With London under draconian Tier-4 lockdown restrictions, a group of several hundred protesters assembled in Hyde Park on Saturday. Holding signs reading “freedom over fear,” they protested the government’s ongoing crackdown on civil liberties in the name of curtailing the coronavirus. Police arrested 17 of these protesters for breaching, with …
Read More »Relations between Russia & China at ‘historic high’ after ‘once-in-century epidemic,’ says Chinese foreign minister
In recent times, China and Russia have pulled away from the West and grown closer to each other with ever-strengthening economic ties. The new paradigm marks a profound geopolitical shift, given that, until the events of 2014 in Ukraine, Moscow had spent around 25 years pursuing a path to Western …
Read More »Launch voter fraud commission or we won’t certify election results, Ted Cruz & 10 other Republican senators say
“By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes,”Cruz and his allies said on Saturday, in a joint statement. They called for an electoral commission to be appointed immediately to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of voting results in the states …
Read More »New year, new record: Bitcoin pushes past historic new milestone of $30,000
The digital currency added over six percent to its value in the last 24 hours, according to data tracking by CoinDesk. It was beating its own records almost on an hourly basis on Saturday, finally jumping to a new historic high of $31,509. The cryptocurrency started last year at less …
Read More »Porn star says adult performers are ‘terrified’ of what Kamala Harris will do to sex industry
In a scathing opinion piece on the Daily Beast, adult film star Cherie DeVille outlines why many in the adult industry are worried stiff about the election of Harris, saying she will bring a “lifetime of animosity toward sex workers” to the White House. The veteran adult actress says porn …
Read More »India approves AstraZeneca vaccine as company still working on jab’s efficacy of at least 62% after disappointing trial results
India’s information minister, Prakash Javadekar, announced on Saturday that the coronavirus vaccine, designed by the British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford, had been approved by regulators a day earlier for emergency use. Formal approval by the Drugs Controller General of India is expected in the coming …
Read More »Beijing warns of retaliation over US delisting of Chinese firms, which runs ‘against market rules & logic’
The largest American exchange followed the suit of several other major stock index providers and announced on Friday that the securities of China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom Hong Kong will be delisted between January 7 and January 11. It cited US President Donald Trump’s order that banned American …
Read More »Covid camps? Put disease ‘carriers’ in DETENTION CENTERS, proposed New York law suggests
Authored by a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly N. Nick Perry, Bill A416 calls for the “removal and/or detention” of individuals who are identified as a “case, contact or carrier” of a contagious disease. “I knew Cuomo was a bit of an authoritarian anti-Semite but I never …
Read More »‘Beware of trap’: Iranian FM warns Trump ‘Israeli agents’ are preparing ‘attacks’ on US forces in Iraq to spark war against Tehran
Zarif on Saturday tagged Donald Trump on Twitter – the US president’s social media of choice – as he repeated the claim of a false flag plot. The foreign minister then warned Trump against falling for the alleged Israeli plot. He said that any hostilities against Tehran will backfire not …
Read More »‘Best duo in world football’: Spurs pair Son and Kane equal record for Premier League double act in win vs Leeds
Spurs ran out comfortable 3-0 victors in north London on Saturday thanks to a Kane penalty on 29 minutes before Son converted an inch-perfect cross from the England forward two minutes before half-time. Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld completed the rout for Jose Mourinho’s men on 50 minutes when he headed …
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