2019-06-17: Social Media Postees

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Venezuela Reveals Corruption Plots Led by Juan Guaido
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
17 de junio de 2019, 15: 57Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Communication and Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez presented new evidence that blames opposition leader Juan Guaido and theVoluntad Popular leadership for stealing money to commit crimes against Venezuela.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43370&SEO=venezuela-reveals-corruption-plots-led-by-juan-guaido

From coup leaders to con artistry: Juan Guaidó's gang exposed for massive humanitarian aid fraud
Dan Cohen | thegrayzone.com | 2019-06-17
An explosive new report reveals how Guaidó representatives in Colombia embezzled $125,000 meant for humanitarian aid, suckering deserting soldiers and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/06/17/from-coup-leaders-to-con-artistry-juan-guaidos-gang-exposed-for-massive-humanitarian-aid-fraud/

Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido's Political Future
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-17
The big event that was supposed to be Guaido's watershed moment has instead turned out to be a public-relations failure far worse than his quickly quelled attempted military coup.
mintpressnews.com/popular-will-embezzlement-scandal-threatens-juan-guaido-political-future/259283/

Saudi Arabia: Decision to Spare Teenager's Life Must Be Followed by Abolition of Death Penalty for All Juveniles
commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
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Peace Action Endorses Ayanna Pressley for Congress
Peace Action | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-17
Washington, DC — June 17, 2019 — Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots peace organization, and its affiliate Massachusetts Peace Action, endorsed Ayanna Pressley for Massachusetts' 7th district. Peace Action is a national grassroots organization working to advance nuclear disarmament, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real security through international cooperation and …
peaceaction.org/2019/06/17/peace-action-endorses-ayanna-pressley-for-congress/

China Takes Responsibility for Explosion Near North Korea; Denies Nuclear Test Rumors
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-17
(ZH) — Update: Chinese authorities are taking responsibility for Monday's blast, claiming it happened on their side of the border. Reporters pointed out that the magnitude of the blast was much smaller than a nuclear test, and Chinese authorities have advised that this was not a nuclear test. Chinese authorities said this is a magnitude 1.3 event …
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Modernization of World Nuclear Forces Continues Despite Overall Decrease in Number of Warheads
SIPRI | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2019, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. | ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚ÄãThe modernization of nuclear forces continues | SIPRI Governing Board Chair Ambassador Jan Eliasson, …
globalresearch.ca/modernization-world-nuclear-forces-continues-despite-overall-decrease-number-warheads/5680859

Iran Speeds Up Uranium Enrichment as Mideast Tensions Mount
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-17
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will surpass the uranium stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal lit the fuse for the heightened tensions now between Tehran and Washington. | The announcement by Iran's nuclear agency marked yet another deadline set by Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani already has warned Europe that a new deal needs to be in place by July 7 or the Islamic Republic would increase its enrichment of uranium.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-speeds-up-uranium-enrichment-as-mideast-tensions-mount/

Israel's Secretive Nuclear Facility Leaking as Watchdog Finds Israel Has Nearly 100 Nukes
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-17
Israel is one of only five nations in the world that refuse to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, an international treaty aimed at ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons and achieving global nuclear disarmament.
mintpressnews.com/international-watchdog-finds-israel-has-nearly-100-nuclear-weapons/259274/

Trump and Bolton Are Breaking What Nuclear Order There Is
Kate Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
It's 10 years now since US president Barack Obama made his famous Prague speech, committing to a nuclear weapons-free world. I remember hearing his words broadcast, amid the tumultuous cheers of the crowd in Hradƒçany Square, as if it were …
globalresearch.ca/trump-bolton-breaking-what-nuclear-order-there-is/5680875

How the Upheaval in Khartoum Affects One of Sudan's Longest-Running Crises
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-17
This article was originally published by The New Humanitarian, a news agency specializing in reporting humanitarian crises.The stand-off in Khartoum between pro-democracy protesters and the ruling Transitional Military Council is being closely watched in troubled Blue Nile — an impoverished Sudanese region cut off from aid and largely forgotten by the world. | Blue Nile has been at war with Khartoum for decades. Hopes for a more peaceful future rest on the TMC being willing to negotiate on rebel demands for greater autonomy, and on the rebel leaders thems…
truthout.org/articles/how-the-upheaval-in-khartoum-affects-one-of-sudans-longest-running-crises/

Sending More Troops to the Middle East is Adding Fuel to the Fire
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-17
Washington, D.C. — June 17, 2019 — In response to the Trump administration's decision to send an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East amidst escalating tensions with Iran, Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action, released the following statement: "Rather than pursuing diplomatic off ramps to avert conflict with Iran, the Trump administration is …
peaceaction.org/2019/06/17/sending-more-troops-to-the-middle-east-is-adding-fuel-to-the-fire/

