UNICEF: Climate Change and Displacement Are Related; Clearer Than Ever Climate Change Affects Kids

UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) stresses that while the link between climate change and displacement is complex, it's clearer than ever that there is a correlation, the EuroNews website reports today (Oct. 7, 2023).

Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report.

More than 113 million displacements of children will occur in the next three decades,estimated the UNICEF report released Oct.13, which took into account risks from flooding rivers and cyclonic winds. 

Biden Will Build More Walls on Mexican Border: Changed Mind Due to Huge Illegal Aliens' Entry

Joe Biden's administration has abandoned the president's campaign pledge against building  any more barriers on the US-Mexico border, saying it will construct a new section of the controversial wall started  by predecssor Donald Trump to help stem the heavy flow of illegal aliens into t he U.S., the RT website reports today (Oct. 6, 2023).

"There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into thew United States in the project areas," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Ocrt. 4 in a public filing. 

The need is so acute, in fact, that the administration will waive dozens of federal laws and regulations to fast-track the project, which will be built in Starr Country, Texas, Mayorkas conceded.

Ukraine Faces Shortage of Money If US Ends Grants; Wall St. Journal: Ukraine Funds May Dry Up by Nov.

 Kiev is concerned it will not be able to pay its civil servants in November if the U.S stops. sending it money, rhe Wall Street Journal reported yesterday (Oct. 3, 2023).

The Ukrainian government could face a shortage of money and be unable to pay salaries if the U.S. Congress fails to approve another injection of funds into the Ukrainian economy,  the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Journal said the U.S. and other donor nations currently pay salaries to some 150,000  civil servants in Ukraine as well as over half a million teachers, professors,and school workers. 

House Votes Kevin McCarthy Out as Speaker;It's the First Time in U.S. History Speaker Was Ousted

 For the first time in its 200-year-plus history, the U.S. House of Representatives removed its Speaker from his office, the WND website reports today (Oct. 4, 2023).

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was voted out yesterday as the result of a rebellion among House GOP members who wanted to adopt a more conservative. and more aggressive posture. 

The vote, 216--210, came on a handful of GOP members upset with McCarthy's leadership and  all Democrats.

Cath. Doctrine Chief to Answer Queries Fairly; Card. Fernandez Vows to Respond Sincerely

Pope Francis's new doctrine chief has said he believes a revised structure for his department is working well, and now includes a "democratic system " for handling whatever queries or complaints might arrive that prohibits him from making unilateral decisions, the Crux website reports today (Oct. 3. 2023).

New Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, a close papalfriend and ghostwriter who recently became prefect of thew Vatrican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke to journalists on Sept. 30 after getting his red hat from Pope Francis alongside 20 other prelates from around the world. 

Asked how he plans to engage any direct queries he receives, Fernandez acknowledged that in the past, "I was used to responding  directly through Facebook, but now I have to take a little more care of how I move.." 

China Tries to Dominate World Supply of Food; This Is Dangerous for U.S. Since "Food Is Power"

 During the pandemic, Americans experienced food shortages due to the impact on the world's vulnerable supply chain, the CBN website reports today (Oct. 2, 2023).

Experts warn that a brewing battle  between the U.S. and China over control of the world's food supply could lead to that experience becoming the new normal.

"Food is power. We need to remember that. And this is very dangerous for the United States," warned Kip Tom, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.for Food and Agriculture.

Kurdish PKK Party Bomb Attacks Turkey's Parliament; Occured after Parliament Opened after 3-Month Recess

A Kurdish PKK Party bomb attack on Turkey's Interior Ministry occurred today (Oct. 1, 2023), the EueroNews website reports. 

The outlawed Kurdistan  Workers' Party has accepted responsibility, according to the group. 

It has carried out an insurgency since 1984, demanding greater linguistics, cultural, and political rights for the Kurdish minority in Turkey.