns.cn It is still harvest season in Mato Grosso, Brazil, but farmer Eleonor Ogliari is already reserving corn seeds from the China-Brasil Agriculture Science Industrial Park, ready for the next planting season.

____ (2022-06-20). China claims artistic swimming gold on second day of 19th FINA World Championships. ecns.cn China claimed two medals, a gold and a bronze on the second day of the 19th FINA World Championships with five finals on Sunday.

____ (2022-06-20). Incoming HK chief says team united, loyal. ecns.cn Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu pledged on Sunday that the city's newly appointed governance team will sincerely listen to and communicate with the public, bear in mind their interests, and address the people's concerns.

____ (2022-06-20). China holds latest antiballistic missile technical test, 'proves reliability amid improving technologies'. ecns.cn The test is of defensive nature and is not aimed at any country, the Chinese Defense Ministry said.

____ (2022-06-20). Quick responses made on flood control, hot weather. ecns.cn The government's central departments have responded quickly to control flooding in China's southern provinces while helping relieve the effects of the scorching weather seen in the northern parts of the country.

____ (2022-06-20). 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts Taiwan's Hualien: CENC. ecns.cn A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Taiwan's Hualien County at 9: 05 a.m. Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

____ (2022-06-19). Fire breaks out in Shanghai's petrochemical firm. ecns.cn A fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said on its Weibo account.

Joseph Stiglitz (2022-06-19). The US Could Lose the New Cold War With China and Russia. commondreams.org Other countries will not want to ally themselves with a power that rests on increasingly uncertain economic, social, and political foundations.

____ (2022-06-19). Cradle of Civilization: Niuheliang Site. ecns.cn The Niuheliang site lies on a mountain ridge bordering Jianping county and Lingyuan city in Chaoyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province. The site dates back to between 5,500 and 5,000 years ago, a time period in the late Neolithic era and defined by Chinese archaeologists as the Hongshan Culture.

____ (2022-06-19). China refutes U.S. ambassador's remarks over anti-epidemic policy. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday refuted remarks by U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns concerning China's dynamic zero-COVID approach.

____ (2022-06-19). China's renewable energy capacity expands in first five months. ecns.cn China's installed capacity of renewable energy registered double-digit growth in the first five months of the year as the country strived to reach its carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.

____ (2022-06-19). China accomplishes world's 1st optical all-sky survey by commercial telescope. ecns.cn China's commercial space telescope Yangwang-1 completes an optical survey of the whole sky.Su Meng, the founder and CEO of Origin Space, said during its stay in orbit, Yangwang-1 carried out sky survey observation, atmospheric luminous observation, night remote monitoring and asteroid observation.

____ (2022-06-19). Beijing cuts off bar-linked COVID-19 transmission chain. ecns.cn Beijing has virtually cut off the transmission chain of a COVID-19 cluster related to a bar, and the epidemic situation in the city is improving, local authorities said Saturday.

Dra. Naomi Wolf (2022-06-19). Queridos amigos, lamento anunciar un genocidio: Dra. Naomi Wolf sobre el "Informe confidencial" de Pfizer. globalizacion.ca He estado en silencio durante algunas semanas. Perdóname. | La verdad es que me he quedado casi sin palabras —o el equivalente literario de eso— porque recientemente he tenido la poco envidiable tarea de tratar de anunciar al mundo que en…

____ (2022-06-19). China's auto exports in May hit monthly high this year. ecns.cn China's automobile exports surged 73 percent month on month in May, hitting a record high for 2022, industry data showed.

____ (2022-06-19). China to allow more international flights. ecns.cn China's civil aviation authority said Friday that it is discussing with its counterparts in certain countries the possibility of gradually increasing international passenger flights in and out of the country.

____ (2022-06-19). Chinese mainland reports 11 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 11 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including five in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, four in Liaoning, and one each in Beijing and Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

Dr. Russell Blaylock (2022-06-19). The COVID Pandemic and the mRNA Vaccine: What Is the Truth? Dr. Russell L. Blaylock. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history. Official lies in an unending stream led by government bureaucracies, medical associations, medical boards, the media, and UN agencies.

____ (2022-06-19). Xi underscores improved capability in fighting corruption to ensure full victory. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged coordinated improvement to guarantee that officials do not have the audacity, opportunity, or desire to engage in corruption.

____ (2022-06-19). China to build more national air monitoring stations. ecns.cn China plans to build eight new national atmosphere background watch stations by the end of 2025 to strengthen greenhouse gas observation, according to the country's meteorological authority.

____ (2022-06-19). Chinese ambassador calls for further deepening China-New Zealand friendship. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong called here Saturday for carrying forward the spirit of Rewi Alley to further deepen the friendship between China and New Zealand and their peoples.

____ (2022-06-19). China sees progress in stabilizing employment. ecns.cn China is steadily carrying out measures to keep jobs stable and has helped 1.96 million unemployed people return to the workforce in the first five months of the year, an official said Friday.

____ (2022-06-19). China has 3,013 higher education institutions. ecns.cn There were 3,013 higher education institutions across China as of , according to the country's latest list of colleges and universities unveiled Friday.

____ (2022-06-19). China subsidizes over 69 mln people in accessing basic medical insurance in Q1. ecns.cn China's healthcare security authorities have subsidized 69.33 million people to incorporate them into the country's basic medical insurance scheme during the first quarter of this year.

____ (2022-06-19). China Life: Touching moments of fathers with kids. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-19). Beijing resumes normal operation of all subway stations. ecns.cn All metro stations in Beijing that were closed due to epidemic prevention and control resumed operation on Sunday, according to the municipal transport commission."ÄÄ"ÄÄThe bus services that were earlier halted in Fengtai District have also resumed operation, according to Beijing Public Transport Group.

____ (2022-06-19). 1 killed in Shanghai petrochemical company fire. ecns.cn One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said.

____ (2022-06-19). Xinjiang expands investment in energy sector. ecns.cn Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has been expanding investment in the energy sector in a bid to reinforce its status as a key energy base of the country.

____ (2022-06-19). Eastern Chinese city sees rise in China-Europe freight train trips. ecns.cn Loaded with automobiles and auto parts, a China-Europe freight train departed on Friday from Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province, heading for Almaty in Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-06-19). China Life: Like father, like son. ecns.cn

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2022-06-19: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-19). Eastern Chinese city sees rise in China-Europe freight train trips. ecns.cn Loaded with automobiles and auto parts, a China-Europe freight train departed on Friday from Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province, heading for Almaty in Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-06-19). China's auto exports in May hit monthly high this year. ecns.cn China's automobile exports surged 73 percent month on month in May, hitting a record high for 2022, industry data showed.

____ (2022-06-19). China sees progress in stabilizing employment. ecns.cn China is steadily carrying out measures to keep jobs stable and has helped 1.96 million unemployed people return to the workforce in the first five months of the year, an official said Friday.

____ (2022-06-19). Cradle of Civilization: Niuheliang Site. ecns.cn The Niuheliang site lies on a mountain ridge bordering Jianping county and Lingyuan city in Chaoyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province. The site dates back to between 5,500 and 5,000 years ago, a time period in the late Neolithic era and defined by Chinese archaeologists as the Hongshan Culture.

____ (2022-06-19). China to allow more international flights. ecns.cn China's civil aviation authority said Friday that it is discussing with its counterparts in certain countries the possibility of gradually increasing international passenger flights in and out of the country.

____ (2022-06-19). China's renewable energy capacity expands in first five months. ecns.cn China's installed capacity of renewable energy registered double-digit growth in the first five months of the year as the country strived to reach its carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.

____ (2022-06-19). China has 3,013 higher education institutions. ecns.cn There were 3,013 higher education institutions across China as of , according to the country's latest list of colleges and universities unveiled Friday.

____ (2022-06-19). China Life: Like father, like son. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-19). China Life: Touching moments of fathers with kids. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-19). Xinjiang expands investment in energy sector. ecns.cn Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has been expanding investment in the energy sector in a bid to reinforce its status as a key energy base of the country.

____ (2022-06-19). Fire breaks out in Shanghai's petrochemical firm. ecns.cn A fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said on its Weibo account.

____ (2022-06-19). Xi underscores improved capability in fighting corruption to ensure full victory. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged coordinated improvement to guarantee that officials do not have the audacity, opportunity, or desire to engage in corruption.

____ (2022-06-19). Beijing cuts off bar-linked COVID-19 transmission chain. ecns.cn Beijing has virtually cut off the transmission chain of a COVID-19 cluster related to a bar, and the epidemic situation in the city is improving, local authorities said Saturday.

____ (2022-06-19). China refutes U.S. ambassador's remarks over anti-epidemic policy. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday refuted remarks by U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns concerning China's dynamic zero-COVID approach.

____ (2022-06-19). Chinese mainland reports 11 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 11 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including five in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, four in Liaoning, and one each in Beijing and Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

____ (2022-06-19). 1 killed in Shanghai petrochemical company fire. ecns.cn One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said.

____ (2022-06-19). Chinese ambassador calls for further deepening China-New Zealand friendship. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong called here Saturday for carrying forward the spirit of Rewi Alley to further deepen the friendship between China and New Zealand and their peoples.

____ (2022-06-19). China subsidizes over 69 mln people in accessing basic medical insurance in Q1. ecns.cn China's healthcare security authorities have subsidized 69.33 million people to incorporate them into the country's basic medical insurance scheme during the first quarter of this year.

Staff (2022-06-18). China's US Treasury Holdings Fall to Lowest Level in 12 Years. orinocotribune.com China's US Treasury security holdings fell to $1.003 trillion in April, which is the lowest level in 12 years, according to

____ (2022-06-18). China to build more national air monitoring stations. ecns.cn China plans to build eight new national atmosphere background watch stations by the end of 2025 to strengthen greenhouse gas observation, according to the country's meteorological authority.

____ (2022-06-18). State-owned companies backbones of China's high-quality growth: official. ecns.cn China's state-owned companies have become backbones in the country's pursuit of high-quality economic development over the past decade, an official said Friday.

____ (2022-06-18). China restores over half of its desertified land. ecns.cn China has restored over half of its manageable desertified land over the past decade, making great strides in addressing desertification, according to the country's forestry authority.

____ (2022-06-18). Beijing's Fengtai railway station to reopen after expansion. ecns.cn BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — Beijing Fengtai Railway Station, the Chinese capital's oldest, is set to resume services on June 20 after a four-year reconstruction.Once reopened, the station will serve as the terminal for multiple arterial train lines in China, such as the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway and Beijing-Kowloon Railway, said the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator.

____ (2022-06-18). China always stands on the side of peace and justice: Chinese FM. ecns.cn

Staff (2022-06-18). Fire at Shanghai petrochemical complex kills at least one. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — A huge fire broke out Saturday at the headquarters of a petrochemical facility in southeast Shanghai and at least one person died.

____ (2022-06-18). New findings at China's Sanxingdui Ruins stun archaeologists. ecns.cn Archaeologists have recently made some stunning discoveries at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A treasure trove of exquisite bronze, gold and jade wares, including at least 10 bronzewares unearthed for the first time in the history of human civilization, have been excavated at the site.

____ (2022-06-18). China has world largest monitoring network for disease, health risk factors. ecns.cn China has established the world's largest monitoring network for disease and health risk factors, the National Health Commission said Friday.

____ (2022-06-18). World's first railway loop line circling a desert put into operation. ecns.cn The Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region commenced operation on Thursday.

____ (2022-06-18). Butterfly dragonfly spotted in Jiangxi. ecns.cn A butterfly dragonfly rests on a lotus flower at a Park in Jiujiang city, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 17, 2022.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-17). President Putin's Speech at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Plenary Session. libya360.wordpress.com The President attended the plenary session of the 25th St Petersburg International Economic Forum. President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also took part in the session. President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addressed the session via videoconference. The theme…

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2022-06-18: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-18). Beijing's Fengtai railway station to reopen after expansion. ecns.cn BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — Beijing Fengtai Railway Station, the Chinese capital's oldest, is set to resume services on June 20 after a four-year reconstruction.Once reopened, the station will serve as the terminal for multiple arterial train lines in China, such as the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway and Beijing-Kowloon Railway, said the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator.

____ (2022-06-18). Xi underscores improved capability in fighting corruption to ensure full victory. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged coordinated improvement to guarantee that officials do not have the audacity, opportunity, or desire to engage in corruption.

____ (2022-06-18). China to build more national air monitoring stations. ecns.cn China plans to build eight new national atmosphere background watch stations by the end of 2025 to strengthen greenhouse gas observation, according to the country's meteorological authority.

____ (2022-06-18). Cradle of Civilization: Niuheliang Site. ecns.cn The Niuheliang site lies on a mountain ridge bordering Jianping county and Lingyuan city in Chaoyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province. The site dates back to between 5, 0 and 5,000 years ago, a time period in the late Neolithic era and defined by Chinese archaeologists as the Hongshan Culture.

____ (2022-06-18). China's auto exports in May hit monthly high this year. ecns.cn China's automobile exports surged 73 percent month on month in May, hitting a record high for 2022, industry data showed.

____ (2022-06-18). Beijing cuts off bar-linked COVID-19 transmission chain. ecns.cn Beijing has virtually cut off the transmission chain of a COVID-19 cluster related to a bar, and the epidemic situation in the city is improving, local authorities said Saturday.

____ (2022-06-18). China has world largest monitoring network for disease, health risk factors. ecns.cn China has established the world's largest monitoring network for disease and health risk factors, the National Health Commission said Friday.

____ (2022-06-18). Chinese mainland reports 11 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 11 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including five in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, four in Liaoning, and one each in Beijing and Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

____ (2022-06-18). China subsidizes over 69 mln people in accessing basic medical insurance in Q1. ecns.cn China's healthcare security authorities have subsidized 69.33 million people to incorporate them into the country's basic medical insurance scheme during the first quarter of this year.

____ (2022-06-18). Eastern Chinese city sees rise in China-Europe freight train trips. ecns.cn Loaded with automobiles and auto parts, a China-Europe freight train departed on Friday from Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province, heading for Almaty in Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-06-18). World's first railway loop line circling a desert put into operation. ecns.cn The Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region commenced operation on Thursday.

____ (2022-06-18). China's renewable energy capacity expands in first five months. ecns.cn China's installed capacity of renewable energy registered double-digit growth in the first five months of the year as the country strived to reach its carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.

____ (2022-06-18). China sees progress in stabilizing employment. ecns.cn China is steadily carrying out measures to keep jobs stable and has helped 1.96 million unemployed people return to the workforce in the first five months of the year, an official said Friday.

____ (2022-06-18). China to allow more international flights. ecns.cn China's civil aviation authority said Friday that it is discussing with its counterparts in certain countries the possibility of gradually increasing international passenger flights in and out of the country.

____ (2022-06-18). 1 killed in Shanghai petrochemical company fire. ecns.cn One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said.

____ (2022-06-18). Butterfly dragonfly spotted in Jiangxi. ecns.cn A butterfly dragonfly rests on a lotus flower at a Park in Jiujiang city, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 17, 2022.

____ (2022-06-18). Xinjiang expands investment in energy sector. ecns.cn Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has been expanding investment in the energy sector in a bid to reinforce its status as a key energy base of the country.

____ (2022-06-18). Fire breaks out in Shanghai's petrochemical firm. ecns.cn A fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said on its Weibo account.

Staff (2022-06-18). Fire at Shanghai petrochemical complex kills at least one. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — A huge fire broke out Saturday at the headquarters of a petrochemical facility in southeast Shanghai and at least one person died.

____ (2022-06-18). China has 3,013 higher education institutions. ecns.cn There were 3,013 higher education institutions across China as of , according to the country's latest list of colleges and universities unveiled Friday.

____ (2022-06-18). Chinese ambassador calls for further deepening China-New Zealand friendship. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong called here Saturday for carrying forward the spirit of Rewi Alley to further deepen the friendship between China and New Zealand and their peoples.

____ (2022-06-18). China refutes U.S. ambassador's remarks over anti-epidemic policy. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday refuted remarks by U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns concerning China's dynamic zero-COVID approach.

____ (2022-06-18). New findings at China's Sanxingdui Ruins stun archaeologists. ecns.cn Archaeologists have recently made some stunning discoveries at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A treasure trove of exquisite bronze, gold and jade wares, including at least 10 bronzewares unearthed for the first time in the history of human civilization, have been excavated at the site.

____ (2022-06-18). China always stands on the side of peace and justice: Chinese FM. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-18). China restores over half of its desertified land. ecns.cn China has restored over half of its manageable desertified land over the past decade, making great strides in addressing desertification, according to the country's forestry authority.

____ (2022-06-18). State-owned companies backbones of China's high-quality growth: official. ecns.cn China's state-owned companies have become backbones in the country's pursuit of high-quality economic development over the past decade, an official said Friday.

Staff (2022-06-17). Japan-S. Korea, Finland-Sweden: NATO moves against Russia, China in East and West. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com TimeJune 16, 2022 Japan and South Korea's Attendance at the Upcoming NATO Summit Could Worsen Global Tensions As the military conflict in Ukraine bogs down on a slice of the embattled nation's eastern and southern periphery, the geopolitical shift sparked by Russia's Feb. 24 invasion keeps gaining new ground. This week, it emerged that the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-16). The Trend Toward a Multipolar World is Defined by Class Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong These edited remarks were given by the author at an event held on June 11th by Friends of Socialist China titled The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism's Global War on Multipolarity. The emerging multipolar world is the result of struggles for national sovereignty and self-determination, which are connected with the world wide class struggle….

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2022-06-17: News Headlines

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-17). Updated Mayo Clinic recommendations for infant formula shortage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been significant shortages of infant formulas in some stores, largely caused by supply chain issues, as well as a recent recall of several contaminated baby formula products. While this unfortunate crisis continues to impact thousands of caregivers needing to feed their babies, Mayo Clinic continues to offer advice on safe alternatives in the short term to patients. Alternative formula options For most infants, it is OK to switch…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-17). US Says It Will Continue Taiwan Strait Operations After China Challenges Legality. news.antiwar.com The US said it will The US frequently sends warships into the Taiwan Strait, and the US military Responding to…

____ (2022-06-17). Nansha port turns smarter, more efficient. ecns.cn Inside the active testing area of the fourth phase of Nansha port in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, containers are handled automatically by intelligent guided vehicles and yard cranes, after regular testing of the operation started in April.

____ (2022-06-17). 666 drones put on spectacular light show in Jiangxi. ecns.cn A total of 666 drones light up the sky above Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 16, 2022.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-06-17). China insta al Brics a fortalecer la seguridad internacional. telesurtv.net Yang resaltó que la Iniciativa de Seguridad Global es la vía para alcanzar una paz duradera y seguridad universal.

____ (2022-06-17). Beijing Fengtai Railway Station ready to be put into service. ecns.cn Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows the exterior view of Beijing Fengtai Railway Station, which will be put into service soon, in Beijing, capital of China.

____ (2022-06-17). China harvests first batch of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons. ecns.cn JINAN, June 17 (Xinhua) — About 15,000 Atlantic salmons in the net cage of a fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment were fished during the period from May 22 to June 9, which marks China's first successful harvest of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons.

____ (2022-06-17). China opens world's first desert rail loop in Xinjiang. ecns.cn The last section of a 2,712-km rail loop line around China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, in Xinjiang was put into operation on Thursday.

____ (2022-06-17). President Xi to chair 14th BRICS Summit. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair the 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing on June 23, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced here Friday.

____ (2022-06-16). China's commercial space telescope completes all-sky optical survey. ecns.cn China's commercial space telescope Yangwang-1 has completed an optical survey of the whole sky, according to its developer.

____ (2022-06-17). Parcel delivery growth remains steady in China. ecns.cn China's parcel delivery sector has maintained a steady growth in the first five months of this year, according to data released by the industry regulator the State Postal Bureau of China on Thursday.

____ (2022-06-17). China to build more national air monitoring stations. ecns.cn China plans to build eight new national atmosphere background watch stations by the end of 2025 to strengthen greenhouse gas observation, according to the country's meteorological authority.

____ (2022-06-17). China bird rescuer identifies species with birdsong. ecns.cn Wu Jianfeng, a Chinese bird lover, has rescued tens of thousands of animals in the past ten years.

____ (2022-06-17). Shanghai scientists make important discovery in heat resistance genes in rice. ecns.cn Shanghai scientists have made new breakthroughs in the research of heat resistance genes and their mechanisms in rice, and their findings were published on the website of Science on Friday.

____ (2022-06-17). China's disease control makes big stride in 10 years. ecns.cn China has made significant improvements in containing infectious diseases and has ramped up its disease control capacity in the past decade, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

____ (2022-06-17). Deserts retreat as China plants millions of trees. ecns.cn By 2025, China plans to rehabilitate an additional 6.7 million hectares of desertified land, adding to the 18.8 million hectares the country has rehabilitated over the last decade.

____ (2022-06-17). China launches 3rd aircraft carrier. ecns.cn China launched its third aircraft carrier Fujian at the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard on Friday morning.

____ (2022-06-16). Experts call for more cooperation with China to revitalize Pakistan's agriculture sector. ecns.cn As Pakistan's agriculture sector remained crucial for the country's economic growth, experts and scientists said that enhanced cooperation with China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) can help revitalize the country's agriculture sector and combat the challenge of food insecurity.

____ (2022-06-17). Sand control a priority in Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway construction. ecns.cn Ecology restoration and sand control have been a priority during the construction of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway, which started operation on Thursday, completing the world's first desert railway loop line in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

____ (2022-06-17). China launches third aircraft carrier. ecns.cn China launched its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in Shanghai on Friday morning. The carrier, named after Fujian Province, was completely designed and built by the country.

____ (2022-06-17). China renews yellow alert for high temperatures. ecns.cn China's national observatory on Friday renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures, as heatwaves hit parts of the country.

____ (2022-06-17). Cancer treatment by Fosun reaches new user milestone. ecns.cn More than 200 adult cancer patients in China have been treated with the CAR-T cell therapy by Shanghai-based Fosun Kite Biotechnology Co Ltd following its market approval in the country in June last year.

____ (2022-06-17). Spectacular fishscale clouds appear over Jinshanling Great Wall. ecns.cn Spectacular fishscale clouds appear in the sky in Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in Luanping County, Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province, June 17, 2022.

____ (2022-06-17). Night scenery of cross-sea bridge in Zhejiang. ecns.cn Aerial view shows the night scenery of cross-sea bridge shrouded in mist in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 16, 2022.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-16). Pentagon Official Says Chinese Attack on Taiwan Would See Response Similar to Ukraine Invasion. news.antiwar.com Colin Kahl, the Pentagon's undersecretary of defense for policy, said Tuesday that a Chinese "act of aggression" against Taiwan would likely see a global response similar to what the US and its allies have done in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Potential adversaries and aggressors everywhere else in the world are looking at …

Peter Koenig (2022-06-16). Kissinger y la guerra en Ucrania: El mensajero y el amo. globalizacion.ca Cuando Henry Kissinger sorprendió al mundo con su discurso en el reciente Foro Económico Mundial (FEM) en Davos (22-26 de mayo de 2022), diciéndole al presidente de Ucrania, Zelenskyy, que tenía que hacer alguna concesión a cambio de la paz,…

____ (2022-06-16). China-Central Asia pipeline transports over 400 bln cubic meters of natural gas. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has delivered more than 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China over a period of more than 12 years, according to PipeChina West Pipeline Company.

____ (2022-06-16). China-Central Asia gas pipeline transports over 400 bln cubic meters since 2009. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia gas pipeline has transported over 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China since it was put into operation in December 2009, according to the customs of China and Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Jason Ditz (2022-06-16). US Ramps Up Iran Sanctions as Hope for Talks Fade. news.antiwar.com With Iran nuclear talks stalled, the US Treasury Department is once again announcing a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's oil and gas industry. | The sanctions hit three Iranian companies, Six companies, two from Hong Kong and four from the UAE, were sanctioned for working with Triliance, and two of their brokers, Jingfeng Gao and Mohammed Shaheed Ruknoddin Bhore, we…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-16). The Sorry Status Quo Persists Amidst the Escapism of 'Democracies'-From 'Wuhan's Virus' to 'Putin's Tax' and 'Zelenski brought it on himself'? southfront.org Written by Simon Ndiritu There is an ongoing tendency for 'democracies' to shift blame and deny responsibility for their failure….

____ (2022-06-16). Shanghai Disney Resort reopens Disneytown and hotel. ecns.cn Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows the World of Disney Store in east China's Shanghai. Shanghai Disney Resort reopened Disneytown and Shanghai Disneyland hotel on Thursday, the 6th anniversary of the resort.

____ (2022-06-16). China makes big strides on quality of air. ecns.cn China has cut its harmful air particulates by nearly 40 percent since it imposed a "war against pollution" in 2013, attaining a feat that the United States and Europe only achieved in several decades and recessions.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-16). 2022 California Juneteenth – National Freedom Day. indybay.org In the coming years over 100 California cities with @100,000+ residents will begin to discover our unique California Juneteenth Legacy, helping manifest equity and greater inclusion throughout the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, "Mining for Freedom" or the authentic "Golden Legacy" of our California USCT who fought, bleed and died for freedom is a fierce debate impacting future generation.

