People’s Republic of China is “increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and modernization of its military, intelligence, and other security apparatuses,” which allows Beijing to “directly threaten the United States homeland and United States forces overseas,” Trump said in the order, issued on Thursday. …
Read More »Trump looks like he’s toast, so who’s going to take the reins and lead the Republican fightback for 2024?
Donald Trump looks like he is leaving the White House and his likely replacement will be the oldest president ever. Joe Biden will be 78 at his inauguration and everything points to him serving one term only. The Democrats already have a successor in pole position, the likely next vice …
Read More »UK prime minister slams anti-vax ‘nonsense’, tells Brits to get the Covid-19 jab when it’s their turn
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Johnson encouraged all Britons to get immunized against coronavirus, and took the opportunity to freshly lambast the anti-vax movement, which has been increasingly vocal in the UK. “Anti-vax is total nonsense; you should definitely get a vaccine,” he said. The prime minister added that he …
Read More »‘Poisoning the well of our democracy’: Pelosi & Schumer blast Republicans for ‘denying reality’ & not accepting Biden as president
The harsh words for Republicans refusing to acknowledge Biden’s projected victory while President Donald Trump accuses opponents of voter fraud and waits on the outcome of multiple lawsuits came during a Thursday press conference. “The election is over. It wasn’t close. President Trump lost. Joe Biden will be the next …
Read More »Trump has 2 months left to attack Iran, and here’s why he might
Having advocated a “maximum pressure” approach against Tehran at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Israel for two years, the Donald Trump administration has sought to weaken the regime and forcefully contain its regional ambitions. However, with the ascension of Joe Biden to the presidency come January – one of …
Read More »Teachers in Norway say they’re afraid to show Prophet Mohammed cartoons to students, and worry about personal consequences
The anxieties among Norwegian teachers were reported by the industry publication Utdanningsnytt, which surveyed people in the aftermath of last month’s beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. Some teachers had earlier spoken publicly about their fears and the outlet wanted to probe how widespread those sentiments were. Of the 2,000 …
Read More »London police arrest 2 men on suspicion of terrorism offence in Westminster
The two men, both 34 years old from east London, were stopped, searched, and arrested by armed officers in the Pall Mall area near Westminster. No shots were fired during the police operation. Both remain in custody at a central London police station, where they are undergoing questioning for offences …
Read More »11yo Muslim student threatened to behead teacher at Berlin primary school, teacher says
Karina Jehniche, the head of the school, told Der Tagesspiegel that fellow students were stunned when they heard the pupil tell his teacher “I’ll do the same with you as the boy did with the teacher in Paris.” The pupil was also allegedly involved in an earlier shocking incident during …
Read More »Pfizer CEO sells $5.6mn of stock on record surge the day he praised Covid-19 vaccine’s 90% effectiveness, denies insider trading
Pfizer defended its CEO’s sale of 132,508 shares on Monday at near-peak value, claiming in a statement on Wednesday that the trade had been set up back in August as “part of Dr. Bourla’s personal financial planning” in keeping with a pre-established plan allowing “major shareholders and insiders of exchange-listed …
Read More »Syrian man who circumcised 9 boys with SOLDERING GUN in Sweden gets suspended sentence & fine
A resident of the city of Gavle, he is said to be in his 30s, he was charged with assault, causing bodily harm and violating Sweden’s law on circumcision, local media reported. The court was told that some of the victims complained it was painful to walk after what was …
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