On Monday night, America’s first female and black Veep chose to ignore the salute given to her as she boarded her official aircraft, thus causing a major backlash from those on the political right. Harris’ precedent-breaking (in)action was in stark contrast to her immediate predecessors, former Vice President Mike Pence, …
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You didn’t need to be in the room in Anchorage, Alaska to hear the fiery rhetoric and see the sparks fly. The US vs. China talks kicked off with all the ferocity of an Ali vs. Frazier heavyweight clash, with the US Secretary of State, in the blue corner, warning …
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When one hears the ‘papers of record’ lamenting the rising tide of ‘fake news’ and ‘disinformation,’ one is listening to these corporations complaining about the need to bolster the quality of their output, as if it’s an unthinkable chore to actually deliver good work, check facts and confirm sources. Why bother with …
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Brexit was supposed to see Britain stand alone, control its borders and set its own agenda. But the UK is beginning a new generation of Washington mimicking. It began with the cringeworthy attempt to recreate The White House look in Downing Street in the form of a £2.6 million media …
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“What the (Biden) administration has inherited is a broken system at the border, and they are working to correct that in the children’s interest,” Pelosi said on Sunday in an interview with ABC News. She went on to praise President Joe Biden for sending FEMA to help accommodate a surge …
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It’s not really a revelation, but the Democratic Party isn’t a fan of strict border control. The influx of people to the US has seen calls for more government programs to be available for illegal immigrants, and there have even been op-eds that have argued that they should be able …
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It seems they are riddled with lingering stress from that scary moment two months ago when a horde of unarmed demonstrators – mostly fans of then-president Donald Trump – demanded Congress “stop the steal” and thronged congressional offices. Not only were they allowed into the building while the House was …
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Tuesday saw another rocket attack in Iraq against a US military base. A total of 10 rockets were launched at the Ain al-Asad facility, where American and coalition forces are stationed. As in a previous attack at Irbil last month, one allied civilian contractor was killed. The last time this …
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After a while, some things that at first seemed shocking and disturbing somehow become normalised and melt into the background. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a prime example. Apart from military geeks, hardly anyone has paid attention recently to the controversial prison at the US Naval Base in Cuba, itself …
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The price spike could come thanks to improving fundamentals for the commodity and global stimulus measures, the bank said as cited by Bloomberg. Additionally, Bank of America (BofA) earlier revised its 2021 outlook for oil, forecasting that global benchmark Brent may temporarily hit $70 a barrel in the second quarter …
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