A recent report from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies reveals that the global pharmaceutical industry still relies on ingredients sourced from Chinese-occupied Eastern Turkistan. Uyghur forced labor is prevalent in the region which the Chinese government calls Xinjiang. Even US agencies, including the FDA and USAID, are linked to suppli...
ANKARA (AA) – An Indian poet and author from an indigenous community has refused an award that is backed by the US, in support of Palestine as the Israeli onslaught against the Gaza hits the one-year mark. Jacinta Kerketta, 41, told Anadolu her ‘Jirhul’ poetry collection for children was selected for the Room to Read […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden ignored warnings from his staffers in order to approve a floating pier off the Gaza coast that was meant to facilitate aid deliveries, according to a report published Tuesday. Multiple officials within the US’s humanitarian aid agency, USAID, raised concerns that using the temporary pier would distra...
USAID Administrator Samantha Power on Wednesday acknowledged in congressional testimony the dire situation of famine in Gaza, confirming earlier assessments. She said malnutrition rates, previously minimal, have skyrocketed to one in three children in northern Gaza. Power emphasized the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, noting that nearly ...
