Ukrainian security officials and Western journalists who went looking for Russian atrocities northwest of Bucha in the Kiev region found no signs of human rights abuses, according to phone call records obtained by RT. Instead, locals told journalists the Russian troops gave them food and treated them well. Meanwhile, a …
Read More »Country shatters records with 1.35 million daily Covid cases
The US shattered all records on Monday with a whopping 1.35 million new Covid-19 cases recorded. The news comes as hospitalizations with the infection also broke records. The troubling figures come courtesy of a fresh Reuters tally. Mondays typically yield particularly high numbers, as many states do not report cases …
Read More »Deadliest US city records most murders since 1990s
2021 was Chicago’s deadliest year in 25 years, according to new statistics. Nearly 800 homicides and over 3,500 shootings took place in the city last year as the authorities struggle to rein in violent crime. Chicago recorded 797 homicides in 2021 – the most in the city since 1996. According …
Read More »Oil records biggest annual gains in 12 years
Oil posted its biggest annual rise since 2009 as the rapid Covid-19 vaccine rollout across the world stimulated the reopening of economies, boosting consumption, while oil output remains limited after the pandemic slump. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) advanced 55% for the biggest year-to-date gain in over a decade, …
Read More »Trump loses appeal to keep Jan 6 records secret
In a decision on Thursday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a suit initially brought by Trump in October, which sought to bar the National Archives from turning over the official documents to a House committee investigating the incident at the Capitol. A panel of three judges determined that request had …
Read More »Finland records first-ever case of suspected far-right terrorism
The members of the group, which operated in the southwestern town of Kankaanpää, were arrested on Tuesday, having been under surveillance for two years. On Friday, the court ruled that they should remain in custody. The suspects are aged “around 25,” and most of them have a previous criminal record, …
Read More »Republican AG sues school district over CRT records
The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in Greene County Circuit Court, alleged that the Springfield district violated Missouri’s open-records law to avoid transparency on use of CRT in student curriculums and teacher training materials. Springfield Public Schools has been employing CRT in teacher training for at least two years, …
Read More »Release of JFK records delayed again, with Biden citing Covid-19 and national security
In a memo on Friday, Biden wrote that the remaining files concerning the assassination “shall be withheld from full public disclosure” until December 15 next year, nearly 60 years after Kennedy was shot dead as his motorcade rolled through Dallas, Texas. Biden’s memo states that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, …
Read More »Tara Reade: Why exactly are Trump’s records from January fair game but Biden’s decades-old Senate files not?
The Roman Empire had its own megalomaniacs and the United States is no different. Congress and the White House are trying to hold on to every ounce of profit and power squeezed from its citizens’ labors in a manner not dissimilar to Caesar. As such, I have no interest in …
Read More »WATCH: Afghan man records video sitting atop FAIRING of US military plane taxiing at Kabul airport
The shocking video spreading on social media shows the scene apparently from the opposite perspective, though it’s not clear if the man is on the same plane as the ones seen in other videos. The man who appears to be sitting atop the fairing of the C-17 military transport plane …
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