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‘Disturbed, distressed & saddened’: World leaders react after violence grips US Capitol, urging calm & ‘respect for democracy’

A political rally held to protest the results of the 2020 presidential race descended into a riot on Wednesday afternoon,…

3 years ago

Assassinating foreign leaders is a ‘US/Israeli trademark’: Iran denies ‘fake news’ alleging Rouhani’s death threat against Trump

The Washington Times ran a story claiming that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had issued a death threat to the US…

3 years ago

Who is on Putin’s ‘naughty or nice’ list? Kremlin congratulates world leaders at New Year… but not everyone makes the cut

President Vladimir Putin has sent out his annual flurry of New Year messages, telegrams, and calls to foreign leaders, the…

3 years ago

Russia is our most important ally, say over 50% of Chinese people, as leaders Xi & Putin discuss closer ties between countries

A new poll published by the widely read Global Times newspaper, which has close links to the ruling Chinese Communist…

3 years ago

Trump slams ‘weak and tired’ GOP leaders for having a ‘death wish’ in blocking $2000 stimulus

“Unless Republicans have a death wish, and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve the $2000…

3 years ago

Cancel Christmas? It shouldn’t even be a debate and UK leaders will have blood on their hands when Covid-19 deaths start soaring

True leadership is about making decisions. So, there should have been no other course of action for the CEOs of…

3 years ago

Irish leaders see chances of Brexit deal at ‘50-50’ as UK goes ahead with divorce treaty-breaching Internal Market Bill

The Internal Market Bill is an “insurance policy” that will protect the “integrity of the UK” as a single entity,…

3 years ago

‘Criminal act’: Ex-CIA chief urges Iran to wait on ‘return of responsible US leaders’ before reacting to nuclear scientist killing

Amid speculation about the involvement of both Israel and the US in the alleged assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen…

3 years ago

The Pence-Harris debate shows the Democrat and Republican leaders are on different trains, with voters stranded at the station

Behind the protective covering of plexiglass barriers, and with Trump back at the White House playing fact-checker over Twitter in…

4 years ago

Round up the ‘anti-vaxxers’? Enlist religious leaders? Bill Gates warns US needs to brainstorm ways to reduce ‘vaccine hesitancy’

The Microsoft founder-turned-vaccine-evangelist painted a mostly rosy picture of a vaccine rollout getting “rich countries” back to normal by the…

4 years ago