MANILA: Wushu exponent Yong Yi Xiang won Singapore’s first gold medal at the 30th SEA Games in the men’s changquan finals on Sunday (Dec 1). Yong scored a total of 9.70. Team Singapore has sent its biggest away contingent to the SEA Games this year, with 666 athletes from 48 sports. In 2017 ...
एक बार फिर ऐक्शन-थ्रिलर फिल्म के साथ रुपहले पर्दे पर दस्तक देने को तैयार हैं। इस बार जॉन ऐक्शन अवतार में फिल्म '' में दिखाई देंगे। अब इस फिल्म की रिलीज डेट की घोषणा भी हो चुकी है। यह फिल्म 14 अगस्त 2020 के दिन सिनेमाघरों में रिलीज की जाएगी। इस फिल्म को पेन स्टूडियोज, अजय कपूर और जॉन अब्राहम के होम प्रॉडक्शन जेए एंटरटेनमेंट ने प्रड्यूस किया है। फिल्म के बारे में बात करते हुए जॉन ने कहा, 'अटैक एक दिलचस्प थ्रिलर फिल्म है जिसकी स्टोरीलाइन और जॉनर मुझे पसंद आया। यह फिल्म स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर रिलीज होगी जिससे लोगों में इसकी दिलचस्पी और बढ़ जाएगी। जेए एंटरटेनमेंट के जरिए हमारी कोशिश है कि हम मनोरंजन करने के साथ ही लोगों के लिए महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दों को भी उठाएं।' इस फिल्म को नए डायरेक्टर लक्ष्य राज आनंद ने डायरेक्ट किया और लिखा है। फिल्म की कहानी सच्ची घटनाओं से प्रेरित है। फिल्म एक ऐसी घटना पर आधारित है जिसमें आतंकवादियों द्वारा होस्टेज बनाए जाने के कारण पूरा देश घुटनों पर आ गया था। फिल्म में जॉन अब्राहम के अलावा जैकलिन फर्नांडिस और रकुल प्रीत सिंह महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका दिखाई देंगी।
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MANILA: Singapore’s women’s water polo team won the country’s first medal at the 2019 SEA Games, by finishing with silver on Sunday (Dec 1). Thailand clinched the gold while the Philippines took bronze. In their final double round robin match against the Philippines, Singapore won 13-6 after ...
MANILA: Singapore’s women’s water polo team won the country’s first medal at the 2019 SEA Games, by finishing with silver on Sunday (Dec 1). Thailand clinched the gold while the Philippines took bronze. In their final double round robin match against the Philippines, Singapore won 13-6 after ...
MANILA: Singapore’s women’s water polo team won the country’s first medal at the 2019 SEA Games, by finishing with silver on Sunday (Dec 1). Thailand clinched the gold while the Philippines took bronze. In their final double round robin match against the Philippines, Singapore won 13-6 after ...
MANILA: Singapore’s women’s water polo team won the country’s first medal at the 2019 SEA Games, by finishing with silver on Sunday (Dec 1). Thailand clinched the gold while the Philippines took bronze. In their final double round robin match against the Philippines, Singapore won 13-6 after ...
A Tokyo chef whose restaurant has been ranked one of the world's top places to eat tells AFP how he was once reduced to whipping up lowly curry to attract diners to his empty tables.
A Tokyo chef whose restaurant has been ranked one of the world's top places to eat tells AFP how he was once reduced to whipping up lowly curry to attract diners to his empty tables.
A Tokyo chef whose restaurant has been ranked one of the world's top places to eat tells AFP how he was once reduced to whipping up lowly curry to attract diners to his empty tables.
As Hong Kong’s anti-government movement continues to rage, RT looks into what sparked the unrest, the dire social inequality problems that fuel it, and how forces in Washington exploited this public discontent for their own ends.
RT America’s Michele Greenstein, who personally witnessed brutal clashes and spoke to key figures on both sides of the barricades, paints a comprehensive picture of the protests. The contentious extradition bill, which was the catalyst for the uprising this summer served just as a pretext, while its nature was grossly misinterpreted. It doesn’t mean that the islanders – suffocated by prosaic issues like crippling prices and poor housing conditions, rather than lack of ‘democracy’ – have nothing to be angry about.
Yet the demonstrators never challenged Hong Kong’s own authorities over this social inequality, directing their rage solely at mainland China – all while destroying their own city and virtually begging the US to sanction it, just to hurt Beijing.
With young and progressive leaders of the Hong Kong uprising cheered as noble ‘pro-democracy’ warriors and welcomed in the US with open arms, Washington isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the protests have been high-jacked to demonize and destabilize its main economic rival – China.
“The original movement has been eroded. Now it’s just about opposition to Chinese government and the subversion of state power,” says Stanley Ng Chau-pei, President of the Federation of Trade Unions, by far the largest labor and political group in Hong Kong.
It’s a ‘color revolution
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MANILA: Triathlete John Chicano has clinched the first gold at the 30th SEA Games for the Philippines after winning the triathlon at Subic Bay on Sunday (Dec 1). In a one-two finish, hosts Philippines took gold and silver through Chicano and Andrew Remolino respectively. Chicano clocked a timing ...
MANILA: Triathlete John Chicano has clinched the first gold at the 30th SEA Games for the Philippines after winning the triathlon at Subic Bay on Sunday (Dec 1). In a one-two finish, hosts Philippines took gold and silver through Chicano and Andrew Remolino respectively. Chicano clocked a timing ...
MANILA: Triathlete John Chicano has clinched the first gold at the 30th SEA Games for the Philippines after winning the triathlon at Subic Bay on Sunday (Dec 1). In a one-two finish, hosts Philippines took gold and silver through Chicano and Andrew Remolino respectively. Chicano clocked a timing ...
MANILA: Triathlete John Chicano has clinched the first gold at the 30th SEA Games for the Philippines after winning the triathlon at Subic Bay on Sunday (Dec 1). In a one-two finish, hosts Philippines took gold and silver through Chicano and Andrew Remolino respectively. Chicano clocked a timing ...
