The Looming War with Syria (and Iran)
(ANTIMEDIA) The U.S. struck the Syrian government directly on Thursday in response to the most recent chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province.
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The United Nations Says It Will Monitor the Fentanyl Market
On March 16, the United Nations (U.N.) added 2 chemicals used to make the painkiller fentanyl to an international list of controlled substances. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield, the chief U.S. State Department counter-narcotics official, has hailed the move, but acknowledged that it won’t immediately decrease illegal trafficking of the chemicals. [1] [2]
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U.S. Making Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WWII Worse
(ANTIMEDIA) Three of the countries featured on Donald Trump’s original and amended travel bans desperately need aid if there is to be any chance of saving more than 20 million people from starvation and disease, according to the U.N.
The U.N. has pleaded with the world to come to the rescue of Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Northeast Nigeria.
U.S. Backed Siege of Mosul Shows How Hypocritical Media Manipulates Us
(ANTIMEDIA) In order to determine the truth when it comes to the mainstream media’s coverage of American-led offensives in the Middle East, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of any article. This is where the most important information can be found. As can be seen in a BBC report on the U.S.-backed offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State, the last line of the article reads:
Arrival (2016) – Movie Meaning Explained by Jay A. Tsoukalos
Jay A. Tsoukalos steps in to decipher the meaning of the recent sci fi mind-bender, Arrival. Cthulhu was called, answered, and arrived.
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U.N. Expert Calls Junk Food a Human Rights Concern
A United Nations (U.N.) expert says that when the world’s poor go shopping for food, they are often forced to choose between what they can afford and what is nutritious, calling the problem a human rights concern. [1]
World’s Largest Marine Park Declared in Antarctica
An Anarctic bay encompassing 600,000 square miles of the Southern Ocean will gain protection from fishing for 35 years. The area is said to be the earth’s most pristine marine ecosystem. [1]
Attendies at the United Nations (UN) meeting in Hobart, Australia, agreed unanimously to designate the Ross Sea a Marine Protected Area (MPA) after 5 years of negotiation brokered by the U.N.’s Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.