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Are they being serious? US propaganda demands equal access to Russian airwaves…as America censors foreign media at every turn

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Even as the US government told Al Jazeera to register as a foreign agent, the Hill ran a misinformation-laden op-ed protesting proposed Russian rules that would do the same to US government propaganda. Exceptionalism or hypocrisy? … Read More >Are they being serious? US propaganda demands equal access to Russian airwaves…as America censors foreign media at every turn

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‘Humanitarian crisis’ unfolds on Ukraine-Belarus border as Jewish pilgrims left stranded after Kiev tightens Covid-19 restrictions

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Hundreds of Hasidim pilgrims, seeking to visit a venerated rabbi’s grave in Ukraine’s Uman to mark Jewish New Year, have reportedly become stuck between Belarus and Ukraine after Kiev tightened border controls over coronavirus. … Read More >‘Humanitarian crisis’ unfolds on Ukraine-Belarus border as Jewish pilgrims left stranded after Kiev tightens Covid-19 restrictions

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Snowden warns that Assange extradition will lead free press to slaughterhouse as publisher’s critics blinded by partisanship

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The US drive to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange poses a grave threat to journalists everywhere, but the publisher’s opponents have placed politics over principle, and even their own interests, said whistleblower Ed Snowden. … Read More >Snowden warns that Assange extradition will lead free press to slaughterhouse as publisher’s critics blinded by partisanship

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WATCH: Aussie cops leave man in coma after ramming him with car & kicking him IN THE HEAD during violent arrest

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A Victoria man was left in a medically-induced coma after a brutal arrest in which police hit him with a cruiser before one of the responding officers stomped on the man’s head as his colleagues held him down. … Read More >WATCH: Aussie cops leave man in coma after ramming him with car & kicking him IN THE HEAD during violent arrest

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‘Provocative & unacceptable’: Minsk says Lithuania’s recognition of Tikhanovskaya as Belarusian president breaks international law

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Lithuania’s decision to recognize Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as the leader of Belarus “violates the norms of international law,” according to a statement by the Council of the Republic, the upper house of parliament in Minsk. … Read More >‘Provocative & unacceptable’: Minsk says Lithuania’s recognition of Tikhanovskaya as Belarusian president breaks international law

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WATCH chaotic protests grip Haiti’s capital as demonstrators torch cars & demand release of detained police officer

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Haitian police officers have flooded the streets of Port-au-Prince to call for the release of a fellow officer they say was “illegally” jailed, paralyzing the capital as they set vehicles ablaze and clashed with security forces. … Read More >WATCH chaotic protests grip Haiti’s capital as demonstrators torch cars & demand release of detained police officer

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Assange extradition hearing adjourned after videolink failure, court fails to explain cause of problems

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Hot on the heels of a coronavirus scare, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing was postponed on Monday following a farcical videolink failure which meant the court could not hear the testimony of a prominent witness. … Read More >Assange extradition hearing adjourned after videolink failure, court fails to explain cause of problems

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‘From world at risk to world in disorder’: Political leaders failed to heed warnings over pandemic, global panel says

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Financial and political investments in preparedness for an infectious disease pandemic have been insufficient and all countries are “paying the price,” The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) has said. … Read More >‘From world at risk to world in disorder’: Political leaders failed to heed warnings over pandemic, global panel says

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Edward Snowden Criticizes Amazon For Hiring Former Director of US National Security Agency

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US whistleblower Edward Snowden criticized Amazon after it was reported that Keith Alexander, a former chief of the US National Security Agency (NSA), who held the post when the global surveillance scandal broke out, had joined the e-commerce giant’s board as a director. … Read More >Edward Snowden Criticizes Amazon For Hiring Former Director of US National Security Agency