China on Saturday accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of "inappropriate" interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.
China on Saturday accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of "inappropriate" interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.
China on Saturday accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of "inappropriate" interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.
Known as the Russian national tree, birch also works well as a taser, apparently – at least this is how these local policemen tackled a violent knifeman, whom they didn’t want to shoot because they “pitied” the erratic man.
Starting off as a typical ‘Meanwhile in Russia’ video, the undated clip, which surfaced on social media this week, quickly turns into a tense and thought-provoking standoff. The video begins in the middle of an altercation between three traffic police officers and a man dual-wielding a knife and a traffic baton – which he apparently yanked from the cops.
The profanity-filled exchange, possibly filmed by another officer, has the traffic police demanding that the man laid down his arms while threatening to use deadly force. One cop is indeed holding the knifeman at gunpoint.
But the man, clearly acting erratically, keeps advancing while waving his knife and shouting: “Come on, shoot! I don’t give a f**k.”
The officers are heard briefly discussing firing a warning shot and then shooting the man – but luckily for the knifeman, none turn out to be trigger-happy.
“I just pity the fool,” one of the officers says, explaining why he would not fire.
The situation seems deadlocked, but it suddenly resolves in a most unexpected and bizarre fashion. The camera shifts to one the cops running towards the perpetrator with a huge – at least, two-meter-long – birch log and striking him from behind.
While far from dealing a decisive blow, the troublemaker seems momentarily stunned by such an unconventional non-lethal weapon used against him – bringing another officer a chance to jump on the knifeman from behind and bring him to the ground.
It’s unclear what happened next, and any more information about the video is yet to emerge, but the scene has already triggered some reaction on YouTube.
“Armed police and they still take him down with a log. Impressive. It shows how good the training is to not kill at the first opportunity. They are clearly trained at de-escalation,” David Lazarus wrote.
“Good for them! They recognized that man was nuts and didn't kill him. I hope he gets whatever help he needs,” another commenter said.
“I think some cops in America should take a cue from these guys,” Chris wrote, while a smorgasbord of other comments fantasized what would have happened to the man in the US.
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LONDON: Islamic State said the London Bridge attack on Friday was carried out by one of its fighters, the group's Amaq news agency reported on Saturday (Nov 30). The group did not provide any evidence. It added that the attack was made in response to Islamic State calls to target countries that ...
LONDON: British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday (Nov 29) in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been previously convicted of terrorism offences and released from prison last year. "This individual was known to ...
LONDON: British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday (Nov 29) in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been previously convicted of terrorism offences and released from prison last year. "This individual was known to ...
The man who carried out a grisly stabbing spree on the London Bridge has been identified by police as Usman Khan. He had been convicted of terrorism and was attending a social justice event.
"This individual was known to authorities, having been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences,” Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu told reporters shortly after midnight on Saturday.
He was released from prison in December 2018 on licence and clearly, a key line of enquiry now is to establish how he came to carry out this attack.
The third occupant of a submarine seized off the Spanish coast carrying three tonnes of cocaine worth 100 million euros ($110 million) was arrested on Friday, police said.
The third occupant of a submarine seized off the Spanish coast carrying three tonnes of cocaine worth 100 million euros ($110 million) was arrested on Friday, police said.
The third occupant of a submarine seized off the Spanish coast carrying three tonnes of cocaine worth 100 million euros ($110 million) was arrested on Friday, police said.
New Zealand's BJ Watling was again proving to be a thorn in England's side as the wicketkeeper combined with debutant Daryl Mitchell to rebuild the hosts' innings after losing two quick wickets on the second day of the second test in Hamilton.
New Zealand's BJ Watling was again proving to be a thorn in England's side as the wicketkeeper combined with debutant Daryl Mitchell to rebuild the hosts' innings after losing two quick wickets on the second day of the second test in Hamilton.
New Zealand's BJ Watling was again proving to be a thorn in England's side as the wicketkeeper combined with debutant Daryl Mitchell to rebuild the hosts' innings after losing two quick wickets on the second day of the second test in Hamilton.
New Zealand's BJ Watling was again proving to be a thorn in England's side as the wicketkeeper combined with debutant Daryl Mitchell to rebuild the hosts' innings after losing two quick wickets on the second day of the second test in Hamilton.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.
Five of nine tigers that narrowly survived a gruelling journey across Europe will be moved to a new home at an animal refuge in Spain after spending weeks recovering at zoos in Poland.
The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was encouraging migrants to leave a severely overcrowded Tripoli centre, but rejected as "offensive" a British daily report alleging it was "starving" asylum-seekers to force them out.
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The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was encouraging migrants to leave a severely overcrowded Tripoli centre, but rejected as "offensive" a British daily report alleging it was "starving" asylum-seekers to force them out.
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The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was encouraging migrants to leave a severely overcrowded Tripoli centre, but rejected as "offensive" a British daily report alleging it was "starving" asylum-seekers to force them out.
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Braga, Vfl Wolfsburg, Sporting and AZ Alkmaar all booked places in the Europa League knockout stages on Thursday but struggling Arsenal must wait after losing at home to Eintracht Frankfurt at a half-empty Emirates.
Cyprus police are deepening their probe into a high-tech ‘spy van’ spotted on the island, owned by an Israeli surveillance firm and capable of hacking into any smartphone from a kilometer away. Its exact purpose remains unknown.
The mysterious vehicle first piqued curiosities after it featured in a Forbes report showing off its sophisticated surveillance set up, raising questions about how the gear was being used.
Owned by WiSpear, an Israeli spy firm registered in Cyprus, the high-tech van contains some $9 million in snooping gear which can breach virtually any smartphone application – including WhatsApp and Facebook messages, texts, calls and contacts – according to WiSpear founder Tal Dillian.
A 24-year veteran of Israel’s military intelligence service, Dillian bragged about his company making “a lot of money” from the widening gap between spying tech and encryption, adding that he only expected more cash to roll in as governments struggled to find “back doors” to digital messaging apps.
