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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Spokesman of the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment, Saif Al-Badr, announced on Saturday that “there is a dangerous rise in viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) cases in Iraq." Al-Badr explained that the “number of infected people by VHF has so far reached 90 cases throughout Iraq,” and that 18 VHF-related deaths have already been recorded in the country. “The number of infected people will continue to increase because we have already registered many suspected cases,” he added. On Wednesday, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a workshop in collaboration with...

Remember all the conniption fits thrown by much of the media last year over the new Georgia election law in which liberals declared it amounted to voter suppression? Even big companies in Georgia such as Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola went woke in denouncing the law. Major League Baseball also joined the political fray by moving the All-Star baseball game scheduled to be played in Atlanta out of the state.Well, never mind. There has been a big change in voter turnout under the new law but instead of a suppressed vote, it has actually surged according to a report on page...

The Conservative Treehouse revisited the question that all of America is asking. If you spent so much money and time and resources, how did you not determine that Hillary Clinton was behind the Trump – Russia collusion sham? The Conservative Treehouse asks: How did Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissmann spend 2 years investigating Trump-Russia; with a team of 19 lawyers, $40 million in resources, 40 FBI agents, 2,800 subpoenas, 500 search warrants and 500 witnesses; and not find out that Hillary Clinton created the hoax they were investigating? ....... Snip....... Will Durham get to the bottom of the Mueller sham...

VIGANÒ’S DECLARATION on yielding sovereignty to the WHO for the management of health emergencies In the coming days, the Nations that adhere to the World Health Organization will vote on resolutions regarding the WHO’s management of pandemics. These resolutions will transfer sovereignty regarding the health of citizens to a supranational body that is largely financed by the pharmaceutical industry and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. If these resolutions are approved by a majority, the WHO will have exclusive international authority in the case of a pandemic to impose all the rules, including quarantines, lockdowns, obligatory vaccinations and vaccine...

CHINA has carried out naval exercises with landing craft used to assault beaches amid fears of plans to invade the island of Taiwan. The Chinese military has released footage of a landing operation exercise carried out by the People's Liberation Army Navy. The drills come amid concern Xi Jinping is preparing China for a war to take over Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party has long held Taiwan to be a right part of the People's Republic of China with the population of the self-governing island living under the constant fear of a sudden invasion. China mimics possible Taiwan invasion as...

The world’s biggest fossil fuel firms are quietly planning scores of “carbon bomb” oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global impacts, a Guardian investigation shows. The exclusive data shows these firms are in effect placing multibillion-dollar bets against humanity halting global heating. Their huge investments in new fossil fuel production could pay off only if countries fail to rapidly slash carbon emissions, which scientists say is vital. The oil and gas industry is extremely volatile but extraordinarily profitable, particularly when prices are high, as they are at present. ExxonMobil, Shell,...

I laughed out loud in Marks & Spencer when I found that they are now selling something called ‘Chicken Kyiv’. This is apparently just like their old ‘Chicken Kiev’, only with added propaganda. I am told that there is now also a ‘No Chicken Kyiv’ for vegans, without any actual chicken in it. Not since the wild frenzy after the death of Princess Diana have I ever met such a wave of ignorant sentiment. Nobody knows anything about Ukraine. Everyone has ferocious opinions about it. The other night I shocked a distinguished Oxford academic by informing her that the lovely,...

Explanation: Tsunamis this large don't happen on Earth. During 2006, a large solar flare from an Earth-sized sunspot produced a tsunami-type shock wave that was spectacular even for the Sun. Pictured here, the tsunami wave was captured moving out from active region AR 10930 by the Optical Solar Patrol Network (OSPAN) telescope in New Mexico, USA. The resulting shock wave, known technically as a Moreton wave, compressed and heated up gasses including hydrogen in the photosphere of the Sun, causing a momentarily brighter glow. The featured image was taken in a very specific red color emitted exclusively by hydrogen gas....

Ukrainian soldiers discovered a trove of artifacts while digging ditches in anticipation of a Russian strike in the port city Odessa, the Ukrainian military announced last week. Members of the Ukrainian 126th Territorial Defense unearthed amphorae, or ancient containers used to store and transport liquid and dry goods, according to Heritage Daily, which first reported the news. The tall, bottle-necked shape was common in Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine pottery, however the earliest examples of the form date to the Neolithic period. Soldiers found the amphorae while preparing Odessa, Ukraine’s third most populous city and a strategically significant seaport on...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar sent a letter to 19 financial companies that he alleges could be ‘boycotting the fossil fuel industry.’ Hegar is asking the companies, including JP Morgan and Wells Fargo, to clarify their fossil fuel investment policies and procedures, and has requested a list of any mutual funds or exchange-traded funds in their portfolios that may prohibit or limit investment in fossil fuels. It’s part of Hegar’s efforts to implement Senate Bill 13, which was passed during the 87th Regular Legislative Session. The bill does not prohibit these companies from boycotting fossil fuels, but rather...

