On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the bill known as the Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform (RENACER) Act. The move – a response to an alleged crackdown there on the opposition – came just days ahead of the November 7 presidential election, where Ortega is set …
Read More »Russia explains why there is no more diplomacy with NATO
Speaking to reporters in Rome after the G20 leaders’ summit on Sunday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the efforts of long-running Russia-NATO Council meetings, designed to reduce tensions, had largely failed. According to him, “when there were still meetings between the council and our representatives, they only wanted to teach …
Read More »There’s still fire in the public’s belly, and we’re seeing more and more of it as Covid fatigue grows
The derogatory use of the word ‘sheep’ – both singular and collective – was herded into vogue over the last couple of years, as Covid-19 debates made easy use of the ovine insult. Whether it was conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccination crusaders looking to belittle anyone in a mask and seeking …
Read More »‘There are no words’: Mo Salah produces RIDICULOUS solo goal AGAIN as fans hail Egyptian as best in world
Salah, 29, has hit a rich vein of form which had seem him score nine times in nine games in all competitions for Liverpool leading up to this weekend. The Egyptian King continued that red-hot run with a sensational solo goal in the 54th minute against Watford at Vicarage Road. …
Read More »What hope is there when even the Rolling Stones roll over and cancel ‘Brown Sugar’ for fear of offending the woke mob?
The Rolling Stones were supposed to be the bad boys of the 1960s cultural revolution, the antithesis of those nice boys in suits called the Beatles. Teenagers’ parents liked the Beatles; they seemed cuddly, wholesome, witty, and only wanted to hold your hand – whereas the Stones looked like they …
Read More »Global debt will be nearly three times bigger than global GDP by year-end, but there is no reason to panic – S&P
Global debt rose to a record high of nearly $300 trillion in the second quarter of this year, data from the Institute of International Finance (IIF) shows. Total debt, including government, household, corporate and bank debt, soared $4.8 trillion to $296 trillion at the end of June, $36 trillion above …
Read More »There are positive developments on the ground in Syria, but for America it’s sanctions and suffering as usual
On September 29, Jordan’s Nassib border crossing to Syria re-opened, meaning a resumption not only of travel but of trade between the two nations. In early October, Royal Jordanian will start flying again to Syria’s capital. In Syria’s south, after years of government and allied attempts to restore full peace, …
Read More »UK transport minister adds fuel to fire by saying there will be no petrol shortage if Brits just stop queuing at petrol stations
“There’s plenty of fuel, there’s no shortage of the fuel within the country,” the minister said, as quoted by Sky News “So the most important thing is actually that people carry on as they normally would and fill up their cars when they normally would, then you won’t have queues …
Read More »Suffering from Covid-19 ‘cave syndrome’? Don’t panic! There’s a simple solution
Awesome. There’s a name for how millions of people are feeling right now. And, for once, it’s a moniker that actually describes perfectly what it’s all about: cave syndrome. Are you hanging onto your masks even if you don’t have to? Are you sitting outside in the beer garden even …
Read More »‘There was blood everywhere’: Brave teenage jiu-jitsu champion downs street thug who bit his ear in attack in England (VIDEO)
The clip has been viewed almost 800,000 times on Twitter since it was shared by British youngster Alex Williams’s proud coach, former MMA fighter Alex Enlund, earlier this week. In the shaky footage, an unknown man is seen approaching a figure as he sits on a bench. After he appears …
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