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Twenty-eight Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces so far this year.

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When former two-term President Bill Clinton takes the (virtual) stage this week at the Democratic presidential nominating convention in Milwaukee, you would expect all the party faithful to be excited at the prospect.

You would be wrong.

Mahmoud Nawajaa freed without charges after 19 days.

How China Uses Facial Recognition to Control Human Behavior (Dana)

The author writes, “China’s aggressive development and use of facial recognition offers a window into how a technology that can be both benign and beneficial — think your iPhone’s Face ID — can also be twisted to enable a crackdown on actions that the average person may not even consider a

Initiative backed by congressional progressives would deny funding to Israel.

This is the second installment of our three-part series from Jon Larsen’s book, The Perfect Assignment: A Memoir of Journalism in the Golden Age. The first installment — The Captive and the Spy —  has the charm of a Le Carré novel, but the content of this one is brutal. 

Source : Cambridge University Press
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Comment, en quatre cents ans, la concurrence des trois métropoles pour dominer l’économie mondiale a suscité un nouveau modèle urbain. Frédéric Wilner retrace brillamment cette captivante aventure historique. Premier volet : Un siècle d’or, 1585-1650.

Evading justice for war crimes may be one area of UAE-Israeli cooperation.

OPINION: This past week has been a mixed bag of emotions for us Kiwis: We got to celebrate a world first — 100 days of being COVID-free as of Sunday, August 9 — before the virus found a new foothold in the community days later. It’s with a heavy heart that we’ve returned to Alert Level 3 lockdown in Auckland, the economic hub of New Zealand, following a late-night press conference by our prime minister, Jacinda Ardern.

Source : Responsible Statecraft, Saeid Jafari
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Des semaines, parfois des mois après leur passage en réanimation, des patients atteints du Covid-19 souffrent encore d’un mal-être psychologique lié au choc de la maladie. La prise en charge, organisée le temps de la réadaptation, reste incomplète à leur retour à domicile.

De Blasio’s New York has finally hit an all-time low: the once bustling city is now on the verge of looking like a demilitarized zone. Between the pandemic and the riots in the city, iconic 5th Avenue now looks more like a dystopian nightmare in a recently shot video posted to Twitter.

The video follows a car driving down a deserted 5th Avenue, with almost all of the area’s high end stores boarded up and shut down. There are few people seen on what is usually a busy street.

In the largest seizure of digital currency allegedly used for terrorism, the US Justice Department announced on Thursday that it has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts belonging to al-Qaeda, Islamic State (IS), and other militant groups.

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Source : The Intercept, Sam Biddle
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Photo illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images

After President Donald Trump suggested in an interview published Thursday night by the New York Post that he is open to pardoning Edward Snowden, civil liberties advocates issued a fresh wave of calls urging the president to follow through and allow the American whistleblower to return to the United States.

Russia thinks war between the US and Iran is on the horizon, and is proposing steps to stop it:

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States, Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran in a bid to avoid “confrontation and escalation” at the United Nations, where Washington is trying to extend an arms embargo on Tehran, reports Reuters.

Social media giant YouTube announced yesterday a host of new measures it says are aimed at preventing any interference in the upcoming presidential elections. Chief among the list it wrote on its blog, is “removing content that contains hacked information, the disclosure of which may interfere with democratic processes, such as elections and censuses.” An example it gives, would be deleting “videos that contain hacked information about a political candidate.”

Palestinians call for Arab boycott of United Arab Emirates.

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The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election (DonkeyHotey)

The author writes, “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given, Motherboard has learned through interviews with p

Yale epidemiology professor Harvey Risch has hit back against critics who say he’s been the subject of personal attacks over his insistence that hydroxychloroquine is highly effective in treating COVID-19 if administered early in the disease’s progression.

In a Washington Examiner Op-Ed, Risch writes that the pushback against his advocacy for the drug has been “furious.”

Testing is emerging as the key to stopping the COVID-19 pandemic. What’s clear is that the current testing scheme — which has people waiting on average 10 days or longer for test results — is not working. It runs counter to the primary reason for testing: to identify and localize any infection before it can spread through a community.

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Source : Consortium News, Patrick Maynard
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Patrick Maynard fait le lien entre l’influence américaine et britannique et l’indifférence de la principale ONG occidentale de lutte contre la corruption à l’égard du fondateur de WikiLeaks emprisonné.

