News, Rumors and Opinions Saturday Morning 7-11-2020
TNT:
Tishwash: Iraq hands over half of Iran's electricity debt to Iran
The Iranian Energy Ministry announced today, Saturday, that it has received 50 percent of the dues due to the supply of electricity to Iraq.
The Iranian Assistant Energy Minister Humayun Haeri said, "The process of supplying electricity to Iraq is continuing, and that the Iranian Energy Minister on his recent visit to the neighboring country entered into a two-year contract."
And Haeri pointed out, according to the Iranian "Fars" agency, that "50% of the dues due to exporting electricity to Iraq have been received, and it is planned through a mechanism to receive the remaining dues through the existing banking transactions." link
Harambe: Secretary of State Pompeo’s statement on 25th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations
Hanoi (VNA) – US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo has issued a statement on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States (1995-2020), according to the US Embassy in Vietnam.
“July 11 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,” he said in his statement.
“Over the last quarter century, our two countries have built a partnership and friendship founded on shared interests, mutual respect, and people-to-people ties. Our everyday interactions are highlighted by increasing trade and investment ties, strategic cooperation, and collaboration on humanitarian and legacy of war issues, including the solemn duty of accounting for our wartime missing.”
In recent years, he said, the two countries have strengthened and expanded the Comprehensive Partnership, based on a shared vision of a stable and peaceful Indo-Pacific region, as well as respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political systems.
The US commends Vietnam for its outstanding Chairmanship of ASEAN this year, especially in coordinating ASEAN’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and issues related to economic recovery, he added.
Pompeo stressed the ties between the American and Vietnamese peoples grow deeper every year. America’s vibrant and engaged Vietnamese-American community makes our country strong and prosperous.
The US values the cross-cultural role played by the nearly 30,000 Vietnamese students studying in the United States and more than 1,200 Americans studying in Vietnam annually, he said, adding “we look forward to Fulbright University Vietnam graduating its first class of undergraduates in 2023.”
“We also look forward to the imminent conclusion of an agreement that will bring Peace Corps volunteers to Vietnam for the first time ever, fostering stronger ties between our peoples,” he said.
The US is committed to making the next 25 years of bilateral ties a model of international cooperation and partnership, the Secretary affirmed.
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KTFA:
Samson: Parliamentary law demands the formation of a High Integrity Court to control corruption
10:10 - 07/11/2020
Member of Parliamentary Law Committee Hussein Al-Aqabi pledged, on Saturday, the success of the government in eliminating corruption by taking several major steps, indicating that the judiciary cannot confront corruption without a high integrity court in which the judge is a security guard.
In a statement to Al-Maalouma, Al-Aqabi said, "The government and parliament are required to grant judicial powers to the Office of Financial Supervision to pass cases directly."
He added, “Legislation regulating the government contracts law allows for the follow-up of contracts in a transparent manner, as well as the formation of a High Integrity Court to investigate corruption.”
He explained that “the Supreme Court of Integrity is similar to the Federal Court in which judges are appointed from jurisdiction and transfer their residence to the Green Zone to prevent targeting or threatening them, in addition to appointing 500 judicial investigators from the jurisdiction as well and granting powers to open corruption cases directly from FAO to Zakho without exception.” LINK
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Samson: Al-Kazemi: The military forces are empowered to shoot at the border crossers
11th July, 2020
On Saturday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi authorized the security forces to shoot at those who crossed the border crossings, during his visit since Mandali’s border with Iran
Al-Kazimi said during his visit to the port, that "the military forces are authorized to shoot at the violators at the border crossings. He added, "The customs campus is under the protection of military forces
Al-Kazemi continued, "I asked the head of the outlets to prepare a plan to rehabilitate all the outlets. Al-Kazimi said during the opening of the port, "Our visit to the port is a clear message to all the corrupt that you do not have a foothold in the border crossings as a whole and all departments should work to fight corruption because it is a public demand
And, "Our visit to the Mandali port is a clear message to all the corrupt that you do not exist, and we have prepared plans to fight you and everyone should join hands to fulfill this demand
He said: "He gave us powers to head the Border Crossings Authority to fight and chase corrupt people in all border crossings LINK
Samson: Trump threatens the allies to leave NATO to compel them to pay their financial obligations
11th July, 2020
US President Donald Trump has said that he does not want the United States to leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but the allies must pay the dues
In a newspaper interview, Trump indicated that there were countries that were "almost not paying anything, and now they are paying
He explained that if this is not the answer, they will not pay, adding, "I want to pay their share fairly
And former National Security Adviser John Bolton said in his book, "The Room where This Happened: Notes from the White House," that Trump wanted NATO leaders at the 2018 summit to threaten the United States to leave the alliance if they did not pay contributions of 2% of Their countries ’GDP LINK
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Keiser Report | ‘A Declaration of Monetary Independence’ | E1565
Jul 11, 2020
In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss post-1971 psychology in which laws of physics can, indeed, be suspended – if even just momentarily.
We are at another one of these moments as stock markets defy all the data in the real economy in which unemployment claims remain historically high.
In the second half, Max interviews bitcoin developer, Jimmy Song, about ‘A Declaration of Monetary Independence.’