Editor (2025-07-27). On The Front Lines of Ethnic Cleansing in Masafer Yatta. socialistproject.ca

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined.
The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined.
The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined. | | The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined.
The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined.
The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined. | | The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

newsweek.com (2025-07-28). Social Security Warning Issued as Retirees Could Face $18,000 CutRetirees could face a huge cut to benefits in the next seven years if a new funding solution isn't found for Social Security, a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has outlined.
The committee has estimated that a couple with medium dual income retiring in 2033 would lose $18,100 per year in benefits if the trust fund conundrum is not solved. For a single income couple, this would be $13,600.

albawaba (2025-07-28). Saudi-French led UN conference pushes two-state solution amid U.S.-Israeli boycott. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The International Ministerial Conference on the Implementation of the Two-State Solution officially opened Monday evening at the United Nations headquarters in New York, under the joint chairmanship of Saudi Arabia and France. The high-level conference aims to revive momentum toward a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution.Saudi Arabia's state broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya aired the opening session, which it described as a ministerial-level initiative dedicated to advancing peace and justice for Palestine through the framework of a two-state solution.In his op…

albawaba (2025-07-28). Sudanese PM appoints 5 new ministers. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris issued a decree appointing five new ministers to his so-called "Government of Hope," bringing the number of appointed ministers to 20 out of a planned 22.The decree, issued late Sunday evening, includes the appointment of Lamia Abdel Ghaffar Khalafallah as Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Moatasem Ibrahim Ahmed as Minister of Energy, Ahmed El-Dardery Ghandour as Minister of Digital Transformation and Communications, El-Tahami El-Zein Hajar as Minister of Education and National Education, and Ahmed Adam Ahmed as Minister of Youth and Sports.ÿ£ÿ™&Yuml…

albawaba (2025-07-28). Who is Ayman Sabry, the Egyptian man reportedly tortured to death by police. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Protests recently erupted in Egypt after the death of a young Egyptian man named Ayman Sabry, who was found dead inside the Belqas police station in the Dakahlia Governorate with reported torture marks on his body. According to local reports, Sabry was detained on July 21 over charges of drug trafficking and weapons possession. Egypt's Ministry of Interior released a statement stating that the young man died after he felt a sudden state of fatigue in his cell. Sabry was later transferred to a hospital but died there. The ministry added that Sabry was serving time with two other inmates who were also u…

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). ABD: BM'deki "Filistin meselesine barƒ±≈üà߃±l ve iki devletli àßà∂zàºm" konferansƒ±nƒ± reddediyoruz. aa.com.tr ABD yà∂netimi, Birle≈ümi≈ü Milletler'de (BM) dàºzenlenen Filistin meselesine barƒ±≈üà߃±l bir àßà∂zàºm bulunmasƒ± ve iki devletli àßà∂zàºmàºn hayata geàßirilmesi konulu Yàºksek Dàºzeyli Uluslararasƒ± Konferansƒ± "sava≈üƒ± uzatacak" gerekàßesiyle reddettiklerini aà߃±kladƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Beyaz Saray, ABD ile AB arasƒ±ndaki ticaret anla≈ümasƒ±nƒ±n detaylarƒ±nƒ± aà߃±kladƒ±. aa.com.tr Beyaz Saray, ABD ile Avrupa Birliƒüi (AB) arasƒ±nda saƒülanan ticaret anla≈ümasƒ±nƒ±n Amerikalƒ±lara AB pazarƒ±na benzeri gà∂ràºlmemi≈ü dàºzeyde eri≈üim imkanƒ± saƒülayacaƒüƒ±nƒ± bildirdi.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). BM Gàºvenlik Konseyi, Suriye'deki durumu gà∂ràº≈ütàº. aa.com.tr Birle≈ümi≈ü Milletler Gàºvenlik Konseyi (BMGK), Suriye'nin Sàºveyda ilinde Bedevi Arap a≈üiretleri ile Dàºrzi silahlƒ± gruplar arasƒ±ndaki gerginlik sonrasƒ± àºlkenin siyasi, insani ve siyasi durumunu masaya yatƒ±rdƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). BM Suriye àñzel Temsilcisi Pedersen, àºlkede "à∂nemli rota dàºzeltmelerine" ihtiyaàß olduƒüunu sà∂yledi. aa.com.tr Birle≈ümi≈ü Milletler (BM) Genel Sekreteri'nin Suriye àñzel Temsilcisi Geir O. Pedersen, Suriye'de son dà∂nemde ya≈üanan geli≈ümeler ƒ±≈üƒ±ƒüƒ±nda, àºlkede "à∂nemli rota dàºzeltmelerine" ihtiyaàß duyulduƒüunu belirtti.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Borsa gàºnຠdàº≈üàº≈üle tamamladƒ±. aa.com.tr Borsa ƒ∞stanbul'da BIST 100 endeksi, gàºnຠyàºzde 0,94 deƒüer kaybederek 10.542,09 puandan tamamladƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Bugàºn 56 ilde hava sƒ±caklƒ±ƒüƒ± 40 dereceyi a≈ütƒ±. aa.com.tr Hava sƒ±caklƒ±klarƒ±nƒ±n mevsim normallerinin àºzerinde seyrettiƒüi yurt genelinde 56 ilde sƒ±caklƒ±klar 40 derecenin àºzerini gà∂sterdi.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Bursa'daki Orhaneli-Harmancƒ±k orman yangƒ±nƒ±yla ilgili tutuklanan ≈üàºpheli suàßunu itiraf etti. aa.com.tr Bursa'nƒ±n Orhaneli ve Harmancƒ±k ilàßeleri arasƒ±nda devam eden orman yangƒ±nƒ±yla ilgili tutuklanan ≈üàºphelinin ifadesine ula≈üƒ±ldƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Erdoƒüan, Kazakistan Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Tokayev'i resmi tà∂renle kar≈üƒ±ladƒ±. aa.com.tr Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan, Kazakistan Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Kasƒ±m Cà∂mert Tokayev'i resmi tà∂renle kar≈üƒ±ladƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Dƒ±≈üi≈üleri Bakan Yardƒ±mcƒ±sƒ± Yƒ±lmaz: Filistin devletinin à∂nàºndeki en bàºyàºk engel devam eden i≈ügaldir. aa.com.tr Dƒ±≈üi≈üleri Bakan Yardƒ±mcƒ±sƒ± Nuh Yƒ±lmaz, "Filistin devletinin à∂nàºndeki en bàºyàºk engel devam eden i≈ügaldir." dedi.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Endonezya aà߃±klarƒ±nda 6,5 bàºyàºkl຃üàºnde deprem. aa.com.tr Endonezya'nƒ±n Sumatra Adasƒ±'ndaki Aàße eyaleti aà߃±klarƒ±nda 6,5 bàºyàºkl຃üàºnde deprem meydana geldi.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Fenerbahàße'nin Feyenoord maàßlarƒ±nƒ± yà∂netecek hakemler belli oldu. aa.com.tr Fenerbahàße'nin UEFA ≈ûampiyonlar Ligi 3. eleme turunda Hollanda ekibi Feyenoord ile oynayacaƒüƒ± maàßlarƒ± yà∂netecek hakemler belli oldu.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Fransa: Filistin'i tanƒ±ma kararƒ±mƒ±z diƒüer àºlkelere bu konuda "ivme" kazandƒ±rabilir. aa.com.tr Fransa Dƒ±≈üi≈üleri Bakanƒ± Jean-Noel Barrot, Fransa'nƒ±n Filistin devletini tanƒ±ma kararƒ±nƒ±n diƒüer Batƒ±lƒ± àºlkelere de aynƒ± kararƒ± almalarƒ± yà∂nàºnde "ivme" kazandƒ±rabileceƒüini belirtti.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Galatasaray, Abdàºlkerim Bardakcƒ± ve Kaan Ayhan'ƒ±n sà∂zle≈ümelerini uzattƒ±. aa.com.tr Galatasaray, savunma oyuncularƒ± Abdàºlkerim Bardakcƒ± ile Kaan Ayhan'ƒ±n sà∂zle≈ümelerini uzattƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Guterres: Gazze halkƒ±nƒ±n dàºnyanƒ±n gà∂zຠà∂nàºnde yok edili≈üi hiàßbir ≈üekilde me≈ürula≈ütƒ±rƒ±lamaz. aa.com.tr Birle≈ümi≈ü Milletler (BM) Genel Sekreteri Antonio Guterres, "Gazze halkƒ±nƒ±n dàºnyanƒ±n gà∂zຠà∂nàºnde yok edili≈üi ve aàßlƒ±ƒüa mahkum edilmesi hiàßbir ≈üekilde me≈ürula≈ütƒ±rƒ±lamaz." dedi.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). ƒ∞srailli muhalif lider, "Gazze'ye saldƒ±rƒ±lar durmazsa dàºnyanƒ±n ƒ∞sraillilere kapƒ±larƒ±nƒ± kapatacaƒüƒ±nƒ±" sà∂yledi. aa.com.tr ƒ∞srail'de ana muhalefet partisi "Gelecek Var" lideri Yair Lapid, Gazze'ye saldƒ±rƒ±larƒ±n sona erdirilmemesi durumunda tàºm dàºnyanƒ±n ƒ∞sraillilere kapƒ±larƒ±nƒ± kapatacaƒüƒ±nƒ± belirtti.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Kanada, Filistin meselesinde iki devletli àßà∂zàºm iàßin siyasi cesaret ve kararlƒ±lƒ±k àßaƒürƒ±sƒ±nda bulundu. aa.com.tr Kanada Dƒ±≈üi≈üleri Bakanƒ± Anita Anand, Filistin meselesinde iki devletli àßà∂zàºme destek verdiklerini belirterek, bunun iàßin siyasi cesaret ve kararlƒ±lƒ±k gerektiƒüini kaydetti.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). La Liga'da teknik direktà∂rlere "VAR incelemesi talep etme" hakkƒ±. aa.com.tr ƒ∞spanya'da La Liga yà∂netimi, yeni sezonda teknik direktà∂rlerin VAR incelemesi talep etmesine izin veren yeni kural getirecek.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Manavgat'taki yangƒ±nƒ±nƒ±n àºzerinden dà∂rt yƒ±l geàßti. aa.com.tr Antalya'nƒ±n Manavgat ilàßesinde 6 ki≈üinin hayatƒ±nƒ± kaybettiƒüi, yakla≈üƒ±k 60 bin hektar orman alanƒ±nƒ±n zarar gà∂rd຃üຠyangƒ±n felaketinin dà∂rdàºncຠyƒ±lƒ±nda, yanan alanlar ye≈üile bàºràºndàº.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Pakistan Enformasyon Bakanƒ± Tarar'dan Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Erdoƒüan'ƒ±n kàºresel alandaki gàºàßlຠduru≈üuna à∂vgàº. aa.com.tr Pakistan Enformasyon Bakanƒ± Attaullah Tarar, Cumhurba≈ükanƒ± Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan'ƒ±n liderliƒüine ve yà∂neticiliƒüine à∂vgàºde bulunarak, Filistin ba≈üta olmak àºzere Màºslàºmanlarla ilgili kàºresel konulardaki gàºàßlຠduru≈üuna dikkati àßekti.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Rusya Devlet Ba≈ükanƒ± Putin, ƒ∞srail Ba≈übakanƒ± Netanyahu ile Orta Doƒüu'daki durumu gà∂ràº≈ütàº. aa.com.tr Rusya Devlet Ba≈ükanƒ± Vladimir Putin, ƒ∞srail Ba≈übakanƒ± Binyamin Netanyahu ile telefonda Orta Doƒüu'daki durumu ele aldƒ±.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). Shakhtar Donetsk-Be≈üikta≈ü rà∂van≈ü maà߃±nƒ± hakem Juan Martinez Munuera yà∂netecek. aa.com.tr Be≈üikta≈ü'ƒ±n UEFA Avrupa Ligi 2. eleme turu rà∂van≈ü maà߃±nda Shakhtar Donetsk ile oynayacaƒüƒ± kar≈üƒ±la≈ümayƒ±, ƒ∞spanyol hakem Juan Martinez Munuera yà∂netecek.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). ≈ûƒ±rnak'ta kayalƒ±klardan dàº≈üen jandarma uzman àßavu≈ü ≈üehit oldu. aa.com.tr ƒ∞àßi≈üleri Bakanƒ± Ali Yerlikaya, ≈ûƒ±rnak ƒ∞l Jandarma Komutanlƒ±ƒüƒ±nda gà∂revli Jandarma Uzman àáavu≈ü Mehmet Ali Yƒ±ldƒ±rƒ±m'ƒ±n icra edilen bir operasyonda kayalƒ±klardan dàº≈üerek ≈üehit olduƒüunu bildirdi.

aa.com.tr (2025-07-28). THY'nin Halep uàßu≈ülarƒ± yeniden ba≈ülƒ±yor. aa.com.tr Tàºrk Hava Yollarƒ± (THY) Suriye'nin Halep kentine seferlerin 1 Aƒüustos'ta yeniden ba≈ülayacaƒüƒ±nƒ± duyurdu.

WiBOPM (2025-07-28). All eyes on Handala! wibailoutpeople.org

WiBOPM (2025-07-28). Solidarity with Workers on Strike at Republic! wibailoutpeople.org Teamsters Republic Services — the second largest waste corporation in America — is still forcing hundreds of Teamsters nationwide to strike and subjecting countless communities to disgusting conditions as trash piles up. Despite raking in billions off the hard work of its Teamsters workforce, Republic refuses to offer contracts with fair wages, better benefits, and …

WiBOPM (2025-07-28). Wisconsin: Stand for Peace! Free Palestine! Events July 28-August 3, 2025 (City Listings). wibailoutpeople.org Click here to see a listing and details of recurring vigils across the state. APPLETONSat Aug 2, 11: 00 am — 12: 00 noon — Fox Valley Peace Coalition monthly vigil. Houdini Plaza on College Avenue. Bring your signs! Organizer: Ronna Swift ronnajean61@gmail.com JANESVILLEWed July 30, 4: 30 — 5 pm — Weekly Stand for Justice and Peace. …

WiBOPM (2025-07-28). Venezuela ALBA News 7.28.2025. wibailoutpeople.org Simon Bolivar and Hugo Chavez; Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution; Thomas Jefferson and Hitler; Torture of Venezuelans in El Salvador prison; Fidel and Che Venezuela & ALBA News 7.28.2025, #564: Granma: Fidel, Che, and July 26: essential symbols Historical processes, especially those with revolutionary roots and objectives of a socialist nature, need faces that embody them and …

eadaily (2025-07-28). Trump staged a theater: Russia will not stop the war until NATO stops expanding. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump is posing as a disappointed mediator, although it is obvious that in order to resolve the Ukrainian conflict it is necessary to eliminate its causes. This was stated in the social network X by Glenn Diesen…

eadaily (2025-07-28). Left to die: a well-known top blogger explained his departure from Russia. eadaily.com Famous Russian video blogger Andrei Afonin, known as Afonya, explained his departure from Russia in Bali (Indonesia) discovered a malignant neoplasm. He told about this in a conversation with his colleague Amiran Sardarov…

eadaily (2025-07-28). The European Commission sent a warning to Kiev about the complete suspension of financial assistance — FAZ. eadaily.com The European Commission has sent a warning to Kiev about a possible complete suspension of financial support. This is reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

eadaily (2025-07-28). After the scandal with Serdyuchka: Ukraine issued a new statement about the Russian language. eadaily.com There is no ban on songs in Russian on the territory of Ukraine. The new Language Ombudsman of Ukraine Olena Ivanovska wrote about this on her page on the social network.

eadaily (2025-07-28). By confrontation with Russia, Trump pays Europe for capitulation — McGregor. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump went to confrontation with Russia in order to conclude a profitable trade deal with Europe, which puts Washington on a collision course with Moscow. This was stated on the social network by former Pentagon adviser retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Zelensky signed a law dramatically increasing the number of SBU. eadaily.com The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, today signed a law on strengthening the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He stated this in his telegram channel.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Another football player escaped from Ukraine. eadaily.com Striker Kharkov "Metalist-1925" Alexei Sidorov voluntarily left Ukraine. This is reported by the club's press service.

eadaily (2025-07-28). If we lose the South Caucasus, problems will immediately begin in the North — expert. eadaily.com Dean of the Faculty of Management and Politics of MGIMO Henry Sardaryan urged to "restore order" at the borders of Russia.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Full "blackout" : Gurovsky Black Hawk was covered at the Priluki airfield. eadaily.com After the strike on the Priluki airfield in the Chernihiv region, where the Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the GUR was located, a "blackout" was introduced in this area. This is reported by the telegram channel "Inside Out" with reference to a source.

eadaily (2025-07-28). The best disaster possible: Germany appreciated Von der Leyen's agreement with Trump. eadaily.com The agreement between the European Union and the United States on new customs rules can cause great damage to the economies of European countries. This was stated by German economists, according to Bild in Russian*.

