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2023-06-27: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Russia shows return to order after Wagner revolt. ecns.cn Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has appeared on state media inspecting Russian troops in Ukraine, making his first public appearance following an armed rebellion by the Wagner private military group.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-27). Did Putin anticipate the coup bid by Wagner's Prigozhin? peoplesdispatch.org Former Indian diplomat M.K. Bhadrakumar analyzes the coup attempt by Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner group. He maintains that Russian intelligence was aware of the possibility of this insurrection attempt and Prigozhin's likely ties to western spy agencies…

Larry Johnson (2023-06-27). Was Prigozhin's Mutiny a Western Intelligence Op Derailed by Russia's Spies? sonar21.com There is still no consensus about the motive for Yevgeny Prigozhin's and there is a lot of speculation. Some have posed the false dichotomy of having to choose "real coup"…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-27). US Anticipated More Bloodshed In Wagner's Mutiny. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US expected the mutiny attempt by the private military company Wagner to be "a great deal more violent and bloody" than it actually was. Unfortunately for Washington, a Bolshevik-like revolution was not repeated to usurp Russia's war effort. At the same time, the head of EU Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, incorrectly espouses that the Russian military will soon crack. | According to US media reports…

_____ (2023-06-27). Prigozhin: Washington's "Manchurian Candidate" Inside the Halls of Russian Power. journal-neo.org


teleSUR (2023-06-27). Russian President Lays Out Options for Wagner Soldiers. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Wagner forces to relocate to Belarus if they wanted, sign a contract with Russia's Defence Ministry, or return to their families. | RELATED: | Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Russian intelligence services were investigating whether Western spy agencies played a role in the aborted mutiny. | OPTIONS FOR WAGNER SOLDIERS: | "We knew that the…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-06-27). Daniel Ellsberg's Last Warning Was To Stop Nuclear War, Here's How. popularresistance.org Daniel Ellsberg died on June 16, 2023 at the age of 92. In his final months of life, he spoke out about the importance of whistleblowing and the risk of nuclear war resulting from US aggression against Russia and China. Ellsberg urged people not to wait to take action. Clearing the FOG spoke with Jack Cohen-Joppa, co-coordinator of the Nuclear Resister and steering committee member of the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, about the long history of and ongoing resistance to nuclear weapons. Cohen-Joppa also talks about actions targeting Raytheon and depleted uranium use in Ukraine. He provides inform…

Staff (2023-06-27). "Dead Men Walking": James Risen on How the Wagner Revolt Threatens Both Putin & Prigozhin. democracynow.org The Kremlin says it has dropped criminal charges against Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries after he attempted to lead an aborted mutiny against the Russian military. Prigozhin has reportedly arrived in Belarus. We speak with James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Intercept, who covered the 1991 attempted coup in Moscow and says Prigozhin may have had a chance to complete his march on Moscow and topple the government, but he lost his nerve. Risen says the rebellion exposed Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule as hollow. "Prigozhin is clearly a threat, as long as he&#82…

Staff (2023-06-27). The Failed Coup in Russia: Preliminary Assessment [Brian Becker Seminar Preview]. soundcloud.com In this patrons-only Q&A seminar, Brian analyzes the attempted coup in Russia by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops from the mercenary Wagner group. Brian discusses who Prigozhin is, why mercenaries are working for Russia, how this happened, how this compares with Trump's efforts to stay in the White House after losing the 2020 election, and …

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-27). Venezuela expresses support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Government on Tuesday expressed its support for Russian President Vladimir Putin in light of the destabilizing attempts by the Wagner group and its leader, Yevgueni Prigozhin.

Staff (2023-06-27). Headlines for June 27, 2023. democracynow.org Putin Tells Wagner Mercenaries to Join Russian Military or Face Exile in Belarus, Zelensky Visits Frontline Troops; Biden Administration Announces New Arms for Ukraine, UNICEF Warns 100,000 Sudanese Child Refugees in Chad Face New Dangers, Israeli Settlers Storm Palestinian Village in West Bank, Torching Homes and Firing Guns, Supreme Court Orders Louisiana to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map, Supreme Court to Allow Sexual Assault Survivors to Sue Ohio State University, Supreme Court Sides with Biden on ICE Deportations, Audio Reveals Trump Showed "Highly Confidential" Document to Publi…


Matthew Ehret (2023-06-27). The Bolshevik Color Revolution of 1917 and Prighozin's 2023 Gambit: Trotsky, Russell, and the War on Civilization. thelastamericanvagabond.com Amidst this week's strange attempt to instigate a military coup from the head of Russia's Wagner Group, President Putin took a loud stand calling out the operation as a foreign directed insurgency with parallels drawn from the chaotic revolution of 1917. Just as in 1917, the nation was at war with an enemy on the

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-27). What Happens in Russia After the Longest Day? libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Following Wagner's 'rebellion' — which was nothing more than a blatant coup attempt, and a PR stunt demonstrated by Prighozin's top-notch theatrics — NATO and the Collective West's excitement over the possibility of Russia descending into chaos and civil war were quickly turned into utter disappointment. The first draft of the extraordinary events that took place…

Tuqa Khalid (2023-06-27). Russia Investigating if Western Spy Agencies Were Involved in Wagner Mutiny: Lavrov. globalresearch.ca

DLI (2023-06-27). Wagner "coup" in a "January 6" moment for Russia? indybay.org Eerily, the aborted "coup" by Wagner warlord Y. Prigorzhin over the weekend resembled–with obvious differences– the January 6th D.C. "insurrection " in the US. Even more alarmingly, it portends a wildly international situation, where the 2 greatest global military powers both face wildly unpredictable political futures, while billions of our Planetary citizens could be wiped out in an accidental and/or uncontrollable nuclear exchange.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-27). Russia denounces possible provocations involving Zaporozhye NPP. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Given the failure of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian authorities are considering different provocation plans involving the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the deputy governor of the region, Vladimir Rogov, denounced.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-27). Russia claims its air force intercepted three UK planes that were approaching its borders. peoplesdispatch.org Two Russian Su-27 jets intercepted two British fighter jets and a spy plane approaching the Russian border from across the Black Sea and forced them to turn away, Russia claimed. The rise in direct air skirmishes involving NATO air forces near Russian borders has raised fears of direct confrontation and the escalation of the war in Ukraine…

Staff (2023-06-27). James Risen on Why Trump's Charges Are Different Than for Whistleblowers Targeted Under Espionage Act. democracynow.org As former President Donald Trump faces Espionage Act charges, newly leaked audio reveals he showed a classified Pentagon document to multiple people in 2021 detailing a plan to attack Iran, contradicting Trump's recent claim that he did not have classified documents. We speak with veteran national security reporter James Risen, who says Trump is a thief and should not be compared to whistleblower Reality Winner or others, but also notes, "I am no fan of the Espionage Act. I don't think that it should be on the books."…

noreply (2023-06-27). A Pure Unrefined Military Porn. smoothiex12.blogspot.com There is nothing like this in NATO, period. No, some may have similarities in function but Tor-M2 proved itself an absolute monster of short range AD. Not that others, like S1 Pantsir, did worse. They also performed brilliantly. But here is the combat work of two Tor-M2 systems. Another thing about Tors is that they can launch while moving and, as you may have guessed it, they are fully netcentric. Plus, IRIS-T and NASAMS performed in VSU primarily as useless targets for Russia's stand-off weapons thus providing dismal, in fact embarrassing, combat record. This also doesn't mean that VSU doesn't have a leaker her…

infobrics (2023-06-27). How BRICS Expansion Threatens U.S Dominance. infobrics.org The expansion of BRICS, an acronym for five regional economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has the potential of cutting the influence of the United States in global politics and trade…

infobrics (2023-06-27). China and Russia Hasten BRICS Payments System Plans. infobrics.org China and Russia are hastening their innovative BRICS payment infrastructure, potentially revolutionizing international trade…

infobrics (2023-06-27). BRICS Vaccine Research & Development Center Can Play a Vital Role in Providing Equitable Access to Vaccines. infobrics.org Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, addressed the BRICS Health Ministers Meeting 2023 on the side-lines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The meeting brought together health ministers from BRICS member countries- Brazil, China, Russia, and South Africa…

thecommunists (2023-06-27). Sergei Lavrov on western imperialism, nazism and the rise of the global south. thecommunists.org The following interview with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was conducted by RT at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (Spief) in June. It is reproduced here with thanks. ***** RT: Hello, Mr Lavrov, thank you for agreeing to speak with us. Hello. RT: Let's start with Ukraine. As we all know, the western countries …

Ben Norton (2023-06-27). US Woos India's Far-Right PM Modi To Help Wage New Cold War on China. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Jun 24, 2023 | The US government is trying to divide the BRICS bloc and recruit India for its new cold war on China. Biden doesn't care that far-right Prime Minister Modi is closely linked to fascistic Hindu-supremacist groups that violently oppress minorities. | India's far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a historic trip to the United States this June. | President Joe Biden rolled out the proverbial

Anonymous834 (2023-06-27). Supporting US Proxies Not In Australia's National Interests. southfront.org Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant | Pro-Western countries continue to join the irresponsible wave of arming Ukraine. On June 26, the Australian government announced a new package of military aid to the Kiev regime, showing the country's real willingness to follow NATO's guidelines against Russia. The measure does not serve Australia's actual interests but reflects the submissive status of the loc…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On June 27, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The AFU reportedly took control of Rivnopol; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Mirnoye; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Rabotino; | Fighting is ongoing near the village of Makarivka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions in Velikaya Novosyolka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Gulyaipole; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Orikhiv; | Up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehicles, 2 M…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). Military Situation In Ukraine On June 27, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Last night, fire broke out in Kharkiv as a result of Russian strike; | Explosions thundered at the AFU facilities in Kremenchug; | Explosions thundered at the AFU facilities in Sumy; | Explosions thundered at the AFU facilities in Krivoy Rog; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Kuzemivka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Velyk…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). Russian Forces Repelled Twelve Ukrainian Attacks Over The Past Day — Russian MoD. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is reporting on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine on a daily basis. According to the Russian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted offensive operations in different regions. | Two Ukrainian attacks were repelled by the units of the Russian Center group of troops in the area of Krasny Liman. Russian air strikes and artillery fire defeated units of the 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades of the AFU near Cher…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-27). Ukraine: How the Green Party in the US and Canada Stumble on Matters of International Law. libya360.wordpress.com Roger Annis Green Party figures in U.S. and Canada condemn the NATO provocations leading to conflict in Ukraine, but muddy the waters with condemnation of Russia. Those who choose to accept a Western interpretation of the already-loose concept of 'international law' are doing a disservice to the people of Russia and Ukraine. Jill Stein, former…

Bharat Dogra (2023-06-27). Ten Factors Which Could Lead to the Ukraine Proxy Conflict Becoming a Direct War Between Russia and America. globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-27). Ukraine starts new offensive in Zaporizhzhia. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Ukrainian troops have launched a new offensive in the Orekhovsky direction, near the settlement of Rabotino, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Vladimir Rogov, leader of the "We Are with Russia" movement, reported on Telegram Tuesday.

_____ (2023-06-27). How does Mongolia see Russia's relationship with China — as a threat, or as an opportunity? journal-neo.org

Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). Military Situation In Donbass On June 27, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Neveske; | Russian artillery destroyed an armament repair and recovery facility of the AFU near Novoyakovlevka; | Russian artillery destroyed a communication centre of the AFU near Ivanovka; | The AFU reportedly took control of Rivnopol; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue n…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). Germany To Deploy 4,000 Troops In Lithuania On A Permanent Basis. southfront.org Germany is going to transfer a brigade of 4,000 troops to Lithuania and deploy them there on a permanent basis, according to the head of the German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius at a press conference in Vilnius on June 26. Lithuania can be considered a Baltic outpost of NATO's military presence in Russia's own backyard, given Lithuania borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. | The measure is reportedly aimed at assisting in securing the alliance's eastern flank. The Ministe…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). Military Situation In Syria On June 27, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 3 — in Idlib province, 2 — in Latakia province; | On June 26, Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus; | On June 27, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed forces in Sarjah; | On June 26, four people were wounded during the in…

unitedEditor (2023-06-27). The Future of Multipolar World. uwidata.com United World International continues publishing papers that were presented to the Global Multipolarity Confernce held on April 29. The conference was organized by Nova Resistência (Brazil), the New International Order Initiative (Türkiye), the International Eurasian Movement (Russia), the Thinkers' Forum (China) and the International Russophile Movement. Today we present the speech of Doctor Dalbir Singh …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-27). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with RT Television, Moscow, June 26, 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Question: What is the international reaction to the failed mutiny? Sergey Lavrov: It makes no sense to go over everything that has filled the media in the last few days. Everyone can see and hear the international reaction. Every adult can assess it. Question: Did Russia's allies express support? Sergey Lavrov: In their numerous phone calls to President Vladimir…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-27). Russian and Syrian planes bomb terrorist bastions. plenglish.com Damascus, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Syrian and Russian fighters bombed for the third consecutive day the bastions and fortifications of radical groups in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, some 250 kilometers northwest of this capital.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-27). Presidents of Russia and UAE agree to intensify cooperation. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The presidents of Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Vladimir Putin and Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, discussed the future development of cooperation between the two countries in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin reported.

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). The Battle Against Poverty: An Alternative Revolutionary Practice in China's Post-Revolutionary Era. dongshengnews.org The end of an era of radical revolution does not mean that revolution becomes relegated to memory. As globalisation continues to expand, countries governed by revolutionary parties face the challenge of completing unfinished revolutionary missions. Since 2012, the Communist Party of China has elevated poverty alleviation to a central task for the whole party and society, as part of its efforts to revitalise revolutionary practice and symbolism in…

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). How Targeted Poverty Alleviation Has Changed the Structure of Rural Governance in China. dongshengnews.org Unlike the Chinese government's conventional poverty alleviation efforts, the targeted poverty alleviation program has exhibited the distinct characteristics of campaign-style governance. From the central to local governments, massive amounts of human and material resources have been mobilised and a number of exceptional measures have been implemented. Due to the success of targeted poverty alleviation in addressing weaknesses in rural governance and achieving its objectives, the campaign has the potential to effect long-term changes through institutionalisation of its practices and methodologies.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-27). Palestinians imprisoned without charge or trial go on hunger strike. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Three Palestinian inmates imprisoned by Israel continue an indefinite hunger strike that began ten days ago to denounce their imprisonment without charge or trial.

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2023-06-27). Back to Gaza, after decades of prison and exile. electronicintifada.net The cause of Palestine demands sacrifices, says Jaber Ammar.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-27). Iranian Victims Of Saddam Hussein's Chemical Attacks Sue Dutch Companies. popularresistance.org

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China makes breakthroughs in unmanned ship technologies. ecns.cn China has made significant breakthroughs in the development of unmanned ships, as drone vessels are now not only undergoing testing but also seeing practical deployment.

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). Socialism 3.0: The Practice and Prospects of Socialism in China. dongshengnews.org Discussions on socialism and its potential future forms, must place socialism in the context of existing historical processes, in the context of industrialised mass production, and analyse the complex interaction between the ideal of equality and the material realities of production. China's socialist project has passed through two phases, under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; today, it must construct a 'Socialism 3.0' that builds upon the previous eras and addresses their shortcomings, by advancing working-class interests and combating inequality.

Global Research News (2023-06-27). Selected Articles: U.S. Is Arming Taiwan. What About China's Spy Base in Cuba? globalresearch.ca By On the heels of China's weather/spy balloon downed by a US F-22 comes a report of the construction of a Chinese listening …

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). China's longest ART line starts passenger test operation. ecns.cn China's longest Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) line, the T4 Line of Yibin ART system in southwest China's Sichuan, started passenger test operation on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). UN chief appoints Chinese Xu Haoliang as undersecretary-general. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Monday the appointment of Xu Haoliang of China as undersecretary-general and associate administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). Fuxing bullet train to operate on Qinghai-Tibet Railway starting July 1. ecns.cn The Fuxing bullet train is expected to run on the Xining-Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway starting from July 1, said China Railway.

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). People becoming more green, survey finds. ecns.cn Children pose for a group photo at the Xianshanhu scenic area in Changxing county of Huzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, June 23, 2023.in Germany and Japan."ÄÄ"ÄÄIn the catering sector, for example, each US citizen on average wastes 64 kilograms of food a year.

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). China begins installing giant wind turbine. ecns.cn The installation work for a wind turbine with an installed capacity of 16 megawatts began Tuesday morning at an offshore wind farm in Pingtan, Fujian province.

