The current crisis in Ukraine, in which Russia has recognized the rebel republics in the Donbass, looks unusual, but this is not a new story for the post-Soviet space. Something similar to the events happening in the Donbass today took place in 1992, and the enclave that then arose still exists. …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks revolving around the Ukrainian crisis. The two discussed the situation on the ground, with Putin explaining to the UN chief Russia’s reasons for launching its military operation against the neighboring country in late February. …
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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 …
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Israel has begun administering a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose to triple-vaccinated test subjects. The Jewish state is already planning on offering an extra booster shot to the elderly and vulnerable. 150 medical workers at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv began receiving a fourth dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine …
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The Brazilian high chamber commission has recommended nine criminal charges in total against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the Covid pandemic, including “charlatanism,” “prevarication,” and “incitement to crime.” From the outset, Bolsonaro has resisted liberticidal and economically suicidal measures adopted by western nations. Relative to its population, it …
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Nearly six in ten (58.6%) Americans polled over the weekend believe the president lacks “constitutional authority” to force private businesses to mandate that employees receive vaccination against Covid-19, according to the Trafalgar Group, which published the results of its survey on Monday. Just 29.7% argued he did have the authority, …
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Responding to a question from Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) during Friday’s impeachment hearing, Trump attorney Michael van der Veen argued that the Obama-era secretary could face similar impeachment proceedings sometime in the future. “Is it not true that under this new precedent, a future House – facing partisan pressure to …
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Greene was removed from the Budget and Education and Labor committees on Thursday afternoon. Democrats have accused her of online “hate speech” and supporting conspiracy theories such as QAnon while she was a private citizen, and claimed she represented a danger of “harm” to other members of Congress and Americans. While …
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Filed by Marc Ginsberg, a former US ambassador to Morocco, the lawsuit claims that the popular app is used to spread violence, extremism and anti-Semitism. Ginsberg’s non-profit, Coalition for a Safer Web (CSW), was also listed as a plaintiff. The complaint notes that Google suspended Parler, a Twitter-like conservative microblogging …
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As the House was in the midst of voting on a resolution calling on him to use the 25th Amendment on Tuesday evening, Pence ruled out such a possibility, saying in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he believes such an action does not align with country’s immediate interests. …
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