Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo was accused of sexual harassment by two former aides, which prompted the embattled leader to call for an independent investigation into the allegations. On Sunday, he was hit with another harassment strike. The New York Times reported on Saturday that Charlotte Bennett, who worked as his executive assistant and health policy advisor,...
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U.S. CAPITOL RIOTS: POLICE BLAME BAD INTEL
America, the “Land of the Free,” the world leader in wars that cost trillions and kill millions which has not won a war since World War II, lost again when it couldn’t stop un-armed rioters from storming the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on 6 January. Steven Sund, the former head of the U.S. Capitol...
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NEW GMO FOODS TARGET CONSUMERS, NOT FARMERS
The first round of genetically modified foods was designed to make life easier for farmers: corn that sported genes to kill bugs or wheat that could survive in dry climates, for example. Now a new generation of genetically altered crops is fashioning products more amenable to consumers’ tastes. The start-up Pairwise has yanked the gene...
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NEW FUSION ENERGY METHOD REVIVES ADVOCATES’ HOPES
For decades, fusion energy has been physicists’ grail of infinite, clean power. Now a completely new approach by engineers at the University of New South Wales has moved fusion power closer to practicality. Fusion scientists have been trying to capture the same kind of energy released by the sun in the same way as the...
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A WEARABLE MEDICAL LAB
Bioscientists at the University of California at San Diego have fashioned a stretchy polymer patch smaller than a business card that will monitor your blood pressure; read your sweat to measure levels of alcohol, caffeine, and lactose in your body; and track glucose levels in the fluid between your cells. At the center of the...
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BIDEN’S CIA PICK: CHINA FOR THE “LONG HAUL”
As we have reported, the Biden administration has vowed to keep a close eye on China after announcing a task force last month fully devoted to countering Beijing, which President Biden has called the U.S.’s most “serious competitor.” Last Wednesday, William J. Burns, Biden’s pick to head the CIA, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that...
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BIDEN BACKTRACKS ON HOLDING SAUDI PRICE ACCOUNTABLE
President Biden, throughout his campaign, promised he would approach Saudi Arabia differently than former President Trump and hold Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for his alleged role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. That has not happened. Back in November 2019, Biden said that if elected, he would make it clear to Saudi Prince...
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PROTESTS IN YEMEN AGAINST U.S., SAUDI-LED COALITION
A massive protest broke out last Friday in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, to condemn the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting with the country’s Houthis for six years. Thousands took to the streets in Sana’a to criticize a Saudi-led blockade and the closure of an airport in the country, according to Tasnim News Agency. The...
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GEORGIAN UNREST INTENSIFIES
Last week, we reported that the Georgian Dream, the governing party of Georgia, announced the nomination of Irakli Gharibashvili as the country’s next prime minister. Gharibashvili is a close associate to Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who founded the party. There was a contested parliamentary election in October and subsequent arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia...
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ERITREAN TROOPS GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES?
We have been reporting on the escalating war in Ethiopia since it broke out in early November. It was launched by its Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) after the region held its election in September without Ahmed’s approval. As the war spread, we reported on Ethiopia bringing in troops...