____ (2022-06-16). RCEP offers broader room for China-ROK cooperation: official. ecns.cn The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement offers broader room for China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to deepen economic and trade cooperation, a Chinese official said Thursday."ÄÄ…

____ (2022-06-16). China-developed COVID-19 mRNA vaccine as booster safe, immunogenic in clinical trial. ecns.cn A China-developed mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as a third booster dose has been shown in human trials to be safe and able to induce an immune response against the Omicron variant.

____ (2022-06-16). Xinjiang attracts over 200 bln yuan of investment in Jan.-May. ecns.cn The commerce department of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said investment from outside the region has seen robust growth in the January-May period.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-06-16). Wednesday 6/15: Labor History: A key to unlocking workers' power today. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor

____ (2022-06-16). China capable of meeting 3-percent CPI target: official. ecns.cn China will see its consumer price index (CPI) continue to run within a reasonable range and is capable of attaining the 3-percent annual target amid the global inflation surge, an official said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-16). Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway to put into operation in late June. ecns.cn The Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway will be fully operational in late June, cutting the travel time between the two cities from 8 hours to 4 hours and upgrading the high-speed railway network in central China and southwest China.

United We Dream (2022-06-16). Wednesday 6/15: DACA Décimo Aniversario – °Antes, Ahora y Más Allá! Celebración y Reuinon para la Acción. indybay.org Virtual celebration & action rally…

____ (2022-06-16). Policies ready to achieve emissions goals. ecns.cn China has essentially completed its policy infrastructure for the country's ambitious climate targets and has made significant progress in low-carbon transition, government officials said at the 10th National Low-Carbon Day on Wednesday in Jinan, Shandong province.

____ (2022-06-16). Newly built Chengdu Natural History Museum ready to open. ecns.cn The Chengdu Natural History Museum has completed all procedures to host exhibitions soon. The museum involves six exhibition halls of different themes including geological environment, mineral resources, and dinosaur fossils, covering a total area of 17,005 square meters.

La Peña (2022-06-16). Friday 6/17: Baila Community Dance Party. indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705…

____ (2022-06-16). CNOOC completes first offshore CCUS project. ecns.cn Chinese State-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corp said on Wednesday that it has completed the country's first offshore carbon capture and storage project designed to permanently bury carbon dioxide in the seabed.

____ (2022-06-16). China sees fewer hazy days, more clear blue skies. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-16). HK LegCo passes plan on gov't restructure. ecns.cn The Hong Kong government's restructuring plan was passed by lawmakers on Wednesday, and it will now see the current 13 bureaus expanded to 15, and the introduction of three deputy secretaries at the senior level.

____ (2022-06-16). China welcomes overseas investment in R&D: ministry. ecns.cn China welcomes foreign companies to ramp up spending on research and development (R&D) and set up R&D centers in the country, Shu Jueting, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-16). China's national lawmakers to mull laws on wire fraud, civil enforcement, monopoly. ecns.cn China's national lawmakers will deliberate draft laws regarding issues such as anti-telecom and cyber fraud, civil compulsory enforcement, and anti-monopoly during a forthcoming session by the country's top legislature.

____ (2022-06-16). Sunflowers in full bloom attract visitors in Zhejiang. ecns.cn People pose for photos in a blooming sunflower field in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 15, 2022. A total of four hectares of sunflowers bloom in Hangzhou, attracting many visitors.

____ (2022-06-16). Beijing conducts checks of key venues for risks. ecns.cn The Beijing government has conducted a citywide check of all cultural and entertainment venues since the latest infection cluster linked to a bar was reported on June 9 and has revoked several business licenses, a senior official said on Wednesday.

____ (2022-06-16). (W.E. Talk)Facts and Truths Show Workers of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang Enjoy Decent Work. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has actively practiced the international concept of decent work, followed the relevant conventions and initiatives of the International Labour Organization, and strictly implemented national laws, policies, and regulations.

____ (2022-06-16). China allocates relief funds for crop pest control. ecns.cn China has allocated 673 million yuan (about 100.3 million U.S. dollars) worth of agricultural relief funds to support crop pest prevention and control, according to the Ministry of Finance.

United We Dream (2022-06-16). Wednesday 6/15: DACA Tenth Anniversary: Then, Now and Beyond! Celebration & Action Rally. indybay.org Virtual celebration & action rally…

____ (2022-06-16). So-called 'forced labor' in Xinjiang is a big lie made by anti-China forces: FM. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-16). China opens last section of rail loop around its largest desert. ecns.cn The last section of a 2,712-km rail loop line around China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, in the country's northwesternmost Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation on Thursday.

David Giesen (2022-06-16). Sunday 7/3: Fulfilling the Promise of America, a symposium. indybay.org ZOOM video meet: | zoom.us/j/94131824284?pwd=RzI0ZEY1eEkrbkxFemNOMHFHbUZXZz09

____ (2022-06-16). China's draft law revision on women's protection garners wide public attention. ecns.cn A draft revision to the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women, which stipulates stringent measures to tackle women trafficking, has garnered wide public attention in China.

____ (2022-06-16). Hong Kong Post to issue special stamps for Hong Kong Palace Museum. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Post will issue special stamps and other philatelic products about the Hong Kong Palace Museum to celebrate its opening on July 2.

____ (2022-06-16). Cultural event held to mark 25th anniversary of HK's return to motherland. ecns.cn The event is held by Hong Kong Island Women's Association on Wednesday as part of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

____ (2022-06-16). China confident on keeping foreign trade within reasonable range in 2022. ecns.cn China is confident to keep its foreign trade running within a reasonable range for the whole year, making more contributions to the economic fundamentals, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-16). China to recruit 67,000 rural teachers this year. ecns.cn China plans to recruit 67,000 teachers for compulsory education in rural areas in 2022, the Ministry of Education said Thursday.

_____ (2022-06-15). China Bolsters Cooperation with Central Asian Nations. journal-neo.org Amidst the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, on June 8, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the third "China+Central Asia" Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Although similar meetings have taken place before, this summit has become urgent due to the recent depreciation of national currencies in the former Soviet republics, soaring food prices and …

Amarynth (2022-06-15). The 'New G8' Meets China's 'Three Rings'. thesaker.is The coming of the new G8 points to the inevitable advent of BRICS +, one of the key themes to be discussed in the upcoming BRICS summit in China. By…

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2022-06-16: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-16). Experts call for more cooperation with China to revitalize Pakistan's agriculture sector. ecns.cn As Pakistan's agriculture sector remained crucial for the country's economic growth, experts and scientists said that enhanced cooperation with China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) can help revitalize the country's agriculture sector and combat the challenge of food insecurity.

____ (2022-06-16). China's commercial space telescope completes all-sky optical survey. ecns.cn China's commercial space telescope Yangwang-1 has completed an optical survey of the whole sky, according to its developer.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-16). Pentagon Official Says Chinese Attack on Taiwan Would See Response Similar to Ukraine Invasion. news.antiwar.com Colin Kahl, the Pentagon's undersecretary of defense for policy, said Tuesday that a Chinese "act of aggression" against Taiwan would likely see a global response similar to what the US and its allies have done in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Potential adversaries and aggressors everywhere else in the world are looking at …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-16). Updated Mayo Clinic recommendations for infant formula shortage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been significant shortages of infant formulas in some stores, largely caused by supply chain issues, as well as a recent recall of several contaminated baby formula products. While this unfortunate crisis continues to impact thousands of caregivers needing to feed their babies, Mayo Clinic continues to offer advice on safe alternatives in the short term to patients. Alternative formula options For most infants, it is OK to switch…

____ (2022-06-16). China-Central Asia pipeline transports over 400 bln cubic meters of natural gas. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has delivered more than 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China over a period of more than 12 years, according to PipeChina West Pipeline Company.

____ (2022-06-16). China-Central Asia gas pipeline transports over 400 bln cubic meters since 2009. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia gas pipeline has transported over 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China since it was put into operation in December 2009, according to the customs of China and Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Jason Ditz (2022-06-16). US Ramps Up Iran Sanctions as Hope for Talks Fade. news.antiwar.com With Iran nuclear talks stalled, the US Treasury Department is once again announcing a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's oil and gas industry. | The sanctions hit three Iranian companies, Six companies, two from Hong Kong and four from the UAE, were sanctioned for working with Triliance, and two of their brokers, Jingfeng Gao and Mohammed Shaheed Ruknoddin Bhore, we…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-16). The Sorry Status Quo Persists Amidst the Escapism of 'Democracies'-From 'Wuhan's Virus' to 'Putin's Tax' and 'Zelenski brought it on himself'? southfront.org Written by Simon Ndiritu There is an ongoing tendency for 'democracies' to shift blame and deny responsibility for their failure….

____ (2022-06-16). Policies ready to achieve emissions goals. ecns.cn China has essentially completed its policy infrastructure for the country's ambitious climate targets and has made significant progress in low-carbon transition, government officials said at the 10th National Low-Carbon Day on Wednesday in Jinan, Shandong province.

____ (2022-06-16). HK LegCo passes plan on gov't restructure. ecns.cn The Hong Kong government's restructuring plan was passed by lawmakers on Wednesday, and it will now see the current 13 bureaus expanded to 15, and the introduction of three deputy secretaries at the senior level.

____ (2022-06-16). Hong Kong Post to issue special stamps for Hong Kong Palace Museum. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Post will issue special stamps and other philatelic products about the Hong Kong Palace Museum to celebrate its opening on July 2.

____ (2022-06-16). China's national lawmakers to mull laws on wire fraud, civil enforcement, monopoly. ecns.cn China's national lawmakers will deliberate draft laws regarding issues such as anti-telecom and cyber fraud, civil compulsory enforcement, and anti-monopoly during a forthcoming session by the country's top legislature.

____ (2022-06-16). Xinjiang attracts over 200 bln yuan of investment in Jan.-May. ecns.cn The commerce department of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said investment from outside the region has seen robust growth in the January-May period.

____ (2022-06-16). Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway to put into operation in late June. ecns.cn The Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway will be fully operational in late June, cutting the travel time between the two cities from 8 hours to 4 hours and upgrading the high-speed railway network in central China and southwest China.

____ (2022-06-16). CNOOC completes first offshore CCUS project. ecns.cn Chinese State-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corp said on Wednesday that it has completed the country's first offshore carbon capture and storage project designed to permanently bury carbon dioxide in the seabed.

____ (2022-06-16). China opens last section of rail loop around its largest desert. ecns.cn The last section of a 2,712-km rail loop line around China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, in the country's northwesternmost Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation on Thursday.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-06-16). Wednesday 6/15: Labor History: A key to unlocking workers' power today. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor

____ (2022-06-16). Sunflowers in full bloom attract visitors in Zhejiang. ecns.cn People pose for photos in a blooming sunflower field in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 15, 2022. A total of four hectares of sunflowers bloom in Hangzhou, attracting many visitors.

____ (2022-06-16). Newly built Chengdu Natural History Museum ready to open. ecns.cn The Chengdu Natural History Museum has completed all procedures to host exhibitions soon. The museum involves six exhibition halls of different themes including geological environment, mineral resources, and dinosaur fossils, covering a total area of 17,005 square meters.

____ (2022-06-16). Cultural event held to mark 25th anniversary of HK's return to motherland. ecns.cn The event is held by Hong Kong Island Women's Association on Wednesday as part of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

____ (2022-06-16). China's draft law revision on women's protection garners wide public attention. ecns.cn A draft revision to the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women, which stipulates stringent measures to tackle women trafficking, has garnered wide public attention in China.

____ (2022-06-16). China confident on keeping foreign trade within reasonable range in 2022. ecns.cn China is confident to keep its foreign trade running within a reasonable range for the whole year, making more contributions to the economic fundamentals, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.

David Giesen (2022-06-16). Sunday 7/3: Fulfilling the Promise of America, a symposium. indybay.org ZOOM video meet: | zoom.us/j/94131824284?pwd=RzI0ZEY1eEkrbkxFemNOMHFHbUZXZz09

La Peña (2022-06-16). Friday 6/17: Baila Community Dance Party. indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705…

United We Dream (2022-06-16). Wednesday 6/15: DACA Tenth Anniversary: Then, Now and Beyond! Celebration & Action Rally. indybay.org Virtual celebration & action rally…

United We Dream (2022-06-16). Wednesday 6/15: DACA Décimo Aniversario – °Antes, Ahora y Más Allá! Celebración y Reuinon para la Acción. indybay.org Virtual celebration & action rally…

____ (2022-06-16). Shanghai Disney Resort reopens Disneytown and hotel. ecns.cn Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows the World of Disney Store in east China's Shanghai. Shanghai Disney Resort reopened Disneytown and Shanghai Disneyland hotel on Thursday, the 6th anniversary of the resort.

____ (2022-06-16). Beijing conducts checks of key venues for risks. ecns.cn The Beijing government has conducted a citywide check of all cultural and entertainment venues since the latest infection cluster linked to a bar was reported on June 9 and has revoked several business licenses, a senior official said on Wednesday.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-06-16). China insta al Brics a fortalecer la seguridad internacional. telesurtv.net Yang resaltó que la Iniciativa de Seguridad Global es la vía para alcanzar una paz duradera y seguridad universal.

____ (2022-06-16). China capable of meeting 3-percent CPI target: official. ecns.cn China will see its consumer price index (CPI) continue to run within a reasonable range and is capable of attaining the 3-percent annual target amid the global inflation surge, an official said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-16). China-developed COVID-19 mRNA vaccine as booster safe, immunogenic in clinical trial. ecns.cn A China-developed mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as a third booster dose has been shown in human trials to be safe and able to induce an immune response against the Omicron variant.

____ (2022-06-16). China welcomes overseas investment in R&D: ministry. ecns.cn China welcomes foreign companies to ramp up spending on research and development (R&D) and set up R&D centers in the country, Shu Jueting, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-16). China to recruit 67,000 rural teachers this year. ecns.cn China plans to recruit 67,000 teachers for compulsory education in rural areas in 2022, the Ministry of Education said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-16). So-called 'forced labor' in Xinjiang is a big lie made by anti-China forces: FM. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-16). China sees fewer hazy days, more clear blue skies. ecns.cn

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-16). 2022 California Juneteenth – National Freedom Day. indybay.org In the coming years over 100 California cities with @100,000+ residents will begin to discover our unique California Juneteenth Legacy, helping manifest equity and greater inclusion throughout the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, "Mining for Freedom" or the authentic "Golden Legacy" of our California USCT who fought, bleed and died for freedom is a fierce debate impacting future generation.

____ (2022-06-16). (W.E. Talk)Facts and Truths Show Workers of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang Enjoy Decent Work. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has actively practiced the international concept of decent work, followed the relevant conventions and initiatives of the International Labour Organization, and strictly implemented national laws, policies, and regulations.

____ (2022-06-16). China allocates relief funds for crop pest control. ecns.cn China has allocated 673 million yuan (about 100.3 million U.S. dollars) worth of agricultural relief funds to support crop pest prevention and control, according to the Ministry of Finance.

____ (2022-06-16). China makes big strides on quality of air. ecns.cn China has cut its harmful air particulates by nearly 40 percent since it imposed a "war against pollution" in 2013, attaining a feat that the United States and Europe only achieved in several decades and recessions.

____ (2022-06-16). RCEP offers broader room for China-ROK cooperation: official. ecns.cn The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement offers broader room for China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to deepen economic and trade cooperation, a Chinese official said Thursday."ÄÄ…

_____ (2022-06-15). China Bolsters Cooperation with Central Asian Nations. journal-neo.org Amidst the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, on June 8, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the third "China+Central Asia" Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Although similar meetings have taken place before, this summit has become urgent due to the recent depreciation of national currencies in the former Soviet republics, soaring food prices and …

Staff (2022-06-15). SCO parties to discuss accepting Iran membership. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states will discuss accepting Iran's membership in the ongoing SCO Council of National Coordinators' meeting in Tashkent.

Amarynth (2022-06-15). The 'New G8' Meets China's 'Three Rings'. thesaker.is The coming of the new G8 points to the inevitable advent of BRICS +, one of the key themes to be discussed in the upcoming BRICS summit in China. By…

Anonymous811 (2022-06-15). Tensions Over Taiwan Rising. southfront.org Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and American Defense Minister Lloyd Austin | Recently, there has been a sharp increase in Chinese military activity around Taiwan. This was preceded by an official statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry to the U.S. that if Taiwan secured independence from China, the PRC would immediately attack. | Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe spoke with his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, at a meeting on security in Asia in Singapore and said that China would fight for contro…

____ (2022-06-14). China's ecosystem improved greatly since 2012: minister. ecns.cn China has seen significant improvement in the quality and stability of its ecosystem since 2012 amid the country's efforts on environmental governance, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu has said.

____ (2022-06-14). Fuxing bullet train impresses U.S. ambassador in China. ecns.cn The U.S. ambassador in China Nicholas Burns said he was impressed by China's Fuxing bullet train during his visit to Wuhan from Beijing on Sunday.

____ (2022-06-15). China's industrial output picks up 0.7 pct in May. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 0.7 percent year on year in May, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.

____ (2022-06-15). FM: To invest in China is to invest in the future. ecns.cn To invest in China is to invest in the future. By proposing misplaced curbs on normal trade and business ties with China, the US politicians will not succeed in blocking China's development. Rather, they will be surrounding the US with walls and and costing the US itself opportunities to grow.

____ (2022-06-14). China to step up stress testing for CPTPP, DEPA in Nansha, plan says. ecns.cn China's State Council on Tuesday released a sweeping plan to build Nansha in South China's Guangdong Province into a "major strategic platform" for global cooperation.

____ (2022-06-15). Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, Disneytown to reopen on Thursday. ecns.cn Shanghai Disneyland Hotel and Disneytown will resume operation on Thursday, which falls on the 6th anniversary of the resort, according to the Disney website.

2022-06-17 01:57 | 21:57 EST | jz | 52 | 3 | 13 | 67 | 2 

2022-06-15: News Headlines

This Week in Fascism (2022-06-15). This Week in Fascism #130: Neo-Nazis, Proud Boys and Groypers Heed Call from GOP to Attack LGBTQ Community. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! This week, public hearings have started to take place on the attempted pro-Trump coup on January 6th. While neoliberals are putting a lot into these hearings &#1 ; just like they did the Mueller investigation and Trump's (two) impeachments &#1 ; if history has shown us anything, its that these spectacles rarely result in…

Dissident Voice Communications (2022-06-15). Former US President Bush Condemns "brutal invasion of Iraq" in Public Gaffe. dissidentvoice.org WION — While speaking at an event, Former US President George W Bush condemned the full-scale invasion by Russia as "brutal" and "unjustified." However, he mistakenly said "invasion of Iraq." In no time, he corrected himself: "I mean, Ukraine."

Global Research News (2022-06-15). Selected Articles: US Department of Defense Finally Comes Clean — Admits in Public Document that There Are 46 US Military-Funded Biolabs in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca By The Pentagon on Thursday finally admitted…

CJ Baker (2022-06-15). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Spitting Off the Edge of the World' By Yeah Yeah Yeahs. shadowproof.com The influential indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their first tune in close to a decade, "Spitting Off the Edge of the World." It's on their upcoming album, "Cool It Down," out September 30.

____ (2022-06-14). Highest observatory in world will give Tibet a better view of the galaxy. ecns.cn Construction of the first observatory in the Tibet autonomous region kicked off this week, following a foundation stone-laying ceremony on Sunday for what is said to be the highest observatory in the world.

BayAction2FreeAssange (2022-06-15). Sunday 7/3: Julian Assange Birthday Rally #FreeAssangeNOW. indybay.org Harry Bridges Plaza – The Embarcadero at Market- Across from the Ferry Building…

Tomdispatch (2022-06-15). My Pandemic in Three Acts: Dealing with the Disease that Never Seems to Leave Town. juancole.com By Nina Burleigh | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.com) &#1 ; On New Years' Eve 2019, Americans celebrated the advent of the roaring '20s with fireworks and champagne, amid ominous news alerts from China. Surely that virus would stay on the other side of the planet. I cringe at how entitled we felt then. Covid-19 has now wiped …

____ (2022-06-14). Tickets go on sale for Hong Kong Palace Museum. ecns.cn Ticket sales for the Hong Kong Palace Museum kicked off on Tuesday, roughly two weeks before the venue is set to open.

Juan Cole (2022-06-15). This Week's Climate Disasters in the US are Giving us a Glimpse of our Future if we don't Stop CO2. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; We're only midweek, but we have already seen serial disasters across the United States that have been exacerbated by the climate emergency, caused by human beings burning coal, methane gas and petroleum. So writes Mihai Andrei at ZME Science. I put it to you that this first paragraph at the …

____ (2022-06-14). 'Momentous' multimedia show debuts at Hong Kong Disneyland. ecns.cn Spectacular "Momentous" multimedia show makes debut at Hong Kong Disneyland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, June, 14, 2022.

____ (2022-06-14). Forum on 'future-oriented cooperation' among China, Japan, S.Korea held in Seoul. ecns.cn The International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation 2022 among China, Japan and South Korea was held here on Tuesday under the theme of "Future-Oriented Trilateral Cooperation: Lasting Peace, Common Prosperity, Shared Culture."

____ (2022-06-14). China's industrial economy grows leaps and bounds in past decade. ecns.cn China's resolute efforts over the past decade to make its industrial economy grow huge and robust have resulted in this sector being more competitive and resilient in a world fraught with uncertainties and risks.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-15). Science Saturday: Link found between key gene and two neurodegenerative diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Gene expression can amplify the risk of neurodegenerative diseases for patients, but researchers are still figuring out which genes have an outsized effect on risk and why. In a new paper published in Nature, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have zeroed in on variants of one gene critical for nerve cell function that ups the ante for patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). "This finding helps clarify a new direction…

____ (2022-06-14). Green BRI to push global low-carbon drive. ecns.cn China will mount consistent efforts to tap the potential of a green Belt and Road Initiative in helping drive the transition to a global low-carbon economy, said Zhao Yingmin, the vice-minister of ecology and environment.

____ (2022-06-14). Fuxing bullet train impresses U.S. ambassador in China. ecns.cn The U.S. ambassador in China Nicholas Burns said he was impressed by China's Fuxing bullet train during his visit to Wuhan from Beijing on Sunday.

____ (2022-06-14). China's ecosystem improved greatly since 2012: minister. ecns.cn China has seen significant improvement in the quality and stability of its ecosystem since 2012 amid the country's efforts on environmental governance, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu has said.

____ (2022-06-14). China has reaped over 80 pct of wheat. ecns.cn China has harvested 84.1 percent of its wheat by Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

____ (2022-06-14). China to step up stress testing for CPTPP, DEPA in Nansha, plan says. ecns.cn China's State Council on Tuesday released a sweeping plan to build Nansha in South China's Guangdong Province into a "major strategic platform" for global cooperation.

____ (2022-06-14). Experts see foreign capital rising in China. ecns.cn China's huge economy, its bright prospects and the government's unwavering efforts to open the domestic market wider to the rest of the world make the country increasingly attractive to foreign investors, despite the impact of COVID-19 resurgence and rising protectionism in some countries.

____ (2022-06-14). Strawberry supermoon lights up night sky across China. ecns.cn June's full moon, normally seen as the final full moon of spring or the first of summer, is traditionally called the Strawberry Moon.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-15). Slim your screen time with this summer challenge. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OWATONNA, Minn. — Many people spend too much time staring at a screen. While screens are a part of today's culture, reducing screen time can have health benefits, including improved physical health, decreased obesity and higher quality sleep. This summer, Mayo Clinic Health System encourages people to make the most of life by living life fully — present and in the moment. They can join Mayo Clinic Health System for a free virtual challenge to…

____ (2022-06-14). U.S. warned over 'illusions' about Taiwan. ecns.cn Beijing has warned Washington not to make any "misjudgments" or have "illusions" in playing the "Taiwan card" to contain China, saying that the nation is determined and capable of defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

____ (2022-06-14). China's first cargo airport to put into operation. ecns.cn Photo taken on June 14, 2022 shows a view of the Ezhou Huahu Airport in Ezhou, central China's Hubei Province. It is China's first cargo airport, with the functional orientation of the air cargo hub and feeder airport for passenger transport.

____ (2022-06-14). Donations of organs going up in nation. ecns.cn China continues to gain momentum in encouraging voluntary organ donations as the number of donated organs has risen in recent years, officials and a new report said.

____ (2022-06-14). Ancient water conservancy facilities discovered in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have found three large watercourses dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) in central China's Henan Province.

