Bulgaria: Delayed Coal Phaseout Fuels Health Harm

(Brussels) – Bulgaria’s delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power plants contributes to dangerous air pollution, risks breaching new air quality standards, and is slowing down the country’s transition away from fossil fuels, Human Rights

How the India-Russia Alliance Affects US Negotiating Power

New Delhi and Moscow just plotted a new course together. Bilateral trade will hit $100 billion by 2030, Russian energy deliveries will be “uninterrupted”, defence co-production will be expanded on Indian soil, and Russia’s state media will

The man with the strangest job in the world

Dr Vernon Coleman recounts his memories of a man who had the strangest job in the world.  Anton was a professional eater who was hired by a restaurant owner in Paris to sit at a small table in the window and eat food all day long. Let’s no

Study predicting global economic collapse due to climate change is retracted; what if we did the opposite of climate activists’ beliefs and just burned it all?

Yesterday, the scientific journal Nature retracted a 2024 study that predicted a global economic collapse from climate change.  The retraction was due to inaccuracies around the data set used. The study predicted that the global economic da

WHO’s anti-nicotine campaign turns dirty

In mid-November, the WHO held its 11th Conference of the Parties (“COP11”) to the WHO FCTC, which concluded with a series of critical decisions on global tobacco control. Adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003, the WHO Fra

US: ICE Arrest at FIFA Event Spotlights Dangers for World Cup

(New York) – The arrest and return of an asylum seeker who took his children to the Club World Cup soccer tournament final on July 13, 2025, raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the 2026 World Cup in the United

Cameroon: Prominent Opposition Leader Dies in Custody

(Nairobi) – The death in custody of a prominent Cameroon opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, should be impartially, promptly, and effectively investigated, Human Rights Watch said today. Ekane, 74, the leader of the African Movement for New In

New Republican Movement to Irish politicians: “We will not sit back any longer and watch our culture and religion destroyed by the people we put in power”

A group calling itself the New Republican Movement has emerged in Ireland, appearing in a video posted on social media on 28 November 2025, threatening elected representatives in the Newry, Mourne and Down area. The video features three mas

Denis Rancourt: The law of excess mortality

Denis Rancourt has been researching excess mortality during the covid era for five years.  In short, excess deaths since 2020 have not been due to a pandemic of a deadly virus, but rather due to “the law of excess mortality.” The law goes s

Thailand: Montagnard Activist Extradited to Vietnam

(Bangkok) – Thai authorities forcibly returned to Vietnam the prominent Montagnard human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap, putting him at risk of torture and other serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities extradited Bdap,

Are you taking the right vitamin D supplements?

In temperate regions, where the sun seldom makes an appearance during the winter months, to keep our bodies healthy, we need to compensate for the lack of sunlight. In the UK, for example, it is recommended that everyone over the age of fou

Is the US Pivoting to WAR in Latin America? | Ben Norton

► Subscribe to the UK Column YouTube channel ► https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Subscribe 🚨 Is the supposed "detente" between the US and China just a tactical pause before a bigger confrontation? And why is the Trump administration suddenly cranking

International Criminal Court: Justice at Risk

(The Hague) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. The 20-page report

AI isn’t just taking over jobs; it’s now taking over creation itself

Sam Altman is funding a project to use gene editing to develop human babies that do not have a hereditary disease.  They claim this is to cure incurable heritable genetic diseases – but that’s not what the end goal is. Let’s not lose touch

They have been pushing for carbon labelling on food for years – why?

For years, corporations and “scientists” have been pushing to place carbon labelling on food products.  The unelected European Commission is going one step further and moving towards mandating it. What’s the agenda hiding behind this seemin