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I am precluded by my religion to speak ill of the recently dead. An exception must be made for the walking dead, especially when they are walking the West Wing of the White House in Washington DC. To to the sea of troubles in America can now be added a …

Biden announced on Tuesday that he will appoint Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary in his administration, setting her up to become the first openly transgender official confirmed by the Senate. Levine has served in her post as Pennsylvania health secretary since 2018 and, before that, was the state’s …

Parler reappeared online on Sunday, with a solitary post by CEO John Matze promising the imminent return of the conservative-friendly social media platform. The platform is currently hosted by Epik, a US-based company that spoke out against deplatforming last week and carries server traffic for Gab and 8chan. However, researchers …

Pipe-laying vessel ‘Fortuna’ and oil tanker ‘Maksim Gorky’, as well as two Russian firms, KVT-Rus and Rustanker, were blacklisted on Tuesday under CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) as part of the US’ sanction war. The same legislation had been previously used by Washington to target numerous Russian officials …

Speaking on Tuesday, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick told LBC radio that she was “baffled” by the decision of government experts not to follow the lead of other countries who have elected to put their law enforcement officers at the front of the queue for inoculations. “In many other …

Joe, my dear boy, it’s so wonderful to see you here in, ahm, Carbis Bay in sunny Cornwall. First off, around here folks call me BoJo and – if I may be so bold – may I call you JoBi? Marvellous, marvellous. That’s simply marvellous, old bean. JoBi it is, …

Despite agreement from the Russian and German governments that the project must be completed, the company fears that it could eventually be derailed. As a partially public company, it is required to let its investors know about future risks. On Monday, the White House informed Berlin that it would be …

Donald Trump in 2016 not only was the biggest Republican presidential candidate in recent history to have such strong opposition to illegal immigration, but likely the biggest in the last two decades. His railing against it was often used as the centerpiece of false accusations of racism against him. In …

The exercise, dubbed ‘Eqtedar 99’ (‘Power 99’) kicked off in southern Iran close to the mouth of the Gulf early on Tuesday. The war game was organized by the country’s army ground force, supported by air force and aviation units. “Today, the Ground Force has achieved considerable operational capabilities in …

Last-minute pardons have become a tradition for outgoing presidents. In theory, the power is supposed to be used to overturn wrongful convictions or excessively harsh sentences, but past administrations, both Democratic and Republican, have granted mercy to friends and political allies.  Trump is expected to honor this somewhat seedy custom. …