UN Pact for the Future: Developing nations cite ‘disease discrimination’ as world plans digital IDs, vaccine passports, massive censorship
“In spirit, the Summit and Pact for the Future is a relaunch of the Great Reset,” said Tim Hinchliffe, publisher of The Sociable. “Both talk about reshaping our world, which includes a desire to transform the financial system and to implement global governance surrounding issues such as climate change, healthcare and all things related to the SDGs” (Sustainable Development Goals).
Booming construction industry in Somali capital Mogadishu pushes the poor and vulnerable to margins of society
The urbanisation free-for-all has a social cost, discriminating as it does against those living on the margins of society – the displaced and the urban poor. They lack documentation and legal protections, and, as land values increase, there has been a related rise in forced evictions in a city where those with money and clan backing can act with impunity.
Former Covid czar bragged about sex parties as he ordered New Yorkers to lock down, mask up
The public official in charge of New York City’s response to Covid-19 held sex parties and attended a dance party underneath a Wall Street bank during the height of the pandemic, while during the day he ordered New Yorkers to social distance and mask up.
Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court that grants moderators the greenlight to argue their case
Some of the petitioners argue that their jobs required them to watch horrific content for eight hours a day that overwhelmed many of them while being paid 60,000 Kenyan shillings or $414 a month. They accused Sama of doing little to ensure post-traumatic professional counselling was offered.
Man City’s 115 sins: Five-time EPL champions face punitive penalties for lack of progress in probe
Executives point out the contradiction in City’s public statement, where they said they welcomed the chance to present their irrefutable evidence but, at the same time, the Premier League charges include allegations that the club obstructed the investigation. City, for example, headed to court to question the league’s jurisdiction to investigate it and then once more, this time with the Premier League, to prevent any details from becoming public.
Museveni shuts down Busoga Radio station in replay of Orwellian Ministry of Truth in further curb of Press Freedom
It will be terrible for Uganda today and tomorrow if the shutting down of Busoga One is tied to politics. However, if the President found the Station ethically and morally right but politically wrong, then we should begin to shed tears for Uganda.
UN agency boss Winnie Byanyima warns rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa undermines war against HIV/Aids
If debt payments and stifled budgets are unaddressed in the next three to five years, African countries will be “under-resourced to fund their HIV responses,” according to the UN agency’s report. Further data reveals that “the region’s success in having reduced new HIV infections by 56 per cent since 2010...
Sacked for porn obsession, Wisconsin University chancellor fights to regain top job, project in adult film industry
A University of Wisconsin or UW-La Crosse faculty committee unanimously recommended in July that Gow lose his faculty position, saying he exploited his position to generate more interest and revenue from the videos. University attorneys plan to argue on Friday that he should lose his tenured teaching position because he harmed the university’s reputation and interfered with its mission.
Courting The Hague: Israel’s exploding pagers and walkie-talkies verge on war crimes
Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese Shia group backed by Iran, has been exchanging rocket fire with Israel since October 7, leading to the displacement of tens of thousands in southern Lebanon and Northern Israel. Some estimates hold that more than 600 people have been killed in Lebanon, including more than 130 civilians, over the course of the past year. In Israel, including the annexed Golan Heights, the violence has killed at least 24 soldiers and 26 civilians.
Medical coder in Arizona details how huge ‘financial incentives led hospitals in US to use Covid treatments that killed patients’
Under the Covid-19 hospital protocols, patients “would be on the ventilators for 30 days or more sometimes, which was incredibly rare,” Smith said. “On top of that, they weren’t talking about disconnecting these patients from the ventilator, which should be something they’re talking about within 24 hours, because the longer you’re on, the less likely you are to come off the ventilator.”