Edward Curtin (2022-06-15). Is There Life After Death? dissidentvoice.org Life is entwined with death from the start, for death is the price we must pay for being born, even though we don't choose it, which may be why some people who are very angry at the deal, decide to choose how and when they will die, as if they are getting revenge on someone …

____ (2022-06-14). Country's policies seen helping cool high inflation around world. ecns.cn China's prudent and responsible monetary policy will help tame global price pressures and further propel growth when necessary as sustained high inflation emerged as a major concern of the global economy…

Omar Ahmed (2022-06-15). In Demolishing Muslim protestors' homes, India is taking a Leaf from of Israel's Book. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) &#1 ; Over the weekend Indian authorities bulldozed several homes belonging to Muslims in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The homeowners were alleged to have taken part in organised protests on Friday in response to inflammatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) made by the now …

____ (2022-06-14). Continuous rain forecast for southern China. ecns.cn Heavy downpours that have been battering southern parts of China over the past few days, causing floods and landslides, are forecast to last until June 22, the National Meteorological Center said.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-14). Nationalist Units Shot Ukrainian Servicemen Who Tried To Surrender In Novomikhailovka &#1 ; Russian MoD. southfront.org | On June 14, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian army continues to suffer significant losses, especially since in recent weeks cases have become more frequent when units of Ukrainian nationalists shot surrendering Ukrainian servicemen in the back. | The report of the Russian Ministry of Defence reads: | "So, after conducting firepower preparation to the offensive of Russian troops in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 30 serv…

Anonymous811 (2022-06-14). Harvest In Ukraine In 2022 Will Be Two Times Less Than In 2021. southfront.org | Taras Vysotsky, representative of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, spoke about the prospects of the harvest in his country at a briefing of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. He provided an analysis, which indicates that in 2022 the harvest from the fields of Ukraine will be about 65 million tons. This is 40% less than last year's harvest. | According to Mr Vysotsky, the harvest may be even smaller, about 60 million tons of grain. He explained that the decline was…

Oneworld.press (2022-06-14). Why'd Lavrov Finally Use The Term "Indo-Pacific" Instead Of The Usual "Asia-Pacific". oneworld.press Knowing how professional this world-class diplomat is and how he never has a slip of the tongue since he always puts a lot of thought into every word that he says, this development should be interpreted as a subtle change in policy. It's not in any way whatsoever aimed at sending some kind of negative signal to China, but to the contrary, it's meant to show that Russia is flexibly adapting to regional trends.

Editor (2022-06-14). Building the "New Three Rings": China's choice in the face of possible complete decoupling. mronline.org Since the change of China and the United States in 2018, the world situation has been in turmoil, and various "decoupling theories" have become popular at home and abroad.

Editor (2022-06-14). Dealing With the Disease that Never Seems to Leave Town. scheerpost.com [ By On New Years' Eve 2019, Americans celebrated the advent of the roaring '20s with fireworks and champagne, amid ominous news alerts from China. Surely that virus would stay on the other side of the planet. I cringe at how entitled we felt then. Covid-19 has now wiped out

KWORINOCO (2022-06-14). Laila Tajeldine: Summit of the Americas Is Proof that US Has Lost Hegemony. orinocotribune.com The Summit of the Americas has proven that the US has lost its hegemony in the region and, in the words of Laila Tajeldine, a lawyer and international analyst, "it's good that they are figuring it out." She made these observations during an interview on the program Aquí con Enersto Villegas, aired on public television and social media. | During the interview, Tajeldine said that she hopes the US understands that "their policy has been wrong for many years." She also asserted that this erroneous policy has spurred the "rise of China and its political presence throughout the world," which is based on mutual benefic…

Bruce Lerro (2022-06-14). Aryan Right-Wing Mythology for the New Age: Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade and Joseph Campbell. dissidentvoice.org Orientation My three-year stint in the New Age In 1984 at the age of 36, I decided to return to school with the intention of becoming an art therapist. I attended Antioch University in San Francisco for my undergraduate degree and then went to a New Age spirituality school the following year for my master's …

Shawgi Tell (2022-06-14). "Booming" Economy Leaves Millions Behind: Part Eight. dissidentvoice.org Economic and social disasters continue to increase worldwide. There is no "healthy recovery" from the pandemic. The level of irreparable harm being caused by the inability and unwillingness of the ruling elite to solve any problems, even small problems, is glaring. With no sense of shame or irony, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, …

Anonymous Contributor (2022-06-14). Libre Las Tres: Mexican Feminists Held as Political Prisoners. itsgoingdown.org Call to support feminist political prisoners facing charges for engaging in a series of occupations in so-called Mexico. photo: @Usagii_ko On April 15th, around 200 police officers in Mexico City arrested three women that had occupied and turned the office of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission building (CNDH) into a housing sanctuary for women that…

Colin Todhunter (2022-06-14). Pouring Poison and Planting Seeds of Dependency. dissidentvoice.org Do you remember the iconic Union Carbide image from the 19 s or early 1960s? The one with the giant hand coming from the sky, pouring pesticides onto Indian soil. The blurb below the image includes the following: Science helps build a new India — India has developed bold new plans to build its economy and …

Final Straw (2022-06-14). Final Straw: Support Jessica Reznicek and Navigating Conflict in Movement. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio show and podcast, The Final Straw, presents an interview with a supporter of Water Protector Jessica Reznicek. Listen and Download HERE First up, Charlotte speaks about their friend, political prisoner and water defender Jessica Reznicek who just had an appeal denied of an 8 year sentence and terrorism enhancement for sabotaging the…

United We Dream (2022-06-14). Wednesday 6/15: DACA Décimo Aniversario – °Antes, Ahora y Más Allá! Celebración y Reuinon para la Acción. indybay.org Virtual celebration & action rally…

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-06-14). Wednesday 6/15: Labor History: A key to unlocking workers' power today. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor

Labor Video Project (2022-06-14). WCCUSD Union Busting Attack On Adult School Teachers United Leadership. indybay.org The WCCUSD school district terminated the president and vice president of the Adult School Teachers United in a union busting attack. The president Ken Ryan and vice president Kristen Pursley discuss their termination, the reason behind it and the attack on adult education and ESL by not only the District by the Democrats in the legislature and governor.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-14). 2022 California Juneteenth – National Freedom Day. indybay.org In the coming years over 100 California cities with @100,000+ residents will begin to discover our unique California Juneteenth Legacy, helping manifest equity and greater inclusion throughout the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, "Mining for Freedom" or the authentic "Golden Legacy" of our California USCT who fought, bleed and died for freedom is a fierce debate impacting future generation.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-14). China activa nivel 3 de respuesta para control de inundaciones. telesurtv.net Graves inundaciones se han registrado en los últimos días en la cuenca del río de la Perla, en el sur de China, como consecuencia de las fuertes lluvias.

Peoples' Dispatch (2022-06-14). Bolivia: Court sentences former coup president Jeanine àÅñez to 10 years' prison. greenleft.org.au A Bolivian court has found Jeanine àÅñez and former police and military chiefs guilty for their role in crimes committed during the coup against then-president Evo Morales in November 2019, reports Peoples Dispatch.

David Giesen (2022-06-14). Sunday 7/3: Fulfilling the Promise of America, a symposium. indybay.org ZOOM video meet: | zoom.us/j/94131824284?pwd=RzI0ZEY1eEkrbkxFemNOMHFHbUZXZz09

Submedia.tv (2022-06-14). System Fail 13: The Spoils of Empire. itsgoingdown.org System Fail from sub.Media takes a look at global news from an anarchist perspective. In the wake of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we take a look at some of the recent resistance waged by two nations rendered stateless by British cartographers. First we visit Palestine where tensions have flared into several violent confrontations between…

Marjorie Cohn (2022-06-14). Torture Memo Lawyer John Yoo Devises Theory for Stealing Presidential Elections. zcomm.org Twisting the law to fit his nefarious agenda isn't new to Yoo…

United We Dream (2022-06-14). Wednesday 6/15: DACA Tenth Anniversary: Then, Now and Beyond! Celebration & Action Rally. indybay.org Virtual celebration & action rally…

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-06-14). Gobierno de China rechaza postura hostil de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Yang Jiechi instó a que Washington no se haga "juicios erróneos ni ilusiones" con respecto al tema de Taiwán.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-14). Reflections On The Dispute Over The South China/ East Vietnam/ West Philippines/ North Indonesia Sea. southfront.org Written by Daniel Edgar, exclusively for South Front | It has finally happened, growing from slow beginnings to become a major strategic factor in the geopolitical calculations in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the worst nightmares of Chinese geopoliticists and super-Patriots. India has joined and copied the US containment strategy against its arch foe in the Asia Pacific region, launching a belated 'diplomatic' charm offensive and industrial/ commercial marketing campaign in an…

WSWS (2022-06-14). New Zealand PM affirms anti-China stance on visit to Australia. wsws.org Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern denounced China's "potential militarisation" of the Pacific, while aligning with the military build-up by Australia and the US against China.

La Peña (2022-06-14). Friday 6/17: Baila Community Dance Party. indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705…

Sean Callebs (2022-06-14). The Heat: Shangri-La Dialogue Summit. america.cgtn.com China-U.S. relations and security concerns. They were a major focus of discussion at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

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2022-06-14: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-14). Forum on 'future-oriented cooperation' among China, Japan, S.Korea held in Seoul. ecns.cn The International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation 2022 among China, Japan and South Korea was held here on Tuesday under the theme of "Future-Oriented Trilateral Cooperation: Lasting Peace, Common Prosperity, Shared Culture."

____ (2022-06-14). Fuxing bullet train impresses U.S. ambassador in China. ecns.cn The U.S. ambassador in China Nicholas Burns said he was impressed by China's Fuxing bullet train during his visit to Wuhan from Beijing on Sunday.

____ (2022-06-14). China's industrial economy grows leaps and bounds in past decade. ecns.cn China's resolute efforts over the past decade to make its industrial economy grow huge and robust have resulted in this sector being more competitive and resilient in a world fraught with uncertainties and risks.

____ (2022-06-14). Country's policies seen helping cool high inflation around world. ecns.cn China's prudent and responsible monetary policy will help tame global price pressures and further propel growth when necessary as sustained high inflation emerged as a major concern of the global economy…

____ (2022-06-14). Strawberry supermoon lights up night sky across China. ecns.cn June's full moon, normally seen as the final full moon of spring or the first of summer, is traditionally called the Strawberry Moon.

____ (2022-06-14). Ancient water conservancy facilities discovered in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have found three large watercourses dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) in central China's Henan Province.

____ (2022-06-14). Experts see foreign capital rising in China. ecns.cn China's huge economy, its bright prospects and the government's unwavering efforts to open the domestic market wider to the rest of the world make the country increasingly attractive to foreign investors, despite the impact of COVID-19 resurgence and rising protectionism in some countries.

____ (2022-06-14). China has reaped over 80 pct of wheat. ecns.cn China has harvested 84.1 percent of its wheat by Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

____ (2022-06-14). U.S. warned over 'illusions' about Taiwan. ecns.cn Beijing has warned Washington not to make any "misjudgments" or have "illusions" in playing the "Taiwan card" to contain China, saying that the nation is determined and capable of defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

____ (2022-06-14). Continuous rain forecast for southern China. ecns.cn Heavy downpours that have been battering southern parts of China over the past few days, causing floods and landslides, are forecast to last until June 22, the National Meteorological Center said.

____ (2022-06-14). China's ecosystem improved greatly since 2012: minister. ecns.cn China has seen significant improvement in the quality and stability of its ecosystem since 2012 amid the country's efforts on environmental governance, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu has said.

____ (2022-06-14). Green BRI to push global low-carbon drive. ecns.cn China will mount consistent efforts to tap the potential of a green Belt and Road Initiative in helping drive the transition to a global low-carbon economy, said Zhao Yingmin, the vice-minister of ecology and environment.

____ (2022-06-14). Donations of organs going up in nation. ecns.cn China continues to gain momentum in encouraging voluntary organ donations as the number of donated organs has risen in recent years, officials and a new report said.

____ (2022-06-14). China's first cargo airport to put into operation. ecns.cn Photo taken on June 14, 2022 shows a view of the Ezhou Huahu Airport in Ezhou, central China's Hubei Province. It is China's first cargo airport, with the functional orientation of the air cargo hub and feeder airport for passenger transport.

____ (2022-06-14). Tickets go on sale for Hong Kong Palace Museum. ecns.cn Ticket sales for the Hong Kong Palace Museum kicked off on Tuesday, roughly two weeks before the venue is set to open.

____ (2022-06-14). Highest observatory in world will give Tibet a better view of the galaxy. ecns.cn Construction of the first observatory in the Tibet autonomous region kicked off this week, following a foundation stone-laying ceremony on Sunday for what is said to be the highest observatory in the world.

____ (2022-06-14). China to step up stress testing for CPTPP, DEPA in Nansha, plan says. ecns.cn China's State Council on Tuesday released a sweeping plan to build Nansha in South China's Guangdong Province into a "major strategic platform" for global cooperation.

____ (2022-06-14). 'Momentous' multimedia show debuts at Hong Kong Disneyland. ecns.cn Spectacular "Momentous" multimedia show makes debut at Hong Kong Disneyland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, June, 14, 2022.

Editor (2022-06-14). Building the "New Three Rings": China's choice in the face of possible complete decoupling. mronline.org Since the change of China and the United States in 2018, the world situation has been in turmoil, and various "decoupling theories" have become popular at home and abroad.

Editor (2022-06-14). Dealing With the Disease that Never Seems to Leave Town. scheerpost.com [ By On New Years' Eve 2019, Americans celebrated the advent of the roaring '20s with fireworks and champagne, amid ominous news alerts from China. Surely that virus would stay on the other side of the planet. I cringe at how entitled we felt then. Covid-19 has now wiped out

KWORINOCO (2022-06-14). Laila Tajeldine: Summit of the Americas Is Proof that US Has Lost Hegemony. orinocotribune.com The Summit of the Americas has proven that the US has lost its hegemony in the region and, in the words of Laila Tajeldine, a lawyer and international analyst, "it's good that they are figuring it out." She made these observations during an interview on the program Aquí con Enersto Villegas, aired on public television and social media. | During the interview, Tajeldine said that she hopes the US understands that "their policy has been wrong for many years." She also asserted that this erroneous policy has spurred the "rise of China and its political presence throughout the world," which is based on mutual benefic…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-14). Reflections On The Dispute Over The South China/ East Vietnam/ West Philippines/ North Indonesia Sea. southfront.org Written by Daniel Edgar, exclusively for South Front | It has finally happened, growing from slow beginnings to become a major strategic factor in the geopolitical calculations in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the worst nightmares of Chinese geopoliticists and super-Patriots. India has joined and copied the US containment strategy against its arch foe in the Asia Pacific region, launching a belated 'diplomatic' charm offensive and industrial/ commercial marketing campaign in an…

Sean Callebs (2022-06-14). The Heat: Shangri-La Dialogue Summit. america.cgtn.com China-U.S. relations and security concerns. They were a major focus of discussion at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

_____ (2022-06-13). UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visits PRC. journal-neo.org In light of the current stage of the "Great Game," which has already brought humanity to the brink of a nearly global catastrophe, what significance does the week-long trip (outwardly a purely "humanitarian" one) to China at the end of May by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hold? As it turns out, …

Amarynth (2022-06-13). IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2022: China's vision for regional order. thesaker.is The video itself is about 35 minutes long and contains an outline of China's vision for the region. www.iiss.org/ Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe laid out a solid rebuttal (youtu.be/91mfXWBgKL4)…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-13). Arise, Africa! Roar China! Interview with Gao Yunxiang. libya360.wordpress.com Liu Zifeng 'Arise Africa, Roar China' is an important book exploring aspects of the historic linkages between progressive African Americans and the Chinese revolution. Published by the University of North Carolina Press in December 2021, the author, Dr. Gao Yunxiang was born and grew up in the People's Republic of China and is now Professor…

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2022-06-13: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-13). EU chief vows fast reply to Kyiv on membership. ecns.cn European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the commission will provide a clear response this week to Ukraine over its quest to join the European Union.

_____ (2022-06-13). UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visits PRC. journal-neo.org In light of the current stage of the "Great Game," which has already brought humanity to the brink of a nearly global catastrophe, what significance does the week-long trip (outwardly a purely "humanitarian" one) to China at the end of May by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hold? As it turns out, …

Dan Bacher (2022-06-13). Oil industry stops bill banning oil drilling in CA waters from moving forward. indybay.org California oil and gas regulators have approved 1 offshore drilling permits in state waters since January 1, 2019. Of those permits, five were for new wells and the rest were for reworking existing wells, according to an analysis of permits approved through October 1, 2021 and posted at www.NewsomWellWatch.org by Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance.

MLK San Jose Public Library (2022-06-13). Saturday 9/3: The East Side's Impact in San José: A Conversation With Scholars. indybay.org California Room at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 1 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA 95112…

Commonwealth Club (2022-06-13). Tuesday 6/21: World Refugee Day: Conversation on Helping Ukraine's Refugees Fleeing War (hybrid event). indybay.org In-person: Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105; | Fully vaccinated required | Or join the event via online tickets…

United Nations Assoc. of San Francisco (2022-06-13). Sunday 6/26: United Nations Charter Day 2022: Keeping Faith in UN Charter w/ War in Ukraine. indybay.org Online event…

The Green Arcade (2022-06-13). Wednesday 6/22: SF Poet and Co-Editor of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, Beau Beausoleil Reads New Work. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

Santa Cruz City Council Meeting (2022-06-13). Tuesday 6/14: Downtown Plan Expansion at Santa Cruz City Council. indybay.org The Downtown Plan Expansion project is #30 on the city council meeting agenda, and will be heard sometime after 6 PM, following oral communications. | * Participate in-person at: Council Chambers, Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz | * See meeting agenda for information on participating virtually/phoning in:…

Organize Now! (2022-06-13). "Young and Loud" Marches in Mountain View. indybay.org The newly formed group Young and Loud is a coalition of students that organize events and mobilize youth across the state of California.

Green Party (2022-06-13). Sunday 6/12: The Future of People's Park. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 | Meeting ID: 895 5984 4652…

Laurent Brayard (2022-06-13). Evgueny Karas, SBU agent and leader of the neo-Nazi group S 14. mronline.org Among the colorful fauna of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, and as a continuation of my work on the firm establishment of this ideology in Ukraine, here is an investigation into the S 14 group.

WSWS (2022-06-13). Germany prepares for World War III with the passage of 100 billion euro "Bundeswehr Special Fund" wsws.org The "Bundeswehr Special Fund" of more than 100 billion euros has now been agreed to by both chambers of parliament. With this, the ruling class has set into motion the biggest rearmament spiral since the fall of the Nazi regime.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). Children Killed And Wounded In Bloody Attacks By Ukrainian Forces On Donetsk (Videos). southfront.org All the central district of Donetsk were shelled by Ukrainian forces | On June 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) subjected the city of Donetsk to one of the most intense shelling in recent times. The shelling on residential areas began in the early morning and it continues. | One of the bloody attacks of the AFU hit the Maysky market in the city of Donetsk. Ukrainian units intentionally targeted the area of mass gathering of civilians. The Ukrainian strike hit the local market on a weekend. | Three people were kil…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine, Izyum-Severodonetsk Region, On June 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org The AFU in Severodonetsk were almost blockaded after Ukrainian forces blew up the last bridge between the city and Lisichansk; | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue in the Azot plant and nearby districts in Severodonetsk city; | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces were reported in the forest area west of Izyum; | Russian forces claimed control of Bohorodychne; | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue in the Z…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). Military Situation In Ukraine On June 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian missiles destroyed a large warehouse of foreign weapons supplied to Ukraine near the Udachnoe railway station; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Fedorovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Progress with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Volcheyarovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Lisichansk with high-precision missi…

Staff (2022-06-13). China Saves Millions by Buying Cheap Oil from Russia. orinocotribune.com With the war in Ukraine and the blockade against Russia, China is buying oil cheaper than any country in the West. | After the oil embargo was imposed on Russia, the Chinese government increased its oil purchases from Russia. "Between January and May, sales of Russian crude oil to Beijing increased by approximately 40%," reported

Eliza Egret (2022-06-13). JCB's racist hypocrisy allows it to continue tearing down homes in Palestine. thecanary.co In March 2022, British bulldozer company JCB announced that it was Now, you might think that JCB deserves congratulations for taking a stance against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, JCB's boycott of Russia only highlights the company's racist hypocrisy even whilst it shows this apparent empathy. | Ethnic cleansing: | You see, for many years,…

Bay Area Ukraine Anti-War Network (2022-06-13). Thursday 6/23: Protest US Escalation in Ukraine! No More Weapon Sales. indybay.org Barbara Lee's office | 1 Kaiser Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612…

____ (2022-06-13). African Union Leaders Meet with Russian Government amid Escalating Food Crisis. transcend.org 3 Jun 2022 – The Russian special military operations in neighboring Ukraine have brought to the surface a number of persistent economic problems which have plagued the world since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged during the early months of 2020.

Staff (2022-06-13). Video: "Tàºrkiye" leads 37-nation NATO war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeJune 13, 2022 Tàºrkiye Leads Exercise EFES 2022 Multinational, Large Scale Exercise #EFES2022, Tàºrkiye's visible contribution to NATO's deterrence and defence posture, has been conducted successfully with participation of more than 10 thousand personnel from 37 Allied, partner and other friendly countries.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-13). Colombia's first lady, slush funds and organized crime. colombiareports.com A Supreme Court investigation against a Liberal Party senator put the pet project of Colombia's first lady at the center of a corruption scandal. The Supreme Court investigation against jailed…

Staff (2022-06-13). Panamericano sub 23: Cuba "hirvió" a Puerto Rico en Aguascalientes. cubadebate.cu El equipo Cuba categoría sub 23 mantuvo su invicto en tres salidas al doblegar este domingo a la escuadra de Puerto Rico con pizarra final de 6-2, en el marco del torneo Panamericano de Aguascalientes, México, evento que concede cuatro cupos para el campeonato mundial previsto para realizarse en el último trimestre de este año.

William Briggs (2022-06-13). Inflation, economic crisis and more money for 'defence'. greenleft.org.au The federal government will spend $48.6 billion on the military in the coming year. This, we are told, is to keep us safe. But, as Bill Briggs argues, many are feeling decidedly unsafe and our fear is real: how do we keep warm, pay the bills and keep a roof over our heads?

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). Fighting The First UK-Rwandan Refugee Flight. southfront.org | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | June 10 bore witness to a valiant effort on the part of refugee groups and a trade union to stop what promises to be the first journey of many as part of the UK-Rwanda plan. Their attempt to seek an injunction failed to convince the High Court. Next Tuesday, the first flight from the UK to Rwanda filled with asylum seekers will, unless the Court of Appeal rules otherwise, take off. Some 31 people of Iraqi and Syrian background have been told they will be on…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-06-13). Weapons of Faith: The Arming of American Schools. dissidentvoice.org The United States remains a country of tenacious faith. The nature of that faith stretches from the digital pulpits of Silicon Valley, where cool technology occupies the seat of majesty, to the hot Bible Belt of spiritual endurance and suffering, where the good Lord holds sway in stern disapproval. In between, market fundamentalists take time …

Ann Brown (2022-06-13). Warnings Go Out About Mobile Barbers After Florida Barber Starts Bustin' In Customer's House. moguldom.com A mobile barber in Florida allegedly shot up a home after a customer witnessed him beating a woman, police reported. On-demand hair services have become more popular, especially during the pandemic. Mobile barbers travel to customers' locations to provide hair-cutting and styling services. While the trend is growing, just 1 percent to 2 percent of barbers are …

Editor (2022-06-13). Doctor's Orders: 'Do Not Extradite Assange'. scheerpost.com By Doctors for Assange / Ahead of the U.K. Home Secretary's decision on whether to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, a group of more than 300 doctors representing 35 countries have told Priti Patel that approving his extradition would be "medically and ethically unacceptable". | In an

WSWS (2022-06-13). Doctors' orders to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel: "Do not extradite Assange" wsws.org A media blackout of the doctors' letter has been in place today, with not a single major outlet reporting their plea for his freedom.

WSWS (2022-06-13). The St. Michael's strike in New Jersey and the criminal record of Prime Healthcare. wsws.org The company and its founder have a record of buying distressed hospitals, aggressively pursuing patients for payment and paying out large settlements over alleged Medicare fraud.

WSWS (2022-06-13). US escalates conflict with China at Shangri-la forum. wsws.org US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin delivered an hour-long speech in which he accused China of "intimidation," "provocations," "destabilisation," "aggression" and "coercion" around Taiwan and in the East and South China Seas.