eadaily (2025-07-28). In Novosibirsk, security forces detained 28 people. eadaily.com Police officers and Rosgvardiya Novosibirsk detained and took 28 people to the station as part of operational search activities in order to work out the information received. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the region.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Pashinyan personally joined the campaign against the Russian base in Gyumri — opinion. eadaily.com The campaign against the 102nd Russian military base stationed in Gyumri is gaining momentum, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan personally joined it, Armenian blogger Mika Badalyan said.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Seven Fridays for 50 days: Trump puts pressure on Russia, continuing to arm Kiev — Niemeyer. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump is putting pressure on Russia, demanding a cease-fire, while the States themselves continue to supply the Kiev regime with weapons. This was stated to RIA Novosti by the head of the German Council for Constitution and Sovereignty…

eadaily (2025-07-28). Ultimatum game with Russia may cost Trump dearly — Medvedev. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump is playing a game of ultimatums with Russia, which could cost him dearly. This was stated in the social network by the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Elderly with tattoos: the runaway presenter of the First Channel compared Israel with Russia. eadaily.com Former Channel One presenter Anton Privolnov named one of the differences between Israel and Russia. He expressed his opinion in the video, which is available on YouTube.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Two American aerial scouts graze near Sochi. eadaily.com American reconnaissance aircraft have been spotted off the Black Sea coast near Sochi today. This is reported by the telegram channel Sochi Online.

eadaily (2025-07-28). Zelensky will not be able to win back the law on NABU and SAP — the FAS team has already been given. eadaily.com The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is trying to win back the situation with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO)…

eadaily (2025-07-28). Your business is not to choose, but to fight: local elections have been canceled in Ukraine. eadaily.com The CEC of Ukraine has officially announced that local elections will not be held this year. According to the law, they were supposed to be held on the last Sunday of October, but due to the so-called "martial law"…

eadaily (2025-07-28). Trump delivers a new ultimatum to Putin. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump has admitted the possibility of a deal with Moscow on Ukraine, threatening secondary sanctions and duties if the conflict cannot be resolved in the near future. He said this at a press conference following a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry (Scotland).

eadaily (2025-07-28). I didn't have time to land: one of the two Ukrainian Black Hawk helicopters was destroyed. eadaily.com One of the two Ukrainian UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters ("Black Hawk", the favorite helicopter of the US military) was destroyed by an Iskander missile. This is reported by TK Mash, publishing a video of the incident.

eadaily (2025-07-28). The defense in the Serebryansk forest has been broken through — the APU is leaving for other areas. eadaily.com For the first time in a long time, the Russian army broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Serebryansk forest, which became the line of Ukrainian defense in the Limansky direction.

eadaily (2025-07-28). One of the world's largest technology companies abandons plans in the EU. eadaily.com Intel has announced new measures as part of its recovery and cost-cutting plan. The corporation abandons plans to manufacture chips in Germany and Poland and announces the continuation of cuts, as reported by Reuters and Euronews.

John Perry, Roger D. Harris (2025-07-28). Trump Targets Latino Migrants. dissidentvoice.org By escalating deportations, ending humanitarian protections, and cutting remittances, Trump's immigration policy threatens to destabilize Latin American economies and exacerbate humanitarian crises. Ironically, this might trigger a new wave of migration. The importance of Latinos living and working in the US is enormous: if they were in a separate country, it would be the world's …

Thomas C. Mountain (2025-07-28). Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun. dissidentvoice.org There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the western backed corrupt, brutal gangster regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he who was bestowed the Nobel Peace prize by the imperialists on the Nobel Committee in Norway On the …

Ana Vraƒçar (2025-07-28). Italian city says no to warships and weapons for Israel. peoplesdispatch.org From early morning on Friday, July 25, Genoa set the stage for new anti-armament mobilizations in Italy: dockworkers protested arms transfers to Israel, while the public rejected plans that would turn their city into a hotpoint of NATO's war machine. | José Nivoi from the Autonomous Collective of Port Workers (Collettivo Autonomo dei Lavoratori Portuali, CALP) and the local union chapter of Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), emphasized that the morning rally was directed specifically at the new city authorities, with dockworkers demanding a clear stance of solidarity with Palestine — an assurance they say was…

Mohammad Khansa (2025-07-28). Five reasons why the UAE is fixated on Sudan. peoplesdispatch.org Last month, the Sudanese army The UAE has also been accused of financing and arming the RSF, led by Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo also known as "Hemedti", and one of…

Anthony Watts (2025-07-28). CERES Satellite Data Suggests Low Climate Sensitivity. wattsupwiththat.com Equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) is a measure of how much the Earth's global average surface temperature will eventually increase in response to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration.

CAT (2025-07-28). Monday 7/28: Tesla Takedown. indybay.org At the Tesla Dealership 999 Van Ness (corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell)…

Ernst Lohoff (2025-07-28). Big Suicide Bill. indybay.org The law provides for extensive spending on racist persecution. Over $170 billion alone will go toward building the border wall with Mexico and improving surveillance technology at the borders. Funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and its human hunting squads is to be increased by $75 billion…

FCNL (2025-07-28). Thursday 7/31: Postcards for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | nhpeaceaction.org/event/nh-peace-action-……

geo.tv (2025-07-28). Key elements of EU-US trade deal agreed on Sunday. geo.tv US President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. —Reuters

HillBombsSF (2025-07-28). Saturday 10/11: Twin Peaks Hill-Bomb for Palestine. indybay.org Start: Christmas Tree Point, Twin Peaks, San Francisco | End: Jane Warner Plaza (Market & Castro), San Francisco…

Indivisible Civil Rights Group (2025-07-28). Monday 7/28: Protest Against the Trump Regime. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz…

Indivisible Salinas Valley (2025-07-28). Saturday 8/2: Salinas: Rage Against the Regime. indybay.org Corner of South Main Street and Blanco Road, Salinas…

Jeff Dooley (2025-07-28). Oakland Families First rally protests cuts in health, food and education. indybay.org Calls for families to have food, healthcare, safe schools and disaster protection.

LVP (2025-07-28). Striking UC AFSCME 3299 Workers Fed Up with Layoffs & Union Busting & Speak Out at UCSF. indybay.org Hundreds of UC AFSCME 3299 workers rallied and marched in San Francisco at the UCSF Mission Bay campus and spoke out about the layoffs and union busting by UC management and the regents.

Negro History Bulletin, October 1950 (2025-07-28). 1850 Compromise – California 175th Admission Day Party – California State Capitol. indybay.org On the eve of the Compromise of 1850 leading to California Admission Day there were fifteen free states and fifteen slave states. The resulting balance of power in the Senate had made it possible for the South to vote down any bills that it deemed hostile to the interests of slaveholders even though the South was outnumbered in the House of Representatives by the rapidly growing North.

Rage Against the Regime (2025-07-28). Saturday 8/2: Watsonville: Rage Against the Regime. indybay.org Watsonville Memorial Park, corner of Freedom Blvd and Main St., Watsonville…

repost (2025-07-28). Palo Alto utilities workers seek separate contract amid SEIU 521 dispute over safety. indybay.org SEIU 521 members are demanding that they have a separate unit for the utilities department to protect health and safety…

Steve Topple (2025-07-28). Horoscope today: your 24-hour briefing for life, love, and more. thecanary.co Here's today's horoscope from the Canary — helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Monday 28 July 2025 Aries ‚ôà Mars is squaring Neptune in your horoscope, which could leave your righteous anger feeling a little soggy round the edges. You're not losing your […] | By

Tomasz Konicz (2025-07-28). Trump at the inner barrier of capital. indybay.org What does Donald Trump want?… The economic uncertainty caused by Trump's protectionism is considered by economists to be an important factor that could contribute to an economic slowdown or even recession in the US. Companies and corporations cannot make reliable calculations, trade between the US and China has largely come to a standstill, and supply bottlenecks are almost inevitable.

Van Luong (2025-07-28). Saturday 8/9: Loving The Silent Tears Musical Screening, Morgan Hill _Free +Food (V). indybay.org Morgan Hill Library/ Community Room | 660 West Main Avenue Morgan Hill, CA 95037…

Van Luong (2025-07-28). Saturday 9/20: The Real Love – A Musical Screening, Joan Pisani Free+ Food (V). indybay.org Joan Pisani Community Center | 19655 Allendale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070…

via Art Pocket San Jose (2025-07-28). Saturday 8/23: 2nd Annual Mutual Aid Bloc Party. indybay.org Backesto Park, 551 N 13th St, San Jose…

Xerces Society (2025-07-28). Study Links Pesticides to Monarch Butterfly Deaths in Pacific Grove. indybay.org PORTLAND, Ore.; July 25, 2025 — A new study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry documents a mass mortality event of monarch butterflies near one of California's most iconic overwintering sites and links the deaths to pesticide contamination. In late January 2024, hundreds of monarchs were found dead or dying on a private property near the trees of Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary, where they typically cluster during the winter.

United World International (2025-07-28). Between Enosis and Sovereignty: Cyprus as the Mediterranean's Geopolitical Fault Line. uwidata.com by Fabrizio Verde Cyprus is not merely an island in the Eastern Mediterranean; it is a strategic linchpin where geopolitical, military, and economic interests converge. Positioned at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, Cyprus has historically been a battleground for empires and a focal point for regional powers. In the modern …

United World International (2025-07-28). Hydro-Hegemony in South Asia. uwidata.com By Dure Akram, from Lahore / Pakistan The Brahmaputra is no longer just a marvel of nature. It has become a fulcrum of geopolitical power. From its origin in the highlands of Tibet to the crowded deltas of Bangladesh, the river now moves not just water, but strategy, pressure, and consequence. China has begun constructing …

Cameron W. Rasmussen (2025-07-28). Columbia's New Policy Deems Any Protest of Israel to Be Inherently Antisemitic. truthout.org Columbia University announced on July 23 that it had accepted an unprecedented "deal" with the federal government to settle claims brought by the Trump administration that it had discriminated against Jewish students. While the settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing by the university, Columbia has agreed to meet a wide range of demands, which include paying more than $200 million to… |

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (2025-07-28). Asylum Seekers Now Have to Pay to File Immigration Claims. truthout.org For the first time in the history of the United States, asylum seekers will have to pay to file an asylum application. The so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," or OBBA, mandates new minimum fees for immigration and visa applications. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Attorney General to raise fees above the minimum… |

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (2025-07-28). DHS Uses Iconic Scene from "E.T." to Tell Immigrants to Deport Themselves. truthout.org The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently used an iconic image from the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" to promote its white supremacist policies on social media. "Even E.T. knew when it was TIME TO GO HOME," DHS's edited version of the movie poster reads, underneath a picture of E.T. and Elliot, the science fiction movie's protagonists, riding a bike across the night sky. |

Frida Garza (2025-07-28). Rule to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat Advances Amid Rising Temperatures. truthout.org Last summer, the United States took a crucial step towards protecting millions of workers across the country from the impacts of extreme heat on the job. In July 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, published its first-ever draft rule to prevent heat illness in the U.S. workforce. Among other things, the proposed regulation would require employers to provide access to… |

Lewis Raven Wallace (2025-07-28). DOJ Memo Lays Out New Ways to Attack DEI, Trans Care, Palestine, and Immigrants. truthout.org The Department of Justice Civil Division issued an internal memorandum in June that got coverage in Fox News and very little attention elsewhere. The memo empowers the Civil Division — which had come under new leadership as of the week of the memo — to proactively advance several of Donald Trump's right-wing priorities. The memo encourages the division to investigate "illegal private-sector DEI,"… |

Patricia Callahan (2025-07-28). FDA Knew Drugmaker Had Poor Record. It Waited Four Years to Inspect One Factory. truthout.org The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on a generic drugmaker that was the subject of a ProPublica investigation last year, citing problems with safety tests that delayed the recall of a medicine linked to deaths in the U.S. In December, ProPublica reported that a Glenmark Pharmaceuticals factory in central India was responsible for an outsized share of recalls for pills that didn'… |

tvbrics (2025-07-28). Africa Food Show Kenya 2025 to take place in Nairobi this August. tvbrics.com The event is expected to attract over 150 exhibitors and 5,000 professionals from the food and agriculture industries…

tvbrics (2025-07-28). ASEAN launches AI Safety Network to guide ethical innovation. tvbrics.com The organisation called for immediate global cooperation to ensure that AI contributes to human well-being…

tvbrics (2025-07-28). Brazil unveils major housing investment for Favelas. tvbrics.com The scheme will support 49 low-income areas in 32 municipalities…

tvbrics (2025-07-28). Iran confirms Nahid-2 satellite is operational in orbit. tvbrics.com Nahid-2 is a telecommunications satellite that utilises the Ku-band, commonly used for broadband connectivity across the globe…

tvbrics (2025-07-28). Patricia Villegas Marin, President of Latin American TV channel teleSUR: cooperation with TV BRICS is one of most significant for us. tvbrics.com She noted that this partnership has built a strong channel of communication between the countries of the Global South…

tvbrics (2025-07-28). South Africa secures US$398 million loan from NDB for road infrastructure development. tvbrics.com The loan will focus on upgrading key transportation routes, reducing congestion, and improving safety…

tvbrics (2025-07-28). Venezuela predicts tourism growth of 80% by end of 2025. tvbrics.com Nicolas Maduro called tourism one of the "engines" of growth and advocated for upgrading the skills of industry workers…

Sharon Zhang (2025-07-28). Activist Who Helped Film "No Other Land" Shot and Killed by Israeli Settler. truthout.org A Palestinian activist who helped film the No Other Land documentary highlighting Israel's violent occupation of the West Bank, Awdah Hathaleen, was shot and killed by an Israeli settler on Monday, according to one of the film's directors. Israeli co-filmmaker Yuval Abraham posted about Hadalin's death on social media on Monday. "An Israeli settler just shot [Hathaleen] in the lungs… |

Cameron W. Rasmussen (2025-07-28). Columbia Limits Speech and Erodes Safety by Adopting IHRA Antisemitism Framework. truthout.org Columbia University announced on July 23 that it had accepted an unprecedented "deal" with the federal government to settle claims brought by the Trump administration that it had discriminated against Jewish students. While the settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing by the university, Columbia has agreed to meet a wide range of demands, which include paying more than $200 million to… |

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Ellen Ioanes (2025-07-28). Donald Trump Jr.'s Drone Ventures Could Make a Killing — Thanks to Dad's Big Beautiful Budget. theintercept.com Last November, shortly after Donald Trump was reelected president, his son Donald Trump Jr. Securities filings showed Trump Jr. owned 331,580 shares in the company, with only two top executives holding more. | After he joined the board, the stock doubled to about $10 a s…

Gabriel Colodro (2025-07-28). 'Freeze Qatar's Assets': Hostage Families Turn to President Trump as Confidence in Israeli Government Collapses. themedialine.org The heavy humidity and suffocating Mediterranean heat of …

Mansa Musa (2025-07-28). America is built on prison labor. When will the labor movement defend prisoners? therealnews.com "Incarcerated workers are a part of the working class," award-winning journalist Kim Kelly says. And we are "not telling the real history of labor in this country if [we're] not focusing on the organizing efforts and the labor of people who are in prison." | "Incarcerated workers are a part of the working class," award-winning journalist Kim Kelly says. And we are "not telling the real history of labor in this country if [we're] not focusing on the organizing efforts and the labor of people who are in prison." labor,Prison Industrial Complex,video,prison labor

Miriam Metzinger (2025-07-28). Cambridge Exhibition Unveils 4,000-Year-Old Handprint of an Egyptian Potter. themedialine.org

Miriam Metzinger (2025-07-28). Hope on Hold: Families of Hostages Look to the US for a Solution. themedialine.org As some 50,000 people gather in Hostages Square …

Miriam Metzinger (2025-07-28). Hostage Deal Impasse Leaves No Easy Options. themedialine.org

The Media Line Staff (2025-07-28). Netanyahu and White House Faith Advisor Affirm Judeo-Christian Bond and Fight Against Misinformation. themedialine.org At Daystar's "Together as One" event in Jerusalem, …

The Media Line Staff (2025-07-28). Houthis Threaten to Target Ships Linked to Israel, Expanding Naval Campaign in Red Sea. themedialine.org

