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Sanctions against Russia just aren’t working, says French President Macron, calling for dialogue & review of EU’s stance on Moscow

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron has called on the EU to re-evaluate its foreign policy approach to Russia, arguing that the bloc’s current strategy isn’t helping to restore constructive relations between Moscow and the West. … Read More >Sanctions against Russia just aren’t working, says French President Macron, calling for dialogue & review of EU’s stance on Moscow

Categories Russia

Putin: Despite slow uptake of jabs, mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 is INAPPROPRIATE & can’t be introduced in Russia

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Mandatory vaccination against coronavirus cannot be introduced in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said, arguing that it was up to citizens themselves to weigh the risks of being infected with Covid-19 without getting a jab. … Read More >Putin: Despite slow uptake of jabs, mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 is INAPPROPRIATE & can’t be introduced in Russia

Categories World

Jailed Belarusian activist Protasevich spent Donbass War with Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, but was it as a soldier or journalist?

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Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested by police after his Ryanair flight was forced to land in Minsk, once served alongside the neo-Nazi, far-right Azov Battalion during the Donbass war, and was even wounded. … Read More >Jailed Belarusian activist Protasevich spent Donbass War with Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, but was it as a soldier or journalist?

Categories World

Protesters blockade Nigerian highway with burning tires over demand for greater security after kidnappers terrorize region

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Hundreds of protesters descended on Nigeria’s Abuja Kaduna highway on Monday to demand greater security from the federal government in the wake of kidnappings over the weekend in which 15 people were abducted and three killed. … Read More >Protesters blockade Nigerian highway with burning tires over demand for greater security after kidnappers terrorize region

Categories Middle East

Israeli prosecutors charge 3 Jewish suspects over ‘attempted lynching’ of Arab man pulled out of his car and beaten

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Two Jewish men and an unnamed minor were indicted on charges of attempted murder and terrorism Monday over a brutal attack that landed an Arab man in hospital during the height of Israeli-Palestinian tensions earlier this month. … Read More >Israeli prosecutors charge 3 Jewish suspects over ‘attempted lynching’ of Arab man pulled out of his car and beaten

Categories Asia & Pacific

Production of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine begins in India amid growing death toll and supply shortages

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Sputnik V vaccine production has begun in India, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which funded its development, has said. The manufacturing of the jabs will be ramped up to full capacity during the summer. … Read More >Production of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine begins in India amid growing death toll and supply shortages

Categories World

Belarus’ grounding of a passenger jet is shocking – but it’s not unprecedented, and the West should remember it has done the same

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Belarus has caused alarm and outrage across Europe this week by forcing a jet to land and detaining two of its passengers. What the West does next will matter but, at the moment, it looks likely its response will be the wrong one. … Read More >Belarus’ grounding of a passenger jet is shocking – but it’s not unprecedented, and the West should remember it has done the same

Categories Shows

Breaking: US will copy China’s economic model to remain competitive (Full show)

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China will become the world’s foremost economic power by 2028, according to projections. Rick Sanchez explains how, as a desperate geopolitical “Hail Mary,” the US is beginning to emulate China’s economic model in its bid to remain competitive in development and trade. … Read More >Breaking: US will copy China’s economic model to remain competitive (Full show)