The End- The last chapter of Revelation is discussed in today's Mass Reading.The Bishop lays out the final act. The climax of what the Bible, and God's creation, have been looking forward to. 14 min. YouTube video link below:The Heavenly City

As a song, “Ebony and Ivory” may not have aged well, but, on the May 22, 1982, episode of Saturday Night Live, the treacly Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder duet gave two of the show’s biggest stars one of their biggest hits. With the cloyingly rosy musical paean to black-white relations having come out just that March, SNL writers Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield knew they had the perfect Stevie Wonder for a parody sketch in Eddie Murphy. Murphy, well on his way to becoming one the biggest stars in the show’s history, did a killer Wonder, but had teased...

[Catholic Caucus] Liturgy Unites, Gaslighting Divides Guns don't kill people, people do. People are the source of division, not the things they use to bring about violence. The voice is one of the most beautiful gifts given to men, and yet men use their voices all too frequently in sinful ways to divide and to hate. This is not the fault of the voice but of the man or woman who uses it for unholy purposes.So, intentions are key in uncovering in any situation what is the cause of division, if indeed there subsists such a lack of true...

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo told congregants Sunday he was “sickened” by the racist mass shooting and compared it to “lynchings,” as he made a case for bolstering federal gun control laws in his first public appearance in two months. During an 11-minute speech at Buffalo’s True Bethel Baptist Church, the scandal-scarred former chief executive compared the massacre to the Klu Klux Klan’s extrajudicial killings.

Rush singer and bassist Geddy Lee revealed that he and guitarist Alex Lifeson were forbidden from using a slogan they’d come up with for the launch of their branded beer. Rush Canadian Golden Ale weighs in at 5.5% ABV, and the can features the Starman artwork from the classic album 2112, along with the tagline “Books are for tourists.” But in a new interview with Classic Rock, Lee revealed those words aren't the ones they wanted to be inscribed above the graphic. “Rush fans like beer,” he said. “Hendersons approached us during the pandemic and said, ‘If you’re interested, then...

A CHILD is in intensive care with monkeypox as doctors warn of rising transmission. The youngster is among the 20 confirmed cases of the disease in the UK. The Telegraph reports that the child is currently being treated in a hospital in London. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed the 20 UK cases with nine other countries outside of Central and West Africa also reporting outbreaks. Dr Susan Hopkins, a chief medical adviser for UKHSA, said updated figures for the weekend will be released on Monday, May 23, as she warned of more cases "on a daily basis".

[Catholic Caucus] Mother Miriam warns about ‘deceptive’ Synod on Synodality: ‘It’s a sham’The Synod on Synodality has been mired in scandal, including over dissident materials on the Synod website and pro-LGBT comments by Synod leaders described as ‘heresy.’ (LifeSiteNews) – Mother Miriam warned the faithful about the worldwide Synod on Synodality in a recent episode of LifeSite’s “Mother Miriam Live!” saying that the Vatican may seek to use the program to overhaul the Church in ways contrary to the faith.The longtime Catholic apologist and Benedictine nun added that she will not participate in the Synod, describing it as a “sham”...

A Japanese filmmaker is shaking Cannes film audiences to the core with a dystopian vision of her country in which old people agree to be euthanized to solve the challenge of a rapidly aging population. “Plan 75” by Japanese director and writer Chie Hayakawa is based on a very real problem. Japan is the most rapidly-aging industrial society, a trend that is causing huge economic and political problems as a dwindling number of younger people must support a growing army of the old. Close to 30 percent of Japan’s population is over 65, the majority women, and that rate is...

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His love of architecture and fascination with space provided the perfect combination for Cantwell to make serious moves in Hollywood, working on several projects, his initial credited work being '2001: A Space Odyssey.'Colin Cantwell, the concept artist who designed iconic Star Wars spacecraft, including the X-wing Starfighter, TIE fighter and Death Star, died Saturday at his Colorado home, Sierra Dall, his long-time partner, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 90. Cantwell’s film credits include special photographic effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), technical dialogue for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and computer graphics design consultant for...