“Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office, please: Free Julian Assange,” Snowden tweeted. “You alone can save his life.” The request came as Assange sits in a UK prison awaiting a judge’s ruling, scheduled for January, on his extradition to the US …
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“Shocked by murder of Afghan civilians and prisoners by Australian soldiers,” Beijing’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said in a tweet on Monday morning. In an emergency press conference, Prime Minister Scott Morrison blasted Beijing for this “utterly outrageous” post that “cannot be justified on any basis whatsoever,” and demanded an official apology …
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Amid speculation about the involvement of both Israel and the US in the alleged assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Brennan dubbed the death “a criminal act [and] highly reckless.” “It risks lethal retaliation & a new round of regional conflict,” he said of the Friday attack, which reportedly …
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“I think he’s just playing for time in hopes that something will emerge that allows him either to have a good reason why he’s lost or, in his mind, maybe still to win,” Bolton said on Sunday in a CNN interview. “I think that simply emphasizes the need for senior …
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“We have no doubt that when the count is finished, Senator [Kamala] Harris and I will be declared the winners,” Biden said Thursday. “So, I ask everyone to stay calm, all people to stay calm. The process is working, the count is being completed, we’ll know very soon.” Biden reiterated …
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubled down on his accusations against France on Monday, officially calling for a boycott of French goods. “Just like they say, ‘Don’t buy good with Turkish brands’ in France, I am calling to all my citizens from here to never help French brands or buy them,” Erdogan …
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The move was announced by Macron’s office late on Saturday. In its statement, Paris indicated that it does not plan to engage in name-calling with the Turkish leadership. “Outrage and insult are not a method,” the office said. The recall was announced shortly after Erdogan directed blistering criticism at the …
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a joint news conference with his Malaysian counterpart that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should work together to ensure security in the region. The top diplomat argued that the “South China Sea should not be a ground for major …
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Titled ‘Dying in a Leadership Vacuum,’ the editorial – dated October 8 but made public Wednesday – says the US leadership “failed” the Covid-19 test, turning a crisis into a tragedy. While it does not mention the names “Trump” or “Biden” once, its political implications are crystal clear. NEJM editors …
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While acknowledging the dictionary definition of riot as a “wild or violent disturbance of the peace,” AP said the word somehow “suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium.” Worse yet, “Focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths of people …
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