Month: April 2023

Public Service Union Threatens to Move Picket Lines to ‘Strategic Locations’ to Increase Disruption

As the federal public service workers’ strike reaches its sixth day, the union representing the workers said on April 24 that it will move its picket lines to “strategic locations” in order to cause greater disruption to the federal government. “This government seems content to prolong this strike and its impact on Canadians by dragging…


China Seeks to Use WHO Pandemic Treaty to Expand Its Social Credit System Globally: Advocate

According to Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, China seeks to use the WHO‘s proposed amendments and pandemic treaty to expand its social credit system globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing for a pandemic treaty and changes to the current International Health Regulations (IHR) to strengthen its position during medical emergencies….


Pentagon Briefing With Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder

Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a daily news conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 24. …


LIVE NOW: Pentagon Briefing With Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds daily news conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 24. …


Russia Claims to Have Foiled Ukrainian Drone Strike on Key Naval Base in Crimea

Russian defenses thwarted a waterborne drone attack on the Crimean Port of Sevastopol—home to Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet—top Russian officials have claimed. “Today … the Kyiv regime attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet’s base in the city of Sevastopol with three unmanned speedboats,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing for April…


What the Huge Sierra Snowpack Means for Yosemite’s Waterfalls

By Paul Rogers From The Mercury News San Jose—The massive snowpack in the Sierra Nevada this year has transformed California’s most famous park, Yosemite. And the impacts are likely to last all summer, and perhaps even longer. The park’s world-famous waterfalls are thundering now as billions of gallons of melted snow cascade 1,000 feet or…


10,000 Previously Unknown Viruses Found in Babies’ Diapers: Study

A study into the gut microbiota of babies identified 10,000 new viral species on dirty diapers, with scientists saying these previously unknown viruses most likely play an important role in keeping the babies healthy. For their study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark spent five years examining the diapers of 647 healthy one-year-old…


No Wonder You Had Such a Hard Time Making Camping Reservations Last Summer

By John Meyer From The Denver Post Denver—Avid campers are painfully aware of how challenging it has become to secure camping reservations over the past three years. Now we know just how much. Getting a spot was five times harder in 2022 than before the pandemic, according to an annual survey conducted by The Dyrt,…


ANALYSIS: New Climate Justice Policies Will Bring ‘Energy Poverty’ to Americans, Economists Say

News analysis As President Joe Biden issues an executive order for all federal agencies to pursue what he calls “climate justice” and simultaneously advances regulations to force Americans to transition to wind and solar energy and electric vehicles (EVs), critics say that these same policies also foster child labor in Africa, feature enormous wealth transfers…


IN-DEPTH: New Climate Justice Policies Will Bring ‘Energy Poverty’ to Americans, Economists Say

As President Joe Biden issues an executive order for all federal agencies to pursue what he calls “climate justice” and simultaneously advances regulations to force Americans to transition to wind and solar energy and electric vehicles (EVs), critics say that these same policies also foster child labor in Africa, feature enormous wealth transfers from the…