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Sri Lanka Begs China for Off-Ramp from Belt and Road Debt Trap

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday asked Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to restructure payments for the roughly $5 billion Sri Lanka borrowed from China to build wasteful and unproductive projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Licorice and Slippery Elm Tea Are Best for a Sore Throat

Although you can get a cold throughout the year, most people have a higher risk of the common cold in the winter and spring months.

Winning the War on “Misinformation”

“Free inquiry on a free platform is the only practice that distinguishes a free from a slave society.” Milton Mayer, They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45 When I was little, I had a poster of a raccoon with his paw over a kitten’s mouth saying, “If

South Korea: Businesses Light Up Shops All Night to Protest Virus Curfew

Several small business owners in the South Korean national capital of Seoul left their shop lights on all night on Thursday to protest a state-mandated coronavirus curfew ordering small businesses nationwide, such as cafes and restaurants, to close by 9:00 p.m. each night, South Korea’s Yonhap News

Kazakhstan: Cancel ‘Shoot Without Warning’ Order

(New York) – Kazakhstan should immediately annul any order to security forces to shoot to kill without warning, Human Rights Watch said today.

UAE: State Security Retaliates Against Ahmed Mansoor

(Beirut) – United Arab Emirates authorities retaliated against the detained human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor after July 2021, when regional media published a prison letter he wrote detailing his mistreatment in detention and flagrantly unfair trial, Human Rights Watch and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) said today. An informed

How Do Tyrants Make People Act Against Their Own Interests?

The year is 2021, going on 2022.

Top Tips for a Healthier 2022

The start of a new year is often a good time to take stock and plan out beneficial lifestyle changes.

UK plans to test EVERY school child TWICE this week ….so what happens when you run 7 million lateral flow tests in five days? And are you ready for the “new wave” of “cases” it will likely produce?

New plans, announced before Christmas, will require every secondary school pupil in the UK to take an on-site Covid test when school resumes after the Christmas break. announced before Christmas The government plans, allegedly to “monitor” Covid infection in students, go on to suggest that every child should receive a

9 Reasons to Include Ashwagandha in Your Health Regimen

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an herb that's been used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years.

The Role of Metabolic Health in Better COVID-19 Outcomes

This article was previously published August 23, 2020, and has been updated with new information.

10 Joe Biden 2021 Blunders that Killed the American Energy Renaissance

Joe Biden wasted no time after being sworn in as president in destroying the U.S energy renaissance ushered in during Donald Trump’s presidency which made the country energy independent and a net annual petroleum exporter for the first time since at least 1949. Through regulations, executive orders, and