Archives for June 2022

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon get a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. … [Read more...] about Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds into its fourth month, officials in Kyiv have expressed fears that the specter of "war fatigue" could erode the West's resolve to help the country push back Moscow's aggression. … [Read more...] about Ukraine fears a long war might cause West to lose interest

A new West Virginia law going into effect Friday prevents patients from getting abortions because they believe their child will be born with a disability. … [Read more...] about Law barring abortions because of disability goes into effect

China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after the World Health Organization recommended in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is needed into whether a lab accident may be to blame. … [Read more...] about China calls COVID 'lab leak' theory a lie after WHO report

The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are behind mass shootings. They traffic in racist, sexist and homophobic tropes. They revel in the prospect of a "white boy summer." … [Read more...] about White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media