US-based card company Visa will be able to restore the revenue it lost by pulling out of Russia amid Ukraine-related sanctions within a year, the company’s Chief Financial Officer Vasant Prabhu said this week, as cited by the Wall Street Journal. Visa, along with rival Mastercard, suspended ties with Russia …
Read More »Rape, murder, and ‘restoring virginity’: Honour-based abuse cases soar in Britain, reports say
The number of honour-based abuse cases rose from 884 in 2016 to 1,599 last year, according to data from 28 constabularies retrieved by the Guardian via Freedom of Information requests and compiled in a report on Sunday. Honour-based abuse (HBA) describes “a collection of practices used to control behaviour within …
Read More »‘Big step toward restoring trust’: North & South Korea reopen communication hotline after year of silence
The decision was first announced by South Korea’s presidential Blue House early on Tuesday morning and quickly confirmed through the North’s state-run media outlet, KCNA. “The South and the North agreed to restore the communication line between the South and the North that had been cut off,” the president’s office …
Read More »US to reopen Jerusalem consulate, restoring ties with Palestinians, Blinken says during Middle Eastern tour
The announcement was made after Blinken’s talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. “The US will go forward with the reopening of its consulate in Jerusalem. This is an important step,” the secretary of state said. The Biden administration is committed to …
Read More »NBC’s vapid vax propaganda ‘Roll Up Your Sleeves’ was entirely ineffective in restoring faith in the medical establishment
Last night, NBC aired a one-hour special titled Roll Up Your Sleeves, which was meant to inform viewers and inspire them to get a Covid vaccination. The show, which was ‘presented’ by drug store behemoth Walgreens, was the most inane and insulting of infomercials. Wedged between a cavalcade of drug …
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