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LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has slammed the global community for its focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration, possibly because those suffering are not white. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus questioned “if the world really gives equal attention to black and white lives,” given that the ongoing emergencies in Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria have garnered only a “fraction” of the global concern for Ukraine. He was speaking in a virtual press briefing from Geneva on Wednesday. Last...

The airline industry is continuing to call for the end of the federal mask mandate, making it clear “we need to remove these mandates” as federal health officials extend it yet again. The federal mask requirement for public transportation was slated to expire in less than a week, on April 18, 2022. However, the Biden White House will allow its extension yet again, as federal health officials previously made it clear that yet another extension is “on the table.”

Actress Gillian Anderson gushed over meeting former President Bill Clinton in 1992, which she said was such an “intimate” experience, that she expected to get a phone call from him afterward. Gillian Anderson recalled the “intimate” experience she had while meeting Clinton for the first time in 1992, when she attended a luncheon at someone’s house while he was campaigning for president.

Russian general's body recovered almost one month after he was killed Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, was killed in an ambush fighting in Mariupol It is claimed that Russia has lost seven generals in the invasion of Ukraine so far First was Chechen Major General Magomed Tushayev, killed on second day The body was recovered after reports that a Ukrainian brigade had surrendered Russia has finally retrieved the body of one of its seven generals slain in Ukraine almost a month after he was killed, reports say. The corpse of a general believed to be Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, commander of...

Bodybuilder Cedric McMillan has died at the age of 44, his sponsor confirmed Tuesday. "We regret to inform you that our friend and brother @cedricmcmillan passed away today. Cedric will be greatly missed as an athlete, comrade, friend, and father," Black Skull USA, a supplements company, wrote in a post on Instagram. The company didn't provide further details around McMillan's death. "Our prayers are with all his family and friends. He 'fought the good fight' and now he rests," it added. ... McMillan was a member of the South Carolina National Guard at the time of his death, a spokeswoman...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether state law allows for voters to give their absentee ballot to someone else to return or whether drop boxes can be placed outside municipal clerk offices. The court’s ruling later this spring or summer is expected to establish rules for the upcoming midterm election where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and Republican U.S. senator are on the ballot. The court in February barred the use of drop boxes outside election clerk offices for the April spring election where local offices such as mayor, city council and school board...

Boston’s police force will increase its presence around subway stations as the city prepares for the Boston Marathon on Monday, following a shooting on a Brooklyn subway train. Boston police Superintendent-In-Chief Gregory Long said at a press conference Tuesday that although there is no credible threat to the city at this point, the police force is closely monitoring any suspicious activity.

What is a pronoun? Pronouns are some of the most useful words in the English language. They are used in the place of a noun to avoid it having to be named twice. For example: Suzy threw the boomerang and it came back to her. In this sentence, "it" is a pronoun that represents the boomerang, and "her" is a pronoun that refers to Suzy. Without pronouns, we'd have to say Suzy threw the boomerang and the boomerang came back to Suzy. Without pronouns, how would we even say "we"? Definition of Pronoun In English, the part of speech used...

Emmanuel Macron has claimed that those who criticise French lockdown policy are not living in the ‘real world’, while praising one veil-wearing Muslim woman as a feminist. Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron has had a strange last 48 hours on the campaign trail, denouncing one voter as not living in the “real world” over her criticisms of the President’s lockdown policy, while praising another woman for being both a feminist who wears an Islamic veil, she said, voluntarily.

Leonid and Friends, a favorite of many FReepets just released a cover of Tower of Power So Very Hard to Go. Serge Tyagnaradno, their outstanding lead singer and citizen of Ukraine has left the band. He’s been replaced by Michael Puntov who performs this song with heat skill. Check leonidandf.band for upcoming tour dates.

The goal of socialism is communism. That’s Vladimir Lenin’s famed “socialism leads to communism quote,” a good one to preface any list of socialism quotes. Marxists usually regard socialism as the stepping stone to communism, a state of utopia in which the government controls everything its citizens say and do. Any socialists who don’t believe this are obliviously doing the Marxists’ work for them. How does socialism breed communism? Well, once the government is in charge of redistributing wealth, it becomes increasingly picky about just who can have any. Party officials, whose work is paramount to the continued operations of...

