U.S and EU impose co-ordinated sanctions on Russia over Navalny’s poisoning and arrest
The US government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russian individuals and entities over the poisoning of prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny with a banned chemical substance. The sanctions target seven senior Russian officials, including Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the country’s main intelligence agency, the FSB. Other officials include Andrei Yarin, chief of the Kremlin‘s […]
U.S intelligence report on Khashoggi’s murder implicates Muhammad bin Salman, prompts new U.S Policy and international condemnation
A U.S. intelligence report released on Friday has implicated Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The four-page report was kept under wraps under the previous U.S administration and only confirms the widely held view that the Saudi government was involved in the gruesome murder. “We assess that […]
Google, Facebook and Twitter CEOs set to testify before congress yet again
The CEOs of big tech companies Facebook, Twitter, and Google will testify again before congress next month. The House Energy & Commerce Committee announced Thursday that it is calling in Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai on March 25 to discuss misinformation and disinformation on online platforms. The misinformation categories include COVID-19 and election […]
China overtakes the U.S as EU’s biggest trading partner for the first time
China has surpassed the U.S. as the European Union’s largest trading partner according to 2020 figures released by Eurostat – EU’s leading statistical agency. The change occurred after the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit caused trade with the bloc’s other main partners to decrease. Over the past year, EU exports to China increased by 2.2 percent, […]
Angela Merkel calls Trump’s Twitter ban ‘problematic’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized Twitter’s decision to ban U.S President Donald Trump, saying that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private technology companies. “The chancellor sees the complete closing down of the account of an elected president as problematic,” Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said at a news conference […]
China denies entry to WHO team investigating COVID-19 origins
China has barred a 10-member World Health Organization team investigating the COVID-19 origins pandemic from entering Wuhan, the capital city of the Hubei Province and famed birthplace of the COVID-19 disease. The delay comes despite months of negotiation and planning between Chinese officials and the 10-member expert team. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said two […]
Apple Confirms Serious New Problems For iPhone 12 Users
Apple’s new iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max are selling quickly. But Apple has now unobtrusively affirmed, they are additionally selling with a genuine hardware issue. As per an internal Apple document acquired by MacRumors, Apple has recognized that iPhone 12 models are experiencing critical display issues, including […]
Iran’s President Calls on Biden to Return to Nuclear Deal
JERUSALEM – The U.S. envoy for Iran says the Trump organization will keep up its pressure campaign until the initiation and expects it will be hard for a future President Joe Biden to bring the U.S. back into the 2015 nuclear agreement. Elliott Abrams addressed local journalists on Monday during a visit to Israel, which […]
Palestinian President Abbas to Ask Biden to Move US Embassy Back to Tel Aviv
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intends to ask President-elect Joe Biden to restore the US government office to Tel Aviv, reports said on Sunday, after the embassy was relocated by Donald Trump to Jerusalem in a dubious move dismissed by the international community. Abbas has already sent covert communications to Biden expressing that he is willing […]
Fox Business Host Maria Bartiromo Leaves Twitter for Parler About The Censorship Of The Platform.
The host of Fox Business News, Maria Bartiromo, reported on Thursday night that she would leave Twitter and join the previous social media platform Parler due to its censorship policy. “This is the same group that mishandled power in 2016. I will leave soon and join Parler,” Bartiromo wrote in a tweet. “Kindly open an […]