President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, have brought the agency’s global pandemic response efforts into the spotlight. That includes USAID’s role in funding research at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, or WIV, where the Central Intelligence Agency and others believe SARS‑CoV‑2, a strain of coronavirus that…
A photo showing a newspaper, 2011 edition of Ireland-based newspaper The Sovereign Independent, claiming that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to reduce the world population through “forced vaccination” has resurfaced online. The front page headline says, “Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination: The Zero Carbon Solution”. (Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.) What’s…
Topline Former President Donald Trump and his supporters—including billionaire Elon Musk—have spread claims about election irregularities and fraud in Pennsylvania despite officials saying their claims have no merit, as the ex-president begins sowing distrust in the election results as polls suggest he’s virtually tied with Vice President Kamala Harris. Former President Donald Trump speaks during…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat of nuclear retaliation has reared its head again recently, last month warning that allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied longer-range weapons for strikes deep inside Russia would put NATO at war with his country. Putin announced an update to the country’s nuclear doctrine that would deem a conventional attack by a…
The Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Annual Report ranked Hong Kong as the freest global economy. The Fraser Institute, a Canada-based libertarian think tank produced the analysis “based on updated and revised data for 2021 and new data for 2022,” the first two years after China enacted controversial national security legislation in Hong Kong….
Published on Sep 26, 2024 12:46 PM IST World News Day, celebrated on September 28, 2024, is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness about the critical role of fact-based journalism in our lives. This year’s campaign, titled Choose Truth, is spearheaded by the World Editors Forum and The Canadian Journalism Foundation, with creative direction…