Covid vaccines caused more than 300,000 deaths, $147 billion in economic loss in US in 2022 alone
In the US, Covid-19 vaccines injured 6.6 million people, disabled 1.36 million people, caused more than 300,000 excess deaths and cost the economy an estimated $147 billion in damage – in 2022 alone – according to a new analysis by Humanity Projects, a wing of Portugal-based research firm Phinance Technologies....
Arsenal are in a coronation year and it’s all down to manager Mikel Arteta’s mettle, nous and guile
Streaky 1-0 home wins against Norwich are rarely seismic, but that victory back on September 11, 2021 most definitely was for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta. It was the first of two crossroads moments that have come to define Arteta’s reign. Arsenal had lost their first three Premier League games of...
Man City unveils plans to invest $370 million to expand Etihad Stadium capacity to 61,000
Manchester City are ploughing £300 million ($370 million) of investment into revamping one end of the Etihad Stadium. The plans are centred on adding 7,700 additional seats to the second tier of the North Stand, which will take the capacity to around 61,000. But the redevelopment will also see a...
Al Shabaab’s resilience is helped by a regime fraught with clannism that makes it susceptible to infiltration and sabotage – report
In areas where al Shabaab has not been able to penetrate the locality to establish a threat of violence, its extortion practices are less successful. Businessmen operating solely within Baidoa and Kismayo, for example, have reported rebuffing al Shabaab demands for payment without fear of retribution. This has coincided with...
Report: Dismantling Al Shabaab’s revenue generating infrastructure is key to weakening the militant group
Cutting off al Shabaab’s estimated $100 million in extortion-generated annual revenue will require restoring the integrity of Somalia’s compromised financial, judicial and intelligence agencies. Despite setbacks, al Shabaab remains a resilient and destabilising threat in Somalia. In the past year, it was linked to 2,553 violent events and 6,225 fatalities....
How Africa’s ordinary souls ascend to power, then embrace ‘semi-divine’ tag to stifle political competition
When long-serving, neo-patrimonial leaders in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Zimbabwe and Sudan were forced to step down because of popular and youthful protests in recent years, the era of “presidents for life” in Africa seemed to be ending. Yet, for every such leader who has been forced from power, new ones...
Putin: South Africa faces stern test of arresting sitting president as required by international law
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. Such acts are war crimes under two articles of the Rome Statute, which established the court. ICC arrest warrants against...
Ukrainian revolution put Russian president in crosshairs as he resisted ‘colour-revolution’ scenarios
In 2014 Ukraine’s “revolution of dignity” culminated in the ouster of a Russian-friendly president, Viktor Yanukovych, and this created fear in Moscow. For Russian President Vladimir Putin the revolt in Ukraine hit too close to home. He reacted by annexing Crimea (after a referendum that violated Ukraine’s constitution), while working...
War of Surprises: Ukrainian resistance to Russian invasion has confounded military mavens world over
Some wars acquire names that stick. The Lancaster and York clans fought the War of the Roses from 1455-1485 to claim the British throne. The Hundred Years’ War pitted England against France from 1337-1453. In the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648, many European countries clashed, while Britain and France waged the...
Fed up with being sermonised over online security, China’s TikTok CEO blasts US firms for failing to safeguard Americans’ data
Media coverage United States governments’ policies and political pronouncements point to rising abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. Tell Media and The Defender, Big Brother NewsWatch and NewsGuard bring the latest political and health coverage via excerpts from other news sources. The...
