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The Global South Takes Israel to Court

Tarek al-Ghoussein (Palestine), Untitled 9 from the series Self Portrait, 2002. On 11 January, Adila Hassim, an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, stood before the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and said: “Genocides are never declared in advance. But this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks […]
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Chinese Lab Sequenced COVID-19 and Uploaded it to American Database on December 28th 2019

A China-based researcher had mapped the COVID-19 genetic sequence and uploaded it to an American database by December 28th 2019, it has emerged, raising fresh questions about the virus's origins.
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2023 Was Not the “Hottest Year on Record” for Over 70% of the World’s Population, Data Show

Alarmists claim that 2023 was the hottest year on record, but a deep dive into the data reveals that this was not true for over 70% of the world's population. What's more, there was no correction for urban heat expansion.
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Gaza: A Brutal Demonstration Of “Western Values”

I find Westerners in general, and Europeans in particular, extremely indoctrinated and obsessed with perceptions of their own uniqueness. Many see themselves as chosen people, after going through a one-sided education and after relying on their media outlets, without studying alternative sources. — André Vltchek, Soviet-born US political writer, 1963-2020. On 20 March 2006, on […]

EV Owners Told to Preheat Cars and Charge Overnight as Teslas Abandoned in U.S.

Owners of electric cars have been warned to keep them charged overnight and warm them before use to avoid getting caught short in the freezing temperatures, as unchargeable Teslas were abandoned in icy Chicago.
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The Last Flurry: The US Congress and Australian Parliamentarians seek Assange’s Release

On February 20, Julian Assange, the daredevil publisher of WikiLeaks, will be going into battle, yet again, with the British justice system – or what counts for it.  The UK High Court will hear arguments from his team that his extradition to the United States from Britain to face 18 charges under the Espionage Act […]

What the First Amendment Means for Free Speech at University, According to a Harvard Law Expert

What does the First Amendment require for free speech at American public universities? Harvard law expert Cass R. Sunstein wades into the debate, with some perhaps surprising outcomes.
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‘Afrochemistry’ Course Shows That Even the Hard Sciences are Falling to the Woke Ideologues

Identity politics has corrupted academic disciplines, says Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, and the arrival of an 'Afrochemistry' course at a U.S. university shows that even the hard sciences are not immune.
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The Democrat ‘Sanctuary States’ Now Pleading “Stop Sending Us Illegal Immigrants”

Democrat Governor J. B. Pritzker of Illinois, who has made much of his being a 'sanctuary state', has now found himself overwhelmed by illegal immigrants and resorted to pleading with Texas to stop sending them.
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Washington’s Unconditional Support for Israel Mirrors its Unconditional Support for Sectarianism

Poor Ophelia divided from herself and her fair judgment Without the which we are pictures, or mere beasts…. — Hamlet (IV.v.) As was the case with the British and Roman empires that preceded it, Washington has long had a fondness for the divide and conquer paradigm and has ruthlessly fomented sectarianism in the post-Cold War […]