Even Japan, Germany, and EU are doubting Trump admin's claim Iran attacked ships
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-06-17
While the Trump administration accuses Iran without evidence of attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Japanese, German, and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/06/17/japan-germany-eu-doubt-trump-iran-attack/

Venezuela Creates Banking Mechanisms to Face US Blockade
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
Caracas, June 17 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has created on Monday mechanisms to deal with the US economic blockade with which they intend to choke the country by calling off accounts and the inability to trade with foreign organizations.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43355&SEO=venezuela-creates-banking-mechanisms-to-face-us-blockade

Venezuelan Migrants Target of Exploitation, Venezuelan FM Denounces
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced on Monday that Venezuelan migrants are the target of precarious work and exploitation in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43361&SEO=venezuelan-migrants-target-of-exploitation-venezuelan-fm-denounces

Venezuela to Repatriate 180 Venezuelans with Return to Homeland Plan
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
17 de junio de 2019, 16: 40Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government will repatriate 180 Venezuelans from Peru this week through the government"s Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to Homeland) program, the Foreign Ministry announced in a press release on Monday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43376&SEO=venezuela-to-repatriate-180-venezuelans-with-return-to-homeland-plan

Venezuelan Authorities Closed an Illegal Mining Camp
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan security agencies deactivated an illegal mining camp on the edge of La Paragua river, located in Guayana, Bolivar state, reported on Monday the Operational Strategic Commander, Remigio Ceballos.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43341&SEO=venezuelan-authorities-closed-an-illegal-mining-camp

Monday's News Brief: World population, Desertification Day, ocean protection, Nigeria, Yemen and Gaza
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-17
To start this week, we cover: food aid diversions in Yemen; 9.7 billion of people on earth by 2050; Law of the Sea Convention; World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought; triple suicide bombing in Nigeria; and a solar power plant for health care in Gaza.
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Yemeni children 'dying right now' due to food aid diversions Beasley warns Security Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-17
Food continues to be taken "from the mouths of hungry little boys and little girls" in many areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels, warned the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday, who said the agency would be forced to suspend some food assistance within days, unless agreements are finally honoured.
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A Political Solution Is the Only Way Out in Yemen
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
United Nations, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, restated on Monday that the political solution is the only way out in that country and called for the sides ¥greater commitment to advance the talks.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43360&SEO=a-political-solution-is-the-only-way-out-in-yemen

U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
On the eve of renewed sanctions by Washington, an Iranian protester holds a burning picture of President Donald Trump outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 4, 2018. (Photo: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_trump_sanctions_iran_venezuela.jpg…
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Russia Denies Existence of New Military Contract with Venezuela
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
Moscow, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Russia has rejected on Monday US versions on a supposed new military contract between this country and Venezuela and denounced Washington"s intentions to create pretexts for a military escalation.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43329&SEO=russia-denies-existence-of-new-military-contract-with-venezuela

Reuters Must Answer for Burying This Venezuela Story
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-17
A new study reveals U.S. sanctions have taken a deadly toll, yet the news agency neglected to report on its findings for an entire month.
truthdig.com/articles/reuters-must-answer-for-burying-this-venezuela-story/

Ottawa hires Hit Man to Overthrow Venezuelan Government
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-17
Meet the hired gun Ottawa is using to overthrow the Venezuelan government. The brazenness of Ottawa's intervention in the South American country's affairs is remarkable. Recently Global Affairs Canada tendered a contract for an individual to coordinate its bid to oust President Nicolás Maduro. According to buyandsell.gc.ca, the Special Advisor on Venezuela needs to be …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/ottawa-hires-hit-man-to-overthrow-venezuelan-government/

Russia Denies Existence of New Military Contract with Venezuela
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
Moscow, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Russia has rejected on Monday US versions on a supposed new military contract between this country and Venezuela and denounced Washington"s intentions to create pretexts for a military escalation.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43329&SEO=russia-denies-existence-of-new-military-contract-with-venezuela

Senegal, Egypt, Algeria secure friendly wins ahead of AFCON 2019
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
Head coach Aliou Cisse of Senegal gives instructions to his players during a past friendly match. (Photo by Xaume Olleros/Getty Images) | Three of the teams regarded among the pre-tournament favourites for the upcoming 2019 African Cup of Nations secured wins on Sunday in their respective friendlies just five days to the start of the continental showpiece. | Senegal edged fellow African giants Nigeria 1-0, Egypt beat Guinea 3-1 while Algeria overcame Mali 3-2. | At the IsmaàØlia Stadium in IsmaàØlia, Egypt, Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye netted the only goal of the game after 18 minutes for Senega…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/17/senegal-egypt-algeria-secure-friendly-wins-ahead-of-afcon-2019/

