Sabotage suspected as Germany’s Qatar World Cup dream is shattered by minnows Costa Rica
Germany stars suffered humiliation again failing to make it out of the group stages at a second successive World Cup. Hansi Flick’s side were highly-fancied to progress from a group that included Spain, Costa Rica and Japan – but found themselves packing their bags on a night of controversy in...
World Cup: Grudge tie on the cards as Ghana and Uruguay tough it out for spot in group of 16
It’s a grudge match that has been 12 years in the making. And just like at the 2010 World Cup, one of these nations will be going home. That year in South Africa, Luis Suarez’s outrageous, blatant, 120th-minute handball denied Ghana a last-gasp winner with a spot in the semi-final...
Limited resources and rising security threats are forcing Africa to adopt drone technology for maritime surveillance
The growing sophistication and affordability of unmanned systems could ease Africa’s shortage of maritime security resources. On October 29, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The flagship of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet, Admiral...
Against backdrop of mistrust, Sharm el Sheikh climate meet made some progress on carbon emissions
Things didn’t look particularly good at the start of COP27. The word on everyone’s lips was “trust” – specifically, the lack of it. Since the last UN climate meeting, many rich nations hadn’t made good on their emissions pledges. Meanwhile, poor nations arrived angry at past failures to put their...
US politics: If you want an election issue, prioritise how an overheated planet will affect our children
Here’s the news on climate emergency in a nutshell: it’s only going to get precipitously (as in going off the edge of a cliff) worse, especially if humanity doesn’t take collective action in the coming years to bring the burning of fossil fuels under far greater control, while increasing the...
Future heatwave: When will climate change become the crucial issue in American elections?
Believe me, it’s strange to be an old man and feel like you’re living on a new planet. On November 7, the day before the midterm elections, I took my usual afternoon walk in New York City and I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt! That was a first for me....
Vaccine fraud: Pfizer’s six-month results show 4 times greater risk of cardiac arrest in vaccinated participants
There was a substantial decrease in Covid-19 deaths in the eldest age group (85+) in Massachusetts that cannot not be plausibly explained. The paradoxical drop in deaths in the most elderly (85+) is best explained by the substantial jump in deaths from the previous year in that age group. SARS-CoV-2...
Covid fraud: Evidence from death certificates in Massachusetts suggest vaccines may have killed more people
Death certificates in Massachusetts, US, suggest high mortality may have been caused by Covid vaccines In this article, I highlight the work of independent investigator John Beaudoin Sr, who analysed nearly seven years of Massachusetts death certificates he obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Beaudoin’s findings demonstrate...
Qatar World Cup: Brazil’s stylish win against Serbia sends strong warning to dreamers of glory
The man who can’t get a start at Spurs showed exactly why it is he, not Neymar, who is the golden boy of Brazil to so many with an opening-game double. When you consider Neymar, Vinicius junior – remember him, Liverpool fans? – and Raphinha could have finished with at...
Hate or love it, processed food is here to stay if the world is going to feed 8 billion people
The stigma against processed food is growing, but there’s no way to sustainably feed eight billion people without it. Say “processed food” and most of us picture unhealthy, cheap junk. Fresh food straight from the garden or the field is good. Once we’ve put it through a processing plant or...
