Billions of Fireflies Light Up an Indian Wildlife Reserve

  Backlink: COLOSSAL Through a combination of moving image and time-lapse photography, Murali recorded countless specimens amidst the trees as they produce glowing pulses, which relay across the forest in expansive, wave-like signals. The color, brightness, and length of the light emitted is specific to each species, and as a part of the insects’ mating […]

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North Korea Passes Law Allowing ‘Automatic’ Nuclear Strikes Against ‘Hostile Forces’

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES North Korea has passed a law allowing it to conduct a nuclear strike “automatically” against any “hostile forces” posing an imminent threat to the nation, according to the official state-run media.       […]

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A “clean world” is launched: Gan Jing World, the new uncensored platform revolutionizing the internet

  Backlink: THE BL Gan Jing World (GJW), led by James Qiu, a former Apple executive, is a new online information, video, and entertainment platform with a global reach. Unlike most of its competitors, it is committed to being completely free of ideological censorship and all types of degenerate, sexual, violent and deviant content.   […]

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Xi Jinping suddenly replaces the Northern military commander, gunfire at midnight

  Backlink: THE BL On September 8, Xi Jinping suddenly promoted Wang Qiang to the rank of colonel general and assumed the new position of commander of the Northern military region, while the predecessor, Li Qiaoming, was fired despite not being old enough to retire.       […]

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Supreme Court Blocks Order Forcing Yeshiva University to Recognize LGBT Club on Campus

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Yeshiva University in New York City will not have to recognize an LGBT student club, at least not for the time being, according to an emergency ruling the U.S. Supreme Court issued late on Sept. 9, temporarily blocking a lower court order forcing such recognition.       […]

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‘All we need is kerosene’: Fishermen Struggle for Livelihoods in Crisis-hit Sri Lanka

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES “Everything’s difficult at the moment — there’s no kerosene, there’s no food at home,” said 73-year-old Soosaipillai Nicholas, nicknamed Sornam. “We only get work if we come to the sea, otherwise we don’t get any. We’re starving.”       […]

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New York Governor Declares Disaster Emergency After Polio Found in Wastewater

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a disaster emergency on Sept. 9 in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in four counties. Hochul’s executive order followed the discovery of the virus last month in samples from Long Island’s Nassau […]

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Scientists hope to create human embryos for organ harvesting after breakthrough with mice

  Backlink: LIFE SITE NEWS A development in stem cell research is being hailed as a breakthrough for those suffering infertility, miscarriage, or requiring organ transplants but also portends a chilling future straight out of dystopian science fiction. CNN reported that a team of researchers has just published a paper in the peer-reviewed journal Nature announcing that, after 10 […]

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Top Russian Commander of Invading Army Captured by Ukraine—Report

  Backlink: NEWS WEEK Ukrainian media outlets and social media users have speculated that a top Russian commander has been captured as Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Moscow’s forces gathers pace. Images and video shared on Twitter and Telegram purportedly show Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi among a group of Russian troops handcuffed on their knees with one social media […]

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WeChat ‘tears off mask,’ overseas Chinese urge Chinese people abandon the app

  Backlink: THE BL A large number of overseas WeChat users received a notification on September 6, asking permission for WeChat to send users’ personal information back to a server in China. Scholars have called on Western lawmakers to block WeChat. Although WeChat is ostensibly divided into an international version and a domestic version, it […]

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China’s disastrous zero COVID policy: More than 500,000 in lockdown run out of food

  Backlink: THE BL Several residents of Guiyang’s Huaguoyuan community, home to 500,000 people, said they were running out of food days after buildings were closed on September 3, according to postings on social media. Some were even on the verge of despair and were begging for food from their neighbors. “An elderly resident in […]

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