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The on-air exchange between CNN’s Sara Sidner and the man, who refused to identify himself, happened on Monday evening. Sidner was reporting from the scene of intense clashes involving people protesting the death of 20-year-old black man Daunte Wright, who was killed by a police officer on Sunday. The man …

The reality is that attempts to make it conditional that Russian gas exports to the rest of Europe must move through Ukrainian pipelines is increasingly disarmed by Moscow’s growing strategic partnership with China. European energy security The International Energy Agency (IEA) defines energy security as “the uninterrupted availability of energy …

Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba have rallied for two days in a row. After a strong opening in Hong Kong on Tuesday, they were up nearly 0.5% later in the day, adding to gains of more than 6% on Monday. The company’s US-listed shares surged more than 9% on Monday, …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a page from his predecessor, Mike Pompeo, in accusing China of not being transparent enough in dealing with the initial Covid-19 outbreak on its soil. “I think China knows that in the early stages of Covid, it didn’t do what it needed to do, …

Speaking alongside his Russian counterpart on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Israel had made a “very bad gamble” by sabotaging the Natanz nuclear site.  The foreign minister contended that Iran’s hand in the renegotiation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the now-abandoned 2015 pact limiting Tehran’s …

“Today marks 60 years since the first human was sent to space!” began the State Department tweet on Tuesday, accurately referring to the anniversary of the first orbital flight in 1961. Except then they went on: “On International #HumanSpaceFlight Day, we honor all U.S. astronauts who have ventured into space, …

After attending a vigil for Daunte Wright, who died in a botched arrest attempt in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, protesters staged a march, chanting, “Every city, every town – burn the precincts to the ground!” The crowd headed towards the Penumbra Kelly building, where the city’s police precinct and a local …

“Japan has not exhausted safe disposal methods, regardless of domestic and foreign questions and opposition,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, calling the decision by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government to release a million-plus tons of wastewater into the ocean “extremely irresponsible.”  This will “seriously damage international public health …

In a series of 10 interviews conducted for the biography ‘Madame Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,’ out later this month, Pelosi reportedly targeted numerous political opponents, including Ocasio Cortez and the controversial ‘Squad’ of younger, more left-leaning Democrats including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Michigan), Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts), and …

Chita is located in Russia’s Far East, around 5000km east of Moscow. The kennel, located in a prison, is tended to by five inmates, and it is forbidden to bring a camera into the facility. However, local animal rights activists managed to take a video of the disgusting conditions, with …