Daily Archives: July 19, 2020

2020-07-19: News Headlines

yenisafak (2020-07-18). Germany's military missing over 60000 rounds of ammunition. yenisafak.com More than 100 weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition have disappeared from the inventory of the German armed forces and police, the daily WELT newspaper reported Saturday.At least 60,000 rounds of ammunition have been unaccounted for in the German military and police force over the past 10 years.This figure does not include around 48,000 rounds that went missing from the army's elite Special Forces Command (KSK) unit, which lately made headlines after far-right extremism was exposed among its soldiers.The German Defense Ministry has reportedly launched an investigation into the incident.The exact r…

teleSUR (2020-07-17). Former President Abdala Bucaram Goes To Court In Ecuador. telesurenglish.net Former Ecuadorian president Abdalá Bucaram faces the judges on Friday during a hearing over the crime of arms trafficking. | RELATED: | Bucaram was dismissed from the government in 1997 and remained a fugitive from Ecuadorean justice for 20 years in Panamá until his trial expired. | On June 4 the Prosecutor's Office in Guayaquil announced that the former president was placed under house arrest for smuggling weapons, following a raid on his home related t…

RT (2020-07-16). Minneapolis nixes anti-topless ordinance after police use DRONE to film nude sunbathers. rt.com Minneapolis has repealed a measure that barred women from going topless in city parks and beaches after police let slip they were using drones to spy on nude sunbathers — supposedly because of complaints about drinking and drugs. | The Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Department voted to roll back a ban on showing "female breasts" in city parks on Wednesday, condemning the "discriminatory" measure and bringing park rules into line with the laws that govern the rest of Minneapolis. Full nudity is still prohibited in parks, however — suggesting the creepy drone flyovers will continue. | Going topless…

news.un (2020-07-16). Nuclear testing legacy is 'cruellest' environmental injustice, warns rights expert. news.un.org The dangerous legacy of nuclear weapons testing continues to affect many communities, a leading rights expert said on Thursday, on the 75th anniversary of testing in the United States, that heralded the nuclear age.

_____ (2020-07-16). The Case for Regionalism in a Post-Coronavirus World. strategic-culture.org Mathew MAAVAK | The lingering COVID-19 scourge continues to devastate the global economy. Initial fears of an impending supply chain shock, arising from shuttered Chinese factories, have instead led to a moth-eaten global economy where rising supply is met with depreciating demand and vice versa. To make matter worse, COVID-19 relief funds — amounting to trillions of dollars in the West alone — have ended up

Elijah Magnier (2020-07-15). When Hezbollah flags up the China and Iran options, the US trembles. thealtworld.com Hastily and under the watchful eye of Israeli and US drones, Hezbollah is storing hundreds of tons of food stock, supplied by Iran, in dozens of improvised warehouses on the Syrian-Lebanese border. This new and unusual step by Hezbollah reflects Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's recent promise to prevent the starvation threat looming for the Lebanese population. | The US-Israel war against the "Axis of the Resistance" continues but with different tools. It is progressing from waging wars with armies on the ground as the US did in Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003, and as Israel did in Lebanon in <...

WSWS (2020-07-15). Yemen fragmenting under pressure of war, collapsing economy and COVID-19. wsws.org The Saudis' 257,000 aerial strikes and the United Arab Emirates' naval blockade have caused the deaths of at least 230,000 civilians, both directly and indirectly.

yenisafak (2020-07-15). Libya army spots arrival of Egyptian weapons for Haftar. yenisafak.com The Libyan army said Wednesday it has spotted the dispatch of military supplies from Egypt to the city of Tobruk in northeastern Libya.The new development came shortly after warlord Khalifa Haftar said his forces were preparing for a "major battle" near the cities of Sirte and al-Jufra.Images published by the government-led Operation Volcano of Rage showed people in military uniform standing beside vehicles carrying weapons and military equipment.The Libyan army, however, did not give further details.On April 8, the Libyan army released photos of an Egyptian vessel arriving at the Tobruk harbor carrying 40 contai…