USA

‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics

May 01, 2022 11:21

‘Zoonotic spillovers’ or the transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans, expected to rise with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over next 50 years.
Global military spending tops $2 trillion for first time in history

Apr 30, 2022 15:20

Global military expenditures surpassed $2 trillion for the first time ever last year, with the United States spending more on its war-making capacity than the next nine nations combined, according to new data published recently.
Boris Johnson, just like Richard Nixon, will be brought down by vanity

Apr 30, 2022 15:16

Boris Johnson’s Tories, like Nixon’s Republicans, have become synonymous with falsehood and corruption.
Joe Biden detained tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the last year (2)

Apr 30, 2022 15:05

The US president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
Jared Kushner sold out to Saudis for $2 billion and nobody seems to care

Apr 30, 2022 04:26

After President John F. Kennedy appointed his brother as Attorney General, Republicans freaked out and passed an anti-nepotism law against presidents hiring family members.
Saudis’ Biden snub suggests crown prince still banking on Trump’s return

Apr 29, 2022 03:36

Refusal to help US impede Russia's special operation in Ukraine and $2bn investment in Jared Kushner fund signal Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s displeasure with Donald Trump’s successor.
Coalition demands end to US military support for Saudi-led war on Yemen

Apr 28, 2022 05:08

More than five dozen advocacy groups have pressured Congress to cut off U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war and blockade on Yemen, highlighting that it "has helped cause the deaths of nearly half a million people and pushed millions more to the edge of starvation."
The shameful US nuclear history in the Marshall Islands

Apr 28, 2022 05:03

From 1946 to 1958, the United States detonated sixty-seven nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands, destroying entire islands and causing serious health problems for local residents, including cancer.
Joe Biden detained tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the last year (1)

Apr 27, 2022 18:59

The US president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
Canada is a sick society for as long as it supports Israeli regime terror

Apr 25, 2022 11:03

Seeing the Canadian government’s response to what’s been happening in Palestine these last few weeks confirms that: Canadians do live in a sick society.