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Thailand’s PM vows to lift state of emergency, but protesters insist he must quit in 3 days

Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020By Editor

Embattled Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has promised to lift the state of emergency in Bangkok to defuse tensions with protesters, but it wasn’t enough to make demonstrators retract their demand for his swift resignation. … Read More >Thailand’s PM vows to lift state of emergency, but protesters insist he must quit in 3 days

UK

British PM Johnson reportedly mulls resigning in 6 months…because of low salary

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020By Editor

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is allegedly considering leaving his post next spring because he supposedly struggles to live on a salary of £150,402 a year, according to British media. … Read More >British PM Johnson reportedly mulls resigning in 6 months…because of low salary

World

Kyrgyzstan completes ‘peaceful’ transition of power as convicted kidnapper becomes acting president after being sprung from prison

Posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020By Editor

Following the resignation of Kyrgyzstani President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, power has now passed to Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov, a man who, less than two weeks ago, was in prison on a kidnapping charge. … Read More >Kyrgyzstan completes ‘peaceful’ transition of power as convicted kidnapper becomes acting president after being sprung from prison

Iran says it has repelled large-scale cyberattacks on its government institutions

Posted on October 17, 2020October 17, 2020By Editor

Two Iranian government institutions became the targets of massive cyberattacks earlier this week, but the relevant Iranian agencies reacted quickly and repelled them, an official in Tehran has disclosed. … Read More >Iran says it has repelled large-scale cyberattacks on its government institutions

UK

‘Current approach to Covid-19 is leading to pain, suffering & death’: Tory MP resigns from UK govt over coronavirus lockdowns

Posted on October 14, 2020October 14, 2020By Editor

Conservative MP and ministerial aide Chris Green has resigned from Boris Johnson’s government, claiming that the PM’s “extreme” lockdown measures are causing “pain, suffering and death.” … Read More >‘Current approach to Covid-19 is leading to pain, suffering & death’: Tory MP resigns from UK govt over coronavirus lockdowns

USA

This Is America: Where Fascism, Totalitarianism and Militarism Go Hand in Hand

Posted on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020By Editor

There’s a pattern emerging if you pay close enough attention. Civil discontent leads to civil unrest, which leads to protests and counterprotests. … Read More >This Is America: Where Fascism, Totalitarianism and Militarism Go Hand in Hand

UK

UK faces possible hospitality shutdown, yet contact-tracing app has only alerted Britons to one public venue Covid outbreak

Posted on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020By Editor

Critics have hit out at the UK government as it mulls hospitality closures, based on research collected at only 98 pubs. Meanwhile, the UK’s contact-tracing app has sent just one Covid outbreak alert from a venue. … Read More >UK faces possible hospitality shutdown, yet contact-tracing app has only alerted Britons to one public venue Covid outbreak

Israeli minister urged to step down after traveling despite lockdown & revealing Covid-19 diagnosis

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

Israel’s environment minister has apologized after coming under fire for testing positive for Covid-19 days after apparently disregarding national lockdown rules to travel some 140 kilometers from home on Yom Kippur. … Read More >Israeli minister urged to step down after traveling despite lockdown & revealing Covid-19 diagnosis

UK

UK police investigate Scottish MP Margaret Ferrier for breaking coronavirus rules

Posted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020By Editor

The Metropolitan Police have formally launched an investigation into a Scottish MP who reported herself for breaching Covid-19 laws by taking a train trip home from London after testing positive for the illness. … Read More >UK police investigate Scottish MP Margaret Ferrier for breaking coronavirus rules

UK

‘Inhumane & impractical’: UK interior minister in hot water over idea to ship asylum seekers 6,400km to remote Atlantic island

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020By Editor

The UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has found herself at the center of a twitterstorm, after she reportedly mulled an idea of sending refugees to a small island in the South Atlantic while their applications are being processed. … Read More >‘Inhumane & impractical’: UK interior minister in hot water over idea to ship asylum seekers 6,400km to remote Atlantic island