Americans Who Want to Do Business in China Need to Meet This Man
2024-10-25
He Lifeng has a direct line to President Xi Jinping and is a gatekeeper to the world’s second-largest economy…Continue Reading
Pentagon denies false claim that Biden-Harris admin authorized troops to use force against Americans
2024-10-25
The Pentagon says a recently-update directive does not give it authorization “to use lethal force against U.S. citizens or people located inside the United States…Continue Reading
‘Permitting Reform’ Threatens Environmental Justice
2024-10-25
We need policies that move us toward a future where environmental protection and justice go hand in hand, not legislation that threatens decades worth of progress.Continue Reading
Venezuelan opposition activist found dead after detention: Political party
2024-10-25
The Voluntad Popular party blames the Maduro government for death of co-founder Edwin Santos., The Voluntad Popular party blames the Maduro government for death of co-founder Edwin Santos. A Venezuelan opposition leader has been found dead after being taken into state custody, according to his political party. Voluntad Popular (PopularContinue Reading
Biden apologises for ‘sin’ of Indigenous boarding school abuses
2024-10-25
Forced assimilation policy is a ‘sin on our soul’, said Biden in first-ever visit to Native American country., United States President Joe Biden has issued a formal apology to Native Americans for the government’s role in separating Indigenous children from their parents and forcing them into abusive boarding schools. BidenContinue Reading
Headlines for October 25, 2024
2024-10-25
“A Major Massacre” in Jabaliya; Israeli Forces Raid Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza, Killing Patients, Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon, BRICS Alliance Expands to Include 13 New Members, Tropical Storm Trami Spawns Deadly Mudslides in Philippines, U.N. Report Says World Could See 3.1°C Warming by 2100Continue Reading
WisdomTree Hit with $4 Million Penalty for Misleading Investors on Fossil Fuel Holdings
2024-10-25
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week fired a shot over the bow at Wall Street companies that promise to help investors avoid putting their money into fossil fuels and tobacco — but steer funds towards those companies anyway. In a little-noticed settlement, the SEC fined investment adviser WisdomTreeContinue Reading
Researchers complete the largest compilation of cancer prevalence across vertebrates
2024-10-25
For all its pervasiveness and the efforts to study it, cancer is still somewhat of a mystery. Why do some animals get it at a higher rate than others? This is the question at the heart of Peto’s paradox, the observation that large animals, by virtue of their number ofContinue Reading
‘Queer Eye’ Drops Season 9 First Look – Release Date, Jeremiah Brent, and More!
2024-10-25
Get ready for high-stakes makeovers and big heart in the city that never sleeps. Netflix’s Queer Eye is back with a brand-new twist as the Fab Five bring their signature magic to Las Vegas in Season 9, premiering on December 11, 2024. With Vegas as the ultimate backdrop for reinvention,Continue Reading
Behind the US-Backed Coup That Halted Guatemala’s ‘Ten Years of Spring’
2024-10-25
The intertwined anniversaries this year of Guatemala’s 1944 Revolution and the 1954 coup that ended it provide an essential lens for understanding both Guatemala’s history and U.S. geopolitical strategies in Latin America and the Global South more broadly. The “Ten Years of Spring” (1944-1954) was a brief period of reformsContinue Reading
Study: Roundup Has Ramped Up the Danger
2024-10-25
Roundup isn’t just bad; it’s getting worse. A new report from Friends of the Earth (FOTE) claims that the world’s most widely used commercial pesticide has become 45 times more dangerous to people and the environment. The findings come after years of litigation that had presumably forced Bayer to removeContinue Reading
Zelenskyy: North Korean troops will join Russia’s war against Ukraine on 27-28 October
2024-10-25
On 25 October, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on his Telegram channel that Russia will deploy its first North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine on 27-28 October, referring to military intelligence. North Korea has supplied Russia with artillery, missiles, and munitions for its war in Ukraine. Reports fromContinue Reading
Russo-Ukrainian War, day 975: Russian forces suffer record casualty rates as North Korean troops move towards the frontline
2024-10-25
Exclusives Ukrainian sappers race against the world’s largest minefield. Deep in Ukraine’s south, Ukrainian sappers face deadly mathematics: 3,000 deminers against 180,000 square kilometers of mine-riddled territory, with Russian forces adding more nightly. Scholz: No immediate NATO invitation for Ukraine during wartime, supplying Tauruses “wrong”. The German Chancellor reiterated hisContinue Reading