Speaking to Sky News on Friday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said HGV driver shortages were “not new,” and had been an issue all the way through the pandemic. Shapps stated that, on any normal day, it is not unusual for a chain of petrol stations, like those owned by BP, …
Read More »Treat domestic violence like terrorism? No, we need to stop exaggerating over what’s a new and dangerous form of police harassment
There are certain issues in the UK and further afield that have become sacred cows – issues that, when raised, elicit only one “correct” response, and that is to nod your head uncritically. One such issue is that of domestic violence and the way it is policed. For example, the …
Read More »North Korea says formally ending Korean War would be ‘foolish idea’ unless US scraps its hostile policy
Seven decades after the conflict, the Korean Peninsula technically remains in a state of war as the truce achieved by the North and South back then never transformed into an actual peace treaty, while relations between the neighbors always remained strained. The Korean War between China-backed Pyongyang and Seoul, which …
Read More »‘Buyer’s remorse’: Biden’s approval rating plummets as voters view Trump more favorably amid Afghan withdrawal fallout, polls show
Only 43% of American voters surveyed earlier this month approved of Biden’s performance – down from 49% in August, according to the results of a Gallup poll released on Wednesday. The president’s approval rating has now dropped 13 percentage points since June alone, and disapproval of his performance rose to …
Read More »UN human rights chief slams Ukraine over extrajudicial media crackdown after popular outlet taken offline over undisclosed charges
Speaking to journalists at a briefing on Thursday, the head of the team monitoring civil liberties in the Eastern European nation, Matilda Bogner, said that the move to shutter a series of broadcasters and block access to popular news site Strana, as well as a number of Russian publications, is …
Read More »California woman arrested on suspicion of ARSON linked to Fawn wildfire
The woman, identified as Alexandra Souverneva, was charged with arson to wildland on Thursday, according to Cal Fire officials cited by a local CBS affiliate, while another local outlet reported that she is now being held on $100,000 bail at the Shasta County Jail. Workers at businesses in the vicinity …
Read More »Declassified files expose America’s double dealing in relations with revolutionary Iran from day one
To mark its release, the National Security Archive has published a number of highly illuminating declassified files on the subject, several of which have never been seen before. The document trail begins on January 3, 1979, when insurrection had been intensifying across Iran for almost a year. With the Western-installed …
Read More »Facebook steps in to provide high-speed internet to broadband-starved rural Virginia – what could go wrong?
Already constructing enormous high-speed fiber networks to connect its sprawling data centers in Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina, Facebook plans to overlay consumer broadband for some 6,000 homes in Virginia’s Grayson County onto that infrastructure by the end of the fall, according to a Thursday blog post. The Appalachian county …
Read More »Taiwan blasts ‘arch criminal’ Beijing over its opposition to island’s parallel bid to join Asia-Pacific trade pact
The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the Chinese officials in a tersely worded statement on Thursday, insisting that “Taiwan is Taiwan, and is not part of the People’s Republic of China” – directly challenging Beijing’s One-China policy, which considers the island a province of the country in rebellion. …
Read More »CDC panel recommends allowing third Covid-19 vaccine shots for seniors, vulnerable adults, setting stage for US boosters to begin
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday recommended giving third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to people 65 and older, as well as to individuals 50-64 whose medical conditions make them more likely to suffer serious illness or death from the virus. If the CDC accepts the recommendation later …
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