(2022-07-16). Biden hands blank check to Saudi Arabia in Middle East visit. wsws.org The aim of Biden's Middle East trip is to reassert Washington's standing with some of the most tyrannical rulers on the planet and line them up behind Washington's proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…
(2022-07-16). Lucas: 25 años entre la polémica y los aplausos. cubadebate.cu Polémica: esa ha sido la palabra que ha definido al proyecto Lucas desde su fundación hace 25 años. Si bien hay que destacar que se diseñó, se creó y que después de dos décadas y media sigue ahí, su gran fallo ha sido pasar de ser un espacio para mostrar lo mejor de la creación, a legitimar creaciones banales que se rigen por patrones impuestos por el mercado.
(2022-07-16). Facebook estudia permitir a sus usuarios crear hasta cinco cuentas simultáneas. cubadebate.cu Como parte de sus esfuerzos para combatir el descenso del número de usuarios, Facebook (red social perteneciente a la compañía Meta), estaría permitiendo que los internautas creen hasta cinco cuentas en la plataforma.
(2022-07-16). Presidente cubano intercambia con estudiantes estadounidenses (+Video). cubadebate.cu "Gracias a ustedes por el encuentro, por el tiempo, y por construir puentes", dijo en la tarde de este viernes el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, a un grupo de estudiantes de la Universidad neoyorkina The New School, que por estos días pasan un curso de verano, auspiciado por Casa de Las Américas.
(2022-07-16). Egresan 3.894 profesionales de la salud en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Esta graduación de médicos y otros especialistas se concretó a pesar de las crueles sanciones económicas de EE.UU. contra esa nación.
(2022-07-16). Cuba y Venezuela afianzan lazos de cooperación y hermandad. telesurtv.net La Vicepresidencia de Venezuela resaltó "el compromiso de hermandad, unidad y cooperación entre ambos pueblos".
(2022-07-16). Defender el derecho a la protesta…también en Cuba. globalizacion.ca Los delitos de 'sedición' no pueden ser utilizados para juzgar una protesta callejera. El 'ultraje' de símbolos no puede justificar penas de cárcel. No deberíamos crear 'zonas de excepción'. | Mientras nos ocupamos de la avalancha de cuestiones que parecen atosigarnos…
(2022-07-16). Fidel hace 60 años a los trabajadores azucareros: La Revolución tiene su apoyo en la clase obrera. cubadebate.cu Hay mucho que pensar en el ejemplo que esos hombres le dan a nuestro pueblo; hay mucho que pensar en el mérito que esos trabajadores tienen; hay mucho que pensar, y que deben pensar los que de verdad quieren saber lo que es una revolución.
(2022-07-16). Cinco libros que debes leer del poeta cubano Nicolás Guillén. telesurtv.net En sus trabajos Nicolás Guillén trató el tema del afroamericano en Cuba como ningún otro autor lo había hecho con anterioridad.
(2022-07-16). Argentina y Venezuela ganan en sexta fecha de Copa América Femenina. telesurtv.net La Albiceleste y la Vinotinto se colocan en el segundo y tercer puesto del grupo B con seis puntos, empatadas con Brasil.
(2022-07-16). Iran opposes war everywhere: Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Iranian foreign minister said the United States is pursuing specific political goals by claiming that Tehran plans to supply hundreds of drones with combat weapon capabilities to Russia.
(2022-07-16). Leoncio Prado y su participación en la lucha del pueblo cubano por la independencia. cubadebate.cu El 15 de julio de 1883, el joven Coronel peruano Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez, mal herido en combate y prisionero del ejército chileno se enfrentaba al pelotón de fusilamiento que pondría fin a su vida intrépida y revolucionaria. A 129 años de su muerte, rendimos homenaje al joven internacionalista peruano que dedicó buena parte de su corta pero apasionante existencia a luchar por la causa de la independencia cubana.
(2022-07-16). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on July 16. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Mehr News agency takes a look at headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Saturday, July 16.
(2022-07-16). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on July 16. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Saturday, July 16.
(2022-07-16). Iran slams UN rapporteur for hailing verdict against Nouri. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Iran's top rights official has lambasted the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for hailing the conviction of an Iranian citizen by a Swedish court.
