2020-07-14: News Headlines

RT (2020-07-14). US Air Force loses 2nd F-16 in 2 weeks as fighter jet crashed at New Mexico base. rt.com A US Air Force supersonic F-16 fighter jet crashed during landing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, the military said. This is the second such incident in two weeks. | The crash occurred at around 6pm local time on Monday. The sole pilot ejected safely and suffered "minor injuries," the airbase said in a short statement. An emergency response team was deployed at the crash site. The plane was assigned to the 49th Wing. | The incident is the second USAF F-16 loss in two weeks. On June 30, a pilot was killed in a training flight crash at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. | Other types of aircraft…

Staff (2020-07-13). Headlines for July 13, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. & World Mark Record Number of New COVID-19 Cases, Trump Accuses CDC of Lying & Attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci , COVID-19 Death Toll at San Quentin State Prison Reaches Nine, JBS Meat Processing Workers Stage Wildcat Strike, 300 Workers Infected, 4 Die at Los Angeles Apparel Factory, Mexico's COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 35,000, Surpassing Italy as World's Fourth Highest, India, Hong Kong, Colombia Reimpose Lockdowns Amid New Surges, Trump & DeVos Threaten to Cut Funding If Schools Stay Closed During Pandemic, Trump Commutes Sentence of Friend & Adviser Roger Stone, Washington Rdskns to Change Name; Will the Chiefs Be…

teleSUR (2020-07-13). Honduras Extends Curfew and Red Alert Over COVID-19 Spreading. telesurenglish.net Honduras is extending the curfew issued to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, from July 13 to 19, its Secretary of Security announced late on Sunday. | RELATED: | The government also decided to prolong, until June 19, the red alert for the 18 departments of the country as a containment measure since there is still a high infection rate among the population. | According to the press release, citizens will be able to carry on their duties f…

teleSUR (2020-07-13). Immunity Against COVID-19 May Be Lost In Months, Study Says. telesurenglish.net The London King's College Monday published a study revealing that people who have recovered from COVID-19 may lose their immunity within a few months. | RELATED: | After testing more than 90 patients and health care workers' immune response, scientists found that antibodies capable of destroying the virus peaked about three weeks after the onset of symptoms, and then rapidly declined. | "People are producing a reasonable an…

Dr. Paul Oquist (2020-07-13). "Equilibra": The Current Threats Menacing Humanity. globalresearch.ca Interview with Dr. Paul Oquist, Minister-Private Secretary for National Policies of the Presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua | *** | Tortilla con Sal: We're here with Dr. Paul Oquist. It's June 29th. Dr. Oquist is going to talk to us about …

Staff (2020-07-12). Man Killed by Mexican Police for Not Wearing Mask Sparks Movement. truthout.org In Mexico the police will kill you for not wearing a mask and the state will disappear you for demanding justice. This is the conclusion drawn by Alejandro Puerto, a young grassroots political in the state of Jalisco, who spoke with Truthout about the violence and repression doled out by the state government of Gov. Enrique Alfaro. | Inspired by the uprising against police brutality happening in the United States and tired of the regular abuses committed by state security forces at home…

teleSUR (2020-07-11). Russia Offers Latin America a Drug to Cure COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Russia's Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) director Kiril Dmitriyev Saturday announced Latin American countries will be the firsts to receive the drug Avifavir for COVID-19 treatment. | RELATED: | The Russian Embassy in Guatemala, along with with the RDIF, officially presented Avivafir for Latin America and the Caribbean. | "Many countries don't have any antiviral drugs, and Russia is prepared to meet those nations' needs," Dmitriyev assured…

Tom Conway (2020-07-11). Why relentless enforcement will make or break the new NAFTA. nationofchange.org Because if Mexico fails to relentlessly enforce the USMCA, the new trade agreement will be as big a failure as the old.

Mehr News Agency (2020-07-11). VIDEO: Ex-Mexican pres. bust in giant face mask. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) —The bust of the former president of Mexico, Adolfo Lopez Mateos has been kitted out with a giant face mask in order to raise awareness of the people amid novel corona virus pandemic.

_____ (2020-07-11). Nicaragua: How Phony Human Rights Groups Slandered A US-Targeted Nation. popularresistance.org During the Nicaraguan coup attempt and ever since it failed, the North American and European human rights industry has falsely accused the Nicaraguan authorities of having brutally repressed ful opposition s with disproportionate lethal violence. In doing so, reports by human rights organizations have systematically ignored numerous very serious crimes and even massacres by Nicaragua's US-supported right-wing opposition and their allies. Between April 18th and July 17th, 2018, 23 police officers were killed by opposition s and 400 officers suffered gunshot wounds inflicted by opposition gunmen…

Staff (2020-07-10). Headlines for July 10, 2020. democracynow.org Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Claim of Absolute Immunity, Court Says Much of Oklahoma Remains Indian Country in Landmark Indigenous Sovereignty Case, Hospitals Face Surge as U.S. Reports Record 65,000 New Coronavirus Cases, Surge in Cases Directly Tied to Early Reopenings in Florida, Arizona, Texas, Bolivia's Interim President Tests Positive; India, S. Africa & Mexico Report New Record Highs, 1.3 Million More File for Unemployment as GOP Rejects Extending Jobless Aid, Biden Unveils $700 Billion "Buy American" Economic Recovery Plan, St. Louis Police Break Up City Hall Encampment, With Veto-Proof Majority,…

Raul Diego (2020-07-10). Mexico State Oil Company Files $22 Billion Debt Swap amid IMF Threats and White House Visit. mintpressnews.com Mexico's economy is put in the crosshairs by the IMF as the "new NAFTA" takes effect and AMLO is forced to make concessions to avoid an even deeper recession.

yenisafak (2020-07-10). Mexico posts record 7,280 new coronavirus cases. yenisafak.com Mexico on Thursday posted a fresh record for new coronavirus cases reported on a single day, with 7,280 cases, bringing its overall tally of infections to 282,283, health ministry data showed.The country also recorded 730 additional fatalities, bringing its overall death toll to 33,526.Mexico's previous one-day record was posted a day earlier on Wednesday, when 6,995 new cases were registered.