Month: August 2020

Categories USA

Pompeo says US may impose sanctions & suspend oil deliveries for Belarus amid post-election crackdown

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted that sanctions may be in store for Belarus following the state’s heavy-handed response to opposition protesters, who have disputed the result of the recent presidential election. … Read More >Pompeo says US may impose sanctions & suspend oil deliveries for Belarus amid post-election crackdown

Categories Middle East

FBI to Join Investigation Into Catastrophic Beirut Blast, US Official Announces

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The World Health Organisation warned on 12 August that the huge explosion, which left as many as 300,000 people homeless, had a drastic effect on the country’s healthcare, leaving half of Beirut’s 55 medical facilities non-functional. This is especially dangerous as Lebanon has recently seen a surge in coronavirus cases … Read More >FBI to Join Investigation Into Catastrophic Beirut Blast, US Official Announces

Categories Journalism & Mass media

How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions

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While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare. … Read More >How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions

Categories Journalism & Mass media

By clasping hands with Netanyahu, ‘top cop’ Kamala Harris whitewashes Israel’s racism

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A friendly meeting California senator and self-declared “top cop” Kamala Harris held with Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows she is more than willing to throw anti-racism — and Palestinians — under the bus. … Read More >By clasping hands with Netanyahu, ‘top cop’ Kamala Harris whitewashes Israel’s racism