Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held talks by phone with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s Der Spiegel media outlet claimed on Thursday. The two leaders reportedly agreed to move on and forget past grudges relating to Kiev’s decision last month to call off Steinmeier’s visit to Ukraine at short …
Read More »Biden held fewer press conferences than past 5 presidents – report
President Joe Biden has given fewer press conferences and interviews during his first year than any of his five most recent predecessors, a report by the Associated Press has revealed. When Biden was inaugurated just over a year ago, he immediately began wielding executive power. During his first two months …
Read More »Putin discusses Afghanistan with presidents of Turkey and Kazakhstan
Putin and Erdogan held phone talks on Saturday, according to the Kremlin press service. The leaders discussed various issues, including the ongoing firefighting efforts in Turkey, where a Russian Be-200 plane recently crashed. They also had “an in-depth discussion” on Afghanistan in light of the Taliban takeover and disintegration of …
Read More »Putin discusses situation in Afghanistan with presidents of Iran and Tajikistan
The situation in Afghanistan has been a “major focus” of the talks between Putin and Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, the Kremlin said in a statement on Wednesday following the phone conversation between the two presidents. Both Russia and Iran expressed their readiness to contribute to peace and stability in Afghanistan, …
Read More »Biden-Putin summit agenda revealed: Presidents to discuss Covid-19, Ukraine, hacking, climate change & situation in Middle East
That’s according to Yury Ushakov, a Russian diplomat and long-time aide of Putin on foreign policy matters, who announced the plan for the summit on Tuesday. The two heads of state are due to meet at 1pm local time at Geneva’s grand and historic Villa La Grange. The meeting will …
Read More »‘4 presidents have been assassinated’: Biden condemned for calling Capitol storming ‘worst attack on democracy’ since Civil War
During his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Biden said that he “inherited a nation in crisis,” including “the worst pandemic in a century,” “the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” and, most notably, “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” Biden appeared to …
Read More »Left & right alike fume over Dems’ bill to ban ‘twice-impeached presidents’ from burial at Arlington, any honoring of their names
The ‘No Glory for Hate Act’, sponsored by Representative Linda Sanchez (D-California) and co-sponsored by 13 other Democrats, calls for banning any “twice-impeached president” from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The ashes of such a president couldn’t be inurned at Arlington, either. The bill’s heading refers to prohibiting the …
Read More »On Presidents Day, a crowd of supporters turns out in Florida to cheer Trump (VIDEO)
It was Trump’s name and not Biden’s that trended on social media Monday, as Americans observed a federal holiday inspired by their first president, George Washington. That was even before videos of a substantial crowd lining the road to Trump’s resort in West Palm Beach, Florida began to appear. One …
Read More »Twitter is quicker to ban sitting presidents and conservative commentators than alleged pedophiles. Sort your priorities, Jack
Around this time last year, I found myself covering Pornhub having issues with their platform hosting videos of sexual abuse. The issue was largely ignored until the pornography giant was put into a position where they had to delete most of their videos to cover their rear ends. Now Twitter …
Read More »The candidate in presidents of the United States: American money should go to Gaza
As JTA reported , the presidential candidate of the Democratic party, Bernie Sanders deserves a round of applause at the annual conference of J Street, when he said that part of the money that Israel receives from the United States for help in defence, should go to humanitarian aid in …
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