The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) was first to report the attack, saying that it occurred late on Thursday, northeast of the Omani island of Masirah, some 300 kilometers southeast of the country’s capital. In a brief statement, UKMTO added that it was looking into the details …
Read More »Residential schools are a stain on Canada’s history that won’t be erased simply by appointing an indigenous Governor General
Recently, I wrote about the sudden emergence of media attention to the horrific issue of the Canada-wide “residential schools”, where starvation, torture, sexual and physical and mental abuse were rife. In spite of this being raised for decades, and largely ignored in media, recent months has seen interest rise around …
Read More »‘Craving a vegan sausage roll now!’: Anti-vaxxers go plant-based as law firm says it could be illegal to force Covid jab on vegans
On Thursday, law firm Lewis Silkin told The Telegraph that it was likely ethical vegans would be protected by employment law if employers were to implement rules mandating vaccinations for their staff. The firm said that “some ethical vegans may disagree with vaccinations on the basis that they inevitably have …
Read More »French finance minister says Pegasus spyware may have infected govt devices, including his own phone
In an interview on Friday, Le Maire acknowledged that French investigators were looking into the possible security breach, which may have even extended to the minister’s own phone. “We are in an investigation phase, and that includes my own device,” he told France Inter radio on Friday. He declined to …
Read More »US imports from Russia surge 50% amid price rally in commodity markets
Commodity exports from Russia to the US in monetary terms totaled $11.5 billion, with purchases of oil and petrochemicals seeing a substantial growth of 78%. US imports of mineral fuels, oil, and petrochemicals nearly doubled from $3.8 billion to $6.7 billion. US imports of precious and semiprecious metals and stones …
Read More »In an era in which the left dominates both the media and the halls of power, the only way to rebel is to lean right
The progressive entertainment establishment within the rock music industry was shocked, back in the early 2000s, when groundbreaking guitarist Johnny Ramone came out as Republican. How could a great American rocker, who once celebrated sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, vote for buttoned-up, conservative GOP squares? When repeatedly asked by …
Read More »Czech government grants vaccinated state employees two days’ paid leave to encourage them to get Covid-19 jabs
“The aim is to have maximum vaccination, to protect ourselves against the infection from abroad,” Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said as he announced the government’s decision on Friday. Of its population of 10.7 million, the Czech Republic has so far fully vaccinated 4.74 million people. But the cabinet believes …
Read More »War never changes: Submissions open for RT’s 2021 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards for war journalism
The international competition, named in honor of Alkhateb, who was a regular contributor to RT Arabic at the time of his tragic death on July 30, 2017, is highlighting the perilous work of journalists in conflict zones for the fourth year in a row. The participants will compete in two …
Read More »‘Northern Ireland is at more risk now than it’s been for 100 years… Boris Johnson has thrown it to the wolves’
For many within the UK, Brexit is done and dusted. This is not the case for Northern Ireland, where the issue remains at the forefront of public and political debate. The topic under discussion is the Northern Ireland Protocol, which British PM Boris Johnson signed as part of the EU …
Read More »Beaten US swimmer Murphy claims race ‘probably not clean’ after Russian rival Rylov wins second Tokyo gold
Having already scooped 100m backstroke gold earlier in the week, Rylov storming to the 200m title at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Friday in an Olympic record time of 1 minute 53.27 seconds. American swimmer Murphy – the defending champion from the Rio Games five years ago – was forced to …
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