In what could become one of the largest expulsions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, Israeli settler organisations are working with the country’s legal system to evict 24 families from their homes. During October, 2020, the Israeli magistrate court of Jerusalem ordered the expulsion of 12 families, out of the 24 …
Read More »Biden admin. directs FEMA to help shelter child migrants amid claims it denied lawyers access to cramped border facility
The agency will help “safely receive, shelter and transfer” children who cross the US southewestern border on their own, Homeland Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced on Saturday, saying that the FEMA’s assistance is to last 90 days. In his statement, Mayorkas admitted that the government has to deal with “the …
Read More »Top Biden admin officials to meet Chinese delegation in Alaska for first Washington-Beijing talks of his presidency
The US officials are scheduled to “discuss a range of issues” with China’s Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a short statement issued by the State Department said on Wednesday, without providing any further details about the upcoming …
Read More »Biden admin grants temporary protection to thousands of Venezuelan migrants, admits US sanctions failed to spur regime change
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status designation on Monday, allowing some 320,000 eligible migrants to stay in the US for another 18 months while citing “extraordinary” conditions in the Latin American nation that prevent citizens from returning home. “The living conditions in Venezuela reveal a …
Read More »Gab goes offline after refusing to pay hackers, accuses Biden admin & ‘oligarch tyrants’ of wanting to shut them down
“We took the site down to investigate a security breach,” Gab announced on Monday afternoon via their Twitter account. Users trying to log into Gab were greeted with an “internal error” message and told to try again. “Banks are banning us. Hackers are attacking us. Journalists are libeling us. Why?” …
Read More »New US admin stands for same grotesque & brutal policies against Venezuela, shows just how little they actually CARE for people
I’m sure the irony will not be lost on those who question the legitimacy of the US election that saw Biden take power. Anyway, you would have to have been offline or in a coma for the past couple of years to not be aware of some key facts about …
Read More »Biden admin to charge White House reporters $170 per Covid test amid concerns smaller outlets will be squeezed out – reports
The White House press office will begin charging for the tests next week, the Washington Post reported on Friday, observing that the costs effectively amount to an “admission fee” for journalists covering the administration. While the White House has absorbed the testing costs to date, after nearly a year of …
Read More »‘Verbal stumble’ or blatant lie? Biden says US had no vaccine when he took office as new admin criticizes Trump’s jab rollout
Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper at a town hall event on Tuesday, the US president explained in a rather disjointed way that the United States lacked both vaccines and health workers capable of administering them when he moved into the White House last month. “The biggest thing though…it’s one thing …
Read More »Biden admin has ‘deep concerns’ about Covid-19 China data from WHO, wants report on its origins ‘free from alteration’ by Beijing
“We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a Saturday statement. Sullivan is calling for an “independent report” that is “free from intervention or …
Read More »Iran’s Zarif tells RT he was never ‘buddies’ with Biden but hopes new US admin will rethink policy of ‘economic terrorism’
In an interview with Oksana Boyko, host of RT’s Worlds Apart, the top Iranian diplomat said it would be a mistake to think that his personal relationship with Biden could help trigger a major diplomatic breakthrough between the two longtime rivals. Zarif said his history with Biden can be traced …
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