Washington does not want to become a party to the conflict between Kiev and Moscow, and while the US intends to continue supplying Ukraine with weapons, systems that allow Ukrainian forces to attack Russia will not be among them, US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Tuesday. “Look, …
Read More »US general insists he is ‘apolitical’
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley stressed the idea that the military must be apolitical during a speech at Princeton University and in a subsequent interview with Fox News on Friday, glossing over criticism that he has been anything but during his tenure in the cabinets …
Read More »Bans protect Russian athletes, IOC chief insists
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has claimed sanctions were imposed on Russian sport partly for the good of its athletes, while cautioning any Russian stars against supporting their country’s military campaign in Ukraine. Speaking at an IOC session in Switzerland on Friday, Bach repeated the refrain that the …
Read More »Ukrainian parliament insists on NATO accession
The Ukrainian parliament will not vote to remove the passage about the country’s ambition to join NATO from the constitution, the Rada’s chairman, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has revealed. In an interview with Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda published on Monday, Stefanchuk was asked whether Ukrainian lawmakers were going to amend the …
Read More »Ukraine should not be gifted World Cup spot, insists boss
Ukraine manager Oleksandr Petrakov has dismissed suggestions that his side should be given a place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar rather than face potential playoff matches against Scotland and Wales that have been postponed following the start of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Senior international managerial newcomer Petrakov’s side should have …
Read More »Russia about to invade Ukraine, NYT insists after Bloomberg fiasco
A new fear-mongering report regarding the alleged looming Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine was published by the New York Times late on Friday. The newspaper said it spoke to a “senior Ukrainian military official” who shared details of a highly sensitive assessment compiled by the country’s military. According to the official, …
Read More »Israel insists only ‘legally’ spying on citizens
An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country’s own citizens, calling the “central claim” – that the practice was illegal – “not true.” Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement …
Read More »CNN insists ‘a car’ killed six people at Wisconsin Christmas parade
Repeat felon Darrell Brooks killed six people and injured more than 60 when he plowed an SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last week. Though Brooks has been arrested and charged with six counts of murder, media outlets covering the massacre have seemingly made a point of avoiding …
Read More »Britain has no right to lecture others on refugees, Russia insists
The Daily Telegraph on Sunday published an 800-word public letter from chief diplomat Liz Truss, in which she praised her nation for standing with refugee-rejecting members of the EU and demanded that Russia put pressure on Belarus, over the current impasse at the Polish border. A few thousand Middle Eastern …
Read More »Rapinoe insists greater equality is ‘on white people’, admits she has ‘incredible privilege’
Speaking to Professor Cathy Park Hong, the Korean-American author of a new book about Asian-American identiy, two-time Women’s World Cup winner Rapinoe spoke of her determination to continue her high-profile campaigning and thanked the poet for “continuing the education we as white Americans so desperately need”. Having testified to the …
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