Israel Ranks 6th Most Expensive Country in the World for Groceries

Israel ranks sixth in the world in terms of grocery costs, according to a study by money.co.uk which compared food supply costs in 36 countries around the world.

Canada: Let Gravely Ill Canadians Leave Northeast Syria

Canada is effectively preventing a Canadian woman and a young Canadian child detained in northeast Syria from coming home for life-saving medical care despite a Canadian policy allowing them to do so, Human Rights Watch said today. That policy allows Canada to repatriate nationals held in northeast Syria as Islamic

From Corrupted to Trusted: Shifting Perceptions of the FDA

This article was written by John Roulac and originally published here .

Leak Reveals Credit Suisse Allegedly Helped Strongmen and Shady Characters Evade Sanctions

A consortium of international journalists began reporting this weekend on the contents of a massive data leak from Credit Suisse that exposed 18,000 formerly secret bank accounts valued at over $100 billion in total. The reports describe huge amounts of money stashed in the Swiss bank by strongmen and

Kenneth Branagh's 'Death on the Nile' Craters at Chinese Box Office

Kenneth Branagh’s lavish detective film Death on the Nile was a crashing failure in its opening weekend in China, earning a paltry $5.9 million.

Turkey: Human Rights Defender on Trial

(Istanbul) – The prosecution of a human rights defender demonstrates the Erdoğan government’s policy of bringing baseless criminal charges against people involved in legitimate and peaceful civil society activities, Human Rights Watch said today. Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, Turkey’s oldest

Independent investigation into Kazakhstan killings, torture a priority

Kazakhstan’s government has said repeatedly that it is investigating the recent violence and unrest that led to the deaths of at least 227 people, including 19 security force members, thousands of arrests, and reports of torture and mistreatment. It is in the government’s interest for the grave human

Without Magnesium, Vitamin D Supplementation May Backfire

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published March 12, 2018, and has been updated with new information.

7 Powerful Life Lessons Learned from Depression

At this point, I’ve learned so many powerful life lessons from depression.

This Week in the New Normal #23

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. The Munich Security Conference 2022 and the future global government Bill Gates is still really unsettling Not exactly news,

War or Images of War?

Experienced foreign policy analysts such as Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, and Pepe Escobar, while agreeing that the Biden administration is clearly guilty of provoking Russia over Ukraine, are divided over whether it will lead to war. All agree that Russia has no intention of invading Ukraine and that it is

Dr Vernon Coleman: “Having Murdered thousands of Adults they’re now moving on to the Little Children”

The governments in the UK have all approved child murder and are now offering toxic, experimental jabs to children aged 5-11 years old.

Pinkerton: Joke of the Day: ‘Vulnerable’ Senate Dems Propose Cutting Gas Tax

Here’s an actual headline good for some laughs: “Vulnerable Senate Dems try to run as tax-cutters.” That howler of a header appeared this week in Politico.

Sleep — Why You Need It and 50 Ways to Improve It

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published March 29, 2018, and has been updated with new information.

Vitamin D and Omega-3 Prevent Autoimmune Disease

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Autoimmune diseases, in which your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, have been on the rise for about four decades and are now increasing at a rate of between 3% and 9% a year, globally. As a leading cause of death among women, and the third leading cause