Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks at DHS headquarters on Wednesday. A DHS official has filed a formal whistleblower complaint alleging that Wolf told him to stop reporting on Russian threats to the November election. DHS says the allegation is false. Susan Walsh/AP hide […]
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Known in the international arena for his sharp tongue, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has on various occasions expressed his distaste with the US foreign policy and has done so in articulate way. “Novice Bully” One of the most recent comments by Zarif, which he shared on his Twitter […]
Incidents of customers in the US refusing to wear masks or obey social distancing regulations while in public during the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic are nothing new, with some polite and simple reminders quickly escalating to an altercation resulting in violence against those doing the reminding. A Colorado bartender was […]
The University of Alabama made headlines this week with the shocking announcement that more than 500 students, faculty and staff had tested positive for the coronavirus in the first five days of classes. But professors at the university say they were just as disturbed by emails from the administration telling […]
Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, the F.D.A. commissioner, erroneously said on Sunday that convalescent plasma would have saved 35 percent of coronavirus patients this year.Credit…Oliver Contreras for The New York Times “For the first time ever, I feel like official people in communications and people at the F.D.A. grossly misrepresented data […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0f/1080177551_0:0:3092:1740_1200x675_80_0_0_903bc1075ea7f359a45dfb98184dc20f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008221080249701-lukashenko-reveals-what-putin-told-him-before-belarusian-president-addressed-supporters/ The president showed up at a rally of his supporters in Grodno following two weeks of opposition-organised protests and strikes in the country. Lukashenko accused foreign countries of funding the riots with the aim of ousting him under the made-up pretext […]
The unsealed indictment against a retired CIA officer alleges he sold classified and national defense information to China for almost two decades. The case comes amid rising US accusations of Chinese espionage. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, was arrested on Friday in Hawaii. He faces charges of conspiring with a […]
Has Donald Trump officially become a laughingstock? I guess it depends on which channel you watch. On Wednesday morning, Trump phoned in to “Fox & Friends,” where he talked ad nauseum, for over an hour, only occasionally stopping his ramblings to field “questions” about what a great job he’s doing […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the mammoth explosion that rocked Beirut was likely an accident, pouring cold water on a theory floated by the president, who claimed the Pentagon assessed that a “bomb” had set off the blast. “[We’re] still getting information on what happened,” Esper told the Aspen […]
Police were called on Sunday after a St. Louis woman sprayed employees at the Incredible Pizza Company after they asked her to leave for not wearing a face mask. The police issued a summons to the woman for assaulting three workers at the pizza restaurant. Source link
More than 600,000 people in Tricare, a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System, received emails July 17 asking if they would donate blood for research as “survivors of COVID-19.” But just 31,000 people affiliated with the U.S. military have been officially diagnosed with […]
Rhys “Skeletor” McKee, one of the top prospects in European MMA, was lost for words after he was told that he was being drafted in to compete against Russian-born grappler Khamzat Chimaev at ‘Fight Island’ on a week’s notice. McKee, a graduate of the Cage Warriors promotion which also featured the […]
The Vatican, shown here last month, has issued new guidance on how bishops should respond to allegations of sexual abuse. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP The Vatican, shown here last month, has issued new guidance on how bishops should respond to allegations of sexual abuse. Andrew Medichini/AP […]
PayPal had previously declined to say whether it had any designs in the crypto space; the letter from early March appears to confirm it. Source link
In an action-packed series of snapshots of her glamorous life in quarantine, Maria Sharapova has shown herself playing tennis, working out, battling crows in her garden, relaxing on a boat in California and wearing a mask. A huge fan of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, former world number one Sharapova pictured […]
In June 2019 a heavily pregnant woman was attacked in her own home in south London by a knife-wielding assailant. Kelly Fauvrelle, 26, died and her unborn child lost its fight for life a few days later. A jealous ex-boyfriend stabbed to death his former partner, who was eight months […]
Daily Beast: U.S. intelligence officials have reportedly been investigating an April 2019 attack on an American convoy that killed three U.S. Marines to determine whether it was connected to bounties secretly offered to Taliban militants by the Russian government. The Nasty Truth Behind the Russian Ordered ‘Hit’ on American Troops and […]
Mr Assange faces 18 charges under the indictment, all of which relate to his role in publishing classified documents revealing, among other things, war crimes committed by US forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay in 2010 – 2011. Julian Assange’s case took an unexpected turn at the latest hearing […]
Crypto.com has confirmed to CoinDesk it is moving to refund customers as the U.K. regulator orders Wirecard’s card issuer to cease all operations immediately. Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek told CoinDesk they were refunding 100% of customer funds as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) suspended the activities of Wirecard Card Solutions, […]
The same day that Attorney General William Barr insisted there is “no pattern” of him working to advance the personal interests of President Donald Trump, several sources cited by The New York Times said one of his first moves after being sworn into office in early 2019 was trying to […]
It’s safe to say that almost any book about the US president and his administration is bound to be a hit. Many of them cause a stir long before their publication, which is the case with John Bolton’s upcoming memoir too, but they seem to fade from memory one after […]
The situation in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle is about what you would expect about now.They built a border wall and established segregated gardens. Advertisement – story continues below Today the CHAZ Community leader told all white people to give $10 to a black person.Considering most of […]
Joe Biden lost his temper on Wednesday during a NAACP virtual town hall when he was told some young people don’t like him. Advertisement – story continues below Biden is not attracting the young voters. Joe Biden snapped when he was asked a question sent in by a young person […]
Last week far left Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a press conference said she has two words for President Trump: “F— you.” “I will encode what I really want to say to Donald Trump,” Lightfoot said. “It’s two words: It begins with F and it ends with U.” WATCH: For […]