Farmers Snub Government, Continue to Protest EU Green Agenda
Farmers protesting the EU’s green agenda in the Netherlands have turned down a meeting with their country’s government over poor terms.
Dan Simmer
Afghanistan: Taliban Execute, ‘Disappear’ Alleged Militants
(New York) – Taliban security forces have summarily executed and forcibly disappeared alleged members and supporters of an Islamic State offshoot in eastern Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.
Indonesia: Make Draft Criminal Code Public
(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government should release the latest draft of the proposed criminal code to ensure a full and informed public discussion of its provisions, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Cost of Speaking Up in Rwanda
The UK’s decision to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and the much-awaited Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which took place in the capital Kigali in June, have triggered much-needed scrutiny of Rwanda.
The legal challenge against deportations, set to be heard in the UK courts this month, presents another
More Evidence Vitamin D Is Effective in Preventing COVID-19
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that vitamin D played an important role and could help reduce incidence of positive tests, infection severity and
the risk of hospitalization and death. The evidence of benefit was so clear, I published a scientific review in the journal
How the Media Secretly Carries Out Assignments for the CIA
STORY AT-A-GLANCE The June 21, 2022, Grayzone article, “British Security State Collaborator Paul Mason's War on ‘Rogue Academics' Exposed,” shines a great big light on what the “anti-
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disinformation” industry is really all about. Spoiler alert: It has nothing to do with protecting a gullible public from information that
A Human Rights Agenda for France
As he enters his second term, French President Emmanuel Macron and the French government should ensure that human rights are central to all their policies, both at home and abroad.
South Africa: Abandoned Coal Mines Risk Safety, Rights
(Johannesburg) – The South African government’s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at risk of injury and death and risks polluting resident’s water sources, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 45-page report, “The Forever Mines: Perpetual Rights Risks from Unrehabilitated
Have You Seen This Warning Hidden Inside Your Cellphone?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published March 16, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
Report: Delta Offered Passengers $10K Each to Give Up Seats
Passengers on a Delta flight to Minnesota claimed the airline offered them $10,000 to vacate their seats, a Thursday report said.
US: Abortion Access is a Human Right
(Washington, DC) – Reproductive rights, including the right to access abortion, are grounded in internationally recognized human rights.
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup Rush to Fund Abortion Travel
Wall Street has adopted policies to fund travel for abortions for employees that work in states that impose restrictions in anticipation of or following the Supreme Court’s declaration that the constitution is neutral on the subject.
Joe Biden Plans to Take ‘Millions of Cars Off the Road’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday again promoted his infrastructure dreams of taking people out of their gas-powered vehicles and putting them on trains and other forms of public transit.
Personal Memories and Bodily-Cues Influence Our Sense of Self
How do our bodies influence who we are? Recent research in cognitive neuroscience has examined consciousness associated with the self and related multisensory processing of bodily signals, the so-called bodily self-consciousness. A parallel line of research has highlighted the concept of the autobiographical self and the associated autonoetic consciousness, which
Google Engineer Claims AI Computer Has Become Sentient
According to a Google engineer, the company's AI chatbot called LaMDA has achieved sentience.Should you be worried about it?.