The rally, which went on amid a heightened police presence at the Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower, was organized by Reporters without Borders, Amnesty International as well as other human rights groups and journalist unions. Opponents of the Global Security Bill insist that it’s a major infringement on the …
Read More »New twist in $50bn Yukos battle as US court sides with Russia over oligarchs & suspends controversial case
The case, part of a protracted 15-year legal battle brought by the oligarchs, won’t be reviewed until 2022, or until a parallel judgement is settled at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. Dutch courts previously awarded $50 billion in damages to former investors in the company, believed to be the …
Read More »BRICS+ nations will have their own financial systems to avoid dollar & drunken sailors at printing presses – George Galloway
The host of RT’s Keiser Report sat down with the British politician, who is set to run for MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West in a possible by-election, to discuss his political goals and the rapid development of cryptocurrencies. Galloway believes that sooner or later, not only those countries “hunted” …
Read More »‘No evidence’ that asymptomatic Covid-19 cases were infectious, analysis of post-lockdown Wuhan concludes
The analysis, published in the scientific journal Nature, looked at the results of a screening initiative held between May and June in Wuhan, the city where the first cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in late 2019. The origins of the virus have yet to be determined, with new …
Read More »Dutch journalist crashes ‘secret’ EU defense meeting after access code accidentally posted online
The ‘hack’ occurred on Friday, when RTL Nieuws journalist Daniel Verlaan managed to sneak into the online gathering of the EU bigwigs. Footage of the incident, shared by the reporter online, shows a smiling Verlaan waving to the officials, many of whom were not exactly glad to see the reporter …
Read More »Obama producing anti-Trump Netflix ‘comedy’ series: Hollywood refuses to give up on cash cow obsession, even with Biden in office
With President Donald Trump’s path to reelection looking more and more like a fantasy, even those not in support of Joe Biden had to have at least one moment of wishful thinking: maybe with Trump out of office, the entertainment industry will move on and let their annoying obsession with …
Read More »Rioters storm Brazilian supermarket & set FIRES after security guards allegedly kill black man (VIDEO)
Footage from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows total mayhem at the ‘Carrefour’ food store, as protesters ransacked the shop with seeming impunity. Products are seen littering the aisles as alarms are heard ringing in the background. Demonstrators also pelted the store with rocks, shattering its windows, and set a fire …
Read More »‘What happened to academic freedom?’ Scientist fumes as Facebook flags Covid-19 study questioning mask effectiveness as ‘false’
“[What] has happened to academic freedom and freedom of speech? There is nothing in this article that is ‘false,’” Carl Heneghan, the director of the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University, said on Friday. He posted a screenshot of Facebook flagging his article for the Spectator magazine as ‘False …
Read More »Bolivia rejoins Latin American regional blocs opposing US sway under new socialist president
A successor and ally to ousted leader Evo Morales, Arce’s administration said it would renew “full participation as a member country” in the three groups – the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (known by its Spanish acronym CELAC), the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Bolivarian …
Read More »Twitter says it will strip Trump of @POTUS handle on January 20, even if he does not concede, touts talks with Biden team
“Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” Twitter spokesperson Nick Pacilio said in a statement emailed to reporters on Friday, adding that the tech giant would pass off the @POTUS, @whitehouse, @VP, @FLOTUS and other government-related handles to the …
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