(2022-07-16). US, Saudi Arabia issue joint anti-Iranian statement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Accusing Iran of interfering in other countries' internal affairs, the US and Saudi Arabia in a joint statement stressed their commitment to deter the country to do so.
(2022-07-16). Cuba en el mundial de atletismo: Luis Zayas a la final del salto alto (+ Videos). cubadebate.cu Para el antillano, así como para los doce clasificados a la disputa de las medallas el próximo lunes, no fue necesario vencer los 2.30m establecidos por los organizadores para ganar un cupo directo. Once de ellos, incluyendo a Zayas, se elevaron por encima de 2.28m y garantizaron pasajes a la final. La discusión de medallas será el próximo lunes.
(2022-07-16). Saudi leaders meet with Biden over bilateral ties. ecns.cn Saudi Arabian leaders on Friday met with visiting U.S. President Joe Biden in the city of Jeddah to discuss bilateral relations, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
(2022-07-16). øHuya o hulla? Estos son los ganadores del concurso ortográfico de Cubadebate. cubadebate.cu El pasado 21 de junio, Cubadebate de conjunto con los servicios entuMovil de la División Habana de Desoft convocaron a los usuarios de la telefonía móvil en Cuba a un concurso donde sus participantes podrían demostrar sus conocimientos sobre ortografía. Se recibieron un total de 2743 SMS. Muchísimas felicidades a los ganadores.
(2022-07-15). How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela. multipolarista.com 
Donald Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote a book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," detailing the US coup attempt and hybrid war against Venezuela.
(2022-07-15). US intel officer targeted by John Bolton reacts to coup-plot confession. thegrayzone.com John Bolton admitted to CNN that he "helped plan coups d'etat" abroad, including Venezuela. Fulton Armstrong — a former senior US intelligence official who Bolton tried to oust — responds. In a live interview with CNN, former senior US official John Bolton admitted that he has "helped plan coups d'etat" in a number of foreign countries, including Venezuela. Fulton Armstrong, a former senior US intelligence official, has a unique perspective on Bolton's coup confession. In 2002, Bolton unsuccessfully tried to …
(2022-07-15). Houston welcomes Pastors for Peace caravan. workers.org 
Houston activists welcomed the IFCO (Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization) Pastors for Peace caravan July 9. Angie Langdon and Mario Galvan were greeted with dinner and over a dozen boxes of medical aid for Cuba. Langdon is Social Media Coordinator for Pastors for Peace. As guest speaker, she explained the . . . |
(2022-07-15). Report: US Clinches Deal for Steps Toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization. news.antiwar.com The Times of Israel reported Thursday that President Biden An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the Times that Egypt had agreed to transfer the control of two Red Sea islands, T…
(2022-07-15). President Biden: US Won't Wait Forever on Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Throughout months and months of nuclear talks, the US has brought up the idea of time running out. President Biden added to that position today, suggesting the US Iran has long rejected the idea of the US setting artificial deadlines, and doubly so since the US seems to be pushing the process back every time there is a meeting, and lamenting the lack of progress. | Biden's comments come during his Israel visit, and stay on brand in that they give the impression that the US is…
(2022-07-15). Biden-Lapid Joint Declaration Takes Aim At BDS Movement. popularresistance.org On July 14 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint strategic declaration that highlights the bonds between the two countries, pledges further bilateral cooperation, and vows to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It also takes aim at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), the nonviolent effort to pressure Israel in meeting its obligations under international law. | "The United States and Israel affirm that they will continue to work together to combat all efforts to boycott or de-legitimize Israel, to deny its right to self-defense, or to unfairly sin…
(2022-07-15). Chris Hedges: War with Iran. scheerpost.com 
Illustration by Mr. Fish — "Biden at Bat" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump
(2022-07-15). Iran expresses anger regarding US-Israel deal over nuclear program. peoplesdispatch.org The US declared that it will use all possible ways, including force, to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in a joint strategic declaration signed with Israel…
