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Syria condemns US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s ‘provocative’ visit to Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s historic visit to the disputed Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has been condemned by Syria in the “strongest language,” state media reported on Thursday. … Read More >Syria condemns US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s ‘provocative’ visit to Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

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I understand why some people are nervous about a Covid vaccine, but open debate is the answer… NOT making immunisation compulsory

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As we edge ever closer to a Covid vaccine, the arguments for making it mandatory grow ever louder. This is wrong. I will be first in the queue to get it, but forcing people to do so breaches their human rights. … Read More >I understand why some people are nervous about a Covid vaccine, but open debate is the answer… NOT making immunisation compulsory

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‘A cancer’: Pompeo tells Netanyahu US will ban funding to groups supportive of ‘anti-Semitic’ BDS movement

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the State Department will identify organizations that engage in “hateful BDS conduct” and immediately pull government support from them. … Read More >‘A cancer’: Pompeo tells Netanyahu US will ban funding to groups supportive of ‘anti-Semitic’ BDS movement

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Covid-19 lockdown declared at Belmarsh prison holding Julian Assange – partner fears his life is in ‘serious risk’

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The London prison block where WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is being held has been locked down even harder after three inmates tested positive for Covid-19. Assange’s partner Stella Morris says she’s worried for his life. … Read More >Covid-19 lockdown declared at Belmarsh prison holding Julian Assange – partner fears his life is in ‘serious risk’

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Let celebrity culture burn: Hypocritical movie stars and politicians break their own Covid-19 advice while shaming the rest of us

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While actors and lawmakers shame people and preach to them about the pandemic, their actions show they believe they are far above the very rules they lay down for the rest of us. It’s time we took a torch to the cult of celebrity. … Read More >Let celebrity culture burn: Hypocritical movie stars and politicians break their own Covid-19 advice while shaming the rest of us

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Twitter and Facebook transformed US politics into a shouting match. Has it saved their monopoly status, or doomed it?

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As Twitter and Facebook’s CEOs struggled to please opposing political camps demanding mutually exclusive “reforms” during Tuesday’s Senate hearing, the dysfunctional echo chambers they created may have sealed their fate. … Read More >Twitter and Facebook transformed US politics into a shouting match. Has it saved their monopoly status, or doomed it?

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Legacy media’s war on Substack is just like Russiagate: Nothing to do with facts and everything to do with control

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As a number of prominent journalists migrate to the publishing platform Substack, a wave of mainstream media hate for its lack of ‘gatekeeping’ is swelling – all in the name of ‘equity’ and fighting ‘disinformation,’ of course. … Read More >Legacy media’s war on Substack is just like Russiagate: Nothing to do with facts and everything to do with control