Day: July 17, 2020

Categories UK

UK press harass Jeremy Corbyn outside his home, accuse him of helping Russians ‘attack our election’

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Hours after British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab claimed that Russians tried to meddle in last year’s election, the British media were camped outside former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s house, accusing him of complicity. … Read More >UK press harass Jeremy Corbyn outside his home, accuse him of helping Russians ‘attack our election’

Categories Latin America

‘Inexcusable Act of Provocation’: Caracas Denounces US Navy Destroyer Steaming in Venezuelan Waters

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The Venezuelan government has denounced a “freedom of navigation operation” performed by the US Navy on Thursday, calling the violation of Venezuelan waters by a US warship ostensibly defending the freedom of the seas “erratic and childish.” … Read More >‘Inexcusable Act of Provocation’: Caracas Denounces US Navy Destroyer Steaming in Venezuelan Waters

Categories Op-ed

Bolsonaro Gov’t Pushing Brazil’s Native Peoples to the Edge of Extinction, Indigenous Leader Warns

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The Bolsonaro government has no interest in shielding Brazilian Indians from COVID-19, on the contrary, it has long sought to open indigenous lands for mining and agribusiness, considering native peoples to be only a stumbling block, notes indigenous leader Weibe Tapeba and Brazilian scholar Gustavo Guerreiro. … Read More >Bolsonaro Gov’t Pushing Brazil’s Native Peoples to the Edge of Extinction, Indigenous Leader Warns

Categories Middle East

Powerful Explosions Rock Ammo Dump of US-Backed Militia in Northeast Syria, Report Says

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The oil-rich eastern Syrian provinces of al-Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor have been rife with tensions in recent months amid competing claims for control by the Damascus government, the US-allied majority Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Turkey-backed militants, and remnants of the Daesh (ISIS)* terrorist group. … Read More >Powerful Explosions Rock Ammo Dump of US-Backed Militia in Northeast Syria, Report Says

Categories Op-ed

US Military ‘Occupation’ of Okinawa is ‘Huge Backdoor’ for COVID-19 Amid Island’s Tight Controls

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“By all rights, it should have been granted its own independence after the end of World War II, but instead it was kept as a US forward base because of its geostrategic importance, and since then, it’s hosted about half of the 55,000 troops that the US has stationed in Japan. … Read More >US Military ‘Occupation’ of Okinawa is ‘Huge Backdoor’ for COVID-19 Amid Island’s Tight Controls