2024-07-08: News Headlines

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Iran: Complicity in war crimes will always be 'shameful stain' on Israel's allies. presstv.ir Iran says Israel's supporters will always feel ashamed to be complicit in the regime's war crimes in Gaza.

UMMID (2024-07-08). Lebanon As Next War Zone Could Threaten World Peace. ummid.com A bigger war between Israel and Hezbollah and an invasion by Israel exist which will draw in the USA and Iran to a bigger extent and make the Middle East region an even more dangerous place than it already is, for its people as for the world peace.

Editor (2024-07-08). Jul 8, 2024. sitrepworld.info André Rieu ft. Gheorghe Zamfir — The Lonely Shepherd 'My Life's Work Melting Before My Eyes,' by Scott Ritter Roger Waters — The Case Against Genocide, w/Craig Murray (Video) OMG Haaretz Is Hamas Propaganda Now! by Caitlin Johnston Europe Goes Antisemitic! by Kevin Barrett Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran, by Brett Wilkins "Our" Man in Israel, by Ted O'Keefe A hollow Palestinian state, by Muhannad Ayyash Resistance Recruits Thousands | Bibi's New Conditions | Haaretz: Hannibal Directive — Day 275-Pal Chron The New Desaparecidos: Israel and th…

Angela (2024-07-08). Thursday 7/18: US Militarization in the Philippines: Abuse of People and Planet Webinar. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/philippines_webinar

infobrics (2024-07-08). BRICS Expansion Offers Opportunity to Boost African Trade, Say Experts. infobrics.org Africa could benefit from the expansion of the BRICS to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, experts told a roundtable in Nairobi…

tn.ai (2024-07-08). Iran Decries Double Standards of Israel's Supporters. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry denounced the Zionist regime's supporters for their verbal advocacy for human rights and at the same time shameless backing for the Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

WSWS (2024-07-08). Iran's run-off presidential election won by "reformer" advocating rapprochement with US imperialism as it sets Mideast ablaze. wsws.org None of the competing factions of Iran's bourgeois-clerical regime has any progressive answer to the mounting imperialist aggression against Iran and Israel's genocidal assault on the Palestinians.

Areeb Ullah (2024-07-08). UK: Former employees sue Lloyds TSB after bank fired them for pro-Palestine posts. middleeasteye.net UK: Former employees sue Lloyds TSB after bank fired them for pro-Palestine posts | Two women were dismissed in 2021 after posting messages calling for bank to divest from companies linked to alleged Israeli war crimes | | Customers use cashpoints outside a Lloyds Bank branch in central London…

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Houthi: US surprised by Yemen's naval tactics, failed to stop Red Sea operations. presstv.ir Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the Yemeni armed forces' naval tactics in the Red Sea have "surprised" the US, adding that Washington's advanced military technology has failed to stop Yemen's retaliatory operations.

newarab (2024-07-08). Iran arrests lawyer critical of 2022 crackdown after Amini death. newarab.com An outspoken Iranian lawyer who has publicly criticized how the government handled the The unrest at the time followed the death of 22-year-old Her death triggered massive protests that quickly escalated into calls to overthrow Iran's four-decade-old Islami…

newarab (2024-07-08). June 2024 hotter than 2023 after heat in Saudi Arabia, India. newarab.com Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said on Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented "This is more than a statistical oddity and it highlights a large…

Ociel Alí López, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-07-08). Why The US-Venezuela Dialogue Restarted. popularresistance.org With less than a month to go before the presidential elections in Venezuela, several international players are making their moves. The first was Washington. President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday, July 1, the resumption of talks with the US government. | Venezuela has been quite far from the front pages of the international media unlike in previous years. Additionally, its economy has stabilized, emerging from the hyperinflation that today plagues various other countries. It seems that something is happening in Venezuela, and it is that after nine years, on the coming July 28, all political sectors, without…

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). Xi commends Pezeshkian for Iran poll win. ecns.cn Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian gestures as he visits the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Teheran on Saturday.The Chinese president said he attaches great importance to the development of China-Iran relations, and is willing to work with Pezeshkian to guide the deepening of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). Xi congratulates Masoud Pezeshkian on election as Iranian president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday sent a message to Masoud Pezeshkian, congratulating him on election as president of Iran.

