John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2024-07-23). Engineering a Crisis: How Political Theater Helps the Deep State Stay in Power. dissidentvoice.org A failed assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. An incumbent president withdrawing his re-election bid at the 11th hour. A politicized judiciary that fails to hold the powers-that-be accountable to the rule of law. A world at war. A nation in turmoil. This is what controlled chaos looks like. This year's election-year referendum on which …

MEE staff (2024-07-23). Yemen: Aden government and Houthis agree measures to 'de-escalate'. middleeasteye.net Yemen: Aden government and Houthis agree measures to 'de-escalate' | New agreement sees removal of banking restrictions and more activity by national airline | Tue, 07/23/2024 – 15: 48 | Protesters brandish rifles during a rally in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa in solidarity with Palestinians on 19 July (AFP/Moham…

(2024-07-23). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

MEE staff (2024-07-23). WHO warns polio spreading across Gaza as Israel vaccinates its troops. middleeasteye.net WHO warns polio spreading across Gaza as Israel vaccinates its troops | Health officials say outbreak could 'spill over' into other territories if not controlled | Tue, 07/23/2024 – 11: 18 | A Unrwa employee provides a polio vaccine for a child in a clinic in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on 9 September 2020 (Moh…

Staff (2024-07-23). Venezuela Will Not Admit Spanish Delegation for Elections. orinocotribune.com In the absence of an invitation to observe the presidential elections on July 28, Venezuelan authorities will not allow a delegation from the Spanish Senate to enter the country. Right-wing delegations sent from Europe and other "Western" countries to elections in socialist and anti-imperialist countries have been a long-standing practice as a propaganda tool for their imperialist agendas. | According to

ecns.cn (2024-07-23). China launches comprehensive guidelines to combat overweight, obesity in school children. ecns.cn China released new guidelines on Monday to ensure the physical and mental well-being of children by effectively controlling and preventing unhealthy weight gain and obesity among primary and secondary school students in China.

WSWS (2024-07-23). Democrats, corporate media glorify right-wing candidacy of Kamala Harris. wsws.org There is a new Democratic presidential candidate, but the same right-wing program of war and austerity.

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-23). Decree in Cameroon Unjustifiably Censors Free Speech. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Cameroon's parliament in Yaoundé, November 17, 2017. | © 2017 AFP via Getty Images | It is becoming increasingly difficult to speak freely in Cameroon.In a decree issued on July 16, Emmanuel Mariel Djikdent, the head of the Mfoundi division, where the capital Yaoundé is situated, stated that "anyone who dangerously insults the [state] institutions or the person who embodies them," could be banned from staying in the division. Djikdent issued this decree to "preserve public order."Two days later, René Emmanuel Sadi, the communication minister, issued a press release stating that "it…

Brendan K Tao, Jim S Xie, Radha P Kohly, Edward Margolin (2024-07-20). Correspondence] Disease burden descriptions in trial protocols. thelancet.com It is well known that historical clinical trials do not routinely report the race of enrolled participants nor do they enrol groups across demographic spectra (notably race and sex) in proportion to real-world disease burden.1,2 Over time, only modest improvements to representative enrolment have been observed.2 This form of selection bias is problematic since evidence from such trials typically informs clinical guidelines. A lack of representation might lead to under-surveillance of safety and efficacy outcomes, predisposing under-enrolled demographic groups to inadvertent harms upon mainstream implementation of…

Anselm Jorda, Markus Zeitlinger, Bernd Jilma, Georg Gelbenegger (2024-07-20). Correspondence] Patient-level and trial-level data meta-analyses. thelancet.com Uncertainty exists regarding the benefit of intravenous thrombolysis in addition to endovascular thrombectomy in large-vessel ischaemic stroke. To date, six randomised controlled trials have investigated the combined treatment approach versus endovascular thrombectomy alone, two of which found non-inferiority of endovascular thrombectomy alone; the other four were tied.

(2024-07-20). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

Rhoda Wilson (2024-07-20). UK Covid Inquiry misses the point. expose-news.com On Thursday, the UK Covid Inquiry published its first report and recommendations following its investigation into the UK's resilience and preparedness, which was Module 1 of the Inquiry. Corporate media has highlighted …

Colin Todhunter (2024-07-20). What Was COVID Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

WSWS (2024-07-20). One Life: Anthony Hopkins in a drama of the Kindertransport, the 1938-39 rescue of children from Nazi-controlled territory. wsws.org For filmmaking to portray the barbarism of fascism in all its aspects therefore retains its burning relevance and necessity.

WSWS (2024-07-20). Corporate media whitewashes fascist reaction at Republican National Convention. wsws.org In all of its coverage, the corporate media seeks to conceal from the public the scale and depth of political reaction in the US for fear of social revolution.

The Independent (2024-07-20). Kenya protests: Gov't losses nearly $46 mln. independent.co.ug NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | The hustle and bustle that usually characterizes Nairobi, Kenya's capital, was absent on Thursday as police patrolled the streets to prevent protestors from entering the city. Protestors had planned to carry out the second street demonstrations this week, but police on Wednesday evening banned the protests, citing security concerns. "No …

Staff (2024-07-20). Liars, war-mongers and politics at the apex of power. gilbertdoctorow.com My latest interview with Nima Alkhorshid on 'Dialogue Works' has generated many negative comments which I enjoyed reading because their words vindicated what I have been saying for a good long time: that the Opposition to mainstream news purveyors and to the Washington narrative of the Biden administration has within it too many America-haters, most …

Guest Blogger (2024-07-20). An Example of What "Climate Alarmist Propaganda" Looks Like. wattsupwiththat.com And yet the news media wonder why their claims have such low credibility marks from the public with AXIOS reporting a record low 39% of the public indicating "they don't trust the media at all."

Robert Hunziker (2024-07-20). Fukushima Toxic Dumping. pressenza.com Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the world's leading epicenter of toxic radioactive water released into the ocean. Yet, these activities are no longer closely monitored by mainstream media. As it happens, Tokyo Electric Power Company is the electric utility that manages the decommissioning of the collapsed nuclear reactors. This controversial ongoing release of radioactive water is mostly unopposed by the nations of the world. No problem, dump it! | But there is another side to this story. | "This is a time bomb." (Robert Richmond, Ph.D. Kewalo Marine Laboratory) A nationwide symposium on Zoom entitled: R…