Shipments from Mexico were suspended on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest event annually for the avocado industry Mexican avocado growers have lost access to their largest market at perhaps the worst possible time, as the US has suspended imports of the pricey fruit just ahead of the industry’s Super Bowl marketing blitz. […]
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Man arrested over Piers Morgan death threats
The ‘venomous’ abuse meted out to the broadcaster and his son forced him to install a panic button at home After a lengthy investigation, a man has been arrested in relation to online death threats made to TV broadcaster Piers Morgan and his eldest son, Spencer. In February 2021, Morgan revealed that he and his […]
Israeli minister under 24/7 protection over threats from ‘Jews’
Omer Barlev has revealed he has been given round-the-clock protection after facing threats from extremist Jews. Israel’s minister of public security recently invoked the fury of right-wingers after he vowed to fight “settler violence.” The news was announced by the official in a Twitter post on Monday. From now on, Omer Barlev will be under […]
Man whose call made Biden agree with ‘Let’s go Brandon’ gets threats
The Oregon father who added “Let’s go Brandon” at the end of a live-streamed Christmas Eve phone conversation with Joe Biden said he is now being “attacked” for “utilizing freedom of speech.” He claims it was meant as a joke. While noting that he “stood 100% behind what I did and what I said,” Jared […]
Erdogan backtracks on threats to expel US envoy and 9 other ambassadors, after they pledge to not interfere in Turkey’s affairs
Ankara has backtracked on its threats to declare 10 envoys “personae non gratae” after they called for the release of an opposition figure even though their embassies had officially vowed not to interfere in the country’s affairs. The apparent resolution of the diplomatic row was announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a government meeting […]
WATCH: Protests hit major European port of Trieste amid threats to block it completely over Italy’s mandatory Green pass
Several thousand people staged a rally at the port of Trieste on Friday to protest the Italian government’s decision to make coronavirus health passes mandatory for all workers, which went into force on that day. The port of Trieste, which is the seventh-largest in Europe and a key oil terminal in the Mediterranean, remained functional […]
First region in Poland abandons anti-LGBT resolution over threats of losing EU funds
A region in southern Poland has revoked a controversial anti-LGBT resolution over fears of losing funding from the European Union, making it the first to ditch its declaration of being an LGBT-free zone. On Wednesday, the regional assembly of Świętokrzyskie voted in a special session to scrap the ruling, with 25 ministers voting in favor […]
Gates Foundation warns about future pandemic threats as Covid-19 response continues to snarl world economy
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, whose advice guided much of the global response to the Covid pandemic, has seemingly washed its hands of one virus while warning the world isn’t prepared to deal with the next big pandemic. The foundation’s annual report, released on Tuesday, bemoaned the poverty increases wrought “by Covid-19” – omitting […]
Environmental threats are biggest obstacle to human rights, UN chief warns
The triple threats of climate change, pollution, and nature loss are posing the greatest threat to human rights worldwide, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned, calling for greater action. Speaking at a conference on Monday in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet stressed that global environmental threats are “directly and severely impacting a broad […]







