Moscow’s actions in Ukraine have exposed a deep-seated latent racism toward the Russian people that a number of Western institutions – not least Hollywood and the legacy mainstream media – have been cultivating for far too long. Of all the major military operations that have been undertaken since the start …
Read More »Ukrainian MPs call on Zelensky to start talks with Putin
A group of Ukrainian MPs have called on their president to start negotiations with Moscow. Any further escalation of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine might turn into a “real catastrophe” for all sides that would see “no winners,” seven MPs said in an open letter to Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday. …
Read More »Start pumping vodka through Nord Stream 2, US official jokes
With the process for the approval of the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 rolling on for several months despite construction on the underwater gas link having already been completed, Moscow should consider exporting hard liquor through the vast pipeline instead, a high-ranking Washington official has joked. Responding to a question from …
Read More »Ukraine warns Russian tactic could start war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sounded the alarm, saying that Russia could claim that it needs to protect its citizens in the war-torn Donbass as an excuse for military action beyond its borders. Zelensky’s office published the claim on its website on Tuesday, after a meeting between the Ukrainian leader …
Read More »New German chancellor to meet Putin, wants ‘fresh start’ – media
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is hoping to turn a page in relations with Moscow, and expects to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by the end of the month, according to a report from Berlin’s top tabloid. On Monday, Bild claimed that Scholz sees relations with Moscow as a top-tier …
Read More »2022 will start with a bus-sized asteroid approaching Earth
According to the US space agency, Asteroid 2014 YE15, first discovered in 2014, will approach Earth at a distance of around 7,400,000km on January 6. As NASA considers objects larger than 150 meters and which approach Earth within a distance of 7.5 million kilometers to be ‘potentially hazardous’, the seven-meter-wide …
Read More »Did Jan 6 kick-start the end of US democracy?
In a book to be published next month, Barbara F Walter, a CIA strategic analyst and professor of political science at the University of California, argues that the United States is on the verge of civil war. In ‘How Civil Wars Start’, Professor Walter states that “no one wants to …
Read More »Is it time to start taking Jake Paul seriously?
Perhaps we should have listened to him. The last time the fighters spoke to the press before the bout at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, at Friday’s weigh-in, the 24-year-old had promised that we were about to see a “different” Jake Paul. “We’re f*ckin’ buckin’ in the middle of the …
Read More »Was China’s WTO accession 20yrs ago the start of West’s suicide?
China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 20 years ago this month. It was an ascension supported by the United States, and hailed by Beijing as a landmark moment in its reform, opening up and integrating with the world. The then US president Bill Clinton hailed it …
Read More »Xiaomi to start making Tesla rival in Beijing
On Saturday, the Beijing-based corporation signed an agreement with the committee of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Zone to land the ambitious car project in Yizhuang, a suburb southeast of the Chinese capital. The new plant will be built in two phases with Xiaomi to create its auto unit’s headquarters, sales …
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