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At an upcoming conference on May 22 – 28, ultimate control over America’s healthcare system is scheduled to be delivered, pending a vote, to the World Health Organization that will give sweeping power to the WHO’s Director-General to declare health emergencies or crises in any nation, even if that nation opposes it. The Director-General will be able to declare these health crises based merely on his personal opinion or consideration that there is a potential or possible threat to other nations. If passed, the amendments, proposed by the Biden administration, will drastically compromise the independence and the sovereignty of the...

GENEVA (Reuters) – Last year tied for the hottest year on record, confirming a long-term warming trend which will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. The first 10 years of the millennium proved to be the hottest decade since records began in the 19th century, it said. "The main signal is that the warming trend continues and is being strengthened year after year," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud told a news conference. "The trend, unfortunately, will continue for a number of years but the amplitude will depend on the amount of greenhouse...

It is hard to think of a more embarrassing endorsement of President Obama’s health care reform bill than that offered this week by the United Nations. The UN, probably the most corrupt and ineffective multilateral body on the face of the earth, which devotes much of its time trying to undermine American global power, has officially given its blessing to Barack Obama’s hugely controversial and unpopular legislation. The United Nations is increasingly disliked in the eyes of the American public, and continues to empower some of the most odious anti- American tyrannies across the world. World Health Organisation Director Margaret...