“IT IS NOT A SACRIFICE, IT IS AN HONOR,” Anez blared in an all-caps tweet on Thursday, announcing that she, as well as running mate Samuel Doria, had withdrawn their candidacy in the upcoming election “for the greater good” “Today I put aside my candidacy in homage to freedom and …
Read More »‘Anti-Russian hysteria’: Moscow hits back after EU Parliament calls for sanctions over alleged poisoning of activist Navalny
The European Parliament resolution urges an international probe into the Navalny incident. Its approval followed comments by the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, who floated the idea of naming a new anti-Russian sanctions package after the anti-corruption campaigner, in a similar move to the US Magnitsky act. That was named …
Read More »Yoshihide Suga becomes prime minister of Japan after Shinzo Abe’s cabinet formally resigns
Suga’s candidacy was approved by both houses of the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. The 71-year-old politician, who was described by the local media as Abe’s close confidant and “right-hand man,” had previously promised to continue his predecessor’s key policies. Suga had held the important position of chief cabinet secretary since …
Read More »TV host slams Joe Rogan as ‘misogynistic, racist & homophobic’ after Trump says he wants him to host presidential debate
Rogan, who recently signed a $100 million deal with Spotify for his podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ has been a frequent critic of the left, many of whom have taken to sharing quick, out-of-context clips of the comedian saying things deemed inappropriate. Those certainly came in handy after the ‘number …
Read More »Injuries reported after rockets fired from Gaza, as Bahrain & UAE sign peace deal with Tel Aviv at the White House
Rocket warning sirens were activated in southern Israeli cities late on Tuesday, as the ceremony to sign a US-brokered deal between Tel Aviv, Bahrain, and the UAE was underway in Washington. The sirens were sounded in the coastal cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod. Footage from the scene shows damaged vehicles …
Read More »Three HUGE asteroids headed towards Earth, after amateur astronomer spots massive space rock our planetary defenses MISSED
The Earth is under near-constant threat from space debris in the form of asteroids and meteorites, and this week is no exception, with two smaller space rocks due to buzz the planet today and tomorrow. Meanwhile, later in the week, NASA gave the ‘heads up’ about three asteroids, each measuring …
Read More »Trump threatens Iran with attack ‘1,000 times greater’ after Tehran denounces anonymously-sourced report as ‘propaganda’
“According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Soleimani, which was carried out for his planning a future attack, murdering US Troops, and the death & suffering caused over so many years,” President …
Read More »Nearly two decades after 9/11, the parallels between the post-terrorist attack ‘New Normal’ & that of Covid-19 can’t be ignored
While both the worst terror attack in US history and the deadliest pandemic in a generation were immediately hyped as the defining elements of the era, the uncomfortable reality is that neither terrorism nor the novel coronavirus pose any risk more severe than taking a bath. However, the media hype …
Read More »Iran blasts US for ‘worn-out propaganda’ after Politico article about ‘plot’ to kill American envoy in revenge for Soleimani
“We advise the American officials to stop resorting to hackneyed and worn-out methods for anti-Iran propaganda in the international arena,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said. The diplomat’s remarks were apparently meant to rebuff a story published by Politico on September 13. Citing unnamed US government officials, the magazine …
Read More »Microsoft says it won’t be acquiring TikTok’s US operations after Chinese parent rejects bid
China’s ByteDance informed the suitor on Sunday that it won’t be selling the business to Microsoft. The impasse may give the upper hand to Oracle, another US technology firm that has reportedly been in talks with Beijing-based ByteDance. Shortly after the news broke, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported …
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