The space junk slammed into the ISS’s ‘Canadarm2’ in mid-May, the Canadian Space Agency confirmed in a press release last week, noting that while the “utmost precautions” are taken to avoid collisions, “impacts with tiny objects do occur.” “One such hit was noticed recently during a routine inspection of Canadarm2 …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan asks Pope to help end ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, calls for international sanctions against Israel
The two held phone talks on Monday, as the Gaza flare-up entered its second week. Erdogan, who has long positioned himself as a champion of the Palestinian cause, has squarely pinned the blame for the conflict on Tel Aviv. The president told the Pope that “all of humanity should be …
Read More »‘Unacceptable neutrality’: Iran calls upon international community to stop Israeli ‘aggression’ against Palestine
The Iranian Foreign Ministry reiterated the country’s full support for the Palestinian cause. Speaking during his weekly press conference on Monday, spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned the ongoing hostilities, pinning the blame squarely on Israel. “The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns the new round of brutal aggression by the Zionist …
Read More »Western messaging about ‘rules-based international order’ designed to undermine UN & circumvent international law, says Russian FM
Speaking on Wednesday at a joint press conference in Moscow with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Lavrov reiterated Russia’s support for the organization, and criticized those who take individual approaches, instead of using established collective decision-making mechanisms. In particular, he noted that some countries engage in “illegitimate actions,” such as using …
Read More »One person dead in shooting at Canada’s Vancouver International Airport, police looking for suspects
“A man was shot and killed this afternoon near the domestic departure terminal [of the Vancouver International Airport]. Media availability later this evening in Richmond,” the Canadian Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) tweeted on Sunday. The statement followed reports of police and paramedics responding to a shooting incident at the …
Read More »Amnesty International changes rules to REDESIGNATE Russia’s Navalny as ‘prisoner of conscience’
Navalny was “imprisoned for demanding a government that is free from corruption” and “the right to equal participation in public life for himself & his supporters,” Amnesty said on Friday, and therefore he qualifies as a prisoner of conscience – the designation the group has used for political prisoners who …
Read More »Prisoners on our island: The UK is moving far too slowly with opening up international travel
When the ‘stay at home’ lockdown rules were removed in the UK in March, it was made illegal to travel abroad without ‘good reason’, with travellers facing fines of up to £5,000 if they do so. This ban is due to end on May 17 as the next stage in …
Read More »Facebook on ‘dangerous path,’ International Federation of Journalists head warns as platform cracks down on RT-affiliated Redfish
Redfish’s account on Facebook, which had over 830,000 followers, was targeted earlier on Friday over posts that supposedly violated the platform’s community standards. One of the publications in question marked the defeat of fascism in Italy, while the other commemorated the Holocaust, featuring photos of the Auschwitz death camp inmates, …
Read More »Multiple rockets land near Baghdad International Airport, US-led coalition base, triggering alarms – reports
According to local media sources, a total of three rockets went off in the vicinity of the airport. Security forces are now examining the platforms from which the rockets were launched. An independent video that has not been verified but is circulating on social media purports to show smoke rising from …
Read More »Amnesty International ‘upholds racism’ and its senior staff used the N-word, so why do its views still carry so much influence?
Truth hides in the darkness, if we go by the latest revelations surrounding Amnesty International The human rights organisation, whose stated aim is “campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all,” decided not to release a damning internal report to the press. It somehow found its way …
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