Síntesis informativa - 29 de junio 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Half a million people are dead as confirmed virus cases top 10 million.
The global total of deaths from the coronavirus has passed 500,000, according to a New York Times database, while the number of confirmed cases surpassed 10 million.
Coronavirus Is Battering Africa’s Growing Middle Class
From Kenya to Nigeria, South Africa to Rwanda, the pandemic is decimating the livelihoods of the once-stable workers who were helping to drive Africa’s economic expansion.
Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON — United States intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to pay bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan, according to officials briefed on the matter. They believed at least one U.S. troop death was the result of the bounties, two of the officials said.
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RUSSIA TODAY
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing, will ask Interpol to act – local media
Iran has identified 36 people involved in the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and will seek their arrest through Interpol channels, media reports said. The list of suspects is topped by President Donald Trump.
https://www.rt.com/news/493226-iran-trum-arrest-warrant/
‘Russian bounties for Taliban’ story clearly meant to derail US pullout, says Moscow’s special envoy to Afghanistan
The bombshell story claiming Russia paid Afghan militants to kill US soldiers is fake news targeting the Trump administration and its attempts to withdraw troops from the country, Russia’s top Afghanistan diplomat has said.
https://www.rt.com/news/493210-taliban-bounties-us-pullout/
China may impose visa restrictions on US individuals with ‘egregious conduct’ on Hong Kong-related issues
Beijing said on Monday it will impose visa restrictions on US individuals over Hong Kong, mirroring Washington’s sanctions against unnamed Chinese officials deemed responsible for curbing freedoms in the city.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/493208-china-visa-restrictions-us/
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THE GUARDIAN
US to join summit on global green recovery from Covid-19 crisis
The US is to join with other major powers including China, India and the EU in formulating plans for a global green recovery from the coronavirus crisis, in the only major international summit on the climate emergency this year.
The idea of a green recovery to prevent a dangerous rebound in greenhouse gas emissions to above pre-Covid-19 levels has been gathering steam, but few governments have yet committed to plans.
UK criticised for ‘lacklustre’ response to Israel’s West Bank plans
The pressure follows confirmation by the shadow foreign secretary, Lisa Nandy, at the weekend that the British Labour party supported a ban on Israeli imports made in West Bank settlements if annexation of parts of the occupied Palestinian territories went ahead. Her proposal has been backed by the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, and is likely to be raised in the Commons on Tuesday.
Talks may lead to end of blockade of Libyan oilfields
Forces loyal to the Libyan warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar may be willing to end their blockade of the country’s oilfields, opening the way for a ceasefire, as a result of talks between the UN, US, France and Egypt.
Under a deal under discussion for the past two weeks, the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) – one of the few institutions that has avoided a split between the country’s east and west – would restart production and exports, but the oil revenue would not be sent immediately to the Tripoli-based Central Bank of Libya, which Haftar’s eastern faction has accused of failing to hand over its fair share.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/29/talks-may-lead-to-end-of-blockade-of-libyan-oilfields
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AL JAZEERA
Libya: Haftar's forces mobilise mercenaries for Sirte battle
Eastern-based forces allied with renegade Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar have sent thousands of foreign mercenaries to fight in a looming battle for the strategic city of Sirte.
Local sources from the city of Kufra, in southeastern Libya, told Al Jazeera that numerous convoys of foreign fighters on Sunday passed through the city Ajdabiya, which is located between Benghazi and Sirte.
Trump denies knowledge of Russian bounties to kill US troops
President Donald Trump has angrily denied that he was briefed about reported Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill American troops in Afghanistan, dismissing a New York Times report on the bounties.
"Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians," Trump wrote on social media on Sunday, calling on the newspaper to name its anonymous source.
Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan
At least seven people have been killed after gunmen stormed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the southern city of Karachi, firing indiscriminately as they entered the building complex, rescue officials say.
Four attackers stormed the building at 10am (05:00 GMT) Monday morning as trading began, carrying hand grenades and firing automatic rifles.
Hong Kong security law could mean life sentence for guilty: Media
People found guilty under China's new national security legislation for Hong Kong could face a life sentence, local media reported on Monday as the police confirmed at least 53 people were arrested during a largely peaceful protest in the territory against the planned law.
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GLOBAL TIMES
Will coronavirus bring world to dark age?
According to the International Monetary Fund, global growth is projected at -4.9 percent in 2020. Moreover, the World Bank envisions a 5.2 percent contraction in global GDP in 2020. The world is faced with the largest recession since the World War II
There is still very limited knowledge on viruses. If all of humanity cannot be united, we may encounter the darkest age in the history of human civilization. So far, the global fight against the pandemic is confronting three obstacles.
