Archives for June 2022

The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread outside Africa should be considered a global health emergency. … [Read more...] about WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency

Turns out most Americans oppose biological girls and boys having to compete against transgender athletes in sports. … [Read more...] about Majority of Americans oppose biological male athletes competing against girls in sports

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says the world's nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming decades due to modernization programs by the nine nuclear-powered states -- Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea. … [Read more...] about More upgrades, more bombs: Report says world's nuke arsenal growing

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gave "apparently misleading" testimony to Congress about his disinformation board, Senate Republicans charged Tuesday in a letter demanding Democrats call Mr. Mayorkas back for another chance to explain what he's doing. … [Read more...] about DHS chief Mayorkas accused of 'apparently misleading' testimony to Senate about disinformation board

China's defense minister this week confirmed that the People's Liberation Army is expanding its nuclear arsenal, but played down the development that a U.S. nuclear commander called a "strategic breakout" comparable to the Soviet Union of the 1960s. … [Read more...] about Top Chinese military figure calls sharp nuclear buildup 'appropriate'