(2021-06-12). Peru Electoral Authorities Extend Deadline For Fujimori Fraud Claims. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Peru's National Elections Court (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, JNE) has extended the deadline for presenting motions to nullify votes. The move will benefit far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori who is presenting a flurry of spurious claims of she says constitutes 'electoral fraud'. The deadline for presenting complaints was 8pm, Wednesday, June 9th. The new…
(2021-06-12). The African Lion Is Looking For New Predators. popularresistance.org The African Lion, the largest military exercise on the African Continent planned and led by the US Army, has begun. It includes land, air, and naval maneuvers in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, and adjacent seas — from North Africa to West Africa, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. 8,000 soldiers are taking part in it, half of them is American with about 200 tanks, self-propelled guns, planes, and warships. African Lion 21 is expected to cost $ 24 million and has implications that make it particularly important. | This political move was fundamentally decided in Washington: the African exercise is taking pl…
(2021-06-12). AFRICOM Against Every African Anywhere. libya360.wordpress.com TEHRAN (FNA)- Margaret Kimberley, author and peace activist, says AFRICOM provides African local police departments with military equipment, turning black communities into zones of occupation. Speaking in an interview with FNA, Kimberley said, "The presence of AFRICOM turns other nations into puppet states… The targeted country is not only unable to free itself from US…
(2021-06-12). U.S.-led 'African Lion 21' hunts for new prey. workers.org 
Published June 8 in Il Manifesto; translation by John Catalinotto. The African Lion, the largest military exercise on the African Continent planned and led by the U.S. Army, began June 7. The exercise includes land, air and naval maneuvers in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and adjacent seas — from North Africa . . . |
(2021-06-12). Folsom Juneteenth "Remembering the Ancestors" from 1849 Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Our 20th Anniversary, Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, will be an amazing new opportunity to build stronger bridges utilizing mutually beneficial California – Pan African Trade and Commerce…
(2021-06-12). First Person: An on-air antidote to misinformation in the Central African Republic. news.un.org The citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have endured decades of war and conflict. Merveille Yayoro, a young reporter at Guira-FM, the radio station run by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA), says that she wants her work to provide an antidote to hate speech and misinformation, and help bring about a lasting peace.
(2021-06-12). Turkish presence in Libya occupation: LNA spox. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The Spokesman of the Libyan National Army (LNA) described the Turkish presence in the North-African country as an "occupation."
(2021-06-12). Armed thieves kill 53 villagers in Nigerian state of Zamfara. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Motorcyclist thieves in the latest armed attack to a number of villages in northwestern Nigerian State of 'Zamfara' massacred dozens of farmers and residents of this region.
(2021-06-12). Egypt to Rebuild Gaza is the Headline but Who will Really Benefit? orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes Belfast — Jun 10, 2021 | The story 'Egypt planning to retake control of the Gaza strip' has appeared in many of the Zionist Israeli newspapers over the last few days. | This headline has many rejoicing. New homes, infrastructure and shelter for some of the 2 million Gazans living under Israeli occupation and siege. | Remember Israel controls the land border, six of the seven entry points with Gaza, the seas around Gaza and its airspace. Under international obligation it is seen as occupying Gaza. Israel also retains the right to militarily re-enter Gaza at any time. | Israel has occupied Gaza s…
(2021-06-12). Leader Of Al-Qaeda In Islamic Maghreb Killed In French Military Operation In Mali. southfront.org 
French soldiers of the 126th Infantry Regiment and Malian soldiers, March 17, 2016. | A senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) responsible for the abduction and murder of two French journalists in 2013 has been eliminated by French troops during an operation in Mali, Florence Parly, France's Defense Minister, announced on June 11. | In a statement, Parly said that the commander, Baye Ag Bakabo, was killed along with three other terrorists on June 5 when troops from Operat…
(2021-06-12). Sustainable Peace Must End Israeli Apartheid. Anything Else Is Just a Ceasefire. truthout.org 
After four elections in less than two years, Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year rule comes officially to an end on Sunday. The government to replace him consists of a coalition of eight parties from across Israel's political spectrum and will be led by the ultranationalist Naftali Bennett who will serve for the first two years. | Indeed, indicative of the direction of Israeli politics and society over the course of the last 15 years or so, the end of the corrupt and much-maligned Netanyahu…
(2021-06-12). 600,000 dead in the US from COVID-19: American capitalism "normalizes" mass death. indybay.org As the United States passes the milestone of 600,000 deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling class is abandoning all efforts to contain the disease.
