Boris Johnson has confirmed that hotel quarantining will begin in the UK from Monday. Anyone – including British citizens – traveling from 30 ‘red-list’ countries will be transported from the airport they arrive at and expected to stay under supervision for up to 10 days. A host of other governments …
Read More »Republicans who voted for Trump impeachment expect ‘someone may try to KILL us,’ buying body armor, says congressman
“Many of us are altering our routines, working to get body armor, which is a reimbursable purchase that we can make,” Meijer told MSNBC in a Thursday interview. Meijer was one of 10 Republicans to break from their party and join Democrats in voting for Trump’s impeachment, which now faces …
Read More »American exceptionalism hurt by violent Capitol debacle, expect Biden to push aggressive foreign policy in bid to repair damage
A habit of being special The rule of thumb was, ‘there is America and there are others’. With the others, shortcomings are natural and to be expected, even if many of them are well-established democracies. But America is a different story, because by default, the US is a role model …
Read More »If Biden makes Disney’s Bob Iger his China ambassador, expect a wave of twofold propaganda
There is substance to these rumours, as Iger has political ambitions, and was even thinking about a run for president in the 2020 election. In February, he marked the beginning of the end of his 25-year run at Disney, stepping down as CEO and becoming executive chairman, thus creating room to …
Read More »The end of American power: Don’t blame Trump, and don’t expect Biden to save it either
The error in such thinking, however, is to blame it all on President Donald Trump for being some kind of rogue leader, with the implication that if Democrat contender Joe Biden were to win the White House next week, then, happily, the historic decline in US global power might be …
Read More »No matter who wins the US election, expect more sabre-rattling. The only question is when and where the next conflict will begin
And, this lack of debate does not accurately reflect the American electorate’s concern about such matters, with a recent Pew Research Center poll showing a solid 57 percent of registered American voters consider “foreign policy” a “very important” issue. Of course, this should be an important issue, given the US …
Read More »Ankara doesn’t expect EU sanctions over dispute with Greece in eastern Mediterranean – FM
The EU has made it clear it fully supports its member states Greece and Cyprus in the dispute with Turkey. Officials in Brussels have warned they are drawing up potential sanctions if dialogue does not begin, amid a standoff over maritime areas thought to be rich in natural gas. Cavusoglu …
Read More »The Kremlin warned the Russians: because of the coronavirus we should expect difficulties in economic terms
The Russian leadership has yet to review the experience of the passage of the current crisis, said press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “Yet the leadership of the country to perform the experience of going here this time of crisis, especially in economic terms, not all behind. …
Read More »The Kremlin warned the Russians: because of the coronavirus we should expect difficulties in economic terms
The Russian leadership has yet to review the experience of the passage of the current crisis, said press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “Yet the leadership of the country to perform the experience of going here this time of crisis, especially in economic terms, not all behind. …
Read More »“Leave us alone!” The Russians have no money, the Authorities deny this and expect the new levies
“Leave us alone!” The Russians have no money. Authorities deny this and expect the new levies Researchers from SK “Rosgosstrakh-Life” and SEC “Prospect”, interviewed fifteen hundred Russians how much they earn and how the quarantine is reflected in their income, should be, did not expect the outcry caused by the …
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