Pompeo's False Flag Refuted By Japanese Media: Tanker Hit by Flying Object, Not Mine — Confirms Onsite Worker
Joaquin Flores | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
The Japanese state news agency NHK has revealed that workers on the tanker saw a plane flying toward the tanker before the explosion. United States is pinning the blame for the tanker attacks on Iran. Tehran denies the accusation. | The …
globalresearch.ca/pompeos-false-flag-refuted-japanese-media-authority-tanker-hit-flying-object-not-mine-confirms-onsite-worker/5680830

Our Reality Can Beat Up Your Reality. Spreading False News Stories on Iran
Helen Buyniski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
Twitter has declared victory over disinformation, deplatforming thousands of pro-Iranian Twitter accounts this week to coincide with US Secretary of State " Rapture Mike" Pompeo's evidence-free declaration that Iran had attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. …
globalresearch.ca/our-reality-can-beat-up-your-reality-spreading-false-news-stories-on-iran/5680746

Revamping Grizzly Bear Recovery
Louisa Willcox | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
The enthusiasm expressed for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's proposed grizzly bear advisory council promises to enhance coexistence efforts at a time when, with each new year, grizzly bear deaths shatter records. But Montana's efforts must be nested within a larger national framework of grizzly bear recovery. The grizzly is an iconic species of global concern.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/revamping-grizzly-bear-recovery/

Let Us Laugh Together, On Principle
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
The New York Times International Edition has decided to no longer publish political cartoons. The decision follows a scandal about a cartoon that appeared last April in which a blind President Donald Trump is holding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — depicted as a guide dog — on a leash. Trump is wearing a yarmulke; Netanyahu has…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/let-us-laugh-together-on-principle/

Remember the Vincennes? The US's Long History of Provoking Iran
Linn Washington Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
Remember the Vincennes?That's the name of the U.S. Navy warship that shot down an Iranian airliner with missiles in 1988, killing all 290 people aboard that airplane.That shootdown, where 60 children perished, was an accident, according to the U.S. Navy's official report. However, many, including military personnel, considered that report a whitewash.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/remember-the-vincennes-the-uss-long-history-of-provoking-iran/

Julian Assange and the Scales of Justice: Exceptions, Extraditions and Politics
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
The Home Secretary of the United Kingdom did his thing, which was little in the way of disagreement. The superpower has issued a request; the retainer would comply. This week, the US Department Justice Department formally sought the extradition of Julian Assange. The process was certified by Sajid Javid, a man rather distracted of late.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/julian-assange-and-the-scales-of-justice-exceptions-extraditions-and-politics/

Where the Wild Things Were: Abbey's Road Revisited
Geoff Dutton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
While a healthy number of extreme outdoorists still pride themselves on packing as little gear as possible to escape from civilization, most Americans prefer to bring as many comforts of home as possible (including phones, satellite TV, and internet) when they park their overstuffed vehicles and bodies at campsites. It's yet another depressing symptom of how utterly well-wrapped we are in our thickening technological cocoons. Even atop Mt. Everest, it's quite impossible to get away from it all.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/where-the-wild-things-were-abbeys-road-revisited/

The Dark Side of Brexit: Britain's Ethnic Minorities Are Facing More and More Violence
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
Pictures of Daniel Ezzedine show him to be a fresh-faced 17-year-old with a warm cheerful smile. His parents are Lebanese but he was brought up in Germany where he had just left school. His teachers brought him to celebrate his graduation on a trip to Canterbury, where he was assaulted and beaten half to death by a gang of youths in what local people are convinced was a racist attack.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/the-dark-side-of-brexit-britains-ethnic-minorities-are-facing-more-and-more-violence/

"Wheel! Of! Fortune!" (A Vegas Story)
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
An unnaturally tan woman with metallic blond hair and garish makeup has hit a bonus. Automated applause, bells, whistles, whoops, and all manner of artificial sounds ring out. Flashing in the acrid, recycled air, pixelated explosions of light refract off of the woman's painted face, glistening and oily underneath all that goop. Sighing, smiling with…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/wheel-of-fortune-a-vegas-story/

Democracy Faces a Global Crisis
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
If you're a supporter of Donald Trump — or Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Matteo Salvini in Italy — you probably think that democracy has never been in better health. Recent elections in these countries didn't just serve to rotate the elite from the conventional parties. Voters went to the polls and elected outsiders who…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/democracy-faces-a-global-crisis/

Arctic Death Spiral — A Short Film
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
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Arctic Death Spiral — A Short Film
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
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Trump Washington Detests the Belt and Road Initiative
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
The foreign and domestic policies of the US Administration appear to be guided by a combination of financial greed, the desire to exploit weakness for the sake of doing so, a partiality for malevolence, and determination to be spiteful. In no manner, domestically, has the last been more effectively demonstrated than by Trump's treatment of…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/trump-washington-detests-the-belt-and-road-initiative/

