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UN rapporteur on torture ‘scared to find out more about our democracies’ after delving into Assange case

Posted on May 9, 2020May 9, 2020By Editor

Discovering that the cruelty visited on Julian Assange by Western democracies had been premeditated has heightened the fear of learning more about how those democracies operate, the UN’s rapporteur on torture has admitted. … Read More >UN rapporteur on torture ‘scared to find out more about our democracies’ after delving into Assange case

USA

Forgetting someone? WH attributes victory over Nazis to ‘America & UK’ in bizarre VE-Day message, gets schooled on Twitter

Posted on May 9, 2020May 9, 2020By Editor

The White House has marked the victory over Nazi Germany in a tweet hailing the role of the US and the UK, while leaving out the nation that sacrificed the most – the Soviet Union. Netizens were quick to provide a history lesson. … Read More >Forgetting someone? WH attributes victory over Nazis to ‘America & UK’ in bizarre VE-Day message, gets schooled on Twitter

UK

Britain’s ex-spy chiefs got rich off ‘Russian threat’ warnings, but IGNORED alarm bells on pandemic risk – report

Posted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020By Editor

What do Britain’s former spy chiefs get up to after they leave their posts? They make “millions” scaremongering about the “Russian threat” and lobbying the government on behalf of private interests, a new investigation confirms. … Read More >Britain’s ex-spy chiefs got rich off ‘Russian threat’ warnings, but IGNORED alarm bells on pandemic risk – report

Britain may face worst economic slump since 1706, Bank of England warns

Posted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020By Editor

The coronavirus pandemic is set to plunge the British economy into one of the deepest recessions ever, shaving 14 percent off the country’s gross domestic product, according to a Bank of England forecast. … Read More >Britain may face worst economic slump since 1706, Bank of England warns

UK

No evidence Covid-19 is man-made, UK health minister says, as US insists it came out of Wuhan lab

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020By Editor

The UK’s health minister has said there’s nothing in the roots of the Covid-19 epidemic to support allegations of a man-made origin, as unsubstantiated theories continue to be touted on the other side of the Atlantic. … Read More >No evidence Covid-19 is man-made, UK health minister says, as US insists it came out of Wuhan lab

World

What pandemic? US & Royal Navy launch Cold War-style provocation in Russia’s Arctic backyard

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020By Editor

Millions of Americans and Britons losing their livelihoods under Covid-19 lockdowns can rejoice that their navies are open for business, staging a show of force on Russia’s doorstep for the first time since the Cold War. … Read More >What pandemic? US & Royal Navy launch Cold War-style provocation in Russia’s Arctic backyard

World

US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn

Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020By Editor

As the US government hunts Julian Assange, it refuses to extradite a CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn in a road incident. … Read More >US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn

Shows

On Contact: Colonial war on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi

Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the long, disingenuous role the USA has played in the Israel-Palestine conflict with Professor Rashid Khalidi. … Read More >On Contact: Colonial war on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi

World

CIA & MI6 put together ‘scientific’ dossier ‘targeting China’s Covid-19 cover-up’ – as West readies to demand Beijing COMPENSATION

Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020By Editor

The West’s wish to pin the blame on China (and probably the bill too) for the Covid-19 pandemic has been reportedly incarnated in a 15-page dossier compiled by intelligence agencies, which has now leaked, according to reports. … Read More >CIA & MI6 put together ‘scientific’ dossier ‘targeting China’s Covid-19 cover-up’ – as West readies to demand Beijing COMPENSATION

UK

Not today’: UK says it’s wrong time to be scrutinizing China for Covid-19 origins

Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020By Editor

UK Housing Minister Robert Jenrick told reporters there will be a time when Britain will need to “consider” the roles of other countries in the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic but, he warned, that time is “not now.” … Read More >Not today’: UK says it’s wrong time to be scrutinizing China for Covid-19 origins