_____ (2022-06-13). Trucker strike disrupts key industries, threatens automaking. popularresistance.org Striking truck drivers are disrupting the operations of a wide range of business, including ready-mix concrete producers, automakers and restaurants. | Hyundai Motor is struggling to move finished cars so it can make more cars, while more than half of the country's ready-mix concrete factories have suspended operations due to a halt in the shipment of cement. | Unionized truck drivers have been on a strike since Tuesday demanding higher wages and an extension of support measures, which expire at the end of this year. They blocked gates at distribution centers and refused to transport cargo. Cargo Truckers Solidar…

Moderator (2022-06-13). Hedges: Society of Spectacle. scheerpost.com Original Illustration by Mr. Fish — "The Pupper Master" | By Chris Hedges / Special to ScheerPost | The

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). US's Engagement With Nepal Is Part Of Its Indo-Pacific Wider Vision To Counter China. southfront.org Prime Minister Sher Bahadur DeubaThe US expects "absolute allies", but the new polycentric world that is emerging makes room for diversified bilateral relations. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | An Oxford Analytica March 24 executive summary concluded that Washington's engagement in South Asia will broaden. This is visible in the recent Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu meetings with Bangladesh authorities and other high level engagements with S…

| Anadolu Agency | (2022-06-13). Global nuke arsenals expected to grow for 1st time since Cold War: study. tribune.com.pk Global nuclear arsenals are expected to grow over the next decade for first time since the Cold War, according to an international study released on Monday. | The world's nine nuclear-armed states — the US, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea — continue to modernise and expand their nuclear arsenals at a rate that will likely increase over the next decade, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found in its newly released Yearbook 2022. | "There are clear indications that the reductions that have characterized global nuclear arsenals since the end of…

Amarynth (2022-06-13). IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2022: China's vision for regional order. thesaker.is The video itself is about 35 minutes long and contains an outline of China's vision for the region. www.iiss.org/ Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe laid out a solid rebuttal (youtu.be/91mfXWBgKL4)…

Rqorinoco (2022-06-13). Marcello Musto's Anthology of Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido | Marcello Musto's anthology of Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation

Survival International (2022-06-13). Tanzania: Thousands of Maasai Flee after Dozens Shot and Detained Following Evictions for Trophy Hunting. dissidentvoice.org Elderly Maasai man wounded in the military attack on protesters. © Survival Thousands of Maasai people have fled their homes and escaped into the bush following a brutal police crackdown on protests against government attempts to evict them to make way for trophy hunters and conservation. On June 8 dozens of police vehicles and an estimated …

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). Military Situation In Syria On June 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 13, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 7 times: 2 &#1 ; in Idlib province, 5 &#1 ; in Aleppo province; | On June 12, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On June 12, the SDF security forces arrested an ISIS commander in the Ruwaishid area; | On June 12, the SDF security forces arrested three ISIS members near al-Hawl refugee camp; | On June 12, an SAA serviceman was killed in an…

Editor (2022-06-13). Why the Spirit of June 12, 1982, Matters. scheerpost.com Anti-Nuclear Rally in Central Park on June 12, 1982, in New York City. (PL Gould / Getty Images) | By Leslie Cagan / Forty years, and the memory is as vivid as ever. It was a beautiful spring day. The United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament was about to get underway, and we were determined to be heard. The arms race had to stop, we said; nuclear weapons had to be abolished—and instead of endlessly pouring extravagant amounts of money into military budgets, it was time to put our national tr…

Editor (2022-06-13). Mexico's President AMLO condemns U.S. blockade of Cuba as 'genocide' and 'tremendous violation of human rights'. mronline.org Mexico's left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) denounced the illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba as a "type of genocide" and "tremendous violation of human rights."

Editor (2022-06-13). New revelations of former U.S. Secretary of Defense confirm illegality of the extradition and arrest of diplomat Alex Saab. mronline.org In his new memoir, 'Sacred Oath,' former U.S. Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, who served under President Donald Trump at the time of the arrest of Alex Saab in Cape Verde, effectively admits that the White House was quite aware of the fact that Saab was a diplomat at the time of his capture.

Editor (2022-06-13). Robert Lipsyte: Please Take My Gun. scheerpost.com The logo of Beretta on the grip of a Beretta 92 9 mm pistol. [ By The gun I carried on the streets of New York City in the late 1960s was a Beretta, similar to the pistol James Bond packed in the early Ian Fleming novels. It was a small, dark beauty that filled me with bravado. I was never afraid when I had it in my pocket, which is why I'm so very afraid now. | I was pac…

Joe Piette (2022-06-13). Philly celebrates Disability Pride. workers.org Disability advocates, the Philadelphia Freedom Band, and family, friends and allies joined together June 11 for the 10th annual Disability Pride PA parade to demand an inclusive society. MC Imani Barbarin, aka Crutches and Spice, with music by LACHI, 4 Wheel City, Gooch and the Motion and Danie Ocean, entertained . . . |

Larry Holmes (2022-06-13). La clase obrera y la crisis capitalista mundial. workers.org Los siguientes extractos son de los comentarios de Larry Holmes, Primer Secretario del Partido del Mundo Obrero, en una reunión de la sucursal de Nueva York el 19 de mayo. La mayoría de los economistas burgueses predicen ahora una recesión, que es una fuerte caída de la economía. Una recesión . . . |

WSWS (2022-06-13). Germany's biggest real estate company announces new round of rent increases. wsws.org The SPD-Left Party-Green Senate in Berlin bears direct responsibility for Vonovia's latest rent increase proposal.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-06-13). Bank Records Show Haiti Is Broke Because Of Ransom Payments To France To Prevent Another War: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Haitians paid a steep price to France for independence and were forced to make reparations for their own freedom that historians now refer to as "the greatest heist in history". The Caribbean nation has one of the most dismal economies in the world, with a per capita income of $2,916 in 2022 that ranks it …

Dana Sanchez (2022-06-13). Popular DeFi Crypto Celsius Network (CEL) Halts Withdrawals, Crashes %, BTC Falls Below $25K. moguldom.com Citing "extreme market conditions," cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network announced on June 12 that it was freezing withdrawals and transfers, a move that resulted in sending its price down almost 70 percent and triggering a slide among other crypto coins. Turbulence in the financial markets is causing distress in the cryptosphere as rising interest rates and …

WSWS (2022-06-13). This week in history: June 13-19. wsws.org This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week 25 years ago, years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 4 ways to reduce your risk of dementia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my mid-40s and have two young children. My mother developed memory issues in her early 60s, and it has progressively worsened. Her sisters also have related issues. How can I reduce my risk — and my children's risk — for dementia? Are there certain foods, supplements or activities that we should incorporate into our lives to lower the chances for memory loss? ANSWER: Dementia describes symptoms that affect a person's memory,…

Staff (2022-06-13). Iran, Pakistan to launch joint border markets. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, the Government of Pakistan, and the Governorate of Sistan and Baluchestan province are pursuing the launching of border markets on Iran-Pakistan common borders, the TPOI head noted.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Slim your screen time with this summer challenge. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OWATONNA, Minn. — Many people spend too much time staring at a screen. While screens are a part of today's culture, reducing screen time can have health benefits, including improved physical health, decreased obesity and higher quality sleep. This summer, Mayo Clinic Health System encourages people to make the most of life by living life fully — present and in the moment. They can join Mayo Clinic Health System for a free virtual challenge to…

____ (2022-06-13). Beijing's Chaoyang district launches three rounds of nucleic acid testing. ecns.cn People take nucleic acid testing in Chaoyang district, Beijing, June 13, 2022. Chaoyang will carry out three rounds of nucleic acid testing for three consecutive days starting from Monday to eliminate the potential risk of further virus spread.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-06-13). New study investigates plunder of Native American land. peoplesworld.org In its first six decades of existence, the U.S. created a trail of treaties that led to a massive transfer of Indigenous wealth. Michael John Witgen's second book, Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America, published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and …

Staff (2022-06-13). Harvest of Empire: Juan González on His Landmark Book, Immigration & Consequences of U.S. Imperialism. democracynow.org As the Summit of the Americas wrapped up in Los Angeles with President Biden announcing a plan to address migration in the Western Hemisphere that includes a series of so-called bold actions, we spend the hour with Democracy Now! co-host, professor, longtime journalist and author Juan González, who has just released the newly revised edition of his landmark 2000 book, "Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America." González's best-seller has been expanded to include more contemporary Lantix history, such as U.S. immigration policy under Presidents Trump and Biden, the overpolicing of non-U…

March for Our Lives (2022-06-13). Saturday 6/11: San Francisco: March for Our Lives to End Gun Violence. indybay.org In front of San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102…

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-13). Bolivia apelará para aumentar la sentencia de àÅñez a 15 años. telesurtv.net "Quien quiera llegar a dirigir nuestro país lo tiene que hacer mediante el voto soberano del pueblo", dijo la ministra.

____ (2022-06-13). African Cultural Footprint of Peace. transcend.org Review of Amani, Rais Boneza's Latest Poetry Collection…

Marjorie Cohn (2022-06-13). Torture Memo Lawyer John Yoo Devises Theory for Stealing Presidential Elections. truthout.org John Yoo has teamed up with Robert Delahunty, his coauthor of some of the In their article, the two radical right-wing law professors do not say that former Vice Pre…

____ (2022-06-13). 4 pits at Sanxingdui Ruins dated to 3,000 years ago: archaeologists. ecns.cn The No. 3, No. 4, No. 7, and No. 8 sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province can be traced back to the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), provincial archaeological authorities said Monday.

Staff (2022-06-13). Maduro visits Imam Khomeini mausoleum. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his accompanying delegation visited Imam Khomeini mausoleum in the south of Tehran on Monday to pay tribute to the Founder of the Islamic Revolution.

____ (2022-06-13). Peace Education: An Alternative to War Education. transcend.org War is considered essential for peace and progress. This has also been the ancient concept of attaining peace, and we know that the ancient wars were for the most parts waged to achieve peace. "Even in our modern civilization", if we may believe Mary Stuart and E.C. Oakden, "war proves the most valuable stimulus to progress."

____ (2022-06-13). Secretive Bilderberg Meetings of 'Spies, War Hawks and World Leaders' Escape Media Scrutiny. transcend.org 7 Jun 2022 – A secretive meeting of more than 100 of the world's most powerful people just took place in a Washington, D.C. hotel behind closed doors and under tight security — while few reporters even took note.

TeleSUR-mcs, JL (2022-06-13). Registran más de decesos tras ataque armado en Burkina Faso. telesurtv.net La masacre de civiles ocurrió después de varios días de hostigamiento reportados por fuentes en el terreno contra la población de Seytenga.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Orthopedic surgeons have another tool for knee replacement: augmented reality. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — For people with severe arthritis pain in the knee joints, knee replacement is a viable option to improve their quality of life. Orthopedic surgeons now have a new tool for knee replacement: augmented reality. With augmented reality technology, a surgeon views data with special smart glasses or a helmet-based visor while maintaining the view of the surgical site. Virtual reality headsets block out users' vision and give them the sense that they…

____ (2022-06-13). Hindus, Dharmists, Devotees and Politics. transcend.org Many Krishna Devotees, Dharmists and Hindus in general will say they are not interested in politics or getting involved with it or even in voting. It is a distraction from their normal activities or spiritual pursuits. Or they feel all politicians are crooked or corrupt anyway, so what makes the difference between one or the other.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-13). Nuclear powers posses 12,705 warheads: research. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, the United States and Russia — had 12,705 nuclear warheads in early 2022, according to estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Staff (2022-06-13). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda, "Cumbre de las Américas: øcuál es el saldo?" mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Periodistas e investigadores analizarán este lunes en la Mesa Redonda los resultados finales de la Cumbre de las Américas, desarrollada en Los àÅngeles entre el 8 y el 10 de junio, y el impacto de la Cumbre de los Pueblos, celebrada en igual fecha.

MoveOn (2022-06-13). Saturday 6/11: Call to Action: Sign Petition to Ban Assault, Military-grade Weapons. indybay.org Sign the petition online: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ban-assault-weapons-now-5 | Find a March for Our Lives protest near you: marchforourlives.com/march22/https:…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). CDC links hepatitis A outbreak to organic strawberries: Learn about the virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Organic strawberries have been linked to a multistate hepatitis A outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a dozen people have been made ill by the strawberries in California, Minnesota and North Dakota. Hepatitis A outbreaks have become more widespread in the U.S. These outbreaks originate from food contamination and person-to-person transmission. "Hepatitis A is a highly contagious virus that can cause infection and inflammation in the liver," says Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious…

Contributing Writers (2022-06-13). Shocking — At Least 77,000 Deaths and 7.3 Million Injured Due to COVID Vaccination Across USA, Europe, UK and Australia. marktaliano.net By The Daily Expose Global Research, June 13, 2022 The Expose 11 June 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost …

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-13). Tropas rusas expulsan a nacionalistas ucranianos de Severodonetsk. telesurtv.net Severodonetsk, actual foco del conflicto está siendo dominado por Rusia a pesar de los ataques intermitentes de Ucrania.

Staff (2022-06-13). Minsap: Permanecen hospitalizados dos lesionados por explosión en el hotel Saratoga. cubadebate.cu El Minsap informó que hasta las 10: 00 a.m. de este lunes 13 de junio, el conteo de lesionados por el accidente ocurrido el 6 de mayo en el hotel Saratoga es de 99, de los que 2 están hospitalizados en dos instituciones habaneras y 51 recibieron el alta médica. La cifra de fallecidos por la explosión es de 46.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Patients, Executive Director Highlighted in American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Disparities Progress Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The American Association for Cancer Research today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022. The publication aims to raise awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse and medically underserved populations in the United States while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The report also provides specific recommendations for achieving health equity, a fundamental human right for all people regardless…

Staff (2022-06-13). Cuba reporta 19 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 15 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este domingo 12 de junio, Cuba reportó 19 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 15 altas médicas. Actualmente hay 109 casos activos, informó el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap) en su parte diario lunes.

____ (2022-06-13). Water of Yujiang River in S China's Nanning exceeds warning level. ecns.cn The water level of Nanning section of Yujing river Guangxi reached 69.87 meters, 0.41 meters above the warning water level on Sunday.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-13). México reporta al menos 37 migrantes fallecidos durante el 2022. telesurtv.net Según el INM al menos 33 migrantes murieron debido a la fuerza de la corriente y la profundidad del Río Bravo, en la frontera con EE.UU.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-06-13). øQué datos debes conocer sobre el albinismo. telesurtv.net A través de varios exámenes físicos es posible determinar si la persona presenta este trastorno, evaluando los posibles antecedentes familiares de la misma.

A Guest Author (2022-06-13). Two years after a deadly COVID-19 outbreak and not one lesson learned. workers.org By Steve Brooks This article previously ran as an op-ed piece in the Sacramento Bee. For six and a half hours, the Greyhound-size prison bus bounced precariously along a highway from Chino north toward San Quentin. Incarcerated men in orange jumpsuits were tightly packed inside, with metal restraints uncomfortably wrapped . . . |

Dra. Naomi Wolf (2022-06-13). Queridos amigos, Lamento anunciar un genocidio: Dra. Naomi Wolf sobre el "Informe confidencial" de Pfizer. globalizacion.ca He estado en silencio durante algunas semanas. Perdóname. | La verdad es que me he quedado casi sin palabras —o el equivalente literario de eso— porque recientemente he tenido la poco envidiable tarea de tratar de anunciar al mundo que en…

Staff (2022-06-13). Inicia en Cuba el II Congreso Internacional: Ciencia y Educación. cubadebate.cu Este lunes inicia en Cuba el II Congreso Internacional: Ciencia y Educación, en el que participarán más de 1 600 profesionales de 13 países, informó la presidenta del comité organizador, Silvia Navarro. En el congreso, que sesionará hasta el viernes, se mostrarán los resultados cubanos de la unión entre investigación y buenas prácticas.

____ (2022-06-13). Young cook from Guangdong creates vivid lion-shape pastry. ecns.cn Xingshisu, a kind of traditional lion-shape pastry in Guangdong Province, enjoyed overnight fame due to the innovation of young teacher Chen Xiaodong from a technical secondary school in the province.

Jake Johnson (2022-06-13). Doctors to Top UK Officials: 'Do Not Extradite Julian Assange; Free Him'. commondreams.org A group of more than 300 medical professionals warned that extraditing the WikiLeaks founder to the U.S. would make the British government complicit in his "slow-motion execution."

Rebekah Barber (2022-06-13). GOP Lawmakers Blaming 'Mental Illness' Are Same Ones Who Refuse to Expand Medicaid. commondreams.org Medicaid is the nation's top payer for mental health and substance use care, covering more than one in four adults with serious mental health issues…

March for Our Lives (2022-06-13). Saturday 6/11: March for Our Lives to End Gun Violence Washington D.C. (livestream). indybay.org Join online via the D.C. livestream; or use your zip code to find a local march near you.

____ (2022-06-13). China beat Brazil in men's Volleyball Nations League. ecns.cn China secured their first victory of the men's 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Sunday by overcoming hosts and defending champions Brazil 25-23, 31-29, 25-23.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-13). Irán acusa a la OIEA de tomar decisiones políticas y no técnicas. telesurtv.net Irán cuestiona al director general de la OIEA por su enfoque politizado respecto al país persa y lo critica por "entregar la estructura" a Israel.

Staff (2022-06-13). Espirituano Alejandro Cruz, jugador más valioso en Premundial de Béisbol Sub-15. cubadebate.cu El antesalista espirituano Alejandro Cruz fue elegido el jugador más destacado del Torneo Premundial Sub-15 de Béisbol, celebrado en Valencia, Venezuela. En la ceremonia de clausura del torneo, celebrada en el hotel Cristal Park, se concedieron otros tres premios individuales a peloteros cubanos.

____ (2022-06-13). China's self-developed graph computer breaks world record. ecns.cn China's graph computer "DepGraph," developed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology, topped the 24th Graph 0 list and broke the world record for computing performance, the university announced on June 4.

____ (2022-06-13). Rare black storks visit Juma river in Hebei. ecns.cn The black stork is listed as first-class wildlife species under special state protection in China, which makes it as precious as the giant panda.

Staff (2022-06-13). Halle el número que falta y desmenuce el refrán propuesto. cubadebate.cu Tenemos el primero relativamente fácil de responder, y el segundo algo más complicado, para quienes se disgustan con los acertijos acaramelados. Y para los que prefieren ejercitar la creatividad sin números ni cálculos, les propongo desmenuzar un refrán bastante popular.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-06-13). Niegan hallazgo de cuerpos de reportero e indigenista en Brasil. telesurtv.net Hallan dos cuerpos en estado de descomposición, que fueron enviados a una pericia forense para su identificación.

WSWS (2022-06-13). The pandemic, the global crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of class struggles and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)—Part 3. wsws.org The SEP is based on the strategy of permanent revolution that animated the 1917 October Revolution. Only through the revolutionary mobilization of the working class, leading the rural and urban toilers, can the democratic and social aspirations of the oppressed masses be realized as part of the world socialist revolution.

Staff (2022-06-13). Conozca las nuevas medidas para reforzar la seguridad vial este verano. cubadebate.cu Ante la proximidad de los meses de verano, la dirección nacional de Tránsito y la Comisión de Vialidad implementan nuevas medidas, en función de reforzar la seguridad en los tráficos automotores de Cuba. Entre ellas, destaca la obligatoriedad de portar el "permiso de verano" para las transportaciones masivas a zonas recreativas y de playas.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-13). Hallan objetos de desaparecidos en la Amazonía brasileña. telesurtv.net Según activistas indígenas, Bruno Pereira sufría amenazas frecuentes por su lucha contra las invasiones en tierras indígenas.

Harvin Bhathal (2022-06-13). Canada's Predictive Policing Tech Is Poorly Regulated Under AI Policy. truthout.org In February 2019, In November 2019, the case against him was dismissed — there was no evidence of him committing a crime besides a faulty facial recognition match. | In the near year between being arr…

Leslie Feinberg (2022-06-13). PRIDE in Cuba: 'Bringing revolution's humanity to all aspects of life'. workers.org The following is one installment of Feinberg's "Lavender & Red" series on the intersection of LGBTQ+ and socialist history; this installment appeared Aug. 18, 2007, in Workers World newspaper. The 120-part series was published between 2004 and 2008 and can be downloaded free at workers.org/books. Some of the language that . . . |

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic expert offers tips to prevent, manage headaches, from migraine to 'rebound'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX, Ariz. — Headache disorders are among the most common health problems worldwide and one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In this expert alert, neurologist Amaal Starling, M.D., a headache and migraine expert at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, offers tips to prevent and manage headache disorders, including migraine and medication-induced rebound headache. There are more than a dozen different types of headache disorders. The most common disabling…

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-13). Perú y Australia disputarán el repechaje al mundial Qatar 2022. telesurtv.net El ganador del juego se clasificara al mundial de fútbol y formará parte del grupo D de la magna cita, donde figuran Francia, Dinamarca y Túnez.

TeleSUR -ysm, JL (2022-06-13). Cuba denuncia impactos del bloqueo en conferencia de la OMC. telesurtv.net La representante cubana calificó al bloqueo como "un acto de guerra económica en tiempos de paz", "contrario a los propósitos y principios" de la OMC.

Staff (2022-06-13). 2 killed, 4 wounded in shooting in US' Indiana. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Two people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting at an Indiana nightclub early Sunday, police said.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-13). Organización indígena de Ecuador alerta sobre posible represión. telesurtv.net El presidente de la Conaie aseguró que la movilización indígena contra el Gobierno de Guillermo Lasso, será nacional e indefinida.

Noreply (2022-06-13). What Worries Me, Really… smoothiex12.blogspot.com No, it is not even the fact that Rep. Adam Kinzinger is a corrupt neocon and his main degree is in political "science", and that despite him earning his "wings" and flying safe tanker and, later, recon missions over Afghanistan (known for its world-class air force and air-defense, s/) as a member of Air National Guard, the guy has zero understanding of real war and operations. So, he pushes now a legislation on

City Lights Booksellers & Mother Jones (2022-06-13). Tuesday 8/9: Defending Choice: Roe vs. Wade and the Battle to Preserve Women's Rights. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-13). Movilización indígena en Ecuador protesta contra el pdte. Lasso. telesurtv.net La Conaie y otras organizaciones indígenas esperan que otros sectores se unan a la movilización nacional.

____ (2022-06-13). China launches national energy-saving week. ecns.cn China launched its annual National Energy Efficiency Promotion Week on Monday to raise awareness of energy efficiency and promote green lifestyles, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

Staff (2022-06-13). Cuadrando la Caja: øEmpresas con utilidades excesivas? cubadebate.cu La primera emisión del programa, dedicada a las utilidades excesivas en el sistema empresarial, contó con la presencia del Dr.C. Agustín Lage, el economista y Héroe de la República, Ramón Labañino, y la Ing. y empresaria Ariadne Placencia. El programa es una coproducción del Sistema Informativo de la TV cubana, la Pupila Insomne y Cubadebate, y es conducido por Marxlenin Pérez Valdés, Doctora en Ciencias Filosóficas y Profesora Titular de la Universidad de La Habana.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Getting kids involved in the kitchen. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If your child is a picky eater, the battle over healthy foods can be a challenge. Being fussy about food is common in toddlers and small children, but parents can try some tips and tricks to introduce new foods. One approach to improving eating habits is to get kids involved in the kitchen. Involving children in meal planning and teaching kids to cook can have multiple benefits. Not only is cooking a necessary life skill,…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Consumer Health: Life after cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Cancer Survivors Day will be observed Sunday, June 5, which make this a good time to learn more about life after cancer. One in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 16.9 million cancer survivors are alive today, according to the American Cancer Society. Survival rates are improving for many types of cancer, thanks to advances in cancer screening and treatment. Many cancer treatments take a toll, though, in the form of side effects…

____ (2022-06-13). Scenic Duku Highway reopens after seasonal hibernation. ecns.cn The 560-km highway, connecting Dushanzi in the northern area of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Kuqa County in the south, runs through various landscapes including glaciers, forests, and grasslands.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Using steam to treat an enlarged prostate. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Prostate gland enlargement can cause uncomfortable urinary symptoms for men. And, as they age, their risk increases. Approximately 30% of men experience symptoms by age 60 and 50% of men by the time they are 80. There are several effective treatments for an enlarged prostate, including using steam to reduce the size of the prostate and alleviate symptoms. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/VOFLmU-f2a0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end…

____ (2022-06-13). Chinese, Panamanian FMs exchange congratulations on 5th anniversary of diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes on Monday exchanged congratulations on the fifth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Judy Albert, Claire M. Cohen, Sandra Fox, Ed Grystar, Ana Malinow, Kay Tillow (2022-06-13). 5 Reasons We Need a National Organization to Energize the Fight for Single Payer. commondreams.org Health care is a national crisis that requires a national solution.

____ (2022-06-13). Ta Kung Pao celebrates 120th founding anniversary in Hong Kong. ecns.cn A ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of Ta Kung Pao is held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, June 12, 2022.

____ (2022-06-13). Chemtrails Are Not Contrails: The Face of Evil. transcend.org 22 May 2022 -This book is an indispensable addition to the growing swath of evidence implicating governments, health agencies, medical establishments, and media the world over in one of–if not the greatest and most deadly–cover-ups of all time.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-06-13). Pdte. venezolano arriba a Kuwait para fortalecer cooperación en el marco de gira internacional. telesurtv.net "Estamos en esta gira necesaria para retomar lazos de trabajo, cooperación, complementariedad y solidaridad", acotó el presidente Maduro.

