2021-07-03: News Headlines

sputniknews (2021-07-03). Astronomers Uncover 'Extreme' Ultra-Dense, Moon-Sized White Dwarf Nearing Collapse. sputniknews.com White dwarfs are ancient stars that develop after having exhausted their nuclear fuel and expelling the majority of its outer materials. Typically, said stars carry about half the mass of the Sun and maintain a size just slightly larger than the Earth. However, that's not the case for all, it seems.

Labor Video Project (2021-07-03). On 100th Anniversary Of CCP, Namibian Rossing Miners Call On Xi-Jinping To Rehire Miners. indybay.org On the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the nine fired union leaders of the Mineworkers Union Of Namibia Rossing Branch mine called on CCP Chair Xi-Jinping to order their rehiring at Chinese state owned Chinese National Nuclear Corporation owned mine at Rossing…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-03). Putin's 'City-Killer': Russia Launches World's Largest Nuclear-Armed Submarine. southfront.org Belgorod. Source: Defence View | Originally published by It's being popularly

Hana A Mansour, Eugenie Bitar, Youssef Fares, Assad A Makdessi, Antoine Maalouf, Mahmoud El Ghoul, Mohamad A Mansour, Antoine Chami, Michel Khalil, Alex Jalkh, Daniel Cherfan, Jawad Fares, Fadlo R Khuri, Ahmad M Mansour, Beirut Port Ammonium Nitrate Explosion Consortium (2021-07-03). [Correspondence] The Beirut Port explosion: injury trends from a mass survey of emergency admissions. thelancet.com On Aug 4, 2020, 1807 h, one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history rocked Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, with a population of 2 million. The Beirut Port ammonium nitrate explosion (BPANE) happened when a fire set off 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate, which had been stored inside the port for 6 years. Soon after the explosion, we surveyed all patient admissions to emergency departments to analyse the pattern of injuries caused by the explosion.

sputniknews (2021-07-02). Russia Working on Updated Concept for Security in the Persian Gulf, Lavrov Says. sputniknews.com Russia first unveiled a 'Security Concept for the Persian Gulf Region' in mid-2019, in the aftermath of a series of dangerous and destabilizing incidents including tanker seizures, sabotage attacks, and the shoot down of a $200 million US spy drone over Iranian airspace – which nearly prompted Washington to launch strikes into Iran.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-07-02). Russia expects JCPOA to be back in effect before July 14. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) — Russia FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said her country expects that the talks on the return of the US to the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) will be successfully completed by the 6th anniversary of the deal on July 14.

Staff (2021-07-02). Russia condemns US for closing websites close to Resistance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) — Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has condemned the recent US action in shutting down more than 30 Iranian and regional websites close to the Resistance groups as a politically motivated action.

Mel Gurtov (2021-07-02). Saving the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement. counterpunch.org Despite the best efforts of the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu to disrupt the nuclear talks with Iran by attacking Iran's nuclear computer network, the news out of Geneva is that a new agreement is close to being signed. It has been a very rough road to get there—a road worth recalling because among that

Anonymous669 (2021-07-02). Iraqi "Resistance" Groups Blew Up Two US Supply Convoys (Video). southfront.org File image. | On July 2, two convoys moving logistic supplies and equipment for the US-led coalition came under attack in central and northern Iraq. | The first convoy was targeted near the city of Hillah in the central province of Babylon with an improvised explosive device (IED). No casualties were reported. The pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance in Iraq — 'Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for the attack. | The second convoy was attacked in an unspecified part of the northern province of Saladin. Several…

Emma-Louise Fenelon (2021-07-02). 5 Key Medical Law Updates on Law Pod UK. ukhumanrightsblog.com In Episode 146 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Richard Mumford and Rajkiran Barhey about recent developments in medical law. All of the cases discussed during this episode are covered in the most recent issue of the QMLR, available here. We highly recommend the new QMLR website to our listeners, who we hope will find the archive …

teleSUR (2021-07-02). Bolsonaro To Be Investigated in Covaxin Corruption Case. telesurenglish.net The Attorney General's Office asked the Supreme Court (TSF) to investigate whether Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro took adequate and timely actions to prevent the misappropriation of public funds during the purchase of Covaxin vaccines. | RELATED: | On March 20, Democrat lawmaker Luis Miranda informed the far-right President about the existence of possible irregularities in the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccines. Two days later, in…

