Author: Aidan
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Study finds microplastics in nearly all American proteins: meat, fish and plants
An Environmental Pollution study published on Monday reviewed a wide range of meat, fish and vegetarian meat alternatives — and found that 88 percent of them contained some form of microplastics. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastics the approximate size of a grain of sand or a human hair, which carry a host of potential health risks. Based on…
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Taiwan election: What it means for ties with US and China
The self-ruled island is electing a new leader who will set the tone for its relations with China and the US for years to come. Taiwan is holding presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, which will be watched closely by China as well as the United States. Beijing views the self-ruled democratic island as part of…
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Pakistani leader calls for global unity to fight diseases and emergencies caused by climate change
Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods killed 1,700 people in his nation. Representatives from 70 countries, the World Health Organization, and other international organizations attended a two-day summit. It comes as reports show that millions of…
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Global unemployment set to worsen in 2024: UN
The global unemployment rate will increase slightly in 2024, the United Nations said on Wednesday (Jan 10) as it raised concerns about stagnant productivity, worsening inequalities and inflation biting into disposable income. The UN’s labour agency said the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down, with ongoing geopolitical tensions and persistent inflation triggering aggressive moves…
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X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation
The X accounts of several prominent journalists and leftist pundits were suspended from the site, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday morning with no clear explanation. The suspensions affected several journalists and commentators, including Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli, Ken Klippensten of The Intercept, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. The landing page…
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Don’t believe Haaretz and the NYT. Israeli society fully supports the Gaza genocide.
An editorial in Haaretz last week, as well as a piece by the New York Times’s Michelle Goldberg a few days later, told a similar story. Both articles portrayed genocidal statements by Israeli leaders, and both articles explained them as an expression of far-right extremism. Haaretz seems to suggest that the solution (which would protect Israel at the International Court of Justice) would be…
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Risk of financial ‘wasted decade’ for poor countries, World Bank warns
The global economy is set to slow for a third successive year in 2024 and is now on course for its weakest half-decade of growth since the early 1990s, the World Bank has warned. The Washington-based organisation said poor countries were being especially hard hit by a series of setbacks since the arrival of the…
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Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI may face EU scrutiny, officials say
Microsoft is the largest minority investor in OpenAI Global LLC, a “capped profit” subsidiary company that is controlled by OpenAI Inc, the non-profit majority owner of the organisation. Its investment, given in the form of cloud-computing credits as well as cash, officially gives it no control of the company itself, but the possibility of a…