(2024-07-25). Netanyahu's Speech Was As American As It Gets. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress was everything you'd expect: packed full of lies and propaganda spin, but simultaneously very illuminating and revealing.
(2024-07-25). UN Expert Urges End to Targeting of Human Rights Defenders in the Occupied West Bank. devdiscourse.com UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor has condemned the ongoing targeting of human rights defenders in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israeli authorities. In a recent statement, Lawlor highlighted the troubling cases of five defenders currently subjected to administrative detention without charge, including prolonged detention and ill treatment.
(2024-07-25). Good riddance, genocide Joe. You will be remembered as a monster. newarab.com 
The response to Joe Biden finally surrendering the Democratic presidential nomination has been instructive. | Since Israel's genocidal rampage in Gaza began, there has been a common theme in how Western politicians and media outlets have approached the horror: that Palestinian life has little or even no meaningful worth. This has not been subtle. | Sure, this has ranged from the crude — that is, outright genocidal incitement, despite its legal prohibition in the 1948 Genocide Convention — to the lack of concern about tens of thousands slaughtered with Western arms and diplomatic support, not least…
(2024-07-25). CNN Backtracks From Portraying Venezuela's Elections as Fraudulent. orinocotribune.com Although the news network CNN has been part of the campaign promoting the narrative of an alleged upcoming electoral fraud, it has now backed down a bit and acknowledged, for the first time, the possibility of a victory of Nicolás Maduro in the upcoming July 28 presidential elections. | In order to justify its defeat, the US-backed Venezuelan far-right frequently claims that fraud has occurred in elections. They attempted the same strategy in 2018, despite the fact that Venezuela's electoral system has an excellent reputation. Venezuela's corporate media outlets and Western media frequently echo the fraud allegat…
(2024-07-25). What Is at Stake for the Venezuelan Elections? orinocotribune.com On July 28, the Venezuelan electorate will head to the polls to select their next president. Among the ten candidates vying for the position, nine hail from the moderate and extreme right-wing factions. The primary contest, however, is between President Nicolás Maduro, who is seeking a third term (2025-2030) and embodies the continuation of Chavismo, and the US-backed opposition candidate, Edmundo González. | How does the electoral system work? If the opposition loses, will they allege fraud and incite violence? What are the political platforms of the leading candidates? In this video conference organized by the…
(2024-07-25). Even The US Propaganda Machine Can't Whitewash Biden's Sordid Record. popularresistance.org In the long shadow of the First World War, one of the greatest titles for an epochal work – Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford – definitively marked the final acts of the British empire, that hung on for decades until coming to total demise in, of all places, Yemen. | In the same period, TS Eliot, the transplanted American, put it a little differently: "This is the way the world ends / not with a bang but a whimper." | Perhaps the current American equivalent would be "no gas left in the tank", or "end of the line". | Unfortunately, no well-known enough North American cultural figures come to mind who might be able…
(2024-07-25). Why Are You Surprised by the Advances of the Far Right? libya360.wordpress.com Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein 100 years ago, in 1924, after eight months, Adolf Hitler left the prison where he had ended up after attempting a coup d'état the previous year. During his stay in prison, he outlined the first pages of his work "My Struggle" in which he explained some basic foundations of his thought, including…
(2024-07-25). Reactionary reflexivity: Sealing the iron dome on media coverage of Gaza, Part 2. peoplesworld.org 
TV news: The infinite play of signifiers redounds upon itself Nowhere is this hardening of the once playful strategy of reflexivity more apparent than in corporate media news which instead of alternating between illusion and reflexivity is instead utterly delusional while sealing itself off in a reflexive bubble. The New York Times, The Washington Post, …
(2024-07-25). Indonesia launches 'Golden Visa' to lure foreign investors, boost economy. devdiscourse.com Indonesia launched a long-term visa scheme on Thursday intended to attract foreign investors, President Joko Widodo said, with amounts of up to $10 million giving them a 10-year visa and access to Southeast Asia's largest economy. The five-year "Golden Visa" requires individual investors to set up a company worth $2.5 million, while a 10-year visa requires a $5 million investment.
(2024-07-25). Students from 10 Indian states to join the TV BRICS international teleconference in honour of Pushkin's anniversary. devdiscourse.com Russia and India will hold an international educational tele-bridge on July 29 to commemorate the 225th anniversary of Aleksander Pushkin's birth. Students from ten Indian states studying Russian as a foreign language will increase their knowledge through direct communication with experts in the fields of philology and linguo-cultural studies, TV BRICS reported. The teleconference will be organised by the international outreach project "Modern Russian" of the TV BRICS international media network in cooperation with the Indian Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature and with the support of the R…
(2024-07-25). Karnataka Minister Patil calls BJP's all-night agitation against MUDA 'scam' a 'political drama'. devdiscourse.com Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday slammed the opposition BJP over its all-night agitation in the Karnataka legislature after the party's demand to discuss the MUDA 'scam' was denied.
(2024-07-25). Trump-friendly panel shapes Georgia's election rules at long, often chaotic meetings. devdiscourse.com The Georgia State Election Board, which once toiled in relative obscurity, now hosts raucous meetings where public comment spans several hours and attendees regularly heckle its members.
(2024-07-25). Cambodian politician fined $1.5 mln for defamation after democracy criticism. devdiscourse.com A Cambodian court has found opposition politician Teav Vannol guilty of defamation and fined him $1.5 million in damages for comments he made to a foreign media outlet about the state of the country's democracy, rights monitors said. In an interview with the Nikkei this February, Vannol, the president of the Candlelight Party, said democracy in the Southeast Asian nation had worsened under the administration of Hun Manet. He is the son of the country's long-time leader Hun Sen and assumed power last year.
(2024-07-25). Rising Heatwaves Across Europe and Central Asia Result in 377 Child Deaths in 2021. devdiscourse.com A new UNICEF analysis reveals that rising temperatures in Europe and Central Asia led to the deaths of an estimated 377 children in 2021. The report, titled Beat the Heat: Child Health Amid Heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia, highlights that half of these fatalities occurred in infants during their first year of life, with most deaths occurring in the summer months.
(2024-07-25). Netanyahu's Congress Speech: High on Rhetoric, Low on Substance. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-25). 733 Million People Faced Hunger in 2023, Undermining Progress Toward Zero Hunger. devdiscourse.com According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report released by five United Nations agencies, approximately 733 million people worldwide faced hunger in 2023. This figure represents one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa. The report, launched during the G20 Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Task Force Ministerial Meeting in Brazil, highlights a significant setback in global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, Zero Hunger, by 2030.