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Francis Angevine

Jamaica to Cut Ties to British Queen Amid Drift Toward Communist China

Almost 400 years after the British conquered Spanish-occupied Jamaica, the Caribbean island has indicated it plans to follow Barbados in removing the Queen as head of state and becoming a republic.

UK Government Fails Low-Income Households

This week could have seen the United Kingdom government finally take steps to address the negative impact of the cost of living crisis on families on low incomes.

Consumer Sentiment Sinks as Hope Crashes and Inflation Expectations Hit Four-Decade High

Everyone has jobs and no one is happy because prices are rising so sharply.U.S.

'Experts' Express Lockdown Concerns as Coronavirus Hits Shanghai

Chinese Communist Party authorities must ensure Shanghai residents are able to maintain their “livelihoods” in the coming days despite local health authorities’ orders to lock down residential complexes city-wide to test for the Chinese coronavirus, Shanghai-based infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong advised on Thursday according to the South China Morning

Moon Magic: Virgo Full Moon

Full Moons are a time of culmination and completion of cycles that call our attention to turn inward and reflect on what is no longer serving our growth and development.

PHOTO: NYC Landlord's Banners Call Out Tenants Allegedly Owing $17K

A Queens landlord placed two banners drawing attention to tenants who reportedly owe him $17,000 in rent as inflation has driven rent higher across the nation.

Interior Says It Is ‘Moving Forward’ on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land

With prices rising at the gas pump — and a court order that allows climate change consideration when developing the agency’s policies — President Joe Biden’s Department of the Interior announced on Friday it will resume plans for issuing oil and gas leases on federal land. Biden had halted any

Solar Energy Sector on the Skids as Biden Continues War on Oil, Gas

On Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline and banned drilling on federal land as part of his plan to save the planet from so-called climate change.

More Effort Needed for Meaningful Outcome at WTO on Covid-19

(New York) – A newly leaked text reveals that negotiations between the European Union, United States, South Africa, and India at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on an intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 related products require more work to achieve a meaningful outcome, Human Rights Watch said today. The leaked text

Blind as a Corona Bat

Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash This article is not really about Corona, nor is it really about bats. Blind Corona bats make a catchy title. The subjects of the article, however, are indeed related to Corona (what isn’t these days?) as well as to bats, blind ones. The

Dr Vernon Coleman: ‘Our Governments have declared War on us’

The absurd and pointless sanctions imposed on Russia will cause far more deaths in the UK and the EU than the fighting in Ukraine will kill. The huge rise in energy costs is going to force millions to turn their heating off. Economies which were struggling to recover from the

On the Edge of a Nuclear Abyss

Two days after Russia attacked Ukraine and the day before Vladimir Putin put Russia on nuclear alert, I wrote a little article whose first sentence was: Not wanting to sound hyperbolic, but I am starting to conclude that the nuclear madmen running the US/NATO New Cold War they started

Toxic Pollution Demands ‘Immediate, Ambitious Action’

A new report by United Nations experts is raising renewed alarms about toxic pollution’s devastating impact on human rights.

Homophobia is a Feminist Issue

Ghana is unsafe for lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women, and this is a feminist issue.