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Trump's impact on the politics of Europe over the past four years is already a chilly warning of the insidious effect of undemocratic tendencies in the White House. … [Read more...] about The world has more riding on Joe Biden than any US president in decades

Then-leader of the House of Commons and Women’s and Equality minister Harriet Harman came under attack in 2009 when it was claimed she had lobbied the government in 1978 as the NCCL’s legal officer, arguing to soften the Protection of Children Bill, which sought to make pornographic images of those under 16 illegal. Harman was reported to be “furious” at the claims in 2014 and claimed to be the victim of a smear campaign. … [Read more...] about Arab World Institute Head Regrets Signing Letter Proposing Decriminalization of Sex with Children

Beyrer: “Yes. One great example was a large project that was joint U.S. with Kenya and Uganda, a large collaborative study called the Search Study, and Search really tried to provide services screening for things like blood pressure for diabetes, diseases that men care about and that are much less stigmatized than HIV and to integrate HIV services into those services, and to do so in ways that also work for men.  … [Read more...] about World ‘Way Off’ Targets of Getting Control of HIV Transmission

“It is not clear why the committee did not meet until the third week of January, nor is it clear why it was unable to agree on the (PHEIC) declaration… when it was first convened,” the report said, noting the reluctance of Tedros to say or do anything that might point to China’s bungled reponse or the W.H.O.’s own complicity: … [Read more...] about Report Slams China, W.H.O. for ‘Slow and Ineffective’ Coronavirus Response

Absent from the theories as to what caused China’s most recent outbreak is a party for thousands of tightly-packed people in Wuhan, which followed weeks of what Australia’s The News described as images “showing bars, restaurants and clubs thriving in Wuhan, with no evidence in the city of 11 million residents that the world was currently gripped by a pandemic.” Many of those interviewed attending the event were not Wuhan locals, with some even admitting it was their first time in the city. Presumably, these individuals went home after their attendance at the party. … [Read more...] about China Fights Nationwide Coronavirus Explosion Two Weeks After Wuhan New Year’s Bash