RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: The death toll from mudslides and floods in Brazil’s colonial-era city of Petropolis, which was hit by heavy rains, has risen to 117 and is expected to increase. After heavy downpours, the city recorded some 2.36 inches of rain, which caused more soil instability and disrupted efforts to find survivors. “There […]

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Mayor Eric Adams has announced a plan to remove the homeless from the New York subway and bus systems. He announced the plan this week, while standing next to New York Governor Kathy Hochul at the Fulton Street station in Lower Manhattan. Adams’ plan is based upon sending teams of […]

CUPERTINO, California, Apple investors’ advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services, ISS, shareholders, $99 million pay package, Tim Cook, equity award, performance criteria, Cook’s pay package CUPERTINO, California: A powerful Apple investors’ advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), is encouraging shareholders to vote against the $99 million pay package awarded last year to company head Tim Cook. […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: The U.S. has suspended avocado imports from Michoacn, the only state in Mexico cleared to export to the U.S., causing fears of shortages at grocery stores and restaurants. Industry insiders have warned that supplies may run out within days, resulting in higher prices for the few avocados available at stores. According to the […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: An AirAsia flight in Malaysia recently made an emergency landing after a snake was discovered aboard the plane. In a video posted on TikTok, the silhouette of a long snake could be seen above passengers on an AirAsia flight leaving the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, enroute to the city of Tawau on […]

BARCELONA, Spain: Three more bodies were recovered after a Spanish fishing ship sunk in rough seas off Newfoundland, bringing the death toll to 10. Canadian rescuers are still looking for the 11 crew members who went missing after the 164-foot fishing boat, Villa de Pitanxo, went down in the eastern Atlantic Ocean early this week. […]

Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the U.S. and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the […]

MONTREAL, Canada: In easing Covid restrictions, beginning February 28 Canada will no longer ask fully vaccinated travelers to provide PCR tests when entering the country, but will only require rapid tests, Federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos has announced. Rapid tests need to be taken one day before arriving in Canada by air or across […]

HONG KONG: As daily cases surged by some 20 times over the past two weeks, causing shortages of hospital beds, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the latest wave of COVID-19 cases has overwhelmed the city, which is struggling to cope. As health authorities reported a record 2,071 infections on February 14, with 4,500 […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium – NATO remains concerned about the Russian military build-up encircling Ukraine, and threats of an imminent invasion despite Moscow accusing the West of disinformation and ridiculing talk of an invasion. The spokesperson for Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday mocked Western “disinformation media” and suggested the outlets should publish the future schedule of Moscow’s […]