First, anti-scientism. Some people do not trust medicine and tend to believe that freedom is more important than their own lives
Second, anti-globalism.Some countries' governments are not only complying with their rising domestic populism, they are actively adopting protectionist trade policies, restricting immigration and visas and withdrawing from multiple international organizations and agreements
Third, anti-cooperative actions. Behaviors like the US, such as publicly discrediting and attacking China, making China a scapegoat for its own mired response to COVID-19 in the US, announcing to cut off funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) - this has put more countries who are in need of the WHO in danger
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192966.shtml
World should get ready to weather a gloomier US economy in H2
Facing a raging "second wave" outbreak, there is sufficient reason to believe the US economy will be under great pressure in the second half of this year.
Due to a longstanding dispute over subsidies in the aviation industry, the Trump administration is reportedly weighing new tariffs on $3.1 billion of EU and British exports to the US.
Given what the US has done to its allies, it is conceivable that China will continue to be the main target of US political hardliners in the second half. As such, China needs to be vigilant and prepare for the spillover impact of a gloomier US economy in the second half.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192982.shtml
O’Brien’s China speech full of political lies: Chinese FM
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks during a routine Monday press conference in response to questions about the US politician's speech.
The US president's national security advisor reportedly called the Communist Party of China a threat to the sovereignty and the economies of the US and its allies during his speech in the state of Arizona on Wednesday, among other hostile comments against China and the Party.
Zhao said that the US side has been indifferent to its severe domestic problems, and instead points fingers at other countries, aiming to shift the US people's attention in order to cover up its own problems, adding that the Chinese people and international community are very clear about this.
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India's wishful thinking an illusion as PLA is prepared on all fronts
As senior Indian military officers are expecting a prolonged standoff in the China-India border region with the US reportedly voicing support for India, the Chinese military is demonstrating high military readiness on all fronts, as the intensive, simultaneous military exercises in the South China Sea, near Taiwan island and near the China-India border show India's wishful thinking of taking advantage of US support is merely an illusion, Chinese analysts said Sunday.
The US has long been hoping to play India as a card in its strategy to contain China, and it is now using India's domestic nationalists and hardliners in the China-India border tensions, Chinese analysts said.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192872.shtml
Trump tweets ‘white power
US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants "white power" - before deleting it amid an outcry.
Joe Biden tweeted a few hours later.
"We're in a battle for the soul of the nation - and the President has picked a side. But make no mistake: it's a battle we will win."
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192936.shtml
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LE MONDE
Le Sahel, nouveau champ de bataille de la guerre entre Al-Qaida et l’organisation Etat islamique
Après avoir longtemps coexisté, les filiales sahéliennes des deux organisations djihadistes s’affrontent avec, comme enjeu, leur prééminence locale et internationale.
Cyril Bensimon
Le temps de la tolérance a vécu. Le Sahel est devenu, depuis le début de l’année, le théâtre d’une guerre ouverte entre les deux filiales locales du djihadisme global. Le 11 juin, c’est à Détembé, à la frontière du Niger et du Burkina Faso, que des accrochages ont éclaté, causant la mort d’au moins sept combattants de l’organisation Etat islamique au grand Sahara (EIGS) et de treize miliciens du Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans (GSIM), affilié à Al-Qaida. Plus tôt, le 1er juin, des combats avaient été signalés dans les environs de Gao, au Mali, impliquant les forces d’Adnane Abou Walid Al-Sahraoui, le chef de l’EIGS, et celles du cousin d’Iyad Ag Ghali, l’émir du GSIM, selon la note confidentielle d’une organisation internationale.
Au Mexique, un cartel de la drogue déclare la guerre à l’Etat
L’attaque, inédite dans la capitale, visant vendredi le chef de la police locale illustre la recrudescence de la violence du crime organisé.
Frédéric Saliba
Le président, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, dit « AMLO », a attribué, vendredi, l’attentat à une riposte du CJNG contre une série d’arrestations et de saisies réalisées en coopération avec l’agence antidrogue américaine (DEA). En mars, la DEA a mis à prix pour 10 millions de dollars la tête du chef du CJNG, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias « El Mencho ». C’est le baron de la drogue mexicain le plus recherché au monde depuis l’arrestation, en 2016, et la condamnation, en 2019 aux Etats-Unis, de Joaquin « El Chapo » Guzman, l’ancien dirigeant du cartel de Sinaloa, concurrent du CJNG.
