On Tuesday, just outside Moscow, the president was given a tour of the plane that Russia hopes can be a gamechanger for Russian military aviation. MAKS 2021, a huge international aviation expo, is being hosted at Zhukovsky Airport from July 20-25. Checkmate is made by historic aerospace manufacturer Sukhoi, a …
Read More »World Emoji Day has given us a pregnant man, but don’t worry… I still very much doubt dudes can birth
Who would have thought there could ever be the need for such a thing, but 17 July is, apparently, World Emoji Day. Yippee. It’s so exciting, vital even. I can hardly contain my joy at the arrival of this awe-inspiring occasion. And, on that score, who would ever have thought …
Read More »US & Germany disagree on controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline but Washington has given up trying to stop it, Biden tells Merkel
Once finished, Nord Stream 2 will connect Germany directly to Russia via the Baltic Sea, allowing Moscow to send gas without transiting other countries. Berlin’s aim is to protect its energy security and make the process less reliant on third parties, thereby lowering the price. The Americans have consistently opposed …
Read More »Indian hospital closed amid FAKE COVID VACCINE scam, as 2,500+ are feared to have been given saline & antibiotics instead
Mumbai’s local government sealed Shivam Hospital on Friday, local media reported, saying its license has been canceled in suspected connection to a massive vaccine scam. Police are investigating whether fake Covid vaccines originated from the hospital, with its owners now being arrested. Earlier this year, it enlisted as a private …
Read More »Black Lives Matter gestures given green light for Tokyo Games as Olympic chiefs confirm athletes can kneel before events are held
A new version of International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, produced to provide “further clarity and guidance” to athletes, gives stars the “opportunity to express their views” in areas including media zones and centers, at press conferences and on social media. In a potentially telling section for competitors planning to repeat the kneeling …
Read More »400,000 EU citizens living in the UK given 28-day warning to apply for post-Brexit right to remain
Speaking on Wednesday, Britain’s immigration minister, Kevin Foster, said that individuals who fail to apple for settled status by the June 30 deadline will not immediately lose their rights, which are protected by law. Instead, immigration officials will begin to issue 28-day warnings to those who are eligible for the …
Read More »I’m not given to hyperbole, but the coming week is one of the most important in British history – if not the most important
Don’t say you weren’t warned. Having predicted correctly, before Christmas, the very day (January 4) when Boris Johnson would announce the next lockdown, on January 1, 2021, I tweeted: ‘My inside source says that there will be no significant easing of restrictions until July at the earliest. Govt mentioning Easter …
Read More »‘Turkey must learn’: Duo ‘given thousands of years in jail for conspiring on match-fixing charges against football giants’
Hidayet Karaca, who was the head of the Samanyolu media group that was later shut down by the government, is said to have been given a whopping 1,406-year term after being accused of organizing the tapping of phone calls and forging of documents. Ex-police chief Nazmi Ardic also copped 2,170 …
Read More »It’s no surprise the Covid lab leak theory persists in the US, given its history of biological weapons
On Wednesday evening, after new claims surfaced in the Wall Street Journal, President Joe Biden issued an executive order requiring US intelligence to investigate Covid’s origins – and the specific consideration that it was a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology – giving it 90 days to do so. …
Read More »Disgust at Belarus’ grounding of Ryanair jet selective given lack of concern about similar incidents involving West & its clients
But beyond the satisfaction derived from selective outrage, it’s hard to see what purpose this pressure will serve in the long run. In the past year, Western powers have turned their gaze to the east European state of Belarus, making no secret of their desire to see the end of …
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