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Washington (AFP) – The United States on Monday announced tougher emissions standards on trucks and buses starting from 2027, and said it would spend almost $1.4 billion on expanding green public transit. The proposed new standards for gasoline and diesel heavy vehicles would place stricter limits on nitrogen oxides (NOx) that cause smog and soot, and set new greenhouse gas standards from 2030. "Seventy-two million people are estimated to live near truck freight routes in America and they're more likely people of color and those with lower income," Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) director Michael Regan told reporters at an event...

Previous research has found that male survivors of the virus sometimes suffer erectile dysfunction and other genital tract issues, though it is often believed to be a result of inflammation as an immune response to the virus. These researchers now believe that it is the virus itself, not the immune system, causing genital issues for infected males, changing the calculous for how this type of condition would be treated. Researchers, who posted their findings last week in bioRxiv pending peer review before journal publication, performed research on three male rhesus macaques, a breed of monkey often used for such studies...

Syria under the Assads has long harbored a soft spot for Nazism. The revolution is changing that Those around me who sported some vague admiration for Hitler almost always supported the Assads, Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, or Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Some of them sought to join the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), established by Antoun Saadeh, a 20th century politician who spoke of the superiority of Middle Eastern Arabs over Africans and Syrians over neighboring peoples. Unlike the Assads’ Arab Socialist Baath Party and the many other political and social movements that called for a unity of Arab nations, the...

(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) – The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute announced today that it will award its prestigious Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his courageous fight against tyranny and for his indomitable stance for freedom and democracy. As President Reagan once said, We stand against totalitarianism, particularly imperialistic expansionist totalitarianism. We are for democracy and human rights.” President Zelenskyy will become the eleventh recipient of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's highest recognition. He follows in a long line of world leaders who, like Ronald Reagan, have contributed greatly to the cause of freedom worldwide....

Maria Baronova resigned as editor-in-chief of Russia Today, a state-run media operation also known as RT, last week after condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. She’s well aware that anyone who speaks out against the Kremlin could be in danger – but personal safety is the least of Baronova’s concerns. "The problem is, I know these people very well. They never send threats, they just kill, so there is kind of [a] weird silence around me, but I really think we’re on the brink of a nuclear war right now. I’m not exaggerating," Baronova told Fox News Digital...

Court documents show a Blaine city councilor has been charged with violating conduct and ethics after allegedly threatening a police officer who had stopped and arrested the councilor’s son. According to the criminal complaint, 52-year-old Richard Paul has been charged with one gross misdemeanor count of misconduct by exceeding authority, as well as one misdemeanor count of violating standards of conduct in the code of ethics. The complaint states a Blaine police officer, identified as Justin Pohlman, saw a person riding a bike near the intersection of 117th Avenue Northeast and Ulysses Street at about 9:52 p.m. on Nov. 3,...

Moderna President get's called out on Fox for having the same genetic sequence patented 3 years before the pandemic...Link to Fox News video…

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has taken a lead throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to hold public health officials and agencies accountable if they’ve failed to provide accurate and timely information to the public for whom they work. From masks, vaccines, and school shutdowns, to the origination of Covid-19, Johnson has been asking critical questions. However, he says he has received very few answers. According to Johnson, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky is one of the public health officials who has been non-compliant with his requests. To date, Johnson says he has made eight specific requests, directly of Walensky,...

The co-hosts "The View" are weighing in on talk that NATO imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine could lead to a potential nuclear war with Russia, with Whoopi Goldberg claiming former President Trump would have simply given Ukraine over to Russia. [cut] Goldberg declared that because countries all over the world had nuclear weapons, it was difficult for any one country to go in and "muscle" through a situation. She then turned her frustration over the scenario towards Trump and cited former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who argued over the weekend that Russia would never have launched its invasion if...

The national average for gasoline prices has jumped to $4.07 per gallon Monday, according to AAA. Under President Biden, Americans have seen a jump of more than $1.30 compared to last year, according to the national motor club. The average is just pennies away from the all-time high set in 2008 when the price was at $4.11 per gallon. Experts warn that prices are not going to slow down anytime soon amid the skyrocketing inflation and energy crisis already growing under the Biden administration. “As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to evolve and we head into a season where gas...

