Gaza crisis: Israel says truce could be prolonged if Hamas agrees to free 10 Israeli hostages per day
The hostages were among some 240 people seized by Hamas gunmen during a rampage into southern Israel on October 7 in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed. Israel’s bombardment of Hamas-ruled Gaza in retaliation has killed more than 15,000 Gazans, health authorities there said.
How Big Pharma compromised US health and media industries and now ‘stating that Covid shots are risky earns you domestic terrorist tag’
Indeed, factually stating that the Covid-19 shots have serious side-effects and are killing people now earns you the label of “domestic terrorist” in the United States simply because such statements might make someone else think twice about getting the jab and getting everyone injected is a top “national security” concern....
‘US drug agencies of hide, manipulate and lie about data that show Covid-19 shots are dangerous medical products’
Special interest groups paid by Pfizer to push for mandates and other coercive vaccine policies included the Chicago Urban League (which argued the jab mandate would benefit the Black community), the National Consumers League, the Immunisation Partnership, the Advertising Council and a long list of universities and cancer, cardiology, rheumatology and medical science organisations.
Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Namibia line up for nuclear power development in Africa
According to IAEA calculations, it is necessary to double the number of nuclear reactors in the world – currently at about 400 units – to achieve the objectives of the Paris climate agreement, Grossi said at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris.
US intelligence chief Avril Haines visits DRC and Rwanda as tensions push the two to conflict
This visit comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region, with the UN Group of Experts previously uncovering evidence of direct interventions by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) in DRC territory. These interventions were allegedly aimed at reinforcing M23 combatants or conducting military operations against the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and local armed groups. The Rwandan government has consistently denied these allegations.
Ceasefire holds as Israel and Hamas look set for further discussions to ‘build on progress’
Previously during the truce, Hamas fighters released 50 Israeli women and children, some of them toddlers, from among the 240 hostages they captured in southern Israel during a deadly rampage on October 7. In return, Israel released 150 security detainees from its jails, all women and teenagers.
Women file 3,700 sex abuse claims against celebrities, politicians under US’ Adult Survivors Act
The list of the accused contained many familiar names from past #MeToo scandals and a few new ones. A huge number of claims were also made by former prisoners over alleged assaults in jails and prisons.
Puzzle of China’s mysterious wave of Covid-like childhood pneumonia as lockdown looms
The Chinese wave of illness differs from that seen in other countries. Some nations grappled with flu and RSV infections during their post-Covid winter surges, but in China, M. pneumoniae infections have been common. This is surprising because bacterial infections are often opportunistic and take hold after viral infections, says Cowling.
Screen Actors Guild: Provision that okays AI digital replicas and synthetic performers promotes redundancy in film industry
Leaders of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, in contrast, overwhelmingly agreed to have their members accept the agreements they hammered out with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Uganda to borrow $150 million from China’s Exim after World Bank halted funding
Uganda is also in negotiations with Chinese export credit agency SINOSURE and Exim Bank for a loan to finance the construction of a pipeline to help Uganda export its crude oil to international markets.
