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US: Haitians Set to Lose Protections, Risk Return to Violence

(Miami) – The Trump administration’s move to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians has triggered widespread fear among Haitian communities in Florida of family separation, job loss, and deportation to a country engulfed by

US: Deaths in ICE Custody Surge Under Trump

(Washington, DC, June 25, 2026) – The rate of people dying in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has soared, with at least 52 deaths reported since the start of President Donald Trump’s current administration, Human Rights

Cameroon: Failed Promise to Reduce Gender-Based Violence

(Nairobi) – Cameroon’s government has blatantly failed to meet its decade-old commitment to substantially reduce violence against women and girls, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The failure leaves victims and survivors

US: Millions Lost Health Insurance When Subsidies Expired

(Washington, DC) – The United States Congress’ failure to extend public subsidies for private health insurance has caused millions to lose healthcare coverage, increasing financial hardship and deepening inequality, Human Rights Watch and O

How to end the Brexit shitshow

In European history, there is a pattern: every 50 or 75 years or so, the international order of its time, the institutions and the ideas, gradually drift out of alignment with reality. If you go back to the institutions built in the rubble

Advanced Alzheimer’s successfully treated with psilocybin, a recent case study says

Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound found in over 200 species of fungi collectively known as “magic mushrooms.” It functions as a prodrug, meaning it is biologically inactive until ingested, at which point the body rapidly converts

From the day we are born, our health is determined by our gut

Your immune system and gut microbiome share a symbiotic relationship and your immune function is largely dependent on the state of your gut. More than 99% of your genes come from microbes, not your chromosomes. The best predictor of future

Tony Blair’s comeback will fail

Once political ideas fail, they don’t get second chances. Communism has been tried. It won’t come back. Nor will Tony Blair’s idea of a “radical center”. It was the great political and economic philosophy of the age of globalization. As tha

Trump's War on Native America in the Shadow of Hormuz

One might be forgiven for assuming that when President Donald Trump is busy throwing American power around elsewhere on the planet — he would have less time to wreck his own country. As US strike groups are ploughing the Caribbean, and Amer

For Danielle. For truth. For every patient going into hospitals, trusting the people sworn to heal them

In 2021, Danielle Alvarez, a 28-year-old girl with special needs, was admitted to a hospital in New York, USA, with a mild cough – and died 40 days later. Rebecca, her mother, conducted her own investigation into what happened to her daugh

France Acknowledges Need for Slavery Reparations

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21. Macron said that reparations for enslavement crimes should no longer be ignored. He also warned

AI Is Learning to Fly Planes: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Artificial intelligence is moving from the airport terminal to the cockpit, with aviation companies exploring systems that can automate pilot tasks now, and support fully autonomous flight later. Apparently, AI could make flying safer, more

From the abundance of the Green Revolution to the famine of the Green Agenda

The Green Revolution, which began with the introduction of industrialised ammonia fertilisers, brought about an era of abundance and transformed global food production, feeding roughly half of the world’s population. Now, the Green Agenda t

Viruses held in laboratories do escape into communities and do kill people

Dr Meryl Nass highlighted an “extremely important paper by Martin Furmanski, MD, that no one knows about.” “Yes, lab-made and lab-held viruses do jump out of the lab and have killed lots of people and caused pandemics too,” she said. The pa

Salt is not bad for you, but too little salt is

For 50 years, medicine has waged a misguided war against critical sources of health like salt and sunlight while avoiding discussing the real causes of diseases. Because of this, the dangers of salt are relentlessly focused on despite evide