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Greece wildfires abating. tribune.com.pk Greece on Sunday was still battling wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations across the country, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. | According to the Fire Brigade, 55 new fires erupted in the last 24 hours but 50 were immediately controlled. | Firefighters were working on five major fire fronts late Sunday in the Peloponnese area west of Athens, as well as on the islands of Evia, Kythera and Crete. | "Today is expected to be a difficult day with a very high risk of fire, almost throughout the territory," fire brigade spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis warned Sunday mo…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Malaysia to mediate Thailand-Cambodia peace talks. tribune.com.pk Thailand and Cambodia's leaders will meet in Malaysia for peace talks on Monday, as the countries clashed for a fourth day in a deadly border dispute. | At least 34 people have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced as the countries, both popular tourist destinations, fight over a smattering of contested border temples. | Bangkok announced on Sunday that acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet will meet for talks mediated by Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim, who chairs the ASEAN regional bloc of which Thailand and Cambodia are members. | Anwar said the expected tal…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Six crushed to death in India temple stampede. tribune.com.pk At least six people were crushed to death at a popular Hindu temple in northern India's Uttarakhand state on Sunday, officials said, after a massive crowd surge. | The stampede occurred on the stairway leading to the Mansa Devi temple in the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, on the banks of the Ganges river, and left many injured. | "Six dead and more than 10 injured are admitted to the hospital," senior city police official Parmendra Dobhal told AFP. | Uttarkhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said relief and rescue operations were underway. | "I am constantly in touch with the local administration regarding t…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Russia starts direct flights to North Korea. tribune.com.pk Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine. | The first Moscow-Pyongyang flight, operated by Russia's Nordwind Airlines, took off at 1625 GMT, according to the Sheremetyevo airport's website. | It is scheduled to land in the North Korean capital some eight hours later. | But initially, the route will only be serviced once a month, Russia's transport ministry said. | Nordwind Airlines — which used to carry Russians to holiday destinations in Europe before the EU imposed a ban on Russian flights [mda…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Thailand, Cambodia to enter unconditional ceasefire tonight. tribune.com.pk Thailand and Cambodia will enter into an unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight on Monday, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced. | "Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding as follows: One, an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from 24 hours local time, midnight on 28th July 2025, tonight," Anwar said after mediation talks in Malaysia. | Thailand and Cambodia began discussing a ceasefire in their festering border dispute on Monday, as the deadly skirmish dragged into a fifth day. | More than 200,000 people fled the frontier as the two exchanged artillery, rock…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Global hunger down slightly in 2024: UN. tribune.com.pk Global hunger fell slightly in 2024 but still saw between 638 and 720 million people suffering food shortages with rising numbers in Africa, a UN report said Monday. | Around 8.2 percent of the world's population faced hunger last year, a fall of 0.3 percent compared to 2023, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, compiled by multiple United Nations agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme. | But a major drop in Latin America and the Caribbean was balanced against a worsening situation in Africa, where the figure is 20.2 percent. | Th…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Sri Lanka arrests ex-navy chief. tribune.com.pk Sri Lankan investigators arrested a former navy chief on Monday over the abduction and disappearance of a suspect 15 years ago, a police officer told AFP. | Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne was taken into custody over the disappearance in 2010, when he headed the Directorate of Naval Intelligence, said a detective who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media. Ulugetenne, who also served as Sri Lanka's ambassador to Cuba following his retirement from the navy in December 2022, was remanded in custody until Wednesday. | "We recorded a statement from him regarding the disappearance of a 48-yea…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). Turkey, Bulgaria battle wildfires. tribune.com.pk Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey and Bulgaria on Monday as a deadly heatwave went into a second week around much of the Mediterranean. | There have been at least 14 deaths in the past week in Turkey and about 20 villages have been evacuated, according to officials. | In neighbouring Bulgaria, emergency services fought more than 160 wildfires across the country on Monday. Greece also struggled to clear up after a week of forest fires and Spanish planes went to help Portuguese firefighters tackling a blaze on a remote mountain. | "We are burning up, we don't even know where to go anymore," Asmin Gezginc…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). 'No alternative' to two-state solution. tribune.com.pk There is "no alternative" to a two-state solution between Israelis and the Palestinians, France told a UN conference co-chaired with Saudi Arabia on Monday that was boycotted by Israel and Washington. | "Only a political, two-state solution will help respond to the legitimate aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security. There is no alternative," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said at the start of the three-day meeting. | Days before the conference, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would formally recognize a State of Palestine in September, provoking strong…

| AFP | (2025-07-28). UK museum finds ancient handprint on Egypt tomb. tribune.com.pk British researchers have discovered a rare handprint on a 4,000-year-old Egyptian artefact, a Cambridge museum said on Monday. | The ancient handprint was found by museum conservators on the base of an Egyptian soul house ⚪ a clay offering tray in the shape of a building which may have been used in tombs for laying out food offerings or as a dwelling for souls. | The unique discovery was made after the piece, crafted between 2055-1650 BC, was examined by conservation staff in preparation for a new exhibition.

| APP | (2025-07-28). Blast near Shikarpur derails Jaffer Express. tribune.com.pk An explosion on the railway track near Shikarpur injured one person, causing three coaches of the Jaffer Express to derail. | The rescue teams from Sukkur were summoned to start repairing work after the incident. | According to the Divisional Superintendent (DS) Railways, Sukkur Jamshaid Alam, the Jaffer Express was traveling from Peshawar to Quetta when it met with an accident near Shikarpur due to an explosion on the track. | Following the blast, train operations have been suspended. The passengers faced serious difficulties due to the train's derailment. | Meanwhile, Sindh government authorities took notice…

| Asif Mehmood | (2025-07-28). Punjab sees rise in child abuse cases. tribune.com.pk Pakistan witnessed nearly 2,000 reported incidents of child abuse in just the first six months of 2025, with an alarming number involving sexual violence, abductions and exploitation, according to a disturbing new report by Sahil, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to child protection. | According to the report, a total of 1,956 cases of child abuse were reported across Pakistan during the first six months of 2025, with 950 cases specifically involving sexual abuse. | The report highlights that from January to June 2025, 605 cases of child abduction and 192 reports of missing children were recorded. Mor…

| Hasnaat Malik | (2025-07-28). 'Divorced daughter entitled to pension'. tribune.com.pk The Supreme Court has struck down a Sindh government circular that denied pension entitlement to a daughter who was divorced after the death of her pensioner father. | "We find that the circular, which imposes restrictions unsupported by the Act or the Rules, is void ab initio, unconstitutional, and of no legal effect. The timing of the pensioner's death cannot lawfully be used to extinguish a surviving daughter's right to claim pension," reads the 10-page judgement authored by Justice Ayesha Malik, as the court dismissed the Sindh government's appeal. | A division bench of the apex court, led by Justice Muham…

| JEHANZEB ABBASI | (2025-07-28). Top court takes up Imran's bail pleas today. tribune.com.pk

| Kamran Yousaf | (2025-07-28). Pakistan, BD vow to deepen bilateral ties. tribune.com.pk Pakistan and Bangladesh have pledged to strengthen bilateral relations after Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Bangladesh's Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Touhid Hussain, on the sidelines of the International Conference on the Two-State Solution at the United Nations in New York on Monday. | This marks the fourth high-level interaction between the two countries since October 2024, indicating a renewed momentum in Pakistan-Bangladesh ties following years of strain. | According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the two leaders conducted a comprehensive review of bilateral rela…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). Three 'TTP terrorists' killed in Karachi. tribune.com.pk In a joint operation, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and intelligence agencies killed three suspected terrorists affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Karachi's Manghopir area late on Sunday night. | The CTD identified two of the slain terrorists as Zafran and Qudratullah, while the third terrorist's identity is yet to be confirmed. Zafran, who carried a Rs20 million bounty, was allegedly involved in the 2024 Liberty Textile attack, targeting Chinese nationals. | The CTD chief said the three slain terrorists belonged to a TTP cell dispatched from Afghanistan. Intelligence offic…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). Foreigners granted bail in online fraud case. tribune.com.pk Faisalabad Special Court on Monday approved the bail of 18 foreign nationals arrested in a major online fraud case, ordering their release from Central Jail Faisalabad upon submission of surety bonds worth Rs200,000 each. | Senior Civil Judge Muhammad Ashfaq Malik granted bail to the accused. | The individuals are among the over 149 suspects arrested earlier this month by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), during a sweeping crackdown on online scams in Faisalabad. | The crackdown resulted in the registration of eight separate FIRs against more than 70 foreign nationals, including the prime…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). President, PM call for joint efforts to combat hepatitis. tribune.com.pk President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have called for concerted efforts to contain the hepatitis epidemic and urged all stakeholders to join hands in a unified response to this growing threat to public health. | In their separate messages on 'World Hepatitis Day' being observed on Monday, they said that Pakistan joined the international community in reaffirming the commitment to eliminate hepatitis and protect the health of the people. | 'World Hepatitis Day' is observed to raise awareness about the dangers of disease and to promote collective action to prevent and control it. They noted tha…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). CJ bids farewell to Justices Tariq, Miankhel. tribune.com.pk The Supreme Court Monday bid farewell to Justice Tariq Masood and Justice Mazahar Alam Khan Miankhel, who laid down the robes of office as additional judges of the top court. | The farewell luncheon was hosted by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and was attended by all Judges of the Supreme Court. | Speaking on the occasion, the top judge paid glowing tribute to the judicial legacy and professional integrity of both outgoing judges. He commended their exceptional service, unwavering commitment to justice, and substantial contribution to improving the apex court's performance, especially in the criminal docket.

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). Senate panel reviews defence production plans. tribune.com.pk The Senate Standing Committee on Defence Production met on Monday to review the operational status, challenges, and future requirements of Pakistan's defence production institutions, reaffirming the strategic importance of strengthening indigenous defence capabilities. | The meeting focused on the importance of modernizing Pakistan's defence manufacturing capabilities to meet evolving national security needs and reduce reliance on imports. | The members stressed the need for greater transparency, enhanced efficiency, and increased collaboration between public and private sectors to boost output of defence inst…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). PM urges united front on digital transformation. tribune.com.pk Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the federal government to hold meaningful consultations with provincial governments for effective and comprehensive implementation of the Digital Transformation Plan. | Chairing a weekly review meeting on Cashless and Digital Economy in the federal capital, the prime minister said digitalisation of the economy will help promote transparency. | The core objective of the federal government's Digital Transformation Plan is to provide ease and convenience to the public without any additional cost, he said, adding that the government was encouraging digital payments…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). K-P CM overseeing Tirah crisis: adviser. tribune.com.pk Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) chief minister, has said Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is personally overseeing the Tirah incident and has summoned a jirga of tribal elders in Peshawar to hear their concerns. | "The CM is in constant contact with the relevant administration [to address the crisis]," Saif said in a statement on Monday. According to the adviser, the government is deeply saddened by the tragedy. | Five people died and 17 others sustained injuries on Sunday when protesters were fired upon during a protest outside a military installation at the Bagh Maidan ar…

| Our Correspondent | (2025-07-28). Govt assures ongoing support in Aafia case. tribune.com.pk Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar, reaffirming diplomatic and legal support to Aafia Siddiqui, on Monday said the remarks of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar about her were taken out of context. | The government has been continuously providing diplomatic and legal support in Aafia Siddiqui case, the minister said, while talking to the media after attending a book launching ceremony at the National Language Promotion Department in Islamabad. | A committee, headed by the law minister, has also been formed to facilitate progress on the matter, the minister added. | Tarar no…

| Rana Yasif | (2025-07-28). Punjab Assembly turns rowdy as MPAs come to blows. tribune.com.pk Two PTI lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly were suspended for 15-sittings for their allegedly unruly behavior as the opposition party protested against the de-seating of three of its members following the orders of two anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) in May 9 rioting cases. | As the house resumed proceedings on Monday under the chairmanship of Acting Speaker Zaheer Iqbal Channer, the opposition lawmakers entered the assembly hall chanting slogans in protest against the disqualification of PTI's three lawmakers. | These lawmakers including Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar were fou…

| Reuters | (2025-07-28). Torrential rain displaces over 4,400 in Beijing. tribune.com.pk Heavy rain intensified around Beijing and nearby provinces in northern China on Monday, exacerbating the risks of disasters including landslides and flooding, authorities said, as they relocated more than 4,400 people. | Colossal rain continued to pound the suburban area of Miyun in Beijing, causing flash floods and landslides, and many villages were affected, state broadcaster CCTV reported. | Images circulated on China's WeChat app showed areas of Miyun where cars and trucks were floating on a flooded road where water levels had risen so high that it had submerged part of a residential building. | Electricit…

| Reuters | (2025-07-28). India cracks down on Bengali Muslims ahead of state polls. tribune.com.pk Beneath a sea of blue tarpaulin in a corner of northeastern India near Bangladesh, hundreds of Muslim men, women and babies take shelter after being evicted from their homes, in the latest crackdown in Assam ahead of state elections. | They are among thousands of families whose houses have been bulldozed in the past few weeks by authorities – the most intense such action in decades – who accuse them of illegally staying on government land. | The demolitions in Assam, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party will seek reelection early next year, have coincided with a national clampdown on Be…

| Reuters | (2025-07-28). Six killed in Bangkok market after gunman opens fire. tribune.com.pk At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a market in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Monday, Thai police said in a statement. | The fatalities include the gunman who took his own life, Charin Gopatta, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, told Reuters. | "Police are investigating the identity of the person and the motive for the incident," Thai police said in a statement. The five people killed by the gunman were security guards at the market, it said. | No tourists were killed or injured in the shooting incident, said Sanong Saengmani, a police official in Bangkok's Bang Sue…

| Reuters | (2025-07-28). Trump sets new Ukraine deadline. tribune.com.pk US President Donald Trump set a new deadline on Monday of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences, underscoring frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 3-1/2-year-old conflict. | Trump has threatened both sanctions on Russia and buyers of its exports unless progress is made. The fresh deadline suggests the US president is prepared to move forward on those threats after previous hesitation to do so. | Speaking in Scotland, where he is holding meetings with European leaders and playing golf, Trump said he was disappointed in Putin and shor…

| Reuters | (2025-07-28). Thailand, Cambodia approve ceasefire. tribune.com.pk Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" from midnight (1700 GMT) on Monday, to try to halt their deadliest conflict in more than a decade after five days of fighting that displaced more than 300,000 people. | Following efforts by Malaysia, chair of the ASEAN regional bloc, the United States and China to bring both sides to the table, the two countries' leaders agreed to end hostilities, resume direct communications and create a mechanism to implement the ceasefire. | "This is a vital first step towards de-escalation and the restoration of peace and security," Malaysian Prime…

| Reuters | (2025-07-28). Rajnath rejects Trump's claim of brokering ceasefire with Pakistan. tribune.com.pk NEW DELHI | India's defence minister said on Monday that New Delhi had ended its military conflict with Pakistan in May as it had met all its objectives and had not responded to pressure, rejecting US President Donald Trump's claim that he brokered the truce. | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was speaking at the opening of a discussion in parliament on the April 22 attack on Hindu tourists in IIOJK in which 26 men were killed. The attack led to a fierce, four-day military conflict with Pakistan in May, the worst between the nuclear-armed neighbours in nearly three decades. | "India halted its operation because…

| ZAFAR BHUTTA | (2025-07-28). Monitoring of sugar stocks ordered. tribune.com.pk The government on Monday ordered strict monitoring of the sugar stocks after it was observed that several sugar mills were not adhering to the mutually-agreed framework regarding the supply and release of the commodity. | National Food Security Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain chaired a meeting with representatives of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and other stakeholders to review the ongoing sugar supply situation in the country. | During the meeting, it was observed that despite repeated assurances, issues relating to timely dispatch | sugar stocks, Page 6 | Monitoring of sugar stocks ordered | sug…

Staff (2025-07-28). Will Trump Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell? Reporter Vicky Ward on Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell & Their Victims. democracynow.org As controversy over President Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein continues to dog his administration, we speak with investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has spent decades reporting on the deceased sexual predator, his rich and powerful associates, and the impact of his crimes. Much of Trump's political base is in an uproar after federal officials declined to release government files about Epstein and his serial sexual abuse of women and girls, with Trump himself reportedly named in the documents. | "They were friends. They hung out with each other," Ward says of Trump and Epstein.

cameron orr (2025-07-28). MAGA dead set on dismantling Reconstruction gains. cpusa.org The following report from the CPUSA African American Equality Commission was given to the party's National Committee on July 13, 2025. | African Americans in the United States continue to face a deep assault on their fundamental rights from the Trump administration and from far right actors of the MAGA movement. Rollbacks of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies have led to both the cultural erasure of Black historical figures, such as the removal of government web pages honoring Jackie Robinson, and the erasure of workplace protections for Black people in the rescinding of Executive Order 11246, whi…

_____ (2025-07-28). 3 DRC journalists beaten, detained for trying to question provincial minister. CPJ Staff

_____ (2025-07-28). CPJ calls for Anas Al-Sharif's protection in face of Israeli smears. CPJ Staff

_____ (2025-07-28). CPJ, partners publish report on threats to community journalism in Guatemala. cpj.org The Committee to Protect Journalists joined seven other press freedom and human rights organizations—including ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Reporters Without Borders, and Protection International—in releasing a report documenting systemic threats to community journalism in Guatemala. The report is based on a fact-finding mission carried out between October 2024 and January 2025, with investigators…

Adriaan Alsema (2025-07-28). Colombia's former president Alvaro Uribe found guilty of bribing witnesses. colombiareports.com A Bogota judge found Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe guilty of bribing witnesses on Monday. In a historic verdict, judge Sandra Liliana Herrera confirmed that Uribe bribed witnesses in order to press fabricated criminal charges against Senator Ivan Cepeda. Uribe's witnesses additionally fabricated claims that Justice Minister Eduardo Montealegre illegally opened investigations into the former …

Adriaan Alsema (2025-07-28). The violence that Uribe tried to cover up with fraud and bribery. colombiareports.com The fraud and bribery practices of Colombia's far-right former President Alvaro Uribe failed to obstruct mounting criminal investigations into his family's decades-long ties to organized crime. These criminal investigations are mainly due to the Uribe Clan's alleged ties to paramilitary groups that killed thousands of people in the former president's native Antioquia province alone. In …

Christina Carrega (2025-07-28). New York's Sexual Assault Law Excludes the Intoxicated. This Bill Aims to Fix It. capitalbnews.org After surviving rape twice, calling 911 for help wasn't Akia Nyrie Smith's first instinct. As a Black nonbinary person, they knew all too well how law enforcement might respond, especially when alcohol was involved, as it had been both nights in Michigan. When Smith moved to New York in 2020, in the depths of the …

