Thursday, 18 September 2014 The UN has halted a measles vaccination campaign in northern Syria after at least 15 children died after receiving shots, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in a joint statement. “UNICEF… Read More ›
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China offers $100,000 aid to typhoon-ravaged Philippines
Tuesday, 12 November, 2013, 4:34am News›Asia DISASTER Staff reporters and agencies US and Japan send rescue teams China, the world’s second largest economy, has offered US$100,000 in aid to the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. It is the… Read More ›
Geoengineers are free to legally hack the climate / So is Geo-terrorism against the law ?
Updated 18:09 31 October 2013 by Michael Marshall Magazine issue 2941. For similar stories, visit the Climate Change Topic Guide Editorial: “Should we give the green light to geoengineers?” THE idea of artificially cooling the climate may have come… Read More ›
White House mole fired for sniping Twitter account ‘also tweeted about soliciting prostitutes’
Jofi Joseph is a director of non-proliferation section of the National Security Staff at the White House He admitted to being the author of the blistering @NatSecWonk account Now he is believed to be connected to a second parody account… Read More ›
MIT Scientist: UN Global Waming report is hilarious
Monday, 30 September 2013 Not all scientists are panicking about global warming — one of them finds the alarmism “hilarious.” A top climate scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lambasted a new report by the UN’s climate bureaucracy… Read More ›
Special report: The punishment was death by stoning. The crime? Having a mobile phone
This barbaric form of execution is on the rise, and campaigners are calling on the UN to act Emma Batha Sunday, 29 September 2013 Two months ago, a young mother of two was stoned to death by her relatives on… Read More ›
World’s top climate scientists told to ‘cover up’ the fact that the Earth’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years
Leaked United Nations report reveals the world’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years Politicians have raised concerns about the final draft Fears that the findings will encourage deniers of man-made climate change By Tamara Cohen, Political Correspondent PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
Syria: intervention could unleash global war, Vatican warns
Striking Syria would extend the violence, Monsignor Toso says 02 September, 15:50 (ANSAmed) – ROME, SEPTEMBER 2 – ”The way to solve Syria’s problems cannot be an armed intervention. It would not decrease the violence, but rather risks exploding it… Read More ›
Syria: US calls on UN to withdraw experts, mission senseless
Wsj, there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use 28 August, 10:09 (ANSAmed) – NEW YORK, AUGUST 28 – The UN mission in Syria is meaningless, as there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use, US… Read More ›
U.N. stops short of demanding Syria chemical attack probe
Source: Reuters – Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:02 PM Author: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburbs on Wednesday but stopped short… Read More ›
Syria’s military command denies chemical weapon use
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS KUWAIT CITY, August 21 (Itar-Tass) – Syria’s military command denied the opposition’s claims that the government troops had used chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus. Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said such claims on the part of the… Read More ›
Gibraltar: Spain considers joint diplomatic offensive with Argentina over Falkland Islands
Spain is considering forging an anti-British alliance with Argentina, adopting its strategy over the Falklands Islands, as the diplomatic row over Gibraltar intensifies. Drivers wait in line along the road of the Gibraltar International airport to enter to Spain at… Read More ›
UN Counters Misinformation by Media: Syrian ‘Rebels’ used Chemical Weapons, not Govt
Monday, 06 May 2013 UN human rights investigators have spoken to the victims of Syria’s civil war and gathered medical testimonies which point to the Syrian terrorists having used sarin nerve gas, while any allegations of its use by… Read More ›
Probiotics found to reduce hepatic encephalopathy
Contact: Dimple Natali easlpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com 44-790-013-8904 European Association for the Study of the Liver Amsterdam, The Netherlands,Thursday 25 April 2013: Probiotics could emerge as a treatment plan to manage hepatic encephalopathy (HE) therapy after a new study announced at the International… Read More ›
Millionaire businessman James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors
Shenai Raif Tuesday, 23 April 2013 A millionaire businessman is facing jail today after being convicted of selling fake bomb detectors. James McCormick, 56, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of three counts of fraud after jurors heard… Read More ›
N. Korea Says Nukes Are Not A Bargaining Chip For Aid
Mar. 17, 2013 – 12:58PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | SEOUL — North Korea said Sunday it would never trade its nuclear weapons program for aid and stressed its “unshakeable” stance to retain the deterrent, following a third atomic test… Read More ›
N. Korea shows some signs of preparing for war
Kyodo — Mar 07 Some indications of North Korea preparing for a war were observable in the capital Pyongyang on Wednesday, a day after the North threatened to scrap the cease-fire that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War. Some… Read More ›
N. Korea threatens to scrap armistice accord
AFP Tuesday, Mar 05, 2013 SEOUL – North Korea threatened Tuesday to scrap the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953, citing US moves to impose sanctions for its nuclear test and tensions over South Korean-US exercises. The threat… Read More ›
US calls on UN to bar drunken diplomats from budget negotiations
05 Mar 2013 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) The United States called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations’ budget negotiations. Annual talks on how much the global body spends have become increasingly tense as western nations call for spending cuts…. Read More ›
Man-made chemicals cited in health scourges -UN report : “a global threat that needs to be resolved,”
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:59 GMT Reuters * Childhood cancers, male sperm count cited * Action said needed to avert global threat * Product labels may not identify components By Robert Evans GENEVA, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Man-made chemicals in… Read More ›