____ (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.

Anonymous103 (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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-20). Russian Ops in Ukraine Update (Aug. 20, 2022): US Sends Drones, Howitzers but Not Enough. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian special military operations in Ukraine for August 20, 2022: 1. Russian forces continue incremental advances in the Donbass; 2. Ukraine's Kherson offensive remains stalled; 3. The US is supplying Ukraine with additional HIMARS ammunition but not additional launchers; 4. The US is also sending smaller caliber (105mm) and thus shorter-range howitzers in…

TeleSUR (2022-08-20). Russia: US Pushing Ukraine to False Flag Nuclear Provocation. telesurenglish.net The embassy of Russia in the United States denounced that Washington, with its "irresponsible" rhetoric, is pushing Ukraine to perpetrate "crimes" that threaten to unleash a catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. | RELATED: | "Kiev's military continues to launch systematic attacks against the plant, using multiple rocket launchers, artillery and drones, all with the collusion of Washington, which could c…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-20). Military Situation In Yemen On August 20, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 113 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On August 20, Amaliqa forces attacked positions of the Islah Party near Ayaz and Alam base; | Tariq Salam, governor of Aden in Yemen's rescue government announced that Sana'a has achieved a great political victory, which will have repercussions in the entire Yemen scene in the next stages; | On August 18, the UAE drones s…