“We raced against time and were the first country to report cases to the world,” Wang said in an interview to Chinese media published on Friday. He argued that, contrary to a prevailing opinion, China’s own outbreak of the disease was not exclusively to blame for the global pandemic. More …
Read More »Pence says he ‘welcomes’ efforts by Senator Ted Cruz & others to object to certifying election results on January 6 – statement
“The Vice President welcomes the efforts of members of the House and Senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forward evidence before the Congress and the American people on January 6th,” the statement, issued to the media by Pence’s Chief of Staff …
Read More »Former employee steals excavator, rams gate & destroys 50 vans at Mercedes-Benz factory in Spain
On Thursday night, an excavator rammed the gates of a car factory in Vitoria – the main city of Basque Country in northern Spain – and started smashing brand-new Mercedes vans in the parking lot with its massive shovel. The wrecking spree went on for minutes and only came to …
Read More »WATCH: Covid police raid Canadian home, violently arrest occupants after neighbor tattles over ‘illegal’ gathering of 6 people
The incident reportedly occurred at a home in Gatineau, just across the Ottawa River from Canada’s capital city, on Thursday. The New Year’s Eve gathering of six people included individuals from outside the home, making it a violation of Quebec’s ban on such get-togethers. The video, which was circulating on Saturday, …
Read More »Arrests reported at anti-government protest outside Netanyahu’s home, as Israelis kick off 2021 with weekly demo
Anti-corruption protesters in Israel extended their demonstrations into the new year, marching for a 28th straight week and clashing with police near Netanyahu’s official residence. Eleven protesters were detained by police outside Netanyahu’s home, while about 100 others were relocated to another street further away from his house on Saturday …
Read More »‘God rapes young middle eastern migrant’ skit on Irish state TV provokes Catholic Church fury
The mock news report was broadcast on RTÉ as viewers across locked-down Ireland tuned into the state television station to finally bid farewell to 2020. In the controversial clip an aged man in a white robe, with white hair and a long white beard, is seen being dragged away from …
Read More »No longer ‘JUST AN IDEA’? With Trump on way out and Biden on way in, Portland mayor finally vows to ‘push back’ against Antifa
“My good-faith efforts at de-escalation have been met with ongoing violence and even scorn from radical Antifa and anarchists,” Wheeler said Friday, in a New Year’s Day address. “In response, it will be necessary to use additional tools and to push the limits of the tools we already have to …
Read More »American talk-show legend Larry King hospitalized in Los Angeles after contracting Covid-19
King, 87, is reportedly being treated in isolation, so his estranged wife and other family members aren’t allowed to visit him. But RT has learned that his condition isn’t severe enough to require use of a ventilator. King is at high risk for complications from the virus not only because …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers ARRESTED at anti-lockdown protest, for second time in two days
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 …
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