(2022-08-22). Science, technology week gets underway nationwide. ecns.cn China's national science and technology week started on Saturday and will run until Aug 27, featuring exhibitions and events showcasing the latest scientific and technological achievements, from giant drones shaped like a dragonfly, to tiny artificial intelligence chips.
(2022-08-21). Military Situation In Iraq On August 21, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 21, a U.S. logistical convoy was targeted by IED attack in the Salah al-Din province; | On August 20, Maryam al-Qahtani, the leader of ISIS in Salah al-Din province, along with five other ISIS members were killed as a result of the Iraqi airstrikes in the Hamrin mountains; | On August 20, the newly established Iraqi group "Tashkil al-Warithin" announced the attack by several suicide drones on the US military positions in Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait; | On Au…
(2022-08-21). The Biden-Trump Persecution Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org For a good while one could blame Trump for the prosecutorial monstrosity perpetrated on journalist Julian Assange. But now it's time for Trump to move over. The single worst assault on the first amendment and a free press in recent centuries is no longer solely his. Biden owns it. Biden could end this state persecution of a journalist today, if he felt like it. A persecution that a U.N. expert has called torture. A persecution that could easily lead to Assange's death. | But maybe that's the point. Indeed, if killing Assange isn't the point, Biden should prove it, by pardoning him now. Biden doesn't feel like it.