Leaked sensitive Pentagon documents reveal secrets of US spying on Ukraine, South Korea and Israel
There is increasing evidence that the leak was not an intelligence operation by a state actor aiming to discredit the US, but more likely the consequence of a Pentagon policy of granting top secret security clearances to huge numbers of service members, civilians and contractors.
How US is hurtling at breakneck speed out of Forever War era and into age of Eternal War
In Ukraine, as each week passes, the United States only seems to ramp up its commitment to war with Russia, moving the slim line of proxy warfare ever closer to a head-to-head confrontation between the planet’s two great military powers.
Gun violence rocks Kentucky as man shoots dead 4 people, wounds 9 raising shootings in US this year to 146
The shooter was a current or former employee of the bank, Paul Humphrey, a Louisville Metro Police Department deputy chief, told reporters.
War in Yemen winds down with complete absence of US role as China parades influence
The war in Yemen looks like it’s coming to an end. US media reported on Thursday that a ceasefire extending through 2023 had been agreed to, but those reports also included Houthi denials. On Friday, Al Mayadeen, a generally pro-Houthi Lebanese news outlet, reported optimism from the Houthi side that...
Human rights activist and scion of the Kennedy family Robert F. Kennedy plots to succeed Biden
Human rights activists and a member of a prominent family in American politics Robert F Kennedy Jr is on course to seeking Democratic Party nomination to succeed President Joe Biden in 1924 elections. Kennedy, founder of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), on Wednesday moved a step closer to seeking the Democratic...
Fast food chain Krispy Kreme accused of using US health sector as branding opportunity for addictive and toxic foods
Does getting a medical procedure at a fast-food restaurant seem strange to you? It didn’t bother the California Department of Health, which also teamed up with McDonald’s to offer pop-up Covid-19 shot clinics at more than 70 locations in the state. “People who receive a vaccine at McDonald’s will also...
Fast food chain McDonald’s and public health are strange bedfellows but teamed up to make Covid worse
McDonald’s and “public health” don’t even belong in the same sentence, but this didn’t stop the US Department of Health and Human Services from enlisting the fast food giant to promote its Cvid-19 public health education campaign. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enlisted McDonald’s to promote...
Beware! That drop of water from your tap carries load of ‘forever chemicals’ that’s killing millions
Following years of concern, the US Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to clean up drinking water, announcing the nation’s first standards for six “forever chemicals” found in tap water. It’s a foreboding and informal name for human-made chemicals that coat non-stick pans, food packaging and waterproof clothes before ending...
Refugee protection system in US, world is founded colonial and racist; can’t let the displaced lead policy conversations
As the first and only female CEO of an international refugee rights organisation with lived experience of forced displacement, I am painfully aware that colonialism and white supremacy are central to the formation and functioning of the global refugee protection system. Having to continually prove this obvious fact is exhausting,...
Covid vaccine scandal: How US taxpayers unwittingly finance growth and power of Twitter’s ‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’
The latest “Twitter files,” published on Thursday last week by investigative journalist Matt Taibbi reveal how the federal government weaponised private companies, taxpayer-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – and even commercial news media – to target social media accounts disseminating content that ran counter to official narratives. The files – dubbed...
