The IDF confirmed the strikes early on Thursday morning, saying the overnight sorties targeted “infrastructure used for terrorism” and rocket sites, vowing to “continue and even intensify” its operations in Lebanon. Video footage has circulated online purporting to show the IDF strikes in progress. Earlier, the military said three rockets …
Read More »Wayne Dupree: Our media continue to destroy our lives with misinformation; They need to be held accountable
The media’s daily and nightly arrogance is dangerous and deadly for many struggling Americans who listen to their garbage. This is a media that won’t ‘fact check’ our doddering president when he tells the nation that if you get the Covid vaccine, it will stop you from getting Covid. This …
Read More »US vows to continue airstrikes in Afghanistan, as general insists ‘Taliban victory is not inevitable’
“The Taliban are attempting to create a sense of inevitability about their campaign. They are wrong,” General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters in Kabul over the weekend. Since the US began its withdrawal in May, the advance by the Taliban has intensified, with militants now claiming to have gained control of …
Read More »‘Taking some personal time’: Naomi Osaka will MISS Wimbledon to continue mental health break – but WILL play at Olympics
Osaka, 23, withdrew from the French Open in May after triggering a row with organizers when she refused to conduct her media duties after matches, citing the toll it took on her mental health. Threatened with fines and potential expulsion, Osaka opted to walk away from the tournament after the …
Read More »India’s exports & imports continue to boom in post-Covid economic recovery
According to preliminary data from the Commerce Ministry, imports soared as well, by 98% to $19.59 billion during the period. Exports surged 52% to $7.71 billion during the first week of this month, and by about 40% to $6.35 billion in the second week of June. Overall, during April-May, exports …
Read More »Car torched in East Jerusalem as clashes over Palestinian evictions continue (VIDEO)
A clip by RT’s Ruptly video agency shows a car burning in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood where clashes between Israelis and Palestinians continued early Thursday morning. According to the Times of Israel, the groups threw rocks and chairs at each other. Palestinians reportedly set a car belonging to a …
Read More »‘Stop the massacre’: Colombia tax protests continue after more than a dozen people DIE in clashes with police
Rallying around the slogan “Stop the massacre,” protesters took to the streets in several cities on Monday, following the news that Nicolas Guerrero, 22, was reportedly shot in the head by riot police in the city of Cali. The new round of protests stretched from Cali in the southwest to …
Read More »Russia’s foreign exchange reserves continue to rise despite sanctions & pandemic
The regulator said that the growth seen from April 16 to 23 was supported by positive revaluation as well as foreign currency purchases within the budget rule that requires extra revenues from energy exports to be used for boosting the national reserves. Russia’s foreign exchange reserves have been rising for …
Read More »Biden’s decision not to punt on ‘Russian bounties’ is embarrassment for US media – but they’ll continue to push favored narrative
The CIA now only has “low-to-moderate confidence” that Russia paid the Taliban to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan, it was reported on Thursday. On the same day, the Biden administration announced a new raft of sanctions against Russia as punishment for its “efforts to undermine the conduct of free and …
Read More »Global food prices continue to rise with poorest countries hit hardest
The agency said that its food price index jumped by 2.4 percent month-on-month to reach 116.0 points in February. The gauge, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, is also 26.5 percent higher than it was a year earlier. The latest increase has become the …
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