Pack a suitcase and cancel Netflix: the human race is leaving for Mars. No, it’s not the plot of a new Hollywood blockbuster, but the work of Chris Mason, a renowned geneticist at Cornell University. He’s just released a book, ‘The Next 500 years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds’. …
Read More »Majority of Covid patients in hospital may have been admitted for OTHER ailments before testing positive, leaked NHS data suggests
The previously hidden figures, covering all NHS trusts in England, showed that as of last week, only 44% of those classified as Covid patients had tested positive for the virus by the time they were admitted to hospital. Despite broad public testing for the disease, an incredible 56% of Covid …
Read More »China blacklists former US Commerce Secretary Ross & other officials in tit-for-tat reply to restrictions over Hong Kong
The sanctions list includes Wilbur Ross, who served as Commerce Secretary during then-President Donald Trump’s trade war against Beijing. Last year, Ross called China “the principal military and economic threat” in Asia. Other blacklisted Americans include US-China Economic and Security Review Commission chief Carolyn Bartholomew, former Staff Director of the …
Read More »New South Wales premier sparks row with other Australian state leaders after requesting priority access to Covid-19 vaccines
Speaking at a televised news conference on Friday, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged the federal authorities to consider diverting vaccines to the ailing state. “We need to get at least the first jab for as many people as we can in those affected communities as possible, and that’s …
Read More »FBI goes ‘American Stasi’ with tweet encouraging family members to rat each other out for ‘extremism’
“Family members and peers are often best positioned to witness signs of mobilization to violence,” read a tweet from the FBI on Sunday. To help prevent “homegrown violent extremism,” the agency advises Americans to visit its website, “to learn how to spot suspicious behaviors and report them to the FBI.” …
Read More »Matt Gaetz calls for Inspector General investigation into whether NSA or other intel agencies spied on Tucker Carlson
During a Wednesday House Judiciary Committee hearing on possible abuses of power at the Department of Justice, Gaetz blasted the NSA’s denial of Carlson’s claims. The Florida congressman said the intelligence agency’s statement “is so couched, it is functionally an admission.” “The most-watched cable news host has been stating for …
Read More »Facebook censors those who spread ‘misinformation,’ but looks the other way while pimps abuse children
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Facebook can be held liable for the conduct of pimps and traffickers on its platform – a landmark decision that opens the firm up to further legal action from a trio of teenage trafficking victims. In the suit, filed in 2018, the …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: The US again bombs nations on the other side of the world in the name of ‘self-defense’
“At President Biden’s direction, US military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region,” reads a statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. “The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial …
Read More »US government SEIZES website of Iran’s Press TV, two other media outlets
Visitors to the three domains were greeted on Tuesday with a notice that they were seized under US laws that allow civil and criminal forfeiture of property involved in “trafficking in nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons technology or material, or the manufacture, importation, sale, or distribution of a controlled …
Read More »Can other nations follow Russia’s lead in ditching the US dollar? RT’s Keiser Report finds out
He asked technical analyst Tone Vays whether other countries could follow its example. READ MORE: Ruble strengthens to 11-month high as Russia squeezes out US dollar from its economy “It’s going to be hard for smaller countries without resources and without a strong leader that can stand up to America … to …
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