Simon Nixon (2025-07-28). Paying to Play: Europe's Costly Concessions in Trump's New Trade War. bylinetimes.com No one at any point during those years could have imagined that when the EU-US trade deal came, it would look like the humiliating surrender agreed by Ursula von der Leyen in an awkward meeting with Donald Trump in Scotland on Sunday. The Commission president agreed to a deal under which most EU exports would be taxed at 15 percent when they entered the US, up from around 2 percent pre-Trump. This is an outcome that would have been unthinkable just three weeks ago, when Brussels thought it had a deal for a 10 percent deal, let alone three months ago, when von der Leyen was hoping to negotiate a zero-for-zero t…

Zarina Zabrisky (2025-07-28). Aerial Terror in Kherson A City Under Drone Siege. bylinetimes.com A charred car, struck by a Russian FPV drone, caught Ukrainian photojournalist Ivan Antypenko's eye as he drove along the Kherson—Mykolaiv highway. | "Bad news," he Reporting from the south of Ukraine since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022, Antypenko has documented dozens of drone-struck vehicles. This one was different: he knew it was a harbinger of a drone siege. | For Kherson, a city of 60,000, separated from the Russian military by less than a mile of the Dnipro River and under non-stop attack…

Alexandra Hall Hall (2025-07-28). Trump Made 'Mistake of Historic Proportions' on Ukraine Says His Former Ambassador. bylinetimes.com American diplomat, Bridget Brink, resigned in April from her position as US Ambassador to Ukraine, after she concluded she could no longer conduct the Trump administration's policy towards that country in good conscience. Since then, she has decided to run for public office, as a Democrat Party candidate for the US House of Representatives, representing her home state of Michigan. | I've known Bridget for over 12 years, since we were both posted to the Republic of Georgia in the Caucasus in the mid-2010s. We became good friends due to our shared professional and personal interests (she is married to a Brit, I…

Olly Haynes (2025-07-28). The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny. bylinetimes.com A new tool collating data on the funding of All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) over the last three years highlights transparency loopholes in the rules surrounding their funding. | The tool, from the consultancy Companies such as

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____ (2025-07-28). This Is How … smoothiex12.blogspot.com healthy nationalism looks and sounds like. It is not "populism", populism is a crowd-pleasing BS to make crowds feel better about themselves for a minute or two and then wait for another collective "Praise the Lord" moment. Tucker's speech at TPUSA was a speech of a real patriot. Ana, in the same time, is a drop-dead gorgeous woman with balls of steel challenging AIPAC ass-holes and Holocaust "victim card" carrying genocidal maniacs, which is a deadly combination of beauty, brains, courage and classic Armenian woman showing millennia old skills of Armenian tourist groups muffle Niagara Falls roar while visi…

Tim Huber (2025-07-28). Foundation created to honor peace worker in DRC. anabaptistworld.org Colleagues of Michael Sharp in the Democratic Republic of Congo have established a nonprofit organization focused on peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

Eileen Kinch (2025-07-28). These Russian clergy who said 'no' to Putin's war in Ukraine are paying a price. anabaptistworld.org In February 2022, as Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border, a small group of Russian Orthodox Christian clergy did something extraordinary. They published an open letter calling for peace and an immediate ceasefire. Within days, nearly 300 clergy had signed it — an unprecedented act of collective dissent in Putin's Russia.

Bilal G. Morris (2025-07-28). Ex-Georgia Deputy Gets 16 Months For Beating Black Man In Jail. newsone.com Source: Harry Daniels / iOne Digital | A former Georgia deputy was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for his participation in the brutal beating of a defenseless Black man in his jail cell almost three years ago. | On Sept. 3, 2022…

David Franco (2025-07-28). Universal Health Coverage at a crossroads: reclaiming the right to health from market logic. peoplesdispatch.org Universal Health Coverage dominates global health policy, yet millions remain excluded as governments fail to address issues of power and justice in health.

imannmilner (2025-07-28). Tyler Perry Reveals He Helped Ryan Coogler Secure 'Sinners' Deal, Talks Firing His Aunt For Not Coming To Work. newsone.com Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty | The billionaire actor and studio executive shared that he draws a solid line in the sand when it comes to helping his f…

jborinoco (2025-07-28). 72 Years of the Cuban Revolution: Critical Milestone in a Rising Global Resistance. orinocotribune.com By JMVR — Jul 26, 2025 | The Cuban Revolution turned 72 this year, not with fanfare for nostalgia, but as a living, breathing declaration of continuity. On July 27, 2025, the heart of Cuba's revolutionary memory pulsed in the central province of Ciego de àÅvila, where General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz and President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez led the national act commemorating the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks—a pivotal moment that ignited a socialist transformation across the Americas. | Held at the Plaza de la Revolución Máximo Gómez Báez, the event was more th…

SAM (2025-07-28). We're In A New Golden Age For War Profiteers. progressivehub.net WILLIAM D. HARTUNG | TOM DISPATCH…

Staff (2025-07-28). Zero Incidents Reported in Venezuela's 33rd Election Since 1998. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The voting day began at 6 a.m. and was initially scheduled to end at 6 p.m., with hours being extended at the discretion of the electoral authority, the National Electoral Council (CNE). This election…

Editor (2025-07-28). Astrology Secrets: 4 Zodiac Signs Of Women Who Live Like Queens At In-Laws. menafn.com (MENAFN – AsiaNet News) Astrology suggests some zodiac signs thrive at their in-laws, enjoying respect and comfort. Let's explore these signs and their traits.A woman's married life and in-law …

Amplifier Films (2025-07-28). Defenders of the Forest — A Film Five Years in the Making about Indigenous Resistance to Colonial Logging in So-Called Quebec. itsgoingdown.org Amplifier Films reports on their recent coverage on indigenous struggles against logging and their new film project, Defenders of the Forest. It's no secret that Indigenous people are on the front lines of the fight against environmental destruction and climate change. This is why I've dedicated so much of my time to amplifying their struggles—because, beyond…

Final Straw (2025-07-28). Final Straw: Dani Burlison on Mutual Aid in California's Fire Country. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio show and podcast The Final Straw speaks with Dani Burlison, one of the editors behind Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California's Fire Country. This week, we're sharing this a chat with my friend, Dani Burlison on her recent book, Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California's Fire…

latintimes (2025-07-28). Brothers Detained At 'Alligator Alcatraz' Returned To Mexico Without Criminal Charges. latintimes.com Two Mexican brothers were returned to their home country after being detained at the Florida center known as "Alligator Alcatraz"

latintimes (2025-07-28). Coldplay's 'Kiss Cam' Goes Viral Again: Lionel Messi and Wife Antonella Steal the Show in Miami. latintimes.com The British band brought their "Music of Spheres" tour to Hard Rock Stadium over the weekend. Just like in Boston, when the scandal involving Any Byron, the former CEO of Astronomer, broke out, the kiss cam picked a couple, but this time they were even more famous.

latintimes (2025-07-28). Democrats Set To Deploy Tens Of Thousands Of Advocates To Push Against Redistricting In Texas. latintimes.com The Democratic National Committee is set to deploy some 30,000 volunteers to call "persuadable Republicans" to advocate against a redistricting initiative by the Greg Abbott and Donald Trump administrations…

latintimes (2025-07-28). GOP Rep. Says He'll Continue Pushing To Release All Epstein Files: 'We Should Get a Lot More Than Just The Book'. latintimes.com Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said he will continue pushing for the release of all files related to Jeffrey Epstein. He introduced legislation to force a House vote on the issue…

latintimes (2025-07-28). How The Trump Administration Has Turned The Southern Border Into a Militarized Zone. latintimes.com Six months after President Trump declared a state of emergency in the southern border, apprehensions are low, but military presence remains high.

latintimes (2025-07-28). Jalisco Cartel Tied to Mercury Smuggling Fueling Illegal Gold Trade in Latin America: Report. latintimes.com Mercury smuggling by Mexican cartels is contaminating rivers and threatening Indigenous communities all over Latin America, a new report warns…

latintimes (2025-07-28). MAGA Education Official Fires Back at Claims He Played Videos of Naked Women in His Office. latintimes.com Oklahoma education official Ryan Walters took to social media to defend himself after he was accused of watching pornographic material, and even playing such material on screens in his office.

latintimes (2025-07-28). Trump Hasn't Fired Bondi, Patel Over Epstein Files Because He Doesn't 'Want to Create a Bigger Spectacle': Report. latintimes.com Donald Trump has reportedly not fired Pam Bondi or Kash Patel over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files because he does not "want to create a bigger spectacle."

CGTN Africa (2025-07-28). Thailand and Cambodia agree to 'unconditional' ceasefire. africa.cgtn.com Thailand and Cambodia's leaders agreed Monday to an "unconditional" ceasefire after five days of fighting that killed at least 36 people and forced tens of thousands to flee. It was the worst fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbors in 13 years. "Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding as follows: One, an immediate and …

Staff (2025-07-28). Completan con éxito primer vuelo directo de Moscú a Pyongyang. cubadebate.cu El primer vuelo directo desde la capital rusa hasta Pyongyang, en la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC), aterrizó hoy exitosamente, según informó a la prensa la aerolínea bandera del país eslavo, Aeroflot. La nota de la entidad precisó este lunes en su página oficial web que el vuelo tocó tierra en la capital de la RPDC a las 03.30 (Hora de Moscú).

Staff (2025-07-28). Decodificación numérica, y los 10 dígitos perdidos en un bosque. cubadebate.cu Este acertijo de fin de mes es a seis manos y tres mentes. Interpretación creativa de números, operadores y símbolos. Y a poner cacumen, desde la numerología y el álgebra en un bosque en que los números hacen travesuras. °Manos y mente a la obra!.

Staff (2025-07-28). øQué hace especial a un hotel?, su gente: Historias desde Ciego (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu El amanecer en Cayo Coco encuentra a Niurka Hernández Cárdenas iniciando su jornada con la misma pasión que la trajo por primera vez al hotel Meliá Cayo Coco hace 26 años. Esta mujer disciplinada y exigente, que comenzó como relaciones públicas en 1999 cuando el hotel abrió sus puertas, hoy como subdirectora general mantiene un ritual que revela su filosofía de gestión: "Saludo personalmente a los clientes en la entrada y salida del bufé. Esa conexión directa es nuestra brújula".

Staff (2025-07-28). Cuba frente al cambio en el orden económico internacional. cubadebate.cu øRepresentan la Unión Económica Euroasiática y el grupo Brics el nuevo orden mundial reclamado en las últimas décadas, cada vez más necesario, o son parte del cambio hacia un nuevo orden en construcción? A la vez, øqué representan para Cuba estos mecanismos emergentes?, øqué oportunidades le han abierto?, øen qué situación esta nuestro país para aprovechar las nuevas alianzas que se abren? Estas y otras preguntas fueron abordadas en el espacio televisivo Cuadrando la Caja.

Staff (2025-07-28). Haydée, te seguimos necesitando. cubadebate.cu La vida y la obra de Haydée Santamaría no pueden restringirse a unos pocos hechos o a un período en específico. La coherencia de sus actos y de su conducta está presente también en su pensamiento y en su liderazgo, que se extendió mucho más allá del espacio de la cultura y de las fronteras de nuestro país. La compilación "Hay que defender la vida", disponible para descarga, recoge intervenciones, entrevistas, cartas y escritos diversos de la heroína y fundadora de la Casa de las Américas.

Staff (2025-07-28). Bruselas pacta con Washington aranceles de 15 por ciento para sus productos y altos montos en compras europeas de energía. cubadebate.cu La UE pactó con Estados Unidos aranceles aduaneros de 15% para los productos europeos, además de masivos montos en compras de energía e inversiones en EE.UU., según un acuerdo calificado de promesa de "unidad y amistad" por Donald Trump y de "bueno" por la presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, que generó críticas en Europa.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Thailand-Cambodia truce talks due in Malaysia but strikes continue. channelnewsasia.com "We want this conflict to end as soon as possible," says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of peace talks that would involve State Department officials.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Stakes high for India, Bangladesh with decades-old Ganges River treaty set to expire. channelnewsasia.com India and Bangladesh share 54 transboundary rivers, yet have sharing agreements for only one – the Ganges – which will expire in December next year.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Why professionals are choosing an NBS postgraduate degree to stay ahead. channelnewsasia.com Nanyang Business School equips future leaders with strategic foresight, interdisciplinary thinking and cultural intelligence to thrive globally.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Commentary: The tussle over retail rents in Singapore cannot go on like this. channelnewsasia.com As small businesses shutter citing rising rental costs, there is room for intervention without distorting the market, says NUS Business School's Lee Kwan Ok.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Head of China's world-famous Buddhist sanctuary Shaolin Temple under criminal investigation. channelnewsasia.com The temple also accused Shi Yongxin of maintaining improper relationships with multiple women for a long time and having illegitimate children.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). K-pop group I-dle and Chinese singer Cai Xukun to headline inaugural Bubbling & Boiling festival in Singapore. channelnewsasia.com Held at Resorts World Ballroom of Resorts World Sentosa, the two-day event marks the first Singapore iteration of the popular Chinese festival.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Fantastic Four: First Steps scores first US$100 million North American box office opening of 2025. channelnewsasia.com That makes it the fourth biggest opening of the year, behind A Minecraft Movie, Lilo & Stitch and Superman, and the biggest Marvel opening since Deadpool & Wolverine grossed US$211 million out of the gate last summer.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). George Lucas makes Comic-Con debut for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. channelnewsasia.com "Opening in 2026, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a first-of-its-kind institution dedicated to illustrated storytelling across time, cultures, and media," a press release from the museum said.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). New Mandai crematorium and ash-scattering garden to open on Aug 15. channelnewsasia.com The new crematorium is located next to the existing Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium complex.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Condo near Tanjong Katong sinkhole to hire independent engineers to assess safety. channelnewsasia.com Authorities have completed backfilling the sinkhole and will conduct further checks before reopening the road, says MP Goh Pei Ming.

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Safe spaces for him: Why men need support groups run by other males for their well-being. channelnewsasia.com Following statistics of reported suicides in Singapore in 2024, of which around 65 per cent were men, the need to provide men with supportive environments to talk about their struggles feels more urgent.

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WiBOPM (2025-07-28). Equal Rights Commission MKE unanimously passes a resolution opposing the use or implementation of Facial Recognition Technology. wibailoutpeople.org Message on July 23, 205 from Emilio De Torre: A BIG victory today as the Equal Rights Commission — MKE unanimously passes a resolution opposing the use or implementation of Facial Recognition Technology by the Milwaukee Police Department. Thank you commissioners and the MANY people and groups who continue to work on this. Our civil …

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WiBOPM (2025-07-28). Hospital nurses STRIKE for FIRST TIME in Baltimore history at Ascension St. Agnes. wibailoutpeople.org

WiBOPM (2025-07-28). Hands Off Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) at UW Madison! Reinstate Now UW Madison! (Petition). wibailoutpeople.org

Brasil de Fato (2025-07-28). Brazilian general confesses he authored plan to kill Lula and other top officials. peoplesdispatch.org

Angela (2025-07-28). Friday 8/1: Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements. indybay.org

LVP (2025-07-28). Teachers & Workers Join STOP AI Protest Against Techno Fascist Sam Open AI. indybay.org

