The House Rules Committee has approved the amendment put forth by Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-New Jersey), giving the Biden administration a six-month deadline to submit a report on whether any of the 35 individuals listed by name meet the criteria to be blacklisted under the Global Magnitsky Act, an anti-Russian …
Read More »Prime suspect? Dem lawmaker denies she set free 5 ZEBRAS still on the loose after jailbreak from Maryland farm
The animals escaped from a farm in Prince George’s County last week and have yet to be returned home, said Rodney Taylor, chief of the county’s Animal Services Division. He noted the agency has received at least five zebra-spotting calls from concerned locals since last week, as the animals continue …
Read More »UK prime minister breaks election pledge to hike National Insurance, blaming Covid
To provide the necessary funding, the government is to increase National Insurance contributions to ensure that, from October 2023, no one will pay more than £86,000 ($118,650) for social care and those with assets less than £20,000 ($27,590) will have all their care costs covered. The proposal, unveiled in Parliament …
Read More »Stabbing in New Zealand supermarket was ISIS-inspired terrorist attack – prime minister
“This afternoon, at approximately 2:40pm, a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack on innocent New Zealanders in the New Lynn Countdown [supermarket] in Auckland,” Ardern said at a press conference. The suspect was a known threat to authorities and under constant monitoring, she added. Ardern said the terrorist was a …
Read More »Washington denies its top envoy discussed withdrawal of troops from Iraq with Prime Minister Kadhimi
A statement referring to a pullout of American troops from Iraq was released by the office of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi after he met with Brett McGurk, the White House special coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. “Discussions took place about mechanisms for [US] combat troops’ withdrawal from …
Read More »‘Remember what you’re funding’: Anti-Amazon activists hijack tech company’s ‘Prime Day’ Twitter trend
While many used the #PrimeDay hashtag – which was even given its own dedicated emoji by Twitter – to share product deals and discounts, others utilized the hashtag to criticize the company’s workplace practices. “Every time you’re tempted by a #PrimeDay deal, remember this is what you’re funding,” declared Independent …
Read More »Canada’s treatment of religious communities is a prime example of using Covid as an excuse to bully just because they can
Back in April, I wrote about Canada beginning to crack down on religious services. During that time, a pastor of Polish descent had said the country was turning into World War II Germany, branding police who raided his church ‘gestapo’. Though plainly the nation has not reached those Hitlerian extremes …
Read More »Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Gaza campaign will last ‘as long as necessary’
Israel remains resolved to fight the “terrorists” entrenched in Gaza, Netanyahu said in a televised address on Sunday after a week of fighting. “Our campaign against the terrorist organizations is continuing with full force,” he stated. In recent days, Tel Aviv has faced mounting international criticism over the hostilities, which …
Read More »Prime Minister Jean Castex gets Covid-19 vaccine live on air as France resumes rollout after blood-clot fears
“I didn’t feel anything,” the 55-year-old said at the Begin military hospital in Paris as he sought to allay fears that the vaccine was unsafe. France was among a dozen European Union nations to pause its rollout of the jab. Paris announced on Thursday it would resume administration of the …
Read More »‘I don’t know what prime minister meant’: Israel’s virus czar shoots down Netanyahu’s suggestion country is through pandemic
Israel is “the first country in the world to emerge from corona,” Netanyahu insisted in an interview with Fox News on Thursday. “Look, I don’t think we’re coming out completely. We’re going to have to wear a mask for some time. But we’re behind it.” When asked on Friday to …
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