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). China's strong economic recovery helps boost confidence in global economy. ecns.cn China has maintained a steady economic recovery this year against the backdrop of multiple global challenges, and the growth is set to accelerate in the second quarter, the country's top regulator for State-owned assets said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). Fitch raises China's GDP forecast to 5.6 percent for 2023. ecns.cn Fitch Ratings recently raised China's 2023 GDP forecast from 5.2 percent to 5.6 percent after a swifter-than-expected reopening rebound in the first quarter.

ecns.cn (2023-06-27). Campaign aims to purify online environment for minors. ecns.cn A two-month campaign aimed at purifying the online environment to protect juveniles began on Tuesday, according to China's top internet regulator.

kwjorinoco (2023-06-27). Not-so-soft Coups and the Use of Blackouts in Honduras. orinocotribune.com By Ricardo Salgado — Jun 26, 2023 | These days, we are entering a new phase in Honduras in the attempt of the right to provoke a color revolution. | This time, the issue seems more organized: power stations that turn off their generators, constant blackouts, people who become enraged, go out to protest in various parts of the country, and even enter frenzies by firing at electrical power transformers. | Faced with allegations of commercial sabotage made by the progressive government, and while the president completed a successful tour of the People's Republic of China, the Honduran fascist right wing notes t…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-27). Cuban President Describes Today ¥s Financial Order Unfair, Exclusive. orinocotribune.com Paris, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday urged for an international financial order that helps stop countries of the South plunging into underdevelopment and subjecting them to domination of outdated institutions. | At the Summit, called by France for a New World Financial Pact, the Cuban leader who is attending as G-77+China Chairman described present financial order as unfair, anti-democratic, speculative and exclusive. | Díaz…

_____ (2023-06-27). Turkey and Iran part ways… journal-neo.org Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan has begun his first trip abroad after his latest inauguration — a visit to the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). After that trip he will visit Azerbaijan. It could hardly be said that Ankara has opened a completely new, and hitherto unsuspected page in the agenda of […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Editor (2023-06-27). New Report Outlines How Golda Meir's Israel Poisoned Palestinian Land in Ethnic Cleansing Operation. scheerpost.com In the early 1970s, Golda Meir's government poisoned the lands of Aqraba in the West Bank to force out its Palestinian inhabitants and clear the way for an illegal Jewish settlement.

KATIE (2023-06-27). Palestinian civil society demands: end EU complicity in illegal and repressive Israeli surveillance. bdsmovement.net

KATIE (2023-06-27). UN again leaves Israel off "List of Shame" bdsmovement.net

Anonymous834 (2023-06-27). Europe And US Join Efforts To Informal Understanding With Iran To De-Escalate Tensions. southfront.org

Living, Fighting (2023-06-27). Notes from the Atlanta Forest: Day One of the Week of Action. itsgoingdown.org What follows is the first in a series of daily dispatches from a comrade who is attending the Weelaunee Summer Week of Action (June 24-July 1) in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally posted to Living and Fighting. photo: @micahinATL We drove for the better part of thirty hours, straight from the heart of the Sonoran Desert to…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-27). Washington's sanctions have failed, Iranian Foreign Ministry confirms. plenglish.com Tehran, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Nasser Kanaani, spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, stated that the relations between his nation and Saudi Arabia are good, while the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States against his country have failed.

Hans Stehling (2023-06-27). The Influence of Christian Zionism on the 1947 Establishment of the State of Israel. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-06-27). Israel: Protesters Stage Fiery Rally Against Judicial Overhaul. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, hundreds of Israelis staged a fiery rally outside Justice Minister Yariv Levin's home, joining protesters nationwide in their opposition against the government's contentious judicial overhaul plan, which resumed earlier this week. | RELATED: | The protesters torched tires and used them to block the traffic around the home of Levin, the architect of the controversial legislation that aims to strip…

WSWS (2023-06-27). Federal investigation reveals "controlled release and burn" that poisoned East Palestine was unnecessary. wsws.org Investigators were told that the decision to vent and burn five train car loads full of highly toxic vinyl chloride was not necessary at a public hearing help last week by the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the cause of and response to the February 3rd derailment of a Norfolk Southern in East Palestine, Ohio.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-27). China rechaza acusaciones de EE.UU. sobre producción de fentanilo. telesurtv.net Hace dos días, Beijing pidió a Washington que deje de utilizar "cuestiones relacionadas con el fentanilo" como pretexto para sancionar a sus empresas.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-27). Irán exige que EE.UU. cambie su política hacia Teherán. telesurtv.net Irán considera las sanciones ilegales y unilaterales impuestas por EE.UU. contra el pueblo iraní como un "crimen de lesa humanidad".

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-06-27). Grupo Hezbolá derriba dron israelí en el sur del Líbano. telesurtv.net El dron israelí voló a una altitud media, cruzando unos siete kilómetros dentro del espacio aéreo libanés.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-06-27). Deslizamientos de tierra dejan tres muertos en China. telesurtv.net Unas 400 personas trabajan en la búsqueda de desaparecidos y unos 900 pobladores fueron evacuados a causa del desastre.

teleSUR, nama, JGN (2023-06-27). Tormentas obligan a la cancelación de más de 6.000 vuelos en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Las inclemencias del tiempo en EE.UU. han dejado, al menos, cuatro muertos en estados como Arkansas, Indiana y Georgia.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-27). Presidente de China espera un futuro compartido con Barbados. telesurtv.net El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, se reunió este martes en Beijing con la primera ministra de Barbados, Mia Mottley.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-06-27). Presidente de Rusia recibe apoyo de Irán tras fallida rebelión. telesurtv.net Los líderes "discutieron las oportunidades de un desarrollo de la cooperación bilateral", publicó el Kremlin.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-26). Ethiopia, China and UNDP to develop renewable energy sources. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The Governments of Ethiopia, China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday signed a project agreement in the framework of tripartite South-South cooperation to develop renewable energy sources.

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2023-06-26: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2023-06-26). The real casualties of Russia's 'civil war': the Beltway expert class. thegrayzone.com Numerous serious casualties were incurred during Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's supposed "coup." The Grayzone offers an in-depth look at the massacre carried out by some of America's top Russia experts against their own credibility. When Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a supposed revolt against Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23, sending his forces on a march toward Moscow following a series of tirades against the country's defense establishment, Washington's expert class overflowed with an orgy of regime change …

M. K. Bhadrakumar, People's Dispatch. (2023-06-26). The Rise And Fall Of Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin. popularresistance.org The Kremlin leadership has acted decisively to meet the threat of an armed insurrection by the Russian oligarch and self-styled 'founder' of Wagner Group of military contractors, Yevgeny Prigozhin. | In a series of videos released on Friday, Prigozhin alleged that the Russian government's justifications for military intervention in Ukraine were based on lies. He accused the Russian Defense Ministry under minister Sergei Shoigu of "trying to deceive society and the president and tell us how there was crazy aggression from Ukraine and that they were planning to attack us with the whole of NATO." He claimed that reg…

Larry Johnson (2023-06-26). Prigozhin — Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up? sonar21.com I find it fascinating that the Western narrative surrounding Yevgeny Prigozhin now emphasizes his virulent hatred of the Russian Ministry of Defense and portrays him as the Commander and "brains"…

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China supports Russia in maintaining national stability: FM. ecns.cn China supports Russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday.

Federico Fuentes, Alexandr Zamyatin (2023-06-26). A Russian leftist deciphers Prigozhin's failed armed rebellion. greenleft.org.au Thousands of troops belonging to the Wagner Private Military Company, a mercenary force linked to the Russian regime, crossed back over the border from Ukraine and marched towards Moscow, on June 23. Russian leftist and former local councillor in Moscow, Alexandr Zamyatin explains why.

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-06-26). Russia's FSB spooked CIA on Prigozhin 'coup'. peoplesdispatch.org It wouldn't have escaped the attention of Russian intelligence analysts that Prigozhin's ranting and ravings from Donetsk from last autumn and winter began originally on the operational aspects of the Bakhmut war front in Donetsk oblast, but incrementally began acquiring political overtones. The 'known known' here is that the Russian intelligence was under instructions to be in 'listening mode'

DLI (2023-06-26). Wagner "coup" in a "January 6" moment for Russia? indybay.org Eerily, the aborted "coup" by Wagner warlord Y. Prigorzhin over the weekend resembled–with obvious differences– the January 6th D.C. "insurrection " in the US. Even more alarmingly, it portends a wildly international situation, where the 2 greatest global military powers both face wildly unpredictable political futures, while billions of our Planetary citizens could be wiped out in an accidental and/or uncontrollable nuclear exchange.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Ministry: China backs Russia's national stability. ecns.cn China expressed its support for Russia's efforts in maintaining its stability, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday, a day after a rebellion by a Russian mercenary force was resolved peacefully…

ecsorinoco (2023-06-26). Macron is 'inappropriate' for BRICS, According to Moscow. orinocotribune.com French President Emmanuel Macron's attendance at a meeting of BRICS leaders would be "inappropriate," considering his government's stance against Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said. Paris confirmed this week that Macron is seeking an invitation to the bloc's summit in South Africa in August. | Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Ryabkov explained that Russia's opposition to Macron's potential appearance was based on France's efforts to isolate Moscow and its support for NATO's goal of inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia in the Ukraine conflict. | "We are not hiding this positio…

infobrics (2023-06-26). West's predictions about coup in Russia proved wrong. infobrics.org Western journalists did not understand the real situation in Russia, naively believing that there would be a real coup d'état in Moscow.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Chinese FM meets Russian deputy FM in Beijing. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko in Beijing on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China logs 3.96 million entry-exit trips during Dragon Boat Festival holiday. ecns.cn China logged 3.96 million entry and exit trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday that ended Saturday, an increase of 2.3 times compared with the same period of the previous year, data from the National Immigration Administration (NIA) showed Sunday. "ÄÄ…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-06-26). Iranian Victims Of Saddam Hussein's Chemical Attacks Sue Dutch Companies. popularresistance.org Five victims of chemical attacks launched by the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war are suing two Dutch companies for providing chemical materials that allowed Baghdad to manufacture mustard gas. | The two companies — Otjiaha and Forafina Beleggingen — provided Iraq with chemicals between 1982 and 1984 during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. | According to the lawsuit filed at The Hague, the Dutch companies were aware at the time that their products were being used to produce chemical weapons used against civilians. However, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant says the corporations disp…

_____ (2023-06-26). Covid and Propaganda: China vs the USA. journal-neo.org

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Cutting-edge deep-sea vessel begins construction in Guangzhou. ecns.cn Construction of China's first deep sea multi-functional scientific research and archaeological vessel officially began in Guangzhou's Nanshan district on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). High-capacity wind turbine prepped for installation in Pingtan. ecns.cn The preparation work for installing a wind turbine with an installed capacity of 16 megawatts has been completed in an offshore wind farm in Pingtan, Southeast China's Fujian province.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China-built largest hydropower project in Central and Eastern Europe breaks ground. ecns.cn The groundbreaking ceremony for the Dabar Hydropower Plant, which will be built by China Gezhouba Group, was held Friday in the entity Republika Srpska (RS) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)…

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China's shipbuilding industry sees large growth. ecns.cn China's shipbuilding industry saw new vessel orders surge 49.5 percent year-on-year in the first five months of 2023, official data showed.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China willing to promote cooperation with ASEAN in Version 3.0 FTA: MOC. ecns.cn China is willing to work with all ASEAN members to jointly upgrade the level of openness and cooperation in Version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China's first low-Earth-orbit broadband network tested at sea. ecns.cn GalaxySpace, a private satellite maker in Beijing, has carried out sea-based tests to verify the capability of its Mini Spider Constellation, China's first low-orbit broadband internet network.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Hipkins' visit to bolster Beijing, Wellington ties. ecns.cn New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' scheduled visit to China this week is expected to enhance bilateral relations and contribute to post-pandemic regional stability, according to experts.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Progress seen in battle against drugs. ecns.cn China's overall anti-drug situation is constantly improving, with the scale of supply, consumption and abuse continuously decreasing, and the high incidence of drug crimes has been effectively curbed.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Mislabeled arable land addressed in notice. ecns.cn China's top natural resources authority released a notice recently banning lower-level governments from improperly labeling arable land just to make their records look good.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). MOFCOM sets 164 tasks to guide high-quality devt of pilot free trade zones. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) recently issued a 164-task list to guide the high-quality development of the country's pilot free trade zones (PFTZ) from 2023 to 2025, as the nation remains committed to widen its opening-up to the world.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Sino-Thai trade relations make fruitful gains. ecns.cn Bilateral ties between China and Thailand covering a wide range of cooperation on trade, finance and personnel exchange echoed the Belt and Road Initiative and the two countries will get even closer in the future under the current strategic partnership.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). New Zealand PM to boost cooperation, promote ties in first China visit. ecns.cn New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, bringing a business delegation of 29 representatives from various fields, is making his first trip to China starting from Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China prosecutes 467,000 people for drug-related crimes in the past 5 yrs. ecns.cn China has prosecuted a total of 467,000 individuals for drug-related crimes in the past five years, representing a 33 percent decrease over the previous five-year period.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Chinese premier holds talks with Barbados PM. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds a welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 25, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Bingjie Time: Say no to drugs. ecns.cn Do you know?In recent years, many kinds of new drugs have emerged, and quietly lurked around us in disguises. On International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, we visited the Fuzhou New Museum in Beijing to review China's anti-drug history, remember those who fight in this course, and learn how to protect ourselves from the harm of drugs.

WSWS (2023-06-26). New US diplomatic provocations fuel tensions with China. wsws.org US Secretary of State Blinken's trip to China, supposedly to ease tensions, has been swiftly followed by Biden's denunciation of Xi as "a dictator" and the fuelling of allegations of Chinese spying from Cuba.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Shanghai power grid augmented with 'homemade heart'. ecns.cn China's first 500kV direct current transmission line project, which connects Shanghai's Nanqiao converter station and the Gezhouba Dam in Hubei province, was put into operation on June 18.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China successfully tests new method to transport pure hydrogen. ecns.cn China successfully conducted its first high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline test at a testing ground of China Oil &Gas Pipeline Network Corp in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwestern China on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China successfully completes high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline test. ecns.cn China successfully completed its first high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline test on Sunday, providing technical support for the nation's future realization of large-scale and low-cost hydrogen transportation over long distances.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China's GDP expected to grow 6.2% in H1. ecns.cn China's economy saw an overall recovery and improvement in the first half of this year, with GDP forecast to expand 6.2 percent year-on-year, The Paper reported Monday quoting a report released by the China Macroeconomy Forum.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China condemns U.S. actions toward Chinese companies. ecns.cn China resolutely opposes and strongly condemns the United States' charging of certain Chinese companies on the grounds of alleged involvement in fentanyl-related issues, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). New survey finds greener lifestyles, room for improvement in China. ecns.cn Chinese people have led increasingly greener lifestyles, but the country still needs to ramp up efforts to promote green consumption, a new survey report unveiled on Monday has found.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Courts remain committed to handing down heavy punishment for drug-related crimes. ecns.cn Chinese courts handed down sentences to more than 17,000 people for drug-related crimes in the first five months of this year, of whom 4,257 were given prison terms of five years or more, according to the latest figures released by China's top court.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China to enact food security law. ecns.cn The draft law on ensuring food security was submitted at the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, for the first review on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Lights illuminate historical Zhongnanmen in Guizhou. ecns.cn Night view of Zhongnanmen Historical and Cultural Tourists Area in Tongren, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 25, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Mirror-like Heavenly Lake on Arxan Mountain in Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn Arxan Tianchi (Heavenly Lake) is surrounded by forest, looking like a mirror on Arxan Mountain in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 25, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). China sees passenger trips during holiday rise 11.3%. ecns.cn A total of 70.38 million rail passenger trips were recorded over the five-day period, which ended on China's railway network handled more than 70 million passenger trips during the just-ended Dragon Boat Festival holiday, an increase of 11.3 percent compared with that in 2019.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Giant panda Xin Xin gives birth to panda cub. ecns.cn The China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center announced on June 21 that, on May 29, giant panda Xin Xin gave birth to a cub at the Shenshuping base in Wolong town.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). World's largest and highest-altitude hydro-solar power station put into operation. ecns.cn Aerial view of the first phase of Kela photovoltaic power station, the world's largest hydro-solar complementary power station on the Yalong River in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 25, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Special team to probe deadly restaurant blast. ecns.cn The State Council, China's Cabinet, has set up an investigation team to probe a deadly restaurant explosion in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, as cities across China conduct gas safety inspection work.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China to bolster ties with Barbados. ecns.cn China is ready to build its ties with Barbados into a relationship between developing countries that sets an example of unity, coordination and mutual benefits.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Tourist's videos give true picture of Xinjiang. ecns.cn Misinformation can spread like wildfire, and when Yumi Watabe set foot in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region she knew she had to take action.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Poyang Lake water level rises back above 13 meters as drought eases. ecns.cn The water level of the Poyang Lake, the first largest freshwater lake in China, is gradually rebounding.