____ (2022-06-13). Rebranded McDonald's restaurants reopen in Russia. ecns.cn The successor to McDonald's in Russia, "Vkusno – i tochka," which translates to "Tasty and that's it, reopened the first batch of 15 restaurants in Moscow and its suburbs on Sunday, three months after the U.S. fast-food chain ended its business in Russia.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-13). 2022 California Juneteenth – National Freedom Day. indybay.org In the coming years over 100 California cities with @100,000+ residents will begin to discover our unique California Juneteenth Legacy, helping manifest equity and greater inclusion throughout the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, "Mining for Freedom" or the authentic "Golden Legacy" of our California USCT who fought, bleed and died for freedom is a fierce debate impacting future generation.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-06-13). Pdte. Nicolás Maduro visita parque tecnológico iraní Pardis. telesurtv.net Observó la línea de producción de máquinas de hemodiálisis y otras novedades del desarrollo científico y farmacológico.

Eric A. Gordon (2022-06-13). 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' now a play in Los Angeles premiere. peoplesworld.org SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Many Americans have warm memories of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, William Rose's screenplay directed by Stanley Kramer. Nominated for ten Academy Awards, it won two, for Katharine Hepburn as Best Actress in a Leading Role, and for Rose for Best Original Screenplay. It was Hepburn's last film …

Igor Derysh (2022-06-13). Patriot Front Members Arrived in Riot Gear to Terrorize Idaho Pride Event. truthout.org Idaho authorities on Saturday arrested 31 alleged members of the white supremacist Patriot Front after they were found in the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. | Video published online showed police opening the back of the truck to discover dozens of masked men in matching Patriot Front outfits and riot gear in Coeur d'Alene. The truck was stopped near an Idaho Pride event. Officials at a news conference alleged that the group planned to riot at the park where the event was held, as well as other locations. The men were equipped with shields, shin guards, and at least one smoke grenade, according to police.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-13). Resultado electoral en Francia desfavorece al presidente Macron. telesurtv.net La abstención fue la gran vencedora en la jornada electoral al marcar un nuevo récord al ubicarse en 52.49 por ciento.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-06-13). Oposición paraguaya se presentará unida en elecciones presidenciales. telesurtv.net Doce partidos y diez movimientos políticos rubricaron el acuerdo de concertación para la chapa presidencial en un hecho histórico en Paraguay.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: The importance of cancer screenings for LGBTQ community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The LGBTQ community includes people of all races and ethnicities, religions, and social classes. People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or gender-nonconforming may face specific health concerns related to their gender incongruence, sexual orientation and practices. Many experience stigma around their identity and may fear discrimination when seeking health care. Dr. Natalie Erbs, a family medicine physician at Mayo Clinic, says one concern is the lack of potentially lifesaving cancer screenings. Watch: …

Cameron Orr (2022-06-13). Today's Poor People's Campaign carries on MLK's fight for economic justice. peoplesworld.org Co-chaired by Rev. William J. Barber II and Liz Theoharis, the Poor People's Campaign began in May 2018 with 40 days of coordinated action at statehouses across the U.S. to confront systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and the war economy. Now mobilizing for a massive June 18th "Mass Poor People's and Low Wage Workers' …

____ (2022-06-13). Chad Declares Food Emergency While International Agencies Sound the Alarm. transcend.org 9 Jun 2022 – There have been 20 hunger hotspots listed by UN humanitarian organizations while underlying problems remain unaddressed. Two of the major UN agencies are warning of the potential for widespread hunger and famine in several geopolitical regions of the world.

____ (2022-06-13). Anthem (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org London 2008 – Click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-06-13). Justicia británica falla a favor de la deportación de migrantes. telesurtv.net El juez Rabinder Singh, de la Corte de Apelaciones del Reino Unido, señaló que no podía cambiar la decisión anterior.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-06-13). Bachelet no asumirá otro mandato del Consejo de DD.HH de la ONU. telesurtv.net Al respecto dijo que: "Como mi mandato de Alta Comisionada llega a su fin, esta ª sesión del Consejo será la última".

Staff (2022-06-13). Hearing for Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat continued: Solidarity against anti-Palestinian repression! samidoun.net On Friday, 10 June, Palestinian-Scottish doctor Issam Hijjawi Bassalat appeared before the Supreme Court of Scotland in a case seeking to reclaim his medical license after it was suspended by the medical board due to his political arrest in 2020. Dr. Bassalat was released on bail in December 2021 after spending 16 months — and …

____ (2022-06-13). China's pickup truck sales record month-on-month surge in May. ecns.cn China's pickup truck sales logged robust month-on-month growth in May with the epidemic situation improved and production rebounded, data from the China Passenger Car Association shows.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine to offer sports participation physicals for local high school athletes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will offer sports physicals for area students who are entering seventh to 12th grades and want to participate in school sports programs. The exams, which follow the protocol set by the Minnesota State High School League, are open to all athletes from Southeast Minnesota. Exams will be available by appointment only on July 30 from 8 to 11 a.m. CDT. Exams will be performed at Mayo…

The Conversation (2022-06-13). Lessons in Activism: How Australia's expanding environmental Movement is breaking the Climate Action Deadlock in Politics. juancole.com By Robyn Gulliver, The University of Queensland | &#1 ; The federal election saw voters' growing concern about Australia's laggardly response to climate change finally addressed, with teal independents garnering seats in Liberal heartland and record votes for Greens candidates. But what caused this seismic shift in Australia's political landscape? And why now? We believe the …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: How to have a productive visit with your health care professional. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Whether an appointment has been on the calendar for months or your visit to your health care professional's office is because of a sudden issue, getting the right treatment and answers to questions starts with a productive conversation. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/cs4SewSV2LU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

The Associated Press (2022-06-13). Mexico Issues 7,000 Temporary Documents to Migrants in South. latinorebels.com HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's migration agency has issued nearly 7,000 temporary documents and transit visas over the last few days to members of a migrant caravan which by Saturday had broken up in southern Mexico.

____ (2022-06-13). The Food Shortage Solution in Your Own Backyard. transcend.org 9 Jun 2022 – A confluence of crises—lockdowns and business closures, mandates and worker shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation, sanctions and war—have compounded to trigger food shortages; and we have been warned that they may last longer than the food stored in our pantries. What to do?

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-13). Corea del Norte realiza ensayo con proyectiles de artillería. telesurtv.net Según el Estado Mayor Conjunto surcoreano, este último ensayo tuvo lugar la mañana de este domingo.

Respost (2022-06-13). The Wrecking of CCSF & A Frontal Union Busting Attack While AFT 2121 Tops Are Paralysed. indybay.org The CCSF administration and Board of Trustees are quickly liquidating and shutting down CCSF. The AFT 2121 tops are completely paralyzed and unable to fight this open union busting because of their decades of concession bargaining and corporate business union methods. They also refuse to call out the Democratic Party politicians in San Francisco who have gone along with the privatizstion and destruction of CCSF.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Palliative care for people with cancer designed to fit the needs of each patient. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Palliative care is offered alongside cancer treatment to help people with cancer manage symptoms and improve the quality of life for them and their families. Palliative care is specialized medical care that focuses on relieving patients' pain and other symptoms of serious illness no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease. "The palliative care team really focuses on addressing symptoms and needs so that we can help people feel as comfortable as they can as they…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-13). Last polls before Colombia's election contradict each other. colombiareports.com The last opinion polls before Colombia's presidential election showed contradictory projections. Pollster CNC did not release the latest results of its weekly poll before the vote on Sunday. Remaining pollsters…

Staff (2022-06-13). Extremos: Una mipyme de altura. cubadebate.cu Extremos es una mipyme con amplio objeto social. Se incluye la construcción y montaje de nuevas obras y edificaciones, desmontaje y demolición de estructuras, remodelación, reconstrucción y rehabilitación, restauración de esculturas, instalación de sistemas eléctricos, mantenimiento de equipos de climatización y pararrayos, y la comercialización de elementos de carpintería. Cubadebate dialogó brevemente con sus socios y les ofrece un acercamiento a su experiencia.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-06-13). Españoles saldrán a las calles contra la Cumbre de la OTAN. telesurtv.net La Plataforma Estatal por la Paz, OTAN No, encabeza la organización del evento dispuesto para el 24 y 25 de junio.

____ (2022-06-13). Terracotta Warrior in lying position meets the public. ecns.cn A restored "lying terracotta warriors" is unveiled at the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 11, 2022.

Staff (2022-06-13). El bitcóin registra una caída de casi 14% en el mercado. cubadebate.cu El bitcóin se desplomó este lunes un 13.61%, hasta los 23 623.23 dólares, su valor más bajo desde diciembre de 2020, de acuerdo con datos de Bloomberg. Desde el viernes 10 de junio, la criptomoneda ha experimentado un descenso de su valor en el mercado de alrededor del 21%. En lo que va del 2022, el bitcóin se ha reducido en un 49%.

____ (2022-06-13). Healthy, stable development of China-Australia ties beneficial to two peoples: Chinese ambassador. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said here on Saturday that a healthy and stable development of the bilateral relations is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

____ (2022-06-13). Green technology aids forest pest control on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. ecns.cn A new green pest prevention and control technology has been widely promoted on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and proved effective, according to the Science and Technology Department of Tibet.

____ (2022-06-13). Street markets boom in east China's Nanjing. ecns.cn Recently in east China's Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, street stall clusters have sprouted, drawing curious young people.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-06-13). Avanza paro nacional indefinido en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Organizaciones exigen al pdte. Guillermo Lasso dar respuesta a demandas populares presentadas en mesas de diálogo desde hace un año.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Science Saturday: What's behind patient requests for stem cells? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In one of the first studies of its kind, Mayo Clinic analyzed a large group of patients to understand their motivations for seeking stem cell therapies and whether expectations are grounded in science. The findings could help health care professionals cut through misleading claims and better counsel patients. This research by Jennifer Arthurs; Zubin Master, Ph.D.; and Shane Shapiro, M.D. — all of Mayo Clinic — is published in NPJ Regenerative Medicine. "We learned that many patients interested in stem cells had…

Sven Rohleder, Dr. Diogo Costa, Prof Kayvan Bozorgmehr (2022-06-13). [Articles] Area-level socioeconomic deprivation, non-national residency, and Covid-19 incidence: A longitudinal spatiotemporal analysis in Germany. thelancet.com Socioeconomic deprivation, and proportion of non-nationals are independently associated with the incidence of Covid-19. Regional planning of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination strategies would benefit from consideration of area-level deprivation and non-national residency.

____ (2022-06-13). World's tallest transmission towers linked across Yangtze River. ecns.cn Two power-transmission towers measuring 385 meters high each, the tallest of their kind in the world, were linked with electricity cables spanning the Yangtze River on Monday.

Staff (2022-06-13). Visita Cuba fragata "Libertad", de la Armada Argentina. cubadebate.cu La fragata ARA Libertad, buque escuela de la Armada Argentina, arribó este domingo a Cuba en visita oficial para fortalecer los lazos históricos entre las dos naciones. La población podrá visitar el buque del 14 al 16 de junio, entre las 14: 00 y las 18: 00 horas.

Even Reif (2022-06-13). How monsters who beat Jews to death in 1944 became America's favorite "Freedom Fighters" in 1945—with a little help from their friends at CIA (Part 2). mronline.org After the end of the Second World War, American intelligence immediately set about the work of rehabilitating the world's fascists to fight the new war on Communism.

Robert Norse (2022-06-13). Koffee Klatch Flyers Fighting Planned Benchlands July Sweep. indybay.org For three mornings, activists tabled at City Hall circulating petitions and flyers demanding City Manager Matt Huffaker reverse his plan to sweep the 300-400 people in the Benchlands in July. Some of the flyers distributed are reprinted below.

Kenny Stancil (2022-06-13). 'Worrying Trend': Global Nuclear Stockpile Set to Grow for First Time Since Cold War. commondreams.org "The risk of nuclear weapons being used seems higher now than at any time since the height of the Cold War," said the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Klaus Dorre (2022-06-13). The window of opportunity is closing. indybay.org Oscar Wilde wrote: "A map of the world in which Utopia is not marked is not worth looking at, for it undercuts the shore on which mankind will eternally land." He goes on to say, "Disobedience, for anyone versed in history, is man's true virtue. Through disobedience came progress, through disobedience and insubordination." (Wilde 2014)…

Greg Kearney (2022-06-13). Neither snow, nor rain, nor $5-a-gallon gas will stop Trump postmaster DeJoy. peoplesworld.org Related Story: |

Mark Gruenberg (2022-06-13). AFL-CIO President Shuler's goal: "More than one million new" unionists. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, formally elected to her first full term in office, has set a goal to "grow our movement by more than one million working people" in a decade. If it succeeds—and she admits it won't be easy—that would mark a substantial increase in organized labor's density, especially in the private sector, where …

Tomdispatch (2022-06-13). A Country Armed to the Teeth: And Strutting Toward the Apocalypse. juancole.com By Robert Lipsyte | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; The gun I carried on the streets of New York City in the late 1960s was a Beretta, similar to the pistol James Bond packed in the early Ian Fleming novels. It was a small, dark beauty that filled me with bravado. I was never afraid …

____ (2022-06-13). Machines used to harvest wheat reducing grain loss. ecns.cn Using a pair of combine harvesters, Li can get his 40 hectares of winter wheat in Qixian county, Henan province, harvested in less than two days.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-06-13). Fighting the first Britain-Rwandan refugee flight. greenleft.org.au The first flight from Britain to Rwanda filled with asylum seekers will, unless the Court of Appeal rules otherwise, take off on June 14, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Ian Ellis-Jones (2022-06-13). The US-convened Summit of the Americas was a fraud. greenleft.org.au By any objective measure, the ninth Summit of the Americas, hosted by the United States in Los Angeles, June 6-10, was a failure, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.

MoveOn (2022-06-13). Call to Action: Sign Petition to Ban Assault, Military-Grade Weapons. indybay.org Sign the petition online: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ban-assault-weapons-now-5 | Find a March for Our Lives protest near you: marchforourlives.com/march22/

____ (2022-06-13). New findings at China's Sanxingdui Ruins stun archaeologists. ecns.cn Archaeologists have recently made some stunning discoveries at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-13). Presidente Castillo asegura que cooperará con la Fiscalía. telesurtv.net El fiscal peruano reprogramo para el 17 de junio el interrogatorio al presidente Pedro Castillo.

WAPO (2022-06-13). Friday 6/17: th Anniversary of Watergate w/ Legendary Reporters Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein. indybay.org Online via livestream…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-06-13). Pdte. de Venezuela sostiene encuentro con ministro de Petróleo de Irán. telesurtv.net En el marco de su visita a Irán, el presidente Nicolás Maduro dialogó sobre la colaboración energética con el ministro de Petróleo de esa nación, Javad Owji.

PFAW, Public Citizen, Not Above the Law (2022-06-13). Thursday 6/16: January 6th Hearings: Briefing w/ Expert Analysis on Capitol Attack Findings Thus Far. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

____ (2022-06-13). China to fight at all costs for its sovereignty. ecns.cn China will have no choice but to go to war and fight to the end if anyone dares to separate Taiwan from the motherland, said State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

____ (2022-06-13). Drepung Monastery in Tibet unveils intangible cultural heritage museum. ecns.cn The Drepung Monastery branch of the Tibetan intangible cultural heritage protection center held a plaque-unveiling ceremony on Sunday.

TeleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-06-12). Empiezan a salir civiles retenidos por militares ucranianos en planta química Azot en Donbass. telesurtv.net Las unidades del Ejército ruso y de Lugansk reciben a los evacuados para llevarlos a lugares seguros.

Editor2 (2022-06-12). Solomon Islands: Build Up to the US War against China. orinocotribune.com We are pleased to republish this insightful article from

Anonymous103 (2022-06-12). Biden Throws Zelensky Under The Bus: Ukraine Leader 'Brushed Off' Invasion Warnings. southfront.org | Originally published on President Joe Biden on Friday told a donors conference in Los Angeles, California on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brushed aside US warnings saying a Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent. He described the situation ahead of the Feb.24 invasion and his communications with…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-12). Military Situation In Ukraine On June 12, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian missiles destroyed a large warehouse of foreign weapons supplied to Ukraine near Chortkov in the Ternopol region; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Slavyansk with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Krivoi Rog with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Zvanovka with high-precision missiles; | On June 11, 320 AFU members were killed and 5 armored vehicles were destroyed by Rus…

Yves Engler (2022-06-12). Intellectual Prostitutes Call Critics Foreign Agents, Useful Idiots. dissidentvoice.org A military funded academic, working at a school launched by Condoleezza Rice, claims leftist and anti-war journalists engage in Russian disinformation. His report doesn't provide any evidence or refute anyone's argument, but the legacy media laps it up. On Thursday the University of Calgary School of Public Policy released "Disinformation and Russia-Ukrainian war on Canadian …

Anonymous103 (2022-06-12). Mayor Of Svyatogorsk Confirms Crimes Of Ukrainian Forces (Video). southfront.org | Despite the attempts of Ukrainian media to balme Russian forces for destruction of the Svyatohorsk Lavra during the battles, the mayor of the city of Svyatohorsk confirmed that the sacred place was set on fire by the retreating Ukrainian units. | Russian forces claimed control over the city of Svyatohorsk on June 6. The local monastery located on the right bank of the Seversky Donets River was used as a military base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU). Ukrainian forces deployed their artillery there…

The Conversation (2022-06-12). Food prices: how Countries are using the Global Crisis to gain Geopolitical Power. juancole.com By Sarah Schiffling, Liverpool John Moores University; and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos,Technological University Dublin | Twenty million tonnes of grain are currently stuck in Ukrainian silos, exacerbating the global food crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of the country. Aside from the need to get the grain onto world markets, freeing up storage space will be crucial …

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-06-12). NATO Membership May Spell the End of Finland and Sweden as Social Democracies. truthout.org Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a godsend for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which had been declared "brain dead" by French President Emmanuel Macron as recently as 2019. Now, NATO has not only gained a new lease on life but also is expected to grow, with Finland and Sweden inching closer to NATO membership. In fact, Putin's criminal attack on Ukraine has managed to keep Europe within the sphere of U.S. hegemony and thus to halt any aspirations that Europeans may have had of seeing the continent shift toward greater autonomy. | In the interview that follows, Finnish political scientist Heikki Pat…

TeleSUR, jb, JGN (2022-06-12). øQué son las Reglas Mandela para el encarcelamiento digno. telesurtv.net Nelson Mandela pasó 27 años siendo un preso político, lo que lo hizo convertirse en una figura de lucha contra el apartheid,…

Editor (2022-06-12). Glenn Greenwald: Joe Biden's Highly Revealing Embrace of Saudi Despots. scheerpost.com Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Mar. 22, 2018. ( By Glenn Greenwald | In 2018, President Trump issued

Editor (2022-06-12). Glenn Greenwald: Joe Biden's Revealing Embrace of Saudi Despots. scheerpost.com Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Mar. 22, 2018. ( By Glenn Greenwald | In 2018, President Trump issued

Kyle Anzalone (2022-06-12). Turkey's Concerns About Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Are Legitimate: Stoltenberg. news.antiwar.com Objections from Turkey have stalled membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for Finland and Sweden. On Sunday, Sectary-General Jen Stoltenberg said Ankara's concerns about terrorism were legitimate. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Finland and Sweden support members of the Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK). Ankara claims the PKK is a terror group and has …

_____ (2022-06-12). Does Turkey Intend to Replace the CSTO in Central Asia? journal-neo.org Today there are two large military blocs in the world &#1 ; NATO and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which, aside from Russia, Belarus, and Armenia, includes Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan as full members. In addition to the members of the CSTO, it includes observer status nations, and Serbia has been such since 2003. On …

Staff (2022-06-12). NATO concludes Baltic war games including five nations bordering Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyJune 12, 2022 NATO Baltic Sea military exercise concludes Touted as the largest-ever military drill in the Baltic Sea, NATO's Baltops 22 exercise wrapped up Sunday on the Swedish Island of Gotland with the participation of member and partner nations. Among the nations taking part were Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, …

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-12). Asesinan a un líder sindical colombiano en el Valle del Cauca. telesurtv.net El asesinato de Julio Cesar Ojeda se suma al de otros tres líderes sociales esta semana en el Valle y el Cauca.

Staff (2022-06-12). Mundial de Voleibol de Playa: Díaz y Alayo le dan a Cuba su primera victoria. cubadebate.cu Los cubanos Díaz y Alayo le dieron a Cuba su primer éxito en el Campeonato Mundial de Voleibol de Playa y lograron un importante paso en pos de avanzar a la siguiente ronda del torneo. En cambio, la dupla de Leila y Lidy cayó nuevamente y ahora deberá apostarlo todo a su tercera presentación.

____ (2022-06-12). China's Jilin Province to rev up ginseng industry. ecns.cn Northeast China's Jilin Province has released a guideline to bolster the ginseng industry, aiming to increase its total output value to 80 billion yuan (about 11.9 billion U.S.

Silke Otsch, Boris Ginner (2022-06-12). Tax evasion and avoidance and Democracy at a tipping point. indybay.org The biggest losses from tax evasion and avoidance are caused by multinational corporations, followed by wealthy individuals. Sums in the triple-digit billions of up to one trillion. Euros are evaded annually in the EU. Of the global private wealth of around 160 trillion. US dollars, between 21-32 trillion US dollars are undeclared via tax havens…

Staff (2022-06-12). President Maduro Sends Message of Solidarity to the People's Summit in Los Angeles. orinocotribune.com "Our voice has been there, as we said, the voice of the rebellious peoples of Our America, of Cuba, of Nicaragua, of Venezuela, there in the streets of Los Angeles," said the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, via a video message sent to the People's Summit for Democracy, held in Los Angeles, California. The People's Summit was a counter-event to the 9th Summit of the Americas, from which Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela had been excluded by the United States government. | President Maduro's message was broadcast during the closing ceremony of the People's Summit, on Friday, June 10. | President Maduro criti…

_____ (2022-06-12). Colombia: World Power Of Life Or Neo-Fascist Pillar? popularresistance.org We live at a historical crossroads, an era of civilizational crisis where life and death are at stake worldwide, a situation in which Colombia faces a deep dilemma. On May 29, 2022, around 21 million citizens voted in Colombia's national elections to elect its executive branch. The victory of the Historical Pact "Colombia Can" comes to the fore, an alignment of the new left with Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice-presidential formula. It is the first time that a left-wing coalition has triumphed in a presidential election in Colombia, adding 8.5 million votes, the largest number obtained in th…

Susana Barria Barria (2022-06-12). World Trade Organization and Pandemic response: Time is up. peoplesdispatch.org At the 12th Ministerial Conference of the WTO taking place from 12-16 June, trade delegates are likely to pass a meaningless Covid-19 decision in an attempt to safeguard the organization's face after months of botched negotiations for a suspension of harmful trade rules on intellectual property…

David Richards (2022-06-12). Towards a Leftist Psychotherapy. dissidentvoice.org Millions of Britons are suffering from stress-related mental disorders. The number of people with anxiety has been steadily rising for years. According to NHS statistics, more than six million people in the UK are taking antidepressants. There is an acceptance that wide-scale mental distress is an unavoidable part of modern life. The general response to …

Staff (2022-06-12). Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike: Severe health deterioration for Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan. samidoun.net Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan, Palestinians jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention in Israeli occupation prisons, are continuing their hunger strikes for the 102nd and 67th days, respectively. They have been joined by four more Palestinian prisoners — Hani Bisharat, also jailed without charge or trial; Freedom Tunnel heroes Zakaria Zubaidi and Yaqoub …

Staff (2022-06-12). Solidarity against anti-Palestinian smear campaign targeting CUNY movement, Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network stands in solidarity with Palestinian activist and law graduate Nerdeen Kiswani, Within Our Lifetime, and the movement for Palestinian liberation at the City University of New York (CUNY). Kiswani was elected by her graduating class as the student commencement speaker at her law school graduation, where she delivered a powerful …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-06-12). The End of Laissez-Faire: Russia's Attempt at Reshaping the World Economy. dissidentvoice.org Starting on May 31, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov embarked on a tour to Gulf Cooperation Council countries, where he visited Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, among others. Lavrov's main objective of these visits is to strengthen ties between Russia and GCC nations amid a global race for geopolitical dominance. The Middle East, especially …

_____ (2022-06-12). Model-based net-zero scenarios, including those of the IPCC, aren't worth the paper they are written on. popularresistance.org World-leading economists have blown a hole right through the middle of the main tool used to produce the net-zero scenarios embraced by climate policymakers. | In a new paper, Sir Nicholas Stern, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Charlotte Taylor conclude that climate-energy-economy Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), which are the key tool in producing emission-reduction scenarios, "have very limited value in answering the two critical questions" of the speed and nature of emissions reductions and "fail to provide much in the way of useful guidance, either for the intensity of action, or for the policies th…

Editor (2022-06-12). The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home (Part 2). scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Editor's note: This video is the second in a two-part series by Chris Hedges. Click In the conclusion of The Long Road Home, Chris Hedges looks at the numerous hurdles faced by prisoners released into society, the toll of reentry on their families, the importance of educational programs in restoring self-esteem an…

Scott Ritter (2022-06-12). US, China on Collision Course over Taiwan. orinocotribune.com By Scott Ritter &#1 ; Jun 6, 2022 | Chinese officials have made it clear that their "One China" policy regarding Taiwan is founded on a constitutionally mandated principle of so-called "peaceful reunification." War, Chinese officials say, is a measure of last resort, only to be employed to prevent the fact of Taiwan's secession from China, or when possibilities for peaceful reunification have been completely exhausted. But current US policies on Taiwan appear designed to push China to the brink, raising the prospect of armed conflict. | In 2005, China adopted legislation known as the "Anti-Secession Law," which…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-12). Democratizing the United Nations to Save the World. libya360.wordpress.com Sofía Clark "Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that the effective defense of life on planet Earth, including that of the human species itself, inexorably demands the existence of an independent and democratic world forum for a genuine and effective defense…

Anonymous587 (2022-06-12). Economic Trends After Outbreak Of War. Is Recovery Possible? southfront.org SPIEF will be organized in an era of great change | Despite the increasing influence of the military agenda on the information background in the world, business still plays the main role. It is the monetary component that determines the agenda, contrary to emotions and political gestures. | It should be noted that a situation similar to the one in which Russia is currently trapped has been occurring periodically lately. Economic sanctions have become the m…

Allen Forrest (2022-06-12). Orwell Speaks from the Grave. dissidentvoice.org

Dean Baker (2022-06-12). How Do We Get a Wage-Price Spiral When Wage Growth Is Slowing? cepr.net That's the question millions are asking, or hopefully at least the folks at the Fed making decisions on interest rates. Ostensibly, the Fed is concerned that the economy is too strong and that we are either on the edge, or already stuck in, the sort of wage-price spiral that led to double digit inflation back …

Staff (2022-06-12). Former Deputy Guaidó Followed by the Violence He Sowed. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 11, 2022 ( Last week, in Zulia, during an event that far-right forces organized in a recently renovated sports…

Amarynth (2022-06-12). Japan's Looking At 10 Million Hikikomori. thesaker.is By Thorsten J. Pattberg for the Saker Blog The Island Nation of Japan Is The Cradle Of Hentai-Porn, Micro-Bento And Crazy Toilets. It Is Also The Motherlode Of Unspeakable Social…

JANET (2022-06-12). AFL-CIO convention must unconditionally support Puerto Rico's unions. iacenter.org June 9, 2022 This article is by a member of the construction trades and a member of the AFL-CIO. The 2022 convention of the AFL-CIO will be held in Philadelphia June 12-15. Every four years the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations meets in a convention to talk about its achievements and what must be accomplished in the near future. You will hear many speakers from the building trades, teachers unions, service workers, etc., in consonance when it comes to who they support politically, trade deals that affect them, infrastructure projects that they think are warranted and so on. What yo…

Staff (2022-06-12). Cristiano Ronaldo gana batalla legal por presunta violación en 2009. cubadebate.cu La jueza federal Jennifer Dorsey desestimó la demanda como sanción al abogado de la mujer, Leslie Mark Stovall, por actuar "de mala fe" y usar documentos confidenciales "robados", hechos que según la jueza contaminaban irremediablemente el caso.