(2022-07-15). Venezuelan Government Waives Export Duties on Cocoa and Derivatives. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, July 13, President Nicolás Maduro announced the exemption of export duties and fees on cocoa and its derivatives at the opening of the Cocoa and Rum Expo Miranda 2022. | "We must continue solving problems and promoting mechanisms in ports and airports to stimulate exports," he stressed. | From the Bolívar Park, La Carlota in Caracas, the head of state reported on the prohibition of the introduction, propagation and cultivation of non-Venezuelan-origin crops in order to protect national genetics. | In this sense, he appointed the Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, as protector o…
(2022-07-15). Nearly Four Thousand Healthcare Professionals Graduate in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
This Thursday, July 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, led a graduation ceremony of 3,894 new professionals from the Hugo Chávez Frías University of Health Sciences, whom he requested to be incorporated immediately into the public healthcare system. | "They must receive their official positions immediately," he said from the Poliedro de Caracas during the graduation ceremony of the promotion "honoring our commitment to social medicine." | Upon the graduates, he explained that 2,199 new community comprehensive doctors were graduating, 177 graduates in nursing and 641 associate degrees in the same area…
(2022-07-15). From invading Iraq to Guaidó's flop: the CV of coup-plotter John Bolton. peoplesdispatch.org 
In a recent interview with CNN, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton affirmed his role in coups abroad. The hardliner was an architect of the invasion of Iraq, and most recently, played a role in the attempted coup against Venezuelan President Maduro.
(2022-07-15). Venezuelan Opposition: Will They Reach a Consensus or Go to Primaries? orinocotribune.com Everyday the Venezuelan opposition walks on thin ice and faces an imminent implosion regarding its participation in possible primaries that would choose the candidate facing Chavismo in the upcoming presidential elections. On the other hand, there are also those who propose coming to a consensus in order to choose who will be launched into the ring come 2024. | In fact, several representatives of the opposition that has been subdivided, united and then separated again, have spoken out about it. Timoteo Zambrano recently declared in a radio interview that the Democratic Alliance will participate in primary electio…
(2022-07-15). As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production In The US. popularresistance.org The flares started last December, an event Errol Summerlin, a former legal-aid lawyer, and his neighbors had been bracing for since 2017. After the flames, nipping at the night sky like lashes from a heavenly monster, came the odor, a gnarled concoction of steamed laundry and burned tires. | Thus did the Saudi royal family mark the expansion of its far-flung petrochemical empire to San Patricio County, Texas, a once-rural stretch of flatlands across Nueces Bay from Corpus Christi. It arrived in the form of Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a plant that sprawls over 16 acres between the towns of Portland and Greg…
(2022-07-15). WW photographer on panel 'How We Stay Free'. workers.org 
The Paul Robeson House Museum sponsored a panel discussion at the Philadelphia Museum of Art July 10, featuring Philadelphia activists who contributed to the Museum's recently released book, "How We Stay Free." The book is described as "an anthology-in-action for an uprising that remains unfinished." From left, co-editor Fajr Muhammad, . . . |
(2022-07-15). Saudi King Salman, His Sons and Airbus. fairobserver.com Last month, a London court heard how a senior executive and associate of an Airbus subsidiary paid over $11.5 million ( £9.7 million) in bribes to Saudi Arabian military officials to secure lucrative contracts for the UK government. The case, which was first exposed by Private Eye in 2016, relates to a UK government deal to…
(2022-07-15). American imperialism meets its blood-soaked clients in the Middle East. wsws.org The US president is visiting Saudi Arabia to advance the predatory interests of the American ruling class, seeking to maintain its global domination and suppress domestic unrest.
(2022-07-15). Iran Navy unveils 1st naval drone carriers division. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The first drone carrier division of Iran's Navy, which is comprised of different surface and subsurface units, was unveiled in a ceremony in the international waters of the Indian Ocean, the Navy announced on Friday.
