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Clara Steitz

Report: Google Ranks Chinese Propaganda Highly in Searches of Political Topics

According to a recent study, Google and YouTube rank Chinese stage propaganda outlets highly in searches relating to political issues — including the denial of the genocide of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China. The New York Post reports that Google and YouTube have been giving high rankings to

Dr Vernon Coleman: ‘Monkeypox should be called Money Pox’

A lot of nonsense is being talked about monkeypox which is the hypochondriac’s disease of the moment – even more popular than ‘long covid’. Given the amount of money that the drug companies seem likely to make from it, the disease should be renamed moneypox. Let’s not lose touch…

How Loud Noises Can Lead to Heart Attacks

Pollution comes in several different forms.

Poll: Americans Mixed on Support for Safe, Clean Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power is one of the cleanest domestic sources of energy, and despite very rare accidents also one of the safest.

Moldova: Romani Refugees from Ukraine Face Segregation

(Berlin) – Moldovan authorities are deliberately housing most Romani refugees separately from others fleeing the war in Ukraine, in a manner that constitutes unequal and discriminatory treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. Amid pervasive discriminatory attitudes toward Roma, government authorities have permitted and, in some cases, directed staff and volunteers to

Microplastics From Masks Found Deep in Lungs of the Living

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Tiny bits of plastic about the size of a sesame seed or smaller are everywhere.

Top Tips to Ease Back Pain

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published January 8, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

UK Backs Plan to Escort Grain Ships Past Russia's Ukraine Blockade

The United Kingdom supports a proposal by Lithuania to recruit an international fleet of naval warships to break the Russian blockade of Ukraine which is preventing the export of huge amounts of grain to the rest of the world. Millions of tons of grain are stuck inside Ukraine and without

Exclusive: Louie Gohmert, Conservatives Urge Congress to Strip Amnesty, Wokeness, Climate from Weak Anti-China Bill

Global Food Crisis: EU Slammed Over Lack of Food Self-Sustainability

In the midst of a global food crisis, a report from environmental org the WWF has slammed the EU for its lack of food self-sustainability.

Myanmar: Japan-Trained Officer Among Abusive Forces

(Tokyo) – A Myanmar air force lieutenant colonel who received military training in Japan is deployed with forces that have been implicated in serious abuses in Myanmar’s central Magway Region, Human Rights Watch and Justice For Myanmar said today. The Japanese government should immediately halt its training program and investigate

This Week in the New Normal #31

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1.Google Health researching surveillance and AI This week it was reported that Google Health (which is apparently a thing)

Somalia: US Redeployment Should Stress Civilian Protection

(Nairobi) – The reported United States decision to redeploy several hundred US troops in Somalia, as part of a joint operation with the Somali government and African Union forces, should make civilian protection a priority. Previous US military operations in Somalia resulted in the loss of life and property to Somali