Bhaskar Sunkara (2022-06-12). Socialism Is Supposed to Be a Working-Class Movement. Why Isn't It? zcomm.org Interview on the reasons for the progressive left's setbacks in winning power — and elections — in America…

San Francisco Intersection Shut Down (2022-06-12). America Believes in Right to Abortion, Demonstrators Take Graphic Message to the Streets. indybay.org Abortion rights activists said that it is high time to shut down streets to demand the preservation of Roe v. Wade. | Photos from a die-in in San Francisco on June 6 by Terry Scussel, ProBonoPhoto.org. Please credit the photographer.

Divyanshu Singh (2022-06-12). The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order — Book review. moderndiplomacy.eu This book is quite helpful for comprehending China's foreign policy throughout the past four decades. China's strategy and progress as a global force, according to the author, may be divided into three periods: The period from 1989-2008 as "Blunting" The period from 2009-2016 as "Building" The period from 2017- till date as "Expansion" This is …

____ (2022-06-12). Defense minister speaks about China's vision of regional order at 19th Shangri-La Dialogue. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday delivered a speech on China's vision of regional order at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-12). Iran's Mahan Air Denies Links To Plane Seized In Argentina. southfront.org A Boeing 747 plane of Mahan Air. . Source: Wikimedia user (Amin Nouabahr). | On January 12, Iran's Mahan Air has denied its ownership of a Venezuelan-flagged cargo plane that was seized by Argentinian authorities a day earlier. | The plane, a Boeing 747, was seized by Argentinian civil aviation authorities immediately after arrival at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires. The plane's five-member crew was detained at the airport. | Argentina's Security Minister Fernandez Anibal to…

Sarah Anderson (2022-06-12). Amazon's CEO Pay Is More Than 6,000 Times That of the Company's Typical Worker. truthout.org A tight labor market created a rare moment of leverage for low-wage workers last year. But Corporate America took no great leap forward on pay equity. | A new Institute for Policy Studies report, The report zeroes in on compensation trends at the 300 publicly held U.S. corporations that reported the lowest median worker wages in 2020. At over a third of these firms — 106 in all — me…

Staff (2022-06-12). Pinar del Río: Presentan estrategia para el proceso de transición parcial a la televisión digital terrestre. cubadebate.cu En Pinar del Rio se presentó este sábado la estrategia de implementación de la transición parcial a la TV digital, proceso que comienza en la provincia el 15 de junio por el Centro transmisor de TV-FM. Esto significa que cesan las transmisiones analógicas de los canales Educativo y Educativo 2 y se reorganizan los canales Cubavisión, Tele Rebelde y Multivisión.

Staff (2022-06-12). En la termoeléctrica de Felton no hay descanso. cubadebate.cu Hace tres meses las rutinas se han vuelto más complejas, desde que entró en reparación la Unidad 2 de la planta y ahora se organizan los preparativos para acometer un mantenimiento ligero en la Unidad 1, la de mayor potencia (260 Megawatts) con lo cual se alcanzaría una generación eléctrica más cercana a la capacidad instalada.

Staff (2022-06-12). øPirámide egipcia en Cuba? cubadebate.cu La única capilla réplica de una pirámide egipcia en Cuba se encuentra en la Necrópolis de Colón. En ella reposan los restos de José Francisco de Mata, director del Colegio de Arquitectos de 1902 a 1919.

Common Dreams Staff (2022-06-12). At March for Our Lives, A Call for a Nationwide Strike of Schools. zcomm.org "Avoid attending school if your leaders fail to do the job"

PBS NewsHour; Common Cause (2022-06-12). Thursday 6/9: January 6th Hearings Day 1 (recording). indybay.org Online recording…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). Rusia entrega pasaportes en ciudades ucranianas bajo su control. telesurtv.net Moscú entregó los primeros pasaportes a los habitantes de Jersón y Melitópol, en vísperas de la celebración del Día de Rusia.

WNET PBS, PEN America, UNORTHODOX, more (2022-06-12). Thursday 6/16: Can I Laugh At That? Comedy Bridging Divides as We Laugh Through Our Tears. indybay.org Online event…

Anthony Pahnke (2022-06-12). WTO Meeting Presents Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control Over Food Supply. truthout.org The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that our concentrated global food system is prone to breakdown and riddled with exploitation. | Look no further than to the fruit and vegetable farmers in

Staff (2022-06-12). Cuba cierra jornada de sábado con 20 nuevos casos de Covid-19. cubadebate.cu En el día en Cuba para la COVID-19 se realizaron un total de 3 mil 897 muestras para la vigilancia, resultando positivas 20. El país acumula 13 millones 912 mil 468 muestras realizadas y 1 millón 105 mil 612 positivas. Del total de casos: 16 fueron contactos de casos confirmados; 4 con fuente de infección en el extranjero; 0 sin fuente de infección precisada.

Dr.Vo Xuan Vinh (2022-06-12). Vietnam Promotes ASEAN's Role in Resolving the South China Sea Dispute. moderndiplomacy.eu The year 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Vietnam was one of 117 countries signed the Convention on the first day. As a coastal state, Vietnam considers UNCLOS as an important legal document because it provides a comprehensive legal framework for …

____ (2022-06-12). One year on, Hainan FTP law secures wider opening-up. ecns.cn Since the implementation of the Hainan free trade port (FTP) law on June 10, 2021, Hainan has issued 17 related regulations, with the new law speeding up local legislation to guarantee better development and wider opening-up of the Hainan FTP.

BT (2022-06-12). Just how close is the US to breaking down into conflict? indybay.org With the first public hearing investigating the January 6 insurrection on Thursday, an important question has resurfaced: Just how close is the US to breaking down into conflict?>

Staff (2022-06-12). Playoffs 2022: Campeón y subcampeón vigentes mantienen su invicto. cubadebate.cu Los Alazanes de Granma, campeones nacionales de la última campaña, y los Cocodrilos matanceros, subtitulares, salieron airosos en esta jornada de sábado para conservar sus invictos en las semifinales de esta Serie Nacional en su edición 61, ambos en peleados encuentros que se extendieron más allá de las nueve entradas.

_____ (2022-06-12). Fact Sheet: Incarcerated LGBTQ Adults And Youth. popularresistance.org This fact sheet examines the criminalization and over-incarceration of LGBTQ+ adults and youth. The LGBTQ+ population is comprised of people with non-heterosexual identities—those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and others—and people with non-cisgender identities—those who are trans and gender non-conforming. LGBTQ+ adults are incarcerated at three times the rate of the total adult population. LGBTQ+ youth's representation among the incarcerated population is double their share of the general population. | Approximately 124,000 adults self-identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual in U.S. prisons an…

Staff (2022-06-12). La Tira de los Lectores: Mi foto con la bandera cubana. cubadebate.cu Vuelve La Tira de los Lectores, esta vez dedicada a la bandera cubana. Hace unos días lanzamos esta convocatoria y publicamos tus imágenes en nuestra página y redes sociales.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-12). Pdte. palestino considera insostenible situación de su pueblo. telesurtv.net El mandatario palestino criticó la ineficiencia de organismos internacionales de la ONU para detener las agresiones a su pueblo.

Paul Haeder (2022-06-12). Nigeria, Oh, Nigeria, Cry for me, Nigeria! dissidentvoice.org So, good friend, Madu, who I met decades ago, at UT-El Paso. He was coming through buildings where part-time English faculty had offices. That big smile, that large voice, and an open hand. He was working the used/discount book gig: going to colleges to get books from faculty and bookstores that might have been extra …

____ (2022-06-12). Cradle of Civilization: Shuanghuaishu Site. ecns.cn With an area of 1.17 million square meters, the Shuanghuaishu site is located on the south bank of the Yellow River in the township of Heluo, Gongyi city, Henan Province.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-12). Maduro says Ayt. Khamenei's remarks gave him more strength. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The Venezuelan president after yesterday meeting with the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the Leader's comments gave him more power to continue the path towards peace and brotherhood.

C-Span; Common Cause (2022-06-12). Monday 6/13: January 6th Hearings Day 2 (livestream). indybay.org Online via livestream…

Norcalintcom (2022-06-12). Saturday 6/11: Northern California Communist Bulletin Group Public Meeting. indybay.org The Long Haul Bookshop, 3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley…

Labor Video Project (2022-06-12). War On Public Education, Oakland OEA Teachers Speak Out On School Closures, Privatization. indybay.org Two teachers spoke out about Oakland public school closures, privatization, the Parker Elementary School occupation and the role of the OEA/CTA leadership in their struggle.

TeleSUR -vp, NA, MER (2022-06-12). øQuién era la talentosa pianista venezolana Teresa Carreño. telesurtv.net Durante su carrera musical, llegó a conocer a grandes gigantes cultores de ese entonces como Ravel, Debussy, Gounod, Rossini, Brahms o Liszt.

Eric Zuesse (2022-06-12). U.S. Government Now Goads India to Invade China. moderndiplomacy.eu The United States Government is now actively backing the Indian Government's demand that China not build a bridge in China that would cross from one side to the other of a lake that is half in China and half in India. This bridge would be crossing a portion of that lake that's around 20 miles …

Staff (2022-06-12). Ortega pide al Parlamento ratificar decreto que permite ejercicios militares conjuntos con Rusia. cubadebate.cu Daniel Ortega pidió al Parlamento que conceda el "trámite de urgencia" a su decreto presidencial para que sea ratificado cuanto antes. La iniciativa fue incluida para ser discutida y aprobada en la sesión del próximo martes, gracias a la mayoría parlamentaria. El pedido del mandatario centroamericano, además del personal militar, incluye naves y aeronaves extranjeras.

____ (2022-06-12). China's NEV sales soar in May as production resumes. ecns.cn Sales of China's new energy vehicles (NEVs) logged a sharp increase in May amid the country's efforts to resume car production and stabilize supply chains, data from an industry association showed.

Staff (2022-06-12). Zionist PM repeats claims on Iran's nuclear activities. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett repeated his baseless remarks about Iran's peaceful nuclear activities and called the West to ramp up pressure against Iran's nuclear program.

Jeremy Appel (2022-06-12). Starbucks Is Punishing Workers for Unionizing. zcomm.org The company has hit peak petulance just in time for more unionization bids…

Staff (2022-06-12). Más de 450 protestas este sábado en Estados Unidos contra la violencia armada. cubadebate.cu Miles de personas salieron este sábado a las calles en cientos de protestas en Estados Unidos, con el objetivo de presionar a los legisladores para que tomen medidas contra la violencia armada a raíz de los recientes tiroteos masivos en Uvalde, Texas y Buffalo, Nueva York.

Gene Grabiner (2022-06-12). The First Amendment Could Provide a Fresh Legal Approach to Defending Abortion. truthout.org Roe v. Wade was decided per a right to privacy based on the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, but there is another, perhaps at least equally compelling, way to look at the abortion issue — and that is through the lens of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. | The establishment clause first asserts freedom from state religion or theocracy. This is a consequence of our Enlightenment heritage opposition to feudal state-imposed religion. The establishment clause only secondarily asserts freedom of religion, setting it within the demarcations of constitutional rejection or denial of state rel…

____ (2022-06-12). China rebuts U.S. defense secretary's remarks on South China Sea, Taiwan. ecns.cn China strongly objected to remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday at the ongoing 19th Shangri-La Dialogue regarding the South China Sea and Taiwan, calling them unfounded declarations and false accusations against China.

WHO Watch Team (2022-06-12). Private monopolies hinder progress on public health: intellectual property at the 75th World Health Assembly. peoplesdispatch.org Obstruction by pharmaceutical companies from the Global North and misuse of monopoly privileges continue to slow down research into new vaccines and medicines, with disastrous effects for people's health in the Global South. Discussions at the 75th World Health Assembly did little to address this…

Staff (2022-06-12). Sin control las carencias agobian más. cubadebate.cu Es tan sustancioso el negocio de vender, que cada día proliferan nuevos puntos de ventas como muestra fehaciente del incremento de las cosechas, pero los precios se mantienen por las nubes. El hecho de que en una cuadra coincidan dos carretilleros, por ejemplo, no implica la disminución del valor de cada vianda o fruta, porque todos pujan por agenciarse de grandes sumas de dinero sin miramiento alguno.

Alfin Febrian Basundoro (2022-06-12). Fostering Indonesia-Australia's Naval Industry Partnership. moderndiplomacy.eu During the "two plus two" meeting between Indonesian and Australian officials on September 10, 2021, the representative of both countries signed a joint statement regarding the deepening of bilateral relations. Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and Australian counterparts, then Defence Minister Peter Dutton, are committed to enhancing strategic cooperation on cybersecurity, anti-terrorism, and defence. Prabowo …

Staff (2022-06-12). Ingeniero de Google es suspendido por la compañía tras asegurar que un sistema de inteligencia artifical tiene conciencia. cubadebate.cu Tras varias conversaciones con LaMDA, Blake Lemoine llegó a la conclusión que la IA tenía sensaciones o impresiones propias. "Si no supiera exactamente lo que es, que es este programa informático que hemos construido recientemente, pensaría que es un niño de 7 u 8 años que resulta que sabe física", indicó el ingeniero.

Staff (2022-06-12). Unión Eléctrica no descarta afectaciones al servicio por bajos niveles de reserva. cubadebate.cu Con este pronóstico, se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2537 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 450 MW, para una reserva de 87 MW, por lo que debido a los bajos niveles de reserva pudieran ocurrir afectaciones al servicio en este horario.

Middle East Monitor (2022-06-12). Denying Palestine while Protecting Israel from Itself. juancole.com By Mohammad Makram Balawi | &#1 ; Many acts regarding Palestine are an enigma. Everything is convoluted, and you do not know who is killing who and for what reason; a "mad house" where nothing makes much sense. Others believe it is part of the nature of the Middle East, where everyone is used to killing …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-06-12). The Australian Labor Party and Julian Assange. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Green Left After having had a few lunches with then opposition leader Anthony Albanese, John Shipton felt reason to be confident. Albanese had promised Assange's father that he would do whatever he could, should he win office, to bring the matter to a close. Albanese

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-12). Pdte. Ortega pide ratificar ingreso de tropas rusas a Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El pedido del presidente Ortega será debatida en la sesión parlamentaria de la próxima semana.

____ (2022-06-12). Chinese ambassador: healthy, stable development of China-Australia ties beneficial to two peoples. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said here on Saturday that a healthy and stable development of the bilateral relations is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

____ (2022-06-12). (W.E. Talk) Democracy, diversity sources of division and polarization in U.S.: Yale professor. ecns.cn "Democracy and diversity that used to be true of America's great strengths, right now are in many ways sources of division and polarization," Amy Chua, Professor from Yale Law School, as well as the author of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," said at the dialogue program "Cultural Relativity."

Common Dreams staff (2022-06-12). Bipartisan Senate Deal on Guns Deemed 'Pathetically Weak'. commondreams.org "This bill is a joke! This makes it sound like mental health is the cause for gun violence. It's the fucking guns!"

____ (2022-06-12). China to build "gene bank" of ancient ceramics. ecns.cn China will establish a "gene bank" of ancient ceramics in east China's Jiangxi Province, based on data from nearly 20 million pieces of ceramics specimens accumulated in some 40 years, authorities announced Saturday.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-12). Autoridades mexicanas disuelven nueva caravana migratoria. telesurtv.net El INM concedió visas humanitarias y formas migratorias que permiten a los migrantes el libre tránsito en el país por un período de entre 30 y 180 días.

____ (2022-06-12). Russian PM authorizes Russia's withdrawal from UNWTO. ecns.cn Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on Friday authorizing the country's withdrawal from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

____ (2022-06-12). 20 Chinese cultural sites you cannot miss. ecns.cn China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day falls on June 11 this year.

The Canary (2022-06-12). Union challenging government's 'appalling' Rwanda policy hopeful it can stop first flight. thecanary.co A union challenging the government's controversial policy of deporting people to Rwanda said it hopes it can win an appeal to stop the first flight taking off this week. | "Appalling": | A High Court ruling on 10 June paved the way for a flight to the east African country to go ahead on 14 June. But an appeal against that decision is due to be heard on 13 June. The immigration policy has come in for criticism from various groups. And there are reports that the Prince of Wales privately described the move to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as "appalling". | The boss of the Public and Commercial Services unio…

____ (2022-06-12). Highlights of China's transportation development in past decade. ecns.cn During the past decade, China has made historic progress in transportation development, with an improved transport network, strengthened transport service capacity and deepened international cooperation.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-12). Turkey's Proxies Set Up Operations Room For Upcoming Offensive On Syrian Democratic Forces — Report. southfront.org . | Turkey's proxies in Syria had established a joint operations room to coordinate an upcoming offensive on the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the

____ (2022-06-12). China prepares 360 mln yuan, expert teams to guide flood control work. ecns.cn The Chinese National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has dispatched four expert teams to the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and other places hit hard by continuous heavy rain to guide the flood prevention work and minimize possible losses.

Staff (2022-06-12). Iran warns PG countries about security ties with Zionists. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — A senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander has issued a stark warning to some neighboring Arab states about giving Israel a foothold in the Persian Gulf.

____ (2022-06-12). (W.E.Talk) Exclusive interview with the UAE ambassador to China. ecns.cn China and the UAE share similar development paths, concepts, and goals, which together provide some reference for developing countries to explore modernization independently.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-12). Israel's Chief Of Staff Makes Chilling Threats To Lebanon, Talks About 'Big Strikes'. southfront.org The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi speaking at Israel's first National Conference on the Home Front on June 12. Source: the IDF. | The Israeli military's Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi made a series of chilling threats to Lebanon while talking at Israel's first National Conference on the Home Front on June 12. | In his speech, Kochavi detailed the Israeli military's strategy for responding to an attack that Hezbollah could launch from Lebanon."We will d…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-12). 3 blasts across Afghanistan leave 11 killed or injured. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Simultaneous explosions on Sunday in Badakhshan, Kunduz and Kunar provinces in northern and eastern Afghanistan at least one Taliban militant and wounded 10 others, including six civilians.

Kenny Stancil (2022-06-12). Biden Condemned Inside and Outside 'Summit of Exclusion'. zcomm.org "The United States has lost its moral authority," said one critic, "to convene a summit about the promotion of democracy and freedom."

Cronkite News Arizona PBS (2022-06-12). 'Open-air Prison' in southern Mexico traps thousands of Migrants. juancole.com By Taylor Stevens | Cronkite Borderlands Project &#1 ; ( Cronkite News ) &#1 ; TAPACHULA, MEXICO — The desperation here is palpable. It fills the stifling air as migrants line up in the hot sun outside the National Migration Institute in hopes of receiving an interview, their children close at hand and their visa applications tucked …

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-12). Liberan a 38 personas secuestradas por una pandilla en Haití. telesurtv.net Se desconoce si se estableció algún acuerdo monetario o de otra índole para la liberación de los raptados.

Staff (2022-06-12). El tiempo: Algunas lluvias en la mitad oriental. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá con poca nubosidad en occidente y centro, estará parcialmente nublado en oriente. En la tarde se nublará gran parte del país, con algunos chubascos, lluvias y tormentas eléctricas en localidades del interior y costa sur desde Camagàºey hasta Guantánamo. En el resto del archipiélago cubano las lluvias serán aisladas.

Denis Rogatyuk (2022-06-12). Latin America: Between neoliberal extractivism and resource nationalism. greenleft.org.au Denis Rogatyuk reviews Latin American Extractivism, a compilation of articles analysing the political economy of resource nationalism and policies of natural resource extraction by left-wing and right-wing governments in the region.

____ (2022-06-12). Ancient water conservancy facilities discovered in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have found three large watercourses dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) in central China's Henan Province.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-12). Indígenas anuncian protestas por crisis económica en Ecuador. telesurtv.net El presidente de la Conaie, Leonidas Iza, expresó que las protestas serán por tiempo indefinido.

TeleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-06-12). Precio del galón de gasolina en EE.UU. alcanza cifra récord. telesurtv.net La Asociación Estadounidense del Automóvil develó que el promedio exacto para este viernes fue de 4,986 dólares por galón.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-12). Another British Mercenary Was Killed While Fighting With Kiev Forces. southfront.org Another British mercenary had been killed while fighting in the ranks of Kiev forces against the Russian military and its allies, the British media reported on June 12. | The mercenary, identified as former British soldier Jordan Gatley, was reportedly killed while fighting in the city of Severodonetsk, where Kiev forces have been attempting to push back the Russian military and its allies for a few weeks now. | In the recent days, the Russian military managed to capture most of Severodonetsk.

Common Dreams staff (2022-06-12). 'Bipartisan' Senate Deal on Guns Deemed "Pathetically Weak" commondreams.org "This bill is a joke! This makes it sound like mental health is the cause for gun violence. It's the fucking guns!"

Cira Pascual Marquina (2022-06-12). Worker Control in a Capitalist Environment: Voices from Indorca (Part II). zcomm.org Despite many challenges, Indorca workers are showing that democratic self-management is a real possibility…

____ (2022-06-12). China sees growth in cloud infrastructure services expenditure. ecns.cn China continued to be the leading growth market for cloud infrastructure services expenditure in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by the technology market research firm.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-12). Turkish Army Intervenes To End Clashes Among Its Proxies In Syria's Aleppo. southfront.org . | On June 12, clashes broke out between two Turkish-backed factions, the Mu'tasim Division and Ahrar al-Sharqiya, in the village of Ka'ibah in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the clashes started when a force from the Mu'tasim Division attempted to arrest a militant of Ahrar al-Sharqiya, who was accused of spying for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) as well as for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). However, some Syrian opposition activists sai…

Staff (2022-06-12). Un fallecido y ocho lesionados: Saldo preliminar de un accidente masivo en Cienfuegos. cubadebate.cu Un fallecido y ocho lesionados es el saldo preliminar de un accidente masivo ocurrido este sábado en las inmediaciones de la Loma de la Ventana, cerca del poblado de San Blas, en el macizo montañoso de Guamuhaya, en Cienfuegos. Los heridos fueron recibidos en la Unidad de Código Rojo del Hospital General Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima.

