Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the proclamation on Wednesday, saying that in honor of his 80th birthday, Christmas Eve will be celebrated as Dr. Anthony Fauci Day. “We are incredibly proud to count Dr. Fauci among the many DC residents who are sacrificing so much to keep our communities healthy …
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Speaking at a regular news conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called Washington out for its discriminatory provisions against Chinese companies. “This is nothing but an unjustified political crackdown on Chinese enterprises listed in the United States. It will seriously hinder the normal listing of Chinese companies …
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The decision, which has echoes of the Cold War. albeit with roles reversed in terms of the paranoia at play, will see diplomatic offices close in the Far Eastern capital Vladivostok, and in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth largest city, located east of the Ural Mountains. President Donald Trump’s administration notified Congress of the …
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Days after a former WikiLeaks employee circulated the password to a tranche of classified US State Department cables in 2011, Julian Assange tried to get in touch with Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state. The phone call was originally captured in the Showtime documentary ‘Risk’, but a newly-released tape reveals …
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“Russian government hackers breached the Treasury and Commerce departments, along with other US government agencies,” the Post declared on Monday. It’s a serious accusation that one would think demands a serious weight of evidence. The Post offers only anonymous “people familiar with the matter,” however, and demands we take their …
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US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun made the statement while visiting Seoul, South Korea. “Regrettably, much opportunity has been squandered by our North Korean counterparts over the past two years,” he said, speaking to a think tank. He added that Pyongyang officials “too often have devoted themselves to the …
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“I think he’s just playing for time in hopes that something will emerge that allows him either to have a good reason why he’s lost or, in his mind, maybe still to win,” Bolton said on Sunday in a CNN interview. “I think that simply emphasizes the need for senior …
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The 150-meter Shahid Roudaki vessel is “ready to carry out missions,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on its website. The IRGC’s existing fleet mainly comprises small vessels off the Iranian coast and near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic choke point on a major international …
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Jay Inslee ordered his new Covid-19 measures on Sunday after previously notifying industry trade groups of the restrictions, which will go into effect on Monday and remain in force for at least four weeks. The new rules mark Washington’s toughest Covid-19 measures since Inslee announced a stay-at-home order in March. …
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Billed by its organizers as the “the biggest Trump rally in history,” Saturday’s #MillionMAGAMarch drew enormous crowds of President Trump’s supporters to the nation’s capital on Saturday, where they gathered at Freedom Plaza to protest what they see as a fraudulent election. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed that …
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