A study shows that COVID-19 vaccines can make women’s periods last longer, coming months after another paper found the shots are linked to increased menstural bleeding. In a study published Sept. 27 in the British Medical Journal, researchers documented how COVID-19 vaccines can alter menstrual cycles and how long the impact could last. A team…
US Women Win Record 27th Straight Game at World Cup
SYDNEY—There’s been a long legacy of success for the U.S. women’s basketball team at the World Cup. The names change over time, but the results don’t. Kelsey Plum scored 20 points, Chelsea Gray added 16 and the United States routed Bosnia and Herzegovina 121–59 on Tuesday to break the team record for consecutive wins at…
NSW Refusing to Play Ball on Queensland’s Contentious Extra-Territorial Land Tax
September 27, 2022
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New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has ruled out cooperating with Queensland state authorities to help roll out its contentious extra-territorial land tax. In a nation first, the Queensland Labor government’s proposal will calculate the amount of land tax owed by an investor based on their total property holdings across the country, instead of what…
CCP’s Official Diplomatic Statement Translation Can Be Misleading: Study
September 26, 2022
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A new study shows that the official translation of communist China’s diplomatic statements may be sub-optimal and create misunderstandings, potentially leading to poor or even calamitous foreign policy responses. According to Corey Lee Bell, a project and research officer at the University of Technology Sydney’s Australia-China Relations Institute, The People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of…
Fire Breaks out at World’s Largest Produce Market
A fire broke out at a French produce market that supplies Paris and the surrounding region with much of its fresh food. Capt. Marc Le Moine, a spokesman for the Paris fire service, told The Associated Press on Sunday that one was injured. The fire was brought under control and there was no risk of…
Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted full Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked information about the agency’s widespread domestic surveillance operations under the Obama administration. Snowden, 39, fled the United States to Russia in 2013 after he posted secret files that revealed the NSA’s operations. U.S….
Top Pro-Vaccine Doctor Calls for Global Pause of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines
September 26, 2022
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A doctor who promoted COVID-19 vaccines in 2020 and 2021 is now calling for health authorities around the world to pause administration of two of the most-widely utilized COVID-19 vaccines, asserting that the benefits from the vaccines may not outweigh the risks. “There is more than enough evidence—I would say the evidence is overwhelming—to pause…
New Zealand PM Calls for Global Nuclear Disarmament, Condemns Russian Invasion
September 26, 2022
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called for a global ban on nuclear weapons and condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in her statement to the 77th session of the United Nations (U.N.) general assembly. “The only way to guarantee our people that they will be safe from the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons is…
Indigenous Leader Pans ‘Woke’ Corporations for Supporting Change to Australia’s Constitution
September 25, 2022
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Indigenous leader Warren Mundine has criticised Australia’s business community for throwing support behind changing the country’s Constitution to enshrine an “Indigenous Voice to Parliament.” Mundine also said he spoke with many business leaders who admitted they had little understanding of the impact of the “Voice.” “What’s happening in the background is in the business community;…
The ‘Born to Fail’ Era of Entertainment
September 25, 2022
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Commentary “Go Woke, Go Broke” is a Western phenomenon where companies dip their toe into activist waters only to find that fringe ideologies do not represent their customer base. As a result, customers stop buying their products and the whole thing ends in awkward apologies and a shiny new marketing campaign. Think “men are bad,…
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