Hongkong : la Chine réplique aux Etats-Unis avec des restrictions de visas
Pour s’opposer à une loi que Pékin s’apprête à adopter et qui menace l’autonomie hongkongaise, Washington a annoncé refuser la délivrance de visa à certains responsables chinois. Pékin prend la même mesure.
Ignorant les appels de pays occidentaux et de l’opposition prodémocratie hongkongaise, Pékin compte bien imposer le texte, qui selon ses détracteurs menace l’autonomie et les libertés de l’ex-colonie britannique. Rétrocédé à la Chine en 1997, Hongkong a été secoué l’an dernier par des manifestations monstres contre l’influence du gouvernement central.
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DEUTSCHE WELLE
Merkel and Macron talk coronavirus rescue fund
The French president is visiting Berlin ahead of key talks on a coronavirus recovery fund. EU leaders are still at odds over how financial help should be paid for.
A €750 billion ($840 billion) rescue plan is envisaged with grants offered by the European Commission that there would be no obligation to repay. Opposing that idea are the so-called "Frugal Four," Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, who are opposed to any pooling of member states' debts.
https://m.dw.com/en/merkel-and-macron-talk-coronavirus-rescue-fund/a-53979687
French court finds ex-Prime Minister Francois Fillon guilty of fraud
The verdict comes three years after Fillon's presidential campaign took a nosedive, after being accused of using public funds to pay his wife to work a fake job. His wife, Penelope, was also found guilty in the case.
https://m.dw.com/en/francois-fillon-fake-jobs-trial-guilty/a-53980876
EU should 'threaten military intervention' in Libya: Wolfgang Ischinger
The Munich Security Conference head said the EU must 'speak the language of power' to represent its interests. Ischinger said that Germany's diplomatic appeals were ignored due to a lack of military intervention.
As Germany prepares to take on the rotating EU presidenc on July 1, the bloc must speak "the language of power" to better represent its interests. "This requires Germany, too, to learn the language of power," he said.
https://m.dw.com/en/eu-should-threaten-military-intervention-in-libya-wolfgang-ischinger/a-53976836
Trump ouster will not heal US ties, says Germany's Maas
Germany's foreign minister said relations with Washington won't be boosted by Donald Trump leaving office. The US president has sunk transatlantic ties, most recently over defense spending and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
"Everyone who thinks everything in the trans-Atlantic partnership will be as it once was with a Democratic president underestimates the structural changes," Maas said in an interview the German press agency DPA published on Sunday.
https://m.dw.com/en/trump-ouster-will-not-heal-us-ties-says-germanys-maas/a-53972932
German trade union calls for Amazon workers to strike amid wage dispute
The Verdi trade union called for the 48-hour strike to "step up the pace" of wage negotiations with the retail giant. The union has long sought a collective bargaining agreement for German Amazon employees.
Former French military base makes way for Europe's 'biggest' warehouse park
As e-commerce has gained traction amid the COVID-19 crisis, investors are building what could be Europe's biggest logistics platform in France. But becoming No. 1 might not be that easy.
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BLOOMBERG
Attack on Pakistan Exchange Leaves Four Dead; Gunmen Are Killed
Tencent, Primavera Said to Fund Grocery App at $3 Billion Value
Facebook’s Growing Ad Exodus Means More Risks to Revenue Growth
PepsiCo Has ‘Quietly’ Joined Facebook Ad Boycott: Fox Business
Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion as Firms Boycott Facebook Ads
Starbucks to Pause Advertising on All Social Media Platforms
Nigerian Bank FCMB Gets $50 Million Loan from IFC Over Virus
Russia Blasts Reports of Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
Johnson Pledges ‘Big Plan’ for U.K. Post-Pandemic Prosperity
Mexico Tax Prosecutor: Pay Up, Or We Are Taking Your Company
Singapore Demands Correction to Facebook Post on Malaysia Travel
Lebanon’s Team of IMF Negotiators Loses Another Key Official
Singapore Faces Defense Budget Cutbacks Amid Virus Impact
Indonesia Nears Deal With Central Bank on Deficit Funding
Egypt Suspends State-Company Stake Sales Due to Virus Turmoil
Libya Hopeful Talks With U.S., Others Will Soon End Oil Blockade
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
BP Exits Petrochemical Business in $5 Billion Deal
The sale is another step in BP’s energy transition plan
U.S. Allies Capture China Tech Business Despite Washington’s Curbs
Huawei procures 5G telecommunications gear from Japan as Beijing pushes for global edge
Brexit Is a Test of De-Globalization in a World of Covid-19
At stake in negotiations: how many new barriers to trade to erect between the U.K., Europe
How App Makers Break Their Apps to Avoid Paying Apple
Apple’s App Store rules and commissions are why some developers won’t let you sign up for services or buy digital media in their apps—and even overcharge you when they do.