Staff (2021-07-02). 'Clothing police': Leftist Melenchon denounces Macron for opposing crop tops in French schools, likens him to 'Iranian Ayatollahs'. rt.com The leader of a French leftist party has compared President Emmanuel Macron to Iranian ayatollahs or the "clothing police," after Macron disapproved of teenagers wearing crop tops in school. | In an interview with Elle magazine, Macron was asked what he thinks about teenagers sporting the midriff-revealing crop tops outside of or in schools. "I'm all for freedom," the president replied. "But freedom is only valid when there are rules for living in a community." | At home or with friends, it's one thing. At school, I'm a more of a 'proper attire required' kind of person, for both girls and boys. | "I'm not an a…

WSWS (2021-07-02). In the Heights: Film version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical about life in New York City neighborhood. wsws.org In spite of its insufficiently critical treatment of the "American Dream," In the Heights offers some genuine and compelling pictures of life in Washington Heights.

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-02). Turkey allows Qatar to base 36 warplanes, hundreds of troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey allows Qatar to base 36 warplanes, hundreds of troops The Turkish press on July 1 reported that Ankara has signed an agreement with the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to allow the latter to deploy 36 military aircraft and 250 service members to Turkey. The Turkish chief of the general staff, General Ya≈üar Gàºler, …

Tom Engelhardt (2021-07-02). An All-American Horror Story: How we Sacrificed our Health on the Altar of useless Nuclear Arsenals. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — Yes, once upon a time I regularly absorbed science fiction and imagined futures of wonder, but mainly of horror. What else could you think, if you read H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds under the covers by flashlight while your parents thought you were asleep? Of course, that novel was a …

David Cronin (2021-07-02). "Sad" EU officials happy to boost cooperation with Israel. electronicintifada.net Nuclear research among topics being explored.

ecns.cn (2021-07-02). China confirms IAEA invitation over Japan's nuclear wastewater disposal. ecns.cn The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief has sent a letter inviting Chinese experts to participate in a working group pertaining to Japan's disposal of nuclear wastewater, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.

Labor Video Project (2021-07-02). On 100th Anniversary Of CCP, Namibian Rossing Miners Call On Xi-Jinping To Rehire Miners. indybay.org On the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the nine fired union leaders of the Mineworkers Union Of Namibia Rossing Branch mine called on CCP Chair Xi-Jinping to order their rehiring at Chinese state owned Chinese National Nuclear Corporation owned mine at Rossing…

Tom Engelhardt (2021-07-02). The End of the World Is Closer Than It Seems. thenation.com The End of the World Is Closer Than It Seems…

Staff (2021-07-02). 'No state cover-up': French government refuses to apologize over Pacific nuclear test radiation levels. rt.com France's junior defense minister Genevieve Darrieussecq has denied her country engaged in a "state cover-up" to conceal the extent of the impact of nuclear tests conducted by the country in the Pacific between 1966 and 1996. | Speaking following the conclusion of a two-day roundtable meeting, Darrieussecq declared that "there was no state cover-up," rejecting allegations France sought to conceal the extent of the fallout from the nuclear tests, and ruling out any official apology. | The event had been arranged by France's President Emmanuel Macron to confront the legacy of the 193 nuclear tests at Moruroa and…

David Krieger (2021-07-02). Haiku on War and Peace. counterpunch.org Haiku On War And Peace 8: 15 a.m. August 6, 1945 — frozen in time Sadako Peace Day — we gather to remember the innocent children Nuclear arrogance wreaked havoc in the Pacific — remembering Vietnam — we both chose not to fight there why kill peasants? Lieutenant Calley slaughtered peasants at My Lai — that's

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