It might be surprising to hear that, despite everything which has happened this year, including geopolitical tensions between the US and China, talk of potential war and the increasingly abysmal picture that the media has painted of China’s economy, the country is for the second consecutive year on course to …
Read More »Biden tells reporter to not ‘send garbage out’ when asked on payments to illegal migrants
Returning to Washington from Europe on Wednesday, Biden was asked about reports of a massive migrant caravan traveling towards the US from Mexico, and whether reports of the payoff might be incentivizing illegal immigration. “If you guys keep sending that garbage out, yeah, but it’s not true,” he said. “That’s …
Read More »US ‘a long way off’ from democracy or freedom, Ron Paul tells RT
A new Pew Research poll of 16 advanced economies showed widespread belief that the US healthcare system is below average or downright bad, while only 17% thought American democracy was a good model for other nations. “We deserve a lot of that criticism,” Paul told RT on Tuesday. He blamed …
Read More »Macron tells Johnson to ‘respect rules of the game’ at meeting over fishing licenses dispute – media
The leaders agreed on a “de-escalation” in the “coming days,” a French presidential official told BFM TV after Macron and Johnson held closed-door talks on the sidelines on the G20 in Rome, Italy. Macron wanted to convey to his UK counterpart a message of “seriousness and respect for a great …
Read More »‘What we did was clumsy,’ Biden tells Macron during first meeting after AUKUS submarine deal row
“What we did was clumsy, it was not done with a lot of grace,” Biden said on Friday. “I want to make it clear, France is an extremely, extremely valued partner,” he added. France is a power in its own right, and “we have the same value system.” “For me, …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 ‘does not endanger’ security of EU gas supply, German government tells regulator, urging pipeline’s certification
Known by its German acronym BMWi, the ministry sent its analysis of the pipeline to the body, known as the Bundesnetzagentur, on Tuesday. The agency has four months to finalize the certification process, and has already started the clock on September 8. “In its analysis, the Federal Ministry of Economics …
Read More »Censor the internet or face more riots? Facebook ‘whistleblower’ tells lawmakers exactly what they want to hear
Haugen appeared before the UK’s parliament on Monday in a bid to convince lawmakers that Facebook needs more regulation. In her testimony to a committee working on a proposed Online Safety Bill, Haugen said that “horrific” riots and genocides will happen around the world if Facebook is allowed to continue …
Read More »Facebook tells staff to expect ‘more bad headlines’ amid DAMNING reports based on whistleblower leaks – media
In a memo sent on Saturday, which was seen by Axios, Facebook Vice-President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg apparently warned employees that the news coverage would likely contain “mischaracterizations of our research, our motives and where our priorities lie.” He instructed them to “listen and learn from criticism when it …
Read More »‘Naive is an understatement’: German safety official tells RT that risk of electric vehicle fires is ‘completely unaddressed’
Europe is experiencing a green transport boom. Sales have quadrupled since 2018, and one in every ten new vehicles sold on the continent is now fully electric, a share that rises to four in ten when hybrid vehicles are taken into account. In Germany, where the Greens are in talks …
Read More »Snowden tells The Belmarsh Tribunal: If you love truth, you’re as much of a criminal as Assange and risk sharing his fate
“What we’re witnessing is a murder,” NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told the ‘Belmarsh Tribunal’ in London on Friday, appearing via video link. “Everywhere we look, from Afghanistan to economics, from pandemic to pervasive surveillance, the obvious has been made unspeakable,” he added, because speaking up would put one in the …
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