The growing trend of kneeling to show solidarity with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has apparently been adopted by banker Jamie Dimon, triggering an avalanche of disbelief and mockery on social media. The CEO of JPMorgan Chase was photographed taking a knee in front of a large bank vault on […]
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On June 3, the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced a military offensive to capture Tripoli Airport from the Libyan National Army (LNA) and push the LNA back from the southern suburbs of the city of Tripoli itself. GNA fighters and members of pro-Turkish Syrian militant groups supported by […]
It’s a cult. Advertisement – story continues below “I Can’t Breathe” George Floyd protesters have been marching in Montgomery County for the last several days. A large group of white liberals in Maryland took their activism to the next level on Tuesday and turned a protest into a reeducation camp. […]
Of all the theaters of militarized international rivalry in the early 21st century, the Arctic promises to be the most complex and unpredictable. In terms of domain, military operations there would be conducted on land, in the air, on the sea surface, but also in the depths of the Arctic Ocean […]
Police and the National Guard have been sweeping residential streets in Minneapolis, ordering residents to obey the curfew – and marking those who refuse to go inside with paint, triggering a new wave of outrage over police abuse. A squad of heavily equipped National Guardsmen and police officers were seen […]
MSNBC host and Emmy nominee Ali Velshi faced an avalanche of online criticism after he described the ongoing Minneapolis unrest as “not, generally speaking, unruly” while reporting live from a burning neighborhood. Ali Velshi was in Minneapolis, Minnesota to cover the violent uproar over the death of George Floyd, a […]
In the second half of April and early May, the Syrian province of Idlib became the epicenter of a military political drama developing between Turkish forces and their al-Qaeda-linked allies. The escalated tensions even led to a military incident on the M4 highway, near the town of Nayrab, when the […]
Borussia Dortmund’s fabled ‘Yellow Wall’ may have been completely devoid of fans but that did not stop players celebrating in front of it as they picked up a 4-0 win in their first game back after the Covid-19 break. The eyes of the football world were on Germany on Saturday […]
A mother was arrested and separated from her crying child in Sydney, Australia for protesting ‘for her rights’ during the coronavirus pandemic. The mother was arrested for violating Australia’s coronavirus social distancing regulations that require all Australians to keep a distance of 1.5 meters away from each other at all […]
Germany not planning to respond to US sanctions on Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline …from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: No big surprise here. The marriage of Russian gas and Germany is here to stay because after landing in Germany it will be connected to a wider distribution network. […]