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The United States and Britain launched air and sea strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the group's attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

Iran and Russia have finalized an agreement to trade using their local currencies instead of the U.S. dollar, according to Iranian state media.

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) published a list of representatives of government agencies and companies from the United States and Ukraine involved in dual-use bioresearch.

The analysis "we have shown here concludes that the Omicron variants were formed by a completely new mechanism that cannot be explained by previous biology. The process of how SARS-CoV-2 mutations occurred should prompt a reconsideration of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic," the study authors emphasize.

Digital ID systems may threaten individual freedoms.

Recently disclosed vaccine contracts between South Africa and various pharmaceutical companies have raised concerns over "pharmaceutical bullying."

The BRICS consortium (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is set to see its share in global GDP jump to 30% in January 2024.

The good news is the crisis could lead to a return to limited constitutional government, a true free-market economy free of corporations and cronyism, a foreign policy based on peace and free trade, and a free-market monetary system.

The college president, Dr. Kevin James, in a letter released on the college's Instagram, had originally stated that starting from August 20, all students and staff were mandated to wear masks for a period of two weeks.

“We have decided to invite the Argentine Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to become full members of BRICS.”