Daily Archives: August 16, 2022

2022-08-16: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-08-16). Creeping martial law in the Philippines as poverty grows. wsws.org The months since the election of Marcos Jr have been marked by the incremental expansion of authoritarian rule.

____ (2022-08-15). One year on, Afghanistan still a mess after U.S. military withdrawal. ecns.cn The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 last year put an end to the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan, but the destruction caused by U.S.-style "freedom and democracy" still prevails one year later. Almost every Afghan is now living below the poverty line, Foreign Policy cited United Nations data as saying.

____ (2022-08-15). China's surveyed urban unemployment rate continues to drop in July. ecns.cn China's surveyed urban unemployment rate continued to drop in July, down from 5.5 percent in June to stand at 5.4 percent last month, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.

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