Russian heavy weapons including missile systems have been seen moving towards the border with Finland, hours after Russia warned its northern neighbour against joining NATO. An unconfirmed video uploaded last night appears to show two Russian coastal defence missile systems moving along a road on the Russian side of the border that leads to Helsinki. The missile systems are thought to be the K-300P Bastion-P mobile coastal defence system, designed to take out surface ships up to and including aircraft carrier battle groups. The Russian deployment comes as Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she expects her government 'will end...

If you've got a gut feeling that your rulers are working to control your perception of the war in Ukraine, it is safe to trust that feeling. If you feel like there's been a concerted effort from the most powerful government and media institutions in the western world to manipulate your understanding of what's going on with this war, it's because that's exactly what has been happening. If you can't recall ever seeing such intense mass media spin about a war before, it's because you haven't. If you get the distinct impression that this may be the most aggressively perception-managed...

Just one week after “Rigged” exposed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plot to influence the 2020 election for Democrat Joe Biden, the nonprofit that facilitated most of his donations announced new plans for this year’s midterm elections. If you want to see the film that just may have scared Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, enough to stay out of the next elections, get “Rigged” here right now for just $4.99. According to ABC News, the Center for Tech and Civic Life announced Monday it will not distribute donations for this year’s midterm elections like it did during the 2020 cycle....

New York City subway shooter Frank James is still on the loose. At least 10 people were shot and 6 others were injured on Tuesday when James fired at least 30 rounds rounds inside the subway station, officials said. Five victims are in critical condition but are expected to survive. We now know that Frank James was a black nationalist and posted several videos on the oppression of black people. Frank James was previously on the FBI terrorist radar until 2019. Then they stopped watching him. In fact, they still haven’t caught him after the shooting yesterday. But the FBI...

Police have learned that 17 gangs have honed in on the wealthiest residents of the Los Angeles area by robbing them after they leave venues catering to the rich and famous. Police said the robberies are often carried out by crews working from multiple vehicles and that the high-end handbags, watches and other items are then sold regionally on a thriving black market, according to the Los Angeles Times. Violence towards victims is becoming a hallmark of the crimes, said Capt. Jonathan Tippet, who leads a Los Angeles Police Department task force formed as the number of high-end violent robberies...

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Even today amid a mounting exodus among those who can afford it, and with its appeal diminished to businesses and newcomers, California, legendary state of American dreams, continues to inspire optimism among progressive boosters. Laura Tyson, the longtime Democratic economist now at the University of California at Berkeley, praises the state for creating “the way forward” to a more enlightened “market capitalism.” Like-minded analysts tout Silicon Valley’s massive wealth generation as evidence of progressivism’s promise. The Los Angeles Times suggested approvingly that the Biden administration’s goal is to “make America California again.” And, despite dark prospects in November’s midterm elections,...

About 100 modernized T-72 tanks disappeared from the warehouses of the city of Lublin (Poland). This was reported by the Polish news resource Visegrad 24 on Twitter today, April 12. According to the statement, they have recently been upgraded to the T-72M1R standard (thermal imager and other improvements). “…Successful hunting, Ukraine," the newspaper writes. At the same time, the publication emphasized: "The Poles say that the sudden appearance in the Donbas of a large number of T-72 of the Ukrainian army cannot be associated with the disappearance of 100 Polish tanks from Lublin. They say you can buy T-72 in...

Aircraft: The Taliban now ranks #26 in the world in total military aircraft, thanks to us leaving behind 208 planes and helicopters: 110 helicopters 60 transport/cargo planes 20 light attack planes 18 intelligence/surveillance planes — Felix Sater (@felixsater) April 12, 2022 Final numbers were released by GAO and the Taliban are the winners. Weapons: Get ready for this… 599,690 of our weapons are now in the hands of the Taliban: 358,530 rifles 126,295 pistols 64,363 machine guns 25,327 grenade launchers 12,692 shotguns 9,877 RPGs 2,606 howitzers — Felix Sater (@felixsater) April 12, 2022