Month: January 2021

Categories EU

Taiwan’s representative visits US embassy in the Netherlands, as China condemns lifting restrictions on official meetings

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The US ambassador in the Netherlands has hosted Taiwan’s representative at the US embassy, in the first such meeting since Washington removed restrictions on Taiwanese officials’ visits to American government offices. … Read More >Taiwan’s representative visits US embassy in the Netherlands, as China condemns lifting restrictions on official meetings

Categories Russia

Twitter’s hypocritical censorship: Misinformation on Western Covid vaccines banned, falsehoods about Russia’s Sputnik V permitted

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Twitter has censored numerous users, including Iran’s Supreme Leader, for criticism of Western Covid-19 vaccines, but “respectable” Western journalists can spread misinformation and distrust in Russia’s Sputnik V with impunity. … Read More >Twitter’s hypocritical censorship: Misinformation on Western Covid vaccines banned, falsehoods about Russia’s Sputnik V permitted

Categories Shows

Former editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger on the Julian Assange case, Capitol riots

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former editor-in-chief at The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger. He discusses his new book, ‘What to Believe in a Fake News World and How to Use It’, the age of ‘information chaos’ and the increased skepticism of mainstream media, Donald Trump’s use of distrust for the media to further his political ambitions, the Capitol riots … Read More >Former editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger on the Julian Assange case, Capitol riots

Categories Russia

Symbolic moment as Russian cosmonauts get jabs of Sputnik V – named for first space satellite – ahead of latest ISS mission

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Cosmonauts traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) in April have been inoculated against Covid-19 with the Sputnik V vaccine, named after the world’s first artificial Earth satellite, which was launched by the USSR. … Read More >Symbolic moment as Russian cosmonauts get jabs of Sputnik V – named for first space satellite – ahead of latest ISS mission

Categories Russia

85 meters under the ice: Russian swimmer sets new WORLD RECORD with incredible feat at Lake Baikal (VIDEO)

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Russian swimmer Yekaterina Nekrasova has set what is believed to be a new world record for the longest under-ice swim on Lake Baikal, traveling 85 meters (279ft) under 25cm of ice without a diving suit. … Read More >85 meters under the ice: Russian swimmer sets new WORLD RECORD with incredible feat at Lake Baikal (VIDEO)

Categories Op-ed

Can America be saved? It would have to start with some TRUTH-TELLING and unselfishness, so…not so much

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For those who hadn’t noticed the obvious, the January 6 “insurrection” at the Capitol verified that America is at war with itself – long divorced from its principles of government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” … Read More >Can America be saved? It would have to start with some TRUTH-TELLING and unselfishness, so…not so much