Source : Consortium News, Leonardo Flores
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Donald Trump et Joe Biden, portraits officiels de Wikipédia. (Andrea Widburg, Flickr)

In this geopolitical news update, we explain what you need to know about the Israel-UAE deal, aggressive moves by Turkey and China and how the global economic downturn contributes to desperate nations clashing right now.

The post BEWARE: Desperate Nations Are Making Desperate Moves Right Now! appeared first on We Are Change.

“Historic” deal formalizes secret ties going back decades.

San Quentin Officials Ignored Coronavirus Guidance (Reader Steve)

From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Two days after California prison officials in late May shipped busloads of prisoners from a coronavirus hot spot in Chino to San Quentin State Prison, Marin County’s top public health officer issued urgent guidance to the prison’s leadership. Dr.

Israel displaced more than 100 Palestinians so far this month.

Slurping down slushies on warm cafeteria benches. Treading up steep stairways and laughing as our legs burn. Promising to be the godmothers to each other’s children, jokingly of course. Clean snapshots of time that painted a gauzy picture of happiness in my mind.

Election Day will be November 3, but there’s little agreement on anything else. In America Decides 2020, editors and reporters for WhoWhatWhy explore the critical issues concerning who can vote, how ballots will be cast, and how they will be counted — questions that could shape US democracy for years to come.

An environmental organization focused on achieving a healthier and more just world is celebrating the publication Tuesday of a groundbreaking study that found an organic diet radically decreases levels of the toxic herbicide glyphosate in the body.

Source : Consortium News, Joe Lauria
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Un article du New York Times Magazine de dimanche nous explique comment la CIA a aidé à préparer les preuves pour l’invasion de l’Irak et pourquoi Colin Powell aurait dû démissionner plutôt que de s’y rallier.

Source : AbcNews
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Les troupes retourneront aux États-Unis ou seront repositionnées ailleurs en Europe.

People who lash out at employees trying to enforce company policies requiring masks and physical distancing could face felony charges under a new law passed by the state of Illinois.

Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker passed SB 471 that enhances penalties against anyone who assaults a worker who is “conveying public health guidance,” or urging customers to wear protective face coverings or follow social distancing rules.

Under the new law, which went into effect immediately, those who assault or batter retail workers will face aggravated battery – which is usually a felony.

The two Democrats fought each other over civil rights in the US, but both look the other way on Israel’s record.

In this video, we break down Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate and give you an important update in the Ghislaine Maxwell case.

The post Why Kamala Harris Is More Of A Horrible Monster Than I Thought appeared first on We Are Change.

Anti-Defamation League’s racist practices, Israel lobbying and history of spying betrays leftist movements.

Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell say she’s being “treated worse” than similar detainees because prison officials have resorted to extreme measures to keep her alive until trial in just over 330 days.

Hundreds of Portland Protesters Will See Their Criminal Cases Dropped as DA Announces Plan to ‘Recognize the Right to Speak’ (Reader Steve)

From the Oregonian: “Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt, leaning on a group of community representatives he called his transition tea

In an almost unheard of and unprecedented scenario, an Air Force helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Manassas, Virginia after someone shot at the helicopter from the ground.

The incident happened Monday, and military sources are now revealing the dangerous incident, which actually injured a member of the crew.

Mahmoud Nawajaa, still under interrogation, finally allowed to see lawyer.

A bigot clinches Republican nomination in south, while shift to left continues in north.

Laurence Kotlikoff wants you to know that we already possess technology that could change the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nous vous proposons aujourd’hui un point de situation sur l’épidémie de Covid-19

I. Incidence en France

Voici l’évolution du nombre de nouveaux cas dépistés en France depuis début juin :

Bien entendu, nous sommes à un niveau très inférieur aux maxima de mars/avril (5000 à 8000 de cas graves par jour).

Source : SCMP, Stuart Lau
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L' »âge d’or » des relations entre Pékin et Londres est révolu, les politiciens britanniques de tous bords appelant à un rétablissement des liens

Source : VIDAL – Par Stéphane KORSIA-MEFFRE

The latest economic data suggest the US recovery stalled. One look at the Citi US econ surprise index, as of this week, shows the recovery ran out of steam last month. A fiscal cliff is already underway, set to enter the second week on Friday (Aug. 14) as tens of millions of Americans are unemployed and have yet to receive their stimulus checks.

