The meeting between the foreign ministers from both countries came as both governments sought to prevent a return to the deadly clash that was seen in 2020, resulting in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese troops in the worst violence the region has seen since the 1962 …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: US bombs Syria and ridiculously claims self defense
Rather than doing anything remotely resembling journalism, the Western mass media have opted instead to uncritically repeat what they’ve been told about the airstrike by US officials, which is the same as just publishing Pentagon press releases. Here’s this from the Washington Post: The Biden administration conducted an airstrike against alleged …
Read More »Myanmar riot police fire at crowd to disperse protesters, as military tries to reimpose rule after coup (VIDEO)
Footage earlier on Friday showed protesters and police in a standoff, as authorities attempted to disperse individuals who had gathered in the cities of Hledan, Mandalay, and Yangon to oppose military rule in the country. Individuals who witnessed the situation in Hledan described it as an “act of brutality” against …
Read More »Wage war: Biden blasted for picking a fight in Syria, letting minimum wage slide at home
The Democrats’ proposed $15 national minimum wage increase cannot be included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled on Thursday. MacDonough, a Democrat who serves as a referee of sorts in the upper house, declared that the bill does not fall under budget rules, …
Read More »German radio host invokes wrath of K-Pop fans, after comparing BTS to Covid-19
Firebrand host of station Bayern3, Matthias Matuschik, reportedly compared the Korean pop idols, whom he referred to as “these little pissers,” to “some f**king virus, for which we hope there will be a vaccination soon.” One faction of the so-called BTS Army wrote, “Racism and Xenophobia is NOT free speech, NOT …
Read More »Europe must hurry up with Covid-19 health certificates or Apple & Google could get there first, EU Commission president warns
European leaders got together for a large two-day video conference on Thursday, discussing the outstanding issues the bloc faces. The coronavirus situation and the EU’s response to it are among the main topics, with the issue of the proposed health certificates – or passports – remaining highly divisive. While, in …
Read More »UK Supreme Court denies ISIS bride Shamima Begum right to return to fight for her citizenship back
Begum and two friends travelled to Syria via Turkey in 2015 to join the Islamic State, where she later married an IS fighter. “The Supreme Court unanimously allows all of the Home Secretary’s appeals and dismisses Ms Begum’s cross-appeal,” Lord Reed of Britain’s Supreme Court said, announcing the decision on …
Read More »TikTok agrees to $92mn settlement in class-action over alleged privacy breach of US users
The proposed settlement came to light in court documents filed in the US District Court in Illinois on Thursday. The settlement still needs court approval. The settlement, the result of 21 consolidated federal cases filed primarily on behalf of minors – some as young as six – applies to 89 …
Read More »The fuss over Palestine at Bristol University just proves how bourgeois and out of touch academia is with real Britain
Cards on the table, I am an advocate of free speech and I don’t buy the recent rhetoric from sections of the left that the new public and political interest in free speech is a right-wing conspiracy. Instead I think the raised temperature of the debates on free speech from …
Read More »Bye-bye bitcoin rally? Cryptocurrency slumps by 20 percent in worst week in almost a year
Bitcoin fell nearly 12 percent in 24 hours to trade below $45,000 on Friday, according to data from CoinDesk. By dropping to this level, the digital coin shaved over 20 percent off its price this week, which it started close to its record of $58,000, marking the worst slump since March …
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