Caribbean leaders seeking discounted oil criticize U.S. sanctions against Venezuela
GEORGETOWN, Guyana—Caribbean leaders in early July denounced U.S. economic sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela, saying they’ve been forced to buy costlier petroleum elsewhere as they struggle with tight budgets. Members of a Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom called for the removal of the sanctions, which prevent them from purchasing oil at a discounted rate as part of a deal with...
Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds
As many as 783 million people faced hunger worldwide in 2022 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including in Ukraine, according to a study launched by five United Nations agencies on July 12. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World revealed that between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in...
Smuggler sentenced to 12 years in deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in truck
LONDON—A Romanian man who was part of an international human smuggling ring was sentenced July 11 to more than 12 years in prison for the deaths of 39 migrants from Vietnam who suffocated in a truck trailer on their way to England in 2019. Marius Mihai Draghici was the ringleader`s right-hand man and an “essential cog” in an operation that...
Mass shootings and America’s obsessive gun culture
PHILADELPHIA—The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, writes in His seminal book, “The Fall of America,” that “The country of America displays and practices more savagery than any civilized country on earth. There is no such thing as law and order. The law is disregarded as though it were thrown in the jungle...
Rally unites community in cry for ‘Justice for AJ!’
Hundreds crowded Florida’s Kingdom Revival Church for the “National Day of Righteous Outrage for AJ Owens.” The rally held on July 8 united faith leaders, community organizers and civil rights advocates across the state and beyond in pursuit of justice for Ajike “AJ” Owens. Ms. Owens, a Black woman, was shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, a White woman (See...
Chicago police officers facing allegations of sexual misconduct
CHICAGO—Chicago police officers of the 10th District, located on the city’s West Side in the North Lawndale community, are being investigated after disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct involving several officers and migrants were reported by the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. Among the allegations of sexual misconduct, there are reports of a teenage migrant being pregnant by one of the officers. The...
‘Forever Chemicals’ contaminate half of country’s tap water. These toxins are also found in products used every day
An official study released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a buretau within the U.S. Department of the Interior, said that about half of the country’s tap water is contaminated with “Forever Chemicals,” commonly referred to as PFAS (per - and polyfluorinated alkyl substances). These are a class of at least 12,000 man-made chemicals currently found in 33...
Peril on Your Plate: Effects of GE and Chemical Agriculture
by Dr. Joseph Mercola www.mercola.com NEWS ANALYSIS Documentarian, Ekaterina Yakovleva set out to better understand genetic engineering and investigate its impact on human health. Yakovleva starts to research the technique and how it’s used. Her quest for answers was captured by the Russian Times in the featured film, “The Peril on Your Plate: Genetic Engineering and Chemical Agriculture.” What Is Genetic Engineering? Genetic engineering enables...
The Time And What Must Be Done – Part 38
What are the dangers and risks of Genetically Modified Organisms? A study published in the International Journal of Science in 2009 titled “A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health” demonstrates the toxicity in three corn varieties from Monsanto. In the report’s “Abstract” it states: “We present for the first time a comparative analysis of...
The NATO summit—a powder keg for more war?
When world leaders gathered for the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the laundry list of issues on the agenda spelled out war, and the concluding outcomes of the summit spelled added war. The leaders met at a time of great global tension gridlocked in dysfunction and potential peril, said observers and analysts. The July 11-12 meet-up occurred in the...