Politics

Australia & Oceania 01/15/22, 18:38

The tennis player Novak Djokovic was re-arrested and taken to the Melbourne Park Hotel, where he had held following the first cancellation of his visa upon his arrival in Melbourne, Australia. On Sunday at 9.30 a.m. (local time), an emergency court hearing will define whether or not the Serb will ...

U.S. 01/15/22, 14:56

In its third weapons launch this month, North Korea confirmed Saturday that it test-fired train-launched ballistic missiles in apparent retaliation for new sanctions imposed by the Biden administration over its continued test launches. As reported by The Guardian, citing North Korea's official news agency, KCNA, the drill was to "verify and ...

2022 Campaign 01/15/22, 00:08

Representative John Katko (R-NY24), one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for the second time, stated on Friday that he would not seek re-election in November. After voting to impeach Trump for encouraging the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists last January, ...

D.C. 01/14/22, 19:04

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has refused a call for testimony from the Jan. 6 Select Committee, accusing it of conducting an illegitimate investigation and abusing its power. In a statement released on Wednesday, Jan. 12, the House GOP leader revealed that the Jan. 6 committee sought to interview him ...

2022 Campaign 01/14/22, 16:34

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), a campaign arm of the Senate Republicans, made an off-year record-breaking fundraising haul of $104.8 million in 2021. According to Breitbart, the NRSC released the figure in an announcement on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in which the GOP senators touted their ability to raise funds and beat off-year records ...

United Kingdom 01/14/22, 16:20

The scandal over the parties thrown by British civil servants during the pandemic lockdowns is growing even more. It is revealed parties also took place during the period of national mourning for the death of Prince Philip in April last year.  This time the widespread outrage has escalated, and demands are ...

D.C. 01/14/22, 15:39

Federal investigators arrested Oath Keepers commander Stewart Rhodes in Texas on Thursday morning, more than a year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In connection with last year's Capitol siege, nine more people have been charged with multiple counts. In the year since pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol ...

U.S. 01/14/22, 01:17

According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) News Release published by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, Jan. 12, the CPI "rose 7.0% for the 12 months ending December, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending June 1982." This trend was largely anticipated by many. However, while the Biden ...

United Kingdom 01/13/22, 21:35

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said sorry for attending the Downing Street "bring your own booze" event in 2020 when Britons were prohibited from gathering due to COVID-19 restrictions. His apology came on Wednesday, Jan. 12, after days of outrage over a "bring your own booze" party held during the UK's first lockdown, CNN ...

U.S. 01/13/22, 18:28

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned athletes who will compete in what has been dubbed the "Genocide Olympics" to be held in Beijing, China, next month about the nasty surveillance system they will be subjected to by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  Based on experience, Pompeo describes some deprivations to ...

D.C. 01/13/22, 17:54

White House officials said that the United States had finalized sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine after NATO and Russia met for "make or break" talks on the Ukraine crisis that ended without Russia's commitments on de-escalation. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that Russian President Vladimir ...

U.S. 01/13/22, 17:36

The National Education Association (NEA) sent a letter to social networking companies pressuring them to remove criticism and/or comments against the imposition of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other progressive ideologies in U.S. schools.  The NEA letter was released soon after the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a controversial letter ...

United Kingdom 01/13/22, 17:20

Britain's MI5 domestic spy service warned about a Chinese agent "engaged in political interference activities" in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle sent an email to MPs on Thursday alerting them to a woman named Christine Lee. Lee was "interacting ...

South America 01/13/22, 16:06

Having reached more than one million followers on Telegram, again the mainstream media launched a campaign to discredit Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of promoting fake news to manipulate voters and predicting that he will try to do again what he did in 2018: win elections by campaigning on ...

D.C. 01/13/22, 15:40

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned that he does not rule out the strategic dispatch of troops to its allies in the Americas, Venezuela, and Cuba, should disagreements with the Western powers continue.  Ryabkov, one of the top diplomats of Vladimir Putin's government and who led his country's delegation to ...

China 01/13/22, 12:38

Sri Lanka's crisis-hit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is calling on the Chinese regime to restructure his country's multi-billion dollar debt to China under the Belt and Road infrastructure megaproject (BRI), through which the regime grants usurious loans at unpayable rates to low-income countries.  In the last decade, China has lent Sri Lanka ...