2023-07-05: News Headlines

G. Dunkel (2023-07-05). France: Racist police incites massive youth rebellion. workers.org During a traffic stop by two motorcycle cops in the Paris suburb of Nanterre June 27, one of the cops shot and killed a young driver, Nahel M., born in France of North African descent. The cops' story tried to justify the killing using the pretext that Nahel was using . . . |

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-07-05). 2023 California Admission Day – City of Sacramento to Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org In the early 16th-century romance novel entitled, Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián), California was the name of a mythical island populated by Negro women warriors, led by Queen Califia. Beginning in January 1848, throughout the initial California Gold Mining District along the American River Basin, people of Pan African Ancestry remain key salient contributors to the forward flow of humanity.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-05). BRICS Summit Will Go On As Planned, Confirms Host South Africa. towardfreedom.org The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin had led to speculation about the BRICS summit being shifted to China or another country to avoid his arrest. Peoples Dispatch reports.

infobrics (2023-07-04). BRICS on Standby for New World Order. infobrics.org It's no surprise that the success of the BRICS mechanism has attracted many like-minded nations who are expressing a desire to join, from the UAE in Asia to Algeria in Africa and Argentina in Latin America…

infobrics (2023-07-04). South Africa Seeks Tech Gurus for BRICS Challenge. infobrics.org The SA BRICS Business Council has just announced its search for South Africa's most talented emerging tech professionals to represent the country in the highly anticipated BRICS Future Skills Challenge…


Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-04). Police Brutality, Racism and Poverty Underlines Youth Rebellion in France. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe North African Youth Nahel M Killed by Police Macron government has deployed 45,000 security personnel in attempt to quell the outrage sweeping the country in the aftermath of the police killing of Nahel M A 17-year-old youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent named Nahel M was gunned down by the French police on…

teleSUR (2023-07-04). Battles Continue in Sudan, Humanitarian Situation Worsens. telesurenglish.net Khartoum residents said they woke up on Sunday shaken with more shelling and clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. At the same time a relief organization warned that the ongoing conflict threatens to spread diseases and malnutrition among children in the camps for the displaced. | Related: | Witnesses in the suburb of Omdurman, northwest of Khartoum, told Africanews that "violent clashes with various types of weapons…

teleSUR (2023-07-04). Nigeria: The Crisis of a Gigantic African Economy. telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-07-04). The Businesses of the Wagner Group in Africa. telesurenglish.net Yevgeny Prigozhin's men have been operating on the African continent for years, in particular in Sudan, Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic. In these countries the group was accused of committing atrocities in combat and against the civilian population. | Related: | Uncertainty is palpable in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Three years ago, a coup d'état marked a departure from Western countries…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-07-05). Leaked documents reveal Reuters helped overthrow Egyptian democracy. thegrayzone.com Reuters served as a channel for the UK Foreign Office to covertly fund an Egyptian outlet that clamored for the overthrow of the country's first democratically elected leader, leaked documents show. This July 3 marks the 10th anniversary of Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah Sisi's violent seizure of power in Cairo. The first democratically elected leader in 5000 years of Egyptian history, Mohamed Morsi, was swept from office, his supporters were massacred by the hundreds, and he ultimately died …


Bill Berkowitz (2023-07-05). Anger Over Anti-Immigrant Prejudice Fuels French Uprising After Police Killing. truthout.org The shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, a young man of Algerian descent, during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb, has been characterized as a cold-blooded, point-blank execution and has catalyzed massive street demonstrations in cities across the country. Merzouk is the most recent victim of a 2017 law that loosened restrictions on the use of firearms by police in cases where a driver refuses… |

Emma Lee, Otto Fors, Left Voice. (2023-07-04). Protests Ignite Across France Demanding Justice For Nahel. popularresistance.org Last Tuesday, French police murdered 17-year-old Nahel M. in broad daylight in Nanterre, a town on the western outskirts of Paris. The teenager, of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was shot point blank at the steering wheel while driving through a traffic check. Huge protests have erupted throughout France against this racist police violence, demanding a thorough investigation and justice for Nahel. | Demonstrations in cities such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nice, and Strasbourg — and particularly in the working-class neighborhoods — have been explosive. Protesters as young as 13 have set fire to cars an…

teleSUR (2023-07-05). Angola, DR Congo & Zambia To Expand Mineral Exports. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Zambia agreed to expand mineral exports and foster regional economic integration via the Lobito Corridor. | Related: | According to official statements, the three countries agreed in the Angolan city of Lobito to make optimal use of Angola's Lobito Corridor, to facilitate the export of minerals coming from the mineral-rich Greater Katanga region of th…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-07-04). Venezuela's Maduro Denounces US-EU Meddling Ahead of 2024 Presidential Race. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela rejected external "interference" after US and EU officials spoke out in defense of far-right opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-05). BRICS Will Almost Certainly Formalize a Relationship with Ethiopia During Its Next Summit. globalresearch.ca

Bill Berkowitz (2023-07-05). Anger Over Anti-Immigrant Prejudice Fuels French Uprising After Police Killing. truthout.org The shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, a young man of Algerian descent, during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb, has been characterized as a cold-blooded, point-blank execution and has catalyzed massive street demonstrations in cities across the country. Merzouk is the most recent victim of a 2017 law that loosened restrictions on the use of firearms by police in cases where a driver refuses… |

