Hundreds of Ukrainians in the UK on seasonal visas have ended up working on farms they describe as “akin to modern-day slavery,” the Guardian, which spoke to multiple people who had escaped from such farms, reported on Tuesday. A Ukrainian worker who escaped one of the farms described feeling like …
Read More »Kremlin weighs in on conditions for Putin – Zelensky meeting
There is currently no clear timeframe for a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but before it could even happen, all agreements between the two nations must be finalized, says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The talks between Moscow and Kiev delegations are ongoing amid …
Read More »UK reveals conditions for lifting Russia sanctions
It will take more than a ceasefire in Ukraine for London to lift its sanctions against Russia, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet on Tuesday, insisting that Moscow must fully alter its policy towards its neighbor. Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin “must be increased both through further economic measures …
Read More »Iran discloses conditions for nuclear deal revival
Iran’s parliament has laid out six conditions for the country to return to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal in an open letter to President Ebrahim Raisi, published in Iranian media on Sunday. An overwhelming majority of MPs supported the statement, with 250 out of 290 parliamentarians signing the letter. The …
Read More »Tesla sued over ‘nightmarish conditions’ at California factory
Former Tesla employee Jessica Barraza filed a lawsuit against Tesla on Thursday, claiming she was subject to catcalling and “aggressive physical touching,” as well as a slew of inappropriate comments when working at the carmaker’s factory in Fremont, California, the Washington Post reported. In an interview with the Post, Barraza …
Read More »Revealed, the shocking conditions at Belmarsh Prison that Julian Assange is exposed to
On 12 November, the HM Inspectorate of Prisons published an investigation on conditions in London’s Belmarsh high security prison – dubbed ‘Britain’s Gitmo’ – which spells out in some detail the nightmarish environment WikiLeaks founder Assange has been forced to call home since his expulsion from the Ecuadorian Embassy in April …
Read More »Lawyer for Epstein’s ‘madam’ Maxwell likens her jail conditions to Hannibal Lecter’s in new bail request
With the trial of the former British socialite inching closer, her lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, made a last-ditch effort to secure the pretrial release of her client on Wednesday, citing the “utterly inappropriate” prison conditions Maxwell allegedly has to endure behind bars. Noting that Maxwell, 59, has “no criminal record or …
Read More »Hollywood crew members vote to go on strike, demanding changes to ‘unsafe’ work conditions and low pay
The IATSE, which represents over 150,000 members in the US and Canada, announced on Monday that the proposed action would be “the first nationwide strike in our 128-year history.” Among the group’s eligible voters, approximately 98% or over 52,000 members voted in favor of a strike. Overwhelming support for the …
Read More »New York jail where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead to CLOSE amid reports of dire conditions & sloppy security
The Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City, notorious for housing Epstein as well as several high-profile criminals such as Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, will not accept any new inmates in the foreseeable future after the conditions there were found to be unsatisfactory. The closure was …
Read More »The Biden administration’s incompetence has created the conditions for a modern Dien Bin Phu in Kabul
Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) is one of the least defensible spaces in all of Afghanistan. It is surrounded by dense urban areas and commanding terrain features, which in the hands of anyone possessing ill intent and the means to manifest it means that the airport would cease to function …
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