Kiev’s allegation Iran is delivering drones to Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine is “irresponsible” and untrue, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said in response to Ukrainian calls for a clampdown on UAV producers in the country. This followed accusations by an aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Mikhail Podoliak, …
Read More »France is not at war, but from Macron’s rhetoric you would think otherwise
Earlier this summer, French President Emmanuel Macron evoked the country’s “entry into a war economy in which I believe we will organize ourselves in the long term.” It would have sounded familiar to anyone who paid attention during the Covid-19 pandemic. Announcing the first Covid lockdowns in March 2020, Macron …
Read More »Liz Truss’s militant rhetoric is another sign that post-Brexit Britain is dangerously delusional
A fanatical Neoconservative, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss presents world affairs in an uncompromising ideological struggle between “democracy” and “authoritarianism.” She also seems to be addicted to the fervour of Cold War. Her address on Wednesday night in London bordered on showing desire for war against Russia and China simultaneously. …
Read More »Moscow comments on ‘anti-Russian’ rhetoric from Germany
In an exclusive television interview with RT on Wednesday, Lavrov was asked to comment on deteriorating relations between the two countries, and to respond to German accusations that the impasse is Russia’s fault. “They say they want to have normal relations with Russia, but first Russia has to change its …
Read More »Moscow responds to Biden’s ‘aggressive rhetoric’
“We have been hearing too much aggressive rhetoric from across the ocean in recent weeks. This unfortunately does not contribute to the relaxation of tensions in any way,” Peskov told the Russian media on Sunday. The remark came in response to threats by the US president on Saturday that Moscow …
Read More »‘Action fell short to match the rhetoric’: Indigenous activists rip Biden admin for refusal to shut down Dakota Access pipeline
Representatives of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation accused the new administration of talking the talk but not walking the walk on Friday, after the US Army Corps of Engineers refused to intervene in the long-running row between the Native American activists and the operating company behind the Dakota Access pipeline …
Read More »Pro-Amazon bots fill Twitter with anti-union rhetoric as company faces first unionized facility in Big Tech history
The last batches of votes from Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are being counted to determine whether the facility will be Amazon’s first – and by extension Big Tech’s first – to unionize, a massive milestone that Amazon seems to dread despite its sky-high profit margins. On Monday night, …
Read More »What happened at the Capitol was bad. But the Democrats’ rhetoric of ‘sedition’ and ‘insurrection’ is paranoid and authoritarian
Come on, guys and gals, chill out USA. Calm down, calm down. You say you want to heal. Okay. The first thing y’all need to do is dial down the rhetoric. A coup attempt, an insurrection, sedition – whatever wonderfully evocative term you care to reach for – is not …
Read More »Betsy DeVos resigns post as education secretary, says Trump’s ‘rhetoric’ fueled Capitol Hill riot
DeVos’ resignation was reported on Thursday evening, with the soon-to-be ex-secretary stating that President Donald Trump’s response to the unrest at the US Capitol this week was an “inflection point” in her decision, which will take effect Friday. “We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration’s many accomplishments on behalf …
Read More »Victory for free speech or empty rhetoric? Cambridge University pledges to ‘tolerate’ all views – but not everyone is convinced
The university’s Regent House, which comprises academic and senior administrative staff, overwhelmingly backed three amendments concerning language in the institution’s ‘Statement on Freedom of Speech’. The most controversial of the three proposed changes called for the statement to be altered to make it “clearer and more liberal”. The amendment took …
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