Doctors query Gates-funded self-amplifying bird flu vaccine, term it ‘disaster waiting to happen’
According to Karl Jablonowski, senior research scientist at Children’s Health Defence, “Arcturus’ self-replication platform has all the hazards of the other synthetic modified mRNA wrapped in a lipid nanoparticle, just much worse.
How 1,000 days of Ukraine conflict demonstrate ‘modern war is a confrontation of technologies’
Both Ukraine and Russia are on track to make around 1.5 million drones this year, mostly small “first-person view” vehicles that cost a few hundred dollars apiece and can be piloted remotely to identify and attack enemy targets.
Biden gives Ukraine thumbs up to use US-made longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s reaction Sunday was notably restrained. Zelenskyy and many of his Western supporters have been pressing Biden for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets deeper inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles, saying the US ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
Debts: Kamala Harris raises $1 billion-plus in defeat, still sends appeals to donors for more
Internally, the apparent cash crunch is being blamed for the campaign’s decision to stop paying many senior staff as of Saturday, even those initially told they would be paid through the end of the year. Facing internal frustration, the campaign notified those affected in recent days that their health insurance would be covered through the end of the year, according to one person with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal discussions.
War on terror: Abu Ghraib detainees awarded $42m in torture trial against US defence contractor
The case was filed 16 years ago but got caught up in procedural hurdles, as CACI tried more than 20 times to dismiss the lawsuit. November’s case was a retrial; in an initial trial in April, jurors were deadlocked following more than a week of deliberations.
Wary of erratic Trump, China’s Xi cautions US at meeting with President Biden to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable
Xi, who is firmly entrenched atop China’s political hierarchy, spoke forcefully in his brief remarks before reporters. Biden, who is winding down more than 50 years of public service, talked in broader brushstrokes about where the relationship between the two countries has gone. He reflected not just on the past four years but on the decades the two have known each other.
Celebrated ‘Soweto’ movie star Whoopi Goldberg gets the flak for alleging NYC bakery rejected her order over politics
The flap started on Wednesday when Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on the ABC talk-show by sharing a tray of Charlotte Russe – small sponge cakes topped with whipped cream and a cherry that she said were her mother’s favourite dessert when she was growing up.
Disquiet as Trump’s pro-Israel cabinet nominations upset Muslims who voted for him
Several Muslim and Arab supporters of Trump said they hoped Richard Grenell, Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, would play a key role after he led months of outreach to Muslim and Arab American communities, and was even introduced as a potential next secretary of state at events.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te meeting with Biden riles Beijing ahead of US president’s meeting with China’s Xi in Peru
At the same time, Beijing’s economy is taking a stiff hit from Biden’s steps on trade, including a plan to restrict US investment in Chinese artificial intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductors and export restrictions on high-end computer chips. All of those topics are expected to figure into the talks, US officials said.
Raped and impregnated by IS fighters, thousands of Yazidi women abandon children when rescued
Yazidi captives are often too afraid to seek help, four survivors said. Rafida Naif, a 26-year-old Yazidi woman, spent 20 months at al-Hol. She said she feared she would be killed if she identified herself to guards and wasn’t immediately removed from the IS family she was with. When the family would hear a vehicle approaching their tent, she said, they would hide her in a hole and cover it with cardboard or bedding.