Did a Coverup of Who Caused Flint Michigan's Contaminated Water Continue During Its Investigation?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
For the first time in 16 years, Michigan elected a Democrat as their Attorney General and Dana Nessel's first major decision was to dismiss all pending criminal charges against the state and city officials responsible for Flint Michigan's polluted drinking water this past weekend. Mainstream media commentators were critical of her decision as well as…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/17/did-a-coverup-of-who-caused-flint-michigans-contaminated-water-continue-during-its-investigation/

Teens in Cage Protest Trump Immigration Policies Outside UN, Demanding Action From Human Rights Council
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
While an audio recording of detained migrant children crying played in the background, teenagers in T-shirts that read #ClassroomsNotCages stood in a metal cage outside the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva Monday to protest the Trump administration's "cruel" immigration policies. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kids_cages.jpg…
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Death toll from Tripoli conflict nears 700: WHO
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
A man walks as he checks his destroyed house after an airstrike launched by Khalifa Haftar forces in the Tajoura area, east of Tripoli, Libya June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed | The death toll from the armed conflict in the Libyan capital Tripoli has risen to 691, according to the World Health Organisation. | The WHO says 41 civilians are among those killed in the conflict between forces of the United Nations-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and those of Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army. | The WHO says a further 4,012 people have been injured, 135 of whom are civilians. | On Saturday…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/17/death-toll-from-tripoli-conflict-nears-700-who/

Navy Contaminates Local Groundwater and Sewer System in Maryland
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-17
The U.S. Navy has contaminated the groundwater at Maryland's Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS) with 1,137.8 parts per trillion (ppt) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to a report published last July by the engineering firm CH2M Hill. PFAS have been associated with a variety of cancers and are known to jeopardize human reproductive health. The contamination was not reported on the…
truthout.org/articles/navy-contaminates-local-groundwater-and-sewer-system-in-maryland/

2016 Olympic silver medalist Eunice Kirwa banned for doping
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics — Athletics — Women's Marathon — Sambodromo — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 14/08/2016. Bahrain's Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa celebrates after finishing second at the Women's Marathon during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jonannes Eisele/Pool | The Athletics Integrity Unit on Monday announced that Kenyan-born Bahraini runner Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa had been banned for four years after she tested positive for the prohibited substance Erythropoietin (EPO). | The AIU says Kirwa, a silver medalist…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/17/2016-olympic-silver-medalist-eunice-kirwa-banned-for-doping/

Attorney General asked to Investigate Sergio Moro for Illicit Conduct
plenglish.com | 2019-06-17
Brasilia, June 17 (Prensa Latina) The Attorney General of the Republic, Raquel Dodge, received a request to investigate Justice Minister, former Justice Sérgio Moro, for illegal acts revealed by The Intercept site, reports portal Brazil247 today.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43328&SEO=attorney-general-asked-to-investigate-sergio-moro-for-illicit-conduct

'The Edge of Democracy' sheds light on Brazil teetering on the brink
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-17
peoplesworld.org/article/the-edge-of-democracy-sheds-light-on-brazil-teetering-on-the-brink/

Will China's Automobile Market Trigger Next Economic Downturn?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
Sales of new cars in China, today the world's largest automobile market, plunged a dramatic 16.4% in May, making the worst month in the history of the relatively new China auto industry. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers …
globalresearch.ca/will-chinas-automobile-market-trigger-next-economic-downturn/5680812

Trump and the Taiwan Gambit
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
Taiwan has become a new "eastern pivot" for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan, as indicating to the world that regardless of the established world rules which make Beijing, the Peoples Republic …
globalresearch.ca/trump-taiwan-gambit/5680810

Deadly Gas and Air Pollution: Cutting UK Farm Emissions in Half Could Save 3,000 Lives a Year
Andrew Wasley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
Thousands of deaths each year could be avoided if air pollution from UK farms was halved, new analysis has revealed, but the government's failure to act means the most damaging sectors are under no obligation to cut their emissions. | The | …
globalresearch.ca/deadly-gas-cutting-farm-emissions-half-could-save-3000-lives-year/5680889

Poland Just Became America's Most Important NATO Ally
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-17
The US' decision to dispatch 1,000 additional "rotational" troops and even a squadron of surveillance drones to Poland makes the Central European country its most important NATO ally because of the threat that this poses to Russian strategic interests in …
globalresearch.ca/poland-became-us-most-important-nato-ally/5680858

