On Sunday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hyped up the supposed ‘Russian threat’ during a conversation with his Polish counterpart, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau. As he expressed his support to Warsaw in its ongoing row with Belarus, the US official put the blame for the crisis on the Belarusian government, …
Read More »RT TV crew ‘handcuffed’ and detained on Poland-Belarus border
Reporters David Khalifa and cameraman Jordi Demory were taken into custody after a single live broadcast from the scene, RT France said. They reported that the Polish police showed an “unfriendly” attitude towards them. “On several occasions they asked us to leave and not to film,” Khalifa said of the …
Read More »US & Israel launch joint cybersecurity force
The partnership was announced in a US Treasury Department press release on Sunday, which claimed the task force between the two countries would “protect critical financial infrastructure and emerging technologies” and work to “counter the threat ransomware poses to countries and the global economy.” Wally Adeyemo, the deputy secretary of …
Read More »Capitol storming was ‘attack’ on NATO values, secretary general says
During the ‘Axios on HBO’ interview, which aired on Sunday, Stoltenberg said he regarded the Capitol storming “as an attack on the core democratic institutions of the United States and therefore also on core values of NATO.” Despite his concern over the incident – in which supporters of former President …
Read More »ISS crew told to hide due to threat of space debris
The debris – reportedly a part of a satellite – will pass close by at 07:06 GMT On Wednesday, the ISS maneuvered to avoid a collision with a piece of a Chinese weather satellite that was destroyed by a weapon test in 2007. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Ukraine announces start of ‘energy war’ with Russia
In an interview with Kiev’s 1+1 channel on Friday, Deputy Energy Minister Maxim Nemchinov announced that “today, we are in reality locked in a state of war with Russia.” According to him, the neighboring nation is “blocking imports from Kazakhstan, preventing railroad cars laden with coal from traveling to Ukraine, …
Read More »Amazon-backed ‘Tesla killer’ startup shows how to become US’ biggest company earning nothing
The stock was at nearly $130 per share at the end of Friday’s trading session, marking a daily surge of more than 5.65%, after a jump of over 67% from its initial public offering price of $78 during its first day at the stock exchange on Wednesday. The market value …
Read More »Trump ally suggests ‘one religion’ to go with ‘one nation under God’
“If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must,” Flynn said over the weekend at a ‘ReAwaken America’ tour event in San Antonio, Texas, “we have to have one religion. One nation under God, and one religion under God.” Flynn served briefly in the Trump administration …
Read More »Australia better prepare for ‘sacrifice’, Chinese media boss warns
Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton vowed to “support the US in an action if the US chose to take that action” against China over Taiwan, prompting the Global Times editor Hu Xijin to shoot back on social media on Sunday. “If Australian troops come to fight in the Taiwan Straits, …
Read More »US military says strikes on women & children were ‘legitimate self-defense’
The US military found itself at the center of controversy this week after the New York Times reported that it had covered up a 2019 strike on Syrian civilians which left at least 80 dead. After the report went viral, US officials finally acknowledged the casualties in a statement and …
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