The allegations are part of damning testimony from Raphael Marshall – a desk officer for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) – to MPs published on Tuesday. Marshall, who was part of the response team that monitored these “desperate and urgent” emails – outlined a list of government failures …
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Speaking on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the government hopes all parties involved in the inquiry will “adopt an objective, scientific and responsible attitude… adhere to a global perspective, perform their duties in an objective and fair manner, and truly make a positive contribution to global …
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Musk’s latest verbal intervention comes in response to a CoinTelegraph story, which quoted the CEO of financial services company Sygnia, Magda Wierzycka, claiming that the recent volatility of Bitcoin “is an unexpected function of what I would call market manipulation by Elon Musk.” Musk denied the charge, claiming that Tesla …
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That, however, is precisely the situation that has arisen over the past three weeks in Canberra. The fact that Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government finds itself in such a predicament is due to the extraordinary power and irrationality of the #METOO movement, and the seeming inability of politicians to deal …
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The State Bank of Vietnam responded to a new US Treasury Department report in a statement on Thursday morning, rejecting charges that it manipulated its currency to create “unfair advantages for foreign competitors” but saying it is nonetheless willing to discuss the matter with US officials. Arguing that its monetary …
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There is nothing particularly new about political advertising. It has been with us for decades. But this year’s US presidential elections will break all records. NBC News estimates that nearly $7 billion dollars will be spent on ads over the 2020 election cycle overall, $1 billion more than in 2016. …
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The ninety or so minutes on Tuesday evening in Cleveland, Ohio just cannot charitably be described as civilized. There was Biden, who addressed Trump only when he wanted to insult him, but otherwise reciting prepared talking points or turning to the camera to talk to the audience directly. There was …
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World anti-doping Agency (WADA) at the end of the past today the meeting of the Executive Committee reported the detection of new cases of manipulation of data in a Moscow laboratory. According to the report on the Agency’s website, after re-test of doping samples from the period between 2014 and …
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It is no secret that the nationalist and racial doctrines very strongly appeal to the emotions and feelings. One of these feelings – the desire for beauty is inherent in varying degrees to people. And today I would like to talk about it. In the future I plan to write …
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The terrorists have come up with a way to take away from the apartment who left the occupied territory of the Ukrainians. In “DNR” figured out how massively the house away from people. The terrorists decided that to live in housing only those who have a valid excuse. This was …
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