Kate Horgan (2024-07-08). A Declining Empire & Its Delusional Allies. projectcensored.org In the first part of the program, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with journalist and analyst Ben Norton about the ongoing proxy war between Russia and NATO happening in Ukraine, the US' bludgeoning of multiple peace deals, and the ultimately pointless struggle against a multipolar world. Ben also highlights the recent media…

Democracy Now! (2024-07-08). Democracy Now! 2024-07-08 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for July 08, 2024; As Labour Wins in U.K., Party's Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn Wins as Independent in Revolt over Gaza Policy; "Wide But Thin Mandate": Why U.K. Labour Party's Landslide Is on Shaky Ground; "The Whole Country of France Has Won": Far Right Blocked from Power as Left Surges; Iran's New Reformist President Promises More Freedom, Better Relations with the West | Headlines for July 08, 2024; As Labour Wins in U.K., Party's Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn Wins as Independent in Revolt over Gaza Policy; "Wide But Thin Mandate": Why U.K. Labour Party…

Mong Palatino (2024-07-08). 'We cannot be dispirited': Mother Nature activists defiant after court conviction in Cambodia. globalvoices.org

MEE staff (2024-07-08). UK: First Yemeni British MP Abtisam Mohamed vows to fight for a ceasefire. middleeasteye.net UK: First Yemeni British MP Abtisam Mohamed vows to fight for a ceasefire | The Sheffield Central MP is a former lawyer and councillor whose father and grandfather worked in Sheffield's steel mills | | Abtisam Mohamed with Paul Blomfield, whom she replaced as Labour MP for Sheffield Central (X) | Lab…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-07-08). Cuban president receives credentials of new ambassadors. plenglish.com Accompanied by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, the head of State welcomed the diplomats at the Palace of the Revolution, the Presidency of the Republic reported on X. | As part of the event, the ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sherif Reda Ahmed Shehata; of the Republic of India, Thongkhomang Armstrong Changsan; and of the People's Republic of China, Hua Xin, presented their credentials. | The president expressed his gratitude for the historic support to Cuba by these nations, which he described as sisters. | Díaz-Canel affirmed that the ambassadors will be able to count on all the help of the Governme…

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Explainer: What Iran's president-elect Pezeshkian must do before assuming office? presstv.ir Following his victory in the presidential runoff election, the official inauguration of Masoud Pezeshkian's presidency must follow certain protocols specified in the country's Constitution.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Enemies feel deterrence power Iran achieved in recent years: Interim FM. presstv.ir Iran's interim foreign minister says enemies feel the deterrence power that the country achieved during the late President Ebrahim Raeisi's three years in office.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). 'Strategic unit': Iran Army Aviation at cutting edge of technology despite sanctions. presstv.ir A senior commander says the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation is a "strategic unit" and stands at the cutting edge of technology.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). 'US directly involved in displacement of 40 million people worldwide'. presstv.ir Head of the Constitutional Council's Research Institute Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei addressed an international conference on Western human rights violations in Tehran.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Iran's president-elect holds phone talks with Erdogan, Putin. presstv.ir Pezeshkian emerged victorious in the second round of the presidential vote on July 5.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Iran's top military brass 'ready' to cooperate with Pezeshkian's government. presstv.ir Iran's highest-ranking military commander has expressed the Armed Forces' readiness to cooperate and interact with president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian's administration following his runoff election victory.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Russian military vessels dock in Venezuela. presstv.ir Russian military vessels arrive in Venezuela shortly after visiting Cuba.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Diplomatic channel with US 'open'; Iran to realize nation's rights: Spokesman. presstv.ir Iran says the diplomatic channels with the United States are open and negotiations are underway.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Iran's Constitutional Council confirms runoff election results. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei will endorse the mandate of Iran's president-elect Pezeshkian after the Constitutional Council confirmed the result of the July 5 runoff election.

presstv.ir (2024-07-08). Iran's parliament speaker meets with president-elect, vows support for new administration. presstv.ir Iran's parliament speaker meets with president-elect to congratulate him on winning the presidential election.

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-08). Zimbabwe: SADC Should Respond to Intensified Crackdown on Opponents. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Opposition supporters protest outside a court, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The protesters were angered by a magistrate's decision to deny bail to close to 80 activists arrested mid-June for allegedly meeting without official clearance. | © AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli…

newleftreview (2024-07-08). Grey Anderson: Imperium Uncloaked. newleftreview.org Grey Anderson on Tom Stevenson, Someone Else's Empire. Lucid anatomization of the American imperium, with a devastating assessment of the UK's equerry role.

