Day: July 16, 2021

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Julian Assange’s father and brother travel to Washington to oppose US extradition

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The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil speaks with Julian Assange’s brother and father, Gabriel and John Shipton, about their recent tour of the United States. They discuss his experience in prison as well as their reception by the US public. … Read More >Julian Assange’s father and brother travel to Washington to oppose US extradition

Categories World

WHO chief says China still hasn’t provided raw Covid-19 data, hindering investigation into origin of the virus

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China still hasn’t handed over raw Covid-19 case data that the World Health Organization requested in early 2020, undermining a probe into how the virus emerged amid rising speculation that it leaked from a Chinese lab. … Read More >WHO chief says China still hasn’t provided raw Covid-19 data, hindering investigation into origin of the virus

Categories Middle East

Israeli billionaire embroiled in $360-million graft scandal thought to be country’s biggest ever – reports

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An Israeli billionaire has reportedly implicated himself in a corruption scandal after filing court documents that allegedly show he’d paid $360 million in bribes to officials for mining rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. … Read More >Israeli billionaire embroiled in $360-million graft scandal thought to be country’s biggest ever – reports

Categories Shows

Doctors for Assange with Jill Stein, and Elon Musk’s boring scam

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Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein joins Lee Camp on VIP this week. Stein is part of Doctors for Assange. The group is concerned about the health of Julian Assange, under the persecution of the United States. But Stein and the group she’s organizing with are in the fight to free the political prisoner for more than just health reasons … Read More >Doctors for Assange with Jill Stein, and Elon Musk’s boring scam

Categories World

Ex-military were conned into assassination of Haitian leader, Colombia’s president says, though some were willing participants

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Colombian President Iván Duque has revealed that a small pocket of his country’s ex-military arrested over the assassination of Haiti’s Jovenel Moïse knew about the plot in advance, while others in the group were blindsided. … Read More >Ex-military were conned into assassination of Haitian leader, Colombia’s president says, though some were willing participants

Categories World

South Africa deploys 10,000 troops to quell riots, minister says, as death toll in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng reaches 117

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A cabinet minister has said that the number of troops on the ground in South Africa to subdue violence and looting stemming from the sentencing of former president Jacob Zuma has reached 10,000. … Read More >South Africa deploys 10,000 troops to quell riots, minister says, as death toll in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng reaches 117

Categories Shows

Cuba’s trials

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Cuba has experienced demonstrations both for and against the Havana government. Many in the US loudly say “something must be done.” What that something is is not entirely clear. The fact is the US has done many things against Cuba for decades, chief among them its long-standing trade embargo. Maybe Washington should stop trying to help the Cuban people for a change. … Read More >Cuba’s trials