Students at the University of Kent will receive a gold star should they correctly answer 13 questions concerning race and white privilege. If they answer incorrectly, they are redirected to take the course again, The Telegraph reports. The course forces students to agree with a number of unusual statements, including …
Read More »The Taliban won’t get its hands on Pakistan’s nukes… John Bolton’s alarmism is just his desperate bid to stay relevant
There is an idiom in the English language: ‘jumping the shark’. It is defined as a misguided attempt at generating new attention or publicity for something that was once perceived to be relevant, but no longer is. ‘Jumping the shark’ has its roots in an episode from the fifth season …
Read More »Russia will take ‘zero tolerance’ approach to US tech giant YouTube’s ‘censorship’ of RT’s German-language channels, Kremlin warns
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said that “there are of course signs that Russian law has been broken” after the platform moved to ban RT DE and Der Fehlende Part from its site. “In fact, it has been broken very brazenly,” Dmitry Peskov added. “Because …
Read More »Toxic gases feared on Spain’s Canary Islands as lava from devastating eruption reaches Atlantic Ocean (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
The lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma reached the ocean near the town of Tazacorte shortly after 11pm local time on Tuesday, news channel TVE Canarias reported. The volcano, which began erupting on September 19, has been ejecting massive flows of lava that have …
Read More »It’s time for action on illegal migrants before the bodies start washing up on British shores
I remember being in the European Parliament when awful photographs of dead migrants being washed up on Turkish and Greek beaches began to be beamed around the world. It was a dreadful situation, because although our hearts went out to those who had perished in the Mediterranean, we also knew that …
Read More »We want to cancel you, Mr Bond: Both Left and Right are out to get 007 before they’ve even seen ‘No Time To Die’
Film journalists must gather around their editors’ desks just before any 007 movie premieres to draw matchsticks. Whoever ends up with the short pull gets the job of writing the tired, whining protest piece on how Eon Productions and its studio partners need to stop making James Bond movies. No …
Read More »CNN denies Australians access to its Facebook pages, citing defamation risk after court says publishers responsible for comments
On Wednesday, CNN, which is owned by AT&T Inc., became the first major media firm to remove its Facebook presence from Australia. CNN’s main Facebook page showed an error message on Wednesday when people tried to access it from Australia. The move to prevent Australians from accessing its content came …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan set for Sochi talks with Putin on Syria & Afghanistan after pledging closer ties with Russia to fight terrorism
The meeting comes just a week after Erdogan expressed frustration at talks with his NATO ally, US President Joe Biden, and announced that he would instead try to build closer ties with Russia. The Turkish leader felt that the discussions in New York went badly. The fact Ankara is a …
Read More »Japan’s former FM Kishida set to become next prime minister after winning ruling party vote
The LDP called in an early vote after Suga, whose ratings crumbled amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, said he was stepping down earlier this month after just one year in office. The election on Wednesday was a tight one, only being decided in the second round run-off, …
Read More »‘It could have a different shape potentially’: Musk mocks Bezos’ phallic rocket after dismissing rival’s complaint
At the Code Conference on Tuesday, journalist Kara Swisher asked Musk about the complaints over competing satellite-based internet plans that Bezos’ Blue Origin filed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against SpaceX. “I think he should put more energy in getting to orbit than lawsuits,” Musk replied, drawing loud laugher …
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