Via RT Twitter has locked the Chinese Embassy to the US out of its account for supposedly violating its policy against dehumanization with a tweet defending its activities in Xinjiang, just weeks after suspending US President Trump. The tech giant has locked @ChineseEmbinUS, the official account of Beijing’s US Embassy, for supposedly violating its policies...
Via Gatestone Institute (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Several social media giants recently made a controversial move by banning US President Donald Trump while allowing leaders of what the US Department of State has called the top state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian regime, to operate freely on their platforms. First, it was...
Watch live stream video: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are being sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States during Inauguration Day ceremonies. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prepare to take their oaths of office. Watch it live here. (Courtesy: CSPAN) On the other hand Motorcade of President Trump has entered Mar-a-Lago...
Via RT New US President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at Ankara over its purchase of the Russian S-400 defense system, saying Washington could consider additional sanctions against Turkey. “The idea that a strategic – so-called strategic – partner of ours would actually be in line with one...
On Joe Biden’s inauguration day, China announces sanctions on former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Steve Bannon, and 25 other Americans for violating China’s sovereignty. China Bans Entry of 28 Americans According to the press release by China, the individuals on China’s sanction list are not allowed to enter Hong Kong and...
Via RT The office of the French president has ruled out issuing a formal apology for colonial abuses in Algeria, as the Elysée Palace awaits the findings of a report on the “memories of colonization and the Algerian war.” “Symbolic acts” are being considered, but there will be “neither repentance nor apologies” following the submission...
As Joe Biden’s inauguration – which involves almost no actual people, but many, many flags – is underway Wednesday morning, the US Supreme Court in Washington DC has been evacuated due to a bomb threat, as the rest of the Washington DC area remains on lockdown. The news about the bomb threat was first reported...
Via RT An explosion struck central Madrid on Wednesday, reportedly injuring six, with dramatic images from the scene showing a building ripped apart and debris covering the street below. The cause of the blast is not yet known. At least six people have been injured, one seriously, police sources told broadcaster La Sexta. Photos and...
Via Gatestone Institute Some British universities are now virtually Judenfrei: free of Jews. This is a chilling indictment not just of British academia but of a liberal democratic society that has tolerated, often through ignorance or complacency, a wave of discrimination against Jews that has swept through the universities over recent decades. Pictured: The Norfolk...
Via RT Vaccines against Covid-19 available today may be insufficiently tested and cause side effects, but the nature of the virus is such that taking a jab is still better than refusing the jab, according to a top Chinese epidemiologist. Professor Gao Fu, Director General of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, famously...
Via RT The incoming Joe Biden administration will maintain Washington’s view that opposition figure Juan Guaido is the legitimate president of Venezuela, dashing hopes that the new president might rethink US policy towards Caracas. Anthony Blinken, Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, told members of the US Senate on Tuesday that there were no plans...
Via RT A young Dutch designer has managed to land gushing feature stories by international media on her new gender-neutral deck of playing cards, but the latest achievement in political correctness was met with yawns and mockery. Stories by Reuters, the UK Daily Mail and other outlets detailed how Indy Mellink, a 23-year-old forensic psychology...
Via Gatestone Institute While one looks with alarm at the massive Russian nuclear modernization effort now nearing completion, the disarmament lobby views such modernization as simply a reflection of how the American threat is perceived by the Russians. (Image source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia Commons) There is a widespread belief, especially among advocates of nuclear...
Via RT The Iranian army has started a massive military exercise involving commando and paratrooper units. The drills are the latest in a series of war games held by the country in recent weeks, amid soaring tensions in the Persian Gulf. The exercise, dubbed ‘Eqtedar 99’ (‘Power 99’) kicked off in southern Iran close to...
Via RT The Swiss Federal Council has urged citizens to reject a move to ban the burqa across Switzerland. It suggested regional restrictions on the garment would be more appropriate, and that a nationwide move might impact tourism. In a statement released on Tuesday, the federal government of Switzerland warned people of the impact a...
Via Gatestone Institute Iran’s ruling mullahs most likely assume that they can extort even more concessions from a Biden administration, because they successfully did so with the Obama administration. Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif recently said at a forum that he wants a new deal. “A sign of good faith is not to try to...
Via RT Ankara has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their failure to comply with the country’s new social media law that requires foreign companies to have an official representative in Turkey. The decision came into effect on Tuesday, with the country’s top officials praising it as a great step to protect...
Via RT Two people have died after being administered Covid-19 shots in India, but the government insists that the jabs are not to blame. Meanwhile, one drug manufacturer has advised some groups to forgo the vaccine. On Sunday, a 52-year-old hospital worker in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh died a day after receiving the injection. The man’s...
Via RT An alleged cache of email exchanges between EU officials and the European Medicines Agency show that the drug regulator was uncomfortable about fast-tracking approval for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid jabs, Le Monde has reported. The EMA has claimed that the contents of the messages, which were obtained by hackers and published on...