Weighing in at a staggering 344lb ahead of his boxing debut at the sold-out Conrad in Dubai, Icelandic giant Bjornsson knows that he is a rank outsider against former light heavyweight champion Ward, despite holding a mammoth weight advantage of around 127lb over his opponent. Cynics poured scorn on the credibility …
Read More »Trump ‘will go to the dustbin of history’: Iran’s Rouhani sends harsh farewell message to outgoing US president
Speaking during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani harshly criticized his US counterpart, focusing on the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, ordered personally by Trump at the beginning of 2020. The assassination has greatly backfired for Trump, not only dealing great damage to the US position in the Middle East …
Read More »Russia fields first mass-produced 5th-gen Su-57 fighter jet. RT looks back at its history (VIDEOS)
The Russian military has received a very special early Christmas present from the Sukhoi aircraft maker, with the first mass-produced Su-57 finally joining its ranks. The manufacturing process of the new fighters is expected to accelerate in the months to come and, by the late 2020s, Moscow will have at …
Read More »US continues its long history of using death squads, this time in Afghanistan. This is nothing but horrifying
According to The Intercept, “Beginning in December 2018 and continuing for at least a year, Afghan operatives believed to belong to an elite CIA-trained paramilitary unit known as 01, in partnership with U.S. special operations forces and air power, unleashed a campaign of terror against civilians.” This unit carried out …
Read More »History made: Lionel Messi on the brink of breaking another record after drawing level with football icon Pele in club scorer list
Messi, 33, scored the historic goal just before half-time with a diving header, reacting quickest after Valencia ‘keeper Jaume Domenech saved his spot kick in additional time during Barcelona’s 2-2 draw with Valencia at the Camp Nou on Saturday. Neither Messi nor Barca boss Ronald Koeman got the three points which would …
Read More »IMF researchers propose to have AI use ONLINE history to determine credit rating, in name of ‘inclusion’ of course
Using non-financial data such as “the type of browser and hardware used to access the internet, the history of online searches and purchases,” which is then fed into technology powered by AI and machine learning, could “advance financial inclusion, by, for example, enabling more credit to informal workers and households …
Read More »Do not take Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine if you have a ‘significant history of allergic reactions,’ UK regulator warns
Professor Stephen Powis, the national medical director for the NHS in England, said on Wednesday that the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had issued a warning about the administering of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The warning comes after two NHS staff members, who were vaccinated on Tuesday as part …
Read More »Labour’s Lammy lambasted with history lesson after claiming Churchill was ‘human rights pioneer’ in Tory-bashing article
In a comment piece for the Telegraph newspaper – titled ‘Tories used to understand the importance of human rights’ – the shadow justice secretary painted the former prime minister as a champion of human rights because of his involvement in the creation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). …
Read More »Rewriting history: Legacy media shriek Trump is ‘bucking tradition’… for doing the same thing they praised Obama for
“Over the final six weeks of Trump’s presidency, the administration has no plans to wind down its efforts to remake federal policies and even the government bureaucracy itself, aides said, despite the pending handoff to the incoming Democratic administration,” the Washington Post complained on Sunday. “The whirlwind of activities has …
Read More »‘2021 going to be catastrophic,’ UN officials warn as organization faces worst year in history since inception after WWII
WFP chief David Beasley sounded alarms at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Friday, convened to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and worldwide efforts to blunt its impact. He warned that some 270 million people are now “marching toward starvation” and that, in some countries, famine is “around the horizon.” …
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