Month: October 2020

Pharmaceutical companies are fuelling the rise of superbugs by manufacturing drugs in factories that leak industrial waste, says a new report which calls on them to radically improve their supply chains. Factories in China and India – where the majority of the world’s antibiotics are produced – are releasing untreated waste fluid containing active ingredients into …

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The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm over half a billion dollars to run a top secret propaganda programme in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal. Bell Pottinger’s output included short TV segments made in the style of Arabic news networks and fake insurgent videos which could be used to track the …

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Global populations of wild animals could be down by two-thirds by 2020 without reform to food and energy systems, according to a devastating new report out Thursday. The analysis by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London finds that animal populations dropped 58 percent between 1970 and 2012. Without …

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With just 33 days to go until the next presidential election, American designers and brands are getting political, urging their customers to vote. While many brands may skew to the democratic end of the political spectrum, few openly pledge allegiance to either side, in a bid to not alienate followers and customers. Yet more so …

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A new resolution before the Democratic National Committee (DNC) this week picks at old wounds from the party’s bruising 2016 presidential primary. The resolution calls for Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have …

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An outside political group closely affiliated with President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE is looking to spend $100 million to boost the GOP’s tax-reform push …

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Cholera is rapidly spreading in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the country will be struck by another outbreak of the devastating disease if a massive effort isn’t launched to prevent it, aid agencies warn. “In its wake, the hurricane left pools of stagnant water, overflowing rivers and dead bodies—creating a breeding ground …

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President-elect Donald Trump indicated during an on-the-record meeting with the New York Times on Tuesday that he didn’t necessarily see a conflict of interest in managing both his business and the country at the same time, but that he would hand the former over to his children. “The law’s totally on my side,” he said, …

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the man who did everything he could to defeat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary before doing everything he could to defeat Donald Trump in the general election, finally reacted to Tuesday’s presidential result in a short statement Wednesday evening. “To the degree that [President-elect Trump] pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and …

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At least two major U.S. environmental organizations have been subpoenaed directly by ExxonMobil, as the fight heats up over what the fossil fuel behemoth knew, and hid, about climate change. Both 350.org and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—plus one individual UCS employee—received subpoenas from the oil giant on November 9 demanding documents and communications …

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