The incident occurred on Sunday during a so-called dignified transfer ritual at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stood along with military leaders, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and family members of the deceased as caskets of the fallen service members were brought off …
Read More »Fresh appeal from news organisations against purported ‘persecution’ of free press in Russia ‘deserves attention,’ Kremlin says
On Friday, ten separate news groups published versions of a statement addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and a number of top officials, decrying what they said was “the persecution of independent journalism in the country.” While the specific claims varied from outlet to outlet, liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta’s copy …
Read More »Apple’s new ‘child-safety’ features face fresh challenge over censorship & privacy from over 90 rights groups
In a letter published on the Center for Democracy and Technology website, a coalition of more than 90 groups from around the world urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to drop plans to introduce the surveillance feature – known as a CSAM hash – to detect child pornographic imagery stored on …
Read More »Armenia & Azerbaijan in fresh standoff over land-mined border, with Armenian soldiers captured & accused of supply route sabotage
The Azerbaijani defense ministry issued a statement alleging that “on May 27, at about 03:00, a reconnaissance and sabotage group of the armed forces of Armenia made an attempt to cross the … state border.” Officials allege that the six men captured were attempting to lay mines and disrupt supply …
Read More »Fresh from victory, Nicola Sturgeon says she’ll ‘lead Scotland to independence’
“I hope to lead Scotland to independence,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, adding that it would be “absurd and completely outrageous” for the Conservative government in London to go to court to block an independence referendum – a likely outcome if the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood passes …
Read More »Armenian PM Pashinyan to resign ahead of fresh election as protests & constitutional crisis rage on in wake of war with Azerbaijan
The Armenian leader said he has no intention to relinquish power. Instead he plans to remain as acting prime minister during the campaign before the general election, which he earlier promised to hold on June 20. The Armenian constitution requires the dissolution of parliament before an early election is conducted. …
Read More »US government to place fresh sanctions on exports to Russia in response to alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny
In a statement posted on the department’s website, Russia was accused of “deploying illegal nerve agents against dissidents, both inside and outside its borders” in a “flagrant” violation of its commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention. “The Department of Commerce is committed to preventing Russia from accessing sensitive US technologies …
Read More »In fresh censorship, Twitter bans ‘Russian’ accounts it says are ‘undermining confidence in NATO’ amid rising tensions with Moscow
On Tuesday, Russian media reported that the San Francisco-based microblogging platform had confirmed at least 100 of the bans were of accounts supposedly connected with Russia. According to a company spokesperson, “some of these accounts disseminated messages that were associated with the Russian government, while the rest of the network …
Read More »Fresh protests erupt in Lebanon amid public fury over Beirut port blast, legal system and financial issues
Footage posted online showed protesters fighting with Lebanese security services outside a military court in the capital on Monday after judges ruled that six demonstrators in Tripoli had committed “terrorism and theft.” Some 30 people have been arrested in the city of Tripoli in recent weeks after attending demonstrations against …
Read More »Fresh from acquittal, Trump says MAGA movement has ‘ONLY JUST BEGUN,’ calls impeachment part of ‘greatest witch hunt’ in history
Trump denounced the impeachment as “yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country.” He thanked his lawyers and the supporters who backed him through the Democrat effort to block him from ever seeking office again. The 74-year-old stopped short of saying that he will …
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