“A mass incursion into the country by people who should not be here is happening on an hourly basis, getting worse by the minute,” Trump said in a Friday statement. He blasted Biden for creating a “spiraling tsunami” at the border. “When I left office, we had achieved the most …
Read More »Boeing 737 MAX makes emergency landing after one engine shut down over suspected mechanical issue, American Airlines says
American Airlines said the plane’s captain declared an emergency as it approached New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport from Miami on Friday, successfully reaching the airport and landing with just one engine online. The issue was not linked to the MCAS flight control system behind two fatal crashes in 2018 …
Read More »US announces sanctions on top Ukrainian oligarch & Zelensky ally Kolomoisky for ‘undermining democratic processes’ in country
On Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken designated Igor Kolomoisky under rules that will allow the US to target him and his family with punitive measures, including a travel ban. He said that the move came in response to allegations the “oligarch and former Ukrainian public official” was involved “in …
Read More »Mississippi’s ban on trans athletes competing in sports is a step in the right direction to stop kids’ gender being weaponized
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves pledged on Thursday that he would sign the legislation which passed the state Senate last month and was approved by the House earlier this week. In a recent Facebook post, he mentioned his two daughters’ dedication to team sports, suggesting they were being unfairly disadvantaged thanks …
Read More »Americans more upbeat about end of Covid-19 than ever, poll finds…but others not so sure
More Americans feel optimistic about the Covid-19 epidemic than at any point since the beginning of the pandemic, a Gallup poll published on Friday has revealed. With 60 percent of Americans confident the epidemic was on the mend, the March poll was the first time since the pollster began checking …
Read More »Lockdown without end? Extending furlough till the end of September suggests no return to normal in June
Consider the following: When the ‘Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ (to give it its official title) was first announced by the UK government on 20 March 2020, it was supposed to last until 31 May. Why did it need to be so long, some people asked, if we were only going …
Read More »200,000 Russians have died of Covid-19 since start of pandemic, state agency confirms, as caseload falls & restrictions dropped
Rosstat, the country’s statistical authority, announced on Friday that 37,107 people had died while infected with the coronavirus in January, putting the overall official number of dead at 200,432 and potentially giving the country the third-highest total death toll in the world after the US and Brazil. However, when measured …
Read More »No-show Joe? VP Harris continues high-level talks without Biden, speaks to Israeli PM Netanyahu
Harris spoke to Netanyahu on Thursday, with a White House readout of the call saying she “underscored the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to the US-Israel partnership,” and affirmed her opposition to the International Criminal Court prosecuting Israeli soldiers for alleged war crimes. Nothing about the call was surprising, as unwavering support …
Read More »Brazilian MMA stunner Viana takes heat after posing with UFC star Covington – who branded fans from her homeland ‘filthy animals’
Former welterweight interim champ Covington posted an image to Instagram of himself with Viana with his arm draped across her shoulder and the smiling pair touching each other’s knees. Viana is also wearing a T-shirt with Covington’s ‘Chaos’ fighting moniker written across the front. Others, however, were angered by the …
Read More »Biden has boxed himself into a corner on Iran, but the solution is simple… rejoin the nuclear deal with no preconditions
The US Senate confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s nominee for the position of deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, offer interesting insights into the quandary facing the Biden administration in fulfilling a campaign pledge to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, better known as the Iran nuclear …
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