(2021-06-12). Amid French war, Malian military junta installs new interim government. wsws.org The junta and the interim government aim to suppress mounting opposition among working and toiling people across Mali to the French occupation of their country.
(2021-06-12). [Correspondence] ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: asymptomatic efficacy estimates. thelancet.com Merryn Voysey and colleagues1 provide some of the first evidence of the effectiveness of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against asymptomatic infections. However, readers might be surprised by the non-intuitive results reported in the tables, where vaccine efficacy estimates for asymptomatic infections are close to the null or even negative.
(2021-06-12). [Correspondence] ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: asymptomatic efficacy estimates — Authors' reply. thelancet.com It is well established that randomised controlled trials are the gold standard for estimating the effect of interventions. In such studies, outcomes in participants randomised to receive the new intervention are compared with those randomised to the control product, to produce unbiased estimates of the effect of the intervention.
(2021-06-12). [World Report] Southern Madagascar faces "shocking" lack of food. thelancet.com The worst drought in 30 years has created a nutritional crisis of exceptional gravity according to aid organisations. Munyaradzi Makoni reports.
(2021-06-12). Interview With Sheikh Al-Senussi: Elections In December Last Chance For Peace In Libya. southfront.org
(2021-06-12). Turkish military delegation arrived in Tripoli unexpectedly. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — A Libyan source said that a high-ranking Turkish delegation of foreign and defense ministers arrived in Libya without informing Libyan officials.
(2021-06-12). 17 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in Somalia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Seventeen al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in an operation in central Somalia.
(2021-06-11). Headlines for June 11, 2021. democracynow.org G7 to Donate 1 Billion Vaccine Doses to Poorer Nations, But Billions More Needed, Biden Says "No Strings Attached" to Vaccine Donations, But Venezuela Is Blocked from Getting Any, Trump Administration Secretly Seized Private Data from Two Democratic Lawmakers, Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Slammed for Failing to Address Climate Crisis, U.N.: Tigray Region of Ethiopia Facing World's Worst Famine in a Decade, Socialist Teacher Pedro Castillo Closing In on Becoming Peruvian President, Undercover Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in West Bank Raid, Shocking Video Shows Israeli Guards Brutally Assaulting Palesti…
(2021-06-11). Elecciones en Perú: Nace un gobierno acechado por las corporaciones. globalizacion.ca El triunfo electoral del izquierdista Pedro Castillo, no confirmado oficialmente, pero a estas alturas prácticamente un hecho con un conteo de votos al 99 por ciento, es la victoria del Perú marginado, de los más pobres, del interior del país…
(2021-06-11). Pedro Castillo Thanks Bolivia, Argentina, and Nicaragua for Recognizing Win. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Peru's Pedro Castillo has thanked Presidents Luis Arce, Alberto Fernández, and Daniel Ortega, during an address to his supporters this evening in Lima. The three heads of state publicly recognized Castillo as President-elect of Peru on Thursday. Winner of Sunday's ballot, Pedro Castillo, thanked supporters gathered in Lima in anticipation of an official…
(2021-06-11). President Biden continues 'legal kidnapping' of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – One year ago on June 12, when President Trump was still in office, the vicious talons of the U.S. government reached into the West African country of Cape Verde to snatch its prey: Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. The Colombian-born businessman was on a special mission as an envoy for the Venezuelan government. He was heading to Iran to secure trade arrangements for a vitally important food program called CLAP that delivers food to more than 85% of Venezuelan homes. | As the plane needed to refuel on its long flight, it touched down in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa. Cape Verde is a country k…
(2021-06-11). IRS leak: The real tax rate for the ultra rich? 3.4 percent. liberationnews.org 
ProPublica released a damning report this week, based on information leaked from the IRS, detailing how the ultra-rich in the United States have managed to pay taxes amounting to only a tiny fraction of the unbelievable amount of money they hoard. The report also showed that a number of them — including Jeff Bezos, Elon …
(2021-06-11). A Painful Document. orinocotribune.com By Victor Fowler — Jun 5, 2021 | A joint statement has circulated on human rights in Cuba, prepared by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, and the Harvard University Institute for Afro-Latin American Research. | The breadth of the respective fields of work of these institutions, as well as the areas they share, suggest that this confluence for the preparation and public presentation can only be due to an absolutely exceptional situation of the Afro-Latin American and Afro-American communities. In this way, while the coinciden…
(2021-06-11). US Flies Nuclear-Capable B-52 Over Gulf of Guinea, All of West Africa. news.antiwar.com U.S. Air Force revealed on June 10 that a B-52H Stratofortress, Cold War nuclear mainstay and the bomber used for almost a thousand missions over North and South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s, flew over parts of Africa as part of the Bomber Task Force Europe mission. On May 31, U.S. Memorial Day, …
(2021-06-11). Why Germany's Apology for Its 1904-1908 Genocide in Namibia Does Not Go Far Enough. democracynow.org 
Germany has apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in Namibia, a former colony then known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonizers killed tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas officially described the massacre as genocide and outlined an offer of more than $1.34 billion in development aid to the Namibian government. The offer was not negotiated with survivors of the genocide, and critics have described it as a pittance. We speak with Nyoko Muvangua, born of the Ovaherero people who wer…
(2021-06-11). Do African Lives Matter? thenation.com Do African Lives Matter?