A probe launched earlier this month into whether the van violated any privacy laws was widened on Thursday, when Attorney General Costas Clerides announced he would appoint an independent investigator to the case, which continues to perplex authorities.
After a search of WiSpear’s headquarters in the city of Larnaca earlier in November, the van was seized and remains in police custody, though it is still unclear whether any additional evidence was turned up.
President Nicos Anastasiades said he would “never tolerate” breaches of any citizen’s privacy after a meeting last week on the matter with the country’s justice minister, chief of police and the head of the hard-left AKEL party, which first raised concerns about the vehicle.
WiSpear has denied all wrongdoing and insists the van was not used for spying purposes, nor rented out to any third party, arguing the firm is the victim of a “witch hunt.”
“We would like to restate that the car has not been active within Cypriot territory other than for demo and field tests purposes only, solely on company-owned devices,” the company said in a statement last week.
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Braga, Vfl Wolfsburg, Sporting and AZ Alkmaar all booked places in the Europa League knockout stages on Thursday but struggling Arsenal must wait after losing at home to Eintracht Frankfurt at a half-empty Emirates.
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Braga, Vfl Wolfsburg, Sporting and AZ Alkmaar all booked places in the Europa League knockout stages on Thursday but struggling Arsenal must wait after losing at home to Eintracht Frankfurt at a half-empty Emirates.
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Braga, Vfl Wolfsburg, Sporting and AZ Alkmaar all booked places in the Europa League knockout stages on Thursday but struggling Arsenal must wait after losing at home to Eintracht Frankfurt at a half-empty Emirates.
PARIS: Unai Emery's future as Arsenal coach was plunged into further doubt on Thursday (Nov 28) when the Gunners slumped to a 2-1 loss in the Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt. Arsenal are now winless in seven games, the club's worst run since 1992. "Positive but above all realistic. We ...
PARIS: Unai Emery's future as Arsenal coach was plunged into further doubt on Thursday (Nov 28) when the Gunners slumped to a 2-1 loss in the Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt. Arsenal are now winless in seven games, the club's worst run since 1992. "Positive but above all realistic. We ...
A bid by Russia to block funding for a new team that will identify culprits behind toxic attacks in Syria failed Thursday with member states at the global chemical watchdog overwhelmingly approving a new budget.
A bid by Russia to block funding for a new team that will identify culprits behind toxic attacks in Syria failed Thursday with member states at the global chemical watchdog overwhelmingly approving a new budget.
A bid by Russia to block funding for a new team that will identify culprits behind toxic attacks in Syria failed Thursday with member states at the global chemical watchdog overwhelmingly approving a new budget.
BANGKOK: Malaysian police have identified two individuals who were involved in bringing back the ashes of former Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng to the country. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said both of them had been called to give their statements to the police ...
SINGAPORE: More than 100 farms have benefitted from a fund to help them boost productivity as Singapore pushes to enhance its food security. As of Sep 30 this year, the Agriculture Productivity Fund has benefitted 107 farms for produce including vegetables, seafood and eggs, it was announced on ...
Amazon.com's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data centre processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
SINGAPORE: More than 100 farms have benefitted from a fund to help them boost productivity as Singapore pushes to enhance its food security. As of Sep 30 this year, the Agriculture Productivity Fund has benefitted 107 farms for produce including vegetables, seafood and eggs, it was announced on ...
Amazon.com's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data centre processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data centre processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data center processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data centre processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data center processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
The government of Hong Kong said a bill recently signed into law by US President Donald Trump backing ongoing protests in the territory will only inflame the situation, and slammed Washington for meddling in the city’s affairs.
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The #HongKong government strongly opposes the #US' official approval of a bill concerning human rights in the city. The bill apparently interferes in Hong Kong affairs, is unnecessary and groundless, and will damage exchanges between the region and the US. https://t.co/4qZRfaeXWS
A senior Trump administration official who once called for a “tactical” nuclear strike on Afghanistan now helps to oversee arms control at the State Department, where he will manage Washington’s weapons treaties.
Frank Wuco, formerly of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was recently made a senior adviser at the State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control – which is tasked to address the “threat posed by weapons of mass destruction” – according to a report in the Washington Post.
Wuco’s idea of “arms control” may not be quite what the bureau has in mind, however, apparently preferring to “control” arms straight to their target. In a 2016 radio appearance, when asked why Washington hadn’t simply turned Syria and Iran into “glass,” Wuco casually suggested how he would send a “message” to America’s adversaries given the chance.
I think if we were going to have done that, my preference would have been to have dropped a couple of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons over Afghanistan the day after 9/11 to send a definite message to the world that they had screwed up in a big way.
President Donald Trump himself has previously mused about “using nuclear” in Afghanistan, but later dismissed the idea, arguing that he would prefer not to “kill 10 million people.”
It’s unclear exactly when Wuco was transferred from the DHS to his current role at the ACB, but an anonymous State Department official said he had been there at least since August.
Before his time in government, Wuco made his name peddling unorthodox theories in conservative media – once claiming that former CIA director John Brennan had converted to Islam while serving in Saudi Arabia – and is known for other quirks as well. As a private security consultant, he created an alter ego he named “Fuad Wasul,” delivering presentations in character to provide a “first-hand account of what inspires and motivates the jihadist.”
While the State Department’s conception of “arms control” has seldom meant more than ensuring Washington’s nuclear superiority over much of the planet, Wuco’s presence in the bureau can’t bode well for its own stated purpose, managing “threats.”
As the Trump administration zaps one arms control agreement after another – having already undone the INF and ABM treaties, with eyes on New START – Cold War-era protections against nuclear conflict are eroding, and Wuco’s presence does not seem likely to contribute to reversing that trend.
WELLINGTON: All-rounder Daryl Mitchell will make his test debut in New Zealand's second match against England on his home ground at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday. Mitchell, the son of former All Blacks and current England assistant rugby coach John Mitchell, was brought into the squad after ...
WELLINGTON: All-rounder Daryl Mitchell will make his test debut in New Zealand's second match against England on his home ground at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday. Mitchell, the son of former All Blacks and current England assistant rugby coach John Mitchell, was brought into the squad after ...
