Media fact-check of claims linking Covid vaccines to cancer deaths results in retraction of peer-reviewed study
The researchers found a 2.1 per cent mortality increase in 2021 and a 9.6 per cent increase In 2022. They determined that age-adjusted death rates for leukemia, breast, pancreatic and lip/oral/pharyngeal cancers increased significantly in 2022 after a large portion of the Japanese population had received the third dose of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine.
Wealthy nations say debt crisis risk that overshadowed global economy for four years is receding
The Paris Club, made of 22 official creditor nations, said the return of Sub-Saharan African countries to Eurobond markets this year, a stabilisation in low-income country debt levels and a potential peak in global interest rates gave cause of optimism.
WikiLeaks founder, press freedom campaigner Julian Assange freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge
Julian Assange left Belmarsh prison in the UK on Monday before being bailed by the UK High Court and boarding a flight that afternoon, Wikileaks said in a statement posted on social media platform X.
UN trade agency report shows global FDI to developing countries has dropped again
According to UNCTAD, the decrease was primarily due to rising geopolitical tensions and concerns over “greenwashing”, a marketing practice to make things seem more environmentally friendly than they actually are.
How rigid asylum rules and inhuman handling of migrants are pushing people north to UK
Europe’s increasingly strict asylum rules, growing xenophobia and hostile treatment of migrants were pushing them north. While the UK government has been hostile, too, many migrants have family or friends in the UK and a perception they will have more opportunities there.
Kenyan, Somali presidents present as Western leaders refocus on Ukraine-vs-Russia war
Experts say they’ll be looking at the wording of any outcome document and plans for the way forward. Swiss officials, aware of Russia’s reticence about the conference, have repeatedly said they hope Russia can join the process one day, as do Ukrainian officials.
China keeps off as world leaders join Ukraine summit in Zurich in test of Kyiv’s diplomatic clout
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow – demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.
Brute violence against children earns Sudan, Congo, Haiti and East Asia spots on UN blacklist
The report for the first time put both Israeli forces and Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants on the blacklist for violating children’s rights in 2023 during Hamas’ October 7 surprise invasion of southern Israel and its massive military retaliation in Gaza that is ongoing.
Revealed: While the US trains African coup leaders, it’s quick to blame Russia for bloody coups on the continent
The total number of US-trained mutineers across Africa since 9/11 may be far higher than is known, but the State Department, which tracks data on US trainees, is either unwilling or unable to supply it.
By using dollar as the currency of political and economic sanctions US dares world to find an alternative
Over the past three weeks, I have been asking financial services executives, global investors and other experts in Asia and the United States how long they think the Americans can keep at it without meaningful blowback. Several of the sources requested anonymity to speak candidly about the situation.
