Washington-based National Public Radio was ridiculed on Wednesday after it published an article which analyzed what skin color emojis were ethical for various races to use. The article, titled, “Which skin color emoji should you use? The answer can be more complex than you think,” featured interviews with people of …
Read More »Ask people in the Middle East whether NATO is strictly a ‘defensive’ alliance – Putin
Despite NATO’s insistence that it is a defensive organization, the US-led military bloc has not always acted that way, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, citing examples of interventions in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. At a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Putin commented …
Read More »What’s behind the worrying trend of people deliberately infecting themselves with Covid-19?
If you are, like me, vaccinated against Covid-19 and do not want to catch this nasty virus, you may find it counterintuitive that some people are deliberately infecting themselves with it. But that is what is happening, especially in places with strict rules placing limits on what unvaccinated people can …
Read More »‘Without Russia, we won’t stop a full-on Ukrainian offensive’: What people in Donbass say about the ongoing military crisis
The “invasion” will happen after the so-called rasputitsa, the season when roads become extremely muddy and make it difficult for military vehicles and hardware to move around. Since 2015, the armed volunteers in the Donbass have apparently waited for the mud to dry up every spring or freeze solid in …
Read More »Why do so many people hate Russians?
When it comes to hatred of Russia, its strongest proponents often defend themselves by claiming they hate the government, not the people. Disagreements with policy are, of course, understandable, but the truth is that many are simply xenophobic. Debates over a political decision or the competence of a particular figure …
Read More »Red Cross hackers steal info on half a million ‘vulnerable’ people
A massive hack of the International Committee of the Red Cross has compromised information from employees, refugees, detainees, migrants, and family members of all those groups, and the culprit remains unknown. Information on some 515,000 “highly vulnerable” individuals has been stolen the Red Cross revealed on Wednesday in a statement …
Read More »Australia opens borders for people vaccinated with Sputnik V
The Australian government has officially allowed people with proof they have been fully vaccinated with the Sputnik V Covid vaccine to enter the country, starting Monday. Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said it reviewed data provided by Moscow which shows that the vaccine “provides protection and potentially reduces the likelihood …
Read More »British counter-terrorism police arrest 2 people over Texas synagogue attack
Police in northwestern England announced the arrest of “two teenagers” over a possible link to the Saturday incident in Colleyville, Texas, that saw a British man taking people hostage in a synagogue. Greater Manchester Police announced on Sunday evening that the two teenagers had been arrested in South Manchester “in …
Read More »Suing doctors for allowing people to have been born sets a very dangerous precedent
A recent legal ruling in London’s High Court sets a new and potentially worrying precedent for UK doctors. Evie Toombes, a 20-year-old professional show jumper who was born with spina bifida, successfully sued her mother’s GP on the grounds that her mother allegedly did not receive sufficient advice about the importance of …
Read More »Helicopters, drones, & 100 people search for missing dog
A massive search operation involving officers and volunteers has been underway outside the Australian city of Brisbane after a police dog got lost, while doing its job earlier this week. PD Quizz, a three-year-old Sable German shepherd, got separated from his handler while pursuing an alleged car thief in the …
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