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CAS announced on Thursday that it had reduced Russia’s ban from four to two years on appeal, but the decision still means the Russian flag and anthem will be absent from the next two editions of the Olympic Games – Tokyo in the summer of 2021, and the Winter Games …

While 79 percent of white citizens will do so, only 57 percent of minority-ethnic people have stated any desire to be vaccinated, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Royal Society for Public Health. These statistics reflect the level of resentment and suspicion that has been stoked by …

The greeting card industry in the UK remains massive, with more than 900 million cards worth a mammoth £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) exchanged each year according to the most recent figures available, so it is extraordinary that it is so hard to find just one that I’d like to send …

In response to a question from RT correspondent Igor Zhdanov as part of his annual end-of-year press conference on Thursday, Putin said there was a fine balance between expressing yourself and insulting the feelings of entire groups of people. “Where is the boundary between one freedom and another freedom,” the …

The Provincial Court of British Columbia hears 95 percent of all criminal cases in the Canadian province. Murderers, rapists, petty criminals, and parking offenders all have their day before its judges, with the most serious cases kicked upward to the Supreme Court of Canada. Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie, however, is …

On Monday, controversial US government-funded ‘online investigations’ website Bellingcat published a bombshell exclusive, claiming Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny had been closely followed by a host of FSB (Federal Security Service) operatives on his various travels around Russia, before he was allegedly poisoned with Novichok in August. The nerve agent …

It’s a one-two sequence: set up a problem, then put forward a solution. This week’s US media choreography has the hallmarks of orchestration by the deep-state apparatus, which the New York Times and others willingly oblige. First came the “blockbuster” reports claiming that Russian hackers had “penetrated” the heart of …

The latest “binary options” are now quite often called an easy way to increase your own income. in fact, there is a small amount of truth in this, because this tool allows traders to make good profits in short time intervals. it is also important that players know all possible …

​It now seems increasingly likely that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have gotten away with the “f-word” and will be sworn in to the White House on January 20. ​At every level, the courts have deemed the overwhelming evidence of electoral fraud as insufficient to even justify a full hearing, …

Russia was handed a four-year ban in December 2019 after allegations that falsified lab data was sent to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigators by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Russia had appealed the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, and while the court reduced the …