WELLINGTON: All-rounder Daryl Mitchell will make his test debut in New Zealand's second match against England on his home ground at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday. Mitchell, the son of former All Blacks and current England assistant rugby coach John Mitchell, was brought into the squad after ...
WELLINGTON: All-rounder Daryl Mitchell will make his test debut in New Zealand's second match against England on his home ground at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday. Mitchell, the son of former All Blacks and current England assistant rugby coach John Mitchell, was brought into the squad after ...
BEIJING: Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said on Thursday (Nov 28). LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. The Milky ...
BEIJING: Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said on Thursday (Nov 28). LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. The Milky ...
President Donald Trump has approved legislation backing Hong Kong’s ‘pro-democracy’ protest movement, disregarding Beijing’s repeated warnings for Washington to mind its own business and stop meddling in China's internal affairs.
Dubbed the 'Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,' the bill blazed through both houses of Congress earlier this month with virtually unanimous consent from lawmakers. In addition to threatening sanctions over human rights violations, the law requires the State Department to “certify” once a year whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient “autonomy,” though exactly how officials will quantify that remains unclear.
Despite harsh condemnations from Beijing, the president said he passed the bills with his Chinese counterpart in mind.
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and PROTECT Hong Kong Act, legislation supporting the Hong Kong protestors, were both signed into law by President Trump today per the White House. pic.twitter.com/bBqLJ9Ii0j
“I signed these bills out of respect for President Xi, China, and the people of Hong Kong,” Trump said in a statement on Wednesday, adding they are being enacted in the hope that leaders and representatives of China and Hong Kong “will be able to amicably settle their differences leading to long term peace and prosperity for all.”
Trump did note that certain provisions of both acts interfered with the presidential power to conduct foreign policy under the US Constitution, and will be implemented with that in mind, but did not specify which ones.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned Oculus on Tuesday (Nov 26) said it is buying the studio behind hit virtual reality game "Beat Saber" as it looks to expand VR technology to wider audiences. Oculus, which makes Rift and Quest VR headgear, did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Prague ...
The Democrats are desperately trying to remove President Donald Trump from office or at least win back the presidency in 2020. Yet, all their efforts are seemingly having the opposite effect, former congressman Ron Paul told RT.
Under the present circumstances, the impeachment would be a “total negative for the Democrats” as it would be “squelched in the Senate,” even if the Democrat-majority House approves it, Paul said on Tuesday.
More importantly, the whole process is apparently losing steam because people are “sick and tired” of the latest of many attempts to impeach Trump.
There is less enthusiasm for impeachment now than it was a week or so ago.
Support for Adam Schiff (D-California), who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and is leading the inquiry against Trump, is falling, Paul said. Schiff has seen even some fellow Democrats abandoning his cause, because they simply got “tired of all this
mess.”
“Democrats are in a bind on what to do about this,” the former congressman from Texas said, adding that if they drag this process further they might eventually end up hurting only themselves. “I believe they are losing this argument.”
The recent public hearings were a prime example of how the Democratic control over the whole process weakened the party’s own positions, according to Paul, because more people are looking at it and saying, “It is not quite fair, it is not right.”
According to Paul, there is no upside in this process for either Democrats or Republicans, locked as they are in a turf war instead of dealing with real issues that America is facing.
I do not think that we are dealing with those kinds of problems but there is a lot of grandstanding and political chicanery going on between the two political parties.
He believes that Congress and the executive branch would do better to focus on things like foreign policy, which he described as “poor.”
Ankara has reportedly been blackmailing NATO, refusing to sign the proposed defense plan for the Baltics and Poland unless the alliance officially recognizes Kurdish-led militia in northern Syria as a “terrorist group.”
Agreeing on a new NATO defense plan for the eastern European countries has escalated from a formality into a true diplomatic battle, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing four senior sources within the bloc.
“[The Turks) are taking eastern Europeans hostage, blocking approval of this military planning until they get concessions,” one of the sources said.
Turkey’s envoy had been instructed not to sign off the plan – which has to be unanimously approved by all the NATO members – until the alliance recognizes Syria’s People's Protection Units (YPG) as terrorists.
The YPG is the core group within the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia, which has recently became the target of a new Turkish incursion. While the group has been a long-standing US ally and fought against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), Ankara regards it as an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – regarded both by the US and Turkey as a terrorist organization.
Poland and the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – have solicited increased funding and military presence from NATO, arguing without evidence that they face an imminent threat of aggression from Russia.
The deadlock over the defense plan is threatening to spoil the planned festivities at NATO’s 70th anniversary summit in London. However, Ankara appears adamant that it will only green-light the plan if it receives concessions from the bloc.
“Everyone is criticizing them [the Turks], but if they give in, it will be at the cost of non-interference in their Syria strategy,” one of the sources said.
Turkey’s reported intransigence, if confirmed, only adds to NATO’s current woes, as US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized alliance members for failing to live up to their budgetary commitments. Only seven of NATO’s 29 members are currently spending at least two percent of their GDP on the military – and while Poland and the Baltics are among them, Turkey is not.
However, Turkey has the second-largest military within the alliance, and occupies the strategic position on its eastern flank, in reach of both Russia and the Middle East. For all that, Ankara has had a rocky relationship with the US recently, due to Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems as well as its military operation in northern Syria.
Turkey might have taken Trump’s withdrawal of US troops as tacit approval for its ‘Operation Peace Spring,’ but Washington has maintained that the Kurdish-led Syrian militias are still its “allies” and repeatedly urged Ankara to show restraint in its assault against the SDF.
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Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four volunteer firefighters accused of intentionally setting fires in the Amazon rainforest, but civic leaders said the arrests amounted to government harassment of environmental groups.
Bolivia appointed its first ambassador to the United States in 11 years on Tuesday, officials said, as the interim government resets the country's foreign policy after the departure of Evo Morales.