(2022-07-15). Iranian Navy Announces Indian Ocean Drone Division (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency. | On July 15, the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy announced that it had established its first drone-carrying division in the Indian Ocean. | The Iranian state TV said that the new naval division consists of several ships and submarines carrying all types of combat, reconnaissance and suicide drones."All types of the latest advanced drones produced by the military and the defense ministry have flown over the Indian Ocean's waters to demonstrate thei…
(2022-07-15). UAE Distances Itself From US-Led Anti-Iran Alliance, Says It Will Send Envoy To Tehran. southfront.org 
Abu Dhabi's skyline in December 2014. By Wikimedia user Wadiia. | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is working to send an ambassador to Tehran as it seeks to rebuild bridges with Iran, Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic advisor to the Emirati President, said on July 15. | Gargash added that the idea of a confrontational approach to the issues related to Iran was not something that Abu Dhabi supported."Our conversation is ongoing … we are in the process of sending an ambassador to Tehran. All these areas of…
(2022-07-15). Australian journalist Andrew Fowler says the persecution of Assange is a "symptom of a declining empire" wsws.org "If Assange is extradited to the US the future will be bleak indeed for anyone who wants to stand up against the military and industrial interests that have led us to climate catastrophe and, once again, talk of war."
(2022-07-15). Irán y Rusia acuerdan impulsar cooperaciones nucleares pacíficas. telesurtv.net Delegaciones de los dos países aseguran que la profundización de las relaciones diplomáticas dejarán sin efecto las sanciones estadounidenses.
(2022-07-15). Tema coreano "Gangnam Style" cumple diez años de arrasar en Internet. cubadebate.cu Cuando el rapero surcoreano Psy lanzó "Gangnam Style" una década atrás, pocos anticiparon la magnitud y rapidez de su éxito, ni cómo ayudaría a impulsar una revolución en el streaming .Su video musical fue lanzado el 15 de julio de 2012. Para diciembre de ese año había alcanzado mil millones de vistas en YouTube.
(2022-07-15). Hatami named as jury member at Venice Film Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Iranian prominent actress Leila Hatami has been elected as a jury member for Venice Film Festival's upcoming 79th edition.
(2022-07-15). UAE to never welcome formation of anti-Iran coalition. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The UAE will never welcome the formation of a coalition and an axis against any country in the region, especially Iran, the diplomatic advisor to the president of the United Arab Emirates said.
(2022-07-15). Putin signs law ratifying Iran-EAEU free trade zone protocol. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Putin approved the law on ratification of the protocol to the provisional agreement signed in 2018, leading to the establishment of the free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran.
(2022-07-15). Quantum leap of Iran volleyball in light of domestic coaches. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Accomplishments of Iran's national volleyball team in light of the domestic coaches can be regarded as a quantum leap for the country.
(2022-07-15). Tehran has no limits on boosting inclusive coop. with Baku. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran does not have any restrictions regarding the promotion of comprehensive relations and cooperation with the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said.
(2022-07-15). Saudi Arabia Opens Skies To 'All Carriers' In Breakthrough Step To Normalize With Israel. southfront.org 
El Al Boeing 787 -9 jet number 4X-EDA at Ben Gurion Airport., 18 September 2017. Photo by Wikimedia user (LLHZ2805). | Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to all air carriers in a move that its meant to allow for more overflights to and from Israel. | In a statement released on July 14, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said that the kingdom's airspace was now open to all carriers that meet its requirements for overflights, in line with international conventions that say there should be n…
(2022-07-15). Mass anti-government protests hit Albania. wsws.org Thousands of people, enraged over skyrocketing prices for fuel and food, poured onto the streets of Tirana last week to demand the resignation of the government.
(2022-07-15). The Heat: Biden's Middle East visit. america.cgtn.com It's described as a high stakes visit to the Middle East. From Israel to Saudi Arabia, we'll discuss what the Biden administration hopes to accomplish in the region.
(2022-07-15). U.S. Saudi controversial relationship met with a fist bump. america.cgtn.com It started with "make them pay the price" and ended with a fist bump. From November 2019 to July 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden seems to have changed his firm stance of making Saudi Arabia leaders the "pariah" for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. …
(2022-07-15). Agencia espacial rusa y la NASA firman acuerdo de vuelos espaciales cruzados. cubadebate.cu La Agencia Espacial rusa Roscosmos y la Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio de Estados Unidos (NASA) firmaron un acuerdo sobre vuelos cruzados, anunció este viernes la entidad rusa. Este pacto responde a los intereses de Moscú y Washington de facilitar el desarrollo de la cooperación en el marco del programa de la Estación Espacial Internacional.