Washington’s new ambassador in Tokyo, Rahm Emanuel, has hit out at his Russian counterpart for saying Japan is hindering the resolution of a long-running territorial dispute that has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to formally end WWII. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Emanuel wrote, “the Russian …
Read More »US trying to prevent Brazilian president visiting Russia – media
The US has been putting pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to cancel his upcoming trip to Moscow in an attempt to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin on the world stage, amid escalating tensions on the border with Ukraine. That’s according to Brazilian broadsheet Folha de São Paulo, citing sources …
Read More »Saudi-led coalition accused of trying to pass Iraq war footage as ‘evidence’ in Yemen
Saudi Arabia and a coalition of allies have been accused of presenting footage from a documentary on the Iraq war as “proof” of alleged missile smuggling at the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, which is still held by Houthi rebels. The claim was made by a spokesperson for the Saudi-led …
Read More »‘Dozens eliminated’ after trying to storm police stations in Kazakhstan – official
Kazakhstani security services have claimed that they prevented attempts to storm police buildings in the country’s former capital, Almaty, on Wednesday night, killing dozens of protesters involved in the attacks. Demonstrators tried to take over the force’s headquarters and several stations across the city overnight, police spokeswoman Altanat Avirbek said on Thursday …
Read More »Man caught trying to get 9th Covid jab
The unnamed man from Charleroi was detained at a vaccination center on Sunday after staff recognized his face, L’Avenir newspaper reports. He had previously been to the center to get vaccinated a whopping eight times, using different identity cards for clients who allegedly wanted a ‘fully-vaccinated’ status without attending themselves. …
Read More »Man arrested for trying to sell Covid-19 for self-injection
The kit he offered through a dedicated website included a tube claiming to contain a Covid-19 liquid and a coronavirus test, the anti-fraud unit of the Dutch Ministry of Finance (FIOD) said. “Do you want to decide for yourself when to become infected with the coronavirus? With the corona kit …
Read More »Hollywood star wants Trump arrested for ‘trying to kill’ Biden
“He tried to infect and kill Joe Biden at the debate,” Midler told her 2 million Twitter followers on Friday. She added that Trump purposely showed up at the September 2020 presidential debate too late to be tested, “knowing full well he was positive, then screeched, sputtered, spit and foamed …
Read More »US trying to force Russia out of EU gas market – Serbia
Aleksandar Vučić’s comments came just three days after he agreed to extend a gas deal with Russia that will save Belgrade around €1 billion ($1.12 billion), according to his calculations. “The Russians have a problem that they are not talking about,” he told TV channel Pink. “Namely, there are attempts …
Read More »Military police raid plane to arrest couple trying to flee quarantine
The dramatic incident unfolded at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on board a flight that was set to depart for Spain at ‘around 6.00pm’ Sunday, the Netherlands armed forces confirmed in a statement. The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee at Schiphol has arrested a couple this evening who had fled from a quarantine hotel… …
Read More »One of the greatest pushers of disgraced Steele Dossier is trying to distance himself from it
Schiff acknowledged that anyone who lied to the FBI and to British ex-spy Christopher Steele should be prosecuted during a Tuesday appearance on The View, where he was grilled by Donald Trump’s former deputy secretary of state Morgan Ortagus over his role in the ever-metastasizing Russiagate scandal. However, the California …
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