LONDON: Eric Dier became the first Tottenham Hotspur player to discover Jose Mourinho's ruthless streak as the Portuguese manager's decision to haul off the midfielder after half an hour ultimately proved a masterstroke on Tuesday. Mourinho's first home game in charge after replacing Mauricio ...
U.S., Canadian and Mexican representatives are set to meet in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plans.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned Oculus on Tuesday (Nov 26) said it is buying the studio behind hit virtual reality game "Beat Saber" as it looks to expand VR technology to wider audiences. Oculus, which makes Rift and Quest VR headgear, did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Prague ...
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned Oculus on Tuesday (Nov 26) said it is buying the studio behind hit virtual reality game "Beat Saber" as it looks to expand VR technology to wider audiences. Oculus, which makes Rift and Quest VR headgear, did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Prague ...
LONDON: Eric Dier became the first Tottenham Hotspur player to discover Jose Mourinho's ruthless streak as the Portuguese manager's decision to haul off the midfielder after half an hour ultimately proved a masterstroke on Tuesday. Mourinho's first home game in charge after replacing Mauricio ...
LOS ANGELES: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart on Tuesday (Nov 26) called for a blanket ban on Russian athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics. In a strongly worded statement, Tygart said proposed World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which included allowing Russian athletes ...
LONDON: Eric Dier became the first Tottenham Hotspur player to discover Jose Mourinho's ruthless streak as the Portuguese manager's decision to haul off the midfielder after half an hour ultimately proved a masterstroke on Tuesday. Mourinho's first home game in charge after replacing Mauricio ...
LOS ANGELES: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart on Tuesday (Nov 26) called for a blanket ban on Russian athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics. In a strongly worded statement, Tygart said proposed World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which included allowing Russian athletes ...
LOS ANGELES: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart on Tuesday (Nov 26) called for a blanket ban on Russian athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics. In a strongly worded statement, Tygart said proposed World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which included allowing Russian athletes ...
LOS ANGELES: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart on Tuesday (Nov 26) called for a blanket ban on Russian athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics. In a strongly worded statement, Tygart said proposed World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which included allowing Russian athletes ...
Tightening control over efforts to manage the upheaval in Hong Kong, the Chinese leadership has set up a crisis command centre on the mainland side of the border and is considering replacing its official liaison to the restive semi-autonomous city, people familiar with the matter said.
Jofra Archer's England team mates will rally round the fast bowler after he reported being racially abused by a spectator during a test match against New Zealand, team director Ashley Giles said on Tuesday.
Jofra Archer's England team mates will rally round the fast bowler after he reported being racially abused by a spectator during a test match against New Zealand, team director Ashley Giles said on Tuesday.
Jofra Archer's England team mates will rally round the fast bowler after he reported being racially abused by a spectator during a test match against New Zealand, team director Ashley Giles said on Tuesday.
Monetary policy is "well positioned" to support the strong labor market, which is just now starting to benefit workers on the margins, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday.
Jofra Archer's England team mates will rally round the fast bowler after he reported being racially abused by a spectator during a test match against New Zealand, team director Ashley Giles said on Tuesday.
Monetary policy is "well positioned" to support the strong labor market, which is just now starting to benefit workers on the margins, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday.
MIAMI: A Chinese woman who stirred fears of espionage when she entered President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple mobile phones and a malware-spiked thumb drive was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday (Nov 25), US media reported. Zhang Yujing, 33, was arrested on Mar 30 at ...
MIAMI: A Chinese woman who stirred fears of espionage when she entered President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple mobile phones and a malware-spiked thumb drive was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday (Nov 25), US media reported. Zhang Yujing, 33, was arrested on Mar 30 at ...
MIAMI: A Chinese woman who stirred fears of espionage when she entered President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple mobile phones and a malware-spiked thumb drive was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday (Nov 25), US media reported. Zhang Yujing, 33, was arrested on Mar 30 at ...
MIAMI: A Chinese woman who stirred fears of espionage when she entered President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple mobile phones and a malware-spiked thumb drive was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday (Nov 25), US media reported. Zhang Yujing, 33, was arrested on Mar 30 at ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket has ordered increased security at the second Test against England in Hamilton after a crowd member racially abused visiting paceman Jofra Archer during the opening match in Mount Maunganui. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson described the taunt as "horrific", while ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket has ordered increased security at the second Test against England in Hamilton after a crowd member racially abused visiting paceman Jofra Archer during the opening match in Mount Maunganui. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson described the taunt as "horrific", while ...
Actress Pamela Anderson has called on to Australia’s prime minister to pick up the phone and appeal to US President Donald Trump to free Julian Assange, warning it his extradition would set a precedent harmful to all journalists.
The Australian national, founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is looking at up to 175 years in prison under the Espionage Act if he is sent over to the US. He is currently in a UK jail as doctors and supporters are sounding alarm over his health - damaged by prison conditions, solitary confinement, and years of being locked inside the Ecuadorean embassy, where he had asylum.
Anderson characterized as “psychological torture” the way Assange was extracted from the embassy and put in maximum security prison, in a personal plea to PM Scott Morrison to “save an Australian hero” from the horrifying prospect of extradition to the US.
The Sydney Morning Herald obtained a transcript of Andersons’ speech that she was to deliver in the Australian Parliament House, but was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.
“Every Australian needs to be aware that if Julian Assange is extradited to the USA for publishing then every other journalist and publisher of facts on the internet is vulnerable to execution or 175 years' imprisonment for simply publishing facts that were delivered to him by whistleblowers,” Anderson said of the man who revealed to the world the civilian casualties of America’s wars in the Middle East.
The Hollywood star pointed out that Morrison’s predecessor did help another citizen - film director James Ricketson – who was in Cambodian prison on espionage charges. The current PM should do no less, and ought to pick up the phone to tell Trump and UK PM Boris Johnson “to do their part to save the people’s democratic right in the Western world.”
"He doesn’t want 'special treatment', he just wants to be treated like any other Australian citizen and journalist, he has not committed any crime for which a precedent in law stands," wrote Anderson.