Emma Lee, Otto Fors, Left Voice. (2023-07-04). Protests Ignite Across France Demanding Justice For Nahel. popularresistance.org Last Tuesday, French police murdered 17-year-old Nahel M. in broad daylight in Nanterre, a town on the western outskirts of Paris. The teenager, of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was shot point blank at the steering wheel while driving through a traffic check. Huge protests have erupted throughout France against this racist police violence, demanding a thorough investigation and justice for Nahel. | Demonstrations in cities such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nice, and Strasbourg — and particularly in the working-class neighborhoods — have been explosive. Protesters as young as 13 have set fire to cars an…

teleSUR (2023-07-05). Angola, DR Congo & Zambia To Expand Mineral Exports. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Zambia agreed to expand mineral exports and foster regional economic integration via the Lobito Corridor. | Related: | According to official statements, the three countries agreed in the Angolan city of Lobito to make optimal use of Angola's Lobito Corridor, to facilitate the export of minerals coming from the mineral-rich Greater Katanga region of th…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-07-04). Venezuela's Maduro Denounces US-EU Meddling Ahead of 2024 Presidential Race. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela rejected external "interference" after US and EU officials spoke out in defense of far-right opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-05). BRICS Will Almost Certainly Formalize a Relationship with Ethiopia During Its Next Summit. globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-04). Ethiopia, Kazakhstan address issues of common interest (+Photos). plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian State Foreign Minister Mesganu Arga and his Kazakh counterpart, Kanat Tumysh, met on Tuesday to discuss bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues of common interest and cooperation.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-07-04). Israel Launches Military Operation On Jenin And Commits War Crimes With US Blessing. thelastamericanvagabond.com On Sunday night the Israeli military officially launched a targeted military operation against the city of Jenin, located in the northern occupied West Bank, in an effort to score political points for the Netanyahu government and collectively punish the inhabitants of the area for resisting. This assault came as the direct result of a failed

scorinoco (2023-07-05). Gaddafi's Son Jailed in Lebanon Without Trial Hospitalized Due to Hunger Strike. orinocotribune.com Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the murdered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been hospitalized in critical condition due to his hunger strike at the prison of the Lebanese internal security forces, Al-Hadath TV reported citing informed sources. | Last month, Gaddafi's son Hannibal went on a hunger strike to protest his incarceration without trial in Lebanon since 2015, his lawyer said. | Al-Hadath TV reported on Sunday, July 2, that Hannibal Gaddafi suffered a sharp dro…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-04). Canada and the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk and Henry Heller Why is Canada confronting China? The Canadian government is directing a huge amount of resources toward confronting China. This confrontation goes way beyond the judicial kidnapping of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou—it is military, economic, and political in nature, with far-reaching ramifications for Canada's foreign and domestic policy. It is done in full coordination…

teleSUR (2023-07-05). Somalia's 2022 Economic Growth Slows to 2.4 Pct Amid Drought. telesurenglish.net Somalia's economy grew 2.4 percent in 2022, down from 3.3 percent in 2021 due to severe drought and other challenges which plagued the country last year. | RELATED: | On Thursday, Somali National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) said that the economic growth moderated in 2022 in the wake of the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the economy. | Household consumption expenditure, the largest component o…

teleSUR (2023-07-04). Shanghai Cooperation Organization Formalizes Iran's Membership. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met virtually to participate in a summit organized by India, the country that holds its presidency. | RELATED: | During the inauguration of this virtual meeting, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of the SCO to advance security, economic development, connectivity, respect for sovereignty, and environmental protection. | "We do not s…

Nicholas Powers, Truthout. (2023-07-05). As We Celebrate Independence, The US Stifles Freedom Around The Globe. popularresistance.org As fireworks boom and politicians solemnize Independence Day, the United States betrays the freedom of people around the world. The 4th of July is a strange spectacle: In Washington, D.C., patriots wave American flags at a parade even as the U.S. approves Morocco's occupation of the Western Sahara, helping to crush the Sahrawi people's hope for independence. | Take your pick: Rwanda to Bahrain, Israel to Morocco; the U.S. is the boss of an international ring of client states that crush dissent. It has flooded dictatorships and settler-colonial regimes with military weapons and drone bombed the hell out of innocen…

teleSUR (2023-07-05). Morocco Condemns Israeli Military Operation in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Morocco expressed its "condemnation and rejection of the multiple Israeli aggressions against the northern West Bank city of Jenin." | RELATED: | "The attacks on the Palestinian territories do not contribute to creating an environment conducive to dialogue and peace in the region," Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita said. | He made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Omani co…

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-05). Presidente de Senegal descarta ejercer un tercer mandato. telesurtv.net La decisión del mandatario abre el camino para liderar una de las economías de más rápido crecimiento en África.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-07-05). Más de 20 muertos tras otra jornada de combates en Sudán. telesurtv.net Varios barrios capitalinos recibieron ataques terrestres y aéreos, lo que provocó grandes pérdidas humanas y materiales.

_____ (2023-07-04). Tunisia's President Stands Up for His Independence, Defying Western Pressure. journal-neo.org

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