The agreement on the initiative titled Build Back Better World (B3W) came on the second day of the Cornwall summit of the seven richest democracies carried out in southwestern England. The vast project is aimed at providing a transparent infrastructure partnership to “help narrow the $40+ trillion infrastructure need in …
Read More »Taiwan ‘very willing’ to work with US to counter China’s ‘adventurous maneuvers and provocations’
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met a delegation of former US officials, including former Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, on Thursday. The president of the island, which Beijing considers an integral part of the country, condemned China’s military activities off its coast, …
Read More »Counter-protesters vastly outnumber ‘klansmen’ at California #WhiteLivesMatter rally as much-publicized event fails to materialize
Several dozen Black Lives Matter activists have showed up for a counter-protest in response to a rumoured ‘White Lives Matter’ rally that was expected to take place at Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday afternoon. However, only several right-wing demonstrators showed up and were immediately heckled by the crowd, run out …
Read More »EU should impose counter-sanctions on US officials who target European firms, former French envoy to Washington says
Pierre Vimont, a career French diplomat who served as envoy to the US from 2007-2010, said in an interview that extraterritorial sanctions have become “a privileged weapon of American diplomacy” and that Europe should adopt a new “preventative” approach to dealing with the tactic. According to Vimont, there is increasing …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: You counter Trumpism by ending the conditions which created it, not with authoritarian policies
The US political/media class have been pushing hard for more authoritarian policies to stave off the threat of “domestic terrorism” in the wake of the Capitol riot. President Biden, who was already working on rolling out new domestic terrorism policies well before January 6, confirmed after the riot that he is making these new measures a …
Read More »TEN THOUSAND protesters decry Covid-19 curbs in Vienna, face counter-protest (VIDEOS)
Coronavirus skeptics took to the streets as Kurz and his government discussed the possibility of extending the ongoing third lockdown in Austria, which includes movement restrictions and the closure of all non-essential businesses. The official announcement is expected on Sunday. Two rallies took place in different parts of the city, …
Read More »Scuffles in Washington as thousands of Trump supporters face off against counter-protesters (VIDEOS)
Billed by its organizers as the “the biggest Trump rally in history,” Saturday’s #MillionMAGAMarch drew enormous crowds of President Trump’s supporters to the nation’s capital on Saturday, where they gathered at Freedom Plaza to protest what they see as a fraudulent election. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed that …
Read More »Taiwan’s armed forces have ‘right to counter attack,’ military warns after China’s large-scale drills
The military said that multiple Chinese aircraft flew across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait and into the island’s air defense identification zone on Friday and Saturday. In response, Taiwan had to scramble jets to intercept, according to the military in Taipei, which had “clearly defined” procedures for the island’s first …
Read More »Will someone tell him? Morning Joe brings up EISENHOWER to counter Trump’s critique of Pentagon & military industrial complex
“I’m not saying the military’s in love with me,” President Donald Trump said in a Monday press conference, addressing recent anonymously-sourced claims that he has insulted military members in private. “The soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t, because they want to do nothing but fight wars …
Read More »Clinton Foundation trends as conservatives counter Steve Bannon charges with reminder Dems may ALSO have crimes to investigate
Bannon was arrested on Thursday and charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The charges, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years, stemmed from his alleged misuse of funds donated to build a wall on the US border with Mexico. …
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