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UN chief ‘particularly worried’ about power of social media giants & calls for laws to keep them in check

When asked during a press conference on Thursday if Twitter was “right” in permanently suspending rump, then still a sitting…

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If capitulating to the trans lobby is the best Joe Biden can do in his first week in power, ailing America is truly doomed

In America and Australia, both ailing and faltering liberal democracies, it has been an eventful week for transgender activists and…

3 years ago

Italy’s Giuseppe Conte steps down as PM but hopes to return to power with new coalition govt

The move has been described as Conte’s best shot at remaining in power, after a small party led by former…

3 years ago

Appeals to bring more young Russians to US as ‘soft power’ tool could backfire, there’s no guarantee they will like what they see

I once communicated with a young journalist from a well-known Russian newspaper who had received his undergraduate degree at a…

3 years ago

Interventionist Samantha Power is latest pick to serve in Joe Biden administration as USAID head

Though her appointment was rumored in Washington for weeks, Biden’s transition team officially confirmed it on Wednesday. Power is best…

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Samantha Power at the helm of USAID should set off alarm bells globally as Obama’s deadly foreign policy returns for an encore

Power has officially been tapped as head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a soft-power cutout allegedly used…

3 years ago

Massive power grid failure plunges Pakistan into darkness

"A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system," Pakistani power…

3 years ago

As Joe Biden prepares to take power, Iran is ramping up pressure on the incoming president to revive the nuclear deal

Iranian domestic politics have supercharged the nation’s diplomatic posture as it awaits the transfer of power in the United States…

3 years ago

Obama-era hawk Samantha Power reportedly tapped as US foreign aid body head. Critics ask: Libya, Syria & Yemen legacy, anyone?

If she gets to be the next heard of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Power would “signal the…

3 years ago

Biden says he won’t force Americans to vaccinate, but will do ‘everything’ in his power to encourage them to ‘do the right thing’

“I don't think it should be mandatory, I wouldn't demand it to be mandatory,” Biden told reporters on Friday at…

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