Ping pong: How China’s scramble to link US Army to the origin and spread of Covid stirred US propaganda machine
Health workers and the government struggled to get Filipinos vaccinated against Covid-19, despite mobile sites like this one, operating in May 2021 in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. At that time, the Philippines had one of the worst inoculation rates in Southeast Asia. The primary vaccine available then was Sinovac. Credit: Reuters
As Covid killed millions US secret services – CIA and FBI – ran an anti-vaccine propaganda to discredit China
The US military launched a clandestine program amid the Covid crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.
Man jailed for January 6 riots on Capitol Hill leads pro-Trump armed national militia from prison
Lang is working with a network of election deniers and conspiracists to promote the North American Patriot and Liberty Militia or Napalm for short. The group officially launched last week with 50 state-specific militia groups on Telegram.
Congress probe unearths how US former director of health hatched plans to engineer monkeypox virus capable of killing millions
A new interim report describes the obstruction and secrecy around the mpox proposal as a case study of how the institute “oversees and accounts for the monitoring of potentially dangerous gain-of-function research of concern.”
Birth of rare white buffalo in Dakota rekindles ancient religion and prophecy of better times among American Indians
The birth of the sacred calf comes as after a severe winter in 2023 drove thousands of Yellowstone buffalo, also known as bison, to lower elevations. More than 1,500 were killed, sent to slaughter or transferred to tribes seeking to reclaim stewardship over an animal their ancestors lived alongside for millennia.
As Hunter Biden awaits sentencing after conviction of gun offences, there’s a chance he won’t be jailed
In the federal system, first-time offenders don’t get anywhere near the maximum sentence. Federal sentencing guidelines, which judges use as they weigh punishments for defendants, are expected to recommend a far lighter punishment. And judges aren’t bound by the guidelines, so she could decide not to send him to prison at all. Other options include probation or home detention.
Rising Christian nationalism in Republican party forces Democrats step up bid to stop Trump’s White House quest
The Democratic-led taskforce comes as groups on and off Capitol Hill are increasingly alarmed over Project 2025, a sweeping blueprint from the conservative Heritage Foundation that is preparing to quickly help staff a new GOP administration with plans for dismantling aspects of the federal government and installing loyalists for a second Trump term.
US court finds Hunter Biden guilty of lying about drug use to buy gun as president says he won’t pardon son
Some 61 per cent of registered voters responding to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in February said Hunter Biden’s legal troubles would have no impact on whether they voted for his father in November. The poll showed voters divided over whether Hunter Biden’s legal troubles were related to his father’s service as president.
Divine quest: Kenya’s President Ruto, wife Rachel turn to evangelical pastors to intercede in Haiti mission
Not everyone is convinced by the Kenyan pastors’ strategy. Evangelicals themselves have a complex history in Haiti, where they have poured resources into humanitarian projects but also faced criticism for ethical scandals, including alleged child trafficking by some missionaries after a devastating 2010 earthquake, and for preaching intolerance of local spiritual practices.
Mass murder: Vaccinated coronavirus patients died at twice the rate of the unvaccinated – study
A review article published in the journal Vaccine in January discussed the potential role of IgG4 antibodies in the non-specific effects (NSEs) of vaccines. The authors noted that people who received two or more Covid-19 mRNA vaccines were reported to have unusually elevated concentrations of IgG4 antibodies.
