In a video taken during a visit by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Laredo, Texas – and reported by several US media on Saturday – US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz attempts to empathize with the frustrations of the job, but his comments lead to a heated …
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Actress Evangeline Lilly is facing major backlash, including calls for her to be sacked by Marvel Studios, after she voiced her opposition to mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations. The blowback began after Lilly, a star of Marvel’s “Ant-Man” movies, said on Thursday that she had participated in a protest last weekend in …
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Poland’s most powerful lawmaker has admitted that his country purchased spyware from the controversial Israeli NSO Group. He denied it was being used to target politicians, however, claiming it was used by the secret services. Speaking to the weekly right-wing magazine Sieci, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland’s ruling Law …
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Israel has lifted its strict Covid-19 travel ban against ‘high risk’ countries, such as the US and UK, acknowledging that the spread of the Omicron variant has rendered such restrictions obsolete. Nachman Ash, the director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Health, revealed on Thursday that travel would resume to and from …
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“I have mixed feelings,” de Blasio said on Sunday in a Fox News interview. “I’ve been very open about it on this law, and I think there are big legal questions, but I also respect the City Council. They made a decision.” He then tried to shift the conversation back …
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The suspect, Ye Hein Zaw, pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of conspiracy to assault and make a violent attack upon a foreign official, according to a DOJ release. “Between at least in or about July 2021 through at least on or about August 5, 2021, Zaw, a citizen …
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“Russian counter-sanctions have bashed Greek exports, which have been cut in half since 2014. This is especially the case for fresh fruit, vegetables, fish and dairy products,” Varvitsiotis Miltiadis, Greece’s alternate minister of foreign affairs, said in an interview with TASS. According to the official, Greek manufacturers are currently ramping …
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Speaking to Professor Cathy Park Hong, the Korean-American author of a new book about Asian-American identiy, two-time Women’s World Cup winner Rapinoe spoke of her determination to continue her high-profile campaigning and thanked the poet for “continuing the education we as white Americans so desperately need”. Having testified to the …
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The gaming giant caused anger among the Muslim community this week over ‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’, the newly released 18th installment of the popular first-person shooter series. The Stalingrad map in the game’s Zombies mode featured pages from the Koran scattered on a floor, with some of them soaked in …
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Speaking in the port of Baltimore on Wednesday to promote the infrastructure bill and urge Congress to pass the even bigger and more sweeping BBB. Though he argued the US was experiencing the “highest growth rate in decades, fastest decrease in unemployment ever,” he acknowledged most Americans see only the …
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