✊ Progressive News | 11 August 2024
International
- Venezuela Is a Marvellous Country in Motion: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2024)
- Debt is political: Why wealth flows from poor to rich
- As stock market crashes, is US facing new financial crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains
- Stocks Crash & Rebound: Is a New Recession Coming?
- Tokyo, Seoul stock markets plummet, see circuit breakers intervention
- What’s behind the instability in financial markets?
- What’s behind the global stock sell-off?
- Global stock markets plunge:”Tech stocks have been hit hard”
- Is the U. S. economy heading for a recession?
- BRICS Global Leadership Changes Everything – So Much More than Traditional Power Structures!
- The Illusion of Migration as Development
- NATO Believes We Don’t Need a Foreign Policy
- Why is everything NATO churns out about China negative?
- The Disturbing Truth About NATO’s Global Reach with Vijay Prashad
- Exclusive with Economics Nobel Laureate Eric Maskin
- Global Business: AI Becomes Latest Tool in Farming and Agriculture
- Global Opportunities in Deepening China’s Reform in the New Era
- Global Business: Reactionary Global Markets Cause a Panic
- The Heat: Global Market Turmoil
- The Heat: COVID-19 Summer Surge
- How severe is the new coronavirus variant?
- Can People Wish for the Defeat of Their Own Country’s Olympic Athletes?
China
- China’s yuan strengthens against U. S. dollar
- Chinese Netizens Demand Anti-Doping Probe into US Swimmers
- Rather than politicizing doping, US should be more rational over China’s breakthrough in swimming
- China’s GenZ Olympic Athletes, a Different Breed
- Pan Zhanle shatters world records at the Olympics
- Why has a narrative against Chinese swimmers suddenly appeared?
- Quickest Way to Beat Western Media Bias on China: Let People See for Themselves
- China leads the way on green technology with Li Jingjing
- China’s new development goals explained with Li Jingjing
- Green energy in blue ocean: How does China build large offshore wind farms?
- Soaring in the Ocean
- Sailing on the deep blue sea
- A March to Green
- China launches satellites of constellation:”small part of their exploration”
- Chinese Scientists Develop Brain-on-a-chip System, Advancing Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Let Plastic Power Itself! Chinese Researchers Create New Material that Converts Heat into Electricity
- China on Verge of Brain-Computer Interface Commercialization
- Bypassing the GPU Blockade: China’s Taichi II Microchip is Coming
- Italy’s To-Do List: Lure in Chinese EVs
- Is Xi Jinping’s China on a path to war? Mehdi Hasan & Victor Gao Head to Head
South Asia
- New Explosive Book Reveals Modi’s Vengeful Imprisonment of His Critics
- PAKISTAN: SUPPORTERS OF EX-PM IMRAN KHAN RALLY ON ANNIVERSARY OF IMPRISONMENT
- WHAT’S HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH?
- The Spectres Haunting Bangladesh
- Bangladesh PM resigns, but will protests continue?
- Joy after Hasina exit, but what’s next for Bangladesh?
- Nobel laureate Yunus to head Bangladesh interim government
Southeast Asia
- Singaporeans brave hot and wet weather to celebrate National Day at Padang
- Income-Allianz deal: Are concerns justified? Deep Dive podcast
- Migrant workers bear the brunt of heat stress Climate Conversations podcast
- Malaysia’s Microchip Strategy: Capitalizing on the US-China Semiconductor Rivalry
- A fresh start: Why is Indonesia building a new capital?
- Thai Constitutional Court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party
- Hundreds of Rohingya killed in Myanmar: Fighting between junta and rebel group intensifies
East Asia
- What is the Future of East Asia? – TI Observer
- In Japan, Russia Proved How Cowardly the US ls
- Nagasaki mayor defends decision not to invite Israel to atomic bomb memorial
- Japan PM Kishida warns nuclear threats by Russia on 79th anniv. of atomic bombing in Hiroshima
- Locals in Japan scoop up rice, instant noodles after JMA issues first ‘megaquake advisaory’
- DPRK’s Kim stresses ‘matchless self-defence capability’ needed to defend independence and peace
- Taiwan ‘Zero Day’ drama sparks debate over PLA attack
West Asia (Middle East)
- Middle East rising tensions: What could be the possible Iranian ‘retaliation’ against Israel?
- Mideast tensions soar as fresh Israeli strike on Lebanon kills four Hezbollah fighters
- Israel’s Assassinations Backfire: Resistance Axis Prepares to Strike Back
- Hezbollah leader vows retaliation amid smoke and sirens near the Lebanon-Israel border
- Iran vows harsh revenge fon Israel over Hamas leader’s assassination during Shoigu’s surprise visit
- At least 15 killed, 30 wounded in Israeli bombing of two schools in Gaza
- Israeli warplanes target Gaza school, killing over 100
- Aftermath of Israeli air-strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza
- Thousands of Yemenis Hold Mass Demonstrations in Support of Palestinians
- News highlights on week 44 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, with Nora Barrows-Friedman
- Iran vs Israel vs Hezbollah: Who makes the first move to war? Trita Parsi The Big Picture S5E2
- In Tackling Israel, Iran Must Avoid Russia’s Mistakes
- Israel-Hezbollah conflict: Escalating fears of a broader regional war
- Hamas chooses Yahya Sinwar as new leader following Haniyeh killing
Russia
- Russia declares emergency: Battles with Ukrainian army near Kursk nuclear plant
- State of emergency declared in Russia’s Kursk region amid cross-border incursion
- Ukraine pushes incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
- Is Ukraine’s Kursk offensive a wasted gamble?