____ (2022-06-12). U.S. official says conspiracy behind Capitol riot not over. ecns.cn The conspiracy behind the U.S. Capitol riot in January 2021 still poses a threat to the U.S. democracy, a New Delhi-based Television news channel NDTV reported on Friday, citing a high-profile U.S.

Staff (2022-06-12). Casualidad y/o causalidad de un video viral. cubadebate.cu Poco después de concluir la Cumbre, el sistema de laboratotrios de guerra psicológica contra Cuba en las redes digitales, operado desde Estados Unidos, convierte en viral un video que culpa al gobierno cubano de los efectos del bloqueo en la vida de los habitantes de la Isla, acudiendo a algo tan sensible como el testimonio de una madre de tres hijos que, de manera muy emotiva, coloca en primer plano esas carencias sin aludir a la política estadounidense que busca provocarlas. y llama a "salir a la calle".

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-12). Venezuela and Iran Sign Cooperation Plan for Next 20 Years. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and his Iranian counterpart, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi, presented the Iran-Venezuela bilateral cooperation plan for the next 20 years, which covers four fundamental areas. Maduro is in an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of an international tour. Iran is his third stop in the tour, after having visited Turkey and Algeria. | The two presidents issued a joint statement at the Saab Abad Palace, the seat of the Iranian presidency, in Tehran, and signed the Iran-Venezuela cooperation agreement that covers the energy sector (oil, gas, refinery and petrochemic…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). Irán y Venezuela firman acuerdos de cooperación en varias materias. telesurtv.net El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ratificó que a partir del 18 de julio se abre el vuelo directo entre Caracas y Teherán.

César Chelala (2022-06-12). The Haitian People Deserve Better. commondreams.org Human Rights Watch has denounced the deportation of Haitians back to Haiti by the U.S. and other countries.

____ (2022-06-12). Chinese scientists' major discovery on potato genome sequence: Nature. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have mapped out high-quality genome sequences for 44 wild and cultivated potatoes and found a pivotal gene that makes potatoes the world's most important non-cereal food crop.

The Guardian Live (2022-06-12). Wednesday 7/6: What Could the End of Abortion Rights Mean for America and Globally. indybay.org Online event w/ Closed Captions…

Contributing Writers (2022-06-12). Is China a Communist or a Capitalist Country?/By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. marktaliano.net China: Towards Capitalist Restoration. Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, May 08, 2022 Scroll down to download Michel Chossudovsky's book on China in pdf (free of charge) *** In 1981-82, based at the University of Hong Kong, Centre for Asian Studies (CAS), I started my research on the process of capitalist restoration in China. I took …

_____ (2022-06-12). Venezuela And Iran Sign 20-year Cooperation Plan. popularresistance.org Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro took a historic trip to Iran and announced a 20-year cooperation agreement, pledging to more closely integrate the countries' economies and work together in a joint "anti-imperialist struggle for a better world, of international respect and peace, without hegemonies." | Maduro signed the pact with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on June 11. It was described by the Venezuelan and Iranian governments as a "partnership agreement" and "cooperation agreement." | The deal involves collaboration in science, technology, agriculture, oil and gas, petrochemicals, tourism, and…

Staff (2022-06-12). Iran to likely cancel visas for Russian merchants: dep. FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari said that the country will possibly cancel visas for the Russian businessmen in order to increase investment in the country.

Janos Marton (2022-06-12). Here's What the Criminal Justice Reform Movement Can Learn From Boudin's Loss. zcomm.org Chesa Boudin's loss was a setback, but the movement must keep growing stronger…

____ (2022-06-12). BRI offers massive opportunities for China-Britain cooperation, says experts. ecns.cn China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers massive opportunities for China-Britain cooperation in areas like business, climate change, personnel exchanges, education and tourism, experts said here during a three-day conference concluded on Friday.

____ (2022-06-12). China tops world in number of world natural heritage sites. ecns.cn China has the world's largest number of world natural heritage sites, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

Staff (2022-06-12). The American Conservative: El esfuerzo fallido de Washington por un consenso global anti-ruso. cubadebate.cu El enfoque abrasivo de EE. UU. pareció endurecer la determinación de esas naciones de permanecer neutrales con respecto a la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania. Sudáfrica y otros países del Sur Global también se quejaron en voz alta de la presión de mano dura de Estados Unidos y se negaron a cambiar sus posiciones.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). Al menos nueve muertos en Siria tras explosión de mina terrestre. telesurtv.net Dicha mina fue dejada por organizaciones terroristas, que solían gobernar la ciudad de Deir Adas en la parte rural norte de Daraa.

____ (2022-06-12). Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has reiterated China's resolute position on the Taiwan question.

Philip Hyland (2022-06-12). Video: Effort to Stop the Vaccine and Prosecute the Perpetrators. The Case of Lawyer Philip Hyland and the London Metropolitan Police Inquiry. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | Visit and follow us on Instagram at a | *** | "…

_____ (2022-06-12). Julian Assange Extradition Rulings Could Be Annulled, Say Legal Sources. popularresistance.org UK home office minister Priti Patel is expected to rule any day on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US to face espionage related charges. But legal sources now say that surveillance of Assange's lawyers may see the extradition case thrown out. | Meanwhile, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the UK government illegally spied on one of Assange's lawyers. | The Canary has previously listed a number of defence concerns that could be raised in court. These include Spain-based firm UC Global's surveillance of Assange's lawyers in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. | The…

Jake Johnson (2022-06-12). 'It's War,' Says Amazon Labor Union After Company Fires Top Organizer. zcomm.org "Amazon fired our beloved Uncle Pat today!" said Christian Smalls, the union's president. "They retaliated against him for organizing."

The Canary (2022-06-12). Ambulance workers stage demo over increasing pressures as call-outs surge. thecanary.co Ambulance calls in England have increased by around six million in the past decade, according to new research. | NEW : GMB analysis shows ambulance callouts have almost doubled to 14 million a year since 2010 — GMB Union (@GMB_union) Pressure rising: | The GMB union said there were 7.9 million call-outs in the 2009/10 financial year, rising to 14 million in 2021/22. Ambulance workers are staging a demonstratio…

Staff (2022-06-12). Putin felicita a sus compatriotas por el Día de Rusia y pide mayor unidad nacional. cubadebate.cu "Quiero felicitar a todo los ciudadanos del país por el Día de Rusia, por un día festivo dedicado a nuestro país natal. Me siento orgulloso por su historia, tengo fe en su futuro", ha declarado el mandatario. Putin ha hecho referencia a la situación actual para "entender hoy lo importante que es para la patria, para nuestra sociedad, para la gente mantenerse unidos", ha añadido.

Staff (2022-06-12). Arriba a Cuba nuevo donativo médico para realizar trasplante de ocho niños cubanos. cubadebate.cu El donativo llegó a la capital cubana en manos de representantes del proyecto Puentes de Amor, que encabeza el cubanoamericano Carlos Lazo, y que reúne a emigrados de la isla residentes en la nación norteña, y la estadounidense Medea Benjamín, líder de la organización Code Pink, acompañados de otros representantes de ambas agrupaciones.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-06-12). Nicaragua saluda a pdte. Putin por aniversario del día de Rusia. telesurtv.net Ante el escenario de ataques por parte de EE.UU. contra la soberanía de los pueblos, Nicaragua ratificó su compromiso de solidificar los acuerdos de cooperación con Rusia.

JANET (2022-06-12). Western colonizers imposed anti-gay laws throughout world — Lavender & Red, Part 112. iacenter.org By Leslie Feinberg June 10, 2022 The following is one installment of Feinberg's "Lavender & Red" series on the intersection of LGBTQ2S+ and socialist history, which appeared Sept. 27, 2007, in Workers World newspaper. The 120-part series was published between 2004 and 2008 and can be downloaded for free at workers.org/books. Sodomy laws, imposed on India in 1861 by British colonizers, were still in force at the time of this 2013 protest. Wherever class-divided societies overturned matrilineal-communal groupings, laws began to punish sexualities, gender expressions and bodies that did not fit the new patriarchal f…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). China afirma que defenderá a toda costa su soberanía sobre Taiwán. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa chino se reunió con su colega estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, en el marco del XIX Diálogo Shangri-La, en Singapur.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-12). ONU solicita protección a activistas de DD.HH. en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Los líderes indígenas son perseguidos por sus pronunciamientos en contra de la explotación de su territorio.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). Ayatolá Ali Jamenei se reúne con el presidente Nicolás Maduro. telesurtv.net En el encuentro, Jamenei señaló que Irán y Venezuela han logrado resistir fuertes presiones de la guerra híbrida de Estados Unidos.

TeleSUR, jcvm, JGN, JCM (2022-06-12). Conoce las peores formas de trabajo infantil. telesurtv.net Según la OIT, alrededor 160 millones de niños que trabajan en el mundo, es decir, uno de cada diez del total de la población infantil global.

Staff (2022-06-12). OIC needs to pay attention to Islamophobia in India: Pakistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called on the OIC Secretary General to discuss Islamophobic actions in India.

Staff (2022-06-12). Grupo bipartidista de senadores logran un principio de acuerdo para mayor control de armas en Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu Según un comunicado, el acuerdo de los 20 senadores -10 demócratas y 10 republicanos- incluye una revisión del proceso de compra de armas para los menores de 21 años y la extensión de las llamadas leyes de "alerta de peligro", ya vigentes en estados como California y Nueva York.

Staff (2022-06-12). "The Sea" wins award at Madrid Intl. Independent Film Fest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian short film "The Sea" directed by Sahra Ramezanian has been awarded at Madrid International Independent Film Festival.

Janaka Biyanwila (2022-06-12). Eyewitness from Sri Lanka: Popular protest, state repression and trade union solidarity. greenleft.org.au Despite ongoing protests, shortages, 40% inflation and a historic debt default, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will finish his term. His statement comes amid a wave of mass arrests of peaceful protestors, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

Staff (2022-06-12). Irán y Venezuela refuerzan sus relaciones con un acuerdo de cooperación por 20 años. cubadebate.cu Los gobiernos de Irán y Venezuela firmaron este sábado un acuerdo de cooperación por 20 años en diversos ámbitos, durante una visita del presidente Nicolás Maduro a Teherán, en la que el mandatario venezolano se refirió a la "amistad indestructible" que crece entre los dos países.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-12). Ministros de Defensa de China y Australia se reúnen en Singapur. telesurtv.net El encuentro entre los ministros de defensa supone el primer acercamiento de alto nivel entre ambos países tras más de dos años de tensiones.

The Canary (2022-06-12). Unions slam proposal to let agency workers cover for striking staff. thecanary.co Unions have reacted with anger to planned legal changes to allow agency workers to fill in for striking staff. They've branded the government as "desperate to distract from its numerous failings". | The government devised the plan in response to rail strikes later in June because of disputes over pay, jobs, pensions and conditions. | The move would involve reversing a restriction which prevents employers from hiring agency workers to cover for striking staff. And it would apply to all sectors, according to the Sunday Telegraph. | Using agency workers to attempt to break rail strikes will risk passenger safety.

Samantha Michaels (2022-06-12). Denver Deployed Mental Health Workers Instead of Police—and Some Crimes Went Down. zcomm.org Plus, it saved money…

____ (2022-06-12). China's logistics sector on the mend under gov't support. ecns.cn China's logistics sector, reeling from the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, is eyeing a stepped-up rebound as the government's supportive policies gradually take effect and more favorable policies follow.

Staff (2022-06-12). Al Mayadeen ratifica su compromiso con la realidad cubana en su décimo aniversario. cubadebate.cu El presidente del Consejo de Dirección de la red informativa Al Mayadeen, Ghassan Ben Jeddou, ratificó este domingo en Beirut el compromiso con la verdad del pueblo de Cuba frente a la injusticia, la subversión y el bloqueo de Estados Unidos.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). Pandilleros en Haití toman por asalto Palacio de Justicia. telesurtv.net El comisario de Gobierno, Jacques Lafontant, reportó que supuestos miembros de la pandilla Cinco segundos, irrumpió en la sede judicial.

Tridivesh Singh Maini (2022-06-12). India-Pakistan economic relationship will help the region in unlocking its economic potential. moderndiplomacy.eu One of Pakistan's top business tycoons Mian Muhammad Mansha, during the course of a television interview, said that Pakistan needs to take decisive and tough steps to resolve its current economic crisis. Said Mansha: "The government must play on the front foot; business as usual cannot work any longer. These measures are imperative to change …

TeleSUR, JL (2022-06-12). Encuestadora da triunfo a Gustavo Petro de comicios en Colombia. telesurtv.net La encuesta que se efectuó entre el 5 y 10 de junio pone a Petro como ganador de los comicios, pese a los ataques que recibe constantemente.

____ (2022-06-12). Xi congratulates Ta Kung Pao on its 120th anniversary. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory letter to Ta Kung Pao, one of the oldest Chinese language newspapers based in Hong Kong, on the 120th anniversary of its founding.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-12). Avanzan elecciones legislativas en Francia bajo una alta abstención. telesurtv.net En estos comicios se espera una batalla entre el bloque de Macron, y la coalición de izquierdas liderada por Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Hamdan Khan (2022-06-12). Crumbling CBM Frameworks and the Risk of Inadvertent Escalation. moderndiplomacy.eu In 1962, the world witnessed the most precarious event in ages. The USA and USSR were engaged in a perilous standoff over the deployment of Soviet missiles in Cuba and a small error or miscalculation could have reverted humanity into the Stone Age. Auspiciously for humanity, the crisis de-escalated and begot the first Confidence Building …

TeleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-06-12). Canciller cubano cuestiona resultados de Cumbre de Las Américas. telesurtv.net "El Plan de Acción sobre Gobernabilidad Democrática adoptado en la Cumbre de Las Américas es desequilibrado y sesgado", aseveró Rodríguez Parrilla.

Staff (2022-06-12). Saudi, China defense officials hold military talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Defense officials of Saudi Arabia defense officials on Sunday discussed the military relations between the two countries on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). Irán y Venezuela celebran entrega del tanquero Yoraco. telesurtv.net Venezuela ya había recibido un primer buque petrolero gigante tipo Aframax, con capacidad para transportar hasta 113 mil toneladas de petróleo.

____ (2022-06-12). China's Xiamen to build 5G-powered telemedicine platform for eye diseases. ecns.cn Xiamen, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province, will build a 5G-based telemedicine platform for eye diseases, as part of its efforts to promote smart medicine and health.

TeleSUR- jaa, JCM (2022-06-12). Enfrentamientos armados causan confinamiento en Chocó, Colombia. telesurtv.net La Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y paz informó que aunque de momento ha cesado el fuego en la zona, helicópteros continuaban sobrevolando la región.

Juan Cole (2022-06-12). What did the President Know and When did He Know it? Trump's 7-Part Plan and the Insurrection. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; When the news of the burglary at the Democratic campaign headquarters in the Watergate building broke, it wasn't initially clear that President Tricky Dick Nixon had ordered it. (He did, twice. Yes.) So for those too young to remember that dreary scandal, the question of "What did the president know …

William rivers Pitt (2022-06-12). Jan. 6 Hearings Offer Evidence of "Culmination of an Attempted Coup" zcomm.org "January 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup."

_____ (2022-06-11). Turkey is Changing its Opinion on the Events in Ukraine. journal-neo.org The "collective West" and many NATO countries have finally begun to receive objective information on the goals and results of Russia's special military operation to denazify Ukraine. Instead of openly Russophobic coverage of these events by representatives of the current military-political elite of the EU and NATO and, above all, the United States, the true …

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-06-11). Ukraine Volunteer Fighter and US Citizen Craig Lang Armed by Colombia to Overthrow Venezuela's Gov't, FBI Source Says. orinocotribune.com Craig Lang, a US Army veteran accused by US authorities of carrying out murders on American soil as well as torture and other war crimes in Ukraine, allegedly joined a band of insurgents armed by the Colombian police to overthrow the Venezuelan government. | An FBI affidavit against Lang states that he was in Colombia with an Army pal when the country's national police provided him with weapons to attack Venezuela. | Lang's history tracks closely with that of Paul Gray, a fellow US military veteran and white nationalist also fighting in Ukraine. According to new revelations by a former compatriot of US-backed Ven…

Amarynth (2022-06-11). Open Thread for today (plus comments). thesaker.is For Ukraine issues, we can still use the latest sitrep here. Please use this as open thread for all other issues pertinent to the Saker Blog. A few latest happenings…

Richard Horton (2022-06-11). [Comment] Offline: Why science is not enough. thelancet.com "Listen to the science." The distinguished climate scientist, Thomas Stocker, was speaking at the Science7 Dialogue Forum in Berlin, Germany, on . The occasion was the publication of statements from the science academies of G7 nations on antiviral drugs for pandemic preparedness, decarbonisation, oceans and the cryosphere, and One Health. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022, the G7 has assumed greater political importance as a forum for influencing global affairs. The G20 has been paralysed by Russia's promise to attend its meeting in Bali, Indonesia, later this year.

Susan Jaffe (2022-06-11). [World Report] US infant formula crisis increases scrutiny of the FDA. thelancet.com Both Republican and Democrat legislators have called for changes following a shortage of breastmilk substitute. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

Guest author (2022-06-11). Capitalism and baby formula. workers.org The following article was posted on Black Agenda Report on May 25. The baby formula shortage is not a glitch in the system. It actually exemplifies everything that goes wrong when the profit motive rules. Capitalism can't ensure a food supply or anything else that humans need. "Socialism doesn't work" . . . |

Lyn Neeley (2022-06-11). Mass opposition to Biden's Summit gains momentum. workers.org President Joe Biden's Summit of the Americas is being boycotted by most countries in the Western hemisphere, and it is opposed by two large coalitions protesting Biden's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to this year's event. ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America), a coalition of . . . |

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2022-06-11). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Colorado Bans Fracking "Forever Chemicals" levernews.com Good things are happening! The Colorado legislature banned dangerous so-called "forever chemicals" used in fossil fuel mining, Starbucks workers in thirteen states voted to unionize, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is cracking down on employers that put their workers in debt, New York's legislature finally reined in crypto mining, and socialists in France are on the cusp of a big comeback.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, exclusively for supporting subscribers below.

Jim McMahan (2022-06-11). Museum workers hop on the union train. workers.org Seattle About 65 internal security guards in the wealthy Seattle Art Museum (SAM) just became the SAM VSO Union! VSO stands for Visitor Service Officers. The year-long organizing drive was victorious with 34-to-4 votes in the National Labor Relations Board election. The election covered workers at both the downtown Seattle . . . |

Bruce E Sands, Peter M Irving, Timothy Hoops, James L Izanec, Long-Long Gao, Christopher Gasink, Andrew Greenspan, Matthieu Allez, Silvio Danese, Stephen B Hanauer, Vipul Jairath, Tanja Kuehbacher, James D Lewis, Edward V Loftus, Emese Mihaly, Remo Panaccione, Ellen Scherl, Oksana B Shchukina, William J Sandborn, SEAVUE Study Group (2022-06-11). [Articles] Ustekinumab versus adalimumab for induction and maintenance therapy in biologic-naive patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3b trial. thelancet.com Both ustekinumab and adalimumab monotherapies were highly effective in this population of biologic-naive patients, with no difference in the primary outcome between the drugs.

Grace Li, Federica Cappuccini, Natalie G Marchevsky, Parvinder K Aley, Robert Aley, Rachel Anslow, Sagida Bibi, Katrina Cathie, Elizabeth Clutterbuck, Saul N Faust, Shuo Feng, Paul T Heath, Simon Kerridge, Alice Lelliott, Yama Mujadidi, Khuen Foong Ng, Sarah Rhead, Hannah Roberts, Hannah Robinson, Marion R Roderick, Nisha Singh, David Smith, Matthew D Snape, Rinn Song, Karly Tang, Andy Yao, Xinxue Liu, Teresa Lambe, Andrew J Pollard, the COV006 study team (2022-06-11). [Articles] Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine in children aged 6—17 years: a preliminary report of COV006, a phase 2 single-blind, randomised, controlled trial. thelancet.com ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 is well tolerated and immunogenic in children aged 6—17 years, inducing concentrations of antibody that are similar to those associated with high efficacy in phase 3 studies in adults. No safety concerns were raised in this trial.

Henrique Lopes, John Middleton, Oliver Razum (2022-06-11). [Correspondence] Preparing for what we abhor: an obligation of public health professionals. thelancet.com The current war in Europe has increased the threats to population health, including the possible use of atomic and chemical weapons. We are entering the reality of nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare.

Betsey Piette (2022-06-11). Philly Pride 2022: Smash racism, transphobia and police brutality! workers.org Philadelphia Center City Philadelphia was awash with rainbow flags, as a sea of people turned out to celebrate the city's 50th Pride march on June 5. This year's event, with new organizers PHL Pride Collective and the Philly Dyke March, will go down as one of the most diverse events . . . |

Contributing Writers (2022-06-11). She's EXPOSING the truth in China, and they're furious/ Redacted Conversation with Vanessa Beeley. marktaliano.net READ MORE: "Admission Against Interest": The West Supports Uighurs To Destabilize/Destroy China. Is China a Communist or a Capitalist Country? &#1 ; Global ResearchGlobal Research &#1 ; Centre for Research on Globalization…

Siquan Shen, Qingyu Shi, Fupin Hu (2022-06-11). [Clinical Picture] The changing face of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase: in-vivo mutation in patient with chest infection. thelancet.com A 52-year-old woman with a 10-day history of a fever and who had, for the past 4 days, an impaired level of consciousness attended our hospital.

Jane E Hirst, Nicole Votruba, Ian M Bennett, J Jaime Miranda, Pallab K Maulik (2022-06-11). [Correspondence] Opportunities for women's health in the first postnatal year. thelancet.com The Lancet Commission on depression by Helen Herrman and colleagues1 highlights the importance of life stages for depression, the first of which is the perinatal period, defined as pregnancy and the first 6 weeks after birth. However, the Commission's recommendations miss the crucial importance of the first postnatal year and the need for specific research and policy actions.

Elizabeth O'Brien, Miriam Rich (2022-06-11). [Perspectives] Obstetric violence in historical perspective. thelancet.com Although improvements in perinatal care have helped save many lives worldwide, reproductive health inequities remain rife. Racial, geographical, and class-based disparities shape divergent maternal and infant health outcomes, as well as unequal access to vital forms of health care such as abortion. Present-day reproductive injustices are contextualised by many factors, including the under-recognised history of obstetric violence. Obstetric violence refers to harm inflicted during or in relation to pregnancy, childbearing, and…

Andrew Robinson (2022-06-11). [Perspectives] Excavating and deciphering Tutankhamun. thelancet.com A tantalising monochrome photograph of Tutankhamun's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of the Kings compels attention in Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive. This exhibition and accompanying book revitalise the legendary 1920s archaeological discovery, using original excavation documents archived at the UK's University of Oxford. The image shows ancient doors engraved with hieroglyphs still shuttered by a coiled rope linking two metal hoops with the seal of the royal necropolis: a jackal perched over nine bound enemies.

Hui-Lee Wong, Mao Hu, Cindy Ke Zhou, Patricia C Lloyd, Kandace L Amend, Daniel C Beachler, Alex Secora, Cheryl N McMahill-Walraven, Yun Lu, Yue Wu, Rachel P Ogilvie, Christian Reich, Djeneba Audrey Djibo, Zhiruo Wan, John D Seeger, Sandia Akhtar, Yixin Jiao, Yoganand Chillarige, Rose Do, John Hornberger, Joyce Obidi, Richard Forshee, Azadeh Shoaibi, Steven A Anderson (2022-06-11). [Articles] Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis after the COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in the USA: a cohort study in claims databases. thelancet.com An increased risk of myocarditis or pericarditis was observed after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and was highest in men aged 18—25 years after a second dose of the vaccine. However, the incidence was rare. These results do not indicate a statistically significant risk difference between mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2, but it should not be ruled out that a difference might exist. Our study results, along with the benefit—risk profile, continue to support vaccination using either of the two mRNA vaccines.

Anders Husby, Lars Kà∏ber (2022-06-11). [Comment] COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and myocarditis or pericarditis. thelancet.com In April, 2021, international news media first reported rare cases of young men in Israel who had developed myocarditis shortly after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.1 Since then, many observational studies from Asia,2 Europe,3—5 the Middle East,6,7 and North America8,9 have found COVID-19 mRNA vaccination to be associated with a short-term increased risk of myocarditis. Furthermore, this association has been established using multiple types of analysis, including comparisons of observed-to-expected rates,6,8,9 case-control studies,2 self-controlled cases series,3,4 and…

Hélio Angotti Neto (2022-06-11). [Correspondence] The hijacking of science and truth by political conflict. thelancet.com Luis L C Correia and colleagues 1 filled their Correspondence with malicious and false information. Although they claimed to have no competing interests, at least two of them were directly involved in the approval of the recommendations proposed in the Brazilian guideline for COVID-19 outpatient treatment (which would only become guidelines if approved by the Brazilian National Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Strategic Products in Healthcare). These recommendations were disapproved because of too many inconsistencies, including meta-analyses with low statistical power.