WSWS (2023-06-26). Intelligence report exposes media promotion of Wuhan Lab lie. wsws.org False claims by the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, about illnesses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the COVID-19 pandemic were refuted in an intelligence report published Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Major Chinese cities see full recovery in holiday consumption to pre-epidemic levels during Dragon Boat Festival. ecns.cn Major Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai have seen a full recovery in the tourism and consumption sectors during the recent three-day Dragon Boat Festival holidays.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Beijing's senior high school entrance examination concludes. ecns.cn The 3-day senior high school entrance examination in Beijing concluded on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Suzhou and Shanghai connect via new Metro Line 11. ecns.cn Commuters between Shanghai and its neighboring Suzhou of Jiangsu province have had a newly opened travel option since Saturday when Suzhou's Metro Line 11 went into operation.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Jiangxi amputee overcomes adversity to sit. ecns.cn Among the millions of students who sat this year's national college entrance exam, or gaokao, Jiang-Zhang Ziyi stood out not only because of her big smile, but also because she is a double amputee who relies on a skateboard to get around.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Sichuan Opera actress gains 140,000 followers on Chinese short video platform Douyin. ecns.cn Sichuan Opera actress Wu Jingjing has become very popular on Chinese short video platform Douyin since she opened an account in June 2022.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). No.6 Luzhou Yangtze River Bridge connected in Sichuan. ecns.cn Construction of the No. 6 Luzhou Yangtze River Bridge, world's largest road-rail three-tower cable-stayed bridge, was successfully completed on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-26). Tibet sets world record in folk dance. ecns.cn 1,000 Tibetans performed an intangible cultural heritage dance, setting a new world record on Sunday.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-26). China y Barbados comprometidos con estrechar cooperación. telesurtv.net Mottley afirmó que Barbados atribuye gran importancia a sus relaciones con China y que ambos países están comprometidos a mejorar las vidas del pueblo y a promover el desarrollo sostenible.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-26). China indica que apoyará a Rusia en proteger su estabilidad. telesurtv.net El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Qin Gang, recibió este domingo al vicanciller Andrei Rudenko.

teleSUR- rzr, DRL (2023-06-26). Alerta por inundaciones e intensas lluvias en centro y sur de China. telesurtv.net Las precipitaciones reportadas en la provincia de Hunan estropearon cerca de 16.400 hectáreas de cultivos.

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2023-06-25: News Headlines

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-06-25). PSL Statement: The Failed Coup in Russia. liberationnews.org An attempted coup directed against Russia's military forces has ended. The leader of the coup attempt, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has agreed to leave Russia.

Editor (2023-06-25). Prigozhin Headed for Belarus After Ending 'Insurrection'. scheerpost.com By Will Porter / Antiwar Russia's Wagner Group has called off its march on Moscow and agreed to stand down after launching a two-day mutiny and seizing a military base in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The Kremlin said it would drop all charges against the company and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been guaranteed …

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Putin calls Wagner mutiny 'treason' in televised address. ecns.cn "Any internal turmoil is a deadly threat to our statehood, to us as a nation. This is a blow to Russia, to our people. And our actions to protect the motherland from such a threat will be tough," Putin said in the televised address to the nation.

Staff (2023-06-25). Putin Condemns Threats by Wagner Group Leader, Reaches Agreement. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a message to the nation regarding the situation created by the Wagner group after its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was accused of trying to organize an armed "insurrection." Putin described Prigozhin's actions as a "military mutiny" and pointed out that any revolt is "a deadly threat." Hours earlier, Prigozhin accused the Russian Army of shelling one of his camps and called for an uprising against the military command amid the military operation in Ukraine, in which the Wagner group is participating. | "We faced a betrayal. Exorbitant ambition led to a betrayal o…


Larry Johnson (2023-06-25). Russia's Academy Award Winning Performance For Best Coup, Prigozhin Scores Best Actor. sonar21.com What if the Prigozhin "Coup" is Maskirovka? I want to explore that possibility. Earlier today (Saturday on the east coast of the U.S.) I was sketching out a piece with…

WSWS (2023-06-25). The failed coup in Russia: Causes and Consequences. wsws.org A coup attempt led by Evgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Russian Wagner mercenary force, collapsed in the evening hours of Saturday, local time.

Anonymous349 (2023-06-25). Details Of Agreement With Wagner Which Put End To Rebellion Attempt. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | Late on June 24, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian President, revealed details on the agreement which put an end to the rebellion attempt by Evgeny Prigozhin and the part of Wagner units that supported him. | According to Peskov, the criminal case opened by FSB against Prigozhin will be halted and he will leave Russia.The spokesman revealed that Prigozhin "will go to Belarus." He did not elaborate what the public fonder of Wanger will do there. | Wagner's fighters that supported Pr…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-25). Ukraine Says It Launched Offensives Against Russian Forces On Several Directions (Videos, Photos). southfront.org File image. | The Ukrainian military has launched an offensive against Russian forces in several directions, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, announced on June 24. | Malyar said that the offensive is underway in the direction of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Bakhmut, Bogdanovka, Yagodnoye, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka. She also claimed that fighting was still ongoing near Kupyansk, Liman, Maryinka, Avdeevska, Shakhtyorsk and other southern directions."There is progress in all directions,"


Anonymous669 (2023-06-25). Russian Warplanes Rain Fire On Militant Positions In Syria's Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 aircaft on a runway at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria. © Maksim Blinov / Sputnik | On June 25, a new series of Russian airstrikes hit positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The airstrikes targeted positions near the town of Kabani in the northern Lattakia countryside, the city of Jisr al-Shughur in the western Idlib countryside, al-Arbaeen Mount and the village of Beinin in t…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-06-25). US Woos India's Far-Right PM Modi To Help Wage New Cold War On China. popularresistance.org India's far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a historic trip to the United States this June. | President Joe Biden rolled out the proverbial red carpet for Modi, touting a "new era" to "strengthen our partnership for decades to come", as the US seeks to recruit India for its new cold war on China. | The two leaders released a joint statement implicitly criticizing China and Russia. | Reuters made it clear that "Washington wants Delhi to be a strategic counterweight to China", and that the two leaders signed "deals on defense and commerce aimed at countering China's global influence".

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-25). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. covertactionmagazine.com After having lied about WMDs, Russia Gate, chemical weapons in Syria and so many other things, the U.S. intelligence community is now advancing the lie that Cuba is hosting a Chinese spy base that enables China to spy on the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 8 that China and Cuba had reached …

Jessica Buxbaum, MintPress News. (2023-06-25). Microsoft, IBM, Cisco And Dell Enable Surveillance And Control In Palestine. popularresistance.org In September, Israel installed an AI-powered gun at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Now, that same technology has been deployed at the entrance of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. Across occupied East Jerusalem, you can find surveillance cameras strategically placed on street corners. And throughout the West Bank, Palestinians' encounters with Israeli soldiers often include not only violence but face-scanning apps designed to capture their personal data. | Technology has become integral to our modern lives, but for Palestinians, Big Tech has also become another way Israel enacts…


mforinoco (2023-06-25). The Western Left Must Reject Anti-China Propaganda and Join the Progressive Global Trend. orinocotribune.com By Jenny Clegg — Jun 20, 2023 | What follows is the text of a speech given by veteran British peace activist and China specialist Jenny Clegg at the launch event in London for Carlos Martinez's book The East is Still Red: Chinese socialism in the 21st century. | Summarizing the key points of the book, Jenny highlights in particular the escalating New Cold War and anti-China rhetoric in the West. "China is being presented as an existential threat to the Western way of life so as to prepare a climate for war." | Beyond the obvious dangers of preparing a climate for war, Jenny points out that the incessant lies…

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China's longest deepwater oil and gas pipeline enters final stage before operation. ecns.cn China's longest deepwater oil and gas pipeline has entered the final stage before operation, following the completion of work on laying the submarine long-distance pipeline in waters off South China's Hainan Province on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Global aviation giants pledge to bring new aircraft models to 15th Airshow China in November 2024. ecns.cn Global aviation giants have expressed confidence in the Chinese market during the 54th Paris Airshow, while pledging to bring their newest aircraft models to attend the 15th Airshow China.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China condemns recent U.S. sanctions, indictments against Chinese companies. ecns.cn On Saturday, Beijing urged Washington to stop using fentanyl-related issues as a pretext to sanctions and indicting Chinese enterprises and nationals, and demanded immediate release of those who were illegally arrested.


ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Xie Feng: all countries should respect each other's human rights philosophy. ecns.cn Respecting human rights means respecting other countries' human rights philosophy, and China advocates safeguarding human rights through security, promoting them through development, and advancing them through cooperation.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China's tourism, consumption markets sizzle during Dragon Boat Festival holidays. ecns.cn A total of 106 million domestic tourism trips were made during the holidays, up 32.3 percent year-on-year, equivalent to 112.8 percent of the figure in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). 50 Pandas to settle in Beijing's New Research Center by 2024. ecns.cn Construction for a Beijing base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda is currently underway in the capital's Fangshan district.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China slams U.S. indictment of Chinese companies, individuals on fentanyl-related charges. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Saturday that China strongly condemned U.S.' latest charges against Chinese companies and individuals over so-called crimes related to fentanyl production and has lodged serious démarches and strong protest to the U.S. side.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Extreme weather hits China with heat sweeping the north and rainstorms in south. ecns.cn Many cities in China continued to issue heat and rainfall response warnings on Friday, as residents in many areas are experiencing weather extremes that could go down in history in the last few days.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Four suspects under criminal detention for gas explosion that killed 31 in NW China. ecns.cn Four suspects have been put under criminal detention in connection to a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, which killed 31 people and injured seven.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). State Council sets up team to probe into Yinchuan restaurant explosion. ecns.cn State Council has set up an investigation team to probe into a restaurant explosion in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Sunrise scenery on Water Yardang in Qinghai. ecns.cn Yardang rocks at the sunrise in the Wusute Yadan Geological Park in Qaidam Basin, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, June 24, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Beijing continues to battle with high temperatures. ecns.cn Beijing issued a red alert for high temperatures on Friday, the highest in China's alert system, as a scorching heatwave hit the city. The weather forecast predicts a "prolonged battle" against high temperatures in the following week.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). World's largest and highest-altitude hydro-solar power station put into operation. ecns.cn Aerial view of the first phase of Kela photovoltaic power station, the world's largest hydro-solar complementary power station on the Yalong River in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 25, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China reaches 60 bln parcel volume. ecns.cn According to the State Post Bureau of China, as of Saturday, China's express business volume has reached 60 billion this year, 172 days ahead of the 60 billion record in 2019, and 34 days ahead of 2022.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Key work list outlines 164 initiatives aimed at improving free trade zones. ecns.cn China has released a key work list for its pilot free trade zones (2023-2025) aimed at promoting high-quality growth, according to a statement by the Ministry of Commerce on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). World's largest hydro-solar power plant enters first phase. ecns.cn The first phase of the world's largest hydro-solar power plant, also the world's highest power station of its kind, entered full operation in China on Sunday, according to its operator State Development and Investment Corp.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). China's cabinet forms team to probe restaurant blast. ecns.cn State Council has set up an investigation team to probe into a restaurant explosion in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). 1.3 million people enter and leave China during the Dragon Boat Festival per day: official. ecns.cn During the Dragon Boat Festival in 2023, border inspection authorities across the country processed 3.963 million people entering and leaving the country, an average of 1.321 million people per day.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Rescue and relief efforts underway in rain-ravaged Guangxi. ecns.cn Rescuers evacuate stranded people at a flood-hit village in Du'an County of Hechi City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 24,2023.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). In Numbers: China sees 100 mln domestic tourist trips during Dragon Boat Festival holiday. ecns.cn Days of high temperatures in most parts of China and the rainy season in the southern parts of the country did not affect people's enthusiasm for travel during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Tibetan football team joins lively Village Super League in Guizhou. ecns.cn Sonam Puncog and his Gesar King football teammates traveled over 1,600 kilometers from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai Province to participate in the Village Super League, or "Cun Chao" in Chinese, in Rongjiang County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Fishing season kicks off in Xinjiang's Bosten Lake. ecns.cn Bosten Lake, China's largest inland freshwater lake in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, ended the fishing ban of more than three months on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). CPC official says China, UK have common responsibility. ecns.cn Despite having different views on a number of issues, China and the United Kingdom share a common responsibility to shun group politics and bloc confrontations, and China welcomes genuine discussion based on equality and respect to expand mutual understanding, a senior official of the Communist Party of China said.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Hong Kong. ecns.cn Dragon boat races was held Thursday in south China's Hong Kong to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 22 this year, featuring adrenaline-pumping competition, vibrant colors, intense drumbeats and cheering fans. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Cradle of Civilization: Huizhou Ancient Town. ecns.cn Huizhou Ancient Town, a tourist spot of Shexian county, Anhui province, is one of China's four best-preserved ancient towns. In the town, tourists can enjoy the charm of ancient Huizhou-style architecture dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Over 2,000 men in SW China's Guizhou transport world's longest dragon boat to river. ecns.cn A dragon boat race kicked off on Friday on the Wuyang River in Shibing County, located in southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to local authorities. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Over 2,000 men in SW China's Guizhou transports world's longest dragon boat to river. ecns.cn A dragon boat race kicked off on Friday on the Wuyang River in Shibing County, located in southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to local authorities. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Beijing sizzles under record high temperatures. ecns.cn Beijing has been roasting under record high temperatures in recent days due to a strong warm air mass, with the local grid providing 24-hour emergency power supply service to support increasing power loads for cooling devices.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Direct flight between Beijing, Kathmandu resumes. ecns.cn The direct flight between Beijing and Kathmandu, which had been suspended for three years, resumed on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Premier Li wraps up visit to Germany, France. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up his visit to Germany and France, his first overseas visit since taking position, and returned to Beijing on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Beijing sweats in extreme heat for record third day. ecns.cn The official temperature, measured in Beijing's southern suburbs, hit 40 degrees Celsius at"ÄÄ1: 51″ÄÄp.m. on Saturday for a record third day as the city"ÄÄsweltered in extreme heat. The temperature had"ÄÄalso"ÄÄexceeded 40 degrees for the first consecutive two days on Thursday and Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Hong Kong international dragon boat races resume after 4-year hiatus. ecns.cn More than 4,000 paddlers from 160 teams took part in the competition after 4-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-25). Police identify cause of Yinchuan restaurant explosion. ecns.cn The cause of a restaurant explosion in Yinchuan was the unauthorized replacement of a pressure reducing valve, a police bulletin said on Saturday.

Editor (2023-06-25). The Power of Sports: Tackling Gender Stereotypes in Hong Kong. scheerpost.com The most recent report of the World Economic Forum paints a rather dim picture of gender inequality worldwide. According to current research, it will take 132 years to close the global gender gap. Alicia Lui from the initiative Women in Sports Empowered Hong Kong (WISE) works with youth to approach this problem in Hong Kong and agreed to share a few valuable insights with Pressenza contributor, Chris Hoellriegl.

Editor (2023-06-25). Israeli Occupation: how Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, and Dell Enable Surveillance and Control In Palestine. scheerpost.com In September, Israel installed an AI-powered gun at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Across occupied East Jerusalem, you can find surveillance cameras strategically placed on street corners. And throughout the West Bank, Palestinians' encounters with Israeli soldiers often include not only violence but face-scanning apps designed to capture their personal data.Technology has become integral to our modern lives, but for Palestinians, Big Tech has also become another way Israel enacts control.

teleSUR- rzr, DRL (2023-06-25). Alerta por inundaciones e intensas lluvias en centro y sur de China. telesurtv.net Las precipitaciones reportadas en la provincia de Hunan estropearon cerca de 16.400 hectáreas de cultivos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-25). Detienen a responsables de explosión de restaurante en China. telesurtv.net El violento incidente se produjo este jueves 22 de junio en un restaurante de barbacoa en la región autónoma de la etnia hui de Ningxia, en el noroeste de China.

