Sunday COVID-19 Brief: 14 Deaths and 1,070 New Cases in Venezuela
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-17
This Sunday, May 16, Venezuela reported 1,070 new COVID-19 cases, out of which 1,063 were from community transmission, and seven were imported (three from Panama, three from Aruba. and one from Mexico). | The state with the most positives in the last 24 hours was Yaracuy, with 183 cases. The rest of the infections were distributed across the country as follows: La Guaira, 164; Aragua, 111; Miranda, 94; Zulia, 86; Caracas, 76; Táchira, 65; Anzoátegui, 59; Trujillo, 41; Guárico, 37; Falcón, 35; Carabobo, 31; Nueva Esparta, 26; Portuguesa, 20; Lara, 11; Sucre, eight; Cojedes, seven; Apure, six; Bolívar, two; and Mér…
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War By Other Means: Who Is Financing The Iranian "6Rang" LGBTQ Organization?
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Illustrative image | Written by Mark Dankof. | The pattern is always unmistakable. The folks who use Usury, Economic Sanctions, Coup d'Etats, Assassinations, and endless Empire Wars, also employ Cultural Marxism, especially when it comes to the targeted character of the LGBTQ movement's slings and arrows against both Christianity and Islam, and against sovereign nation-states who have figured out that Zio-Globalism is the death of their nations a…
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A conversation with Firouzeh Khosrovani, Iranian director of Radiograph of a Family
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
As part of our coverage of this year's San Francisco film festival, we commented on Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani's film. We suggested the work was "a sensitive, semi-autobiographical and semi-fictionalized portrait."
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The US Does Not Urge Immediate Halt To Israeli Attacks in Gaza
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, took an ambiguous position on what is happening in Gaza. | RELATED: | Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces | Although she said the U.S. would offer its good offices should the parties seek a cease-fire, she made no direct mention of Israeli bombardment of Palestinian territories. | Replicating her country's tradit…
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Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to declare Israel's aggressions against Palestinians as genocide and crimes against humanity. | RELATED: | Egypt Opens Border With Gaza To Receive Wounded Palestinians | "Innocent men, women, and children are being slaughtered with the most lethal and sophisticated weapons. Houses are being demolished with their residents trapped inside," he stressed during an OI…
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Solidarity With Palestine Grows as Israel's Bombs Keep Falling
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
On Sunday, international pressure and calls for a halt to Israel's indiscriminate attacks on Palestine were joined by Pope Francis and European Union (EU) High Representative Josep Borrell. | RELATED: | Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces | "We pray unceasingly that Israelis and Palestinians may find the path of dialogue and forgiveness. We pray for the victims, in particular, the children; we pray for peace," wrote the Pope on his Twitter account. | Me…
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CovertAction Information Bulletin (1988-2)
Editors | covertactionmagazine.com | 2021-05-16
CAIB-30 (1988: 2) From the Archives: Special Back Issue on Israel the Middle East: Israeli State Terror, Arms sales, Occupation, Chemical & nuclear warfare, Israel in Africa & Central America, Disinformation & Libya, CIA's William Buckley, Afghan contra lobby…
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