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2019-06-16: News Headlines

CGTN Africa (2019-06-16). Libyan PM proposes elections to end crisis. cgtn.com FILE PHOTO: A fighter loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed government (GNA) fires a mortar during clashes with forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File Photo | Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj on Sunday proposed holding parliamentary and presidential elections before the end of 2019 in order to end the crisis in the country. | "On the basis of my national responsibility and despite the aggression against us, I present today our political initiative to end the current crisis, and call on the Libyan people to support it," Serraj said in a tele…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-16). Nine civilians dead as Haftar's forces attacks Tripoli. cgtn.com A man walks as he checks his destroyed house after an airstrike launched by Khalifa Haftar forces in the Tajoura area, east of Tripoli, Libya June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed | The air force of Libya's eastern-based army on Saturday targeted a military store of the rival UN-backed government in the eastern part of the capital Tripoli, killing nine people and damaging a nearby hospital, authorities said. | All the nine people killed are civilians, including two women and a child, said the Health Ministry's spokesman Fawzi Wanis. | The army said the airstrike was "accurate and targeted the largest ammunition stor…

Committee To Defend Maritime Jobs (2019-06-16). Are you 'double-timing' us with Portland? Oakland Demos Back A's Billionaire. indybay.org Oakland City Council Demo Rebecca Kaplan Charged that Oakland A's bilionaire owner John Fisher maybe "double timing" Oakland in a deal playing Oakland off Portland to take over port land. Despite the opposition of ILWU Local 10 and all other Port of Oakland labor the Oakland City Council voted unaimously to back the A's fast track bills by Demos Rob Bonta and Nancy Skinner to ignore the zoning and build a stadium on Howard Terminal i the Port of Oakland…

Michael Welch (2019-06-16). Provocations in the Gulf of Oman: Will John Bolton Get His War on Iran? globalresearch.ca Bolton announced the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group and Air Force Bombers to the Middle East as part of an effort to "send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force."

CGTN Africa (2019-06-16). UN condemns bombing attacks in Somalia, Kenya after death of 21. cgtn.com Somali security officers secure the scene of a suicide car explosion at a checkpoint near the Somali Parliament building in Mogadishu, Somalia June 15, 2019 REUTERS/Feisal Omar | The United Nations mission in Somalia on Sunday condemned bombing attacks in Mogadishu and in northeastern Kenya that killed at least 21 people and injured more than 20 others on Saturday. | No political agenda can be served by acts of terrorism, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia said after the attacks, both claimed by the al-Shabab militant group. | Nine people died in two car bomb blasts in Somalia, and 12 Kenyan policemen were kill…

Celina della Croce (2019-06-16). Why Venezuela Is the Vietnam of Our Time. commondreams.org Workers from Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, participate in an anti-imperialist march to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in front of the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela on January 31, 2019. The US slapped sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in an attempt to cut off a vital source of funds. (Photo/YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pdvsa-workers-955px.jpg…

Staff (2019-06-16). With Ongoing Cuba Sanctions, US Has No Moral Authority to Talk About Freedom. truthout.org Janine Jackson: The Trump administration announced a ban on people-to-people group travel to Cuba, a sanction merited, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained, because of Cuba's "destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region, and propping up US adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law and suppressing democratic processes." | The theme of most…

teleSUR (2019-06-16). Saudi Backtracks on Executing Teen After Global Outcry. telesurenglish.net A young man from Saudi Arabia's minority Shiite Muslim community who was arrested at the age of 13 will not be executed and could be released by 2022, a Saudi official told Reuters Saturday following reports of his pending execution. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia: 37 Executed on "Terrorism" Charges | Murtaja Qureiris, who was detained in September 2014, has received an i…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-16). Talk Africa: Education and employment in Africa. cgtn.com Africa has the world's largest population of young people and the highest rate of youth unemployment globally. Currently 60% of the unemployed on the continent are youth. This will spiral to about 70% by 2050, according to the World Bank. | Higher Education has long been seen as an avenue for finding skilled and well-paid employment. However, according to a World Bank report, even highly skilled young people in Africa increasingly find themselves working low-paying, unskilled jobs or remaining unemployed after graduation. | This week on Talk Africa we take a closer look at Higher Education and Employment and a…

Staff (2019-06-16). Boeing Admits 'Mistake' in Max Jet Disasters That Killed 346. truthdig.com The company's CEO calls the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes a "defining moment" for Boeing, expects grounded planes to fly this year.

