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The American Empire Is Falling Apart. But Things Can Always Get Worse

GlobalResearch 2020-06-04

photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez

The American empire is in decay, but that doesn’t mean things can’t get worse. Protests that erupted over the police killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, continue to rage across the United States. Each new day sees another chunk of flesh torn from the face the nation shows the world,...

American hegemonism further exerts pressure on China through Tibet

Community news 2020-06-04

美国众议院外交事务委员会于2020年1月通过了由民主党人吉姆·麦戈文（Jim McGovern）提出的“西藏政策和支持法案”。该法案要求第十四世达赖喇嘛的继承权只能由精神领袖来决定，而不是由中国政府的“干预”来决定，并应考虑到第十四世达赖喇嘛的“指示”。该法案的主要目的是更新和加强《 2002年西藏政策法》。该法案明确指出，识别和雇用西藏宗教领袖纯粹是宗教事务。只有藏传佛教的适当宗教权力机构才能做出决定，并且必须考虑信徒的意愿和十四世达赖喇嘛的指示。中国外交部发言人对此表示强烈不满，认为美国众议院通过所谓的“ 2019年西藏政策和支持法”严重违反了国际法和国际关系的基本原则。...

Hong Kong legislature starts voting on China national anthem bill

Yahoo Daily News 2020-06-04

photo: Creative Commons / James Cridland

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Legislative Council started voting on a controversial bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting China's national anthem a criminal offence, amid heightened fears over Beijing's tightening grip on the...

Reimagining the world after Covid

CNN 2020-06-04

photo: AP / Yorgos Karahalis

(CNN)The way we got here -- a Covid-19 contagion that has sickened more than six million people and killed nearly 380,000 globally -- is absolutely horrible, but the pandemic has awakened the world to at least one thing that's positive: Clean air and healthy cities are a blessing. The air in Delhi...

Defence secretary against deploying military to quell unrest in US cities

Irish Independent 2020-06-04

photo: US DoD / Sgt. Nicole Mejia

Donald Trump's own defence secretary said yesterday that he was against deploying active duty troops to counter protesters, just days after the US president suggested deployment. Mark Esper, the head of the Pentagon, said he opposed using the Insurrection Act, a two-centuries-old law that...

Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia: Read his remarks

The Oregonian 2020-06-03

photo: Creative Commons / Michael Stokes

The delayed Pennsylvania primary election is today, when Republican and Democratic voters choose their parties’ nominees. The presidential choices are all but made already: Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are their presumptive party nominees. Biden, the former vice president...

Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall near Mumbai as storm surge threatens to flood slums

The Irish Times 2020-06-03

photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade

A cyclone made landfall south of India’s financial capital of Mumbai, with storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities struggle to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Live TV coverage showed inky black clouds framing the sea on India’s western coastline. Trees swayed...

Angela Merkel sweeps in to save the euro zone

The Irish Times 2020-06-03

photo: AP / Jens Meyer

The EU was born out of catastrophe and has advanced through crisis. Today, it confronts threats on many fronts. If it fails to rise to these challenges, it might even shatter. Fortunately, Angela Merkel understands this. The German chancellor remains the trusted leader of the indispensable European...

How pandemics past and present fuel the rise of mega-corporations

The Conversation 2020-06-03

photo: AP / Jon Chol Jin

In June 1348, people in England began reporting mysterious symptoms. They started off as mild and vague: headaches, aches, and nausea. This was followed by painful black lumps, or buboes, growing in the armpits and groin, which gave the disease its name: bubonic plague. The last stage was a high...

Ten Reasons, Other Than George Floyd And Racism, America Is Facing A National Resistance Movement

WorldNews.com 2020-06-03

photo: AP / Julio Cortez

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling As President Donald Trump tries to pin the blame of America’s nationwide resistance movement on Antifa, an anti-fascist organization, he cannot seem to wrap his mind around the fact that millions of people despise his presidency. From the young and old...

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