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Matthew Medinsky

Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees

(Kyiv, October 19, 2022) – Russian forces and others operating under their command routinely tortured detainees during their six-month occupation of Izium, a city in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. Survivors described being subjected to electric shock, waterboarding, severe beatings, threats at gunpoint, and being

Toy for the Elites: Cadillac's $300,000 Electric 'Celestiq' Gets Just 300 Miles per Charge

General Motors announced that its new $300,000 Cadillac Celestiq, an electric vehicle, will get just 300 miles of range per charge — or about one mile for every thousand dollars spent.

Half of Homes in Paris Region Cannot Be Rented Due to Energy Use

Due to a ban in the Paris region of Ile-de-France on renting energy-intensive properties, about half of the homes in the region will not be eligible to be rented out.

'Would Have Gotten Us Killed:' Soldiers Slam Microsoft Headsets After Disastrous Test

Microsoft’s high-tech HoloLens headsets were recently tested by the U.S.Army, which found that they have significant flaws that soldiers say “would have gotten us killed,” according to reports.

Japan’s New Rights Guidelines Could Help Clean Up Car Industry

New Japanese government guidelines on business and human rights mean that Japan’s car industry should accelerate efforts to clean up their supply chains.

Fictitious Annexation Follows 'Voting' at Gunpoint

Vladimir Putin has just signed a document claiming to annex four Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Google Claims Censoring Italy Election Winner Meloni's Speech Was a 'Mistake'

Google-owned YouTube restored a viral video of a speech from the winner of the Italian election, Giorgia Meloni, claiming it was “mistakenly” removed from the platform.

Spike Protein mRNA From Covid Injections Gets into Breastmilk, A New Study Says

A new study was published on Monday that admitted the mRNA “vaccine” clinical trials excluded several vulnerable groups, including children and breastfeeding mothers. These tests should have been done before rolling out a mass vaccination program – but hey, this is the new way of practising experimental medicine, Dr. Byram Bridle

Yellen: Inflation Reduction Act's Investments Are 'Mainly Geared Toward the Longer-Term Issues around Climate'

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the investments in the Inflation Reduction Act “are mainly geared toward the longer-term issues around climate change,” but it will “significantly lower the cost of drugs and health insurance.” Co-host

Gene Therapy and Human Cyborgs: We Are Being Played Before We Even Know What the Playing Field Looks Like

On 12 September 2022, President Biden signed the ‘Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe and Secure American Bioeconomy’. Specified in that order is the development of genetic engineering technologies and techniques “to be able to write circuitry for cells and predictably program biology in