Day: July 9, 2020

Categories Russia

‘The Russians paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops,’ screamed the NYT. Now it quietly admits there’s, erm, zero evidence

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Is this how journalism is supposed to work in America? That you can make – or, more accurately, make up – lurid allegations, and then keep running with them even when there’s no proof at all? … Read More >‘The Russians paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops,’ screamed the NYT. Now it quietly admits there’s, erm, zero evidence

Categories USA

Trump says THIRD meeting with Kim Jong-un would ‘probably’ be helpful, but Pyongyang is less enthusiastic

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Donald Trump, who claims to have established a personal rapport with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has floated the idea of holding another face-to-face meeting. Pyongyang, however, said talking to the US is not on its agenda. … Read More >Trump says THIRD meeting with Kim Jong-un would ‘probably’ be helpful, but Pyongyang is less enthusiastic

Categories Latin America

Brazil’s media community to SUE Bolsonaro after he stood close to reporters & REMOVED MASK while announcing he’s Covid-positive

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President Bolsonaro knowingly put reporters who stood disturbingly close to him at risk as he told of his positive Covid-19 test, Brazil’s media association said. The group is set to take him to court for the “criminal” act. … Read More >Brazil’s media community to SUE Bolsonaro after he stood close to reporters & REMOVED MASK while announcing he’s Covid-positive

Categories Russia

Hero to zero? Former Communist presidential candidate Grudinin may go bankrupt after $15 million judgement

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Pavel Grudinin, the Communist Party candidate in the 2018 Russian presidential election, may be facing bankruptcy after the Tenth Arbitration Court of Appeal upheld a decision against him for 1.066 billion rubles ($15 million). … Read More >Hero to zero? Former Communist presidential candidate Grudinin may go bankrupt after $15 million judgement

Categories Russia

‘Mind your own business’: Foreign Ministry tells US to look in the mirror after it accused Russia of attack on ‘media freedom’

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Russia has hit back at US Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Ross after she tweeted that recent arrests of Russian journalists are “starting to look like a concerted campaign against media freedom.” … Read More >‘Mind your own business’: Foreign Ministry tells US to look in the mirror after it accused Russia of attack on ‘media freedom’