USA

As US renews support for Saudi war in Yemen, civilian death toll nearly doubles

Feb 21, 2022 12:14

By supporting the Saudis and UAE, President Biden not only has abandoned promises he made after first taking office in January 2021, but is also fueling the war and aggravating Yemen`s retaliation against its aggressors.
Documents reveal US gov’t spent $22m promoting anti-Russia narrative in Ukraine and abroad (1)

Feb 21, 2022 12:03

The National Endowment for Democracy can claim it is in the business of democracy promotion. In reality, it does anything but that, unless “democracy” is entirely synonymous with elite U.S. interests.
Biden issues more gas and oil drilling permits than Trump in his first year

Feb 20, 2022 14:27

In the Gulf of Mexico, still recovering from an estimated 134 million gallons of oil spilled by BP in 2010, the Biden administration has leased record-breaking off-shore drilling rights to 33 gas and oil companies including Exxon-Mobil, BP, Shell, and Chevron.
Biden’s pandemic testing board has done little to nothing since its creation

Feb 20, 2022 14:25

In October, White House officials reportedly disregarded a proposal from testing experts to send rapid tests directly to Americans in anticipation of a COVID-19 spike during the holidays.
US is effectively stealing billions from a nation ravaged by a US-initiated war

Feb 20, 2022 14:16

The Biden administration is threatening the well-being of millions of Afghans, while also undermining the ability of civil society organizations to respond to the crisis.
Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant in US – then CO2 emissions soared

Feb 20, 2022 06:37

Critics say the enormous electricity consumption needed to sustain cryptocurrency is fueling the climate crisis and now threatens a partial resurrection of coal in the US.
Massive folly: Biden’s 2023 defense budget could top $800 billion

Feb 20, 2022 06:29

Sources in the Pentagon have told Reuters that the Biden administration is poised to propose a budget for national defense that could top $800 billion for FY 2023, an enormous sum that far exceeds the levels reached at the peaks of the Korean and Vietnam wars or during the Reagan buildup of the 1980s.
Study finds COVID infection increases risk of mental health disorders

Feb 19, 2022 12:50

The long-term effects of having COVID are still being discovered, and among them is an increased chance of being diagnosed with mental health disorders.
Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case

Feb 19, 2022 12:36

Massive study shows a long-term, substantial rise in risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to an article published in the Nature.
Desperate attempts of rootless regimes to avert the inevitable

Feb 18, 2022 14:57

A similar fate awaits illegal Zionist regime in spite of its arsenal of nuclear warheads and over-militarization by the US, which will not be able to guarantee for long the existence of the Zionist entity in the face of the iron resolve of the Palestinian people and the rest of the Ummah for liberation of Bayt al-Moqaddas.