(2021-06-19). As COVID-19 variant continues to spread, World Health Organization warns "we expect things to only get worse" wsws.org Surges of the Delta variant in countries around the word, including in Asia, Africa and Europe, have in some cases more than doubled the number of new confirmed coronavirus cases.
(2021-06-19). Iran's export of products to Syria up 73% in current year. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) — Secretary of Syria Affairs of Arab and African Office of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) said that Iran's export of products to Syria in first two months of current year (from March to May) registered a 73% growth.
(2021-06-19). [Obituary] Sindisiwe van Zyl. thelancet.com HIV clinician and radio presenter. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, on April 3, 1976, she died of COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 10, 2021, aged 45 years.
(2021-06-19). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Boum Y, Bebell LM, Zoung-Kanyi Bisseck A-C. Africa needs local solutions to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet 2021; 397: 1238—40—This Comment should have been published with the copyright line "Published by Elsevier Ltd". This correction has been made to the online version as of June 17, 2021.
(2021-06-19). Turkey Pushing More Syrian Militants To Libya: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Turkey is pushing more of its Syrian proxies to Libya despite the recent progress in the intra-Libyan peace process and international pressure, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 19. | According to the London-based monitoring group, Turkey allowed 140 Syrian militants to return from Libya recently, only to replace them later with 200 militants. | The newly-deployed militants are all from the Suleyman Shah Brigade, the Sultan Murad Division and the Hamzah Divisi…
(2021-06-19). "That Is Actually Bollocks": 20 Propaganda Horrors From 20 Years of Media Lens (Part 2). dissidentvoice.org 
11. The BBC On The Saintly Motives For Waging War On Iraq And Libya In focusing on the grim future in April, US vice president, Kamala Harris, surely revealed far more than she intended about the grim past: 'For years and generations, wars have been fought over oil. In a short matter of time, they …
(2021-06-19). The Culture Of Vehicular Attacks: On The Murder Of Deona Marie Erickson. popularresistance.org On June 13, a driver attacked a demonstration in Minneapolis, killing Deona Marie Erickson. This is the result of years of right-wing efforts to normalize—and even legalize—vehicular attacks. Now the corporate media has ceased to prioritize covering them, paving the way for more killings. In dialogue with our comrades at It's Going Down and on the ground in Minneapolis, we have prepared the following reflections on the implications of this. | Shortly before midnight on June 13, while demonstrators gathered at Lake Street and Girard Avenue to protest the murder of Winston Smith by sheriff's deputies an…
(2021-06-18). Honor the history of Juneteenth by continuing the fight for Black liberation! liberationnews.org 
Juneteenth has long been a day of celebration and remembrance of the centuries-long struggle of African Americans to win freedom from bondage, as well as the ongoing struggle today to end racism and win full liberation. Because of the historic uprising last summer and renewed wave of struggle for Black liberation, the government has now …
(2021-06-18). The all-out war to save South Africa's wild rhinos. greenleft.org.au Barry Healy reviews The Last Horns of Africa, a documentary about preventing the poaching of wild rhinoceros.
(2021-06-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Workers in two main unions strike together in Greece over anti-labour laws; CaixaBank workers in Spain strike against job losses while unions negotiate jobs away; General strike in Lebanon as economy in free fall destroys living standards; Lesotho garment workers' pay strike continues into week four.
