Medics warn of huge Covid surge currently as daily infections in America rise to two million
Seemingly everyone has come down with at least one bout of illness this winter: sniffles that theoretically pass as “just some bug” if you don’t test for Covid. But there’s a solid chance, with or without a test, that those sniffles were Covid after all. We’re in the midst of...
US consumers group sues Starbucks over human rights abuses on tea and coffee farms in Kenya, Brazil
US National Consumers League said in its lawsuit Starbucks has continued using suppliers after abuses were uncovered, and even certified them as ethical according to purported standards it developed itself.
Federal judge in Alabama, US, allows first nitrogen gas execution for murder convict to go on
United Nations experts warned last week that what would be the first instance anywhere in the world of an execution using inert-gas asphyxiation would likely violate an international treaty against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.
US, UK forces repel ‘largest attack’ by Houthis as German and Holland skip Red Sea shipping channel
US Central Command said no injuries nor damage were reported, adding that this was the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since November 19.
Why Sahel is attracting France, Russia, China and US, and a part of Africa to watch in 2024
Russia has openly backed military regimes in Mali and Burkina Faso and warned against any military intervention in Niger when the military took power. Furthermore, the Wagner group, the controversial private military company which is controlled by Russia, cooperates with some countries in the Sahel.
Key player in Covid origin and vaccine scandals resort to ‘I don’t recall’ to evade questions in pandemic probe
Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois and a bioweapons expert who drafted the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, told The Defender Fauci should be prosecuted.
Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said the 13 people arrested will be charged with terrorism. It tweeted that it will present the charges in coming hours. Ecuadorian law establishes a penalty of up to 13 years in prison for anyone convicted of terrorism.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ackman backs bid by dissidents for Harvard board seats
Ackman has criticised Harvard for not doing enough to protect its students from antisemitism incidents in the wake of the October attack by the militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Israel and subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza, as well as for the university’s adoption of diversity and inclusion programs he argues stifle meritocracy.
Washington appeals court judges sceptical of Trump’s immunity claim in ballot subversion case
With the Republican state-by-state presidential nominating contest due to kick off next week, Trump used the hearing as an opportunity to claim he is the victim of political persecution. In a video posted to social media ahead of the hearing, Trump said he could prosecute Democratic President Joe Biden if he wins the November presidential election.
Wuhan lab’s ‘Bat Lady’ Shi Zhengli met x-US health director Fauci at NIH in 2017, emails reveal
By December 2017, NIH had resumed funding for gain-of-function research that generates new viruses in the lab following a three-year pause and debate about the possibility that such research could cause a pandemic.