Staff (2023-06-24). The rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin. peoplesdispatch.org [On Saturday, June 25, the short-lived insurrection by the PMC Wagner militia group in Russia came to an end following negotiations between its head Yevgeny Prigozhin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Prigozhin announced that his troops would return to their field camps "to avoid spilling Russian blood. Former Indian diplomat and analyst M.K. Bhadrakumar analyzes …

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2023-06-24: News Headlines

Larry Johnson (2023-06-24). U.S. Military Shackled to China because of Rare Earth Minerals And Prigozhin Has a Psychotic Break. sonar21.com I want to touch on three issues. First, the dependence of the U.S. military industrial complex on rare earth minerals supplied by China and what that portends for war in…

Anonymous349 (2023-06-24). Armed Munity In Russia. Situation In Second Half Of June 24. southfront.org Police in Moscow | In the second half of June 24, the situation with the armed munity announced by the public head of PMC Wagner, Evgeny Prigozhin, reached to what could be described as the first breaking point. | According to reports, forward detachments of the Wagner units loyal to Prigozhin are about to reach Moscow Region (unconfirmed reports claim that Wagner units entered Tula Region). The movement of Wagner units took place amid little clashes with security forces. | Russian security forces and military mostly…

Anonymous349 (2023-06-24). Prigozhin Announces Start Of Rebellion Attempt In Russia. Situation In First Half Of June 24. southfront.org Evgeny Prigozhin in Rostov-on-Don | Amid the developing large-scale offensive of the Kyiv regime on Russian forces in Zaporozhye Region and South Donetsk sector, the head of PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin made a series of loud statements. He accused of the defense minister and the head of the General staff of various crimes as well as announcing the beginning of "the elimination of evil in the face of the military leadership of the country." | Reacting to this situation, the anti-terrorism committee of the Russian…

Anonymous349 (2023-06-24). Prigozhin Says He Is Not Going To Fulfill Orders Of Putin, FSB Or Anyone Else. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: Evgeny Prigozhin | On June 24, Evgeny Prigozhin, the public head of PMC Wagner, made another statement claiming that he and his fighters are not going to surrender and lay down arms."And no one is going to turn themselves in at the request of the president, the FSB or anyone else…" All those who oppose him, Prigozhin called "rallied round the scum." | On top of this, Prigozhin described himself as a real 'patriot' making another round of accusations against Russian leadership. With such populist sta…

Anonymous349 (2023-06-24). Putin Delivers Address To Nation. Russia Is Engaged In 'Hard Fight For Its Future' (Video). southfront.org On June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an address to the nation regarding the developing situation with PMC Wagner and its head Evgeny Prigozhin. | In a televised speech, the Russian President said that the attempted rebellion amounts to a betrayal of Russia and its people. Putin emphasized that the country's law enforcement agencies will take decisive actions to restore order. | He noted that Russia is engaged in a historic struggle to safeguard its future while "r…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Putin: Exorbitant ambitions drive the armed rebellion. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin described the call for an armed rebellion organized by the head of the Wagner Group, Evgeni Prigozhin, as treason motivated by "exorbitant ambitions."

teleSUR (2023-06-24). Wagner Group Rebellion a Deadly Threat, President Putin Says. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Russian President Vladímir Vladímirovich Putin, while referring to the mutiny of the leader of the private military group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that any act of armed rebellion in his country is a deadly threat. | Related: | Vladimir Putin assured that the Russian Armed Forces were ordered to neutralize those participating in the armed insurgency led by Prigozhin. | In his message to the Russian people, the Presiden…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-24). Russian Army Resumes Airstrikes On Terrorists In Syria Amid Wagner Mutiny (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | Russian military operations against terrorist groups in Syria continues, despite the ongoing armed mutiny by the Wagner Group in Russia. | On June 24, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a new wave of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | The airstrikes targeted al-Khudor hill in the northern Lattakia c…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-24). Wagner Mutineers Fire Anti-Aircraft Missile At Russian Attack Helicopter Over Voronezh (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | Fighters from the Wagner Group, which is now waging an armed mutiny, attempted to shoot down a Russian attack helicopter over the city of Voronezh while advancing towards the Russian capital, Moscow, on June 24. | The fighters fired a missile from a Strela-10 short-range air defense system at the helicopter, a Ka-52. However, the helicopter fired flares and was able to dodge the missile, which apparently went on to hit a fuel depot and started a massive fire. | Earlier reports said that Wagner…

Scott Ritter (2023-06-24). Civil War in Russia? Wagner Troops Rebellion — SCOTT RITTER. thealtworld.com

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Putin calls Wagner mutiny 'treason' in televised address. ecns.cn "Any internal turmoil is a deadly threat to our statehood, to us as a nation. This is a blow to Russia, to our people. And our actions to protect the motherland from such a threat will be tough," Putin said in the televised address to the nation.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Russian Defense Ministry urges Wagner not to participate in rebellion. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Defense Ministry affirmed that the fighters of the Wagner private military company were dragged into a criminal adventure by means of deception, and called on them to refuse to take part in an armed insurgency.

Drago Bosnic (2023-06-24). Why US Plan for Localized Russia-Ukraine Nuclear War Doomed to Fail. globalresearch.ca

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-06-24). Can The European Leg Of The Triad Break Free From The Atlantic Alliance? popularresistance.org It is difficult to make sense of many events these days. France's behaviour, for instance, is hard to square. On the one hand, French President Emmanuel Macron changed his mind to support Ukraine's entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). On the other hand, he said that France would like to attend the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit in South Africa in August. Europe is, of course, not an entirely homogeneous continent, with problems afoot as Hungary and Turkey have refused to ratify Sweden's desire to enter NATO at its annual summit in Vilnius (Lithuania) in July.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-24). Russian MoD Announces Strikes On Ukrainian Engineering, Reconnaissance & Storage Facilities (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On June 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had struck several key facilities of Kiev forces in different parts of Ukraine. | The ministry said in a statement that the Russian Aerospace Forces launched an attack with long-range precision-guided against engineering and reconnaissance centers as well as aviation equipment of Kiev forces in Kanatovo and Dnepr airfields. | In addition, a storage facility of British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles at a Ukrainian air base lo…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-24). Ukraine Attacks Russia's Kursk With Drones As Its Forces Struggle With Counteroffensive (Videos). southfront.org File image. | Ukraine launched an attack at the western Russian region of Kursk with two suicide drones on June 23 as its forces continue to struggle with their counteroffensive. | Kursk Governor Roman Starovoit said in a statement that both drones were shot down by Russian air defenses. The governor added that there was no significant infrastructure damage."Last night, our air defenses shot down unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky over Kursk. The fragments that fell to a land plot of a gardeners' partnership in…

Anand Naidoo (2023-06-24). The Heat: Russia-Ukraine Conflict. america.cgtn.com The Ukraine counteroffensive to regain territories is going slower than expected, as some analysts claim this conflict could last decades. "Is not like a Hollywood movie." That's how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the counteroffensive to repel Russian forces. He was alluding to the fact …

unitedEditor (2023-06-24). "We need to harmonize the doctrine of Eurasianism in Türkiye and Russia" uwidata.com The Russian Orthodox Church occupies a prominent position among Russia's important institutions. It has influence not only within Russia but also across a vast region. We had the opportunity to address Türkiye-Russia relations, multipolarity, the conflict in Ukraine, the activities of the Fener Greek Patriarch, and the current global trends with Hieromonk Stefan Igumnov who …

Eric Zuesse (2023-06-24). Now the Pay-off Comes from Blowing Up the Nord Stream Pipeline. dissidentvoice.org On June 23, Jamison Cocklin headlined at Natural Gas Intelligence, "Venture Global Set to Become Germany's Biggest Long-Term LNG Supplier" and reported: "Venture Global LNG Inc. has agreed to supply a state-owned German company with the super-chilled fuel for two decades as European offtakers continue to line up deals to replace Russian natural gas imports." …

Anonymous669 (2023-06-24). Russian Airstrikes Hit Syria's Greater Idlib After Deadly Drone Attacks (Video). southfront.org 2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | Late on June 23, a series of Russian airstrikes targeted the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other terrorist groups. | The Russian airstrikes hit the outskirts of the towns of Sharorah in the northern Lattakia countryside and Gassaniah in the western c…

Editor (2023-06-24). Canadian sanctions on Russia: Powerless rage with a boomerang effect. mronline.org Canada's recent seizure of a Russian an-124 cargo plane, which had been delivering COVID supplies when it was grounded in February 2022 at Pearson Airport (it was forced to pay a fee for every minute, despite being trapped there), is another sanction among many others.

sforinoco (2023-06-24). EU Gives Green Light to New Sanctions Against Russia. orinocotribune.com

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Counterterrorist regime declared in Moscow and homonymous province. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced that the counterterrorist regime for Moscow and the province of the same name was decreed in order to prevent possible terrorist attacks.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Maria Zakharova: The enemy is betting on a civil war in Russia. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Russia's enemies are betting that a civil war will break out in the country, but there will be none, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, declared on Saturday.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Russian Senate ratifies support for President Putin. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The Federation Council fully supports the country's president, Vladimir Putin, and understands the importance of his leadership in all Russian regions, said the upper house leader Valentina Matvienko.

Stansfield Smith (2023-06-24). Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Jun 21, 2023 | The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in the jailing of numerous whistleblowers, in the censoring of hundreds of anti-war websites, claiming they spread Russian "disinformation." Unfortunately, not a few who consider themselves on the left or liberals acquiesce to these attacks. Many actually repeat them.

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2023-06-24). Chinese-American Worker And Activist Arrested For Advocating For Peace. popularresistance.org Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang "Henry" Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. "The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between the US and China," say labor activists in the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance of the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union in the US. | As a hotel worker, Liang was an active member in his union, UNITE HERE Local 26. He is also an activist in the Chinese-American community, ral…

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

Staff (2023-06-24). Repression and Resistance in France: Victory for Salah Hamouri in Lyon; Herault prefecture bans Palestine demonstration. samidoun.net On Thursday, 22 June, the Collectif 69 in Support of the Palestinian People, in Lyon, France, organized a public meeting on colonization and apartheid in occupied Palestine, with guest speakers Jean-Claude Samouiller, the president of Amnesty France, and Salah Hamouri, the French-Palestinian lawyer and former political prisoner who was forcibly deported from Palestine and stripped …

Michael F. Brown (2023-06-24). Biden won't protect Palestinian Americans from Israeli attacks. electronicintifada.net Ambassador Tom Nides emptily claims that US "will not stand by" as settlers use violence.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-24). Iran To Increase Range Of Fattah Hypersonic Missile To 2,000 Kilometers. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The range of the next version of the Iranian Fattah hypersonic ballistic missile will be extended to 2,000 kilometers, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, who developed the missile, announced on June 24. | Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh made the announcement while attending a ceremony in the northern province of Mazandaran."Today, we have achieved all complex technologies in the field of the defense industry," the commander said during the ceremony, accordi…

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-06-24). Alex Saab, Three Years As A Kidnapped Diplomat. popularresistance.org June 12, 2023 was the third anniversary of the illegal kidnapping and imprisonment by the US of Alex Saab. | Because the brutality and cruelty of the US blockade was wreaking havoc on the economy and millions of the most vulnerable in Venezuela were being deliberately denied their human rights to the most basic necessities of daily life, President Nicolas Maduro tasked Saab with traveling around the world procuring food, medicines and fuel for his country. | Breaking every treaty, protocol, law and norm of international diplomacy, the US plotted to have Saab arrested while in transit to Iran to fulfill his diplom…

Editor (2023-06-24). And then Biden blew it … mronline.org The Biden talk, made official by posting it on the White House site, is an insult to China. Whatever Blinken has said or done to smooth the relations is now gone. It was already known that the U.S. can not be trusted with anything that it says. What counts is what the U.S. does and there it has so far shown no positive move towards China.

thecommunists (2023-06-24). How the USA practices so-called 'coercive diplomacy'. thecommunists.org We sum up below the evidence presented in a report by our comrades in the Communist Party of China, to which a few of comments of our own have been added. ***** Diplomacy is the art, science and means by which nations, groups or individuals conduct their affairs, in ways to safeguard their interests and …

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Cradle of Civilization: Huizhou Ancient Town. ecns.cn Huizhou Ancient Town, a tourist spot of Shexian county, Anhui province, is one of China's four best-preserved ancient towns. In the town, tourists can enjoy the charm of ancient Huizhou-style architecture dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-24). Blinken Must Be Angry that Biden Killed Any Chance for a U.S.-China Summit. theduran.com

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-24). Uruguayan exporters concerned about competitiveness and drop in sales. plenglish.com "Exports in May fell for the ninth consecutive month and this time the drop was 31.2 percent," Teresa Aishemberg, executive secretary of the Uruguayan Exporters Union, told local media. | This drop is mainly explained by lower sales to China, which completed a year of declines in the purchase of meat, seeds, timber and fish, Aishemberg noted. | She described as a constraint the Government's exchange rate policy with respect to the dollar, which continues to fall here while in other countries the US currency recorded increases in May and in the accumulated balance. | "The exchange difference that was generated la…

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Indonesia abuzz as first high-speed railway nears launch. ecns.cn The railway, a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Indonesia, is scheduled to start operating in mid August.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). China extends NEV purchase tax breaks. ecns.cn China will extend purchase tax breaks on new energy vehicles to the end of 2027, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). 'CunBA' in SW China's Guizhou treats guests with 'High Mountains and Flowing Water'. ecns.cn The opening game of the Harmonious Countryside Basketball League (CunBA) was held in Taipan Village, Qiandongnan Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday night.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Apart from China, which other countries celebrate Duanwu Festival. ecns.cn Duanwu Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month each year in China.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Barbecue restaurant explosion kills 31 in NW China's Ningxia. ecns.cn According to witnesses at the scene, a gas tank in the barbecue restaurant on the first floor exploded, detonating the gas pipeline on the second floor.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). World's first railroad-bridge operating machine triples efficiency. ecns.cn "ÄÄ"Taihang," the world's first all-in-one machine for girder replacement, transport and erection was put into operation on Tuesday in Huanghua of Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei Province."ÄÄ…

Staff (2023-06-24). Take Action: Send a letter, tell the Canada Pension Plan to divest $10 billion investments in Israeli war crimes! samidoun.net

youtube (2023-06-24). The Banned Video Israel Doesn't Want You To See. youtube.com Is this what they don't want you to know?>

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-24). Palestine condemns statements by far-right Israeli minister. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian government described as aberrational and genocidal the statements made by Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, who called for launching a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to "kill thousands of terrorists."

Staff (2023-06-24). Palestinian Resistance Condemns Settlers' Attack on Mosque. orinocotribune.com Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad condemned settlers' attack on a mosque in Urif, where they burned and tore copies of the Holy Quran. | On Friday, June 23, Hamas condemned the desecration of mosques and the burning of copies of the Quran in the village of Urif, south of Nablus. | In the organization's view, what happened is a heinous crime and a serious escalation of the religious war waged by Israeli institutions.

Ping-Tao Tseng, Bing-Syuan Zeng, Chih-Sung Liang (2023-06-24). Correspondence] We are human, not artificial intelligence—medical teaching innovation in Taiwan. thelancet.com We appreciated Sandro Vento's Correspondence addressing the merit of a conducive environment in medical learning.1 With artificial intelligence development booming in recent years, there is a lot of interest in applying artificial intelligence to medical education to quickly produce many new doctors to resolve the problems of insufficient medical resources. However, lots of arguments have emerged about whether quickly produced new doctors have sufficient humanity in clinical practice. Here, we provide alternative experiences of medical education in Taiwan, which might be helpful for medical education providers ar…

Manlio Dinucci (2023-06-24). La "Soluzione Coreana" per l'Europa | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca La "Conferenza sulla ripresa dell'Ucraina", svoltasi a Londra, segna il passaggio a una nuova fase della guerra contro la Russia: USA, NATO e UE non solo continuano ad armare le forze di Kiev, ma si stanno preparando a trasformare l'Europa …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-24). Detienen a responsables de explosión de restaurante en China. telesurtv.net El violento incidente se produjo este jueves 22 de junio en un restaurante de barbacoa en la región autónoma de la etnia hui de Ningxia, en el noroeste de China.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-24). Decretan alerta roja por calor en Beijing, China. telesurtv.net La administración municipal de respuesta de emergencia aconsejó a quienes residen en Beijing a no exponerse al aire libre.

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2023-06-23: News Headlines

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-23). Ukraine Stays With The West But Russia Is Winning. popularresistance.org The war in Ukraine grinds on and the Ukrainian army is being destroyed by Russia with great loss of life. One would think that Ukraine would be grateful for any and all peace efforts, but it is being used as a proxy by the United States and its NATO allies, the collective west. The seeds of this catastrophe began long before Russia's special military operation. The European Union and NATO nations brought anti-Russian right-wing forces to power in 2014 in a coup against the elected Ukrainian president. If not for them there would be no war at all. | Their degree of culpability became clear recently when a delegati…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-23). Russia's FSB Thwarts Plot To Smuggle Radioactive Caesium-137 To Ukraine (Video). southfront.org ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS. | On June 23, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had detained five people who were trying to buy 1 kg of radioactive Cesium-137 for $3.5 million on behalf of a citizen of Ukraine. | In a statement, the security service said th…

Scott Ritter, Consortium News. (2023-06-23). On Horseradish And Nuclear War. popularresistance.org Russian President Vladimir Putin is known for a lot of things — his "in your face" speeches, his marathon unscripted press conferences and his stoic impassiveness in the face of adversity come to mind. | One thing that doesn't jump out at the average observer is his earthy sense of humor. Long-time Putin watchers know that the Russian leader on occasion spices up his formal presentations with off-color quips which, unless one is well versed in colloquial Russian of the back-alley variety, can get missed by the casual listener. | During the June 16 discussion period of the plenary session of the 2023 St. Pet…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-23). Brics Sports Games to be held in Russian city of Kazan. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The Brics Sports Games will be held in the Russian city of Kazan in June 2024 with a preliminary program in 22 categories, an official source announced.


Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-23). Russia denies preparing an attack on Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov described as denigrating the accusations made by Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky about the alleged preparation of a Russian terrorist attack at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-06-23). As I said, A Nano-Second to Midnight. thealtworld.com Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova admits, as I predicted would happen, that the Kremlin's preference for a war of minimum Russian force has resulted in the West raising the stakes and becoming drawn ever deeper into military confrontation. She says, "It is obvious that such a policy, which we see as reckless, is capable of leading to a direct armed clash between nuclear powers." | So why did the Kremlin pursue a course that leads to "direct armed clash between nuclear powers." | And why did Washington get ever more deeply involved in a conflict that leads to "direct armed clash between nuclear…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-23). Russia Reports 18 U.S. Violations Of Deconfliction Protocols Over Syria. southfront.org Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson, 2d Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat broadcaster, and Royal Jordanian Air Force Lt. Col. Firas Masadeh, a flying wing commander, taxi in an RJAF F-16 Fighting Falcon before an aerial photography mission May 13, 2014, at an air base in northern Jordan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Sara Greco/Released) | The United States-led coalition continues to commit gross violations of deconfliction protocols over Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the Russian Center for R…

infobrics (2023-06-23). EU wants to steal €200 billion from Russia to reconstruct Ukraine. infobrics.org Ukraine's dreams of reconstruction crushed by rising costs.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-23). 20 Days Into Counteroffensive, Kiev Forces Fail To Make New Gains (Videos). southfront.org File image. | Between June 22 and 23, Kiev forces launched several attacks in the Zaporozhye and south Donetsk sectors as a part of their so-called spring counteroffensive. However, they failed to make any new gains. | In Zaporozhye, Ukrainian troops attempted to advance from the direction of Orekhov towards Tokmak and Pologi. However, they failed to overrun Russian defenses. Meanwhile in Donetsk, there were several Ukrainian attacks in the depiction of Ugleader. All of which were repelled. | Desp…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-23). Russian Army Launches Strikes Against Kiev Forces, Repels Attacks In Zaphorohey & Donetsk (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military launched new missile strikes against Kiev forces and repelled more attacks in the Zaphorohey and Donetsk regions, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 23. | In a statement, the ministry said that long-range air-based high-precision missiles struck Ukrainian military depots, including ones where Western-made missiles were stored. No further details on the strikes were provided | The ministry added that the Russian Vostok Group of Forces units, aviation and artil…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-23). Western Weapons Supplied To Ukraine Has Already Surfaced Near Israel's Border: Netanyahu. southfront.org Ukrainian soldiers use a launcher with U.S.-made Javelin missiles during military exercises in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on December 23, 2021. Photo: Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service. | Weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine have already surfaced near Israel's border, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post newspaper in an interview that was published on June 22. | Answering questions on his government stance with regard to providing military…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-23). High Price For Counter Offensive: More Than 13,000 Servicemen Lost Since June 4. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On June 22, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council commented on the Ukrainian losses during the ongoing counter offensive on the Zaporozhie frontlines. | According to the data provided by various Russian military and security departments, including the Ministry of Defence, the Russian National Guard corps, the military intelligence sources, losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from June 4 to June 21 included: | 246 tanks, including 13 units provided by the West; | 595 armored…

WSWS (2023-06-23). Biden leads Washington in feting Modi, India's far-right prime minister. wsws.org Even as it pursues war with Ukraine, American imperialism is girding itself for a violent confrontation with China, which it has identified as its principal strategic rival.

Nicolas J S Davies (2023-06-23). The Silent Slaughter of Young Ukrainians. progressive.org Now that the offensive has been underway for two weeks, the brutal cost Ukraine's brave young people are paying to recover small scraps of territory from Russian occupation forces is clear.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-23). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On June 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Fighting is ongoing near the village of Robotyne; | Fighting is ongoing near the village of Makarivka; | Fighting is ongoing near the village of Rivnopol; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions in Velikaya Novosyolka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Gulyaipole; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Shcherbaki; | Up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, 4 infantry vehicles, 8 armored vehicles were destroyed in Zaporozhye…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-23). Russian troops destroy Ukrainian strongholds in Krasny Liman. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower systems of Russia's Battlegroup Center eliminated six Ukrainian bastions in the Krasny Liman area in Donetsk, the Battlegroup's spokesman, Aleksander Savchuk, informed on Friday.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-23). FSB stops smuggling of radioactive substances by Ukrainian agents. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Security Service (FSB) detained Ukrainian intelligence agents who sought to plant radioactive substances in the area of the military operation to blame Russia for it.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-23). Russians and Belarusians will be in Paris 2024 under a neutral status. plenglish.com Lausanne, Switzerland, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said on Thursday that Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games under neutral status only.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-23). Israeli politicians denounce occupation of Palestine and repression. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Israeli politicians denounced the occupation of the West Bank and criticized the wave of attacks by the armed forces and settlers against the Palestinian civilian population.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

teleSUR (2023-06-23). Chinese Medical Team Provides Free Service To Ghanaian Workers. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana provided free clinical service to more than 500 Ghanaian workers and dozens of Chinese workers in Accra, the capital of Ghana. | Related: | According to official data, the beneficiaries are employees of the China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group, a state-owned company that has undertaken major road and bridge projects in Ghana for almost 20 years. | "We hope to use our skill…

Andrew Korybko (2023-06-23). Connecting the Dots Tying Together Recent US Diplomacy With China, Bharat, and Iran. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-06-23). Ghada Karmi And Lowkey Discuss Her New Book 'One State'. youtube.com For this episode of The Watchdog, Lowkey caught up with legendary writer, physician and academic Dr. Ghada Karmi. They discuss her experience of the Nakba as a child and her new book 'One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel.' Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews MintPress News: www.mintpressnews.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/MintPressNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/mintpress/ Telegram Broadcasting: t.me/mintpress_news

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-06-23). Israeli Occupation: How Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and Dell Enable Surveillance and Control in Palestine. mintpressnews.com Multinational tech giants Microsoft, IBM, Cisco Systems, and Dell Technologies are complicit in Israel's human rights violations, enabling surveillance, data collection, and control over Palestinians in the occupied territories.

Ryan Fatica, Unicorn Riot. (2023-06-23). Forest Defender Speaks From Bartow County Jail. popularresistance.org Bartow County, GA — Over 7 weeks after they were arrested while distributing fliers in a small suburb of Atlanta, Charley Tennenbaum continues to be held in the Bartow County Jail for actions they say are protected by the First Amendment. | On April 28, Charley and two other individuals were arrested in the city of White, Georgia and slapped with felony charges for distributing fliers containing information about Jonathan Salcedo, a Georgia State Patrol trooper who has been linked to the killing of Manuel 'Tortuguita' Esteban Paez Terán. Tortuguita was killed by police during a raid on the Weelaunee Forest…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-23). Military Situation In Yemen On June 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 89 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah; | On June 22, an STC member was killed by an IED explosion in the Mudiya district; | On June 22, an al-Qaeda member was killed by a drone attack in the Saeid area; | On June 21, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met with Mohammad Abdulsalam, the spokesman of AnsarAllah and the head of negotiations of the Yemeni Salvation Govern…

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). CPC official says China, UK have common responsibility. ecns.cn Despite having different views on a number of issues, China and the United Kingdom share a common responsibility to shun group politics and bloc confrontations, and China welcomes genuine discussion based on equality and respect to expand mutual understanding, a senior official of the Communist Party of China said.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Products, brands, services rise in elder care market. ecns.cn As new births continue to drop in an aging society like China today, a daily necessity producer has decided to focus on adult care products in addition to baby products.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Hong Kong. ecns.cn Dragon boat races was held Thursday in south China's Hong Kong to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 22 this year, featuring adrenaline-pumping competition, vibrant colors, intense drumbeats and cheering fans. "ÄÄ…

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-23). Does Joe Biden Have Alzheimers Disease? U.S. President Whose Domestic Job-Approval is 41% Calls Chinese President Whose Domestic Job-Approval is Above 80% China's 'Dictator'. theduran.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-23). China is the subtext as Modi and Biden discuss mutual strategic interests, trade, and technology. peoplesdispatch.org In a massively hyped visit, Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, was received at the White House where he held discussions with US President Joe Biden. The US sought to bring India further into its strategy of encircling China…

thecommunists (2023-06-23). Seek the truth to save humanity: why context matters. thecommunists.org The press office of the international department of the Communist Party of China's central committee sent an email last week containing some links to videos that highlight different facets of Chinese history and culture. An exercise in public relations (PR), and no wonder considering the rap the Chinese are getting from western media. A cynic …

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). China pushes its development of intelligent vehicles. ecns.cn China will support the commercial application of Level 3 and above autonomous driving systems, as part of its broader push to bolster the development of intelligent connected vehicles, the country's top industry regulator said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Indonesia abuzz as first high-speed railway nears launch. ecns.cn The railway, a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Indonesia, is scheduled to start operating in mid August.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). China extends NEV purchase tax breaks. ecns.cn China will extend purchase tax breaks on new energy vehicles to the end of 2027, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). 'CunBA' in SW China's Guizhou treats guests with 'High Mountains and Flowing Water'. ecns.cn The opening game of the Harmonious Countryside Basketball League (CunBA) was held in Taipan Village, Qiandongnan Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday night.

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Apart from China, which other countries celebrate Duanwu Festival. ecns.cn Duanwu Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month each year in China.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-23). Large Blast Rocks Former Munition Factory In Central Israel (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: The Times of Israel, via Twitter. | Late on June 22, a large blast rocked the site of a former munition factory of Israel Military Industries (IMI) in the central Israeli city of Herzliya. | The blast was heard across the central region, part of cities like Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Kiryat Ono, Hod Hasharon, and Rosh Ha'ayin. Residents in Herzliya and nearby areas reported an unusual smell after the blast as well as a burning sensation in the eyes.

Middle East Eye (2023-06-23). US Brands Israeli Moves to Expand West Bank Settlements an 'Obstacle to Peace'. globalresearch.ca

CJPME (2023-06-23). Heartbreaking Disparity: Child Detainees in Canada vs. Israel. cjpme.org This analysis exposes the disparity in the way that Palestinian children are treated.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-23). Iran Joins Forces With Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua To Blow Back US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jun 19, 2023 | The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions and imperialist policy suffered by the four countries, and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces between these countries, which are under heavy unilateral sanctions at a time of economic hardship. | Raisi was received with honors in Caracas by President Nicolás Maduro. This was the starting point of the leader…

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-23). Autoridades confirman muerte de tripulación del submarino Titan. telesurtv.net El contraalmirante de la Guardia Costera, John Mauger, declaró que el campo de escombros es consistente con una implosión catastrófica del submarino.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-23). Ocupante israelí mata a tres palestinos en un ataque con dron. telesurtv.net Las víctimas viajaban en un vehículo que recibió el impacto de un misil. Ejército israelí impidió que las ambulancias palestinas llegaran al lugar.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-23). Explosión en restaurante deja al menos 31 fallecidos en China. telesurtv.net Esta constituye la explosión más mortífera en China desde marzo de 2019, después de la producida en una planta química en la provincia oriental de Jiangsu.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-23). Presidente de Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos recibe a canciller de Irán. telesurtv.net El diplomático iraní se reunió este jueves con el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-23). Palestina condena construcción de asentamientos israelíes. telesurtv.net Los ministros de Netanyahu construyeron 1.000 nuevas unidades de asentamiento en la colonia de Eli.

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Anonymous669 (2023-06-22). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Hit Militants Near U.S. Garrison In Syria's Al-Tanf. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | Su-24M fighter bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out a series of airstrikes against militants operating near the United States-led coalition garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf. | Video footage of the airstrikes surfaced on Twitter on June 22. However, it is still unclear when exactly they took place. The airstrikes reportedly t…

Global Research News (2023-06-22). Selected Articles: African Peace Initiative Seeks to End War in Eastern Europe. globalresearch.ca By African Union (AU) member-states have refused to remain silent on the crisis between the Russian Federation and Ukraine since the beginning of the …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-22). Political crisis deepens in Moldova as Constitutional Court bans pro-Russian »òor party. peoplesdispatch.org »òor, which has six MPs in the current parliament, is a pro-Russian conservative populist party that has been organizing fierce protests against the government's attempts to integrate Moldova into the European Union (EU) and its failure to tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis in the country…

Editor (2023-06-22). Scott Ritter: On Horseradish & Nuclear War. scheerpost.com When Vladimir Putin was recently asked about the potential use of nuclear weapons in the context of Ukraine, an understanding of back-alley Russian slang was needed to understand his response.

teleSUR (2023-06-22). Lula and Ramaphosa Talk About the BRICS and Ukraine in Paris. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, presidents Lula da Silva (Brazil) and Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa) held a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, which is taking place in Paris. | RELATED: | During their dialogue, they discussed issues related to the BRICS, an economic cooperation block led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. These nations will hold a summit in August, when they deal with issues rel…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-22). The Greater Eurasia Project: Building Bridges to Bury Atlanticism. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar If you're counting on Asia's many new power centers to compete and clash — don't. The Greater Eurasian Partnership is set to integrate them all — from the SCO, EAEU, and BRICS, to emerging new currencies — in order to replace the 'rules-based order.' On July 4, at a New Delhi summit, Iran will…

Pepe Escobar (2023-06-22). The Greater Eurasia project: Building bridges and breaking barriers. thealtworld.com If you're counting on Asia's many new power centers to compete and clash — don't. The Greater Eurasian Partnership is set to integrate them all — from the SCO, EAEU, and BRICS, to emerging new currencies — in order to replace the 'rules-based order.' | On July 4, at a New Delhi summit, Iran will finally become a That will be one of the key decisions of the summit, held via video-conference, along with the signing of a memorandum on the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-22). International Criminal Court Advancing Global Injustice, Unaccountability and Criminal Agenda against Guardians of Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Prof Hoosen Vawda "Rise, O' all you intelligent, righteous humanoids". Just as the war in Ukraine has become a festering sore in the politically motivated, combined, western, proxy war against Russia, the plight of Palestinians is a chronic human rights violation, festering, as an ulcer, already systemic in its manifestations, generated by Israel in its…

Staff (2023-06-22). Headlines for June 22, 2023. democracynow.org Nearly 40 Asylum Seekers Drown as Ship Sinks En Route to Canary Islands, Israeli Drone Strike in West Bank Kills Three Palestinians, Putin Claims Ukraine's Counteroffensive Hits "Lull" Due to Heavy Losses, Russian Court Denies Pretrial Release to Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich, More Progressives to Boycott Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Speech to Congress, Capitol Rioter Sentenced to 12+ Years in Prison for Attacking Officer with Stun Gun, House Republicans Censure Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia Claims, House Speaker McCarthy Rejects Immediate Vote on Resolution t…

WSWS (2023-06-22). London's Ukraine Recovery Conference plans imperialist looting operation. wsws.org Already being bled white militarily and demographically to weaken Russia, Ukraine faces the same fate economically at the hands of the US and European powers.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-22). Latin American leaders participate in forum on new financial pact. plenglish.com More than a hundred heads of state and government were invited by President Emmanuel Macron for the two-day forum, focused on reaching consensus for a more reactive, fair and supportive financial system, and aimed at allowing confrontation inequalities, supporting the fight against climate change and materializing the goals of sustainable development. | Cuban President Díaz-Canel arrived in France in his capacity as president of the Group of 77 plus China. | On the other hand, the President of Colombia Gustavo Petro will participate in one of the six planned round tables, entitled "A new method: alliances for gr…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-22). Turkey, Syria Agreed On Russian Roadmap To Normalize Relations. southfront.org ILE IMAGE: ≈ûimal Màºldàºr — Anadolu Ajansƒ± | Turkey, Syria and Iran have agreed with the concept of a road map submitted by Russia to normalize relations between Ankara and Damascus, Russia's special presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev told Sputnik on June 22. | Work on the roadmap draft began after a meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia, Türkiye, Syria and Iran that was held in Moscow on May 10. Deputy foreign ministers of the four countries met i…

Ken Stone (2023-06-22). Dimitri Lascaris' Canada-Wide Speaking Tour For Peace. globalresearch.ca Dimitri Lascaris will embark upon a Canada-wide speaking tour next week to report back to Canadians about his recent mission of peace to Russia. The title of the tour is "Making Peace With Russia, One Handshake At A Time." | In …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-22). Canadian Sanctions on Russia: Powerless Rage With a Boomerang Effect. orinocotribune.com

Stansfield Smith (2023-06-22). Liberal and "Left" Silence on National Security Police State When Used against Trump and His Supporters. dissidentvoice.org The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in …

Anonymous669 (2023-06-22). Three Palestinian Fighters Killed In First Israeli Drone Strike On West Bank Since 2006 (Video, Photos). southfront.org Late on June 21, an Israeli drone strike killed three Palestinian fighters in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern…

Miko Peled, MintPress News. (2023-06-22). No Matter How You Frame It, The ADL Is A Racist Organization. popularresistance.org The Biden administration has released the country's first national strategy for combating antisemitism, a landmark plan aimed at addressing a growing problem." This is from a piece in NPR titled, "The first national strategy for fighting antisemitism is finally here. What's in it?" Spoiler alert: it is not about fighting antisemitism or any other sort of racism; it is a strategy to silence Palestinian voices in the U.S. in the service of Israel. | The article starts with an outline of the Biden administration's commitment to fighting Antisemitism. It then quotes the president, who referred to the plan as the "mos…

Larry Johnson (2023-06-22). Biden Blows Up Blinken's Diplomatic Mission to China. sonar21.com Dementia Joe does it again. Less than 24 hours after Secretary of State Blinken genuflected before the Chinese, assuring them that the United States really, really, really is sincere in…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-22). Syrian Druze In Occupied Golan Heights Clash With Israeli Police Over Wind Farm Project (Videos). southfront.org Druze face off against police during a protest against the construction of a new wind farm near the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023. (Israel Police) | On June 21, thousands of Druze residents of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights protested against Israeli plans to set up a wind farm near the town of Majdal Shams. | The protestors burned tyres on key roads in the Golan Heights. They also hurled rocks, fireworks and Molotov cocktails at Israeli police…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-22). North Korea Slams Blinken's Recent China Visit as 'Begging Trip'. orinocotribune.com North Korea has ridiculed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China as a "disgraceful begging trip," further slamming it as a failure of policy aimed at exerting pressure on Beijing. | The rare visit was aimed at begging for the relaxation of tensions as the "attempt to press and restrain China may become a boomerang striking a fatal blow to the US economy," said North Korean international affairs analyst Jong Yong in a column published by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday. | "In a word, the US state secretary's recent junket can never be judged otherwise than a disgra…

JANET (2023-06-22). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 19, 2023 The author is a co-director of the International Action Center and a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. A slightly abridged version of this article was published in Global Times. U.S. imperialism's hostility to China is increasing — with military threats, new rounds of sanctions and increasingly wild fabrications. The media have been saturated with allegations of human rights abuses, forced labor, religious persecution and "genocide" — especially of Uygur and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Sara Flounders, Lee Siu Hin and Arjae Red in front of Id Kah M…

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

Arjae Red (2023-06-22). Imperialist media can't stop lying about mosques in China. workers.org The writer participated in a delegation organized by the China/U.S. Solidarity Network that visited China from May 11 to May 31. Over the last few years, the U.S. media have routinely run stories accusing China of the erasure of Islam, in part based on the alleged mass demolition of mosques. . . . |

WSWS (2023-06-22). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Italian airport workers hold national 24-hour strike over pay and conditions, grounding 3,000 flights; UK refuse workers' pay strike at Cumberland and Sandwell councils spreads to Hertfordshire and Selby; general strike in Iranian city of Saqqez to protest attempts to limit access to grave of Mahsa Amini, murdered by morality police; Nigerian unions suspend national fuel subsidy strike on empty promise of negotiating concessions…

Ted Kelly (2023-06-22). Hunger strike threat by Palestinian prisoners forces concessions. workers.org Credit: Samidoun.net Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, who had been held without charges by Israeli authorities, were poised to launch a mass hunger strike beginning on June 18. But in a statement by The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, the strike has been postponed. Why? Because the organized . . . |

Yves Engler (2023-06-22). Promoting Israeli Apartheid in Canadian Schools Not Okay. globalresearch.ca

Brian Berletic (2023-06-22). Ukrainian Offensive on "Pause" + US Meddling vs. China & North Korea. thealtworld.com I discuss with Garland Nixon and Dr. Wilmer Leon the ongoing Ukrainian offensive, claims that it is being "paused," as well as US provocations in the Pacific including with China over its island province of Taiwan, and North Korea.

