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Another UK Jail Descended Into Crisis With Over 40% of Inmates on Drugs

October 12, 2018 Syndicated 0

Psychoactive substances and drugs easily make their way into a British prison in Essex, where 42.6% of prisoners failed drugs tests, in what has been branded an epidemic by ombudswoman Elizabeth Moody.

Red Cross: Cholera Outbreak Reaches “Hideous Milestone” of 1 Million Cases — Facilitated By U.S.-Backed Saudi Intervention in Yemen

January 14, 2018 staff 0

As the 1,000th day of the U.S.-backed Saudi airstrike campaign in Yemen passed this week, humanitarian agencies recorded the one millionth case of cholera to infect the war-torn country, where 80 percent of the population lacks adequate access to food, clean water, and healthcare.