Common Dreams staff (2019-06-16). US Attacks Russia's Power Grid; Trump Kept in Dark. commondreams.org 'The question now is whether placing the equivalent of land mines in a foreign power network is the right way to deter Russia' | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/russian-power-grid-955px.jpg…

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-06-16). The Danger of Leaving a President Out of the Loop. theantimedia.com (CJ Opinion) — The New York Times has published an anonymously sourced report titled "U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia's Power Grid" about the "placement of potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system at a depth and with an aggressiveness that had never been tried before" which could potentially "plunge Russia into darkness or cripple its military," with one …

Tyler Durden (2019-06-16). Russia Slams CBS News for Cooperating With Syrian Al-Qaeda. theantimedia.com (ZH) — The Russian embassy in Syria has slammed CBS News for sending its reporters into Idlib province, which is controlled by the al-Qaeda group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), at a moment of a stepped up joint Russian-Syrian aerial assault campaign over the northwestern territory. Over the weekend the embassy tweeted of the CBS team's reporting from Idlib: CBS News crew …

Common Dreams (2019-06-16). US Attacks Russia's Power Grid; Trump Kept in Dark. theantimedia.com (CD) — The New York Times is reporting that the United States is cyber attacking Russia's electric power grid and other targets—and that President Donald Trump is being kept out of the loop. "The American strategy has shifted more toward offense, officials say, with the placement of potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system at a depth and …

Pepe Escobar (2019-06-16). Say Hello to the Russia-China Mobile Operating System. globalresearch.ca Google cuts Huawei off Android; so Huawei may migrate to Aurora. Call it mobile Eurasia integration; the evolving Russia-China strategic partnership may be on the verge of spawning its own operating system — and that is not a metaphor. | Aurora …

Staff (2019-06-16). 'Treason!' Trump slams NYT claim of US cyberattacks on Russia's power grid as harmful fake news. rt.com Following a bombastic report that US government hackers are targeting Russia's power grid, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to accuse the NY Times of spreading fake news detrimental to US credibility and national security.

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-16). US, Israel and Saudis Pushing for War on Iran? globalresearch.ca What's going on in Washington and the Middle East is eerily reminiscent of what preceded Bush/Cheney's 2003 war on Iraq — weapons of mass deception the pretext. | All wars are based on Big Lies and deception. Pretexts are needed to …

United Nations (2019-06-16). Record number of Venezuelans arrive in Peru: UN steps up response. un.org The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has sent extra teams this week to the border between Peru and Ecuador to support the authorities, as an unprecedent number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants — over 15,000 — have entered Peru this week.

15yàöltimo (2019-06-16). Is the Venezuelan Economy Stabilizing or Is the Worst Still to Come? globalresearch.ca Lots of readers have asked us via social media what we think are the reasons that led the government and the Central Bank (BCV) to publish, all of a sudden, indicators that, also suddenly, stopped being published over three …

Labor Video Project (2019-06-16). Brazilian General Strike Against Privatization & Bolsonaro Government On 6/14/19. indybay.org Millions of workers and students in Brazil went on strike against privatization and the Bolsonaro government.

Sue Branford (2019-06-16). Brazil Guts Environmental Agencies, Clears Way for Unchecked Deforestation. globalresearch.ca President Jair Bolsonaro appears intent on decriminalizing Amazon deforestation, ending most fines, straitjacketing law enforcement, and gutting environmental agencies with mass firings. | *** | The Brazilian government's environmental agency, IBAMA, has so far this year imposed the lowest number of fines …

Entsar Abu Jahal (2019-06-16). Plenty of Fish in Gaza Sea, but Not for Palestinians. globalresearch.ca In a dangerous development June 12, Israel announced a full naval closure on the Gaza Strip until further notice, denying Palestinian fishermen access to the sea. Israel said it took the meas…

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-06-16). Bernie Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights. globalresearch.ca Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic socialism in his June 12 speech at George Washington University. Sanders quoted FDR's 1944 State of the Union address: | "We have come to a clear realization of the fact that …

Edward Curtin (2019-06-16). Once Upon a Time Never Comes Again: Bob Dylan, a Masked Man in Search of Redemption? globalresearch.ca "He wears a mask and his face grows to fit it." — George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant" | The lobby of the temple of time travel called the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, Massachusetts was suffused with a nostalgic vibe tinged …

Massoud Nayeri (2019-06-16). London's Grenfell Catastrophe — Who Are the Real Criminals? globalresearch.ca The image of the Grenfell residential building on fire in London, one of the richest cities in the world and the heartbreaking stories of how the entire family from elders to infants were trapped and burned alive without any chance …

Richard Silverstein (2019-06-16). Is Pompeo Angling to Interfere in British Politics? globalresearch.ca Apparently, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had quite a lively, candid conversation in a recent closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders. Among the invited guests, someone recorded Pompeo's comments, and they were quite revealing. | The Washington Post, which was given …

Global Research News (2019-06-16). Selected Articles: Gulf of Oman Attack: False Flag Towards Iran War? globalresearch.ca "It appears that Mike Pompeo has a hard time kicking his old habits. He appears to be as smug about lying as a CIA operative as he is as Secretary of State. Categorically blaming the Iranians for the recent oil …

