2022-08-07: News Headlines

____ (2022-08-07). Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a 'malicious provocation': Medvedev. ecns.cn Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a "malicious provocation."

Manlio Dinucci (2022-08-07). Video: America Is Preparing for Confrontation with Russia and China. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on December 14, 2018, of relevance to unfolding events | At first glance, it reads like the script for a Hollywood catastrophe movie. And yet it's one of the scenarios that is actually being considered in …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-07). The Strategies of Global Warfare: War with China and Russia? Washington's Military Design in the Asia-Pacific. globalresearch.ca Pivot to Asia: China is threatened by the US military in the South and East China Sea. War with China is currently on the drawing board of the Pentagon as outlined in a Rand Report commissioned by the US Army…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The US Keeps Reneging on Arms Control Agreements, So Why Should Russia Trust Biden's Latest Overtures? libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter >An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., August 2, 2017 Washington's track record on fulfilling treaty obligations is not exactly stellar. This week, in an address to the Tenth Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons — which…

____ (2022-08-07). Chinese, Russian FMs meet in Cambodia. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the latter's request on the sidelines of meetings of foreign ministers on East Asia cooperation.

Staff (2022-08-07). Asesor de Lula tacha de error las sanciones antirrusas. cubadebate.cu El exministro de Exteriores de Brasil y actual asesor de política exterior del candidato presidencial Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Celso Amorim, quien también se desempeñó como ministro de Defensa, sostiene que las sanciones contra Rusia, promovidas por EE.UU., son un error político que aumenta el riesgo de una guerra nuclear.

_____ (2022-08-06). US is Actively Trying to Transform Kyrgyzstan into Anti-Russia. journal-neo.org The geopolitical confrontation between the collective West, led by the United States, and Russia has noticeably intensified and in recent months, after Moscow launched a special operation to denazify Ukraine, has perhaps reached its peak. This confrontation is especially clearly manifested in the political and trade and economic spheres. The United States, having recently made …

Jason Ditz (2022-08-06). EU: 'One Last Effort' Needed to Finalize Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com The EU has brought the US and Iran to the table once again for nuclear talks in Vienna, and there is reason to be hopeful. EU officials say they believe one last serious effort is all This should come as no surprise. Since March, the last time negotiations moved measurably, indications have been that the talks were effectively over, the draft mostly finished and just waiting to be finalized. | Between then and now, nothing ba…

Shane Quinn (2022-08-06). World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities. globalresearch.ca The number of Japanese cities destroyed was the exact figure that the Pentagon compiled when finalizing plans, in mid-September 1945, to eviscerate the Soviet Union. Indeed, 66 Soviet cities were earmarked to be wiped out — with 204 atomic bombs — less than 2 weeks after Japan's surrender.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-06). Today the Threat of Nuclear War is Real: "Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-06). "The Doomsday Forum": Senior Military, Nuclear Weapons Officials Convene… America's "$1 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Plan". Take out Russia, Iran and North Korea? globalresearch.ca "Blowing up the Planet" through the use of "peace-making nuclear bombs" is a money making undertaking, a corporate bonanza for the "defense" contractors.

TeleSUR (2022-08-06). Tàºrkiye and Russia Agree to Trade in Rubles. telesurenglish.net On August 5, the presidents of Russia and Tàºrkiye signed a memorandum on the development of their trade and discussed the use of Russian Mir cards. | RELATED: | "Of course, this visit to Sochi had one good thing: we agreed on the ruble with [Vladimir] Putin. As we are going to make these exchanges in rubles, this will of course bring money to Russia and Tàºrkiye as a separate source between Tàºrki…

Staff (2022-08-06). Russia destroys two more Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Russia's Aerospace Forces destroyed two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft during the past day, according to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman.

____ (2022-08-06). Grossi reacts to shelling Zaporizhzhya power plant in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expresses concern over shelling of Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, calling on parties to show restraint and abstain from resorting to military force.

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-08-06). RIAC and Oxford Process Second Expert Round Table. russiancouncil.ru On August 4, 2022, RIAC together with Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the second joint expert round table on the challenges of settling the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Russian and British experts discussed the analytical materials prepared by Oxford Process on issues of territorial integrity…

Staff (2022-08-06). Mora rejects '72-hour deadline' for Iran nuclear talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — European Union's coordinator in Iran nuclear talks Enrique Mora has rejected a report that claimed there is a "72-hour deadline" in the negotiations.

Staff (2022-08-06). US attempt to shift responsibility for food crisis to Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov slammed as absurd Washington's attempts to shift responsibility for the global food crisis to Russia.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-06). Secret Meeting on the Privatization of Nuclear War Held on Hiroshima Day 2003. globalresearch.ca At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable. All the safeguards of the Cold War era have been scrapped. "Offensive" military actions using nuclear warheads are now described as acts of "self-defense"

WSWS (2022-08-06). New Zealand government nervous about US-China confrontation. wsws.org Notwithstanding the evident concern in ruling circles about the US-China confrontation, New Zealand is integrated into the US alliance, its war against Russia, and war plans against China.

____ (2022-08-06). Russian, Chinese FMs discuss Iran in ASEAN summit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Russian and Chinese foreign ministers discussed Iran's nuclear deal and countering US bullying on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Cambodia.

Mike Walter (2022-08-06). The Heat: Iran nuclear deal. america.cgtn.com Progress is made in the latest round of negotiations to revive the Iran nuclear deal. But can it be saved?

____ (2022-08-06). Facility construction begins for Japan's Fukushima nuclear wastewater release amid opposition. ecns.cn The construction of facilities to release radioactive wastewater into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan began Thursday despite opposition from the local community and neighboring countries.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-08-06). The B61-12 Mini-nukes "Made in America" to be Used in "A Nuclear First Strike". Coming Soon to Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-08-06). Rusia respalda a Irán sobre reactivación de acuerdo nuclear. telesurtv.net El canciller Serguéi Lavrov aseguró que la posición de Irán sobre el acuerdo nuclear "es totalmente legítima".

Kyle Anzalone (2022-08-05). The White House Will Approve New $1 Billion Weapons Transfer to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Reuters reports unnamed officials in the Biden administration say a new $1 billion weapons package is waiting for the president's signature. The next arms transfer will be the 18th since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. President Joe Biden will use the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) to fund the security assistance package. In May, Congress placed …

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