Ferry Biedermann (2022-06-11). [World Report] Waiting for France's turn towards preventive health care. thelancet.com Health has been designated a priority by the French government, with an emphasis on disease prevention. Ferry Biedermann reports.

Geoff Watts (2022-06-11). [Obituary] Arthur Dale Riggs. thelancet.com Biochemist who developed synthetic human insulin. He was born in Modesto, CA, USA, on Aug 8, 1939 and died of lymphoma in Duarte, CA, USA, on March 23, 2022 aged 82 years.

Manish Patel, Minal Patel (2022-06-11). [Comment] Increasing children's global access to COVID-19 vaccines. thelancet.com Expanding COVID-19 vaccination to children is an issue for parents and decision makers worldwide. Among nine vaccines with WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL), only two are authorised for children: Pfizer-BioNTech's BNT162b2 and Moderna's mRNA-1273.1 The WHO EUL is required for vaccines purchased through the COVAX mechanism, but other vaccines without EUL for paediatric use, such as BBIBP-CorV (SinoPharm), CoronaVac (SinoVac), and Covaxin (Bharat Biotech), are used in children with local approvals.2 Because of lower rates of severe COVID-19 in children than in older adults, and inequities in vaccine supply, the WHO S…

Frank Lobbezoo, Ghizlane Aarab, Merel C Verhoeff, Catherine M C Volgenant (2022-06-11). [Correspondence] The value of oral care in dying and death. thelancet.com The focus on dying and death has been revived. The Lancet Commission on the value of death states that dying and death should be recognised as normal and, especially, meaningful: there is no life without death.1 To this end, end-of-life care ought to be available to all, with a shift in health-care focus from disease to person, from longevity to wellbeing, and from institutions to communities.1 The Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief Study Group recommended that all medical professionals ought to have general competencies in palliative care.

Juan J. Paz y Miño Cepeda (2022-06-11). China y Rusia ø'Amenazas' para América Latina? globalizacion.ca En contrapartida a la visión estadounidense, en América Latina cada vez se vuelve más difícil considerar que Rusia y China sean "amenazas". La Universidad George Washington, fundada en 1821, es una de las más prestigiosas del mundo y reconocida por…

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2022-06-12: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-12). China rebuts U.S. defense secretary's remarks on South China Sea, Taiwan. ecns.cn China strongly objected to remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday at the ongoing 19th Shangri-La Dialogue regarding the South China Sea and Taiwan, calling them unfounded declarations and false accusations against China.

Editor2 (2022-06-12). Solomon Islands: Build Up to the US War against China. orinocotribune.com We are pleased to republish this insightful article from

Scott Ritter (2022-06-12). US, China on Collision Course over Taiwan. orinocotribune.com By Scott Ritter &#1 ; Jun 6, 2022 | Chinese officials have made it clear that their "One China" policy regarding Taiwan is founded on a constitutionally mandated principle of so-called "peaceful reunification." War, Chinese officials say, is a measure of last resort, only to be employed to prevent the fact of Taiwan's secession from China, or when possibilities for peaceful reunification have been completely exhausted. But current US policies on Taiwan appear designed to push China to the brink, raising the prospect of armed conflict. | In 2005, China adopted legislation known as the "Anti-Secession Law," which…

Scorinoco (2022-06-11). China, Ukraine, and the Belt and Road Initiative. orinocotribune.com On May 21, Friends of Socialist China joined the Belt and Road Initiative Quarterly (BRIQ) journal, the Russian Cultural House in Ankara, the Turkish Students Union in China, and the Istanbul Kent University as a co-organizer of a conference themed on "The Challenges and Opportunities for BRI Under the Background of the Ukraine Crisis." It was a hybrid event, held both online and physically at Kent University. | Friends of Socialist China co-editors Danny Haiphong and Keith Bennett both presented papers, and those are reproduced here, slightly edited for publication, below. The other speakers were Adnan Akfirat,…

Staff (2022-06-11). China reacts to U.S. trying to link Ukraine, Taiwan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostJune 11, 2022 Chinese defence officials take aim at US' 'aggressive' Taiwan-Ukraine comparison Chinese military officials hit back at US attempts to draw parallels between cross-strait tensions and the war in Ukraine, describing the comparison as very aggressive. At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, Chinese Senior Colonel Zhao Xiaozhuo said …

____ (2022-06-12). China's Jilin Province to rev up ginseng industry. ecns.cn Northeast China's Jilin Province has released a guideline to bolster the ginseng industry, aiming to increase its total output value to 80 billion yuan (about 11.9 billion U.S.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-11). Austin, Chinese Defense Chief Trade Warnings on Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held their first in-person meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday and traded warnings over Taiwan. According to the Pentagon, Austin told Beijing to "refrain from further destabilizing actions toward Taiwan" and warned against any changes to the "status quo" across the …

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-12). Ministros de Defensa de China y Australia se reúnen en Singapur. telesurtv.net El encuentro entre los ministros de defensa supone el primer acercamiento de alto nivel entre ambos países tras más de dos años de tensiones.

____ (2022-06-12). Chinese ambassador: healthy, stable development of China-Australia ties beneficial to two peoples. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said here on Saturday that a healthy and stable development of the bilateral relations is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

____ (2022-06-12). China to build "gene bank" of ancient ceramics. ecns.cn China will establish a "gene bank" of ancient ceramics in east China's Jiangxi Province, based on data from nearly 20 million pieces of ceramics specimens accumulated in some 40 years, authorities announced Saturday.

____ (2022-06-12). Highlights of China's transportation development in past decade. ecns.cn During the past decade, China has made historic progress in transportation development, with an improved transport network, strengthened transport service capacity and deepened international cooperation.

Staff (2022-06-12). Saudi, China defense officials hold military talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Defense officials of Saudi Arabia defense officials on Sunday discussed the military relations between the two countries on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

____ (2022-06-12). China tops world in number of world natural heritage sites. ecns.cn China has the world's largest number of world natural heritage sites, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

____ (2022-06-12). China prepares 360 mln yuan, expert teams to guide flood control work. ecns.cn The Chinese National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has dispatched four expert teams to the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and other places hit hard by continuous heavy rain to guide the flood prevention work and minimize possible losses.

____ (2022-06-12). BRI offers massive opportunities for China-Britain cooperation, says experts. ecns.cn China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers massive opportunities for China-Britain cooperation in areas like business, climate change, personnel exchanges, education and tourism, experts said here during a three-day conference concluded on Friday.

____ (2022-06-12). (W.E.Talk) Exclusive interview with the UAE ambassador to China. ecns.cn China and the UAE share similar development paths, concepts, and goals, which together provide some reference for developing countries to explore modernization independently.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-12). China afirma que defenderá a toda costa su soberanía sobre Taiwán. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa chino se reunió con su colega estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, en el marco del XIX Diálogo Shangri-La, en Singapur.

____ (2022-06-12). Ancient water conservancy facilities discovered in central China. ecns.cn Archaeologists have found three large watercourses dating back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) in central China's Henan Province.

____ (2022-06-12). 20 Chinese cultural sites you cannot miss. ecns.cn China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day falls on June 11 this year.

____ (2022-06-12). One year on, Hainan FTP law secures wider opening-up. ecns.cn Since the implementation of the Hainan free trade port (FTP) law on June 10, 2021, Hainan has issued 17 related regulations, with the new law speeding up local legislation to guarantee better development and wider opening-up of the Hainan FTP.

____ (2022-06-12). Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has reiterated China's resolute position on the Taiwan question.

____ (2022-06-12). China sees growth in cloud infrastructure services expenditure. ecns.cn China continued to be the leading growth market for cloud infrastructure services expenditure in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by the technology market research firm.

____ (2022-06-12). Cradle of Civilization: Shuanghuaishu Site. ecns.cn With an area of 1.17 million square meters, the Shuanghuaishu site is located on the south bank of the Yellow River in the township of Heluo, Gongyi city, Henan Province.

Anonymous811 (2022-06-11). The First Highway Bridge Between Russia and China. southfront.org The first bridge connecting Russia and China was opened in the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk and Chinese city of Heihe. The opening ceremony was held on June 10, 2022. The bridge was planned to open back in 2016, but the coronavirus pandemic was to blame. | The ceremony was remotely attended by Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Russian Far East; Hu Chunhua, Deputy Premier of the State Council of China; Vitaly Saveliev, Minister of Transportati…

WSWS (2022-06-11). Washington Post promotes Trump's other "big lie": The Wuhan Lab theory. wsws.org The same day that the House Select January 6 Committee documented how Trump used his "big lie" about the 2020 election to justify an attempted fascist coup, the Washington Post published an editorial promoting Trump's other big lie: The claim that COVID-19 is a man-made virus created by China.

____ (2022-06-11). 29 painting reproductions of Prado Museum on display in Chengdu. ecns.cn An exhibition of 29 painting reproductions of Spain's Prado Museum, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, opened to the public on Thursday afternoon at a subway station in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

____ (2022-06-11). 'Slashie' helps farmers with tractors, drones. ecns.cn Zou Xinv, head of Chunfeng Planting Cooperative in Binjiang Town, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province goes to fertilize the field with a sprayer on June 9.

____ (2022-06-11). Six pandas in Chongqing celebrate birthday together. ecns.cn Chongqing Zoo holds a collective birthday party for six giant pandas on June 10. They are three-year-old "Shuangshuang", "Chongchong", "Xixi" and "Qingqing" and one-year-old "Xingxing" and "Chenchen".

____ (2022-06-11). Hubei local opera performed to welcome Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. ecns.cn Actors welcome China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day which falls on June 11 this year by performing Yuediao Zhezi Opera, a kind of Chinese opera native to Hubei Province, at the Xiangyang Theater, Hubei Province, June 9, 2022.

____ (2022-06-11). 'Palm baby' discharged from hospital in Guangzhou. ecns.cn

____ (2022-06-11). Wheat harvester leaves 'tree circles' on terraces. ecns.cn As locals finish wheat harvest, traces are left on the terraces in Ruicheng County, north China's Shanxi Province, creating "circles of tree rings".

____ (2022-06-11). China's FM says U.S.' disrespectful cooperation' with Latin America doomed to fail. ecns.cn The US places more importance on its selfish interests. Its so-called cooperation with other countries is aimed at excluding and containing certain countries. This is deeply disrespectful for Latin American and Caribbean countries. It would not be recognized by regional countries, still less deliver real benefits to the people in the region. It would only end in failure.

____ (2022-06-11). China's push for education equality. ecns.cn However, this burden reduction should not come at the expense of succumbing to banal market pleasures."ÄÄ"ÄÄA reading room at a Beijing primary school in Beijing, China, July 19, 2021.

____ (2022-06-11). First large-scale metaverse-themed fashion show put on stage in Hong Kong. ecns.cn Juxtaposed 2022 FASHION META, an event that combines creative technology with traditional craftsmanship is put on stage in Central, Hong Kong on the evening of June 9, 2022.

The Lancet (2022-06-11). [Editorial] Mental health after China's prolonged lockdowns. thelancet.com On June 1, Shanghai reopened after a 2-month lockdown to curb COVID-19. On June 6, Beijing also eased COVID-19 restrictions by allowing restaurant dining and the gradual reopening of schools from June 13 in most districts. Although many countries instituted various forms of lockdown over the past 2 years, China's have often been the most stringent and frequent. Control policies, including school closures and stay-at-home orders, combined with the stress of the pandemic itself, will have exacerbated the already fragile mental health of many Chinese people.

____ (2022-06-11). Sales of Chinese auto brands continue steady growth in May. ecns.cn A total of 620,000 Chinese-brand passenger cars were sold last month, up 5 percent year on year and surging 29 percent from April, according to the China Passenger Car Association.

____ (2022-06-11). Nearly 200 cultural relics unearthed in Tianjin. ecns.cn Photo shows the evacuation site of an ancient tomb found in the north of the Baimaquan village, Jizhou District, Tianjin.

Juan J. Paz y Miño Cepeda (2022-06-11). China y Rusia ø'Amenazas' para América Latina? globalizacion.ca En contrapartida a la visión estadounidense, en América Latina cada vez se vuelve más difícil considerar que Rusia y China sean "amenazas". La Universidad George Washington, fundada en 1821, es una de las más prestigiosas del mundo y reconocida por…

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-06-11). Inauguran primer puente de carretera entre Rusia y China. telesurtv.net La estructura mide 1.080 metros de longitud, y enlaza a la ciudad rusa de Blagovéschensk con la china de Heihe.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-11). She's EXPOSING the truth in China, and they're furious/ Redacted Conversation with Vanessa Beeley. marktaliano.net READ MORE: "Admission Against Interest": The West Supports Uighurs To Destabilize/Destroy China. Is China a Communist or a Capitalist Country? &#1 ; Global ResearchGlobal Research &#1 ; Centre for Research on Globalization…

____ (2022-06-11). Xinjiang aims to attract 250 million tourist visits this year. ecns.cn Tourists enjoy themselves along Duku Highway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 20, 2021.It's also nothing like what's portrayed by Western anti-China forces, Xu Guixiang, a spokesman of the regional government, said at an online news conference on Thursday."ÄÄ…

____ (2022-06-11). China now one of world's busiest countries in transportation. ecns.cn China has become one of the busiest countries in the world in transportation, a transport official said Friday.Over the last decade, the country has seen its key transport indicators including passenger and freight volume of railway, road, waterway and civil aviation, cargo throughput of ports and business volume of postal and express services rank top in the world, Vice Minister of Transport Xu Chengguang said.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-11). China air force fighter jet crashes during training. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) — A Chinese air force fighter jet crashed in central China during a training exercise on Thursday, killing one person and injuring two while the pilot successfully ejected.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Japanese cabinet approves policy to double military spending. wsws.org The drastic increase in funding is part of Tokyo's preparations for war with China alongside the United States.

Editor (2022-06-10). Joe Biden's saber-rattling threatens World War III—with China and Russia. mronline.org Fits long pattern of war-mongering and provocations that are a feature of the American Century.

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2022-06-11: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-11). Austin, Chinese Defense Chief Trade Warnings on Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held their first in-person meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday and traded warnings over Taiwan. According to the Pentagon, Austin told Beijing to "refrain from further destabilizing actions toward Taiwan" and warned against any changes to the "status quo" across the …

WSWS (2022-06-11). Washington Post promotes Trump's other "big lie": The Wuhan Lab theory. wsws.org The same day that the House Select January 6 Committee documented how Trump used his "big lie" about the 2020 election to justify an attempted fascist coup, the Washington Post published an editorial promoting Trump's other big lie: The claim that COVID-19 is a man-made virus created by China.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Elon Musk threatens to cut 10 percent of Tesla's white collar workforce. wsws.org Following Musk's threats of layoffs, Tesla canceled a series of hiring events for its operations in China which had been scheduled to take place this month.

____ (2022-06-11). Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has reiterated China's resolute position on the Taiwan question.

____ (2022-06-11). One year on, Hainan FTP law secures wider opening-up. ecns.cn Since the implementation of the Hainan free trade port (FTP) law on June 10, 2021, Hainan has issued 17 related regulations, with the new law speeding up local legislation to guarantee better development and wider opening-up of the Hainan FTP.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-11). China afirma que defenderá a toda costa su soberanía sobre Taiwán. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa chino se reunió con su colega estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, en el marco del XIX Diálogo Shangri-La, en Singapur.

____ (2022-06-11). China's FM says U.S.' disrespectful cooperation' with Latin America doomed to fail. ecns.cn The US places more importance on its selfish interests. Its so-called cooperation with other countries is aimed at excluding and containing certain countries. This is deeply disrespectful for Latin American and Caribbean countries. It would not be recognized by regional countries, still less deliver real benefits to the people in the region. It would only end in failure.

____ (2022-06-11). China's push for education equality. ecns.cn However, this burden reduction should not come at the expense of succumbing to banal market pleasures."ÄÄ"ÄÄA reading room at a Beijing primary school in Beijing, China, July 19, 2021.

____ (2022-06-11). Six pandas in Chongqing celebrate birthday together. ecns.cn Chongqing Zoo holds a collective birthday party for six giant pandas on June 10. They are three-year-old "Shuangshuang", "Chongchong", "Xixi" and "Qingqing" and one-year-old "Xingxing" and "Chenchen".

____ (2022-06-11). Nearly 200 cultural relics unearthed in Tianjin. ecns.cn Photo shows the evacuation site of an ancient tomb found in the north of the Baimaquan village, Jizhou District, Tianjin.

____ (2022-06-11). Xinjiang aims to attract 250 million tourist visits this year. ecns.cn Tourists enjoy themselves along Duku Highway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 20, 2021.It's also nothing like what's portrayed by Western anti-China forces, Xu Guixiang, a spokesman of the regional government, said at an online news conference on Thursday."ÄÄ…

____ (2022-06-11). Chinese ambassador: healthy, stable development of China-Australia ties beneficial to two peoples. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said here on Saturday that a healthy and stable development of the bilateral relations is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

____ (2022-06-11). China now one of world's busiest countries in transportation. ecns.cn China has become one of the busiest countries in the world in transportation, a transport official said Friday.Over the last decade, the country has seen its key transport indicators including passenger and freight volume of railway, road, waterway and civil aviation, cargo throughput of ports and business volume of postal and express services rank top in the world, Vice Minister of Transport Xu Chengguang said.

Paul Wang (2022-06-11). Parsing China's policy towards Russia from realpolitik not fantasy. moderndiplomacy.eu For more than decades, Modern Diplomacy is an invaluable platform for assessing and evaluating complex international issues. Although a leading European opinion-maker, its far-reaching opinion power and prestige have gone globally including its high public esteem in China. Given this, it is necessary for international scholars to sincerely maintain Modern Diplomacy's academic decency and qualities …

____ (2022-06-11). Highlights of China's transportation development in past decade. ecns.cn During the past decade, China has made historic progress in transportation development, with an improved transport network, strengthened transport service capacity and deepened international cooperation.

____ (2022-06-11). 20 Chinese cultural sites you cannot miss. ecns.cn China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day falls on June 11 this year.

____ (2022-06-11). 'Slashie' helps farmers with tractors, drones. ecns.cn Zou Xinv, head of Chunfeng Planting Cooperative in Binjiang Town, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province goes to fertilize the field with a sprayer on June 9.

____ (2022-06-11). 29 painting reproductions of Prado Museum on display in Chengdu. ecns.cn An exhibition of 29 painting reproductions of Spain's Prado Museum, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, opened to the public on Thursday afternoon at a subway station in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

____ (2022-06-11). Hubei local opera performed to welcome Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. ecns.cn Actors welcome China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day which falls on June 11 this year by performing Yuediao Zhezi Opera, a kind of Chinese opera native to Hubei Province, at the Xiangyang Theater, Hubei Province, June 9, 2022.

____ (2022-06-11). Sales of Chinese auto brands continue steady growth in May. ecns.cn A total of 620,000 Chinese-brand passenger cars were sold last month, up 5 percent year on year and surging 29 percent from April, according to the China Passenger Car Association.

____ (2022-06-11). 'Palm baby' discharged from hospital in Guangzhou. ecns.cn

WSWS (2022-06-11). Japanese cabinet approves policy to double military spending. wsws.org The drastic increase in funding is part of Tokyo's preparations for war with China alongside the United States.

____ (2022-06-11). (W.E.Talk) Exclusive interview with the UAE ambassador to China. ecns.cn China and the UAE share similar development paths, concepts, and goals, which together provide some reference for developing countries to explore modernization independently.

____ (2022-06-11). First large-scale metaverse-themed fashion show put on stage in Hong Kong. ecns.cn Juxtaposed 2022 FASHION META, an event that combines creative technology with traditional craftsmanship is put on stage in Central, Hong Kong on the evening of June 9, 2022.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-06-11). Inauguran primer puente de carretera entre Rusia y China. telesurtv.net La estructura mide 1.080 metros de longitud, y enlaza a la ciudad rusa de Blagovéschensk con la china de Heihe.

____ (2022-06-11). Wheat harvester leaves 'tree circles' on terraces. ecns.cn As locals finish wheat harvest, traces are left on the terraces in Ruicheng County, north China's Shanxi Province, creating "circles of tree rings".

____ (2022-06-10). NATO having China in its sights poses risks. ecns.cn The US will likely seek to coordinate the actions of its North Atlantic and "Indo-Pacific" gangs and try to persuade countries to decouple their supply chains from China.

_____ (2022-06-10). In Other News: Germany to Fund New War Machine. journal-neo.org News that Germany's lawmakers have approved a ‚Ǩ 107 billion fund to beef up its military is foreboding, telling, and cause for reflection. After all, what could possibly go wrong if the Germans decide to spend more than any nation except the U.S. or China? Of course, the western alliance is suggesting the Germans are …

____ (2022-06-10). Shanghai sees quick rebound in foreign trade. ecns.cn Shanghai's foreign trade volume dropped by 36.5 percent in April, when the city was largely under COVID-19 control measures, from the same month last year, data from the Shanghai Statistics Bureau shows.

____ (2022-06-10). China to stress reform of WTO. ecns.cn China will uphold reform and inclusive growth of the World Trade Organization, and champion the cause of legitimate rights of developing countries so that the multilateral trading system can play a bigger role in addressing global challenges and facilitating post-COVID economic recovery, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-10). China, Russia blame US for stoking tensions in Korea, call to ease sanctions on DPRK. peoplesdispatch.org The two nations defended their earlier veto against the UN Security Council resolution to impose further sanctions on North Korea and argued that the US has played a major role in stoking tensions in the peninsula…

____ (2022-06-10). No casualty reported after earthquakes in China's Sichuan. ecns.cn Friday after two earthquakes above 5.0-magnitude hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the provincial emergency response department."ÄÄ"ÄÄA 5.8-magnitude quake first struck the Maerkang City of Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture at 00: 03 a.m.

____ (2022-06-10). HK's edge in legal services, talent training highlighted. ecns.cn While promoting the rule of law under the "one country, two systems" principle, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should also consider its advantages in legal services and talent training to contribute to the construction of foreign-related rule of law of the country, officials said.

____ (2022-06-10). No disinformation can hinder Xinjiang's development and prosperity: Chinese Mission to EU. ecns.cn No lie or fallacy can deny the fact that Xinjiang has made historic progress in human rights development and no disinformation can hinder Xinjiang's development and prosperity, said the spokesperson of Chinese Mission to the EU on Thursday in response to the resolution concerns the human rights in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

____ (2022-06-10). 6.0-magnitude earthquake hits SW China's Sichuan. ecns.cn Several earthquakes hit the Maerkang City of Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province in the early morning of Friday, with the strongest one being 6.0 magnitude at a depth of 13 kilometers, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

____ (2022-06-10). Yellen flags end for some China tariffs. ecns.cn U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that Washington is looking to rescind some tariffs on Chinese imports "in the coming weeks", the first time the Biden administration has offered a timeline for the rollback of the duties to help rein in surging inflation.

____ (2022-06-10). Sales of Chinese auto brands continue steady growth in May. ecns.cn A total of 620,000 Chinese-brand passenger cars were sold last month, up 5 percent year on year and surging 29 percent from April, according to the China Passenger Car Association.

____ (2022-06-10). China's push for education equality. ecns.cn However, this burden reduction should not come at the expense of succumbing to banal market pleasures."ÄÄ"ÄÄA reading room at a Beijing primary school in Beijing, China, July 19, 2021.

Chan Kung (2022-06-10). China's Imminent Precarious Era of High Inflation. moderndiplomacy.eu The study of economic growth is mandatory for those who pay attention to the economy, and that is precisely what we at ANBOUND are doing. As early as 2013, we conducted a study on China's economic growth through information analysis methods. The conclusion is that China's economic growth cannot continue to grow at a high …

____ (2022-06-10). 6.0-magnitude quake hits Sichuan: CENC. ecns.cn A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Maerkang City of Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 1: 28 a.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

____ (2022-06-10). 29 painting reproductions of Prado Museum on display in Chengdu. ecns.cn An exhibition of 29 painting reproductions of Spain's Prado Museum, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, opened to the public on Thursday afternoon at a subway station in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

____ (2022-06-10). China activates level-IV response after two quakes jolt Sichuan. ecns.cn A level-IV national emergency response has been activated after two earthquakes hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Friday.

____ (2022-06-10). China flies high on space science. ecns.cn Spending on scientific leadership and building international research partnerships and collaborations do not mean pouring money into a figurative black hole.

____ (2022-06-10). Chinese FM condemns top U.S. general's discord-sowing remarks on China-India border issue. ecns.cn The China-India boundary question is a matter between the two countries. Both sides have the will and capability of resolving the question through dialogue and consultation. Some US officials have pointed fingers and sought to fan the flame and drive a wedge between the two countries.

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