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Why I No Longer Think We Can Eliminate COVID – Public Health Expert
Andrew Lee University of Sheffield Andrew Lee is qualified in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. Following paediatric and tropical medicine training, then worked overseas running primary health care and tuberculosis control programmes in Afghanistan. Around the world, countries are having to strike a balance between COVID-19 cases and restrictions.
Auckland Lockdown Unlikely to End Next Week
A significant part of the world’s population today is living with high levels of fear. Fear of death by Covid-19. Confronted by stories of hundreds of new “cases”, deaths and horrifyingly mutated variants that will eventually sneak in and get them, average people are losing the will to live.
Canadian Mother Requests Lethal Injection for 4-YEAR-OLD Son Born with Disability
righttolife.org.uk A Canadian mother has asked the Canadian government to extend euthanasia to children so a lethal injection might be given to her son. Karie-Lyn Pelletier, from L’Islet, says she will wish to end the life of her four-year-old son, Abel, if his condition becomes worse. Abel
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Can a Free and Open Society Allow Vaccine Passes?
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. Western societies, at least up to very recently, have distinguished themselves by their commitment to two fundamental principles. The first is the principle that social life is open
Kabul Has Fallen – But Don’t Blame Biden
Ron Paul mises.org Dr. Ron Paul is a former member of Congress and Distinguished Counselor to the Mises Institute. This weekend the US experienced another “Saigon moment,” this time in Afghanistan. After a 20 year war that drained trillions from Americans’ pockets, the capital of Afghanistan fell without a
As Afghanistan Falls, What Does It Mean for the Middle East?
Tony Walker La Trobe University Tony Walker is a vice chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe University. He is a columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He is a dual Walkley Award winner for commentary, and recipient of the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery
As the Taliban Returns, 20 Years of Progress for Women Looks Set to Disappear Overnight
Azadah Raz Mohammad The University of Melbourne Jenna Sapiano Monash University Azadah Raz Mohammad is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and holds an LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from University of Essex, and a second LLM in International Criminal Law as a Fulbright Scholar
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‘Staggeringly Cruel’
The Prime Minister’s kindness schtick is under attack after the disaster of Afghanistan caught her flat-footed. Judith Collins has wasted no time in labelling the Prime Minister “staggeringly cruel” for the way Ardern and Kris Faafoi have mishandled everything to do with Afghanistan: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is being
Three New Helper Robots at the Hsinchu National Taiwan University Hospital
Zachary Silver Jonathan Peng robohub.org Zachary Silver is a High School student studying at Taipei American School in Taiwan. Zachary has been interested in robotics since he was introduced to it as a middle school student, and has created robots to compete in global competitions for the past five
USA Losing Out on Rare Earth Access in Afghanistan and Myanmar
16th August 2021 The disastrous American extraction from Afghanistan has major geopolitical implications for the region. The manner of the pull-out sends a message to its allies, and NATO and the UK are especially brassed off with the USA. Russia and China have responded speedily, saying that they will recognise
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