The World Health Organization released a report last week that called obesity an epidemic in Europe that contributes to 200,000 cancer cases and 1.2 million deaths. Euronews.com, citing the report, said about 59 percent of adults in Europe are obese or overweight, with boys being slightly more likely to be overweight than girls. The rate...
More Americans were killed by guns in 2020 than any other year on record, according to a report released last week. Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions crunched the numbers provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and found gun violence surged while large swaths of the country were in lockdown during...
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the European Union should take a shot at “pragmatic federalism” when it comes to defense and other policies so it becomes more adaptable to crises that may arise after the invasion of Ukraine. “The institution set up by a predecessors… have served Europe citizens well but they are inadequate...
The U.S. was instrumental in providing the Ukrainians with intelligence that enabled its military to kill top Russian generals on the battlefield and sink the Moskva, its flagship missile cruiser in the Black Sea. The reports, if true, would represent a significant escalation from Washington and prompted the U.S. to downplay the reports. The Biden...
Pope Francis last week appeared to acknowledge the role that an expanding NATO played prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and referred to the alliance as a “barking” dog at Moscow’s doorstep. “NATO barking at Russia’s gate may have compelled [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to unleash the invasion of Ukraine. I have no way...
Japan, like Taiwan, is watching the events in Ukraine unfold while considering their neighbor China and their own security if Beijing ever decides to act militarily in the region. Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, summed up his government’s fears last week during a visit in London with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He told...
California will create a comprehensive regulatory and legal framework to support the cryptocurrency industry, under an executive order signed last week by governor Gavin Newsom. The order directs government agencies to structure a framework that fosters innovation, develops an infrastructure for research, creates jobs in the industry, finds ways to implement and expand crypto usage,...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed Ukraine’s parliament last week after weeks of vowing endless British support for Kyiv’s fight against the Russian invasion. Johnson recalled WWII and mentioned how the British parliament also continued to meet during the darkest days of WWII. “And the British people showed such unity and resolve that we remember...
NATO’s expansion towards Russia “sowed the seeds of conflict” prior to the Ukraine War, the Chinese ambassador to the UN said Thursday. Zhang Jun, the ambassador, said the Alliance’s eastward expansion after the Cold War “not only failed to make Europe any safer, it also sowed the seeds of conflict.” “Contrary to its claim to...
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former Brazilian president who is in the middle of another run for the presidency, made waves in an interview published Wednesday when he said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shares blame for the Russian invasion earlier this year. Characterized as a deeply left-leaning liberal, Lula, speaking to Time magazine, made fun of...