The Endless Fight Over Voting by Mail: President Donald Trump gave the impression that he had effectively thrown in the towel on the debate over mail-in voting when he tweeted that Florida voters should request a ballot last week.

In this video, we discuss whether Putin may have the treatment the world needs and go over more of the civil unrest in the US.

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Constraints Gone, GOP Ramps Up Efforts to Monitor Voting (Reader Steve)

The author writes, “Since 1937, the state of Pennsylvania has had strict rules about who can stand in polling stations and challenge the eligibility of voters.

On Monday, NBC News published a puff-piece for the Wuhan Institute of Virology – giving the controversial lab which ‘could pass for a college campus’ a glowing review after a five-hour visit and interviews with several employees.

The report slams the Trump administration for showing “no credible proof to back up claims that the coronavirus was either manufactured at or accidentally leaked from the lab,” while helping the CCP dispute an April Washington Post report over US Embassy cables warning of safety issues at the facility.

Academic freedom arguments to protect speech on Palestine are insufficient.

A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa. Last year, elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries. This accounts for 14 percent of all American commandos deployed overseas, the largest number for any region besides the Middle East. American troops had also seen combat in 13 African nations.

The moment that my international flight landed in Shanghai, China, I tried out a new VPN service on my cell phone. I’d heard about the app while studying abroad; the company promised it could bypass China’s “Great Firewall” to access YouTube, Netflix, and other government-blocked sites with lightning speed.

So I logged into my account, but kept getting the same message: “Unable to establish a connection to your selected server.”

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Source : The Telegrah, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Le Plan de relance de l’UE n’a pas été conçu pour les problèmes de liquidité immédiats

Source : Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Le Parlement chypriote n’a pas ratifié l’accord du CETA entre l’UE et le Canada. Le fromage halloumi chypriote n’était pas suffisamment protégé dans l’accord.

In this video, we explain what in the world is going on in Chicago and how it differs from unrest in Belarus, Lebanon and Hong Kong.

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Mahmoud Nawajaa is being denied the right to see a lawyer.

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world earlier this year, plunging much of the world into lockdown conditions, it seemed that nature was finally being given a major breather – so much so that breathless stories spread across the world about animals taking back their environs, along with memes and social media posts about how “the earth is healing.”

Puerto Rico Halts Primary Voting for Centers That Never Received Ballots (DonkeyHotey)

The author writes, “Puerto Rico on Sunday was forced to partially suspend voting for primaries marred by a lack of ballots as officials called on the president of the U.S. territory’s elections commission to resign.

In a year when 50 percent of voters or more are expected to vote by mail in the general election, a little-known issue could require millions to vote by provisional ballots.

Israel seeks to exploit Beirut disaster to destroy resistance.

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California has now approved a pilot plan to pay $1,250 to anyone who tests positive for coronavirus to encourage them to “stay at home and self isolate”.

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Source : National Interest
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Samedi 25 juillet 2020, Bernard-Henri Lévy a tenté un « retour » en Libye. Ce fut aussi bref que raté. Arrivé le matin même en jet privé à l’aéroport de Misrata, il a dû écourter son voyage et repartir dans la soirée. Qu’était-il venu faire ? Révélations sur les déconvenues d’un déplacement dont on ignore les motifs exacts.

Virginia police claim that a suspect in a rape case who was released from jail under the state’s early release plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic later went on to kill the woman who accused him of the crime.

Officers in Alexandria, Virginia, found a woman shot to death last week in the city’s first homicide of the year. The victim was identified as Karla Elizabeth Dominguez, a Venezuelan immigrant with no family in the United States.

After a St. Louis husband and wife were captured on video waving an assault rifle and pistol at Black Lives Matter protesters, many observers thought justice was served when St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed charges against the couple.

Source : Consortium News, Julia Conley
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« Il n’y a pas d’humanité à détruire les tentatives de la population locale de soutenir un système de santé déjà démuni et étouffé par l’occupation. »

Source : Les Echos – AFP

The expected protests and riots have broken out in Beirut at the end of a week in which families mourned the over 150 killed in Tuesday’s blast centered on the port, which it’s now been revealed was the result of years of negligence by authorities who allowed 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate to be unsafely stored right alongside a large stash of impounded fireworks.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert (and untouchable purveyor of all that is true and holy in ‘science’ today), told a Brown University panel on Friday that probabilities of a highly effective COVID-19 vaccine “are not great.”

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