Frank Schnittger (2019-06-16). The Tory Leadership Vote: Boris Johnson in the Lead. Brexit and the Paralysis of UK Politics. globalresearch.ca The Tory Leadership election is all but decided after the first round of voting: | Although Boris Johnson is some way short of a majority of the parliamentary party votes, it is very hard to see anyone else overtaking him, and …

Eric Margolis (2019-06-16). US Accuses Iran. Will the Real Bombers Please Stand Up. Japan's PM Abe: The Danger of "An Accidental Conflict" globalresearch.ca Who is attacking oil tankers in the Gulf between Oman and Iran? So far, the answer is still a mystery. The US, of course, accuses Iran. Iran says it's the US or its local allies Saudi Arabia and the United …

Staff (2019-06-16). US Blames Iran for Tanker Attack: Let's Talk Facts! dissidentvoice.org Caleb Maupin is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and in Latin America. He was involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement from its early planning stages, and has been involved many struggles for social justice. He is an outspoken advocate of international friendship …

plenglish (2019-06-16). Kuwait Demands Thorough Investigation on Oil Tankers Attack. plenglish.com Kuwait, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Kuwait demanded an objective and impartial investigation into last Thursday"s attacks on oil tankers in the Oman Sea, instead of rushing, alluding to baseless accusations from the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Party for Socialism and Liberation, Sonoma (2019-06-16). Revolution in Sudan – A Group Discussion. indybay.org A'Roma Roasters 95 5th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-16). Sudan's Bashir to appear in court on graft charge ~ prosecutor. cgtn.com FILE PHOTO: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech inside Parliament in Khartoum, Sudan April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo | Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir will appear in court next week to face charges of corruption and possessing foreign currency, the country's acting prosecutor general told reporters on Saturday. | The announcement came more than two months after the military overthrew Bashir on April 11 following months of nationwide protests against his 30-year iron-fisted rule. | Bashir "will appear in court next week following charges of corruption and possessin…

pip.hinman (2019-06-16). Sudanese community call on Australia to do more to protest the killings in Khartoum. greenleft.org.au Around 60 members of the Sudanese community and their supporters rallied on June 15 in solidarity with the democratic uprising in Sudan. The action was called by the Until We Return Cultural Group Australia. | Alison Xamon, West Australian Greens MLC for the South Metropolitan region, read a statement condemning the murder of peaceful protesters by militias and the Sudanese army linked to the Transitional Military Council (TMC). The TMC took over after the Omar Al-Bashir regime was toppled by protesters on April 11 and the Sudanese movement wants a return to civilian rule. Xamon called on the WA state Labor and f…

Staff (2019-06-16). The Young Iraqi Voices Our Leaders Don't Want You to Hear. truthdig.com Two Iraqi activists talk about the rising threat of another U.S. war in the Middle East and their collective two decades of peace work.

CGTN Africa (2019-06-16). Kenyan athletes dominate Kigali International Peace Marathon. cgtn.com Jackson Kibet Limo of Kenya passes the finish line during the Copenhagen Marathon in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 19, 2019. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS — THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. | Kenyan contestants on Sunday swept the multi-category Kigali International Peace Marathon held in the Rwandan capital. Rwanda and Uganda also grabbed medals. | Uganda's Philip Kiplimo won the gold medal in the full marathon completing the race in two hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds. Kenya's James Tallam and Reuben Kembo…

Jonathan Cook (2019-06-16). Trump Enjoys Bipartisan Support for His Plan to Eradicate the Palestinian Cause. dissidentvoice.org The White House's prolonged financial bullying of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Palestinians' government-in-waiting, has reached the point where there are now credible warnings that it is close to collapse. The crisis has offered critics further proof of the administration's seemingly chaotic, often self-sabotaging approach to foreign policy matters. Meanwhile, US officials charged with resolving …

Fight Back (2019-06-16). Rasmea Odeh speaks on Palestine and political repression. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – A crowd gathered at The People's Forum on June 9 to hear Rasmea Odeh and Suzanne Adely speak on the repression of the Palestinian solidarity movement by the United States and Israel. Rasmea Odeh is a famous Palestinian woman leader who has dedicated her life to the Palestinian struggle and liberation of her people. She was a former political prisoner of Israel, and had her human rights violated. Odeh later became the target of political repression in the United States in 2013, after FBI raids and grand jury subpoenas targeting the Antiwar 23 were defeated. | Leading up to the event, pro-Israel righ…

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM (2019-06-16). John Carlos Frey: Sand & Blood: America's Stealth War on Mexico Border. indybay.org St. John's Presbyterian Church | 2727 College Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705…

