Tag: United Nations

Weaponized Migrants: The Transnational Border Crisis

In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we go down to southern Texas and the U.S.–Mexico border, where tens of thousands of migrants from all over the world have been amassing and crossing illegally into the United States, roughly 10,000 per day now, as Title 42 finally expired. The law was enacted to protect the…


Post-Pandemic Urban Crime and Violence Sees Growth in Armored Vehicle Sales

The urban riots with images of buildings and cars set ablaze in 2020 proved how dangerous America’s city streets can be for anyone stuck in traffic during incidents of civil unrest. With little warning, your vehicle could be up against an angry, fist-pounding mob bent on causing harm and destruction. It’s an urban motorist’s worst…


Urban Crime Fuels Rise in Armored Vehicle Sales

The urban riots with images of buildings and cars set ablaze in 2020 proved how dangerous America’s city streets can be for anyone stuck in traffic during incidents of civil unrest. With little warning, your vehicle could be up against an angry, fist-pounding mob bent on causing harm and destruction. It’s an urban motorist’s worst…


WHO Says It Fired Top COVID Origin Investigator for Sexual Misconduct Last Year

A top World Health Organization (WHO) scientist who led an international mission to Wuhan, China, two years ago to investigate the origins of COVID-19 has been fired over alleged sexual misconduct. Peter Ben Embarek, a Danish food scientist who headed the WHO’s One Health initiative aimed to control infectious diseases spreading between animals and humans,…


Sudan Conflict Could Prompt 800,000 People to Flee, UN Says

KHARTOUM—The United Nations warned on Monday that the conflict in Sudan could force 800,000 people to flee the country as battles between rival military factions persisted in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded over 16 days of battles since disputes between the Sudanese army and the…


Global Governance: The Great Reset and the End of Sovereignty

Global governance. The great reset. It sounds like what it is—a global overhaul of how we live our lives. The World Health Organization justifies it in order to prevent another pandemic catastrophe. The United Nations says it’s due to rapid climate change. The World Economic Forum thinks it’s time for a new industrial revolution. All…


UN Security Council Unanimously Condemns Taliban Ban on Afghan Women Working for UN

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the Taliban’s ban on women working for the organization on April 27, calling the decision “unprecedented in the history of the United Nations.” The resolution, and a separate one calling on the Taliban to quickly reverse its crackdown on the rights of women and girls, was passed unanimously by…


UN Report Aims to Globally Decriminalize Sex With Minors, Prostitution, and More

Using drugs or alcohol while pregnant is not a crime, and neither is sex with a minor or defecating on a public sidewalk, according to a recent United Nations report that seeks to globally decriminalize a host of behaviors related to sex, HIV, gender expression, drug possession and use, homelessness, and poverty. The report, written…


UN Seeks Vast New Powers for Global Emergencies

The United Nations is seeking vast new powers and stronger “global governance” tools to deal with international emergencies such as pandemics and economic crises, a new U.N. policy brief has revealed, and the Biden administration appears to support the proposal. The plan to create an “Emergency Platform,” which would involve a set of protocols activated…


Russia Assumes Presidency of UN Security Council on April Fools’ Day

On April Fools’ Day, the Russian Federation assumed presidency of the United Nations Security Council as it wages war on Ukraine, in what Ukraine’s president said showed its “total bankruptcy.” Russia last took the chair of the intergovernmental body, which is tasked with maintaining peace and combating acts of international aggression, in February 2022 when…