2022-07-09: News Headlines

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-09). Decretan duelo en Angola por muerte de expresidente Dos Santos. telesurtv.net El luto será observado en todo el país y sus representaciones diplomáticas a partir de las 00H00 hora local del 9 de julio.

Andrew Green (2022-07-09). [Obituary] Kwaku Ohene-Frempong. thelancet.com Paediatric haematologist-oncologist and authority on sickle cell disease. Born on March 13, 1946 in Kukurantumi, Ghana, he died of metastatic lung cancer on May 7, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA, USA, aged 76 years.

Pierre Galere, Allison Gilbert (2022-07-09). [Clinical Picture] Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with ascites: an enigmatic diagnosis. thelancet.com A 41-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of worsening abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The patient gave no history of recent travel, previous abdominal surgery, or adverse reactions to any allergens. She had no past medical problems. However, 2 days before we saw her, the patient had a gastrointestinal endoscopy which found no abnormalities; gastroduodenal and colonic mucosal biopsies had also been reported as healthy.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-09). July 2022 – Existing California Juneteenth "Optional" Holiday Observance. indybay.org Restoring the Past: California Pioneers of African Descent both free and enslaved throughout California deserve an official paid holiday through and amended AB 1655 in alignment with our Juneteenth Federal Holiday established June 2021, nearly 20 years after AB 1749 became law.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-08). G20 Diplomats Fail to Reach Consensus on Ukraine War. news.antiwar.com The G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Friday Many G20 members have not followed the US-led sanctions campaign against Russia, including Indonesia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. The meeting opened with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi calling for the G20 nations to work together to end the war. | Marsud…

Editor (2022-07-08). Black Alliance for Peace condemns massacre of African migrants by U.S.- backed Moroccan armed forces. mronline.org Video images captured the horrific actions of Moroccan security forces armed and trained by the United States through the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and working on behalf of the Spanish government, systematically beating and slaughtering African migrants on June 24, 2022.

Ted Kelly (2022-07-08). 'The future is in the people, and the people can't wait'. workers.org These edited remarks were made at the July 3 Free Mumia rally in Philadelphia. I owe my start in political organizing to Workers World Party and to the movement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. To Pam Africa and Mike Africa Jr., to Asantewaa Nkrumah Ture and to YahNé Ndgo, to Joe . . . |

Victoria Torres (2022-07-08). Algeria Says Morocco Responsible for Melilla Massacre. orinocotribune.com The Algerian government has blamed its Moroccan counterpart for the massacre which occurred this June on the Melilla border and resulted in the death of at least 37 people. | This Wednesday, July 6, Amar Belani, special envoy of the Algerian government for Western Sahara, made a statement in which he accused Morocco of being responsible for the events which led to the massacre of the African migrants in Melilla. Likewise, he reproached the Moroccan authorities for continuing to defend an alleged humanist migration policy. Especially given that is widely known that the vast majority of the victims used the Morocca…

WSWS (2022-07-08). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes by airport and airline workers continue across Europe, with cabin crew, ground crew, pilots, security guards and mechanics in dispute over job losses, workloads and pay; UK Post Office staff to strike again over pay as Royal Mail managers announce dates for action over job cuts; unions call off Danish construction workers' wildcat strike for pay equality with Polish migrant workers claiming unspecified wage "improvement"; Jordanian port workers strike over safety after gas leak kills 13…

Deweylaura (2022-07-08). Africa, China, and U.S. imperialism. cpusa.org The U.S. government has become obsessed with Africa. Not with fostering its strength, independence, health, or economic development, mind you. Instead, it is worried about why Africans don't like us much. Recent polling in 29 African countries shows that African youth hold more favorable opinions of China than of the U.S. More than eight …

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