China To Start Screening Arrivals For Monkeypox
Chinese authorities have started monitoring both people and goods entering the country for monkeypox, or what it is now known as mpox. China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) said that the new measures will remain […]
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UK to Treat ‘Extreme Misogyny’ as Terrorism – Report
Extreme misogyny in the UK will be treated the same as Islamist and far-right extremism under a new government plan aimed at addressing gaps in the country’s counter-terrorism strategy, the Sunday Telegraph has reported, adding that the move comes in response to rising violence against women.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the strategy to combat violence against women and girls amid growing concerns that current legislation is too narrow, the paper wrote. The updated guidance is expected to legally oblige teachers to refer pupils they suspect of extreme misogyny to the government’s counter-terrorism program, called Prevent.
Currently, teachers, healthcare professionals and local authority staff are required to make a referral to the program if they believe someone is susceptible to becoming radicalized.
“For too long, Governments have failed to address the rise in extremism, both online and on our streets, and we’ve seen the number of young people radicalized online grow,” Cooper told the paper, pledging to close any gaps in existing policy that prevent the authorities from cracking down on violence.
The comprehensive review of the Prevent program, which is expected to be completed as soon as this autumn, will focus on developing an updated strategic approach that involves close collaboration between the government and communities. The measure comes as part of a new counter-extremism strategy that the Home Office expects to unveil by next year.
The move is expected to address mounting concerns about the influence of misogynistic figures who are seen as radicalizing teenage boys via various online platforms, the news outlet noted, citing Andrew Tate, a controversial British-American influencer and self-proclaimed “misogynist,” as an example. Tate is currently awaiting trial in Romania over allegations of rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
The Home Office currently lists several categories of extremism, including Islamist, extreme right-wing, animal rights, environmental, and Northern Ireland-related, as areas of concern. The list also includes an online subculture called “incel,” short for “involuntarily celibate.” This refers to a misogynistic worldview promoted by men who blame women for men’s lack of romantic prospects.
In the year ending March 31, 2023, there were 6,817 referrals to the Prevent program, marking an increase of 6.4% from the previous year, statistics tracked by the government show. Among them, 37% were categorized as “vulnerability present but no ideology of counter-terrorism risk,” while 19% were related to extreme right-wing ideologies, and 11% were associated with Islamist extremism.
In February, a study conducted by UK telecommunications multinational Vodafone found that 70% of teachers had seen a rise in sexist language in their classrooms over the past year, while 69% of boys had encountered posts promoting misogyny. It was also revealed that 42% of parents had heard their sons make inappropriate comments because of what they have seen online.
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Ukraine Pushing Russia to Use Nuclear Weapons – Belarus
Ukraine’s incursion into internationally recognized Russian territory looks like an attempt to compel Moscow to use nuclear weapons, which would irrevocably damage its image globally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said.
In an interview with Russia-1 aired on Sunday, Lukashenko warned that Kiev’s operation in Kursk Region – the largest cross-border assault by Kiev since the outbreak of the conflict – posed enormous risks to global security.
“The danger is that this kind of escalation on the part of Ukraine is an attempt to push Russia into asymmetric actions, for example, the use of nuclear weapons,” the Belarusian leader said, adding that such a move would be a PR bonanza for both Kiev and its Western backers.
“Then we would probably have hardly any allies left. There would be no sympathetic countries left at all,” he noted, explaining that this reaction would be based on the universal aversion to the fallout that could be caused by nuclear weapons.
Lukashenko also responded to statements by Ukrainian officials that the Kursk incursion was aimed at improving Kiev’s diplomatic position for possible talks with Russia. This plan is “a classic, but it does not work in a struggle against a great empire that has not even begun to fight in earnest,” he argued, adding he was sure that the Ukrainians would eventually be expelled from Kursk Region.
According to its current nuclear doctrine, Russia can deploy its nuclear arsenal only “in response to the use of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies, and also in case of aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said on several occasions that there is no need to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine campaign. Moscow has warned that it may change its nuclear doctrine, but said that any changes would be in response to what it perceives as escalatory moves by NATO.
Ex US Army Officer Warns That Ukraine Might Trigger Another Chernobyl
Ukraine’s armed forces could cause a nuclear disaster that would affect most of Europe if they strike the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia, according to former US Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik. Russia intelligence has […]
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UK Rejects Payment to COVID Jab Victims for Not Being ‘Disabled Enough’ – Report
Almost 14,000 people in Britain have applied for payments from the government for disabilities they claim were caused by Covid-19 vaccines, The Telegraph has reported.
Only 175 people, or less than 2% of those seeking compensation, have so far received a one-off money transfer of £120,000 ($155,300), the paper said in an article on Saturday.
Data obtained by The Telegraph through Freedom of Information requests indicates that those who were eventually reimbursed suffered from conditions such as stroke, heart attack, dangerous blood clots, inflammation of the spinal cord, excessive swelling of the vaccinated limb, and facial paralysis.
