Russia's actions are reaching the level of absurdity with their seemingly evil behavior, reminiscent of a poorly scripted supervillain. In their latest move, Moscow is reported to be conscripting individuals with terminal cancer, offering _...Read More_

The New York Times: A More Muscular NATO Emerges as West Confronts Russia and China. >"It is a fundamental shift for a military alliance born in the Cold War _...Read More_

It looks like the "conservative" media" (Tucker, Hannity, Ingram and etc.), GQP, Trumpians and Putin follow the same handbook.

"Russia and Ukraine exchanged 10 prisoners of war each on Thursday in what Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk called the first full-fledged swap of the month-old conflict."

>"News conferences are meant to counter Russian propaganda, but some worry they may violate the Geneva Convention."

The Omicron variant is creating a lot of anxiety.

>Myanmar's junta has freed hundreds of political prisoners from Yangon's Insein prison, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing local media. It follows the junta's announcement Monday that it would free more than 5,600 people arrested for _...Read More_

"Alexander Lukashenko’s latest gambit was too outrageous for European policymakers to ignore. The EU rushed to react after the Belarusian dictator scrambled fighter jets to intercept a Ryanair flight between Athens and Vilnius to arrest _...Read More_

[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/13/asia/peter-humphrey-china-prisoners-intl-hnk/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/13/asia/peter-humphrey-china-prisoners-intl-hnk/index.html) Hong Kong (CNN)When they brought him his passport, Jeff Harper thought he was getting out. _...Read More_

Prisoners are more vulnerable than ever to the twin crises of the pandemic and a historic wildfire season.

[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-prisoners/afghan-government-releases-80-of-final-400-taliban-prisoners-idUSKCN25A0MI](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-prisoners/afghan-government-releases-80-of-final-400-taliban-prisoners-idUSKCN25A0MI) "The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 who _...Read More_