Diversity, Equity in Schools (2025-07-28). Our kids' recess at school is essential to well-being and learning — and shouldn't be scaled back. | Lauren McNamara

aaron French, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Kennesaw State University (2025-07-28). Is ChatGPT making us stupid? | Aaron French

adrián Carballo Casla, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet (2025-07-28). Older adults who follow healthy diets accumulate chronic diseases more slowly — new study. | Adrián Carballo Casla

anja Krstic, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, York University, Canada (2025-07-28). All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility. | Anja Krstic

brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult,, Lifelong Education, Michigan State University (2025-07-28). Columbia's $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government's will. | Brendan Cantwell

brendan Szendro, Faculty Lecturer in Political Science, Mcgill University (2025-07-28). Why government support for religion doesn't necessarily make people more religious. | Brendan Szendro

brian N. Chin, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Trinity College (2025-07-28). The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies, and what to say instead. | Brian N. Chin

cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law, Director of the Center For Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University (2025-07-28). Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts. | Cassandra Burke Robertson

cyprian M. Mostert, Assistant Professor, Global Health Economics , Brain Health Economist, Atlantic Fellow For Equity in Brain Health At Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin., Aga Khan University (2025-07-28). Extreme weather affects mental health: what vulnerable women in Kenya told us. | Cyprian M. Mostert

erran Carmel, Professor of Business, American University Kogod School of Business (2025-07-28). Caution in the C-suite: How business leaders are navigating Trump 2.0. | Erran Carmel

francisco Tijerina, Phd Candidate in Hispanic Studies, Washington University in St. Louis (2025-07-28). As Mexico's LGBTQ+ community battles for inclusion, two drag performers have become internet stars — with more than 2 million TikTok followers. | Francisco Tijerina

franklin Nobrega, Associate Professor, Microbiology, University of Southampton (2025-07-28). How ancient viruses could help fight antibiotic resistance. | Franklin Nobrega

georgia Macmillan, Phd Scholar, Research Ireland Employment Based Scheme, University of Galway (2025-07-28). Street lamps aren't the only form of artificial light pollution — here's how to create darker nights. | Georgia MacMillan

gwen Ansell, Associate of the Gordon Institute For Business Science, University of Pretoria (2025-07-28). Kippie Moeketsi at 100: the soul-stirring story of a South African jazz legend. | Gwen Ansell

ian Smith, Research Scientist in Earth & Environment, Boston University (2025-07-28). Urban trees vs. cool roofs: What's the best way for cities to beat the heat? | Ian Smith

jeffrey Basara, Professor of Meteorology, Umass Lowell (2025-07-28). Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America. | Jeffrey Basara

jennifer Raynor, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-madison (2025-07-28). We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas — satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones. | Jennifer Raynor

joelle Grogan, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Ucd Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin (2025-07-28). How the UK could reform the European convention on human rights. | Joelle Grogan

jun Wang, Professor of Chemical, Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa (2025-07-28). Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale. | Jun Wang

kathryn E. Goldfarb, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder (2025-07-28). Colorado's Marshall Fire survivors find healing and meaning through oral history project. | Kathryn E. Goldfarb

kevin Johnson, Dean, Professor of Public Interest Law, Chicana (2025-07-28). Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population. | Kevin Johnson

leslie Root, Assistant Professor of Research, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder (2025-07-28). Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions. | Leslie Root

lilach Marom, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University (2025-07-28). How to improve university EDI policies so they address Jewish identity and antisemitism. | Lilach Marom

lisa Cuchara, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University (2025-07-28). How germy is the public pool? An infectious disease expert weighs in on poop, pee and perspiration — and the deceptive smell of chlorine. | Lisa Cuchara

marie-claire Beaulieu, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Tufts University (2025-07-28). The beach wasn't always a vacation destination – for the ancient Greeks, it was a scary place. | Marie-Claire Beaulieu

mark Forshaw, Professor of Health Psychology, Edge Hill University (2025-07-28). How the internet and its bots are sabotaging scientific research. | Mark Forshaw

mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Ucl (2025-07-28). My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture. | Mathelinda Nabugodi

melanie Beasley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University (2025-07-28). Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots. | Melanie Beasley

muzeeb Shaik, Assistant Professor, Indiana University (2025-07-28). School shootings leave lasting scars on local economies, research shows. | Muzeeb Shaik

olaoluwa Omoniyi Olarewaju, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Kwazulu-natal (2025-07-28). Africa's smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts. | Olaoluwa Omoniyi Olarewaju

onyedikachi Madueke, Phd Candidate in Nigerian Security, University of Aberdeen (2025-07-28). Armed banditry is becoming a crisis in Nigeria: why fixing the police is key. | Onyedikachi Madueke

paul Mwebaze, Research Economist At the Institute For Sustainability, Energy, Environment, University of Illinois At Urbana-champaign (2025-07-28). How wind and solar power helps keep America's farms alive. | Paul Mwebaze

pedro C. González Espinosa, Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow, the School of Resource, Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University (2025-07-28). To protect coral reefs, we must also protect the people who depend on them. | Pedro C. González Espinosa

ray Brescia, Associate Dean For Research, Intellectual Life, Albany Law School (2025-07-28). Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights. | Ray Brescia

rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems, University of the Witwatersrand (2025-07-28). Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg. | Rennie Naidoo

ross Brown, Professor in Entrepreneurship, Small Business Finance, University of St Andrews (2025-07-28). BrewDog's 'Equity for Punks' fuelled its rapid rise — but may have contributed to its struggles. | Ross Brown

scott Morgenstern, Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (2025-07-28). Trump's push for more deportations could boost demand for foreign farmworkers with 'guest worker' visas. | Scott Morgenstern

seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Ucl (2025-07-28). What to do when wasps crash your picnic — a scientist's guide to dining safely with these insects. | Seirian Sumner

shahper Richter, Senior Lecturer in Digital , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau (2025-07-28). Telling stories: the 4 ways micro-influencers build and keep their loyal audiences. | Shahper Richter

stephanie N. Del Tufo, Assistant Professor of Education & Human Development, University of Delaware (2025-07-28). Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening. | Stephanie N. Del Tufo

thomas S. Bremer, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Rhodes College (2025-07-28). Yellowstone has been a 'sacred wonderland' of spiritual power and religious activity for centuries — and for different faith groups. | Thomas S. Bremer

una Cunningham, Professor Emerita, Department of Teaching, Learning, Stockholm University (2025-07-28). Planning to take a degree taught in English when it's not your first language? Here are some tips for success. | Una Cunningham

urban Wiesing, Professor of Ethics, History of Medicine, University of Tàºbingen (2025-07-28). No clear answers on antidepressants in pregnancy. | Urban Wiesing

wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Latin American, Latino Studies, Lehman College, Cuny (2025-07-28). How bachata rose from Dominican Republic's brothels and shantytowns to become a global sensation. | Wilfredo José Burgos Matos

yvonne Reddick, Reader in English Literature, Creative Writing, University of Lancashire (2025-07-28). Mountains of fire: what hillwalking with my father taught me about the origins of oil exploration. | Yvonne Reddick

_____ (2025-07-28). Congo journalist Rosie Pioth sent death threats for anniversary report on 1982 airport bombing. CPJ Staff

_____ (2025-07-28). CPJ calls for Kyrgyzstan probe into 2020 death of CPJ award winner Askarov. Lauren Wolfe

_____ (2025-07-28). Ghanaian police, masked man attack journalists covering local election. CPJ Staff

_____ (2025-07-28). DRC journalist Sadam Kapanda receives death threats for coverage of KasaàØ province conflict. CPJ Staff

_____ (2025-07-28). CPJ, 22 others call for Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar's release a year after arrest. CPJ Staff

Mary O'Hara (2025-07-28). 'Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Act Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Elder Homelessness'. bylinetimes.com

____ (2025-07-28). No Surprise Here … smoothiex12.blogspot.com

krish-rad_ind (2025-07-28). Reflections From My Time On The Handala. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2025-07-28). World's Governments Fail to Agree to a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining. truthout.org

krish-rad_ind (2025-07-28). EXCLUSIVE: Internal Documents Detail Hamas Proposals That Preceded Trump's Belligerent Rant. dropsitenews.com

krish-rad_ind (2025-07-28). Can the U.S. maintain and expand its electric grid? resilience.org

krish-rad_ind (2025-07-28). Israeli Gov't Votes To Steal Entire West Bank! youtu.be

krish-rad_ind (2025-07-28). What MSM Won't Tell You About Stephen Colbert's Firing. youtu.be

latintimes (2025-07-28). EasyJet Passenger Who Pledged to Bomb Plane He Was On While Chanting 'Death to Trump' Tackled By Fellow Passenger. latintimes.com

Staff (2025-07-28). Qué trae la prensa cubana, lunes 28 de julio de 2025. cubadebate.cu

Tom Engelhardt (2025-07-28). Tomgram: William D. Hartung, Easy Money for the Merchants of Death. warisacrime.org

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Age is no barrier for this senior who rallies others to give back. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Musk says Tesla, Samsung Electronics sign chip supply deal. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). WiseTech Global insider Zubin Appoo succeeds Richard White as permanent CEO. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim rejects outreach by new president. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Boca Juniors suffer worst-ever run as Huracan loss extends winless streak. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). De Minaur saves three match points to lift Washington Open title. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Stokes ready to deal with increased workload despite feeling sore all over. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2025-07-28). Wiegman hails most chaotic tournament ever. channelnewsasia.com

WiBOPM (2025-07-28). A new 'dossier' reveals extensive pro-Israel bias among reporters, editors and executives at the 'NYTimes'. wibailoutpeople.org

Contributing Writers (2025-07-27). 'Sanctions as deadly as war': Lancet study finds US-led sanctions kill over 500,000 people annually. voicesfromsyria.com US-led sanctions have functioned as 'silent killers' in countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Venezuela Original Link Here: 'Sanctions as deadly as war': Lancet study finds US-led sanctions kill over 500,000 people annually Broad economic sanctions, often portrayed as a less violent alternative to war, are responsible for an estimated 564,000 deaths each year — most of …

CGTN Africa (2025-07-27). 43 people killed in attack in DR Congo: media. africa.cgtn.com Read < 1 minuteA suspected ADF attack killed 43 people in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Radio Okapi reported Sunday.

CGTN Africa (2025-07-27). Talk Africa: Can the DRC-Rwanda's new peace initiatives deliver a lasting ceasefire? africa.cgtn.com The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pursuing two new paths for peace with Rwanda. The U.S. has brokered a deal between the DRC and Rwanda, known as the Washington Accord. Meanwhile, Qatar is mediating for peace between the DRC and M23 rebels. The peace agreement aims to end hostilities and support for armed …

United World International (2025-07-27). Re-emergence of Thailand-Cambodian Border Crisis. uwidata.com By Mehmet Enes Be≈üer The new flare-up between Thailand and Cambodia in the year 2025 regarding the border dispute is just as much about historical antagonism as about unpredictable political undertows characterizing modern Southeast Asia. The most recent incident involving the mobilization of troops and nationalist posturing all across the region of the temples of …

A A (2025-07-27). Beppe Sala, sindaco di Milano, inventore della post — modernità neo — schiavile. strategic-culture.su Il re era nudo da tempo, tuttavia l'allegro coretto dei media locali e la classe medio — alta, al contempo connivente e distratta, hanno fatto finta di non vedere, di non sapere, di non accorgersi di nulla | Segue nostro La feroce canicola lugliana non ammette tregua. La Milano post — moderna e neo — schiavile costruita negli anni del regno molto liberal e molto trendy del sindaco Beppe Sala è collassata per sesquipedale…

A A (2025-07-27). Europe's gender czar: Michael O'Flaherty the ex-priest wanting to make gender ideology doctrine. strategic-culture.su

A a (2025-07-27). Kaja Kallas, la belicista al frente de la Unión Europea. strategic-culture.su Thomas Fazi | àönete a nosotros en , y . | Escríbenos: | Retrato despiadado de la alta representante de la UE para Asuntos Exteriores, ex primera ministra es…

A A (2025-07-27). La Cina e la sicurezza globale: una potenza responsabile contro l'egemonia statunitense. strategic-culture.su Nel contesto di un ordine globale in trasformazione, la Cina riafferma il suo ruolo di potenza responsabile promuovendo la sicurezza condivisa. Il sostegno al Trattato SEANWFZ rappresenta una chiara opposizione all'egemonismo nucleare degli Stati Uniti e un impegno concreto per la stabilità regionale. | Segue nostro Nel panorama geopolitico contemporaneo, segnato da tensioni crescenti e da una corsa al riarmo spinta soprattutto dagli St…

A A (2025-07-27). The AMIA case: The untold story. strategic-culture.su

A A (2025-07-27). They're starving civilians to steal a Palestinian territory, and they're lying about it. strategic-culture.su By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Just so we're all absolutely clear about what we're watching here, Israel is…

A A (2025-07-27). Trump's Middle East blundering presents an opportunity for Europe. strategic-culture.su

A a (2025-07-27). Vestfália caiu: Rússia e Belarus constroem o ´mundo russo ª político. strategic-culture.su

Anthony Watts (2025-07-27). Oh noes! WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts. wattsupwiththat.com Meh. More doomworld forecasts from the World Meteorological Organization.

Ben Norton (2025-07-27). Trump's blatant attacks on international law are nothing new for the US. They're bipartisan. geopoliticaleconomy.com Donald Trump is withdrawing the US from UN bodies, tearing up climate change treaties, and attacking multilateral orgs ⚪ just like the presidents before him. Imperialism is bipartisan in Washington.

Bill McAuley (2025-07-27). Guitarist Sebastian Jorgensen: Classical Montsalvat. independentaustralia.net

Dennis Lee (2025-07-27). Are we globalising ourselves out of community? scmp.com Does globalisation have a future, given US President Donald Trump's protectionist policies and the rise of the far-right in Europe? | According to US economist and political analyst Jeffrey Sachs, globalisation did not occur only in recent decades, but began as early as when humans started migrating out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago.

Eric Worrall (2025-07-27). Climate Activists Outraged at President Trump's AI Push. wattsupwiththat.com Are greens market testing a pivot from climate activism to anti-AI activism?>

geo.tv (2025-07-27). Thailand opens door to peace talks after deadly conflict with Cambodia kills 33. geo.tv

geo.tv (2025-07-27). At least 11 stabbed at Walmart store in US state of Michigan. geo.tv An EV600 all-electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services, built by GM's electric commercial vehicle business, BrightDrop, is seen in Detroit, Michigan, US in this undated photograph.—ReutersAt least 11 people were injured in a stabbing at…

geo.tv (2025-07-27). Six killed in stampede at temple in India's Haridwar. geo.tv Devotees walk at the site of a stampede on the banks of river Godavari, to attend the Maha Pushkaralu, a Hindu festival, at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, India, July 14, 2015. — ReutersHuge crowd gathered at Mansa Devi temple.Uttarakhand CM says closely monitoring rescue…

geo.tv (2025-07-27). At least 35 killed in rebel attack in northeast DR Congo. geo.tv This aerial view shows the town of Komanda, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 30, 2023. — AFP

geo.tv (2025-07-27). Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks on deadly border conflict in Malaysia. geo.tv Military vehicles are seen in Sisaket province, as Cambodia and Thailand each said the other had launched artillery attacks across contested border areas early on July 27, 2025. — Reuters Thailand says Malaysia to host talks on Monday.Both leaders expected to attend talks.Death…

Guest Blogger (2025-07-27). Small Modular Reactors are a game-changer for Africa and the world. wattsupwiththat.com Forcing Africa into a renewable-only path risks perpetuating electricity poverty, a form of hypocrisy that is bullying the world's poor. Small Modular Reactors: A Game-Changer for Africa…

Guest Blogger (2025-07-27). Wildfires in the Mediterranean: History vs. Climate Narrative. wattsupwiththat.com Reuters chose to continue the drumbeat that climate change is behind everything bad that happens.

Guest Blogger (2025-07-27). International Energy Agency Policies Hurt Africans. wattsupwiththat.com One of the most important developments this century has been a major increase in energy access across the globe: Billions of people have gained access to modern energy, a precondition for rising from poverty.

James Wright (2025-07-27). The manufactured cost of living crisis is about to spiral out of control again. thecanary.co The ruling elite's manufactured cost of living crisis is about to get worse with grocery prices rising by £275 this year. As anthropologist David Graeber said, "the ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently". And currently it's being made by the […] | By

Jason Ditz (2025-07-27). Israeli Drones Attack Southern Lebanon, Killing Three. news.antiwar.com Israeli drones carried multiple strikes around the coastal city of Tyre over the weekend, killing at least three people, one of whom the IDF later claimed was a high-ranking Hezbollah commander involved in rehabilitating the organization. The first strike targeted a vehicle near Tyre, killing one person within. This is the commander, according to the …

Jason Ditz (2025-07-27). Syria, Israel Hold 'De-Escalation' Talks in Paris, Agree To Hold Second Round. news.antiwar.com With US envoy Tom Barrack in attendance in Paris, Syrian and Israeli government ministers met in what is being called "de-escalation" talks aimed to reduce the growing tensions amid the ongoing Israeli invasion of southwestern Syria and the sectarian violence in the Suwayda Governorate. Talk began on Thursday evening, and involved Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad …

Maria Siow (2025-07-27). Why China-Russia 'troika' talks are back on India's table. scmp.com As friction with the West builds over energy imports and trade, India is weighing a delicate recalibration: reviving its long-dormant trilateral dialogue with Russia and China, even as it insists it remains committed to its partnerships with the US and its allies. | India indicated earlier this month its openness to resuming the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue, a platform established in the early 2000s to foster coordination among the three Eurasian powers.

