The firm that produces Taser stun guns was forced to reverse course after its CEO suggested it would create armed, “non-lethal” drones to deploy in American schools as a way to stop mass shooters, immediately triggering outrage from within the company itself. Rick Smith – CEO of Axon Enterprise, formerly …
Read More »Switzerland clarifies rules on arms shipments to Ukraine
Switzerland ruled on Friday that shipping weapons with Swiss-made components to Ukraine does not violate the country’s centuries-old neutrality, if certain conditions are met. “The delivery of war material in the form of assembly elements or spare parts to European armament companies will… remain possible, even if the manufactured war …
Read More »US clarifies policy on Taiwan
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declared on Thursday that Washington’s policy of strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan remains intact, despite President Joe Biden having promised to involve the US military in the event of a Chinese invasion. Blinken is the second senior Biden administration official to correct the president’s statement. …
Read More »Turkey clarifies position on new NATO members
Turkey is not seeking to outright shoot down the accession of Sweden and Finland to the US-led NATO bloc, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top adviser Ibrahim Kalin told Reuters on Saturday. Nonetheless, Ankara’s concerns about organizations it deems to be “terrorist” that are operating in these countries must be addressed, …
Read More »Berlin clarifies stance on Russian and Ukrainian flags ban
Public displays of Russian and Ukrainian flags will be banned at 15 memorial sites in Berlin, including the iconic Soviet WWII memorial in the Treptower Park, during Victory Day celebrations on May 8 and 9, the city’s interior ministry has said on Friday. The move has sparked controversy after some …
Read More »Elon Musk clarifies free speech stance
Billionaire Twitter purchaser Elon Musk has qualified his much-hyped embrace of “free speech” on Tuesday, his first full day as the platform’s owner, reassuring the world’s governments he will obey their speech restrictions under the reasoning that such officials behave according to the will of the people they govern. After …
Read More »US clarifies position on use of chemical weapons
The United States has no intention of using chemical weapons under any circumstances, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Friday. The comment comes after President Joe Biden said on Thursday that a Russian deployment of such substances in Ukraine would trigger “a response in kind.” Biden’s statement led to …
Read More »US clarifies if it’ll use chemical weapons
The United States has no intention of using chemical weapons under any circumstance, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Friday. The comment comes after President Joe Biden said on Thursday that a Russian deployment of these weapons in Ukraine would trigger “a response in kind.” Biden’s statement led …
Read More »Ukraine clarifies if cutting Russia off from SWIFT is on US-EU sanctions list
Delisting Russia from the SWIFT international payment system is not being considered by the US and EU for the sanctions package tied to the allegedly looming ‘invasion’ of Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has revealed. Abandoning plans to delist Russia from SWIFT was made under the pressure of certain …
Read More »‘I’m not an anti-vax person’: Joe Rogan clarifies ‘young & healthy don’t need jab’ claims after uproar reaches White House & Fauci
Spotify’s number-one podcaster took to his show on Thursday to clarify comments made on a previous episode, where he suggested vaccination may not be necessary for groups less vulnerable to the virus, such as healthy 21-year-olds or younger teenagers and children. “The thing about… people being upset at me – …
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