EU Takes Step Towards Banning Plastic Waste Exports

A Committee of the European Parliament voted today to ban plastic waste exports outside of the European Union: good news for communities around the world impacted by exports of European refuse.

Biden Adviser: We'd Like to Have Paid Leave in Rail Deal, But We Don't Have Time, Biden 'Bears Ultimate Responsibility' Along with Congress

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” Biden Senior Adviser Gene Sperling answered a question on how we reached the current point where Congress has to intervene to prevent a rail strike by saying that “the President bears ultimate responsibility and Congress bears ultimate responsibility in this

Transforming adversity into an ally: A qualitative study of “feeding your demons” meditation

Contemplative science has made great strides in the empirical investigation of meditation practices, such as how mindfulness, compassion, and mantra practices impact health and well-being.

Ghana: Chaining People with Mental Health Conditions Persists

(Abuja) – Ghana’s government has taken inadequate steps to end the chaining and inhumane treatment of people with real or perceived mental health conditions – psychosocial disabilities – in faith-based and traditional healing centers despite a 2017 ban on such treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. A decade after the adoption of

Veritas: Biden's Border Rules Fuel Child Prostitution, Child Labor

Teenage girls are being imported from poor countries for prostitution via President Joe Biden’s easy migration rules, a government employee told Project Veritas.

Elon Musk: Twitter Has 'Interfered in Elections'

Elon Musk claimed in a recent tweet that Twitter has “failed in trust & safety for a very long time and has interfered in elections.” Musk, the new owner of the platform, has promised to release internal documents to restore public trust in the company. In a recent tweet, Twitter owner

Canada Should Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

International Criminal Court member countries will meet in the Hague next week starting December 5th at a time of renewed attention on the crucial role of the court in justice and accountability for serious international crimes. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February and the litany of apparent

Up to One in Four Teens Have Mental Disorders Post-Lockdown - NHS

Up to one in four teenagers who lived through Britain’s on-and-off lockdowns now have mental disorders, data released by the NHS has revealed.

DNA is the Constitution of Life and They are Destroying it with Gene-Based Injections

You want to know why so many people are falling ill and dying suddenly and what we can do about it?  The answer is really quite simple. A year ago, I wrote about constitutional change, thinking naively that it presented a road ahead to protect us from ill-considered and unfair

13 Attorneys General Move to Block Vanguard from Buying Utility Shares over ESG

Thirteen attorneys general and Consumers’ Research on Tuesday filed two motions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to stop Vanguard from purchasing shares in publicly traded utilities.

Covid Propaganda – The South African Variant

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair Bloomberg and various news outlets recently reported that a South African laboratory study warned a new strain of the Covid-19 virus “could” emerge and “could cause worse illness than

Pakistan Province Bans Film about Trans Character

On November 17, the government of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, banned “Joyland,” the story of a young man in Pakistan who falls in love with a transgender woman.

FBN's Payne: Biden Will Ease Sanctions for Venezuela While Blocking Oil Development in Democratic Guyana

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Fox Business Network host Charles Payne criticized the Biden administration for easing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exploration after it blocked a loan for oil development in the neighboring nation of Guyana due to a supposed opposition to funding fossil

Iraq: No Justice for Protester Deaths

(Beirut) – The Iraqi government under former Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi failed to deliver on promises of legal accountability for state security personnel and state-backed armed groups responsible for killing, maiming, and disappearing hundreds of demonstrators and activists since 2019, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 40-page

More Warnings About Glyphosate

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and other commonly used herbicides, is the most commonly used herbicide in the U.S., registered for use in agriculture as well as nonagricultural areas, such as commercial, industrial and residential sites. In agricultural settings, 84% of the glyphosate applied is used