The 'Baywatch' actress is not the only one who has raised the alarm over concern for Assange’s life. On Sunday, over 60 medical professionals from across the world voiced their concern over the physical and mental health of the publisher in an open letter to British Home Secretary Priti Patel.
The physicians pointed to the report of Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in which he claims that unless “the UK urgently changes course and alleviates his inhumane situation, Mr. Assange’s continued exposure to arbitrariness and abuse may soon end up costing his life.”
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket has ordered increased security at the second Test against England in Hamilton after a crowd member racially abused visiting paceman Jofra Archer during the opening match in Mount Maunganui. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson described the taunt as "horrific", while ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket has ordered increased security at the second Test against England in Hamilton after a crowd member racially abused visiting paceman Jofra Archer during the opening match in Mount Maunganui. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson described the taunt as "horrific", while ...
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that a version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that House Democrats could back was "within range" but that they needed to conduct a final review.
Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters.
BRUSSELS: A majority of European Union lawmakers hoped to declare a "climate emergency" on Monday, a week before a United Nations climate conference in Madrid. Members of the European Parliament said the declaration would increase pressure on the incoming EU executive, expected to start work on ...
Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that a version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that House Democrats could back was "within range" but that they needed to conduct a final review.
Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters.
BRUSSELS: A majority of European Union lawmakers hoped to declare a "climate emergency" on Monday, a week before a United Nations climate conference in Madrid. Members of the European Parliament said the declaration would increase pressure on the incoming EU executive, expected to start work on ...
International's hopes of qualifying for next year’s Copa Libertadores tournament took a dent on Sunday after they could only draw 2-2 at home to Fortaleza.
International's hopes of qualifying for next year’s Copa Libertadores tournament took a dent on Sunday after they could only draw 2-2 at home to Fortaleza.
Joe Denly and Ben Stokes were digging in to try and save England from defeat as they took their side to 98-4 at lunch on the fifth day of the first test against New Zealand at Bay Oval on Monday.
An ambitious "phase two" trade deal between the United States and China is looking less likely as the two countries struggle to strike a preliminary "phase one" agreement, according to U.S. and Beijing officials, lawmakers and trade experts.
Would you prefer your car burnt or covered with feces? A Russian man got both when his fancy vehicle caught fire – and the first to the rescue was the driver of a poop truck.
Carrying a working extinguisher in your car is highly advisable – and, in fact, mandatory, in many countries – as it can save lives and/or your road vehicle from going up in flames. An unlucky driver in the Russian city of Samara learned that the hard way, when the front of his BMW X6 car began rapidly smoking on the road, while he apparently had nothing to put it out. It’s that or he simply didn’t have time to react.
Not to worry, as the help was close by: an entire truckload of liquid – just maybe not of the sort he was hoping for.
Footage of this literally crappy situation emerged on social media this weekend. The video shows the driver running around his burning car, while an operator of the vacuum truck generously douses it with brown goo.
While the viewers probably felt for the driver’s plight, they might want to be thankful videos still do not transfer smells in 2019. Many commenters weren’t that kind, though, making not-so-printable jokes and even chastising the man for driving around in a luxury car in Samara.
No one was injured in the incident, local media said, but whether the BMW was deemed salvageable after the unorthodox firefighting effort remains a mystery.
Curiously, a similar incident occurred in Russia last year, when a Good Samaritan honeywagon driver tried to extinguish a flaming dropside truck. The attempt was only partially successful, as the truck was left largely burnt out – as well as covered with waste.
Joe Denly and Ben Stokes were digging in to try and save England from defeat as they took their side to 98-4 at lunch on the fifth day of the first test against New Zealand at Bay Oval on Monday.
An ambitious "phase two" trade deal between the United States and China is looking less likely as the two countries struggle to strike a preliminary "phase one" agreement, according to U.S. and Beijing officials, lawmakers and trade experts.
SYDNEY: Australia is investigating an alleged Chinese plot to infiltrate its federal parliament by turning a Chinese-Australian businessman into a political operative, the country's counter-espionage agency has said. Nine network programme "60 Minutes" broadcast explosive allegations on Sunday ...
SYDNEY: Australia is investigating an alleged Chinese plot to infiltrate its federal parliament by turning a Chinese-Australian businessman into a political operative, the country's counter-espionage agency has said. Nine network programme "60 Minutes" broadcast explosive allegations on Sunday ...
SYDNEY: Australia is investigating an alleged Chinese plot to infiltrate its federal parliament by turning a Chinese-Australian businessman into a political operative, the country's counter-espionage agency has said. Nine network programme "60 Minutes" broadcast explosive allegations on Sunday ...
MELBOURNE: Melbourne's Docklands Stadium will host its first Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand since 2010 as part of a doubleheader involving both countries' men's and women's side next August, Rugby Australia said on Monday. Australia's women's side the Wallaroos will host New ...
Feliciano Lopez praised an "amazing" Rafael Nadal after the world number one sealed Spain's sixth Davis Cup title on Sunday with another superhuman display at La Caja Magica.
BRUSSELS: Around 10,000 people took part in a protest march in Brussels on Sunday (Nov 24) calling for an end to violence against women, police said, a day after similar demonstrations in France and Italy. The protesters in the Belgian capital paid homage to women killed by partners or ex-partners ...
MELBOURNE: Melbourne's Docklands Stadium will host its first Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand since 2010 as part of a doubleheader involving both countries' men's and women's side next August, Rugby Australia said on Monday. Australia's women's side the Wallaroos will host New ...
Feliciano Lopez praised an "amazing" Rafael Nadal after the world number one sealed Spain's sixth Davis Cup title on Sunday with another superhuman display at La Caja Magica.
MANILA: Southeast Asian Games host the Philippines apologised on Sunday (Nov 24) after some arriving athletes were left stranded for hours at the airport or were driven to the wrong hotel, a logistical snafu that drew criticism just days before the competition starts. Athletes have begun flying ...
MELBOURNE: Melbourne's Docklands Stadium will host its first Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand since 2010 as part of a doubleheader involving both countries' men's and women's side next August, Rugby Australia said on Monday. Australia's women's side the Wallaroos will host New ...
