Hawaii police are defending their use of pandemic relief funds for a robotic “police dog” made by Boston Dynamics which scans homeless people’s eyes to see if they have a fever. “If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog …
Read More »As protests grow against health passes, are elites imposing the measures making the same disdainful mistakes Remain did in 2016?
Protests have erupted again in a number of Europe’s major cities. The source is the rollout of Covid passports, which protesters claim creates two tiers of citizens – those who have been vaccinated (good) and those who have not (bad). Some protesters in Italy have gone as far to wear …
Read More »‘Everyone laugh at the USWNT’: Megan Rapinoe and USA teammates brutally mocked following shock Olympic Games defeat to Canada
The 1-0 win, secured via a late VAR-awarded penalty by Jessica Fleming 16 minutes from time, represented the first occasion on which Canada had beaten the USWNT in 20 years. Despite dominating swathes of the game, the USA failed to find the net for the third time in their five matches in Tokyo. Rapinoe was visibly …
Read More »Tehran vows ‘strong’ response to any ‘adventure’ as UK summons Iranian ambassador over attack on tanker off Oman
The claims made by the British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and the US State Secretary Antony Blinken against Iran are “contradictory” and “false,” Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said on Monday. He denounced the accusations made by the western officials as “incitement to violence” and said that Tehran strongly …
Read More »Biden the hawk turns into a Trump clone on Iran as he eyes imposing tough new sanctions, wrecking prospects of a new nuclear deal
In another hawkish move against Iran, US President Joe Biden seeks not to fulfil his campaign promise, but instead to slap on additional sanctions and to tighten existing ones. The step makes it clear that the intentions of the new administration are the same as the old. In March 2018, …
Read More »Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard crashes out of Tokyo Olympics after three failed attempts on first Games appearance
Super-heavyweight Hubbard’s much-debated debut at the Olympics ended in immediate failure on Monday, with the 43-year-old, who transitioned to become a woman in 2012, failing with snatch attempts at 120kg and 125kg. The clean and jerk part of the competition is yet to come, although registering no weight in the …
Read More »Afghan president blames ‘abrupt’ departure of US-led troops for failures in war with Talban
“The reason for our current situation is that the decision [to withdraw international troops] was taken abruptly,” Ashraf Ghani told the country’s parliament on Monday. Presenting his security plan, Ghani expressed hope that the situation on the ground will be “under control within six months.” The president also cited corruption …
Read More »Secret documents expose London’s plans to infiltrate the Balkans… while undermining Russia
Among a tranche of leaked UK government documents related to covert actions in the Balkans is a fascinating secret study, conducted by professional services firm WYG and pollster Ipsos, which discusses methods of countering negative perceptions of Whitehall among the region’s constituent countries, and the type of propaganda that should …
Read More »UN special rapporteur on torture requests info after video shows German police officer throwing elderly woman to ground
The footage, allegedly recorded during the anti-Covid-19 lockdown protests in Berlin on Sunday, showed the woman attempting to walk past an officer before he grabbed onto her neck with both hands and threw her forcefully to the ground. Fellow protesters could be seen in the video admonishing the officer and …
Read More »US House Republican report on Covid-19 origin claims ‘ample evidence’ to prove Wuhan lab leak theory – documents seen by media
Despite China’s repeated dismissals, the idea that the virus emerged from a scientific laboratory in the city – and not from a ‘wet market’ source – has been resurrected in recent months. The theory’s proponents in the US have pointed to supposedly faulty lab safety procedures and alleged Chinese government …
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