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EL PAÍS
El boicot de grandes anunciantes contra Facebook sigue creciendo pese a la reacción de Zuckerberg
Starbucks, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Honda o Verizon se suman a una campaña para forzar a la empresa a actuar contra el contenido tóxico. El valor de la compañía se está desplomando en Bolsa
China probará una vacuna experimental contra la covid en miles de militares
El prototipo, basado en un virus del resfriado, es uno de los más avanzados del mundo
La ‘revolución’ de los repartidores de comida de Brasil
Un trabajador de entrega a domicilio abandera un movimiento que llama a la huelga contra la precariedad y en defensa de la democracia
Muchos creyeron en el sueño del “emprendimiento” que vendía el liberalismo radical del Gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro. En realidad, cayeron en la uberización del trabajo, sin contratos ni garantías. “La revolución industrial destruyó empleos; la uberización destruye derechos”, advierte Galo, de 31 años. “La idea de estas aplicaciones es concretar la propuesta fascista que Bolsonaro utilizó para ganar las elecciones: más empleos, menos derechos
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PÁGINA 12
Irán pidió la captura internacional de Donald Trump
La Justicia de Irán emitió una orden de arresto contra el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y otros 30 funcionarios de su gobierno por el asesinato del general Qasen Soleimani ocurrido en Bagdad, en enero de este año. El pedido fue hecho por la fiscalía, que al mismo tiempo le solicitó a Interpol que declare un “alerta roja” para la captura del titular de la Casa Blanca.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/275330-iran-pidio-la-captura-internacional-de-donald-trump
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EL TIEMPO
'Sergio Fajardo candidato de Santos', dice expresidente Uribe
El expresidente Álvaro Uribe se pronunció este domingo tras una entrevista publicada por EL TIEMPO, en la que el excandidato presidencial Sergio Fajardo hace duras críticas al Centro Democrático.
En la entrevista, Fajardo asegura que "Álvaro Uribe jugó un papel importante en los últimos 20 años de la política nacional, pero es momento de pasar la página. Colombia necesita otro tipo de liderazgo y otro tipo de política".
Señalan a Leopoldo López de estar tras operación Gedeón
Detalla el WSJ, en el texto titulado ‘Gurú de la oposición venezolana dirigió la planificación para derrocar a Maduro’, que López, a quien define como mentor político del líder opositor Juan Guaidó –reconocido como presidente interino de Venezuela por más de 50 países–, consideró al menos seis propuestas de contratistas privados de seguridad para llevar a cabo incursiones militares que provocaran una rebelión en el seno de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana.
La advertencia que fondos inversores lanzaron a Brasil por el Amazonas
El aumento de la deforestación del Amazonas desde que Jair Bolsonaro accedió a la presidencia brasileña no pasó desapercibido entre los gestores de algunos de los mayores fondos de inversión del mundo, entre ellos la mayoría de los europeos.
Gestores de fondos de inversión que controlan en conjunto 4 billones de dólares exigieron al Gobierno brasileño en una carta abierta publicada a principios de semana que deje de deforestar el Amazonas o tendrán que retirar sus inversiones.
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LA JORNADA
López-Gatell: la epidemia en el país está en desaceleración
Ciudad de México. La epidemia por Covid-19 en el país está en la fase de desaceleración y su crecimiento ha sido más lento que en países como Estados Unidos, Italia o España, señaló el subsecretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. No ha disminuido el ascenso de la enfermedad pero sí la velocidad en que ocurren casos y defunciones, apuntó.
Trump niega reportes de ataques contra soldados de EU en Afganistán
Washington. El presidente Donald Trump negó el domingo versiones de que se le había informado que una unidad de la inteligencia militar rusa clandestinamente ofreció recompensas al grupos rebeldes de Afganistán para que mataran a soldados estadounidenses.
Rebasan 10 millones los contagios por Covid en el mundo
Pekín. El número global de casos de coronavirus superó ayer 10 millones y más de medio millón de personas han muerto por Covid-19 en los pasados siete meses, se informó ayer en momentos en que muchos países flexibilizan las medidas de confinamientos.
Colapsados, servicios sanitarios de Quito
Quito. El alcalde de Quito, Jorge Yunda, advirtió que los servicios sanitarios de la capital ecuatoriana están desbordados ante el incremento de enfermos.
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