Section: US & Canada
Trump suggests Rudy Giuliani’s crusade to overturn the election results is ‘more important’ than when he led New York’s 9/11 response
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, pauses as he speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania on Nov. 7, 2020. John Minchillo/AP Photo President Donald Trump said Monday that Rudy Giuliani’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election...
Russian state media is gleefully reviving its hatred for Biden’s new press secretary Jen Psaki, whom they ruthlessly mocked for a series of slip-ups during the Obama administration
Jennifer Psaki seen in her role as a State Department spokeswoman in 2014. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Russian state media is renewing its disdain for President-elect Joe Biden’s new White House press secretary Jennifer Psaki. While serving as a spokeswoman for the Obama White House and State Department between 2014 and 2016, Psaki...
Over 300 detained in Belarus during protests against leader
KYIV, Ukraine — More than 300 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Sunday, where crowds of people took to the streets for the 18th consecutive weekend, demanding the ouster of the country’s authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. Thousands of people Sunday took part in dozens of...
The US doesn’t have a plan to deal with Russia’s mercenary armies
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a navy exercise from the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser in the Black Sea, January 9, 2020. Associated Press Russia’s private military contractors have taken on missions across Africa and the Middle East, funded by governments with a seemingly insatiable appetite for proxy wars. Washington’s...
Over 300 detained in Belarus during protests against leader
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 300 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Sunday, where crowds of people took to the streets for the 18th consecutive weekend, demanding the ouster of the country’s authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. Thousands of people Sunday took part in...
Protesters in Moldova demand early parliamentary election
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Thousands of Moldovans protested Sunday outside the national parliament building in the capital demanding the resignation of the country’s Russia-backed government and a new election. The protesters gathered in response to a call issued by the newly elected pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, after lawmakers loyal to...
Russian Ships Move To Baltic Sea Areas To Resume Construction Of Controversial Pipeline
A Russian pipe-laying ship has moved into position to resume construction of a natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea that the United States, Ukraine, and other countries have vehemently opposed. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian ships move to resume Baltic pipeline construction
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian pipe-laying ship sailed into position Saturday to resume construction of a German-Russian gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea that the United States has vehemently opposed. The Akademik Cherskiy vessel reached the area off the coast of Poland where a section of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline remains uncompleted, according to ship...
Unsung heroes: The people who stood up to Trump in his final days
We always knew Trump would contest the election results. He’s spreading wilder and wilder conspiracy theories about non-existent voter fraud. Of course, these claims haven’t held up in court because there’s zero evidence. But the integrity of thousands of people responsible for maintaining American democracy is being tested as...
Fed Up With Tech Platforms’ Censorship? Here Are 3 Free Speech Upstarts.
Traditional social media networks are experiencing a backlash from users as they continue to “cancel” or otherwise censor conservative views. As a result, alternative “free speech” social media providers such as MeWe and Parler are seeing a surge of new users to their platforms. Here are three of those social media Davids challenging the tech...