By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-22). US-Based Black Radicals Convening In Atlanta, Georgia. popularresistance.org We are immersed in the irreversible contradictions of the end of the epoch of U.S. and European capitalist domination to a world in which for the first time in more than five hundred years, the Western world will no longer be in a position to establish the rules and enforce its "order" on a global scale without effective opposition from the 90 % that makes up the rest of global humanity. | But the white world is not ready to accept the end of white world supremacy without a fight. Under the leadership of the United States, the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination has demonstrated that it is prepared to use unrestraine…

Staff (2023-06-22). Biden Calls Xi Jinping a "Dictator": China-U.S. Relations and a Growing Multipolar World. democracynow.org Officials in Beijing have denounced U.S. President Joe Biden for describing Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "dictator," calling it a breach of diplomatic protocol. Biden's remark at a fundraising event this week came just days after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China to help thaw relations at a time of growing competition and suspicion between the two superpowers. "What Biden said, in fact, is true in every word," says Ho-fung Hung, professor of political economy and sociology at Johns Hopkins University, though he adds that China's response is also expected, as…

Larry Johnson (2023-06-22). The Art of Diplomacy: Biden Blows Up Blinken's Mission to China. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Apart from China, which other countries celebrate Duanwu Festival. ecns.cn Duanwu Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month each year in China.

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Barbecue restaurant explosion kills 31 in NW China's Ningxia. ecns.cn According to witnesses at the scene, a gas tank in the barbecue restaurant on the first floor exploded, detonating the gas pipeline on the second floor.

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). World's first railroad-bridge operating machine triples efficiency. ecns.cn "ÄÄ"Taihang," the world's first all-in-one machine for girder replacement, transport and erection was put into operation on Tuesday in Huanghua of Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei Province."ÄÄ…

Natalia Marques (2023-06-22). Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China. peoplesdispatch.org Li Tang "Henry" Liang, a hotel worker active in his Boston local union, was suspended from his job after being indicted on federal charges…

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). China pushes its development of intelligent vehicles. ecns.cn China will support the commercial application of Level 3 and above autonomous driving systems, as part of its broader push to bolster the development of intelligent connected vehicles, the country's top industry regulator said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Rapid 5G integration transforming real economy, society: MIIT. ecns.cn 5G technology has been integrated into 60 of 97 national economic categories after it entered commercial use four years ago, with over 50,000 application cases, said China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Indonesia abuzz as first high-speed railway nears launch. ecns.cn The railway, a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Indonesia, is scheduled to start operating in mid August.

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). China extends NEV purchase tax breaks. ecns.cn China will extend purchase tax breaks on new energy vehicles to the end of 2027, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). 2,000-year-old bronze drum discovered in South China's Guangxi. ecns.cn An ancient tomb that belongs to the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) has recently been discovered in Pingguo, a city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-22). Jonno Sriranganathan: 'Aim for reforms that open up space for deeper radical change'. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2023-06-22). Biden's Refusal to Demand Accountability for Israeli Army Killings Is an Open Farce. scheerpost.com The State Department shrugged after the Israeli government said there would be no consequences for the barbaric killings of 80-year-old Omar Asaad and three-year-old Mohammed al-Tamimi.

PACBI (2023-06-22). Israel just murdered another footballer. PUMA is complicit. bdsmovement.net

Anonymous669 (2023-06-22). Saudi Arabia, Yemen's Houthis Swap Bodies (Video). southfront.org File image. | On June 21, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced that they have exchanged the bodies of fighters and soldiers who were killed during the war in Yemen with Saudi Arabia. | According to the Yemeni pro-Houthis Al-Masirah TV, the bodies were exchanged at the Saudi-Yemeni border where delegations from both sides met after weeks of negotiations in the kingdom. | The Saudi delegation received six of its soldiers and allied fighters, and the Houthis received 58 bodies. Footage aired by Al-Masirah showed body…

Brittani Banks (2023-06-22). Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence for a Ruling Class of the Indus Civilization? independentmediainstitute.org Little more than a century ago, British and Indian archaeologists began excavating the remains of what they soon realized was a previously unknown civilization in the Indus Valley. Straddling parts of Pakistan and India and reaching into Afghanistan, the culture these explorers unearthed had existed at the same time as those of ancient Egypt and …

Staff (2023-06-22). Six US Citizens Indicted in Venezuela on Conspiracy Charges and Related Crimes (+Operation Gideon). orinocotribune.com According to a report by news outlet It is worth noting that six of the eight Americans detained are being prosecuted for conspiracy and related offenses. Two of the prosecuted have already sentenced to 24 years in prison each: Airan Berry and Luke Alexander Denman. According to…

WSWS (2023-06-22). Israel's settlers, army and far-right government attack the Palestinians on all fronts. wsws.org Far-right forces have repeatedly demanded the annexation of the West Bank—as has Netanyahu himself—in defiance of international law, in pursuit of their aim of establishing a Jewish Supremacist state in both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Gush Shalom (2023-06-22). The Rebellious Youths of Jenin are Not Terrorists. dissidentvoice.org On 20 June, the army invaded with great force the city of Jenin and killed several of its inhabitants. Today, Palestinians took an act of revenge and killed Israelis in the West Bank settlement of Eli. The cycle of bloodshed continues to turn and claim ever more and more victims, of both peoples. The Israelis …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-22). Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages and towns for second day, one Palestinian killed and over 35 injured. peoplesdispatch.org The settler violence caused widespread damage to Palestinian property, with hundreds of cars and dozens of homes completely burnt…

teleSUR (2023-06-22). Israel Demolishes Palestinian Prisoner's Family Home in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Thursday predawn, the Israeli occupation forces blew up in Nablus the family home of a Palestinian prisoner Kamal Jouri, who is a member of the armed group called the Lions' Den and was arrested on February. | RELATED: | Israeli army forces, backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers, stormed the city to demolish his home. The 130-square-meter apartment was located on the second floor of a residential building…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-06-22). China rechaza declaraciones del presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden. telesurtv.net La vocera de la Cancillería china señaló que las palabras de Joe Biden "violan gravemente el protocolo diplomático".

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-22). Autoridades confirman muerte de tripulación del submarino Titan. telesurtv.net El contraalmirante de la Guardia Costera, John Mauger, declaró que el campo de escombros es consistente con una implosión catastrófica del submarino.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-22). Ocupante israelí mata a tres palestinos en un ataque con dron. telesurtv.net Las víctimas viajaban en un vehículo que recibió el impacto de un misil. Ejército israelí impidió que las ambulancias palestinas llegaran al lugar.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-22). Explosión en restaurante deja al menos 31 fallecidos en China. telesurtv.net Esta constituye la explosión más mortífera en China desde marzo de 2019, después de la producida en una planta química en la provincia oriental de Jiangsu.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-22). Colonos israelíes asesinan a joven palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Asaltan la localidad de Turmus Aya, donde matan a Omar Jabara de un disparo en el pecho. Ejecutan un progromo contra varias aldeas.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-06-22). Palestina condena construcción de asentamientos israelíes. telesurtv.net Los ministros de Netanyahu construyeron 1.000 nuevas unidades de asentamiento en la colonia de Eli.

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2023-06-21: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-06-21). Journalist who lied about Iraqi WMDs claims Chinese researchers were first COVID-19 patients. wsws.org On Tuesday, the notorious war propagandist Michael R. Gordon, who helped launch the Iraq war by claiming Saddam Hussein was using aluminum tubes to build nuclear weapons, claimed, citing anonymous government sources, that world-renowned researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were among the first people to be infected with COVID-19.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). China stands ready to bring more like-minded partners into BRICS family: spokesperson. ecns.cn The expansion of BRICS is a political consensus reached by all five BRICS members. China is committed to advancing the BRICS expansion and stands ready to bring more like-minded partners into the big family of BRICS, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Beijing, Berlin sign action plan on development. ecns.cn China and Germany have secured a three-year joint action plan aimed at strengthening international development cooperation to effectively implement the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). China and Pakistan ink $4.8 billion deal to build 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant: report. ecns.cn China and Pakistan inked a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to construct a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, according to media reports.


Dave DeCamp (2023-06-21). Biden Says Threat of Putin Using Tactical Nukes Is 'Real'. news.antiwar.com President Biden warned Monday that the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real." The president made the comments to donors during a trip to California. "When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying up, everybody looked at me like I was …

Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Russian Airstrikes Hit HTS HQ, Ammunition Depot & Supply Base In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org A Russian Su-34 fighter bomber as seen over Greater Idlib on June 20. Via Twitter. | On June 20, a series of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | Several airstrikes hit the northern outskirts of Idlib city and the vicinity of the town of al-Sheikh Bahr in the northern countryside of Idlib. The targets of the airstrikes were reportedly a hea…

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Air Force unit honored with high-level title. ecns.cn A bomber unit of the People's Liberation Army Air Force has been given the honorary title of "Role Model of the Time" by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Anonymous834 (2023-06-21). "Ukrainian Leaders Gloss Over Ukrainian Antisemitism" — Times Of Israel. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, "I don't know what else is needed" for Israel to realise that it needs to send arms to Ukraine as it is supposedly clear they "have the same enemy" — Russia and Iran. This rhetoric from Andriy Yermak demonstrates Kiev's desperate attempt to coerce Israel into providing military aid to Ukraine. | Yermak, on June 20…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Bogged Down On The Front, Ukraine Launches Drone Attack On Moscow (Videos). southfront.org File image. | With its forces failing to advance on the front, Ukraine launched a new attack with drones on the Russian capital, Moscow, on June 21. | In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that three Ukrainian drones were suppressed by electronic warfare while approaching facilities in the Moscow region."Today we have foiled an attempt of the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on facilities in the Moscow Region with three aircraft-type drones. All drones were deflected by electronic warfar…


Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Russian MoD Says More Ukrainian Attacks Were Repelled In Zaporozhye, Donetsk (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On June 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that more attacks by Kiev forces were repelled in the Zaporozhye, Donetsk and south Donetsk sectors. | According to the ministry, the air force and army aviation launched an attack against Ukrainian units in the Vremenka salient, near Novodonetskoye, Storozhevoye in the Donetsk region and Levadnoye in the Zaporozhye region. | As a result of the airstrikes, a Ukrainian tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, and three armored fighting…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Kazakhstan Announces Surprise End To Astana Talks On Syria. southfront.org File image. | Kazakhstan has reportedly made a surprise decision to no longer hold talks on the Syrian peace process in its capital, Astana, | The decision became public after the 20th meeting of the Astana format, which included Russia, Turkey and Iran, on June 21. The meeting discussed the situation on the ground, a roadmap to rebuild Turkey-Syria ties, Israeli attacks and a host of other issues. | Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Kanat Tumysh unexpectedly called for the conclusion of trilateral…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-21). Russia's FSB Chief Warns Of Terrorism Threat In Northern, Northeastern Syria. southfront.org File image. | The threat of terrorism remains high in Syria's northern and northeastern regions, Igor Sirotkin, the deputy director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and chief of staff of Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee, warned on June 20. | Speaking during a high-level conference of heads of anti-terrorist organizations at the United Nations, Sirotkin warned that terrorists can still move across the Syrian-Iraqi border with much freedom."Despite the military defeat suffered by international…

WSWS (2023-06-21). Biden kicks off reelection bid with "America First" speech to trade union bureaucrats. wsws.org The principles of "Bidenomics" are virtually identical to Trump's pledge to "Make America Great Again," with two exceptions: Biden ties his program to support for war against Russia as well as China and enlists the support of the trade union bureaucracy to carry it out.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-21). Historic relations between Nicaragua and Russia highlighted. plenglish.com Managua, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Presidential advisor Laureano Ortega said that the historical relations between Nicaragua and Russia are reaffirmed and today are focused on mutual development and the establishment of a new world order.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-21). Minsk to host Eurasian security conference next October. plenglish.com Minsk, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The Belarussian capital will host on October 26-27 an international conference on ways to deal with the Eurasian security crisis, said Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik.

Anonymous834 (2023-06-21). Eric Zuesse: Reshaping American Racism, Or REPLACING American Racism? southfront.org Written by America's racism is reducing its focus against Africans in order to increase its focus against Asians. | On June 20th, an editorial in China's Global Times newspaper headlined

Larry Johnson (2023-06-21). Biden and America Have a Major China Problem. sonar21.com I hear that the Chinese are going to add the image of Antony Blinken to the dictionary definition of "Kow Tow." He went to Beijing, hat in hand, and received…

Yves Engler (2023-06-21). Promoting Israeli Apartheid in Canadian Schools Not Okay. dissidentvoice.org The Palestinian solidarity movement must seek to disrupt the 'school to apartheid promotion pipeline'. It's past time to challenge private schools indoctrinating young minds into worshiping a violent faraway state that oppresses millions. A recent visit to Canada by Israel's minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, highlights a subject that requires far …

Motasem A. Dalloul (2023-06-21). Will Israel's Offensive Against Jenin End Palestinian Resistance? socialistproject.ca Israeli occupation forces and border police carried out a broad offensive on Monday morning against the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp. The Israeli troops killed at least five Palestinians and wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 91 others, 23 of whom are in a critical condition. | According to the Israeli military, the occupation forces detained two wanted Palestinians, but they were caught in an ambush on their way out of the refugee camp. Apparently eight soldiers and border police were wounded in roadside blasts and gunfire. | The evacuation of the wounded Israel…

Editor (2023-06-21). Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This is Why Israel Wants to Reactivate E1 Plan. scheerpost.com The price of Israel's major plans in East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank is not just humanitarian. It is essentially political, aimed at cutting off Palestinian communities from one another, isolating Jerusalem completely, and ensuring a Jewish demographic majority for generations to come.

WSWS (2023-06-21). Fire in Chinatown electric-bike shop leaves 4 dead, highlighting the immense social crisis in New York City. wsws.org So far this year, there have been over 100 fires caused by e-bike batteries and 13 deaths in New York City.

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-06-21). FBI Make-Work Entrapment Schemes: Creating Criminals in Order to Arrest Them. dissidentvoice.org Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. — Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146 We're not dealing with a government that exists to serve its people, protect their liberties and ensure their happiness. Rather, we are the unfortunate victims of the diabolical machinations …

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Machinery SOEs boost business riding on BRI, global infra uptrend. ecns.cn China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corp Ltd, or CRCC Heavy Industry, is among such SOEs. The company is preparing a trip in July to deliver its latest micro tunnel boring machine, which was rolled out in May, to Thailand.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Prime ministers of four countries to visit China. ecns.cn At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene of Mongolia, Prime Minister Hipkins of New Zealand and Prime Minister Pham of Viet Nam will attend the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin and pay an official visit to China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). China, Qatar sign 27-year natural gas contract. ecns.cn China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and QatarEnergy signed 27-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reported.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Nepal expects more bilateral cooperation with China. ecns.cn The Nepalese government expects to strengthen cooperation with the Tibet autonomous region in the areas of trade, tourism, culture and infrastructure development, said a top Nepalese official in Lhasa on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). 2,000-year-old bronze drum discovered in South China's Guangxi. ecns.cn An ancient tomb that belongs to the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) has recently been discovered in Pingguo, a city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Chinese envoy firmly opposes double standards on human rights. ecns.cn China attaches great importance to the promotion and protection of human rights, and firmly opposes double standards on human rights.

