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Resistance 2.0: A rising tide of struggle – Report to the CPUSA National Committee
People's World
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July 17, 2025
Members of the Communist Party USA and the Young Communist League march on May Day in New York City. | Photo via CPUSA The following is the text of the keynote address given by Joe Sims, Co-Chair of the Communist Party USA, at the organization’s...
Chilling Sensations: The Fascinating World of Cryorhodopsins
Bioengineer.org
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July 4, 2025
In the vast, frozen realms of Earth’s coldest environments—ranging from the sprawling glaciers of Greenland and the pristine icy aquifers of Finland to the lofty Tibetan plateaus—lurks a remarkable group of proteins poised to revolutionize...
China’s Inaction Deepens Peril for Struggling Property Stocks
Mint
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July 19, 2025
Investors are growing skeptical that Chinese developer stocks will stage a rebound this year, as Beijing’s reluctance to unleash sweeping stimulus deepens pessimism about the sector. A gauge of developers’ shares notched its biggest weekly drop in...
Rare blue proteins from cold-adapted microbes could serve as prototypes for molecular on-off switches
Phys.org
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July 4, 2025
Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold groundwater in Finland. As cold and beautiful as these are, for the structural biologist Kirill Kovalev, they are more...
Black Bear Launches U.S. Theatrical Distribution Division Headed By Longtime CAA Media Finance Agent Benjamin Kramer
Deadline
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July 18, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Some big news spanning independent film distribution and the Los Angeles agency scene: Teddy Schwarzman’s indie studio Black Bear is expanding into U.S. distribution and has hired longtime CAA Media Finance co-head Benjamin Kramer to...
The delicate art of natural-resource diplomacy
International Politics and Society
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July 15, 2025
Resource competition has long underpinned international relations. But it seems to be taking centre stage again, much like the nineteenth-century Scramble for Africa or Western grabs for Middle Eastern oil in the last century. As demand rises for...
Russia Accuses West of 'Robbery and Looting'
Newsweek
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July 18, 2025
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February...
How are cruise ship itineraries planned? Inside the years-long process
AOL
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Holland America Line will visit a maiden port in 2026, stopping for the first time in Odda, Norway. Before the town was added to more than a dozen itineraries, Paul Grigsby, the cruise line’s vice president of deployment and itinerary planning,...
Why cruises take years to plan
USA Today
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Holland America Line will visit a maiden port in 2026, stopping for the first time in Odda, Norway. Before the town was added to more than a dozen itineraries, Paul Grigsby, the cruise line’s vice president of deployment and itinerary planning,...
Ever wonder why that WWII bomber is suddenly roaring above your house?
Pelham Today
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July 17, 2025
The man at the controls is Fonthill’s own Leon Evans— and he’s living the dream bringing history back to life Newcomers to Pelham can be forgiven for being startled by the abrupt appearance—preceded by a distant roar that grows louder and louder...
Donald Trump, the Corporate Aristocracy and the Israelization of the World
Al Mayadeen
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July 15, 2025
The real danger is not any one US president, but a system that enables imperial power, corporate aristocracy, and genocidal policies under the guise of democracy, now increasingly rejected by a globally awakening public. No matter who occupies the...
Infamous Events That Never Actually Happened
Grunge
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July 18, 2025
War, famine, pestilence, and death: The four horsemen of the apocalypse, or just another day in global news? With doomscrolling practically an Olympic sport, it's easy to fall into the pattern of thinking the end of the world is just around the...
Today Tuvalu; Tomorrow the world
Shelburne Free Press
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July 17, 2025
July 17, 2025 · 0 Comments By Gwynne Dyer Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of...
Can international organizations survive the rightwing, Nationalist onslaught?
Lake County Record Bee - California
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July 18, 2025
By Lawrence S. Wittner At a time when international cooperation provides the key to preventing a variety of global calamities―including nuclear war, climate catastrophe, and massive starvation―it’s tragic that major nations, ruled by nationalist,...
U.S. Nuke Submarine “Challenges” Russia’s Northern Fleet With Historic Docking; Looks To Plug ‘GIUK Gap’
The Eurasian Times
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July 14, 2025
Two years after Iceland authorised the entry of nuclear-powered submarines into its territorial waters, an American nuclear submarine recently docked at the port of Reykjavik. The historic first has come at a time when the tensions in the Arctic...
Putin seen as ignoring Trump’s ultimatum, fighting on in pursuit of total victory
Washington Examiner
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July 17, 2025
‘UNFAZED,’ PUTIN PLANS TO SOLDIER ON: An analysis by Washington-based Institute for the Study of War has assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to ignore President Donald Trump’s 50-day tariff threat, believing that Russia can...
Ken Henry calls for urgent environmental protection overhaul
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 16, 2025
Australia's environment protection laws have both failed to stop the degradation of Australia's natural environment and held back economic growth, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has warned. In a speech being delivered at the National Press...
Donald Trump: Warmonger or peacemaker?
Frontline - The Hindu
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July 3, 2025
Six months into his second presidency, Trump has shown a wide array of foreign policy possibilities—from wanting to take over Greenland and buy the Panama Canal, to looking at Gaza as real estate to develop, to announcing he would end the Ukraine...
This new missile-defense system is challenging the Patriot
Mint
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July 17, 2025
Now, a new version of a European weapon is set to challenge its dominance and test whether the region can wean itself off U.S. arms. Europe’s so-called Samp/T has long been in the shadow of its American rival, which has secured far more orders and...
Advances in Mendelian Randomization Studies of Obesity Over the Past Decade: Uncovering Key Genetic Mechanisms
Dove Medical Press
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July 17, 2025
Introduction With rapid economic development in China, obesity has become a major public health concern, with more than half of adults classified as overweight or obese.1 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as excessive fat...