Feliciano Lopez praised an "amazing" Rafael Nadal after the world number one sealed Spain's sixth Davis Cup title on Sunday with another superhuman display at La Caja Magica.
MANILA: Southeast Asian Games host the Philippines apologised on Sunday (Nov 24) after some arriving athletes were left stranded for hours at the airport or were driven to the wrong hotel, a logistical snafu that drew criticism just days before the competition starts. Athletes have begun flying ...
BRUSSELS: Around 10,000 people took part in a protest march in Brussels on Sunday (Nov 24) calling for an end to violence against women, police said, a day after similar demonstrations in France and Italy. The protesters in the Belgian capital paid homage to women killed by partners or ex-partners ...
MELBOURNE: Melbourne's Docklands Stadium will host its first Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand since 2010 as part of a doubleheader involving both countries' men's and women's side next August, Rugby Australia said on Monday. Australia's women's side the Wallaroos will host New ...
Feliciano Lopez praised an "amazing" Rafael Nadal after the world number one sealed Spain's sixth Davis Cup title on Sunday with another superhuman display at La Caja Magica.
BRUSSELS: Around 10,000 people took part in a protest march in Brussels on Sunday (Nov 24) calling for an end to violence against women, police said, a day after similar demonstrations in France and Italy. The protesters in the Belgian capital paid homage to women killed by partners or ex-partners ...
SINGAPORE: A community blueprint to end the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) by 2030 was revealed on Saturday (Nov 23), by non-governmental organisation Action for AIDS Singapore (Afa Singapore). The blueprint hopes to “end the ...
MADRID: It has been a long and gruelling week at the inaugural Davis Cup Finals but Rafael Nadal once again proved that when it comes to staying power and resilience he is peerless as he dragged Spain past Britain into the final on Saturday. With a gripping tie poised at 1-1 after Nadal beat Dan ...
MADRID: It has been a long and gruelling week at the inaugural Davis Cup Finals but Rafael Nadal once again proved that when it comes to staying power and resilience he is peerless as he dragged Spain past Britain into the final on Saturday. With a gripping tie poised at 1-1 after Nadal beat Dan ...
MADRID: It has been a long and gruelling week at the inaugural Davis Cup Finals but Rafael Nadal once again proved that when it comes to staying power and resilience he is peerless as he dragged Spain past Britain into the final on Saturday. With a gripping tie poised at 1-1 after Nadal beat Dan ...
MADRID: It has been a long and gruelling week at the inaugural Davis Cup Finals but Rafael Nadal once again proved that when it comes to staying power and resilience he is peerless as he dragged Spain past Britain into the final on Saturday. With a gripping tie poised at 1-1 after Nadal beat Dan ...
Mitchell Santner scored his third test half century as New Zealand continued to frustrate England and built their lead to 99 runs by lunch on the fourth day of the first test at Bay Oval on Sunday.
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that there have been about 150,000 orders thus far for the electric carmaker's Cybertruck, which was unveiled on Friday.
Mitchell Santner scored his third test half century as New Zealand continued to frustrate England and built their lead to 99 runs by lunch on the fourth day of the first test at Bay Oval on Sunday.
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that there have been about 150,000 orders thus far for the electric carmaker's Cybertruck, which was unveiled on Friday.
Hong Kong votes in district council elections Sunday in a ballot the city's pro-democracy movement hopes will send a message to the Beijing-backed government.
Mitchell Santner scored his third test half century as New Zealand continued to frustrate England and built their lead to 99 runs by lunch on the fourth day of the first test at Bay Oval on Sunday.
MADRID: Rafael Nadal led Spain to the Davis Cup final as he and Feliciano Lopez won a thrilling late-night doubles to seal a nail-biting 2-1 victory over Britain on Saturday. Kyle Edmund gave Britain the lead with an emphatic win over the 38-year-old Lopez before Nadal levelled things up with an ...
Mitchell Santner scored his third test half century as New Zealand continued to frustrate England and built their lead to 99 runs by lunch on the fourth day of the first test at Bay Oval on Sunday.
MADRID: Rafael Nadal led Spain to the Davis Cup final as he and Feliciano Lopez won a thrilling late-night doubles to seal a nail-biting 2-1 victory over Britain on Saturday. Kyle Edmund gave Britain the lead with an emphatic win over the 38-year-old Lopez before Nadal levelled things up with an ...
Police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Bogota on Saturday following a rare overnight curfew imposed after massive protests against President Ivan Duque turned at times to violence.
A cinema in Birmingham descended into chaos after fracas involving some 100 people erupted amid reports that machete-wielding thugs were spotted in the crowd. A massive police operation followed.
Police were called around 5.35 pm local time to a Vue Cinema hall in Birmingham amid reports that a “group of people with machetes” was storming the Star City entertainment complex.
Videos of the incident have emerged on social media showing multiple police cars arriving at the scene.
Officers can be seen intervening to keep rival groups apart during the showdown.
Just came to see the new blue story film, standing in line for snacks when a fight breaks out behind my brother - worst thing is, it’s young girls fighting. Police brought batons, tasers and dogs out. Star city now closed pic.twitter.com/3NC4efYRyp
A number of police officers were assaulted as they moved in, and several people have been arrested. It is unclear if any machetes were recovered, though.
The disturbances broke out ahead of the Frozen screening at the cinema, as it was packed with children, dressed up as their favorites characters. A woman who said she was present at the cinema said in a Twitter post that the commotion originally began as a fight between “young girls.”
Kids are being killed in London daily so they decide to make a film and glorify it? Ridiculous! Families there to see Frozen and they have to witness these wannabe gangster clowns 🤦🏻♂️ disgrace #starcity
“Police brought batons, tasers and dogs out. Star city now closed," Rachael Allison tweeted, noting that she did not see any weapons.
Another witness described the melee as “one of the scariest moments” of her life.