WSWS (2023-06-21). India-China border conflict enters fourth year as Modi visits Washington. wsws.org Increased military-strategic cooperation will be at the centre of Modi's talks with Biden, as will be removing what Washington and Wall Street perceive to be barriers to developing India as a rival global production-chain hub to China.

Staff (2023-06-21). Debunking media lies: US & Blinken don't want peace with China. covertactionbulletin.podbean.com We begin today's show with a remembrance of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who passed on June 16 at the age of 92. Then, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his recent trip to China with a 35-minute meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 19th. Blinken had also met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin …

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-21). Jonno Sriranganathan: 'Aim for reforms that open up space for deeper radical change'. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-06-21). Media outlets claim Iran-US close to a temporary "understanding" wsws.org That the agreement would be unwritten indicates its very limited and fragile nature in a region destabilized by decades of imperialist-stoked conflicts.

scorinoco (2023-06-21). The Waiting Game: How the US Sabotages Lebanon's Energy Security (Interview). orinocotribune.com In an exclusive interview with The Cradle's Hasan Illaik, Lebanon's Energy Minister Walid Fayyad addresses the country's energy shortage dilemma: receive Iranian oil and risk US sanctions, or wait indefinitely for a purposely delayed US-backed initiative. | For almost 30 years, Lebanese authorities have failed to properly manage the state-run electricity company, Électricité du Liban (EDL), resulting in widespread blackouts. The decades of unsustainable policies and fundamental neglect, the result of elite capture of state resources, alleged corruption, and vested interests caused the sector to completely collaps…

teleSUR (2023-06-21). Norway Criticizes Israeli Settlement Construction in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Norwegian government condemned the decision by the Israeli government to simplify the process of approving construction of new Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | "The international community stands united in its condemnation of the Israeli settlements. I strongly urge the Israeli authorities to halt and reverse settlement activity on occupied Palestinian land," Foreign Affairs Min…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-06-21). China ratifica apoyo a proceso de expansión de los Brics. telesurtv.net La vocera de la Cancillería señaló que el gigante asiático "está comprometido con el avance de la expansión Brics".

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-06-21). ONU insta a Israel a frenar decisiones sobre asentamientos judíos. telesurtv.net Los asentamientos israelíes son 'una violación flagrante del derecho internacional', dice el titular de la ONU, António Guterres.

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2023-06-20: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-06-20). Blinken in Beijing: Washington tries to ease tensions with China to escalate war against Russia. wsws.org Blinken's trip was a cynical attempt to put the US confrontation with China on hold as a drastic US-NATO military escalation is being prepared in the war against Russia in Ukraine.

noreply (2023-06-20). If You See Remotely Controlled Russian T-55… smoothiex12.blogspot.com run and don't try to blow it up)) Now you know why Russians were getting those old Soviet tanks to the front lines. Good ol' naval tradition of using

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-06-20). New Research Examines Restrictions On Incarcerated Journalists. popularresistance.org A briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative documents many of the restrictions that prisons in the United States impose to prevent journalism from incarcerated individuals. | Fourteen states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Virginia—have a "total ban on business and compensation." That means they do not allow incarcerated journalists or writers to receive payment for their work. | The United States government's Federal Bureau of Prisons has what is described as an "explicit ban on journal…

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Shenzhen, Shanghai top new energy cities in China. ecns.cn Shenzhen and Shanghai remain China's top cities in terms of new energy industry concentration level, according to the list of Hurun China New Energy Cities 2023 that was released on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). $4 million: China's first uninhabited island finds new owner. ecns.cn The Danmenshan Island, China's first uninhabited island in Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, was sold at auction for 28.68 million yuan (about 4 million U.S. dollars) on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Relics of early Chinese civilization put on display in Shanghai. ecns.cn Proof of Early China: The Civilization of Songze and Liangzhu opened on Tuesday in Shanghai, the second show of The Essence of China exhibition series presented by Shanghai Museum.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). E-tail biz welcomed across borders. ecns.cn China's cross-border e-commerce trade has developed rapidly to maintain its growth momentum since the beginning of the year, an official at the country's Customs authority said.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Japan's chip restrictions will only hurt itself. ecns.cn Japan will impede the development of its own chip industry by aligning trade rules with the United States' strategy of curbing China's ability to make advanced semiconductors, experts said.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Adviser calls for stronger policy shifts amid recovery risks. ecns.cn As China's economic recovery is facing downward pressure, stronger and clearer policy shifts are needed to restore business confidence and realize sound growth, a political adviser said.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Allies balk at U.S. efforts to elbow China out in hi-tech field. ecns.cn Whenever the United States is looking to restrict China's technology, it usually pushes allies and other countries to go along with it. But some of those countries are resisting.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). China sees loan prime rates fall for first time in 10 months. ecns.cn China's loan prime rates, the market-based lending benchmarks, fell for the first time since August 2022 on Tuesday as policy efforts strengthened to bolster economic recovery.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). 2023 could be hottest year on record, experts say. ecns.cn The National Meteorological Center (NMC) said that this heat wave so far has the widest range and strongest intensity this year, covering North China and regions along the Yellow River and Huaihe River.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Fossilized teeth from Early Triassic found in Hubei Province. ecns.cn A Chinese archaeological team has uncovered the fossilized teeth of an animal that lived during the Early Triassic era in what is today Hubei Province. The discovery is the first of its kind in China.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Exhibition in Shanghai highlights civilizations of Songze and Liangzhu. ecns.cn A total of 358 pieces of cultural relics from 19 museums and archaeological institutions across China were showcased in the exhibition. One third of the relics have never been put on public display before.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Ambassador of Cyprus talks about her understanding of Chinese Dream while visiting Jingdezhen. ecns.cn Attracted by a ceramic cup that could reveal the words "Chinese Dream" under light,Martha Mavrommati, the ambassador of Cyprus to China, talked about her understanding of Chinese Dream.

WSWS (2023-06-20). China's second wave of COVID infections, deaths, Long COVID, and government lies: Conclusion. wsws.org The mass suffering and deaths from China's second COVID-19 wave has been met with virtually complete silence in the corporate media and pseudo-left outlets internationally.

WSWS (2023-06-20). US-EU move forward in anti-Chinese critical mineral supply chain agreement. wsws.org The initial stages of an agreement come as European car makers worry about the consequences of the US's drive to war against China…

Pivot to Peace (2023-06-20). The U.S. is blaming China for its own drug crisis. What's really going on? peacepivot.org The U.S. is blaming China for its own drug crisis. Last week, the U.S. government sanctioned 17 companies and individuals in China and Mexico for fentanyl-related production, in an attempt to deflect blame for the opioid crisis. This issue clearly requires international cooperation, not one-sided accusations. But the same politicians slinging dirt at China have …

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). China's home-grown durian crop ready to enter market. ecns.cn The home-grown durian crop is about to hit the market this month, according to China Central Television, the state broadcaster.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). China vows to build charging infrastructure system by 2030 to support NEV development. ecns.cn China has vowed to build a high-quality charging infrastructure system by 2030, in order to support the development of the new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry and achieve the goal of reaching carbon neutrality.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). China ready to advance ties with Germany. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang underlined the importance of China's relations with Germany, saying Beijing stands ready to work with Berlin to uphold peace, development and cooperation in order to promote global stability, prosperity and growth.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). China exports electricity amid Vietnam's power crunch. ecns.cn China has resumed cross-border electricity exports to neighboring Vietnam, for the first time after a seven-year hiatus since 2016.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). First Japanese tour group visit Xinjiang region after COVID-19 relaxation. ecns.cn The first group of tourists from Osaka, Japan, since China relaxed travel restrictions earlier this year, arrived in Urumqi of Northwest China's Xinjiang region on Monday night.

Anand Naidoo (2023-06-20). The Heat: China-U.S. Ties. america.cgtn.com U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken travels to Beijing in an effort to stabilize relations with China. What can the world expect? The world has been watching closely as U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken embarked on a trip to Beijing. As Chinese President Xi …

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). China jolts EV market with affordable vehicles. ecns.cn One of the keys to success in the electric vehicle industry is making an affordable car for the mass market.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Youths urged to contribute to national rejuvenation. ecns.cn The nation's young people were called on to shoulder their responsibilities to build China into a strong socialist country and advance national rejuvenation at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). World needs stable Sino-U.S. ties, Xi says. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has urged the United States to respect China, reject major-country competition and honor the positive statements and consensus made at his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden last year.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-20). Jonno Sriranganathan: 'Aim for reforms that open up space for deeper radical change'. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Wang urges constructive interactions with U.S. in Asia-Pacific. ecns.cn Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has said Beijing is ready to work with Washington to "explore constructive interaction in the Asia-Pacific" as the US prepares to host the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting this year.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Cathay cabin crew to add mainland employees. ecns.cn Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways on Monday announced a raft of measures to improve its service after a discrimination scandal, including recruiting staff from the Chinese mainland and increasing the number of Mandarin-speaking flight attendants.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Premier to attend 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang will attend the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin on June 27, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning announced on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Huangguoshu in Guizhou enters flood season. ecns.cn Huangguoshu Scenic Spot has entered its high flow season due to heavy rainfall in summer.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Enchanting scenery of Huanglong National Park in Sichuan. ecns.cn Famous for its colorful water pools, snow mountains, deep valleys and forests, Huanglong was listed as one of UNESCO world heritage sites in 1992, becoming a popular tourist attraction.

ecns.cn (2023-06-20). Chinese mainland resumes imports of sugar apples from Taiwan island as of Tuesday. ecns.cn Chinese mainland resumed the import of sugar apples from Taiwan island as of Tuesday after suspending the trade due to the detection of plant pests on the tropical fruit.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Trade fair nets major investment deals. ecns.cn The 32nd Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair is estimated to have achieved more than 200 billion yuan ($27.9 billion) worth of trade and investment cooperation in various fields.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Move to boost yuan globalization. ecns.cn The Hong Kong dollar-renminbi Dual Counter Model was launched at a time when the strategic importance of Chinese yuan currency in terms of fund flow, liquidity and popularity is on the ascent.

_____ (2023-06-19). Why Is U.S. Media Blind to Washington's War Atrocities? transcend.org 15 Jun 2023 – Nationalism masquerading as journalism covers war in darkness telling us for whom the bell tolls. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. media were all-hands-on-deck with empathetic, poignant reporting via TV, radio, print, and online outlets. But when U.S. missiles and bombs hit population centers over the previous two decades, the human tragedies rarely got anything more than short shrift in the U.S. media.

_____ (2023-06-19). Another Act of Terror—How the Media Do PR for Biden and Zelensky. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and Nord Stream Pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

_____ (2023-06-19). A History of Ceasefires & Peace in Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Negotiations, ceasefires, armistices and peace agreements are as old as wars themselves. Every war ends with some version of one of them. To stop the killing in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, people of conscience must do everything they can to make negotiations for a ceasefire become a reality.

unitedEditor (2023-06-19). De-dollarization means disarmament of the PKK. uwidata.com The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum commenced on June 16th. The forum saw the participation of numerous leaders and ministers from Asia to Africa, including Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin who delivered a speech. The forum addressed the issues of multipolarity and alternative currencies to dollar. Dr. Mehmet Perinàßek, United World International author and the …

_____ (2023-06-19). US Tells Another Bedtime Story to Scare Away Normal Relations with China and Cuba. transcend.org 9 Jun 2023 – Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that China has plans to set up a "spy base" in Cuba to "eavesdrop" on the United States and "identify potential strike targets."

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2023-06-19: News Headlines

_____ (2023-06-19). Why Is U.S. Media Blind to Washington's War Atrocities? transcend.org 15 Jun 2023 – Nationalism masquerading as journalism covers war in darkness telling us for whom the bell tolls. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. media were all-hands-on-deck with empathetic, poignant reporting via TV, radio, print, and online outlets. But when U.S. missiles and bombs hit population centers over the previous two decades, the human tragedies rarely got anything more than short shrift in the U.S. media.

Richard Heinberg, Resilience. (2023-06-19). Polycrisis, Unraveling, Simplification, Or Collapse. popularresistance.org Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption of multiple global supply chains, policy think tanks have increasingly adopted the term polycrisis to signify humanity's destabilized status quo. The World Economic Forum's 2023 Global Risk Report uses the newish word 13 times in 90 pages. Scholars from a range of disciplines (including Columbia University historian Adam Tooze) have written about the polycrisis, and both Cascade Institute and Omega Institute have published papers and reports on it. The Cascade Institute notes that "a global polycrisis occurs when…

Jake Johnson (2023-06-19). UN Accuses Russia of Denying Aid Workers Access to Dam Collapse Victims. truthout.org The United Nations on Sunday accused the Russian government of denying aid workers access to Moscow-controlled areas of southern Ukraine that were impacted by the devastating collapse of the Kakhovka dam earlier this month. Denise Brown, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said in a statement that Russia has "so far declined our request to access the areas under its temporary military… |

_____ (2023-06-19). Another Act of Terror—How the Media Do PR for Biden and Zelensky. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and Nord Stream Pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

Jake Johnson (2023-06-19). China Says Washington and Beijing Must Reverse "Downward Spiral" in Relations. truthout.org Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with leading Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday in what was portrayed by both sides as an effort to ease increasingly dangerous tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers. Blinken met with Xi for roughly 35 minutes on Monday after speaking to Wang Yi, China's top foreign policy official, for several hours earlier in… |


infobrics (2023-06-19). Russia surpasses US in diesel exports to Brazil. infobrics.org US will ramp up pressure on Brazil if it continues its path of independence.

ecsorinoco (2023-06-19). Ukraine Violated Peace Agreement Approved in Turkey, Putin Reveals. orinocotribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed during an African leaders meeting in St. Petersburg that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kiev and other regions of Ukraine last year in compliance with a peace agreement reached in Turkey, as part of an African mediation mission to Russia. | However, during the meeting with the members of the African delegation, who were entrusted with presenting an initiative to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, Putin informed them that Kiev had declined to sign the pact following the voluntary departure of Russian troops. | The Russian head of state presented the document negotiated by…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-19). Ukrainian Nazis Do Not Stop Killing Civilians, Including Children, In Donbass And Russian Border Regions. southfront.org The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fail to advance on the Donbass frontlines and merciless shelling of the civilian population of the DPR, LPR and border regions of the Russian Federation continues. | On June 19, Ukrainian militants shelled Volnovakha in the DPR with American MLRS HIMARS. Ukrainian Nazis fired at least 12 missiles at the local social facilities. One of the targets was the local humanitarian center. Some of the missiles exploded in the area of the road junction leading to M…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-19). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On June 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The AFU attempted attacks in the farmlands between Urozhaine and Novodonetske; | Fighting is ongoing in the village of Piatyhatky; | Fighting is ongoing near the village of Makarivka; | Fighting is ongoing near the village of Rivnopol; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions in Velikaya Novosyolka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Gulyaipole; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Orikhiv; | Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen,…

Anonymous349 (2023-06-19). Russian Military Announced Strikes On Storage Sites Of NATO Weapons In Ukraine. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | On June 19, the Russian military announced that it had carried out a strike on storage sties of NATO-supplied weapons in Ukraine."The Russian Armed Forces launched a long-range sea-based high-precision weapons group strike against foreign-manufactured military hardware storage sites. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. The goal of the attack has been reached," the defense ministry said in a statement. | It should be noted that the previous such strike, on June 17, was aimed at decision-m…

_____ (2023-06-19). International Criminal Court Advancing Global Injustice, Unaccountability and Criminal Agenda against Guardians of Peace. transcend.org "Rise, O' all you intelligent, righteous humanoids". Just as the war in Ukraine has become a festering sore in the politically motivated, combined, western, proxy war against Russia, the plight of Palestinians is a chronic human rights violation, festering, as an ulcer, already systemic in its manifestations, generated by Israel in its ongoing philosophy of ethnic cleansing. In reality it is a genocide, which is obfuscated by various institutes and governments for their personal support of the Zionist agenda.


Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-06-19). Russia-Ukraine Crisis: The Meandering Roadmap to Ultimate Peaceful Settlement. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-06-19). A History of Ceasefires & Peace in Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Negotiations, ceasefires, armistices and peace agreements are as old as wars themselves. Every war ends with some version of one of them. To stop the killing in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, people of conscience must do everything they can to make negotiations for a ceasefire become a reality.