(2021-06-11). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Greek workers' 24-hour strikes against draconian labour laws; stoppages in hospitals across France over pay and staff shortages; trade unions betray Spanish bank workers' dispute, accept 2,700 job losses; Lesotho garment workers enter third week of pay strike.
(2021-06-11). #215Children: Indigenous Peoples Grieve After Mass Grave Found at Residential School. libya360.wordpress.com M. Tiahui Memorials to the 215 children buried at Kamloops Residential School have been put up all over Canada. On May 27, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said that preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia uncovered the remains of 215 children. This…
(2021-06-11). What's Next for Palestine? libya360.wordpress.com Greg Shupak The Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza demonstrated that Israel cannot go on carrying out apartheid and ethnic cleansing ad infinitum without paying a price, writes Greg Shupak. Photo by Crazymaq/Flickr. For 11 days in May, Israel massacred Palestinians in Gaza who it has been subjecting to a merciless blockade for 15 years, bombing and shelling…
(2021-06-11). ISIS Released Photos Of Its Cells In Southern Libya. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | On June 10, ISIS news agency Amaq released several photos of the terrorist group's fighters in an unidentified part of Libya. | The photos show a group of ISIS terrorists preaching, guarding their hideouts and going around their daily chores in a rough desert area. | The photos were most likely taken in Libya's southern region, which is slowly turning into a stronghold for the terrorist group just like the al-Anbar desert in western Iraq, the Homs desert in Syria and the Sinai Peninsula in Egyp…
(2021-06-11). 600,000 dead in the US from COVID-19: American capitalism "normalizes" mass death. indybay.org As the United States passes the milestone of 600,000 deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling class is abandoning all efforts to contain the disease.
(2021-06-11). 600,000 dead in the US from COVID-19: American capitalism "normalizes" mass death. wsws.org As the United States passes the milestone of 600,000 deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling class is abandoning all efforts to contain the disease.
(2021-06-11). How Does Bloated CEO Pay Maximize Shareholder Value? One of the Great Mysteries of the World. cepr.net There is plenty of evidence at this point that CEO pay bears little relationship to returns to shareholders. Yet, it is an article of faith in policy circles, especially progressive policy circles, that companies are being run to maximize returns to shareholders. This is why I loved this story. According to the NYT, Chad Richison, …
(2021-06-11). Press Violations Explode to 180 in May Alone as Israel Cracks Down to Buff its Image. libya360.wordpress.com Jessica Buxbaum OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — Despite wearing a press vest and holding a government press card, Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Givara Budeiri was violently assaulted and arrested by Israeli police on June 5. Budeiri was covering a demonstration in the Occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah when Israeli forces attacked and then detained her for several hours on…
(2021-06-11). Dunhammer: The Operation That Could Tarnish Biden's Visit to Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad The recent arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden on European soil is preceded by a scandal that could influence the diplomatic agenda that the Democrat intends to develop in his first visit since he was elected last December. "Something is rotten in Denmark" At issue is the revelation of more information about the…
(2021-06-11). Turkish mobster Peker extends accusations to NATO's Syria, Libya wars. wsws.org Peker, who has boasted of his ties to US officials, is posting videos with detailed allegations of ties between the mafia and the Turkish political establishment.
(2021-06-11). U.S. Using NATO Ally Turkey to Oust Russia from Caucasus-Caspian Region, Weaken Iran. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff The Russian newspaper Izvestia, while mentioning Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker's ongoing trip to the three nations of the South Caucasus — Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia — quoted comments made to it by Vladimir Avatkov regarding American designs on the region. Avatkov's is a voice to…