(2021-06-18). South African court orders judicial review of permits for arms export to Saudi Arabia and UAE. peoplesdispatch.org The court also ordered the government body responsible for implementing the country's National Conventional Arms Control Act to publicly disclose the names of all South African companies that have obtained permits to export weapons to the two Arab countries…
(2021-06-18). Angela Davis, America's Best-Known Black Radical, Joins the Country's Most Radical Union. counterpunch.org This Saturday, June 19th, celebrated among African Americans as Juneteenth, Angela Davis will be inducted into Local 10, the San Francisco Bay Area branch of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Happening at Local 10's legendary hall near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, in what used to be the busiest port on America's West Coast,
(2021-06-18). Smashed Houses, Crushed Orchards: a Trail of Unrestrained Malice. counterpunch.org Residents of Sheikh Jarrah's resistance to eviction by Israeli Jews evolved into a military confrontation so lopsided, the Israeli bombardments against Gaza so terrifying, it drew widespread condemnation (the US government excepted). The Palestinian dead, injured and homeless are still being tabulated, while eviction processes of Sheikh Jarrah's Arab inhabitants continue, even as we learn
(2021-06-18). Libyan Army Intensified Operations In Southwestern Region In Response To Recent ISIS Attacks. southfront.org 
Illustrative image, source: LNA media office | On June 17, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that it had intensified its operations in Libya's southwestern region in response to recent attacks by ISIS. | "The General Command of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces directed units of the infantry battalions to head to the [southwestern] region to support the Southwest Liberation Operations Room in the southern strategic direction, in order to track down Takfiri terrorists and expel Afri…
(2021-06-18). Somali Army Killed 30 Al-Shabab Terrorists, Including Leader, In Middle Shabelle Operation. southfront.org 
File image. | On June 18, the Somali National Army (SNA) announced that it killed 30 terrorists of al-Qaeda-affiliated Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen during a recent operation in the southern region of Middle Shebelle. | The operation took place in the area of Jalable, where al-Shabab terrorists were planning attacks against government forces. | "The militants attempted to resist the army, but our forces managed to kill 30 of them and injured 24 others," Ali Hashi, a spokesman for the SNA, told the military radio, accordin…
(2021-06-18). Rob Wallace on the political economy of pandemics. mronline.org 
Jair Bolsonaro, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and such leaders across the world are malicious miscreants, convening necropolitical death cults. But the alternatives, also tied to capitalist sociopathy, are only a little bit better. Our "progressives" worship at the altar of the circuits of capital. | June 18, 2021…
(2021-06-18). Palestine: Smashed Houses, Crushed Orchards, A Trail of Unrestrained Malice. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-18). Ilhan Omar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Everything In Between. counterpunch.org Whether or not one deems The Squad sufficiently socialist, no member of Congress has been as brave as Ilhan Omar, the young Somali American congresswoman, and one of two squad members to break the glass ceiling on Muslim women's congressional representation in a groundbreaking 2018 election. Omar has been abandoned by her own party, and
(2021-06-18). Huawei and Kenya Pledge Support for Wildlife Conservation. telesurenglish.net Huawei and Kenya's mobile phone operator, Safaricom, will provide support to wildlife conservation, officials said Friday. | RELATED: | Speaking at a fun run held in Nairobi's Karura Forest ahead of the June 26 virtual marathon held in Lewa wildlife conservancy located in northern Kenya, executives said protecting iconic species is key to transforming livelihoods. | "Environmental sustainability is a key pillar in Huawei's…
(2021-06-18). March for the Freedom of the Saharawi People Arrives in Madrid. telesurenglish.net On Friday, human rights defenders and social activists from Catalonia, the Basque Country, Cantabria, and Aragon arrived at Madrid's Puerta del Sol Square to demand the independence of Western Sahara, which is controlled by Moroccan Armed Forces. | RELATED: | The columns of the march came after traveling over 440 kilometers over Spain, as a citizen response to Morocco's violation of the ceasefire in the Guerguerat area, a Unit…
(2021-06-18). NATO Confirms Direct Role in Mali War. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Takuba Task Force. Menaka Base, Mali. Daphne BenoàÆt, AFP The North Atlantic Treaty Organization reports that the NATO Support and Procurement Agency signed a Framework Technical Agreement with the Takuba Task Force in Mali in Luxembourg on June 9. The task force has been a de facto NATO operation since its inception. The…
(2021-06-18). NATO confirms direct role in Mali war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO confirms direct role in Mali warRick Rozoff The North Atlantic Treaty Organization reports that the NATO Support and Procurement Agency signed a Framework Technical Agreement with the Takuba Task Force in Mali in Luxembourg on June 9. The task force has been a de facto NATO operation since its inception. The contributing nations are …
(2021-06-18). 71st Berlinale opens public festival with Kevin Macdonald's The Mauritanian. wsws.org On June 9, the 71st Berlin International Film Festival commenced as an open-air event for the public. The festival began with a remarkable prelude.