nosihle (2025-07-27). Call for tighter scrutiny on marriages involving foreign nationals. sanews.gov.za Call for tighter scrutiny on marriages involving foreign nationals | Residents of the Greater Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State have called for stricter measures to ascertain the authenticity of marriages between foreign nationals and South Africans. | The call was made during the second of three public hearings on the Marriage Bill [B43—2023], held by the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs at the Toronto Recreation Centre in Welkom, on Saturday. | "The apprehension raised by participants was that there is a worrying increase in marriages of convenience that expose the national registe…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Concerns over ineffective measures to curb prison overcrowding. sanews.gov.za Concerns over ineffective measures to curb prison overcrowding | The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has expressed concern over the low success rate of the current legislation aimed at reducing overcrowding in the country's correctional facilities. | This comes after the committee received a briefing from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) regarding the implementation of Section 49G of the Correctional Services Act (CSA) and Section 62F of the Criminal Procedures Act (CPA) applications. | Both sections aimed to alleviate pressure on the country's overburdened correctional facilities. | Sec…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Counterfeit goods worth R156m seized. sanews.gov.za Counterfeit goods worth R156m seized | The South African Police Service (SAPS) has seized counterfeit and illicit goods worth more than R156 million during operations in Pretoria, Mbombela and Limpopo. | In the past three weeks, the integrated team executed search-and-seizure warrants in terms of the Counterfeit Goods Act 37 of 1997, as well as the Customs and Excise Act at targeted shops in Marabastad, Mokopane, Mbombela, Bela Bela, Mookghopong, and Modimolle. | "During these takedowns, the team seized more than 23 000 items imitating high-end designer brands that include clothing, shoes, bags, caps, and watches…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Government grants Transnet R94bn guarantee boost. sanews.gov.za Government grants Transnet R94bn guarantee boost | Government has approved two additional guarantees totalling R94.8 billion for Transnet to help the state-owned logistics company meet its debt obligations, maintain adequate liquidity, and mitigate the risk of further credit rating downgrades. | The first guarantee, worth R48.6 billion, is intended to ensure Transnet can meet all debt redemptions over the next five years, and ensure that the entity also maintains sufficient liquidity levels. | "Government has also considered the impact of the credit downgrades on Transnet's existing debt, and has therefore also a…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Matjhabeng EPWP funds suspended amid corruption probe. sanews.gov.za Matjhabeng EPWP funds suspended amid corruption probe | The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has instructed his department to immediately halt all Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) transfers for the Matjhabeng Local Municipality as allegations of the abuse of payroll by politically connected individuals has surfaced. | In a statement on Sunday, the Minister has expressed deep concern over the allegations published in a City Press investigation that reported that the Matjhabeng Local Municipality's EPWP payroll continues to fund inflated salaries for former councillors and sitting…

nosihle (2025-07-27). MPs financial interests released to public. sanews.gov.za MPs financial interests released to public | Parliament has released the 2025 register on the financial interests and other benefits of Members of Parliament (MPs). | Due to the nature of their jobs, MPs are required to disclose financial interests, such as shares and other financial interests in companies and other corporate entities; remunerated employment or work outside of Parliament; directorships and partnerships; consultancies and retainerships; sponsorships; gifts and hospitality as well as benefits and interest free loans. | In addition, they are required to disclose travel; ownership in land and propert…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Parliament calls for accelerated action on gender equality. sanews.gov.za Parliament calls for accelerated action on gender equality | Parliament has called for an acceleration in gender equality and women's empowerment across the African continent. | Addressing Parliament's G20 special engagement between Parliament and the Pan-African Parliament's (PAP) women and young parliamentarians, held in Johannesburg on Friday, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, challenged parliamentarians to lead an "epistemic shift" by unlearning the colonial ideologies that continue to shape public policy, and to build a new legislative framework grounded in equity, r…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Police intensify probe on Basotho military training claims. sanews.gov.za Police intensify probe on Basotho military training claims | The South African Police Service (SAPS) has intensified its operations into the investigation of allegations that Basotho nationals are undergoing militarily training on South African farms, as part of a growing land reclamation campaign. | This was revealed during a Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting, where National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola met with all nine provincial commissioners to discuss crime combatting efforts in the country. | The BOC is the highest decision-making body of the SAPS inclusive of all Provincial Commissioner…

nosihle (2025-07-27). Power system continues to meet winter demand. sanews.gov.za Power system continues to meet winter demand | Eskom says the power system continues to operate reliably, showing ongoing resilience in effectively meeting winter electricity demand. | "When occasional system constraints arise, they are effectively managed through the strategic deployment of emergency reserves during morning and evening peak periods," the power utility said on Friday. | Since 15 May 2025, there has been no loadshedding, with only 26 hours recorded between 1 April and 24 July 2025. | With 37 days of Eskom's Winter Outlook period still remaining, Eskom said the system remains well-positioned to m…

nosihle (2025-07-27). PRASA welcomes developments in tender corruption case. sanews.gov.za PRASA welcomes developments in tender corruption case | The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has welcomed developments in the investigation into allegations of corruption involving multi-billion-rand tenders for train signalling equipment. | On Wednesday, 23 July 2025, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) presented a search warrant at PRASA's Braamfontein offices to obtain various information and electronic devices, as part of its ongoing investigation. | In a statement issued on Friday, PRASA reaffirmed its support for the investigation, emphasising its commitment to transparency…

Ralph Jennings (2025-07-27). Landmark US Chinatown survived Covid, hate crimes — but tariffs pose new threat. scmp.com Oakland Chinatown, one of the oldest in the United States, almost feels as lively as Hong Kong on a busy afternoon. Shoppers squeeze along narrow pavements lined with hanging lanterns and sacks of oranges, while a variety store welcomes customers with racks of clothing and slippers. | While many of the shoppers are Chinese, a considerable number could come from anywhere — a sign that Chinatown draws people from the wider San Francisco Bay Area.

Staff (2025-07-27). Flotando en una burbuja. cubadebate.cu Si quieren ver a Jacinto
| busquen sus redes sociales;
| sus post parecen bozales
| al pensamiento distinto.
| Se cree el dueño del recinto,
| nada le mueve su aguja,
| ni el corazón se le estruja;
| no hay hecho que lo motive,
| porque es que Jacinto vive
| flotando en una burbuja.

Staff (2025-07-27). Asesor presidencial de Brasil asegura que el país redoblará la apuesta por los BRICS frente a Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu Brasil duplicará su apuesta por el grupo de los BRICS ante los ataques de la actual Administración estadounidense, declaró al medio The Financial Times el exministro de Exteriores brasileño Celso Amorim (1993-1994, 2003-2010), ahora asesor internacional del presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Staff (2025-07-27). China propone crear un organismo global para regular la inteligencia artificial. cubadebate.cu "Actualmente, la gobernanza global de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) sigue estando fragmentada. Los países presentan grandes diferencias, especialmente en áreas como los conceptos regulatorios y las normas institucionales", afirmó Li.

Staff (2025-07-27). Palmares reinaugura parque infantil en Ciego de àÅvila. cubadebate.cu Este domingo quedó listo el Parque Infantil de la Empresa Extrahotelera Palmares S.A en Ciego de àÅvila, luego de un amplio proceso de mejoras e incorporación de nuevas facilidades recreativas.

Staff (2025-07-27). Putin: "La flota rusa estará equipada con la tecnología y las armas más modernas" cubadebate.cu El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, anunció este domingo la modernización de la Armada rusa. Lo hizo durante su visita al Almirantazgo Principal de San Petersburgo, desde donde supervisó los ejercicios a gran escala Tormenta de Julio, que la Armada rusa desarrolla del 23 al 27 de julio en aguas de los océanos Pacífico y àÅrtico y de los mares Báltico y Caspio.

Staff (2025-07-27). Una extraña anomalía sobre la Tierra pone en alerta a los científicos. cubadebate.cu La NASA está monitoreando el comportamiento de una misteriosa deformación en el campo magnético de la Tierra, conocida como la Anomalía del Atlántico Sur (AAS), que se extiende desde América del Sur hasta el suroeste de àÅfrica.

Staff (2025-07-27). Del opio al fentanilo. cubadebate.cu En los últimos cincuenta años, luego de la Guerra Fría, Estados Unidos lideró, entre 1991 y 1992, la coalición internacional conocida como la Guerra del Golfo. Luego protagonizó la invasión a Afganistán, entre 2001 y 2021, y en forma casi simultánea la ocupación militar en Irak, entre 2003 y 2011. En sus dos siglos y medio de historia, estuvo en guerra 228 años.

Staff (2025-07-27). La madre de todas las batallas: Honduras en perspectiva. cubadebate.cu Para la derecha occidental, la pérdida del control de una nación que consideran un comodín siempre bajo su control, implica un terremoto político y geoestratégico de mayor nivel. En el caso de Honduras, todas las piezas se han dispuesto en una operación dirigida desde Miami, Washington y Madrid, no solo para sacar del poder lo que ellos consideran un peligroso grupo de izquierda, sino para librar una guerra existencial contra el pueblo hondureño, al cual deben "formatearle" el alma para que nunca más se le vuelva a ocurrir, buscar la vía burguesa para quitarle a la oligarquía local, lo que por derecho divino le c…

Staff (2025-07-27). °Llegó el verano! También la temporada ciclónica. cubadebate.cu Todos los cubanos sabemos, que entre los meses de mayo a septiembre suelen registrarse las temperaturas más elevadas de los doce meses del año. Sobre todo que junio, julio y agosto son marcadamente calientes y para ese período, las familias se preparan, dando mantenimiento a los ventiladores y aires acondicionados, revisando los abanicos, las gorras, los pantalones cortos y camisetas, intentando aliviar esas altas temperaturas.

Staff (2025-07-27). NewsX World: Kremlin Says Kyiv Rejects Russia's Peace Offer Russia Ukraine Peace Talks. gilbertdoctorow.com I used this interview to drive home the fact that the Russians do indeed seek a diplomatic solution to the war, but on their own well-known terms which amount to a Ukrainian capitulation. But the main issue I introduced was the likelihood that the United States now is actively working to bring down Zelensky by …

The Canary (2025-07-27). A defiant George Monbiot avoids arrest amid wave of pro-Palestine Action protests. thecanary.co In a further indication of the chaos and confusion that the proscription of Palestine Action has plunged the police into, eight sign holders in Totnes (including George Monbiot) and three in Edinburgh on Saturday 26 July sat for sixty minutes without being arrested under the Terrorism Act after they joined a nationwide wave of protest […] | By

The Canary (2025-07-27). Jeremy and Zarah's new left party surges towards half a million sign ups. thecanary.co Keir Starmer has proven to be a massive disappointment as prime minister, having failed to pursue any of the policies which won him the Labour leadership back in 2020. At this point, it seems likely the Labour Party is unsalvageable, and that as long as it continues to exist it will never be anything besides […] | By

The Canary (2025-07-27). Owen Jones just called for Corbyn-Sultana party to join forces with the Greens. thecanary.co Owen Jones and the group We Deserve Better are spearheading a push for Corbyn/Sultana-Green Party election pact in the wake of the emerging new left party. Labour: a political earthquake is coming Keir Starmer faces a "left-wing political earthquake" We Deserve Better warned, as they launched a push for a left-wing electoral alliance. It comes […] | By

The Lever (2025-07-27). LEVER WEEKLY: Open Wide. levernews.com This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it. | Paid subscriptions make our work possible. If you are able, Join The Fight | |

tn.ai (2025-07-27). Velayati: Zangezur Corridor A US Project Targeting Iran, Russia. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said the proposed Zangezur Corridor is a geopolitical scheme led by the US and the Israeli regime to undermine Iran's national security and strategic ties.

tn.ai (2025-07-27). MKO Members Hanged in Iran. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Two members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) were executed in Iran on Sunday.

Xiaofei Xu,Ji Siqi,Khushboo Razdan (2025-07-27). China, US to extend tariff pause at Sweden talks by another 90 days: sources. scmp.com Beijing and Washington are expected to extend their tariff truce by another three months at trade talks in Stockholm beginning on Monday, according to sources close to the matter on both sides. | China and the United States agreed in May to remove most of the heavy tariffs levied on each other's goods for 90 days while continuing trade negotiations. That suspension is set to expire on August 12.

Xiaofei Xu (2025-07-27). China and the US wanted Sweden to host their next round of trade talks — why? scmp.com Chinese and American negotiators will gather in Stockholm for a much-anticipated third round of trade talks on Monday, putting the Swedish capital in the spotlight and prompting questions as to why the Scandinavian country was the venue of choice for the world's two biggest economies. | It began at a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20 countries in South Africa earlier this month, where Sweden had been invited for the first time. Both China and the US approached the delegation from…

Lauren Rankin (2025-07-27). Federal Appeals Court Upheld West Virginia Ban on Medication Abortion. Now What? truthout.org A federal appeals court just made it a lot harder for West Virginians to access abortion and in the process may have given abortion opponents a new path to banning abortion through the courts. And the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and federal agencies may have taken a serious blow. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a divided decision among a three-judge panel, upheld West Virginia'… |

tvbrics (2025-07-27). BRICS News Digest for the previous week. tvbrics.com We will tell you what has happened in economics, politics, culture, science and education in the BRICS countries…

tvbrics (2025-07-27). Over 95% of disabled people in China is covered by basic health insurance. tvbrics.com China has introduced a vast range of subsidies and allowances to ensure comprehensive coverage…

Andy Kroll (2025-07-27). Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers. tomdispatch.com When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the military and a growing cohort of U.S. weapons contractors and came up with the ominous term "military-industrial complex," he could never have imagined quite how large and powerful that complex would become. In fact, in recent years, one firm — Lockheed Martin — has normally gotten more Pentagon funding than the entire U.S. State Department. And mind you, that was before the Trump administration moved to sharply slash spending on diplomacy and jack…

Michael Friedson (2025-07-27). Hamas Filling in the Cracks in Anticipation of Israeli Mission to Save Hostages. themedialine.org

Michael Friedson (2025-07-27). Where Are Thousands of Aid-Filled Trucks? Israeli Soldiers Dispute International Accounts of Tragedy. themedialine.org

Miriam Metzinger (2025-07-27). 'Go Sin Elsewhere': Order to Expel Bermuda Shorts Wearers from Algeria's Beaches Reversed. themedialine.org

| AFP | (2025-07-27). EU, Macron urge Niger junta to free ex-president. tribune.com.pk The European Union and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged Niger's ruling junta to release ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, two years to the day the army detained him. | Bazoum has been held, along with his wife Hadiza, in a wing of the presidential palace and according to his lawyers has not left the building in that time. | The 27-member bloc said in a statement it welcomed the recent release of some political prisoners but "regretted" the continued detention of Bazoum, 65, and others. | "The EU calls again for the release of these people who are being held for political reasons," said the sta…

| AFP | (2025-07-27). Indian man running 'fake embassy' arrested. tribune.com.pk Police in India have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi and duping job seekers out of money with promises of overseas employment. | Harsh Vardhan Jain, 47, was operating an "illegal West Arctic embassy by renting a house" in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which neigbhours the capital, local police said. | Jain, according to police, claimed to be the ambassador of fictional nations "like West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, Lodonia". | He allegedly used vehicles with fake diplomatic plates and shared doctored photos of himself with Indian leaders to bolster his claims. | "

| AFP | (2025-07-27). Thai-Cambodia clashes spread along frontier. tribune.com.pk Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a third straight day on Saturday, as a border conflict that has killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier. | Clashes broke out for the first time in the countries' coastal regions where they meet on the Gulf of Thailand, around 250 kilometres (160 miles) southwest of the main front lines, thumping with blasts on Saturday afternoon. | "It feels like I'm escaping a war zone," 76-year-old Samlee Sornchai told AFP at a temple shelter for evacuees in the Thai town of Kanthararom, after abandoning his…

| AFP | (2025-07-27). Trump wades into ceasefire options. tribune.com.pk US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was talking with the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand in a bid to end their border conflict that has left at least 33 people dead. | "Just spoke to the Prime Minister of Cambodia relative to stopping the War with Thailand," Trump, who is on a visit to Scotland, said in a post on his Truth Social network. "I have just spoken to the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, and it was a very good conversation," he said soon after in a new post. | "Thailand, like Cambodia, wants to have an immediate Ceasefire, and PEACE," he added. | "I am now going to relay that message back t…

Joe Sims (2025-07-27). Marxist IQ: July's revolutions. cpusa.org 1. July 4th celebrates the Declaration of Independence in the United States. The declaration was | a. a fake document. | b. a decisive moment in history declaring and advancing a bourgeois (capitalist) democratic and anti-feudal revolution. | c. a call to abolish the monarchy and establish a people's government. | d. an attempt to compromise with the British empire. | 2. July 14 celebrates the fall of the Bastille and the beginnings of the French Revolution in France. For Marxists, July 14 was | a. the beginning of the French New Wave. | b. the beginning of the anarchist movement. | c. the beginning of a bourg…

SKWAWKBOX (2025-07-27). Dutch intelligence designates Israel a national security threat. skwawkbox.org Netherlands security services flag Israel as danger to Dutch safety The Netherlands have flagged Israel as serious threat to its national security threat because of the extent of its undue influence in the country and its disinformation campaigns to mislead Dutch politicians and public, Israeli newspaper Ynet has confirmed. The Dutch "National Coordinator for Security …

SKWAWKBOX (2025-07-27). Skwawkbox needs your support. If you can afford it, here's how. skwawkbox.org Ever since it began in early 2012, Skwawkbox has relied exclusively on the support of its readers for its funding, rejecting all the many advertisers' requests to carry ads or sponsored posts. Your support allows Skwawkbox to keep articles free to read and clean of clutter and commercialism as it continues to break news that …

SKWAWKBOX (2025-07-27). Hey @Keir_Starmer! Chloe Ludden is a UK citizen, she was just kidnapped by Israel. What are you going to do? skwawkbox.org UK PM still silent over Handala abductions, just as he was silent over Israel's pirating of UK ship Madleen UK citizen Chloé Ludden is one of the crew members of the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian vessel Handala who were attacked and abducted on Saturday night by Israeli troops in international waters — an act of blatant …

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica. (2025-07-27). His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. popularresistance.org On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that it had awarded a massive new contract to build the nation's largest migrant detention camp on the Fort Bliss military base, a facility that will play a key role in the Trump administration's deportation plans. | Unmentioned was that one of the subcontractors slated to work on the project, Disaster Management Group, is owned by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty in 2019 to a scheme to hire undocumented workers and conceal them from immigration authorities. Albers is a big-time Republican donor who has spent time at Mar-a-Lago.

