Three goals in 15 miserable first-half minutes for Pep Guardiola’s men consigned the Blues to their fourth defeat in their last six Premier League games, a run of form which has seen Chelsea plummet down the league table after briefly sitting at the summit of the division just one month …
Read More »British experts call for wealth tax as elite 1% owns quarter of UK wealth
The tiny minority currently holds almost £800 billion more wealth than suggested by the country’s official statistics, the study reveals, suggesting that this could be a conservative estimate and the actual figure could be even higher. The report represents a considerable increase on the official data, which reportedly omitted the …
Read More »‘This can’t be real’: Democratic Rep & pastor stirs up storm after he ends opening prayer in US House with ‘amen and AWOMAN’
Cleaver (D-MO), who has represented Missouri’s 5th congressional district since 2005, led a short prayer to mark the opening of the 117th Congress on Sunday. He closed off his speech which called for unity by saying: “We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and the god …
Read More »Harvard astronomer says alien technology visited in 2017, may have been distant civilization’s trash
Avi Loeb has outlined his theory that the perplexing object dubbed ‘Oumuamua provides proof that highly-intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe. ʻOumuamua – which roughly translates as Hawaiian for ‘Scout’ – is the first known interstellar object that was detected passing through the Solar System. It was first observed …
Read More »Pro-lockdown Pope gets political on Covid-19 again, condemns those who traveled over the holidays despite pandemic
“They are good people, but they didn’t think about those who were staying at home, of the economic problems of many people who have been hit hard by the lockdown, of the sick people,” the Pope said Sunday in his weekly address at the Vatican. He added that travelers thought …
Read More »Ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan takes heat from both sides after blasting GOP Senators’ effort to challenge Biden’s victory
Efforts to challenge the results of the November 3 presidential election “strike at the foundation of our public,” Ryan said on Sunday. The Wisconsin Republican, who was House speaker during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office, added that “it is difficult to conceive of a more anti-democratic and …
Read More »Moscow finance staff now eligible for Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 jab – in line behind doctors, teachers & industrial workers
The Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, announced on Sunday on his personal website that registration would open for employees of banking and finance businesses, as well as for government workers. They will be able to sign up to receive their first dose of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine at one …
Read More »Biden ‘should pick OBAMA AS AG,’ paving the way for him to ascend later to Supreme Court justice, former White House lawyer says
Appointing Obama as the nation’s top law enforcement official would help reassure voters rattled by the polarized US political system that President-elect Biden will govern in the national interest, said Douglas Kmiec, who headed the Office of Legal Counsel under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Kmiec, who also …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as US House speaker after AOC and other ‘Squad’ members swallow hard, avert giving gavel to Republican
At one point in Sunday’s floor vote, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) led Pelosi (D-California) at 189-187, with three members voting “present” and two choosing others, giving Democrats some nervous moments. “Can you please explain to me how they could’ve given us a Republican speaker?,” one Twitter user asked. …
Read More »Border row reignites between Estonia & Russia as Baltic country’s top MP reopens WW2 territorial claims, ignoring NATO objections
In an address to mark the New Year on Friday, Henn Polluaas, the most senior figure in Estonia’s legislative assembly (the Riigikogu), decided to remind the Estonians of the Treaty of Tartu – a post-World War I peace agreement struck between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and Estonia. “On …
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