Julian McBride (2024-07-08). Britain's Critical Overseas Military Bases RAF Akrotiri and Dhekelia and their Role in Modern Warfare. bylinetimes.com Despite losing much of its once prestigious empire, the United Kingdom continues to have considerable foreign influence. | Playing an instrumental role in critical military conflicts in the After an administration transfer to the Ottoman Empire in 1878, the UK gained a foothold in Cyprus, consolidating its hold over the region, and enabling plans to expand its influence throughout the Mid…

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-08). Iran: Security Forces Killing Kurdish Border Couriers. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Kulbars carry goods on their backs along the mountains of the Iran-Iraq border, Kurdistan, Iran, April 29, 2017. | © 2017 Abed Jalilpouran/Middle East Images/Middle East Images via Getty Images | Iranian authorities have used excessive and lethal force against predominantly Kurds crossing the border from Iraq with goods for resale.High rates of unemployment and poverty are among the drivers for people to work as border couriers, known as Kulbars, legally or illegally, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work.Iranian authorities should develop sustainable economic opportun…

Andrea GIORGETTA (2024-07-08). The Iran Notes – Protests in ‎Iran: Systematic and violent repression of freedom of assembly. fidh.org

UMMID (2024-07-08). Masoud Pezeshkian to be new President of Iran. ummid.com Masoud Pezeshkian has won the Iran's runoff presidential vote Friday, Press TV reported citing the Interior Ministry, bringing a conclusion to a tight race that saw voters swell polling stations on Friday.

UMMID (2024-07-08). Meet Indian origin, Faraz Khalid, granted Saudi Citizenship by Royal Decree. ummid.com Saudi Arabia has accorded citizenship by a Royal Decree to a number of scientists, doctors, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs among them is also Faraz Khalid, an India origin entrepreneur.

UMMID (2024-07-08). After Oman, Trump to venture in Saudi Arabia with mega housing project. ummid.com After Oman, The Trump Organization has signed a deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's real estate developer, Dar Global, to build a luxury residential tower in Jeddah.

UMMID (2024-07-08). As Saudi Arabia rings in Islamic New Year 1446, Kaaba adorned with new Kiswah. ummid.com Muharram 2024 Moon Sighting Live Updates: The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia and the Moon sighting committees in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, Morocco, Iran and other Muslim states have appealed the local residents to sight the New Moon of the Holy month of Muharram al Haram today i.e. Friday 29th of Dhul Hijjah 1445 AH corresponding to July 05, 2024.

Staff (2024-07-08). Serie Nacional de Béisbol: Granma se impone ante Matanzas y consigue el último pase a etapa semifinal (+ Encuesta). cubadebate.cu Los Alazanes de Granma conectaron 16 hits y vencieron este domingo 9×2 a los Cocodrilos de Matanzas, asegurando así el cuarto y último pase a la fase semifinal de la 63 Serie Nacional de Béisbol. El partido, que tuvo lugar en el estadio Mártires de Barbados en Bayamo, se mantuvo equilibrado hasta el octavo inning, gracias a la destacada actuación del abridor local Yunier Castillo y del experimentado relevista yumurino, Noelvis Entenza.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-07-08). Cuba en lista terrorista de Estados Unidos es una vergàºenza. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 jul (RHC) La diputada alemana Sevim Daƒüdelen afirmó en Washington que resulta una vergàºenza que Cuba esté en la lista de Estados Unidos de países patrocinadores del terrorismo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-07-08). Ejecutan acciones constructivas en nuevo parque solar fotovoltaico de Bayamo (+Audio). radiohc.cu Bayamo, 8 jul (RHC) Con el objetivo de incentivar el uso de energía renovable en la provincia cubana de Granma, se ejecutan acciones para la construcción de un nuevo parque solar fotovoltaico ubicado en la comunidad La Sabana del municipio Bayamo que aportará 20 Megawatts (MW) de energía limpia.

teleSUR, MS (2024-07-08). Gobierno colombiano y la Segunda Marquetalia inician diálogos de paz. telesurtv.net Las partes firmantes, representadas por el consejero comisionado de paz de Colombia, Otty Patiño, e Iván Márquez, exnegociador de los diálogos que condujeron al acuerdo de paz de 2016 de las disidencias de las FARC.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-07-08). Venezuela denuncia campaña mediática internacional para desconocer procesos electorales. telesurtv.net Jorge Rodríguez advirtió a la ultraderecha que no se permitirá la vulneración de la paz venezolana.

teleSUR, MER (2024-07-08). Presidente Maduro alerta sobre violencia de la extrema derecha. telesurtv.net El mandatario le expresó al pueblo venezolano que es necesario cuidar la paz.

