Joe Biden on Independence Day: America Has 'Come Up Short'
President Joe Biden celebrated Independence Day on Monday, but expressed disappointment about ongoing gun violence and the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v.Wade.
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This Week in the New Normal #36
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.
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Summers: 'Probably Close to a 50-50 Chance' We Had 2nd Straight Quarter of Negative Growth in This Quarter
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers said that he believes there is “probably close to a 50-50 chance, maybe it’
Georgia: First ICC Arrest Warrants
(Tbilisi) – Arrest warrants issued on June 30, 2022, by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed during the 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia are the first public results of the court’s six-year investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. ICC judges approved the prosecutor’s application for
The Real World Parasites
Help to deprecate the real parasites of society
Ukraine: Russian Missile Kills Civilians in Shopping Center
(Poltava, June 30, 2022) – Russian forces launched a missile which struck a shopping center in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, on June 27, 2022.
Media Whitewashes DHS Mayorkas's Role in Migrant Deaths
Reporters at establishment media outlets are whitewashing the U.S.
Biden's Meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince Risks Becoming a Gift to Autocrats
President Joe Biden is bringing the Saudi crown prince in from the cold.
Enforce Lebanon’s Anti-Torture Law
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we, the undersigned organizations, call on the Lebanese authorities to effectively protect everyone in its territory, including those in detention, from torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment.
The authorities should investigate and hold security forces accountable for
Petro, Maduro and Iran – regime change en route to Colombia?
Gustavo Petro’s victory in Sunday’s Colombian Presidential election, marking the first time Bogotá has elected a left-wing head of state, was not the only far-reaching geopolitical event to recently take place involving Latin America.
A week prior to the former guerrilla fighter’s electoral success, President Nicolás Maduro
Crackdown in Russia Requires Dedicated UN Monitoring
Ten years ago, on July 13, 2012, Russia’s parliament adopted its “foreign agent” law, using the pretext of foreign funding to demonize, harass, and silence the country’s robust civil society.
US Supreme Court Topples Roe v. Wade in a Blow to Rights
In a predicted but nonetheless stunning opinion issued today, the United States Supreme Court overturned the constitutional guarantee of abortion access in the United States, reversing half a century of court protection for this fundamental right. Access to abortion is a right critical to guaranteeing a wide range of other
Xi Jinping Tries to Calm Skittish Investors with Rallying Cry to ‘Do Business in China’
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping delivers a keynote address to the BRICS Business Forum that urges foreign investors to “do business in China.".
Russian Gas Addiction Sees Germany Move One Step Closer to Rationing
Germany has moved one step closer to rationing gas after the country triggered its second tranche of emergency powers over the ongoing crisis.
Virtual Children to Help Combat Overpopulation
Mere days before Lemoine set the internet on fire with discussions about the possibility or impossibility of AI singularity, another AI expert made the news with the prediction that virtual children could one day become commonplace.