Others cited in the lawsuit for tying Smartmatic to alleged election fraud are Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo. The company takes umbrage with everything from being tied to foreign nations to reports it was used across the country when it was only used in Los Angeles County. Fox News has …
Read More »‘Ignoring real war crimes’: Netanyahu blasts International Criminal Court for claiming jurisdiction over Palestinian territories
“Today, the International Criminal Court has proven once more that it is a political body and not a judicial institution,” Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said after Friday’s ruling. Netanyahu accused the court of “ignoring the real war crimes and instead is pursuing Israel, a country with a strong democratic regime, …
Read More »Barcelona presidential hopeful Laporta blasts ‘disrespectful’ PSG over Messi overtures, threatens FIFA action
Messi, 33, is free to leave Barcelona at the end of June and could finally complete the move away from the Nou Camp which he was forced to abandon last summer. The Argentine has been linked with a reunion with former Barca boss Pep Guardiola at Manchester City or a …
Read More »China says ‘George Floyd cannot even breathe freely’ as it blasts US over Uighur Muslims forced labor claims
“In the United States hundreds of thousands of innocent people died of Covid-19, people like George Floyd cannot even breathe freely,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during a regular press conference on Thursday. Zhao blasted US allegations that Xinjiang products were made through the “forced labor” of detained …
Read More »‘Flagrant attack on democracy’: Russia blasts Baltic states for ‘persecuting’ journalists
The degradation of media freedoms in the three Baltic states is “concerning,” the Russian ministry said on Wednesday in a statement marking the day when Russia celebrates journalism. Latvia last December arrested seven journalists working for two Russia-linked outlets. They were accused of violating EU sanctions against Dmitry Kiselyov, who …
Read More »The system won and spit him out: UN torture rapporteur blasts UK’s near-total embracement of US case for extraditing Assange
Melzer became a supporter of the WikiLeaks founder after digging into his situation in his official capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on torture. He said he is happy for Assange personally, but the Monday ruling, which denied his extradition to the US on espionage charges, was still a huge disappointment …
Read More »Beijing blasts US as ‘empire of hacking & theft,’ rebuffs claims that China will exploit Pacific cable project for ‘espionage’
Addressing a letter penned by Republican Senators Marco Rubio (Florida) and Ted Cruz (Texas) warning of Beijing’s role in the project, obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the charges were “pure slander” designed to “justify the wanton US suppression of hi-tech Chinese companies.” “The …
Read More »Venezuela vote a ‘fraud’ & ‘sham,’ Maduro government ‘illegitimate,’ blasts Pompeo as Trump continues to contest US election
“Venezuela’s electoral fraud has already been committed. The results announced by the illegitimate Maduro regime will not reflect the will of the Venezuelan people,” Pompeo tweeted on Sunday. Nicolas Maduro is expected to regain control of the National Assembly, as most candidates running are either allies or supporters of his …
Read More »‘Republicans in name only’: Trump blasts small cohort of congressional GOPers who said Biden won election
The Washington Post surveyed the 249 Republicans in the House and Senate and reported on Saturday that only 25 responded saying Biden had won the presidential election; the report was later updated to 26 after Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) referred to “President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris” in …
Read More »‘Founding principles HAVE BEEN LOST’: Macron blasts US media for legitimizing Islamist violence after wave of terror attacks
Macron reportedly called New York Times columnist Ben Smith on Thursday to complain about media coverage of France’s latest round of Islamist violence, contrasting reaction around the world to the outpouring of international support for France following the terror attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015. “When I see, …
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