_____ (2023-06-19). Heeding Cornel West's 'Cri de Coeur'. transcend.org Biden's response to the Russian attack on Ukraine was not for a ceasefire and diplomatic compromise but for weaponry and assistance to sustain a prolonged war as a demonstration of US-led NATO resurgence; not motivated by the defense of Ukraine but by an overwhelming interest in humiliating Putin and defeating Russia. Not only this.

teleSUR (2023-06-19). Russia Continues to Inflict Casualties on NATO-Trained Soldiers. telesurenglish.net In an interview published in the newspaper Rossíiskaya Gazeta on Monday, Sergei Naryshkin, the director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), claimed that the defensive capabilities of Ukraine are being severely diminished by the Russian army. | RELATED: | "The death of a considerable number of NATO-trained soldiers and the destruction of foreign military equipment will undermine the Ukrainian…

John J. Mearsheimer (2023-06-19). In Ukraine, it's coming down to an endless war of position. indybay.org Russia sees itself as existentially threatened – regardless of whether NATO and the West ever had and have in mind to attack Russia. What is relevant is what the Russian leadership and the majority of Russians are convinced of. Russia has long accused NATO of wanting to turn Ukraine into a Western bulwark on its border with Russia. | Since 2008, Russia has repeatedly made it clear to the West that this is unacceptable.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-19). Military Situation In Donbass On June 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Yampolovka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Ivanovskoye; | The AFU attempted new attacks in the farmlands between Urozhaine and Novodonetske; | The AFU reportedly advanced north of Klishchiivka; | The Russian Army took control of the Zverinets area south of Mariinka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU co…


Anonymous103 (2023-06-19). Military Situation In Syria On June 19, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On June 19, the Russian Military Police and Turkish forces conducted the joint patrol on the outskirts of Ain al-Arab; | On June 18, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Abu Rasin; | The 20th round of the Astana International Summit on Syria will be held on June 30, according to the Ministry of Foreign A…

Anonymous767 (2023-06-19). Novodonetskoe Countryside Turned Into Gaveyard Of NATO Military Equipment. southfront.org Last night, forces of the Kyiv regime launched an attack on the village of Novodonetskoe in Donetsk Region. The advancing units were defeated by an assault detachment of marines of the Russian Pacific Fleet."When the enemy attempted a counteroffensive, the task was received from the brigade commander to repel the enemy counteroffensive. The assault detachment howled into the battle. The enemy counteroffensive was repulsed, the enemy armored vehicles were destroyed. Novodonetsk…

unitedEditor (2023-06-19). De-dollarization means disarmament of the PKK. uwidata.com The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum commenced on June 16th. The forum saw the participation of numerous leaders and ministers from Asia to Africa, including Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin who delivered a speech. The forum addressed the issues of multipolarity and alternative currencies to dollar. Dr. Mehmet Perinàßek, United World International author and the …

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Moscow looks to enhance trade ties with Beijing. ecns.cn Russia and China are not just neighbors but also maintain very good relations, and the two countries have made progress in using the renminbi in bilateral trade, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-19). Example Of Successful Actions Of Ukrainian Special Forces On Frontline (Video 18+). southfront.org

Alex Patrick (2023-06-19). Africa's 10 Point Peace Plan: Mission: President Cyril Ramaphosa. globalresearch.ca

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-19). Russia increases fertilizer exports to Latin America. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The financial director of the Russian fertilizer manufacturer Phosagro, Aleksander Sharabaiko, informed that the company increased exports to Latin America by 50% in the first four months of this year.

WSWS (2023-06-19). Australian parliament joins hands to block new Russian embassy. wsws.org Every single party in parliament, including the Greens, came together to circumvent a federal court ruling and to further a US-led anti-Russian campaign.

_____ (2023-06-19). US Tells Another Bedtime Story to Scare Away Normal Relations with China and Cuba. transcend.org 9 Jun 2023 – Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that China has plans to set up a "spy base" in Cuba to "eavesdrop" on the United States and "identify potential strike targets."

Sara Flounders (2023-06-19). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. workers.org The author is a co-director of the International Action Center and a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. A slightly abridged version of this article was published in Global Times. U.S. imperialism's hostility to China is increasing — with military threats, new rounds of sanctions and increasingly wild fabrications. The . . . |

Middle East Eye (2023-06-19). Israel Set to Bring 10,000 Indian Labourers for Jobs Traditionally Held by Palestinians. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Beijing to reimburse fertility treatments. ecns.cn Beijing will include 16 therapeutic assisted reproductive services under its healthcare insurance system, with effect from July 1, the municipal government announced on Thursday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-19). Closer Ties with NATO Would Be a Strategic Blunder for India. libya360.wordpress.com In the following article, which was originally published in the Morning Star, Keith Lamb argues that Washington's flattery of India and its encouragement of stronger ties with NATO, citing an alleged "Chinese threat", is a trap into which New Delhi should not fall. The border dispute between India and China, he notes, is a legacy of…

teleSUR (2023-06-19). Israeli Soldiers Kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Monday, at least three Palestinians were killed and dozens injured by Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. | RELATED: | During clashes, Khaled Asa'she, 21, Ahmad Saqer, 15, and Qassam Abu Serreyeh, 29, were killed, and 29 Palestinians were injured, including six in serious condition. | Eyewitnesses said that an Israeli army force backed by drones and helicopters stormed the city and the adjacent re…

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Computing power offers new chances for tech firms. ecns.cn China's computing power industry will usher in new development opportunities, as major Chinese tech companies have rolled out ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence chatbots.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Our vision in tune with policy, says Tesla chief. ecns.cn China will play an indispensable role in Tesla accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy, Grace Tao, vice-president of Tesla, said in an interview on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Wuhan imports first batch of 900 breeding pigs from U.S. in 2023. ecns.cn The city of Wuhan in Central China's Hubei Province has imported first batch of breeding pigs in 2023 by air, Wuhan customs announced on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). U.S. carmakers' interest in Chinese auto sector shifts up a gear. ecns.cn Overseas electric vehicle startups are targeting entry into China, the world's largest vehicle market that leads in all-electric innovations with rapid consumer adoption of EVs.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Number of flights gradually increasing. ecns.cn China's Civil Aviation Authority will continue in its efforts to promote the steady and orderly resumption of international flights with the approach of the first summer season since optimized COVID-19 management measures took effect.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Wild whooper swans first found breeding in Xinjiang wetland park. ecns.cn Wild whooper swans have been found giving birth to five swan babies at the Manas national wetland park in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region for the first time.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Qin, Blinken conclude a 'long candid, in-depth, and constructive' talk. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a nearly six-hour candid, in-depth and constructive talk on Sunday concerning the overall China-U.S. relations.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). President Xi's letter boosts confidence for Taiwan people. ecns.cn People from Taiwan said the congratulatory letter from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, has boosted their confidence in the integrated and peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-19). China expects more contribution from the US to improve ties. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) China today expressed hope that after the visit of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States would contribute more to improve and stabilize bilateral relations, stressing that they are at the lowest and most critical level.

WSWS (2023-06-19). China's second wave of COVID infections, deaths, Long COVID, and government lies: Part 3. wsws.org In the months after China's first wave of mass infections with COVID-19 last winter, the term "Long COVID" gradually entered public consciousness as many discovered that they are still troubled by prolonged symptoms months after "recovery."

Kim Petersen (2023-06-19). Readouts Point to a Disjuncture between US and China. dissidentvoice.org During the economic crisis in 2008, the United States sought China's aid. US treasury secretary Hank Paulson conferred with Chinese officials, and China agreed to increase the value of the RMB and to stop selling US T-bills which it had been doing at that time. Paulson said, "It is clear that China accepts its responsibility …

unitedEditor (2023-06-19). Switzerland's road to socialism and the Chinese experience. uwidata.com A delegation of the Communist Party of Switzerland visited China in mid-May. The delegation led by Massimiliano Arif Ay, General Secretary of the Party, met and exchanged views with many Chinese individuals, organizations and institutions. The party also had talks with its Chinese counterpart, the Communist Party of China. Massimiliano Arif Ay answered our questions …

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-19). Jonno Sriranganathan: 'Aim for reforms that open up space for deeper radical change'. greenleft.org.au

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-19). Israeli forces kill five Palestinians, including 15-year-old, in Jenin raid. peoplesdispatch.org Close to a 100 Palestinians were wounded in the raid. Israeli forces shot at ambulances and paramedics and tried to prevent them from reaching the injured and providing medical attention…

teleSUR (2023-06-19). Israel to Ease Process for Expanding West Bank Settlements. telesurenglish.net During a weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, the Israeli government authorized pro-settlement Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to assume main responsibility for settlement planning and construction in the West Bank, and shortened political approval process for settlement planning and construction that had been in place for 25 years. | RELATED: | The Palestinian presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Palestine re…

Abdul Rahman (2023-06-19). Climate change is intensifying humanitarian crisis in war-affected Yemen. peoplesdispatch.org A fact sheet prepared by SIPRI and NUPI warns that the climate crisis in Yemen needs urgent international attention as competition over scarce water resources and fertile land may jeopardize the possibility of peace in the country…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-06-19). Presidente de China se reúne con secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseguró durante el encuentro que China no busca desafiar ni desplazar a Estados Unidos.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-19). Fuerzas de ocupación israelíes asesinan a cinco palestinos. telesurtv.net Al menos dos palestinos fueron detenidos en el operativo que se extendió por la ciudad de Yenín.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-19). Irán y Uzbekistán firman 10 documentos de cooperación. telesurtv.net El presidente uzbeco, a la cabeza de una delegación económica y política de alto nivel, llegó esta misma jornada a Teherán en cumplimiento de una invitación oficial de su par iraní.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-06-19). Premier israelí continuará con su reforma judicial pese a protestas. telesurtv.net Benjamin Netanyahu, se comprometió el domingo a seguir adelante con el proyecto "de manera mesurada y responsable"

teleSUR, JGN (2023-06-19). Canciller de China recibe a secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Ambos jefes diplomáticos intercambiaron puntos de vista sobre las relaciones bilaterales e importantes asuntos internacionales y regionales de interés común.

teleSUR, odr, DRL (2023-06-19). China y EE.UU. dialogan sobre disminuir tensión diplomática. telesurtv.net Se discutió cómo gestionar de forma responsable la relación entre ambas naciones a través de canales abiertos de comunicación.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-19). Aspirantes de Morena a la presidencia de México inician giras. telesurtv.net El movimiento fundado por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en 2011 y reconocido como partido en 2014, participará en las presidenciales del 2024.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-19). Aspirantes a la presidencia de México inician giras este lunes. telesurtv.net El movimiento fundado por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en 2011 y reconocido como partido en 2014, participará en las presidenciales del 2024.

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2023-06-18: News Headlines

Anonymous834 (2023-06-18). Eric Zuesse: Putin Predicts Biden's Defeat In Ukraine's War. southfront.org Written by Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

Anonymous669 (2023-06-18). Putin Reveals Details Of Draft Treaty With Ukraine During Meeting With African Leaders. southfront.org Russian President Vladimir Putin shows a document at an event in St. Petersburg, June 17, 2023. © Pavel Bednyakov / Sputnik | Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed for the first time details on the draft agreement with Ukraine, which was drawn up in March 2022 in Turkey, during a meeting with leaders and representatives of several African countries on June 17. | The draft agreement, titled the Treaty on the Permanent Neutrality and Security Guarantees for Ukraine, was signed by the Ukrai…

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-06-18). Russia seeks to stop the war that Ukraine started in 2014. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia is trying to end the war that the Ukrainian Government unleashed in 2014 against the populations of Donetsk and Lugansk, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured in an interview for the RT Arabic channel on Sunday.

Vijay Prishad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-06-18). Emergence Of A New Non-Alignment. popularresistance.org A new mood of defiance in the Global South has generated bewilderment in the capitals of the Triad (the United States, Europe, and Japan), where officials are struggling to answer why governments in the Global South have not accepted the Western view of the conflict in Ukraine or universally supported the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in its efforts to 'weaken Russia'. Governments that had long been pliant to the Triad's wishes, such as the administrations of Narendra Modi in India and Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan in Türkiye (despite the toxicity of their own regimes), are no longer as reliabl…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-18). Russian MoD Says Kiev Forces Lost 200 Troops, 33 Tanks While On Attack In Zaporozhye (Videos). southfront.org On June 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Kiev forces had launched new attacks in the Zaporozhye, south…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-18). Russian troops prevent Ukraine's attacks in Zaporizhzhia. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Russian troops thwarted two attempted attacks by the Ukrainian Army near the Levadne and Pyatikhatki villages in the Zaporizhzhia region, Battlegroup East Spokesman Oleg Chekhov said on Sunday.

John J. Mearsheimer (2023-06-18). In Ukraine, it's coming down to an endless war of position. indybay.org Russia sees itself as existentially threatened – regardless of whether NATO and the West ever had and have in mind to attack Russia. What is relevant is what the Russian leadership and the majority of Russians are convinced of. Russia has long accused NATO of wanting to turn Ukraine into a Western bulwark on its border with Russia. | Since 2008, Russia has repeatedly made it clear to the West that this is unacceptable.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-18). Real Scale Of Ukrainian Success During Counteroffensive Revealed. southfront.org File image. | The Ukrainian military has reportedly captured seven villages spanning just 90 square kilometers from Russian forces since the start of its counteroffensive on June 4. | On June 11, Ukrainian officials said their troops took over the villages of Novodonetskoe, Blagodatnoe, Storojevoe, Makarovka and Neskuchnoe in the Donetsk region. The next day, June 12, officials announced that the Zaporozhye region villages of Lokbovoe and Novodarovka were also now back under Ukrainian control.

Palestine Action. (2023-06-18). Futuro Vegetal Against The British State. popularresistance.org Futuro Vegetal activists dyed the UK embassy in Madrid building red and black using fire extinguishers. The protest denounces the repression of British activists who have been sentenced to more than two years in prison for non-violent protests in the UK. | On 16 May, Mike Lynch-White, co-founder of the group Scientist Rebellion, was sentenced to 23 months in prison for an action by Palestine Action in 2021 [1], in which they disrupted the production of UK-made military components that were to be supplied to the state of Israel [2]. | Futuro Vegetal activists carried posters with Mike's picture on them, which they…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-18). U.S. Says Iran Tested Suicide Drone In Gulf Of Oman. southfront.org An Iranian Shahed-136 drone is launched during a military exercise in Iran, December 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter) | Iran had tested a suicide drone against a practice vessel in the Gulf of Oman without warning ships in the area, The official told the news agency that the drone was l…

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Over 53b yuan of deals inked at cultural, tourism expo in Tibet. ecns.cn Deals on 60 projects with a total value of over 53 billion yuan ($7.44 billion) were signed on Saturday at a culture and tourism expo in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Hainan eases path for seafarers to be certified. ecns.cn The Hainan Maritime Safety Administration issued China's first foreign ship captain certificate recognition visa to a Chinese crew member holding a ship captain competency certificate.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Insights | President of China Inst. in America: U.S.-China relation means everything to the world. ecns.cn "I hope that will be a clear message that it's time for engagement between the U.S. and China," said James Heimowitz, president of China Institution in America in an exclusive interview with CNS where he expressed his opinions on U.S. Secretary of State Blinken's visit to China, adding that U.S.-China. relation means everything to the world. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Chinese naval training ship heading back after wrapping up friendly visit to Philippines. ecns.cn The Chinese naval training ship Qi Jiguang (Hull 83) departed for China on Saturday after successfully concluding its goodwill visit to the Philippines. "ÄÄ The ship has finished its visit mission in far seas, and the cadet training will continue on its way back.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). (W.E. Talk) Gianluca Luisi: Why can chilies take the world by storm. ecns.cn n the promotion of Chinese food culture, chili is also opening the door for the rest of the world to understand Chinese food. Why can such a small chili take the world by storm? The Secretary General of the World Chilli Alliance, Gianluca Luisi, recently accepted an exclusive interview "W.E. Talk" with the China News Service.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). China submits papers for CPTPP accession. ecns.cn The Chinese government has submitted the documents for China's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and China has both the willingness and capability to join the CPTPP, a senior government official said on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). U.S. Secretary of State Blinken starts his long-due Beijing visit. ecns.cn U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing on Sunday, starting a two-day visit to China. | It is Blinken's first visit to China as secretary of state, and he is also the highest-level U.S. official to visit China since October 2018.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Around 95% of wheat harvested in China. ecns.cn Some 19.8 million hectares of wheat, or 95 percent of the total wheat-planting areas, have been harvested as of Saturday, official data showed, as China races against the clock to salvage crops against rainfall.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Heatwaves scorch parts of China, bringing yellow alert. ecns.cn China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures as heatwaves scorched some parts of the country.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). China's first intelligent floating production storage and offloading vessel delivered in Jiangsu. ecns.cn China's first intelligent floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel "Offshore Oil 123" was delivered in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, on Friday. It marks a new progress in China's intelligent construction of an offshore oilfield.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-18). Jonno Sriranganathan: 'Aim for reforms that open up space for deeper radical change'. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR, jaa, JCM (2023-06-18). Presidente de Irán recibe a canciller saudita en Teherán. telesurtv.net La cancillería saudita detalló que ambas autoridades repasaron las relaciones bilaterales y los mecanismos papara potenciarlas y desarrollarlas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-06-18). Canciller de China recibe a secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Ambos jefes diplomáticos intercambiaron puntos de vista sobre las relaciones bilaterales e importantes asuntos internacionales y regionales de interés común.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-18). Cubanos en exterior deciden proseguir lucha contra bloqueo de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Concluye VI Encuentro Regional de Cubanos Residentes en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Exigen a EE.UU. devolver a Cuba territorio ilegalmente ocupado en Guantánamo.

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