The Biden administration is considering a possible ban of oil imports from Russia to the United States, but "no decision has been made at this time," an administration official told Fox News. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the administration is speaking with partners and allies "to look, in a coordinated way, at the prospect of banning the import of Russian oil, while making sure there is still an appropriate supply of oil on world markets."

Dr. Andrew Hill, tasked with studying the cheap, widely available drug, undermined his own findings.. LIVERPOOL, England — Providence will occasionally place a man at a key juncture of history, a position of great moment where the fate of millions lies in his hands. Andrew Hill, M.D., was just such a man, in just such a position. In October 2020 he was asked by the WHO to review the rapidly accumulating evidence that Ivermectin was a safe and effective treatment for COVID. To say there was a lot riding on Hill’s findings was an understatement. If it turned out that...

How Georgia 2020 Election Results were electronically maipulated

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that he plans to veto legislation passed on Friday that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing in girls sports within the state. Without his support, Utah is unlikely to join the 11 other states, all Republican-led, that have recently enacted bans on transgender girls wanting to compete in school sports leagues that correspond with their gender identity. In vowing to veto the bill, Cox directly addressed transgender student-athletes, who he said found themselves the subject of political debate through no fault of their own. I just want them to know that it's gonna be okay....

Its been a whole week without a poll. What's the news hiding and is the silence suddenly something to be wary of?

HORISHNI PLAVNI, Ukraine... Spurred by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of their country, the citizens of this small Ukrainian city on the east bank of the Dnipro River have mustered all available resources to support the war effort and ease the suffering of fellow civilians caught in the crossfire.... Out of Horishni Plavni’s overall population of about 50,000 residents, roughly 80% work in the local mining industry and earn an average salary of about $500 a month.... Although Horishni Plavni has not been struck by a Russian attack, the air raid alerts have frequently sounded, adding anxiety to people’s daily lives. So,...

Former US Vice President Mike Pence in an exclusive interview: "Putin is creating atrocities in Ukraine and the US is on his side over Iran, it's inconceivable." Trump's former deputy attacks President Biden: "Seeks dangerous agreement with Iran" - on Russian invasion of Ukraine: "Putin must be arrested, and Putin must pay" - he adds: "Pressure must continue until Russian forces leave" "It is inconceivable that while Putin is committing atrocities on Ukrainian soil, the administration is negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran, it is unacceptable," former US Vice President Mike Pence said in an exclusive interview with Israel Today....

A Russian commander captured by Ukraine condemned Moscow’s “genocide” invasion — saying in a remarkable televised statement that the troops were duped into believing Kyiv had been overthrown by Nazis and needed liberating. National Guard Lt. Col. Astakhov Dmitry Mikhailovich, who was captured along with two other soldiers, said he had been told they were being sent to help Ukraine because it was “dominated by a fascist regime” and that “nationalists and Nazis had seized power.” “Obviously, this information was unilateral information,” Mikhailovich told reporters in a video that emerged Monday. National Guard Lt. Col. Astakhov Dmitry Mikhailovich condemned Moscow’s...

Over the past week, we first noted that amid broad economic sanctions, there were numerous Russian gold refiners on the LBMA’s “Good Delivery” list, and subsequently we said that this “begged the question as to what would the LBMA do about the large number of Russian gold refineries on the LBMA Good Delivery Lists, refiners which are embedded with the Russian banks in the Russian gold market.”The question was answered today, when the LBMA – London’s gold market – suspended all Russian refineries from its accredited list, meaning their newly minted bars can no longer trade in one of the...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in a new interview said former Presidents Trump and Reagan have similar roots in the Republican Party. "Reagan understood what all Republicans should: We are elected to protect the American people and their prosperity and their freedom," Cotton, widely seen as a potential future GOP candidate for president, told The Wall Street Journal in an interview. "Both President Reagan and President Trump, who many people say represent these polar opposites between which we must choose, stood in that tradition," he added.