Around 97% of the satisfied applications were related to the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, and the rest to the US-made vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, it said.
The outlet noted that the UK government continued to recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite its use being halted in Germany, Italy, France, and other European countries by March 2021, amid reports of a growing number of blood clotting cases.
Thousands of people have been refused payment due to the government’s medical assessors arguing that there is no concrete proof that their health problems are a result of the vaccines, the report read.
Hundreds of others were turned down due to being “not disabled enough,” it added. Under the rules of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), an applicant has to be at least 60% disabled to qualify.
A spokesman for AstraZeneca told The Telegraph that its vaccine “has continuously been shown to have an acceptable safety profile and regulators around the world consistently state that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects.”
As for the health complications caused by the vaccine, the spokesman said, “our sympathy goes out to anyone who has lost loved ones or reported health problems.”
In May, AstraZeneca, which officially admitted that its vaccines could cause blood clots in certain cases, began the withdrawal of its product worldwide, saying that newer vaccines adapted to the latest coronavirus variants were more effective.
Around 16,000 people have sought payments since the introduction of the VDPS in 1979, with most of the claims related to Covid-19 vaccines. The growing workload resulted in an increase of the staff responsible for handling applications from four people to 80 last year. “We continually review our processes to further develop the way in which we manage claims, and to provide a better service for claimants,” a National Health Service spokesperson said.
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The 2024 Olympics: Globalism, Nationalism, and the Curious Case of Puerto Rico
“Citius, Altius, Fortius Communiter” is the motto of the Olympic games, which translates to “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together.”
The 2024 Summer Olympics were just held in Paris. The games raise various questions that should be pondered.
Are the Olympics globalist or nationalist in nature?
On the one hand, most of the world participates and there is plenty of globalist rhetoric accompanying the Olympics.
On the other hand, the games promote nationalism and competition among nations. Check out the medal count chart.
Take Europe, for example.
There is no European Union Olympics team. But there is a German team, an Italian team, a French team, etc. Their athletes are proud to compete for their countries.
There were some disgusting things in the opening ceremonies this year, that’s for sure.
And what about the rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine“? It’s been performed at previous Olympics ceremonies.
In the song, Lennon sings of “no heaven… no hell… no countries… no possessions.”
So if there were no religion, countries, or possessions, there would be peace on earth? Really? There’d be nothing else to fight over?
Think of the history of the 20th century, during which atheistic communist regimes fought wars against each other.
Nor did Millionaire Rock Star John Lennon give away his possessions!
In Poland, an Olympics commentator was suspended for pointing out that “Imagine” is “a vision of communism.”
You’d think that, given the history of Poland, that wouldn’t be controversial.
Did you know that some of the countries competing in the Olympics are not independent nations but territories of other countries?
Three U.S. territories have their own Olympic teams: American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is a U.S. Caribbean territory that some want to make a state.
All its residents are U.S. citizens, but in many aspects it functions as an independent country.
Puerto Rico sends its own contestants to international beauty pageants.
Also, since 1948, Puerto Rico has sent its own team to the Summer Olympics (and most Winter Olympics), competing under the Puerto Rican flag, not the U.S. flag.
In 1980, when the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics in protest of the invasion of Afghanistan, the Puerto Rican Olympic team made a special point to go to Russia and compete.
Over the years, Team Puerto Rico has won a total of 10 Olympic medals.
When a Puerto Rican Olympian wins a gold medal, which has occurred twice, “La Borinqueña” is played – not “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
At the 2024 Olympics, Puerto Rico’s team had 51 members, bigger than most independent countries at the games.
This time, Puerto Rico won two medals. They were won by the two athletes who bore the Puerto Rican flag on a boat on the Seine river during the opening ceremony.
Sebastian Rivera won a bronze in men’s freestyle wrestling, in the 65 kilogram (143.3 pounds) class.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won a bronze medal in the women’s 100 meter hurdles. She won gold in that event in the previous Olympics.
Though the two medalists competed for Puerto Rico, neither was raised there.
Rivera was raised in New Jersey, trained and competed as a wrestler in the United States mainland. Then he started to compete for Puerto Rico.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was raised in South Carolina.
She is the daughter of black American hurdler James Quinn and black Puerto Rican sprinter/long jumper Maria Milagros Camacho. Jasmine’s brother, Robert Quinn, has played in the NFL for many years. It’s an athletic family.
In Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames are used, one from each parent.
In that style, Jasmine would write her surnames “Quinn Camacho.” However, as a Puerto Rican competitor she uses “Camacho-Quinn,” with the Spanish surname first.
The long history of the Puerto Rican Olympic team is one evidence of the strength of the island’s nationalism.
Culturally, it’s another country. We need to recognize that.
Puerto Ricans feel their identity very strongly. Even athletes who weren’t raised on the island want to compete for Puerto Rico.
Not only do I oppose Puerto Rican statehood, but I support Puerto Rican independence.
It would be better for both of our countries.
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