The claims about the extraordinary lengths to which the CIA under Director Mike Pompeo were prepared to go to get Assange were made on Sunday in a Yahoo News report based on interviews with more than 30 former US officials. The report offers an insight into how the US national …
Read More »New AUKUS nuclear bloc won’t just battle China, it will take West into confrontation with Russia too, Moscow’s security chief says
Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, told the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper on Tuesday that the pact between the three nations, known as AUKUS, will inevitably be yet another military bloc aimed at containing and confronting the two strongest non-Western powers. According to the interview, Patrushev compared the …
Read More »Battle over critical race theory may end up leading the US to civil war. Privatizing all schools is a solution
Some parents maintain that the US is a racist country and if it has any chance whatsoever of turning this around, CRT must be part of our educational system. Merely avoiding the subject is itself racist they aver, and that should not be tolerated. Others, equally adamant, take the opposite …
Read More »Hostages TIED to cars & bomb traps laid: Heavily armed bank robbers turn Brazilian city into battle zone (VIDEOS)
The small Brazilian city of Aracatuba, located in the most-populous state of Sao Paulo, turned into a battle zone overnight, as a group of some 20 armed robbers rode in to hit multiple banks at once. The group used around 10 cars during the heist, according to Alvaro Camilo, Executive …
Read More »Mujahideen v Taliban: Battle for strategic valley looms as anti-Taliban warlord & remnants of Afghan military refuse to surrender
The Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan in August was lightning fast – and in some cities and provinces, almost entirely bloodless. The US-backed Afghan National Army crumbled before the militants, and Kabul was in Taliban hands weeks or months before American officials thought it would be. However, one tract of the …
Read More »Snowden joins battle against iPhone photo-scanning plan as Apple insults privacy activists as ‘screeching voices of the minority’
The letter, published on the platform Github on Friday is signed by security and privacy experts, cryptographers, researchers, academics, legal experts and ordinary consumers, united in condemnation of Apple’s “privacy-invasive content scanning technology.” While acknowledging that efforts to combat child exploitation and abuse are “almost unquestionably well-intentioned,” the signers say …
Read More »Hesitancy battle lost? Vast majority of unvaccinated Americans say they WON’T be getting Covid-19 jabs, poll shows
The Associated Press-NORC poll, which was released on Friday, found that 45% of unvaccinated respondents said they “definitely” won’t get inoculated against the virus, and 35% indicated that they “probably” won’t do so. Only 19% of those who haven’t been vaccinated intend to get the shots, and just 3% consider …
Read More »Babes battle: Bare knuckle temptresses face off ahead of fight… and Ostovich mocks McGregor while VanZant hits ice bath (VIDEO)
Jilted by the UFC, photogenic VanZant and Ostovich are both known for their huge social media followings, bringing plenty of publicity with them after joining the ranks of the world’s most high-profile bare knuckle promotion. The pair of posers have employed the eye-catching tagline of “come for the boobs, stay …
Read More »Nina Simone’s granddaughter details battle with Kamala Harris over estate after accusing VP of driving mother to near-suicide
Over the weekend, Nina Simone’s granddaughter, ReAnna Simone Kelly, made waves after publicly blaming Harris for taking her grandmother’s estate away from the family and handing it to “white people.” Kelly further detailed her accusation in a Monday thread on Twitter where she claimed Harris and her office “put out …
Read More »Bumbling Biden’s attempt to battle domestic terror seems doomed to end up targeting the wrong people
Most Americans despise terrorists, both foreign and domestic, and the US has experience of both. So, when the Biden administration came forward with plans to combat domestic terrorism, one would reasonably have expected some rather standard practices and understanding of what they are looking for. But what has been revealed …
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