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’Fix your mistakes’: Beijing fumes at US’ reported expulsion of Chinese diplomats for 1st time in 30 years

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019By Editor

Beijing has demanded that Washington stop “distorting the facts” after the US accused two Chinese diplomats of spying on a US military base in Norfolk, Virginia, and expelled them, the first such case in decades. … Read More >’Fix your mistakes’: Beijing fumes at US’ reported expulsion of Chinese diplomats for 1st time in 30 years

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‘Journalism is dying’: US govt ‘has its tentacles’ in every part of media, reporter who quit over ‘suppressed’ OPCW story warns

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

Stories that challenge establishment narratives go unreported because the media has been co-opted by the US government, a former Newsweek reporter has alleged, after his editors blocked him from writing about recent OPCW leaks. … Read More >‘Journalism is dying’: US govt ‘has its tentacles’ in every part of media, reporter who quit over ‘suppressed’ OPCW story warns

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WikiLeaks has released secret “moon landing” footage taken in Nevada

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

WikiLeaks has released secret “moon landing” footage taken in Nevada. … Read More >WikiLeaks has released secret “moon landing” footage taken in Nevada

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US Treasury chief says sanctions ALTERNATE military conflicts…but it hardly goes well with those sanctioned

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

Sanctions imposed on some stubborn countries are a better option than military conflicts, Steve Mnuchin claimed, just as the US rolled out fresh penalties against Iran and EU firms helping build a German-Russian pipeline. … Read More >US Treasury chief says sanctions ALTERNATE military conflicts…but it hardly goes well with those sanctioned

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Rudy Giuliani Can Barely Contain Himself Over His Ukraine Findings [video]

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

For the past several weeks, the personal attorney to President Trump has been in Ukraine, interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence to shed light on what the Bidens … Read More >Rudy Giuliani Can Barely Contain Himself Over His Ukraine Findings [video]

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US ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT VENEZUELA EMBASSY TO FACE TRIAL WITHOUT KEY DOCUMENTS

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

A US judge ruled that four activists who were arrested during the State Department’s seizure of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington in May must face trial without documents that activists say prove they were wrongly arrested … Read More >US ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT VENEZUELA EMBASSY TO FACE TRIAL WITHOUT KEY DOCUMENTS

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US Intends to Announce Withdrawal of 4,000 Troops From Afghanistan Next Week – Reports

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

The Trump administration plans to announce next week a withdrawal of a total of 4,000 US servicemen from Afghanistan in the wake of the resumption of the talks between Washington and Taliban, media reported, citing US officials. … Read More >US Intends to Announce Withdrawal of 4,000 Troops From Afghanistan Next Week – Reports

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Clint Eastwood hounded for ‘sexist’ movie, but is the director a misogynist or a master troll?

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ tells the story of an innocent man whose life is ruined by a media witch hunt, featuring a reporter who sleeps with sources for gossip. To say journalists are offended is an understatement. … Read More >Clint Eastwood hounded for ‘sexist’ movie, but is the director a misogynist or a master troll?

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Trump Supporters’ Group Edits Greta Thunberg’s Image on TIME Cover

Posted on December 14, 2019December 14, 2019By Editor

Earlier this week, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s Person of the Year, defeating four other finalists, including US President Donald Trump, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelos … Read More >Trump Supporters’ Group Edits Greta Thunberg’s Image on TIME Cover

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ICYMI: The Afghanistan papers: All is not well in America’s longest ever war (VIDEO)

Posted on December 14, 2019December 14, 2019By Editor

The Washington Post published a trove of government documents which proved what most of us suspected already – the war in Afghanistan isn’t going very well. … Read More >ICYMI: The Afghanistan papers: All is not well in America’s longest ever war (VIDEO)