- Russia claims hitting Ukrainian targets; Belarus says it intercepted Ukrainian drones
- Kursk residents flee Russia- Ukraine border areas where fighting continues
- The Kursk Kamikaze: Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s border region will turn out to be self-defeating
- Forget About It: The Russia-US prisoner exchange heralds no return to diplomacy over Ukraine and nukes, except the West changes
Europe
- Deploying US long-range missiles in Germany is no way to peace for Europe
- Former British Soldier EXPOSES UK Riots
- UK far-right riots: Is the nation at boiling point?
- What triggered Britain’s far-right riots and how did they unfold?
- London Palestine protesters on why they’re showing solidarity with the Palestinians
- Hundreds take part in anti-racism rally following violent riots across UK
- ANTI-MUSLIM, ANTI-IMMIGRATION FAR-RIGHT RIOTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN THE UK
- United Britain: how the nation foiled the far-right’s planned violence across the country
- How do the anti-Muslim UK riots relate to Israel? with Asa Winstanley
- ‘It’s really scary’: Liverpool’s Muslim community reflects on UK riots
- WHAT CAN MUSLIMS DO TO TACKLE ISLAMOPHOBIA?
- What does the worst rioting in 13 years say about UK society and politics?
- Unraveling cause of worst riots in 13 years: UK scholar points at political system
- UK is declared ‘broke and broken, ‘ but what’s gone wrong?
- UK far-right riots spread, “This really goes to a much longer trend.”
- Key findings from NTSB’s investigation of Boeing door plug incident
Africa
- Is Nigeria the Next Wave in West Africa’s Anti-Colonial Tide? w/ Journalist David Hundeyin
- A Dark Masterpiece of Ukrainian Anti-Diplomacy: Offending the Global South by Loudly Supporting Insurgents and Terrorists in Africa
- Niger Joins Mali Cutting Ties with Ukraine for Helping Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Terrorists Kill Africans
- Kenyan police deploy tear gas and stun grenades on protesters as cabinet ministers are sworn in
- Nigerian businesses count losses from inflation protests
- Nairobi Police Use Force To Disperse Protesters ‘Nane Nane March
- Protests in Nigeria: Young Entrepreneur Speaks Out Against Rising Costs
- Hundreds of homes destroyed in heavy rains & flooding in Sudan
- How Sudan is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history The Stream
- Landslide kills 12 people in Ugandan capital
- Chinese Electric Buses Fuel S Africa’s Green Transition
- South Africa Navigates Foreign Policy Challenges Amid New Coalition Government
North America
- USA lets athletes cheat with steroids, as it accuses Russia & China of violating anti-doping rules
- U. S. Accuses Chinese Olympic Swimmers of Doping: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Slander Them
- World Anti-Doping Agency reveals U. S. doping cover-up
- Liar, liar, pants on fire! USADA CEO caught red-handed
- USADA takes a page out of FBI’s playbook
- How US Colleges Became Corporations
- 10 year anniversary of Mike Brown’s Death in Ferguson, MO
- Sonya Massey’s Murder: ‘Biden and Kamala Have Done Nothing to Rein In Police Violence’
- Anti-War Vet: No One’s Going to Sign Up for Middle East Regional War
- Economic Update: Capitalism versus Marriage with Dr. Harriet Fraad
- Capitalism Hits Home: Marriage Is No Longer A Rite of Passage in American Adulthood
- ‘US government has been trying to terminate the native Americans’: an Indigenous American
- 8-day trip becomes 8-month stay, NASA astronauts could be stranded on the ISS until 2025
- U. S. politics: Why uncertainty rises as election day nears
- The Heat: U. S. Politics
- What connection does US VP pick Walz have to China?
- Many Hawaiians still displaced year after deadly wildfire
- Maui grassroots relief efforts continue one year after fire
- Several killed after Storm Debby slams into Florida’s Gulf Coast
- Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US judge finds
- Uber in the rear-view mirror: The story of the rise and fall of the ride-hailing company’s reputation
Latin America and The Caribbean
- The Truth Behind US Meddling in Venezuela
- Imperialism’s Non-Stop War Against Venezuela
- Venezuela denounces a cyber-coup before the U. N.
- Latin America Now: Presidents of Chile and Brazil meet
- The Heat: Haiti Crisis
- See Mexico’s efforts to deter illegal US migration
- Milei’s ‘twin extractivism’ reforms threaten Argentina and the planet
- The Number of Poor Increases by One Million under Boluarte