Questions and Answers: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

On June 12, 2026, the European Union Migration and Asylum Pact will become fully applicable. The Pact is a set of 10 pieces of binding legislation, adopted in 2024, that overhauls how the EU manages its borders, processes asylum application

DR Congo: Rwanda, M23 Forcibly Recruit, Detain Thousands

(Nairobi) – Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group carried out a campaign of forced recruitment and abusive detention of thousands of captured combatants and civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch sai

Advanced Alzheimer’s successfully treated with psilocybin, a recent case study says

Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound found in over 200 species of fungi collectively known as “magic mushrooms.” It functions as a prodrug, meaning it is biologically inactive until ingested, at which point the body rapidly converts

Swedish police assault independent journalists at NATO summit

On 21 May, during the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, two independent journalists from Frihetsnytt (Freedom News) who were carrying officially registered press credentials were assaulted by police in a public place. T

From the day we are born, our health is determined by our gut

Your immune system and gut microbiome share a symbiotic relationship and your immune function is largely dependent on the state of your gut. More than 99% of your genes come from microbes, not your chromosomes. The best predictor of future

The Islamist regime in Iran is an existential threat to neighbouring Arab states

If you turn on British left-wing television, all you will hear is how Israel and the United States are attacking Iran.  The Islamic Republic of Iran, if Channel 4 et al. are to be believed, is an innocent victim.  But this is not true. The

Bot and AI overtake human-generated web traffic for the first time; we are in the age of the “Dead Internet”

According to data from Cloudflare, automated bot and AI agent traffic has surpassed human-generated web traffic for the first time in history, with 57.4 per cent of requests to websites it hosts being automated bot requests, while only 42.6

Hantavirus: Did WHO cause more people to become ill by not letting passengers off the MV Hondius earlier?

Hantavirus does not transmit from one human to another, not even the Andes strain that was said to be the cause of the outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The most likely cause of the outbreak was a rodent onboard the ship. “The failure

Outspoken Critic of Mali’s Junta Still Missing a Month On

A month has passed since the May 2 abduction of prominent Malian lawyer and government critic Mountaga Tall. His whereabouts remain unknown, raising fears that he was forcibly disappeared. Unidentified gunmen stormed Tall’s home in the capi

Tony Blair’s comeback will fail

Once political ideas fail, they don’t get second chances. Communism has been tried. It won’t come back. Nor will Tony Blair’s idea of a “radical center”. It was the great political and economic philosophy of the age of globalization. As tha

Mobile phones are addictive; why do we get such a kick out of using our phones?

A 72-hour break from cell phones (aka mobile phones) triggered increased cravings in study participants; brain scans showed heightened activity in reward centres when shown phone images. Cell phones stimulate your brain’s pleasure centre si

Bill Gates-funded project in Colombia releases 30 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes per week

Last year, the government of Burkina Faso terminated the Target Malaria project, a research initiative funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, due to biosafety risks, low impact and scientific sovereignty concerns. Target Mala

Trump's War on Native America in the Shadow of Hormuz

One might be forgiven for assuming that when President Donald Trump is busy throwing American power around elsewhere on the planet — he would have less time to wreck his own country. As US strike groups are ploughing the Caribbean, and Amer

Climate change in Europe must be treated as an “international public health emergency,” WHO’s European branch says

In a ‘Call to Action’ published on 17 May, the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, a body convened by WHO Europe, urged governments to formally have WHO declare climate change a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (“