On Wednesday, CNN, which is owned by AT&T Inc., became the first major media firm to remove its Facebook presence from Australia. CNN’s main Facebook page showed an error message on Wednesday when people tried to access it from Australia. The move to prevent Australians from accessing its content came …
Read More »Neither feds nor Proud Boys saw ‘Capitol attack’ coming, NYT claims, citing January 6 FBI informant
The messages described by the New York Times on Saturday cover months of cooperation between the unidentified informant and the FBI, prior to the dramatic events in Washington, DC, as well as during and after them. The newspaper obtained them on condition they would not be directly cited. It claimed …
Read More »France RECALLS ambassadors from US and Australia citing ‘exceptional gravity’ of AUKUS submarine deal
“At the request of the President of the Republic [Emmanuel Macron], I decided to immediately recall to Paris for consultations our two ambassadors in the United States and in Australia,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday. Le Drian said the decision was justified by the “exceptional gravity” …
Read More »Citing China’s ‘economic coercion’, Blinken says Australia to host US military aircraft & nuclear-powered subs under AUKUS treaty
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the recently-unveiled AUKUS treaty as a sign of “the country’s shared commitment to safeguard peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific now and in the future” during a Thursday press conference in Washington, DC, adding that the US has concerns about Beijing economically pressuring …
Read More »UK bars Chinese ambassador from Parliament reception, citing sanctions against MPs by Beijing
Zheng was scheduled to attend the summer reception scheduled for September 15 on the Commons terrace, and hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary China Group (APPG) and the China-Britain Business Council. After five MPs and two peers who were blacklisted by China earlier this year complained, however, speakers of both the …
Read More »Owner of Florida diner BANS Biden supporters from her restaurant, citing deaths of US troops in Afghanistan
Angie Ugarte, owner of the DeBary Diner in DeBary, stirred controversy in the Florida community and local media after posting a sign on the restaurant with the message for those still supportive of Biden. The poster accuses the administration of being “complicit” in the deaths of 13 US service members, …
Read More »Citing Covid threat, Australian council SHOT SHELTER DOGS dead instead of allowing volunteers to collect them
The dogs, one of which had just given birth to puppies, were housed in a pound in the northwest of the state, and were due to be picked up by volunteers from a Cobar-based animal shelter. However, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday that workers with the Bourke Shire …
Read More »Beijing complains to WTO over Australia’s ‘wrong practices,’ citing historic moves against Chinese products
Speaking on Thursday, Gao Feng, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesman, said that Beijing would be appealing against Australian measures which added additional duties to imports of Chinese railway wheels, wind towers, and stainless-steel sinks. “(China) hopes that the Australian side will take concrete action to correct the wrong practices and …
Read More »UFC legend Ortiz steps down from Huntington Beach mayor role citing ‘character assassination’ and fears for family safety (VIDEO)
Ortiz, a former light heavyweight champion of the elite MMA promotion and one of its early old school stars, took office back in December. Receiving 42,000 votes, this was the biggest tally in poll history for the highest office in the California community he hails from. Yet just some six …
Read More »Facebook says it will stop banning claims Covid-19 is man-made, citing ‘new facts and trends’
“In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of [Covid-19] and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that [Covid-19] is man-made from our apps,” a Facebook spokesperson told Politico on Wednesday evening, in an emailed statement. “We’re continuing to work with health experts …
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