Month: September 2021

Categories Asia & Pacific

Canadian convicted of espionage said to be accused of sharing illegally obtained images of Chinese military gear

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Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times has claimed Canadian citizen Michael Spavor, convicted of espionage in August, recorded images of Chinese military equipment before illegally distributing it outside of the Asian nation. … Read More >Canadian convicted of espionage said to be accused of sharing illegally obtained images of Chinese military gear

Categories Russia

A real disaster’: Russian Foreign Ministry slams rumored NATO plan to house Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban in Central Asia

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A purported plan created by the US-led NATO bloc to send refugees from Afghanistan to neighboring Central Asian countries could turn into a disaster for the European nations that are pushing it, even if they don’t realize it yet. … Read More >A real disaster’: Russian Foreign Ministry slams rumored NATO plan to house Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban in Central Asia

Categories World

Belarus set to refuse illegal migrants deported from European Union countries, as Lukashenko ramps up refugee border row with West

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Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s embattled leader, has put forward a new bill that would allow his country to reject migrants and would-be asylum seekers deported from the EU for crossing the border without permission. … Read More >Belarus set to refuse illegal migrants deported from European Union countries, as Lukashenko ramps up refugee border row with West

Categories Russia

Like Afghanistan, Russia’s completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline further evidence that US can no longer bend the world to its will

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“This project, I believe, will never deliver gas.” So said leading US Senator Ted Cruz last December, leading the charge in Washington for sanctions against the Russian-financed pipeline. But, as the saying goes, never say never. … Read More >Like Afghanistan, Russia’s completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline further evidence that US can no longer bend the world to its will

Categories Asia & Pacific

As Beijing tightens maritime rules for foreign ships, Pentagon warns about ‘serious threat’ to freedom of navigation

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The US Defense Department has accused Beijing of undermining international law after the country tightened regulations for foreign vessels entering its territorial waters amid the tensions in the South China Sea. … Read More >As Beijing tightens maritime rules for foreign ships, Pentagon warns about ‘serious threat’ to freedom of navigation

Categories Shows

On Contact: The age of manufactured ignorance

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On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the age of manufactured ignorance with the scholar Professor Henry A. Giroux. Education, Giroux writes, has increasingly become a tool of domination as right-wing pedagogical apparatuses controlled by the entrepreneurs of hate attack workers, the poor, people of color, refugees, immigrants from the south, and others considered disposable. … Read More >On Contact: The age of manufactured ignorance

Categories Middle East

‘Righteous’ drone strike in Kabul killed ‘at least one’ ISIS-K terrorist, Pentagon says amid reports of 7 dead CHILDREN

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The US drone strike in Kabul that allegedly killed seven children was “righteous,” followed proper procedures, and eliminated “at least one” person who was a “facilitator” for ISIS-K terrorists, the top US military officer said. … Read More >‘Righteous’ drone strike in Kabul killed ‘at least one’ ISIS-K terrorist, Pentagon says amid reports of 7 dead CHILDREN

Categories Shows

Taliban spox. on 9/11 anniversary: We feel pride for ending the occupation

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen. He discusses the significance of the 9/11 terror attacks, conducted by Osama Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda, for Afghanistan, the formation of a new government there and how several Taliban heads are still on FBI bounty lists, footage of journalists being beaten by the Taliban … Read More >Taliban spox. on 9/11 anniversary: We feel pride for ending the occupation

Categories Middle East

WATCH: Abandoned US-made hardware, empty service-dog crates filmed CLOSE-UP in RT tour of Afghanistan’s Kabul airport

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As Taliban militants settled in at Kabul airport, RT’s Murad Gazdiev got an up-close tour of the mess the US left behind, and the last-ditch efforts the Americans made to disable military hardware. … Read More >WATCH: Abandoned US-made hardware, empty service-dog crates filmed CLOSE-UP in RT tour of Afghanistan’s Kabul airport