Daily Archives: July 20, 2021

2021-07-20: News Headlines

Robert Koehler (2021-07-20). Moral Intelligence or Nuclear War. counterpunch.org One of these days, something will give — the rich, the powerful will suddenly look around cluelessly. What's happening? Awareness will sweep across the planet: We are one, and life is sacred. This consciousness will even invade political life and what I call moral intelligence will find political traction. This won't mean that life suddenly

Anonymous103 (2021-07-20). Iranian Navy Increases Its International Presence. southfront.org In this photo released Thursday, June 10, 2021, by the Iranian army, an Iranian warship moves in the Atlantic Ocean. Iran has dispatched two warships to the Atlantic Ocean, a rare mission to demonstrate the country's maritime power, state TV reported Thursday, without specifying the vessels' final destination. (Iranian Army via AP)The Persian country aims to become a strong naval power. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Iranian…

Mouris Salloum George (2021-07-20). Nueva embestida del imperio para incendiar Cuba. globalizacion.ca Como ha sido en otras latitudes con naciones que giran fuera de la atmósfera norteamericana, las revueltas patrocinadas por sus lacayos es ya un método conocido y ejemplos sobran, Siria, Libia, Irak… | Las imágenes que irrumpieron en los noticieros internacionales…

Jorge Majfud (2021-07-20). De Cuba y Estados Unidos, tiranías y dictaduras. globalizacion.ca En 1997 un amigo cubano me dijo "Fidel es un dictador, mas no un tirano". Estábamos en una provincia de Mozambique donde él trabajaba como médico y yo como arquitecto. Esa tarde, en un patio de tierra roja africana, no…

Wilkins JT, Lloyd-Jones DM. (2021-07-20). Novel Lipid-Lowering Therapies to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Insights Clinical Update reviews lipid-lowering therapies prescribed to reduce cardiovascular risk, including statins and ezetimibe, as well as novel therapies such as PCSK-9 inhibitors, bempedoic acid, icosapent ethyl, and inclisiran.

Jason Ditz (2021-07-20). UN Agency 'Uncomfortable' at Pause of Iran Nuclear Talks. news.antiwar.com The International Atomic Energy Agency can't always decide what they want Iran to do, but they are consistently displeased with the status quo, announcing Monday that they are IAEA director Rafael Grossi says he has a "number of questions" for Iran with respect to this pause, and doesn't like the position it puts the IAEA in that the talks have temporarily stopped. | That's temporary. Iran has been very clear that their intention is to restart the ta…

WSWS (2021-07-20). Censorship of Southend UK art installation points to rising suppression of art and critical thought. wsws.org Britain's first nuclear weapon was assembled close to the site in 1952, and then shipped to Australia for testing. Gabriella Hirst wanted to invite reflection on the impact of 12 British nuclear tests on indigenous lands.

Stewart Engel (2021-07-20). Six Decades of US-Japanese Government Collusion in Bringing Nuclear Weapons to Japan. asia-pacificresearch.com

Donald Monaco (2021-07-19). Biden Targets Iran. Cyber, Military and Legal Provocations. Economic Warfare. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-07-19). Demonstrator killed in Iran's water crisis protests. wsws.org The ruling elite is acutely conscious of the significance of these protests in the country's economic powerhouse, where thousands of contract workers in Iran's oil industry have been on strike for weeks, demanding better wages and working conditions in the southern gas fields and some refineries in the big cities and winning growing support elsewhere.

Jason Ditz (2021-07-19). Iran Deputy FM: Nuclear Talks Restart August 9 Under New President. news.antiwar.com The JCPOA nuclear talks in Vienna appear to be temporarily on hold, with the US saying there President-elect Ebrahim Raisi won the recent election in Iran. At the time, talks were ongoing and continued with the outgoing government, in hopes of making a last minute deal. With three weeks until inauguration and th…

Jason Ditz (2021-07-19). US Drone Attacks Iraqi Militia Truck in Syria. news.antiwar.com Iraqi militia officials are reporting a Sunday attack by a US drone against a truck in Syria. The The militia is question is one of a handful of Iraqi militias that the US has been attacking in recent weeks, nominally as a "message to Iran." Reports on today's attack say that there were no casualties, but the truck was destroyed. | Previous att…

Editor (2021-07-19). Pretending not to see brazen lies: the rule of law and nuclear madness. mronline.org The latest brazen lie is the "rule of law" upheld by U.S. President Joe Biden at the G7 and NATO summits, especially lies about lawlessness surrounding nuclear weapons. | July 19, 2021 | Newswire…

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