Daily Archives: August 11, 2022

2022-08-11: News Headlines

Liberation Staff (2022-08-11). Hyundai Motor Company exposed for using child labor. liberationnews.org In Luverne, Alabama — the self-styled "Friendliest City in the South" — a Reuters report found that a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company has used child labor after the disappearance of a young migrant child from her home in Alabama.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-11). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment options for migraine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a 30-year-old woman who has had migraines since I was a teenager. My pediatrician said it was likely hormonal, since they often occurred during my menstrual cycle. Over the years, I have tried various prescription and over-the-counter medications to treat migraines, as well as preventive therapies, but I continue to struggle. I feel as if my headache days are increasing. I often miss work and cannot participate in activities with friends…

_____ (2022-08-10). UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting On Gaza Amid Fragile Truce. popularresistance.org On Monday, August 8, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held an emergency meeting on the situation in Gaza amid uncertainty around the fate of the truce reached the previous day after three days of Israeli aggression. | Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland reported during the meeting that in three days, Israel had carried out 147 airstrikes which killed 46 Palestinians, including 16 children, and injured 360 more. In retaliation, Palestinian groups fired over 1,100 rockets, in which a total of 70 Israelis were lightly injured. | Wennesland also noted that increased border c…

____ (2022-08-10). NE China ports handle over 3,100 China-Europe freight train trips. ecns.cn Northeast China's ports of Manzhouli and Suifenhe on the China-Russia border have seen over 3,100 China-Europe freight train trips in the first seven months of this year.

_____ (2022-08-10). Immigrant Detainees Strike Over $1 A Day Pay, Working Conditions. popularresistance.org At two federal detention centers in California, more than 50 immigrant workers are on strike over unsafe working conditions and low wages. | "We are being exploited for our labor and are being paid $1 per day to clean the dormitories," said strikers at a central California detention center in a June statement received by public radio station KQED. | Detained workers, known as "housing porters," participate in a supposedly volunteer working program while locked up. They use their earnings to pay for the exorbitant cost of phone calls and commissary items like dental floss and tortillas. | "They are compelled to do…

Staff (2022-08-10). Conflict on Iran-Afghanistan border rejected. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — An official in Khorasan Razavi province on Wednesday rejected the allegations regarding a conflict between Iranian and Afghan border guards in the Taybad region.

Ahmed Adel (2022-08-09). Crisis of the Wheat Export Supply Chain: EU Sanctions against Russia Could Trigger an African-Middle Eastern Migrant Crisis. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-09). US Government Is World's Worst Violator Of Freedom Of Press. popularresistance.org The US government employs many strategies to try to justify its intervention in the internal affairs and violation of the sovereignty of foreign nations. Chief among these deceptive tactics is Washington's weaponization of accusations that its adversaries violate the freedom of expression. | This is quite ironic, given that the United States is the world's leading violator of press freedoms, according to any consistent definition of the term. | And unlike the countries that Washington claims supposedly repress the freedom of expression within their borders, US government censorship of independent media outlets an…

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