Carlos Martinez, Friends of Socialist China. (2025-07-27). China's Five-Year Plans Democratic, People-Centred And Grounded In Material Reality. popularresistance.org In a wide-ranging interview with Global Times, Friends of Socialist China co-editor Carlos Martinez describes China's Five-Year Plans (FYPs) as democratic, people-centred, and grounded in material reality. He emphasises that China's success in planning stems from its ability to align governance with popular needs and long-term strategy. "China is known globally for its effective governance and for its record of keeping its promises", he notes, citing the 13th FYP's targeted poverty alleviation campaign as a key example of practical planning based on extensive grassroots research. | Carlos stresses that these plan…

Esteban Mercatante, Federico Fuentes, The Bullet. (2025-07-27). For An Eco-Communist Alternative To Degrowth And 'Luxury' Communism. popularresistance.org In his new book, Rojo fuego. Reflexiones comunistas frente a la crisis ecológica (Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis), Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante takes aim at capitalism as the root cause of the "multidimensional" ecological crisis, while engaging in important dialogues with ecological currents such as degrowth and ecomodernism. Against these, Mercatante argues for an "eco-communist" strategy, focused on labour as the agent of both its own emancipation and the qualitative transformation of society's relationship with nature, as the only means to avoid disaster. | With the book onl…

Ryan Black (2025-07-27). What Good Is A Union In Hell? progressivehub.net MAXIMILLIAN ALVAREZ | THE REAL NEWS NETWORK…

Schuyler Mitchell, Truthout. (2025-07-27). Facing Rising Caseloads And Stagnant Pay, NYC Legal Workers Strike. popularresistance.org In a historic coordinated campaign, hundreds of nonprofit legal services workers in New York City are currently on strike, demanding both better employment conditions and better legal representation for their clients navigating everything from the criminal legal system to housing and immigration courts. | Eleven chapters of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA), representing almost 2,000 workers, voted in 2023 to commit to sectoral bargaining — a strategy in which unions across multiple workplaces bargain collectively to raise standards for an entire industry. To maximize union leverage, t…

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aljazeera (2025-07-28). Israeli human rights group: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. aljazeera.com Israeli-Palestinian human rights group B'Tselem declares Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide in its latest report.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Israeli rights groups call the war on Gaza genocide for first time. aljazeera.com Two Israeli human rights organisations have released reports that call Israel's war on Gaza a genocide.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Colombia halts coal exports to Israel amid Gaza Genocide. aljazeera.com Colombian President halts coal exports to Israel over Gaza war, citing ignored orders from August 2024.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). When justice fails: Genocide and colonialism in Palestine. aljazeera.com Rula Shadid, an expert on refugee law and co-director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (@rabetbypipd), jo…

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Trump: 'Some of those kids, that's real starvation'. aljazeera.com US President Donald Trump said images of hungry children in Gaza show "real starvation" that one can't "fake".

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Gunfire at aid drop site as hungry Palestinians scramble for food. aljazeera.com Starving Palestinians faced gunfire as they rushed to collect aid airdropped into Gaza's Deir el-Balah.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Video: Israel drops aid on Gaza after months of forced starvation. aljazeera.com Israel has airdropped a few aid cartons and allowed some trucks to enter Gaza, following international pressure.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Israel kills more than 80 in Gaza as outrage over hunger crisis grows. aljazeera.com At least 14 people died from malnutrition in past 24 hours across Gaza, health authorities say.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Israel continues to kill Palestinians as aid trickles into Gaza. aljazeera.com Hours after declaring "humanitarian pauses," Israeli forces killed 43 Palestinians 9 of them were waiting for aid.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Israeli strikes kill 63 in Gaza despite 'pauses', as hunger crisis deepens. aljazeera.com Israel attacks 'safe zones' in Gaza as six more Palestinians, including two children, die from malnutrition.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). What has Israel's denial of food done to Gaza's people? aljazeera.com Siege tactics since March on Gaza's people have brought famine-like conditions throughout the Gaza Strip.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). UN Secretary-General: 'The destruction of Gaza is intolerable'. aljazeera.com UN Secretary-General António Guterres is warning that an Israel-Palestinian two-state solution is "farther than ever".

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Countries denounce Israel but keep trading with it. aljazeera.com Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israel's war on Gaza but won't move to stop bilateral trade.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Israeli forces storm Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters. aljazeera.com Israeli soldiers have raided the Freedom Flotilla ship, Handala, carrying aid for Gaza in international waters.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Sabina Tanovic: How architecture shapes memory and justice. aljazeera.com From Sarajevo to Srebrenica and Gaza, memorial architect Sabina Tanovic on how we remember war and why it matters.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). UN chief calls for 'viable two-state solution' to Israel-Palestine conflict. aljazeera.com Antonio Guterres calls for 'a decisive turning point' at international conference boycotted by the US and Israel.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire: Will it stop the deadly fighting? aljazeera.com Malaysian PM says rival sides agree to an 'immediate and unconditional' ceasefire after five days of deadly fighting.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). At least 17 killed after gunmen storm small-town bar in Ecuador. aljazeera.com The South American nation has reeled under a substantial increase in violent crime over the last several years.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). UN report reveals global hunger falls, but food insecurity rises in Africa. aljazeera.com Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and Middle East.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). US judge blocks Trump's effort to defund reproductive health organisation. aljazeera.com Planned Parenthood says one million patients could lose coverage if it was cut off from Medicaid funds.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). US memo allows federal employees to evangelise colleagues at work. aljazeera.com Memo permits religious persuasion at work if non-harassing, likening it to encouraging other personal activities.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Why Sudan's RSF chose this parallel government ahead of peace talks. aljazeera.com The RSF-backed parallel government could complicate peace talks and cement a de facto partition in Sudan, say analysts.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). 'Wipe it out faster': Trump again threatens Iran over nuclear enrichment. aljazeera.com US president has upped rhetoric as Iran maintains it will push forward with nuclear programme after US strikes.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Kenya's protests are not a symptom of failed democracy. They are democracy. aljazeera.com The youth leading the protests must not repeat the mistakes of previous generations. They must demand real change.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). The Nile cannot be governed by colonial-era treaties. aljazeera.com The longest river in the world is a shared natural resource and should be used under a cooperative framework.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Did the EU capitulate to Donald Trump's tariff threats? aljazeera.com Trade agreement receives mixed reaction in Europe.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). How does Israel get away with bombing its neighbours? aljazeera.com Will Israel's short-term military gains outweigh regional and international isolation?>

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Thailand, Cambodia ceasefire ends days of deadly border clashes. aljazeera.com Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an immediate, unconditional ceasefire after five days of deadly border clashes.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Wildfires threaten Türkiye's fourth-largest city. aljazeera.com Wildfires near Bursa force 3,500 people to flee as Türkiye battles dozens of blazes amid extreme heat.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Five people killed in shooting at market in Thailand's Bangkok. aljazeera.com Police say they are working to identify deceased suspect.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Heavy rains kill four in China as flood warnings issued in 11 provinces. aljazeera.com Authorities warn of intensifying conditions and heightened disaster risks in the coming days.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). North Korea says it has 'no interest' in dialogue with South Korea. aljazeera.com North Korean leader's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, dismisses Seoul's outreach efforts under new president.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Passenger train derails in Germany, killing three and injuring dozens. aljazeera.com Officials say the crash killed the train's driver and injured at least 50 others, with 25 of them in serious condition.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Thailand, Cambodia agree to 'immediate, unconditional' ceasefire: Malaysia. aljazeera.com Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim says the Southeast Asian neighbours agree to a ceasefire to halt days of deadly clashes.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). England vs India: Gill, Jadeja dig deep with bat to draw fourth Test. aljazeera.com Centuries by Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar send England-India series to fifth Test match decider.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Thailand-Cambodia border clashes continue before Malaysia ceasefire talks. aljazeera.com Acting Thai Premier Phumtham Wechayachai accuses Cambodia of 'not acting in good faith' as talks begin in Kuala Lumpur.

aljazeera (2025-07-28). ISIL claims responsibility for deadly church attack in eastern DR Congo. aljazeera.com

aljazeera (2025-07-28). Video: Landslide causes train crash in Germany, killing three. aljazeera.com

aljazeera (2025-07-27). US and EU agree on 15 percent tariffs, averting transatlantic trade war. aljazeera.com US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announce sweeping deal in Scotland.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). 'Apocalypse': Türkiye wildfires reach key northwest city as hundreds flee. aljazeera.com Bursa governor's office says 1,765 people have been evacuated as more than 1,900 firefighters battle the flames.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Gunfight in Baghdad kills one as paramilitary group storms ministry. aljazeera.com Iraqi police clashed with Popular Mobilisation Forces in Baghdad after they stormed an Agriculture Ministry building.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Iran's plan to abandon GPS is about much more than technology. aljazeera.com It is yet another sign of a looming 'tech cold war'.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). England wins UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final against Spain on penalties. aljazeera.com The Lionesses beat La Roja 3-1 on penalties after drawing 1-1 in extra time to retain football's European Championship.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Piastri holds off Norris to win rain-hit F1 Belgian Grand Prix. aljazeera.com Oscar Piastri controlled the rain-delayed race, extending his F1 Championship lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

aljazeera (2025-07-27). Has the US cancelled free speech? aljazeera.com Why are US professors suing to challenge the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestine activism?>

APR editor (2025-07-27). Gaza condemns Israeli 'piracy' over storming of Handala aid ship. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report The Gaza Government Media Office has condemned "in the strongest terms" Israel's storming of the Handala aid ship, calling it an act of "maritime piracy", reports Al Jazeera. "This blatant aggression represents a flagrant violation of international law and maritime navigation rules," the office said in a statement. "It reaffirms once again…

Pacific Media Watch (2025-07-27). 'We pose no threat our aim is to break the siege': Tan Safi on joining the Handala Gaza flotilla. asiapacificreport.nz No New Zealanders were on board the Handala in the latest arrest and abductions of Freedom Flotilla crew on humanitarian siege-busting missions to Gaza. However, two Australians were and one talks to The New Arab just before the attack on Saturday. INTERVIEW: By Sebastian Shehadi The Handala, a 1968 Norwegian trawler repurposed by the Freedom…

APR editor (2025-07-28). Iran's plan to abandon GPS is more about a looming new 'tech cold war'. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Jasim Al-Azzawi For the past few years, governments across the world have paid close attention to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. There, it is said, we see the first glimpses of what warfare of the future will look like, not just in terms of weaponry, but also in terms of new…

APR editor (2025-07-28). Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits. asiapacificreport.nz By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent United States military veterans in the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau received increased attention during the Biden Administration after years of neglect by the US Veterans Administration. That progress came to a halt with the incoming Trump Administration in Washington in January, when…

APR editor (2025-07-27). Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams. asiapacificreport.nz Muslims, and the global community, must rally around the Palestinian people's inalienable rights: to exist, to return home, and to live free from occupation. ANALYSIS: By Shadee ElMasry In our world today, one would be hard-pressed to find a reputable, well-known scholar or group of scholars who support Israel. Of course, the keywords here are…

APR editor (2025-07-27). Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat. asiapacificreport.nz INTERVIEW: By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist One of the first women to hold an open seat in Bougainville, Theonila Roka Matbob, is confident she can win again. Bougainville goes to the polls in the first week of September, and Roka Matbob aims to hold on to her Ioro seat in central Bougainville, where…

David Swanson (2025-07-28). The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States. worldbeyondwar.org By Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, July 28, 2025 For decades, countless U.S. officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable. Now, the ties that bind are laced with genocide. The two countries function as accomplices while methodical killing continues in Gaza, with both societies directly — and differently …

David Swanson (2025-07-28). A New Online Game: Abolish War. worldbeyondwar.org In this game, you represent people making choices in pursuit of a more peaceful and happy life in the world. Click an option to jump to the results of your choice. #WorldBEYONDWar…

David Swanson (2025-07-28). To Free Ourselves, We Must Free Palestine; And To Free Palestine, We Must Free Ourselves. worldbeyondwar.org It is a cruel irony that many people will not be moved to resist the curtailment of their civil liberties until the police state is sitting right on top of them. #WorldBEYONDWar…

Staff (2025-07-28). War Abolishers of 2025: Roger Waters, Francesca Albanese and Ralph Nader (Podcast). worldbeyondwar.org Roger Waters and Ralph Nader speak at #WorldBEYONDWar 2025 War Abolisher Awards joined by Bob Fantina, David Swanson, Ed Horgan and Hanieh Jodat speaking about Francesca Albanese.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). China showcases over 150 humanoid robots at WAIC 2025. ecns.cn More than 60 intelligent robot models debuted at the WAIC, with more than 80 enterprises specializing in embodied intelligence taking part. Not only has the number of robots increased, but their functions have also become more diverse.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). China launches new satellite internet batch into orbit. ecns.cn China launched a new group of low-Earth orbit satellites for its satellite internet project from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Sunday at 6: 03 p.m BJT.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). Abbot Shi Yongxin under investigation for alleged criminal offenses: Shaolin Temple. ecns.cn Shi Yongxin, the abbot of the Shaolin Temple in Henan province, is suspected of criminal offenses, including embezzling and misappropriating project funds and temple assets, according to a notice released on the temple's official website on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). Nation boosts global AI governance. ecns.cn As artificial intelligence technologies immensely reshape people's lifestyles and profoundly influence the global economic and technological development landscape, China, as one of the leading countries in the AI sector, has continuously contributed its wisdom to global AI governance to make AI technologies more secure, reliable, controllable and equitable.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). Ecosystem envisioned for AI robotics. ecns.cn As up-to-date embodied intelligence technologies and products debuted at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, experts and industry insiders said that substantial development of the industry depends on the creation of an amiable industrial ecosystem.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). All-female anti-drug unit delivers results in Yunnan. ecns.cn Members of the female investigation unit of the Dehong Border Administration Detachment conduct police tactical training on March 5 in Dehong, Yunnan province.Established in 2015, Ren's team is the first all-female anti-drug unit in China's national border defense system."ÄÄ"ÄÄ"I joined the team at its founding when there were only three female officers.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). China, U.S. gear up for pivotal trade talks. ecns.cn The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast from 2.7 percent to 2.3 percent in June, citing trade tensions and policy uncertainty following US imposition of wide-ranging tariffs.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). DPP's move undermines people's will in Taiwan, experts say. ecns.cn The unprecedented vote, initiated by the "pro-independence "DPP, which held a legislative majority in Taiwan from 2016 to 2024, aimed at unseating opposition lawmakers in a bid to regain control of the legislature.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). 2025 China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week held in Guizhou. ecns.cn The 2025 CAECW kicked on July 24 and will last till 27, under the theme "Smart Education Empowering People-to-People Exchanges, Educational Cooperation Enhancing Common Development." | It focuses on showcasing the achievements of China-ASEAN cultural and people-to-people exchanges, enhancing the platform functions of CAECW, and deepening innovative models of "Education+" projects.

