Just one day after the U.S. surpassed China to become the country with the highest number of Covid-19 cases, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency updated its assessment of the origin of the novel coronavirus to reflect that it may have been accidentally released from an infectious diseases lab, Newsweek has learned. The report, dated March 27 and corroborated by two U.S. officials, reveals that U.S. intelligence revised its January assessment in which it "judged that the outbreak probably occurred naturally" to now include the possibility that the new coronavirus emerged "accidentally" due to "unsafe laboratory practices" in the central Chinese city of…

Of the many ways that the pandemic is making us rethink our humanity, none is more important, or urgent, than the overall protection of children. They may not be as susceptible to the virus as other groups, but they are especially vulnerable to so many of the secondary impacts of the pandemic on society. The economic fallout of COVID-19 has been swift and brutal. Lockdowns and stay at home orders have resulted in job losses and economic insecurity, increasing pressure and uncertainty for many families. We know that stress at home increases the risk of domestic violence, whether in a developed economy or a refugee…

Annexing the West Bank would threaten Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, anger allies in the Gulf, undermine the Palestinian Authority, and endanger Israel as a Jewish democracy. Four days after the White House reiterated its resolve to pursue U.S. President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century,” Israel’s ongoing political turmoil ended on Monday with a coalition agreement that may doom prospects of Israelis and Palestinians ever returning to the negotiating table. The agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White bloc sets July 1 as the date when unilateral Israeli annexation of large chunks of West Bank…

      Revoyant à fond la nature de la relation économique entre la Chine et le Kenya, Hanan, constata effarée : La Chine à l'image d'une pieuvre avait une formidable emprise sur l'économie Kenyane, que ce soit sur le plan de l'aide au développement, les échanges commerciaux ou les investissements Chinois dans son pays, la Chine en 2020 était désormais leur second partenaire économique et leur premier bailleur de fonds…

Thursday, on my radio show on RBN, I had a caller who pointed out the role of the Rockefeller Foundation in funding the study of psychiatry in major medical schools. This was in the context of a show that was discussing aspects of Jewish power in the United States. While the caller did not specifically claim that the Rockefellers were Jewish, it is a claim that one hears from time to time. I personally have never seen any convincing evidence that the Rockefellers were Jewish, but that may be besides the point. Before getting to my real point, I also want…