Starnes’ post, made in the aftermath of two explosions at the Kabul airport on Thursday, seemingly blamed all Afghans for the carnage, which left at least 60 people dead, including 12 American servicemembers and numerous Afghan civilians. © Twitter / @toddstarnes But ethnically-misguided revenge fantasies from American talk show hosts …
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In a majority opinion, the nation’s highest court granted an appeal by a realtor association to enforce a lower court ruling that found the CDC lacked the authority to impose a wide-ranging eviction moratorium. The Supreme Court had already dealt with the moratorium in June, allowing it to remain in …
Read More »As Manchester City and Juventus negotiate, what is really behind the Premier League giants’ swoop for Cristiano Ronaldo?
As if the drama of Lionel Messi’s Barcelona contract talks breaking down, ending a 21-year relationship with the Catalans, and then joining PSG wasn’t exhausting enough, one of the most chaotic transfer windows of modern times has more in store. Real Madrid, whose rogue president Florentino Perez claimed they were broke …
Read More »Why does the crypto industry continue to grow amid global crackdown? Boom Bust finds out
RT’s Ben Swann and Christy Ai talk about the reasons for the crypto industry’s continued growth despite tighter regulation. For more stories on economy & finance visit RT’s business section
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“We have lost more people than the Americans,” an unnamed Taliban official told the outlet on Friday, after a pair of blasts killed dozens of Afghans and 13 American soldiers the day prior. He added that in light of the deadly attack, additional guard posts would be set up not …
Read More »UK evacuation flight to pick up Pen Farthing & his rescue animals from Kabul cancelled after backlash, but effort is on
The aircraft was scheduled to depart from Britain’s Luton Airport and arrive in the Afghan capital to evacuate Farthing’s team on Friday, but was called off soon after a pair of suicide bombings rocked the Kabul airport and a hotel nearby, the BBC reported. The evacuation attempt would have seen …
Read More »Cop who killed Ashli Babbitt during Capitol riot says knowing she was unarmed would not have changed decision to shoot
Speaking to NBC News in his first public interview on Thursday night, Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd defended his actions inside the halls of Congress earlier this year, saying he “showed the utmost courage” despite being “very afraid,” while insisting Babbitt was “posing a threat to the United States House …
Read More »New York jail where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead to CLOSE amid reports of dire conditions & sloppy security
The Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City, notorious for housing Epstein as well as several high-profile criminals such as Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, will not accept any new inmates in the foreseeable future after the conditions there were found to be unsatisfactory. The closure was …
Read More »Secretive US background check program could help REVOKE citizenship granted to immigrants, rights groups warn
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses the computer program, named ATLAS, to examine biometric information of immigrants – including their personal relationships, social media profiles – and runs fingerprints through federal databases like the FBI terrorist watchlist. The agency states ATLAS was built to ‘automate’ and ‘streamline’ the flow …
Read More »Macron ‘cannot guarantee’ evacuation of French citizens waiting aboard 20 buses in Kabul after dual explosions near airport
Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday, the French leader warned that the situation around the airport in Kabul is now “extremely dangerous,” hours after his prime minister announced the country will wrap up its evacuation efforts by Friday evening. “It is clear there …
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