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). Heritage sign unveiled for Beijing Central Axis on World Heritage Listing Anniversary. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2025-07-28). China launches internet satellite group. ecns.cn

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). 'To Kill a War Machine': Palestine Action, genocide and the criminalisation of protest. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). The deceit in Labor's posturing on the 'national interest'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Hiroshima and the continuing Illawarra peace movement. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Janet Parker: 'Never again' means never again for everyone. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Palestine convergence demands Labor sanctions Israel. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Photos: Tamils demand Labor supports international push for justice. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Propaganda siren: Silencing the Voice of America. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Protesters converge on Canberra to demand Labor sanction genocidal Israel. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Protesters demand Qld gov't reinstate gender-affirming care, scrap sham review. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Refugees protest on 12th anniversary Kevin Rudd's 'PNG solution'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Residents demolish IWC's pro-developer plan. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Stadium, poverty and environment polarise Tasmanian election. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Suwayda's resistance and the struggle for Syria's future. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Talisman Sabre exercises prepare Australia for war on China. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Vale Allan Sargent (1944—2025) dedicated union organiser, poet and author. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Visiting unionist says Sri Lanka plantation workers face new casualisation threat. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). Green Left Show Why you should boycott Caltex. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-07-28). (Video) Putin's anti-war political prisoners in Russia. greenleft.org.au

Amir Tibon (2025-07-27). How Trump facilitated Gaza starvation policy – and failed to bring the hostages home. haaretz.com Instead of holding Netanyahu to the terms of the January ceasefire deal, Trump and Witkoff allowed the Israeli prime minister to resume the war, strangle Gaza's aid supply and trigger a humanitarian catastrophe. All of which failed to bring the hostages home…

Jonathan Lis (2025-07-27). Netanyahu says Israel will have to allow amount of to enter Gaza. haaretz.com Amid sharp international condemnation for Gaza's starvation, the Netanyahu administration has reportedly made moves to attempt to alleviate the crisis. The IDF spokesperson said that there is no hunger in Gaza, and that Hamas is working to exacerbate the situation…

Bar Peleg (2025-07-27). IDF officer and soldier killed in southern Gaza explosion, army announces. haaretz.com The soldiers were named as Captain Amir Saad, 22, and Sergeant Inon Nuriel Vana, 20. The two were killed when an explosive device attached to their armored personnel carrier detonated…

Amos Harel (2025-07-27). Netanyahu dismissed humanitarian disaster. Now, scrambling to contain it. haaretz.com As Israel confronts a dead end of its own making, Netanyahu is improvising under mounting global pressure. It may already be too late: Hamas will stand its ground, and Israel will choose between a futile escalation of military operations and a forced cease-fire…

Bar Peleg (2025-07-27). Israel announces daily humanitarian pauses in three Gaza areas amid hunger crisis. haaretz.com The IDF also said it secured routes for trucks to distribute aid throughout Gaza. Egypt's Red Crescent said 100 trucks would be sent into Gaza on Sunday, and the UN said it would step up efforts during the 'pauses'…

Bar Peleg (2025-07-27). Three IDF soldiers imprisoned and dismissed after refusing to fight in Gaza. haaretz.com The three soldiers reportedly fought in Gaza for several months and claimed they were experiencing a 'deep internal crisis' due to the loss of many friends and the difficult experiences they endured during the fighting…

David N. Myers (2025-07-27). Ghettos in Gaza? When it comes to Palestinians, Holocaust references are as old as the state. haaretz.com One might assume that the use of such language, which compares between Israeli and Nazi actions, was altogether taboo in Israeli history. And yet, the archive tells us otherwise…

Nir Hasson (2025-07-27). Israel caused the hunger in Gaza, however much it tries to blame the UN. haaretz.com The blame campaign intensified last week, courtesy of the Israeli army, the attorney general's office and the American group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Both Israel's government and military are responsible…

Zvi Bar'el (2025-07-27). shift on Gaza absolve Israel of the humanitarian disaster. haaretz.com Israel has mobilized the humanitarian aid as a weapon, even though it could pursue the war and also provide aid through UN agencies and non-profits that did so before the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation…

Staff (2025-07-27). Jordan, UAE airdrop 25 tons of aid to Gaza, Jordanian official says. haaretz.com

Adi Hashmonai (2025-07-27). approach to humans is utilitarian; only those serving his interests deserve to. haaretz.com Orna Weinberg, relative of murdered hostage Itay Svirsky, says the Netanyahu administration's 'purely utilitarian' approach to human lives has brought Israel to a point of 'terrible moral crisis'…

Jonathan Lis (2025-07-27). Trump, Netanyahu indicate talks failed while mediators Egypt, Qatar signal otherwise. haaretz.com Netanyahu said Witkoff 'understood correctly' and that Israel is considering 'alternative ways to free the hostages and ending Hamas' terror regime'…

Josh Breiner (2025-07-27). As distrust grows between West Bank police and the Shin Bet, Jewish settler terror ramps up. haaretz.com Underlying thee tensions are not only power struggles between the two agencies but also deep suspicion within the Shin Bet toward the Israel Police, fueled by concerns that valuable intelligence might leak outside the security service…

Liza Rozovsky (2025-07-27). Israel, Syria hold talks to reach security agreement to end Israeli attacks, source says. haaretz.com Following a cease-fire deal in mid-July after escalation in southern Syria, Israeli and Syrian officials have been meeting to reach a security agreement…

Noa Shpigel (2025-07-27). coalition pushes to appoint Likud MK suspected of rape, witness tampering, to key Knesset role. haaretz.com Lawmaker Hanoch Milwidsky — suspected of raping a woman in 2018 after she testified in a rape trial — will likely become the Finance Committee chairman. Netanyahu's party accused the attorney general of a political investigation, calling her 'a threat to national security'…

Staff (2025-07-27). Iranian immigrant in Israel charged with wartime espionage for Iran. haaretz.com The suspect was charged with contacting a foreign agent and transmitting information to the enemy with intent to harm state security — an offense punishable by life imprisonment. Since the beginning of the war, more than 20 espionage cases involving Israelis spying for Iran have been uncovered…

Human Rights Watch (2025-07-28). Venezuela: Political Persecution a Year After Elections. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Relatives of detainees take part in a demonstration demanding the release of political prisoners in front of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Caracas on November 21, 2024. | © 2024 FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images…

Human Rights Watch (2025-07-27). Afghan Women Continue to Fight for Bodily Autonomy. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Afghan women walk past razor barricades along a roadside in Kabul on December 8, 2024. | © 2025 Ahmad Sahelarman/AFP via Getty Images | Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating Taliban dress codes. The slew of arrests mark yet another continuation of the Taliban's relentless attack on women's autonomy, causing fear and intimidation for women and girls across Afghanistan.The arrests deepen the Taliban's enforcement of their outrageous August 2024 "vice and virtue" decree requiring women to completely…

newleftreview (2025-07-28). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?

newleftreview (2025-07-28). Roberto Schwarz: Political Polyphonies. newleftreview.org Interview with the Brazilian critic and theorist on the literary and political ideas informing his epic play, Queen Lira. A volatile cacophony of voices disputing his country's path, from Dilma's impeachment to Bolsonaro's rise and Lula's unexpected return.

newleftreview (2025-07-28). Alyssa Battistoni: Situating Freedom. newleftreview.org How might we reimagine freedom on an increasingly turbulent and resource-constrained planet? Charting a course between rival left accounts, Alyssa Battistoni offers a conception inspired by de Beauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity: a 'situated' freedom, which recognizes natural contingency and centres human agency.

newleftreview (2025-07-28). Aaron Benanav: Beyond Capitalism—1. newleftreview.org In the first instalment of a major contribution to the reconceptualization of a post-capitalist social order, Aaron Benanav marshals insights from a long century of socialist thought and practice—Cabet, Marx, Preobrazhensky, Neurath, Keynes—to lay the theoretical foundations for his own multi-criterial model.

newleftreview (2025-07-28). NLR Editors: Michael Burawoy: 1947—2025. newleftreview.org The well-travelled life and consistently lucid, radical thought of global labour's great comparative ethnographer—and social theorist.

newleftreview (2025-07-28). Michael Burawoy: Palestine through a South African Lens. newleftreview.org In a draft text sent to NLR before his tragically early death, the sociologist reflects on the reasons for the starkly different outcomes of Afrikaner and Zionist settler colonialisms: in South Africa, a unified democratic republic, with all its problems; in Israel, ongoing war.

newleftreview (2025-07-28). Michael Levien: Michael Burawoy. newleftreview.org Intellectual reconstruction of the work of Michael Burawoy, from globe-spanning analysis of production regimes—post-colonial, advanced capitalist, state socialist—to theoretical dialogues with Polanyi, Bourdieu and Du Bois.

editor (2025-07-28). Thai-Cambodian clashes along border after months of building tensions. onlineopinion.com.au Both the Cambodian and Thai civilian governments have little direct control of the situation. There is a civilian power vacuum in the border dispute as decisions and operations are in the hands of others.

editor (2025-07-28). Manifestations of declining nationalism. onlineopinion.com.au These three key aspects of a nation are clear signs of the gradual decline of nationalism in the West, which does not die overnight; instead, it has a slow, agonising death until it collapses suddenly.

Stavroula Pabst (2025-07-28). Graham: Israel will 'do in Gaza what we did in Tokyo and Berlin'. responsiblestatecraft.org Yesterday on NBC's

Annelle Sheline (2025-07-28). AOC wrong: More civilians die when we send Israel 'defensive weapons'. responsiblestatecraft.org On July 18, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) voted against the U.S. defense appropriations bill. She also voted against an amendment to the bill submitted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that would have cut $500 million from funds for Israel's Iron Dome, the air defense system designed to shoot down short-range rockets.AOC's vote on both did not affect the outcome — MTG's amendment failed, having received only 6 votes, while the

Andre Pagliarini (2025-07-28). Trump's tariffs against Brazil over Bolsonaro will backfire, on us. responsiblestatecraft.org Various members of the Brazilian government have been trying unsuccessfully to reach their counterparts in Washington ahead of August 1. That is the date Donald Trump has set for the imposition of 50% tariffs on all Brazilian exports unless the administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finds a way to meet two very controversial conditions set by the U.S. president.Those conditions include dropping charges against Lula's far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who faces a possible prison sentence for his role in an alleged conspiracy to undermine the 2022 election and adopting a more lenient stance towards U.

Stavroula Pabst (2025-07-28). The expanding gravy train for the new land-based Sentinel nuke. responsiblestatecraft.org

Blaise Malley (2025-07-28). Summer of the 'isolationist' smear: Colby and restraint in crosshairs. responsiblestatecraft.org

Mark J Willière (2025-07-28). Gaza War Heats Up EU-Israel Research Row. thinktank.pk A dramatic turn unfolds in Brussels, where the European Union is poised to wield a powerful lever against Israel. The European Commission is mulling a partial suspension of Israel's access to the prestigious Horizon Europe research program, a ‚Ǩ95.5 billion initiative that has funneled over ‚Ǩ840 million to Israeli scientists since 2021. This bold step, …

Saeed Minhas (2025-07-28). Is Japan Heading Toward Political Instability? thinktank.pk Japan finds itself teetering on the edge of a seismic shift. Once a beacon of political predictability, this island nation is now wrestling with whispers of instability, fueled by a potent cocktail of xenophobia, tourist fatigue, and a faltering economy. The recent surge of the far-right Sanseito party, clinching 15 seats in the upper house …

Wasim Qadri (2025-07-28). Third Ceasefire: Does Trump Truly Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? thinktank.pk The world watches with bated breath as U.S. President Donald Trump edges closer to a third ceasefire, this time brokering a fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia, ending a decades-long border skirmish. With prior ceasefires between India and Pakistan, and Israel and Iran under his belt, the buzz around Trump's Nobel Peace Prize nomination—backed by …

Waseem Shahzad Qadri (2025-07-27). How India's Cricket Board is Hurting the Asia Cup's Legacy. thinktank.pk The Asia Cup, Asia's second most prestigious cricket tournament after the World Cup, is teetering on the edge of irrelevance, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stands at the heart of the controversy. Scheduled for September 2025 in the UAE, the 17th edition of the Asia Cup promises high-octane clashes, including …

Julia Frankel (2025-07-27). Families of Americans slain in the West Bank lose hope for justice. whyy.org When Sayfollah Musallet of Tampa, Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank two weeks ago, he became the fourth Palestinian-American killed in the occupied territory since the war in Gaza began. | No one has been arrested or charged in Musallet's slaying — and if Israel's track record on the other three deaths is any guide, it seems unlikely to happen. Yet Musallet's father and a growing number of U.S. politicians want to flip the script. | "We demand justice," Kamel Musallet said at his 20-year-old son's funeral earlier this week. "We demand the U.S. government do something about it…

Andrew Stelzer (2025-07-28). Remember when swimsuits weren't allowed? A history of nude swimming. whyy.org This story is from Find our full episode on shame

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky (2025-07-28). 'Full transparency': Pennsylvania members of Congress field questions over the Epstein files in telephone town halls. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The battle over the Epstein files has become a topic at recent telephone town halls hosted by Pennsylvania Republicans last week. U.S. Reps. Scott Perry and Ryan Mackenzie both fielded questions about their positions. | A participant on Mackenzie's call asked the congressman if he thinks "Trump is in the Epstein client list and should it be released?" | Mackenzie, who represents a swing district that includes Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, said he wants the Departm…

Johnny Perez-Gonzalez (2025-07-28). From Puerto Rico to Sussex County: How the mobile Culture Club inspires Delaware youth to celebrate their heritage. whyy.org What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? Inside a small restaurant in southern Delaware, a group of students steps through the doors for the first time. The air smells like home — warm masa, cilantro, fried plantains — and bachata music hums through the speakers. Some pause, recognizing their country's flag hanging among others near the register. Others beam as they hear the familiar sound of Spanish spoken by the owner near the counter. | Students from summer programs walked the streets of Milford and…

Johnny Perez-Gonzalez (2025-07-28). Wilmington event helps Latino families rethink nutrition, preserve traditions and tackle chronic illness. whyy.org What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? A recent event at the newspaper Hoy en Delaware's Wilmington office shed light on the nutritional struggles many Latino families face in the United States. As part of the Th…

Kenny Cooper (2025-07-28). Delaware County residents plagued by longer ambulance rides, emergency room waits. whyy.org From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly's suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland sits right outside the city of Chester. Residents living in Delaware County's only city are afflicted with a range of poor health outcomes, including asthma, cancer and the Crozer Health ambulance rides within range of the system'

Studio 2 staff (2025-07-28). Trump's power play with Penn, other universities. whyy.org After major concessions from schools like Virginia, Columbia, and Penn, it seems the Trump administration's efforts to reshape higher ed are making inroads.

Susan Phillips (2025-07-28). Residential solar installers face a rush before end-of-year tax credit deadline. whyy.org This story is part of the From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover?

WHYY (2025-07-28). The Surprising Origins of Vanilla. whyy.org Vanilla is one of the most expensive spices in the world. That's no surprise when you learn just how complicated it is to grow and extract. So how did vanilla become such a popular flavor? | Delishtory brings you a tasty exploration into our favorite food obsessions. It's delicious, it's history — it's Delishtory! | Kae Lani Palmisano is an Emmy Award-Winning television host, food and travel writer, recipe developer and home cook who loves to explore the journey that food takes to get to the plate.

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Zoà´ Read (2025-07-28). EPA to clean up former Sherwin-Williams site in South Jersey where water and soil were contaminated. whyy.org This story is part of the From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover?

Zoà´ Read (2025-07-28). South Jersey slaughterhouse discharges bloody wastewater into creek, according to the EPA. whyy.org

Cory Sharber (2025-07-27). Phillies greats Dick Allen, Billy Wagner inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Two former Late Phillies legend Dick Allen's lega…

WSWS (2025-07-28). Israel has starved to death dozens of Palestinian children. wsws.org Reports and images from Gaza prove that the fascist Israeli government of Netanyahu is systematically using starvation of children as a weapon of war in its campaign to ethnically cleanse the strip of Palestinians.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Top Justice Department official meets for 9 hours with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. wsws.org Trump did not deny he might pardon the convicted sex trafficker, likely in return for statements protecting him and damaging to his political opponents.

WSWS (2025-07-28). New COVID-19 variants surge as Kennedy escalates war on science. wsws.org The Trump administration is slashing health agency budgets and firing vaccine experts as highly transmissible variants threaten to double daily infections within a month.

WSWS (2025-07-28). How the Democratic Socialists of America helped sell out the Philadelphia municipal workers' strike. wsws.org Throughout the strike and after, the DSA's role was to provide left cover for the union leaders and the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Defend Ukrainian Holocaust scholar Marta Havryshko! wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site unequivocally condemns the vicious and life-threatening political witch hunt targeting Dr. Marta Havryshko, a scholar of the Nazi Holocaust.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Recall of opposition lawmakers in Taiwan rejected by voters. wsws.org The bitterly fought campaign reflects sharp infighting in Taiwanese ruling circles fuelled by the intensifying US-led drive to war against China, in which Taiwan is the central flashpoint.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Australian PM acknowledges Israeli war crimes, but continues to support Zionist regime. wsws.org Albanese's comments were part of an internationally coordinated shift in rhetoric, not in substance, from a number of imperialist powers that have been key backers of Israel.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Education Department probe of University of Michigan cites bogus "agroterrorism" claims against Chinese scholars. wsws.org This investigation, like the June 18 congressional inquiry into "research security" at U-Mich, promotes witch-hunting claims against Chinese scientists associated with the university.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud: "Profiteering and revenge overlap and amplify…" wsws.org Everyone in Cloud is either a fraudster, a cynic, an opportunist or a psychopath. How accurate is that as a view of life in Japan, or anywhere else?

WSWS (2025-07-28). Philadelphia's white collar city workers union rams through contract. wsws.org The low turnout reflects a lack of confidence in the union leadership, which sought to contain the struggle.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Los Angeles Times investigation reveals deadly fire response failures. wsws.org The investigation revealed a critical breakdown in the emergency response, bound up with the degradation of government services and the prioritisation of profit and the wealthy over mass social need.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Trump "steamroller" imposes tariff and trade deal on European Union. wsws.org The EU has agreed to a 15 percent tariff hit and to buy hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of energy products and military hardware from the US.

WSWS (2025-07-28). Workers protest against Electricity Board restructuring in Sri Lanka. wsws.org CEB workers confront a political struggle against the Dissanayake government's IMF-dictated restructuring and privatisation of state-owned enterprises.

WSWS (2025-07-27). This week in history: July 28-August 3. wsws.org Republican convention to ratifies Bush-Cheney ticket; Helsinki Accords signed by US, USSR; Belgian general strike ousts Leopold III; British government avoids miners' strike…

WSWS (2025-07-27). Resident doctors speak from picket lines in England as five-day strike begins. wsws.org A resident doctor in Leeds told WSWS reporters, "If the pillars of the NHS, the staff of the NHS, are not happy, are leaving, are burnt out, it's only going to have a domino effect, and things are going to start to crumble."

WSWS (2025-07-27). Corbyn's new left party—What it is and what it isn't. wsws.org Millions of workers and youth see the need for a new party to challenge Labour. But this requires a revolutionary socialist and internationalist programme, not a Labour Party Mark II.

WSWS (2025-07-27). Birmingham bin-strike "Mega-picket 2" used by union bureaucracy to plead with Labour's strike breakers. wsws.org Far from mobilising workers against this vicious offensive, the event was another token gesture, providing left-talking union officials with political cover while they preach conciliation with Labour.