The Ukrainian government “doesn’t care” how long the fight against Russia takes, and recommends that anyone complaining sign up for its foreign legion, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told France’s AFP news agency this week. In an interview published on Thursday, Kuleba said that Ukraine’s goal remains the capture of all …
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev has joined leading tennis figures such as world number one Novak Djokovic and Billie Jean King in blasting the decision to ban Russian athletes from Wimbledon this summer. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced its move ahead of schedule this week …
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Former US talk show host Jon Stewart defended Joe Rogan amid the ongoing row over alleged Covid-19 ‘conspiracy theories’ by questioning “who gets to decide” what is, and is not, misinformation. Stewart likened the situation to his opposition to the 2003 Iraq War, which he said could have prompted similar …
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Gettr, a conservative free speech Twitter alternative led by a former adviser to ex-US President Donald Trump, has been accused of censoring users who criticize the platform and one of its backers. The site – which has managed to draw users as big as podcast host Joe Rogan with its …
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Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was accused of hypocrisy for not wearing a mask during an event she attended earlier this week in Puerto Rico. She and several other visiting officials speaking at the annual Somos conference addressed a “packed room” without wearing masks. …
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National Geographic’s ‘Fauci’ has been playing in select cinemas since September 10 and premiered on the Disney Plus streaming service last week. Trailers for the film focus heavily on Fauci and his work combating Covid-19, during which time he has become one of the more controversial figures in American politics. …
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Premier League wideman Zinchenko became the latest star to cop negative comments as a result of a portrait between Russians and Ukrainians, with some viewers making fiery remarks about the relationship between the two countries after he posed with MMA great Nurmagomedov on Sunday. Injured Zinchenko joined football-loving Nurmagomedov as City drew 2-2 …
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It was executives at AT&T, the world’s largest communications company, that first came up with the idea for OAN, according to a deposition given by Robert Herring Sr., the right-wing network’s founder. “They told us they wanted a conservative network,” he said in 2019, according to the report from Reuters. …
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Ahead of Saturday’s rally – which reports have claimed could bring in as many as 700 Donald Trump supporters – the US Capitol Police Twitter account posted an image of hundreds of officers from multiple law enforcement agencies standing, ready to take orders from a Capitol police officer with a …
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The aim of the so-called “hate crime cars” is to inspire more confidence in gay and transgender victims of mean comments that police will have a sympathetic ear. UK police promoted the Pride-themed makeovers in an Instagram post earlier this month, asking followers whether they had seen such cars or …
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