Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, Western media have depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin as an irrational—perhaps mentally ill—leader who cannot be reasoned or bargained with. Such portrayals have only intensified as the Ukraine crisis came to dominate the news agenda. The implications underlying these media debates and speculations about Putin’s psyche are immense. If one believes that Putin is a “madman,” the implication is that meaningful diplomatic negotiations with Russia are impossible, pushing military options to the forefront as the means of resolving the Ukraine situation. If Putin is not a rational actor, the implication is that no kind of diplomacy […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080651031_0:43:2842:1642_1200x675_80_0_0_e29256fc5dfee514c92f0d0a7279ff55.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010031080650781-defence-of-kenosha-gunman-demands-biden-remove-video-depicting-him-as-white-supremacist/ WASHINGTON, October 3 (Sputnik) – A legal team representing teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August, is demanding that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden take down a video depicting their client as a white supremacist, according to a letter from the Lin Wood legal firm. The lawyer said in the letter on Friday that Rittenhouse demands Biden and his campaign to immediately issue a full retraction and a public apology. “There is no evidence whatsoever that Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist either, and he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107012/42/1070124297_0:107:3500:2075_1200x675_80_0_0_7d5e7b8235242d0ae6b99b752c44219d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080053222-watch-footage-allegedly-depicting-fire-in-industrial-area-near-tehran/ The blaze occurred as Iran has been stricken by a series of incidents in various parts of the country, including blasts and fires in industrial facilities and areas since the beginning of this summer. The explosions have already claimed several lives and injured dozens. Footage allegedly showing a fire that ravaged an industrial area near the Iranian capital has appeared on social media. According to preliminary reports, the blaze broke out in an industrial area located in the Jajrud district of Pardis County and caused no casualties. The incident is currently being investigated by the […]
Archaeologists excavating near Amman, Jordan, have discovered a collection of over a hundred flint objects from 10,000 years ago. The hypothesis, initially dismissed as confusion brought on by sunstroke, would revolutionize our understanding of Neolithic artwork and, potentially, provide some of the earliest evidence for ancient ancestor worship. The group of Spanish researchers, led by Juan Ibáñez of the Milà y Fontanals Institution of the Spanish National Research Council, were digging at Kharaysin when they came across the roughly two inch-long figures. Ibáñez and his team published his results in the journal Antiquity. When the first few figurines were discovered, a […]
Emancipation Memorial has stood in Park Square since 1879. It is a version of the original, in Washington, D.C., which was funded by formerly enslaved people but designed without their input. (Image credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR) Source link
The New York Mayor ordered a statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, flanked by a Native American man and an African man, to be removed, arguing it feeds into racial stereotypes. “The American Museum of Natural History has asked to remove the Theodore Roosevelt statue because it explicitly depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement on Sunday. De Blasio noted that the city authorities sided with the museum, calling the idea to get rid of the “problematic” statue “the right decision” taken in the “right time.” The NYC […]
The Sunday Night with Matty Johns show on Fox Sports has apologized after they aired a skit depicting Adolf Hitler as a virtual fan at an Australian NRL match, admitting the joke was “poor taste and completely unacceptable”. READ MORE: ‘Definitely WHITE PEOPLE’: Rioters ransack Chicago Blackhawks store, social media bizarrely affixes blame (VIDEO) As part of the ‘virtual fan’ craze currently implemented by many sports clubs in the absence of real supporters while they play fixtures behind closed doors, NRL (National Rugby League) clubs are charging fans to have their images portrayed on a cardboard cut out in the empty […]