Day: September 27, 2021

Categories USA

‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange

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Journalists, political analysts, and press organizations expressed shock on Sunday over a report that claimed members of former president Donald Trump’s administration had plotted to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. … Read More >‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange

Categories EU

Scuffles in Munich as police use batons & pepper spray against eco-protesters picketing Germany’s biggest car show (VIDEO)

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Munich police clashed with environmental protesters on Saturday, as the city was hosting a major car exhibition. Activists see the recent rebranding of the show as a ‘mobility’ expo as an attempt to ‘greenwash’ the auto industry. … Read More >Scuffles in Munich as police use batons & pepper spray against eco-protesters picketing Germany’s biggest car show (VIDEO)

Categories EU

‘We want independence now!’ Activists clash with police on Catalonia Day in Barcelona (VIDEO)

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Pro-independence protesters threw objects and shouted abuse at police during rallies on Catalonia Day in Spain on Saturday. They burned large photos of the Spanish region’s leader, as well as Spain’s prime minister. … Read More >‘We want independence now!’ Activists clash with police on Catalonia Day in Barcelona (VIDEO)

Categories Shows

AUKUS anti-China pact: ‘Australia pretending to be USA’s deputy sheriff!’

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Gem Romuld, the Australian Director of the Nobel Prize-winning International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons. She discusses her and her organisation’s reaction to the announcement of the AUKUS pact, the dangerous precedent being set by Australia’s becoming the only non-nuclear armed state to have nuclear-powered submarines following the certification of AUKUS … Read More >AUKUS anti-China pact: ‘Australia pretending to be USA’s deputy sheriff!’

Categories EU

‘Terrorism defeated?’ Merkel says ‘not all goals’ reached after 9/11 as intel head warns of 2,000 dangerous extremists in Germany

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The US and its allies have failed to achieve all their goals after 9/11 but did “defeat terrorism,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said as her own intelligence warned about thousands of Islamists in the country. … Read More >‘Terrorism defeated?’ Merkel says ‘not all goals’ reached after 9/11 as intel head warns of 2,000 dangerous extremists in Germany

Categories World

Australia purchases 1mn Moderna doses as its 3d most populous state narrowly avoids lockdown

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Australia’s Queensland has narrowly escaped a snap lockdown, like the ones in effect in Melbourne and Sydney, by reporting no new Covid cases, as the government stocks up on Moderna vaccines in the hopes of reviving the economy. … Read More >Australia purchases 1mn Moderna doses as its 3d most populous state narrowly avoids lockdown

Categories Russia

‘US didn’t want to face the truth that it’s no longer the global hegemon,’ Russian spy chief tells RT after Afghanistan debacle

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The US failed in Afghanistan because it miscalculated its own abilities and wanted to install its own societal model in a foreign land, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has told RT. … Read More >‘US didn’t want to face the truth that it’s no longer the global hegemon,’ Russian spy chief tells RT after Afghanistan debacle