(2024-08-09). Gaza faces looming polio outbreak as Israeli bombings devastate healthcare infrastructure. nationofchange.org With polio detected in Gaza's wastewater and ongoing conflict crippling vaccination efforts, the World Health Organization warns of a potential public health catastrophe.
(2024-08-09). The Heat: COVID-19 Summer Surge. america.cgtn.com 
The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is "still very much with us" and is urging governments to strengthen their vaccination campaigns. Officials warn that cases are rising globally with a high percentage of positive tests across Europe and the United States. | In Paris, at least 40 athletes competing at the summer Olympics tested positive for COVID-19 or other respiratory illnesses. The WHO says the rise comes at a time of pandemic fatigue, diminished testing and low vaccination rates. | Joining the discussion: |
(2024-08-09). As Stock Market Crashes, Is US Facing New Financial Crisis? popularresistance.org Is the United States on the verge of a potential new financial crisis? This is a question that financial analysts are asking after there was a market crash on August 5. It is being compared to the famous "Black Monday" crash in the stock market in 1987. They also both happened on a Monday. So is this another Black Monday? | This was the biggest market plunge since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, when many investors were selling off their holdings, fearing that there was going to be a big recession. | In fact, as of the August 5th crisis, the volatility index, the VIX, which is a measurement of how rapidly…
(2024-08-09). The Aquadome Lives On. counterpunch.org The economic repercussions of COVID-19 have dealt a heavy blow to intimate music venues in the U.S. and abroad. According to the music industry news platform Hypebot, "The UK lost 125 smaller music venues" in 2023, "and Australia lost 1,300 or one-third of its small and midsized music venues since the start of the COVID pandemic. While
(2024-08-09). "Highway Zero" Interview with Billy Lawrence. pressenza.com "Highway Zero" is the first novel I read while walking. My doctors, my niece, and my legs have been urging me to move more due to excessive sedentism, which worsened after the pandemic. So, when I got Billy's book on my Kindle, I decided to walk and read it simultaneously. I survived the book without tripping over Brooklyn's uneven pavements or being struck by cars, electric bicycles, and motorcycles that frequently invade sidewalks or speed through crosswalks, ignoring traffic lights. The truth is, I didn't read it on the streets. I took those reading walks in the safety of the large lounge area where I usually…
(2024-08-08). Effective responses to pandemics and peace. expose-news.com The recently published New Zealand Pandemic Plan shows they intend to repeat all the wrong things they did during covid. It ignores, as was the case during the covid era, natural health …
(2024-08-09). Public Health Scotland reveals that Covid is no more deadly than seasonal flu. expose-news.com
(2024-08-09). UK riots: Is Elon Musk right about an 'inevitable' civil war. newarab.com 
The British commentariat is like a doctor grappling with an unknown disease. Struggling to identify the root causes, it can only panic as its patient, a maimed English working class, spasms before it. | The prescribed injections of classism and brute force aren't working. | To truly understand what ails old England, it must see where this has happened before. That means facing its legacy in This week saw roadblocks on English…
(2024-08-09). Mass Deportations Would be a Nightmare. counterpunch.org There's an image that's stayed with me for weeks: A sea of people holding up "Mass Deportation Now" signs at the Republican National Convention. Since then, I've been plagued with nightmares of mass raids by the military and police across the country. I see millions of families being torn apart, including families with citizen children.
(2024-08-09). Workers denounce UAW collusion as accidents and deaths plague Ford Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan. wsws.org The rupturing of a large water pipe at the Ford Dearborn Truck Plant Monday by a forklift is only the latest in a series of safety incidents underlining the miserable conditions that have developed at the Rouge complex in the wake of the 2023 sellout contract negotiated by UAW President Shawn Fain.
(2024-08-08). Unlock Chinese Cities: Yiwu thrives on Olympic fever with booming orders. ecns.cn With the Paris Olympics in full swing, Yiwu is buzzing with Olympic excitement as production orders surge.
(2024-08-09). Nigerian Army neutralizes 108 extremist elements. plenglish.com Abuja, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The Nigerian army neutralized 108 elements of extremist groups and rescued 214 hostages held by these groups in different parts of the country, a military source informed. According to the Director of Defense Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, through the raids, especially in the north of the country, the military forces also recovered 66 firearms in the last week.
(2024-08-08). FBI Raids Home of Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the FBI raided the home of Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and outspoken critic of the NATO proxy war in Ukraine and Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza. Ritter told reporters outside of his New York home that the raid was related to a suspected violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act …
(2024-08-08). Palestinians 'burned to death alive' as Israel bombs Khan Yunis tents. presstv.ir Israeli warplanes conduct fresh air raids on Khan Yunis governorate, in southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 19 Palestinians.
(2024-08-09). India sends donations to Cuba for production of antibiotics. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) India donated to Cuba 80 tons of active pharmaceutical ingredients for the production of oral and injectable antibiotics, which, according to press reports, will provide a six-to-12-month supply of these medicines.
(2024-08-09). Reanuda empresa farmacéutica producción de antibióticos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 9 ago (RHC) La empresa Farmacéutica 8 de Marzo reanudó la producción de antibióticos orales e incrementó las capacidades para los inyectables, tras la entrega de cerca de 80 toneladas de materias primas, como parte de una contribución del Gobierno de la India.
(2024-08-09). Tanzania's conservation concerns do not excuse violations of Maasai rights. aljazeera.com Biodiversity preservation in conservation areas does not require the forced relocation of Indigenous communities.