Month: August 2020

Categories Russia

Following suspension of Russian ‘Fox News’ imitator, Kremlin warns internet users not to trust YouTube or other Western platforms

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After a Russian TV channel loosely inspired by America’s Fox News was blocked by video-streaming service YouTube earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Western web giants should be treated with a “low degree of trust.” … Read More >Following suspension of Russian ‘Fox News’ imitator, Kremlin warns internet users not to trust YouTube or other Western platforms

Categories Russia

Russia vows to respond ‘reciprocally’ to EU sanctions over ‘politically motivated’ & ‘far fetched’ hacking allegations

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Russian officials have dismissed as “baseless” restrictions imposed by the European Union on individual Russians and an intelligence unit accused of cybercrimes. Moscow has hinted at a mirrored response to Brussels’ sanctions. … Read More >Russia vows to respond ‘reciprocally’ to EU sanctions over ‘politically motivated’ & ‘far fetched’ hacking allegations

Categories USA

‘Thousands feel how I feel & countless more will’: US woman whose dad almost beat Covid-19 –then suddenly passed– opens up to RT

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Kristin Urquiza’s father was on a path to recovery from Covid-19 when the disease suddenly took him. She says his death and countless others were preventable, if only the health crisis had been handled better in the US. … Read More >‘Thousands feel how I feel & countless more will’: US woman whose dad almost beat Covid-19 –then suddenly passed– opens up to RT

Categories UK

ISIL bride Shamima Begum’s UK return put on hold after British government wins right to appeal decision

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Shamima Begum’s return to UK shores has been cast in doubt after the British government dramatically won a court battle allowing it the right to appeal an earlier decision. The appeal will be heard by the UK’s Supreme Court. … Read More >ISIL bride Shamima Begum’s UK return put on hold after British government wins right to appeal decision

Categories Shows

The return of the death penalty, an Iran-China partnership, Trump is coming for the elderly

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The US federal government executed its first death row inmate in 17 years the other week after the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to the case. Lee looks over the grotesque history of execution technology in the US, including Thomas Edison’s experiment with an electrified elephant, and the all-too-common experience of racist false convictions. … Read More >The return of the death penalty, an Iran-China partnership, Trump is coming for the elderly

Categories UK

‘Can’t afford to ignore the evidence’: PM Johnson postpones next stage of easing lockdown rules as UK infection rate grows

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An alarming increase in coronavirus cases has forced UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to abruptly halt the next phase of lifting the lockdown restrictions, planned on Saturday. … Read More >‘Can’t afford to ignore the evidence’: PM Johnson postpones next stage of easing lockdown rules as UK infection rate grows

Categories USA

Portland man faces up to 20 years in prison after throwing explosive at federal courthouse, ID’d by vest his grandma bought him

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A young man in Portland faces up to 20 years in prison on arson charges, accused of hurling a bomb at a courthouse amid ongoing police brutality protests. He was identified by a tactical vest gifted to him by his grandmother. … Read More >Portland man faces up to 20 years in prison after throwing explosive at federal courthouse, ID’d by vest his grandma bought him