Staff (2024-07-08). Nuevos triciclos eléctricos apoyarán transportación de pasajeros en Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba. cubadebate.cu Un total de 20 triciclos eléctricos apoyarán la transportación pública de pasajeros en cada una de las ciudades de Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba, informó este domingo en su página en Facebook el ministro del Transporte, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila. De acuerdo con el funcionario, en ambas localidades el servicio tendrá un costo de 10.00 CUP por cada pasajero.

Staff (2024-07-08). Cuba competirá en Juegos Olímpicos de París con 62 deportistas. cubadebate.cu El atletismo concluyó este domingo su contribución con 19 plazas y aumentó a 62 el total de competidores clasificados por Cuba para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024. La selección del deporte rey se amplió con nueve atletas más, tras la comunicación oficial de World Athletics sobre los cupos otorgados a través del ranking, incluyendo a tres lanzadores de disco.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-07-08). Triciclos eléctricos apoyarán transportación de pasajeros en Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 jul (RHC) Un total de 20 triciclos eléctricos apoyarán la transportación pública de pasajeros en cada una de las ciudades de Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba, informó este domingo en su página en Facebook el ministro del Transporte, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila.

teleSUR, MER (2024-07-08). Presidente Maduro conversa con mandataria electa de México. telesurtv.net Ambas autoridades ratificaron los lazos de hermandad entre México y Venezuela, así como su disposición en fortalecer la Celac.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-07-08). Asiste Cuba a reunión regional de aviación civil en Belice. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 jul (RHC) Una delegación de Cuba se encuentra en Belice para asistir a la duodécima Conferencia de directores de aviación civil de Norteamérica, Centroamérica y Caribe.

teleSUR, idg, JCM (2024-07-08). Venezuela y China muestran sintonía en agenda bilateral. telesurtv.net La visita es una invitación del ministro chino de Relaciones Exteriores, Wang Yi, miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de China.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-07-08). Feria Internacional del Libro de Guatemala acogerá tres obras cubanas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 jul (RHC) La XXI Feria Internacional del Libro de Guatemala (Filgua) perfila los detalles para la presentación de tres volúmenes de Cuba de los géneros de literatura infantojuvenil, narrativa y ensayo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-07-08). Cuba revelará evidencias de planes terroristas desde Estados Unidos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 jul (RHC) Cuba expondrá hoy evidencias de los planes y acciones terroristas fraguadas desde Estados Unidos para intentar generar desasosiego en la población y desestabilizar el país a través de la violencia.

Raúl Rodríguez (2024-07-08). Cuba con 62 deportistas a Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 jul (JIT).- El atletismo cerró con 19 boletos y elevó a 62 el número de clasificados por Cuba para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, previstos del 26 de julio al 11 de agosto.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-07-08). Venezuela acogerá la Serie del Caribe en el año 2026. telesurtv.net La lista de sedes por año quedaría de la siguiente forma: Mexicali 2025, Venezuela 2026, Hermosillo 2027, República Dominicana 2028 y Puerto Rico 2029.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-07-08). Irán inicia etapa de calificación de candidatos a elecciones. telesurtv.net Tras el proceso de investigación, el Ministerio del Interior anunciará los candidatos finales el 11 de junio, y los calificados tendrán 15 días, del 12 al 26 de junio, para llevar a cabo sus campañas electorales.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-07-08). Presidente de Siria recibe a canciller de Irán. telesurtv.net Ambos políticos debatieron sobre el estado de las relaciones bilaterales, así como el avance de la agresión de Israel en la Franja de Gaza.

Staff (2024-07-08). Espaguetis danzantes: La magia de la inteligencia artificial (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Un experto en animación ha logrado captar la atención de no pocos usuarios de X, anteriormente conocido como Twitter, al poner a bailar con coreografía de ballet, un par de bailarines de espaguetis. El clic de video, de tan solo veinte segundos, es resultado de la inteligencia artificial, la cual fue capaz de convertir un sencillo plato en un escenario espectacular.

Staff (2024-07-08). Milaymis Marín Potrillé se corona campeona en el Gran Premio de Luchas de España. cubadebate.cu La luchadora cubana Milaymis Marín conquistó este sábado el título de los 76 kg en el Gran Premio de Luchas de España 2024, celebrado en el Polideportivo Fernando Martín de Madrid. De acuerdo con el profesor Julio Mendieta, la galardonada deportista obtuvo cuatro victorias consecutivas, dominando la categoría más pesada del estilo femenino.

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