“That's probably one of the scariest moments of my life. Me and my daughter were in a queue to watch frozen, loads of little kids there, all dressed up and everything, then these girls jumped on another girl and loads of these kids just started fighting,” she told Mirror Online.
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Police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Bogota on Saturday following a rare overnight curfew imposed after massive protests against President Ivan Duque turned at times to violence.
Police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Bogota on Saturday following a rare overnight curfew imposed after massive protests against President Ivan Duque turned at times to violence.
England captain Joe Root's decision to introduce slow bowling into the attack paid immediate dividends as New Zealand advanced to 224-5 at lunch on the third day of the first test at Bay Oval on Saturday.
England captain Joe Root's decision to introduce slow bowling into the attack paid immediate dividends as New Zealand advanced to 224-5 at lunch on the third day of the first test at Bay Oval on Saturday.
Russia faces a new international sporting ban after a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be declared non-compliant, a statement said Friday.
England captain Joe Root's decision to introduce slow bowling into the attack paid immediate dividends as New Zealand advanced to 224-5 at lunch on the third day of the first test at Bay Oval on Saturday.
Russia faces a new international sporting ban after a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be declared non-compliant, a statement said Friday.
The former CIA officer who may have devastated US intelligence collection in China by giving up its network of informants to Beijing agents was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison.
Russia faces a new international sporting ban after a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be declared non-compliant, a statement said Friday.
The former CIA officer who may have devastated US intelligence collection in China by giving up its network of informants to Beijing agents was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison.
A showdown between President Donald Trump and the US Navy may be shaping up over an attempt to expel a commando from the elite SEAL force. Vague statements and conflicting reports are adding to confusion about the case.
After the Navy announced that it would carry out a Trident review to consider expelling Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher from the SEALs earlier this week, Trump stepped in with a tweet, insisting that nothing of the sort would be happening.
“The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin,” the president said on Thursday. “This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!”
The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!
Gallagher was accused of war crimes during his 2017 deployment to Iraq – including stabbing a wounded prisoner and shooting at unarmed civilians – and was court-martialed a year later on seven charges. While he was ultimately cleared on the most serious allegations, he was sentenced to a demotion by one rank for posing for a photo with a corpse. That sentence was reversed last week by Trump, who defended Gallagher during and after his court-martial.
While several Navy and Defense officials told the New York Times they were under the impression the Trident review had approval from the White House, the president’s tweet on Thursday threw the matter into uncertainty, prompting the Navy to comment.
“The Navy follows the lawful orders of the President,” said its top spokesman, Rear Admiral Charles Brown. “We will do so in case of an order to stop the administrative review of SOC Gallagher's professional qualification. We are aware of the President's tweet and we are awaiting further guidance.”
Brown’s statement may have generated more questions than answers, however, as he did not specify whether the review had been officially paused and would only resume on the president’s say-so, or if the proceedings would only halt after an explicit order issued through the proper channels, rather than a presidential tweet.
This resulted in conflicting media reports, with NPR headlining a story to the effect that the review would “press on,” while other outlets took the same statement to mean the process had been “halted.”
Adding to the confusion, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was quoted by Reuters on Friday as saying that he favored going ahead with Gallagher’s review, despite the president’s opposition.
“I believe the process matters for good order and discipline,” he told a reporter while at a conference in Halifax, Canada. Spencer did not shed any further light on whether the review was halted or proceeding, either.
In addition to reversing Gallagher’s demotion, Trump’s clemency order last Friday also pardoned two Army officers facing war crimes charges, one awaiting trial and the other already behind bars.
Russia faces a new international sporting ban after a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be declared non-compliant, a statement said Friday.
The former CIA officer who may have devastated US intelligence collection in China by giving up its network of informants to Beijing agents was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison.
The former CIA officer who may have devastated US intelligence collection in China by giving up its network of informants to Beijing agents was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison.
Vladimir Putin could’ve had his career smashed months before becoming Russian president, a former Kremlin official claims. He says an influential PM made two attempts to sack Putin from his top job at the Federal Security Service.
Putin was in charge of the FSB between September 1998 and May 1999. His breakneck career progress then saw him become the first deputy Prime Minister, then PM, and finally Russia’s caretaker President on December 31, 1999 – after Boris Yeltsin’s surprise resignation.
But the current president’s life story might have been quite different, claims the former head of Yeltsin’s administration, Valentin Yumashev. The high-level Kremlin official did so in a candid interview with a prominent Russian-American journalist Vladimir Pozner, livestreamed on YouTube on Friday, which focused on the behind-the-scenes cabinet drama of the late 1990s.
Back then, Putin headed the FSB while the influential Soviet and Russian diplomat Yevgeny Primakov was the Prime Minister. Primakov is perhaps best known in the West for canceling a state visit to the US in March 1999 and turning his plane around in the air over the Atlantic, in response to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. In Russia, however, he was also regarded as Yeltsin’s possible successor. At one time, he became Putin’s de-facto arch-rival as he mulled running in the 2000 presidential election.
"He [Primakov] twice tried to sack Putin from the post of the FSB Director. Few people know that.”
However, Yeltsin would not allow Primakov to do so, Yumashev said without revealing any more details. From what he let slip about Yeltsin’s relationship with the strong-willed PM, the late Russian president apparently regarded Primakov as a bit too authoritarian and Soviet-style to become the nation’s new leader.
Another piece of the puzzle seems to be Yumashev's recollection of some of the phone calls with Putin in autumn 1998. He says the then-FSB director asked him to talk urgently about Primakov’s demands to impose his will on the security service - specifically, ordering Putin to spy on Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the opposition party Yabloko.
Putin apparently said he was against such tactics, even vowing to resign if Yeltsin okayed placing a political opponent under surveillance, only for Yumashev to reassure him that the president was against this too.
Ultimately, Primakov withdrew from the presidential race and later even became Putin’s ally and trusted advisor. The veteran politician died in 2015, at the age of 85.
A monument to Primakov was unveiled outside the Foreign Ministry in Moscow earlier this month, with Putin calling him a “personality of a massive scale” in a speech he personally delivered at the ceremony.
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