Speaking to RIA Novosti in an interview published on Monday, Dmitry Birichevsky, the director of economic co-operation at the country’s Foreign Ministry, said that fears Russia could turn off the tap on supplies to its neighbor were unfounded. “We have no plan to suspend gas supplies through Ukraine,” he said, …
Read More »No going back to Open Skies, US tells Russia ahead of Biden-Putin summit
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman sent the message to her Russian counterpart Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Thursday, AP reported, citing US officials speaking on condition of anonymity. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed receiving the message. It was a rare case of President Joe Biden not …
Read More »Mexican election candidate SHOT DEAD shortly after going LIVE on Facebook to ask locals to join her at rally
Electoral candidate Alma Barragán was shot to death on Tuesday afternoon in the Mexican town of Moroleón in the central state of Guanajuato as she was taking part in a campaign event. According to local media, a group of armed men arrived at the spot where Barragán was holding a …
Read More »All that glitters: Kyrgyzstan is going to war with a Canadian gold giant over vast profits, torture claims & a ‘poisoned’ glacier
The long-running stand-off over the Kumtor Mine, operated by Toronto-based Centerra Gold, has spilled over into outright conflict. The new president of the Central Asian former Soviet Republic, Sadyr Japarov, a long-time critic of the company, signed a law earlier this month that would allow the state to step in …
Read More »Going in for the Kirill: Fans row as Russian hockey star suffers gruesome nose blow after being smacked in face with stick (VIDEO)
Shocked viewers watched as Minnesota Wild winger Kaprizov copped a whack straight in the nose as he tumbled forward, immediately clutching his injury in pain before receiving urgent treatment to stem the bleeding. There was bafflement as Nicolas Hague, of the Vegas Golden Knights, received no penalty, as well as …
Read More »Going green on Elon: Tesla hit with second Solar Roof lawsuit as customer says price was more than DOUBLED after contract signed
The lawsuit, which was filed in California this week, is led by Matthew Amans, an associate professor of clinical radiology at the University of California San Francisco. Amans had ordered the company’s Solar Roof for his home in June 2020, according to his suit. He agreed to pay $71,662.06, but …
Read More »How’s that unity going? Even normally sympathetic polls think Biden has made the US more divided
The first 100 days of Joe Biden’s presidency have passed, and a glut of polls show the Democrat enjoying majority support. Furthermore, Biden’s address to Congress last week, in which he pushed liberal police reform, gun control and immigration bills, was rated positively by 85% of viewers. However, these polls don’t …
Read More »Going easy on Joe: WaPo drops presidential fact-checking database they maintained under Trump after Biden’s 100 days
The Post’s chief fact-checker Glenn Kessler announced the decision late on Monday, making a Freudian slip by describing the database as a “Trump” one rather than presidential, while trying to argue it required “about 400 additional 8-hour days over four years beyond our regular jobs.” “Biden is off to a …
Read More »Quebec’s unnecessary curfew has ruined Ramadan. How long are people going to put up with it?
Until recently, Montrealers could be outside of their homes until 9:30 pm. But, days before Ramadan began, Quebec resurrected an 8pm curfew for Montreal and Laval, turning the holy month into a depressing one for some Muslims. For some time, I have been writing about how lockdowns are unnecessary, have …
Read More »‘I’m going to TELL GRETCHEN’: Michigan lawmaker threatens to call governor, punish police for busting him after drunken crash
“I’ll call Governor Whitmer right now,” the 26-year-old Democrat from suburban Detroit is heard saying on the video. He added, “When I call Gretchen, I’ll need y’all IDs and badge numbers, everything,” and later said, “If you abuse me, I’m going to get upset. I’m going to tell Gretchen . …
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