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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit out against the order to extradite WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to the US, issued by a UK court earlier this week, saying that it represents the “hypocritical” nature of the American government.  The Australian born journalist has been held in a British prison …

US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) has reportedly called out a key potential stumbling block in President Joe Biden’s push to have Russia prosecuted for alleged war crimes in Ukraine: Washington isn’t even a member of the international court that would handle the probe. The International Criminal Court (ICC) was set …

A parliamentary spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that politicians have been told to wear face coverings to reflect the risk posed due to “recent increases in Covid across the country,” with the measures set to be reviewed in two weeks’ time. Chairs of parliamentary committees are also urged to use their …

When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen fronted up in Vilnius a couple of weeks ago, her decision to lend enthusiastic support to the Lithuanians in their bid to stem the flow of migrants across the border from neighbouring Belarus was a remarkable change of approach.  Ever keen to …

Put differently, whataboutism – or pointing out that the issue at hand is repeated elsewhere – stands denounced as a contemporary version of the “tu quoque,” which is Latin for “you also.” If you confront me with my errors, crimes or sins, then I’ll point out yours to avoid actually …

The recent shooting of Adam Toledo and ongoing trial of Derek Chauvin may have reinvigorated Black Lives Matter messaging critical of policing, but the same politicians who parrot anti-cop talking points are seemingly more than happy to give law enforcement officers free rein over cities, if not entire states, when …

Despite the growing stand-off between the United States and China, John Kerry is in town to talk climate change. Appointed by Joe Biden as the US special envoy on climate, Kerry landed in Shanghai on Thursday seeking commitment from China on carbon emissions. The Biden administration has talked about the …

The American social media giant announced in December that its censorship would expand to include coverage of Covid-19 vaccines as “vaccine misinformation presents a significant and growing public health challenge – and we all have a role to play.” As always, altruistic and moral arguments for imposing suppression of information …

Coordinator of the Moscow headquarters of Navalny Oleg Stepanov arrested the second overpack at the outlet of the detention center, where Oleg served 8 days in jail for allegedly “calls for unauthorized michigam”. Oleg was taken to the police station Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, there will be a new Protocol on administrative offense …

Officials fed delicacies while blind ate biscuits. Presenter Michael Schur (real name – Roman Vintoniv) severely criticized officials of the city of Korosten Zhytomyr region for the “Banquet” that they made for blind people. My opinion about this, Michael Schur stated in the new edition of the program “#@)₴?$0”, published …