Tag: International

Alex Jones Warns of AI and Genetic Engineering in Best-Selling Book ‘The Great Reset’

Alex Jones’s new book “The Great Reset” has made it to several top-selling lists, despite a steady stream of recent news about lawsuits targeting him that put the beleaguered radio and TV host in a negative light. The book was published on Aug. 30. During its first week, it hit #2 in The Wall Street Journal,…


Pfizer Exec Concedes COVID-19 Vaccine Was Not Tested on Preventing Transmission Before Release

A Pfizer executive said Monday that neither she nor other Pfizer officials knew whether its COVID-19 vaccine would stop transmission before entering the market last year. Member of the European Parliament, Rob Roos, asked during a session: “Was the Pfizer COVID vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market? Did…


More Than 1,300 Fans Banned From World Cup by UK Home Office

More than 1,300 fans from England and Wales with banning orders will not be allowed to travel to Qatar for this year’s World Cup, the UK’s Home Office has said. The new measures, which come into effect from Friday, prevent supporters with a history of soccer-related violence from making the trip to the sport’s showpiece…


UNDP Warns Over 50 Percent of World’s Poorest Need Urgent Relief as Serious Debt Crisis Unfolds

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday warned that a serious debt crisis is looming that could have disastrous effects on the world’s poorest. In a new report titled “Avoiding ‘Too Little, Too Late’ on International Debt Relief,” the UNDP estimated that 50 percent of the world’s poorest people urgently need debt relief to avert…


‘Historic’ Deal Struck Between Israel and Lebanon Resolving Maritime Dispute

Israel and Lebanon have reached a U.S.-mediated agreement settling a long-running maritime border dispute and delineating the two countries’ economic waters in the Mediterranean Sea. The deal, which has the potential to unlock additional natural gas production in the Mediterranean at a time of global energy flow disruptions, was finalized on Oct. 11, according to…


UK Votes Against UN Racism and Slavery Reparations Resolution

The United Kingdom has voted against a resolution from the United Nations Human Rights Council to pay reparations from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. On Friday, a resolution titled “From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” was tabled before a 47-strong U.N. Human Rights Council…


Julian Assange Tests Positive for COVID-19, Locked in Cell for 24 Hours a Day: Wife

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has tested positive for COVID-19, his wife Stella Assange confirmed on Monday, adding that she is concerned for his health. “Julian was feeling unwell last week but started feeling sick on Friday,” Stella Assange told the PA news agency. “He started coughing and had a fever. He was given some paracetamol. He tested positive for COVID…


Global NGOs Reject Authoritarian Regimes’ Bids for UN Human Rights Posts

Non-governmental groups have called on United Nations member states to oppose the admission of Afghanistan, Algeria, Sudan, Venezuela, and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), citing “problematic” human rights records. The U.N. General Assembly will hold elections for 14 new council members on Tuesday. A joint NGO report [pdf] released on Oct. 3 drew…


Pill That Cuts Down Cow Flatulence, Belching Hits Global Market

A pill designed to cut down flatulence and belching from cows is now being sold around the world as part of the global push to reduce emissions, according to Australia’s CSIRO. Scientists have blamed the livestock industry for being the number one agricultural source of emissions, accounting for an estimated 14.5 percent of global greenhouse…


Almost 500 Whales Die in Two Mass Strandings in Remote Chatham Islands

Almost 500 pilot whales have become beached on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands over two mass strandings, with an expected survival rate of zero. Project Jonah, which specialises in the protection and conservation of marine mammals, reported that a second mass stranding of about 250 pilot whales had occurred on Pitt Island on Oct. 10….