Staff (2019-06-16). Why the Demand for Black Bone Marrow Donors Is High — and Awareness Is Low. truthout.org Every week for the past five years, Destiny Worthington has sat in a chair watching donated blood pump through narrow plastic tubing into her body. At the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles County, she spends up to six hours every week getting blood work done followed by blood and platelet transfusions. | When she was 15 years old, Worthington went to a required routine physical for her softball team. At the time, she had a lot of bruising on her body, so doctors ran blood tests for leukemia, various types of anemia, and other blood disorders. | "I actually wasn't diagnosed back then. They…

Wim Laven (2019-06-16). We Need Evidence-Based Decision Making. commondreams.org Copies of the "Mueller Report" printed by the US Government Publishing Office are seen at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on April 24, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mueller-report-955px.jpg…

unitedEditor (2019-06-16). U.S.-Iran: confrontation in Gulf of Oman. uwidata.com On June 13, Iranian and Arab media reported attacks in the Gulf of Oman on two oil tankers, the Front Altair of Norway and the Kokuka Courageous of Japan. The vessels were attacked in the waters between the territories of Iran, the UAE and Oman. Some data is indicative of a torpedo attack that resulted …

Committee To Defend Maritime Jobs (2019-06-15). Are you 'double-timing' us with Portland? Oakland Demos Back A's Billionaire. indybay.org Oakland City Council Demo Rebecca Kaplan Charged that Oakland A's bilionaire owner John Fisher maybe "double timing" Oakland in a deal playing Oakland off Portland to take over port land. Despite the opposition of ILWU Local 10 and all other Port of Oakland labor the Oakland City Council voted unaimously to back the A's fast track bills by Demos Rob Bonta and Nancy Skinner to ignore the zoning and build a stadium on Howard Terminal i the Port of Oakland…

WSWS (2019-06-15). Austrian billionaire takes over leading German chain store. wsws.org The takeover by René Benko of the major German department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof will result in more branch closures and cuts to jobs and wages.

teleSUR (2019-06-15). India Imposes New Tariffs On U.S. Goods. telesurenglish.net The tariffs are mainly imposed on agricultural goods such as walnuts, apples and almonds. Similar to the tariffs China imposed, India is targeting locations that have been traditionally Republican. | The announcement to strip India of its special trade status was already made in May by the Trump administration. | India was the country that benefited most of the Generalized System of Preferences with a total of $5.7 Billion in imports with the United States. The country also exported vehicle parts, jewelry, cables, leather products and building material to the United States. | The trade deficit between the Un…

teleSUR (2019-06-15). Italy: New Anti-Immigration Bill Attacks NGO's Rescue Missions. telesurenglish.net Conducting rescue missions along the central Mediterranean may cost Italian non-governmental organizations (NGO) ‚Ǩ50,000 (US$ 56,190) in fines, according to new security policies passed by Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella, Friday. | RELATED: | Italy's 'Closed Ports' Policy Leaves Over 1,500 Africans Dead | The controversial bill was denounced by international organizations and aid groups alike as a "declaration of war against the NGOs who are saving lives at…

Staff (2019-06-15). Bolton and Pompeo Are Trying to Start Another Forever War. truthout.org It is becoming increasingly evident that National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo—President Trump's top two foreign policy appointees—are manufacturing a crisis in order to catapult the United States into an explosive conflict with Iran. | This shouldn't be remotely surprising, given their track records of supporting regime change across the Middle East, opposing the Ira…

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (2019-06-15). Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried by Reuters for Over a Month. theantimedia.com (FAIR) — I emailed Stephanie Nebehay of Reuters on May 22 about her article, "Venezuela Turns to Russia, Cuba, China in Health Crisis" (5/22/19). Her article depicted the impact of US sanctions as an allegation that Venezuelan government officials are alone in making. The article stated: The opposition blames [medical shortages] on economic incompetence and corruption by the …

Milton G. Allimadi (2019-06-15). Message To The Youth: Pan-African Unity Is The Path To Africa's Economic Empowerment. blackstarnews.com Nkrumah enjoys a light moment with Kennedy during U.S. visit. The CIA under President Johnson- backed the 1966 coup. Photo: Wikimedia Commons | | [Message To Africa's Youth] | | Most of Africa's socio-political and economic woes could be solved if most African countries were able to determine their own destiny–that is currently not the case. | | How is it that Congo can have mineral and natural resource wealth estimated at anywhere from $24 – to $30 trillion and remain impoverished? How is it that it can have the world's major sup…

WSWS (2019-06-15). Accused Christchurch terrorist in court, trial set for next year. wsws.org Three months after New Zealand's worst-ever mass shooting, public discussion of the political causes of the attack and the role of state agencies is being effectively censored.

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