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The Little Talked About Covid-19 ‘Variants’: Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions | Ramzy Baroud

Systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare have left Palestinian communities extremely vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Fawzi Mahmoud, The Palestine Chronicle) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 27, 2021 Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme p ...

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G20 ministers set to green light global tax reform | AFP

July 10, 2021 (AFP) -- Finance ministers from the G20 richest nations resumed discussions in Venice Saturday to give the green light to a historic deal to tax multinational companies more fairly. The ...

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Whispers From Antiquity | John Michael Greer

June 30, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things I find fascinating about the deepening twilight of industrial society is how rigid our modern notions of technology have become. Most people these d ...

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The Girl Who Fell to Earth — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 16, 2021 Imagine this: An attractive, white, blonde, smart, tough, and articulate male teenager survives a plane crash that kills all of the other 91 passengers (inc ...

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Why The Working Class Is Turning To Fascism | umair haque

Image Credit: Dave Leip The Working Class is Choosing Regress Over Progress, Around the World May 16, 2021 (Eudaimonia and Co) -- The world has a very big problem, and it goes like this: its working ...

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US Collective Punishment of the Venezuelan People Must End | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Ongoing Calamity Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 7, 2021 Recent statements made by U.S. officials suggest that Washington will continue to pursue a hardline policy on Venez ...

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Pandemic slows across world | AFP

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database. Here is ...

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A Global Survey Of Potential Acceptance Of A COVID-19 Vaccine | Nature Medicine

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Differences in acceptance rates range from almost 90 percent (in China) to less than 55 percent (in Russia) Nature Medicine Oct. 20, 2020 Abstract Several coronaviru ...

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The Mask of Disenchantment | John Michael Greer

Illustration: Kai and Sunny. The Guardian Sept 30. 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I noticed at the beginning of the month that September had five Wednesdays, and I didn’t have anything in mind to post ...

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The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos | Mickey Z.

Photo: Daily Mail UK Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 5, 2020 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much money that he literally could not spend it fast enough. He and the Medellín cartel domina ...

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Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

June 22, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to tri ...

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