Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement that it was regrettable that Ukrainian officials continue to make “vague political remarks” about the tragic incident. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down in January 2020 by an Iranian air defense unit shortly after departing from Tehran, killing all …
Read More »BBC diversity chief complains Idris Elba’s TV detective isn’t ‘black enough to be real’, leaves online commentator baffled
Commenting on the crime drama ‘Luther’, Miranda Wayland hailed the program for featuring a “really strong, black character lead,” portrayed by Elba, but lamented that the fictional detective lacked authenticity. “We all fell in love with him. Who didn’t, right? But after you got into about the second series you …
Read More »MN police chief and officer who fatally shot black man Daunte Wright BOTH resign after riots
Kim Potter, an officer with Brooklyn Center Police Department, announced on Tuesday she was stepping down from her post over Sunday’s shooting. She allegedly mistook her Taser for her gun when she went to draw it, and instead shot and fatally injured the 20-year-old. “I have loved every minute of …
Read More »US Special Ops ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ chief reassigned as Pentagon probes political social media posts & Trump-Hitler comparison
Less than a week after his new role was announced, Richard Torres-Estrada was removed as SOCOM’s first-ever head of diversity as the military probes his controversial and highly partisan Facebook posts, one of which compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. “The Commander has directed an investigation to look …
Read More »Explosive report reveals US police chief of TINY low-crime village earns more than NYC police commissioner
Chief Thomas Cummings, who oversees Long Island’s Southampton Village and its population of 3,307 people, raked in a total of $441,945.82 last year, but has an annual base salary of $263,829, according to the New York Post. Night differential pay, vacation, holiday pay, Medicare, retirement contributions, “Cleaning/Clothing/College,” and more all …
Read More »CNN airs Trump CDC chief’s ‘opinion’ that Covid started as WUHAN LAB LEAK, argues he ‘sees & knows things the rest of us don’t’
The interview with Robert Redfield, who served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under Donald Trump, was aired by CNN as part of a preview of an upcoming feature program called “COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out.” In a one-on-one segment with CNN’s Sanjay …
Read More »UK royal family mulls appointing DIVERSITY & INCLUSION chief amid ‘racism’ row caused by Meghan & Harry’s interview – reports
“This is an issue which has been taken very seriously across the royal households,” an unidentified royal family source first told the Mail on Sunday, and then ‘confirmed’ it to other media outlets. “We have the policies, the procedures and programmes in place, but we haven’t seen the progress we …
Read More »Biden’s Pentagon chief makes surprise visit to Afghanistan as questions loom over Trump withdrawal deadline
Austin arrived in Kabul from India and met with President Ashraf Ghani and other government officials, according to local media. The US general told the select reporters traveling with him that the Biden administration is interested in a “responsible end to this conflict.” “There’s always going to be concerns about …
Read More »‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban
“We have the option of prohibiting a planned export. That is the message to AstraZeneca,” the EU Commission president told German media on Saturday. “You first fulfil your contract with Europe before you start delivering to other countries.” Von der Leyen blamed the Anglo-Swedish company for having delivered only 30% …
Read More »Russian Olympic Committee chief ‘in cell with no change of clothes’ as he ‘warns arrest could damage Tokyo Olympics performances’
The 56-year-old, who heads Russia’s water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming federations, has been charged with large-scale fraud and could face 10 years in prison. The former adviser to the president of the Russian Olympic Committee is set to be detained until May 16 and is currently in a four-bed …
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