The White House defended this Monday (15) the vice president Kamala Harris, stating that she is a “key partner” of the president Joe Biden after CNN reporting that the president’s top advisers are exasperated by what they see as a deep-seated dysfunction and lack of focus for Harris and his team, while many in the […]
Trump’s ally Steve Bannon is released and will be tried for contempt in freedom
Steve Bannon will not be detained before trial on charges of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with US House committee subpoenas and failed to appear to testify in the Jan. 6 case investigating the Capitol invasions. Bannon, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, appeared in federal court for the first […]
Cuba reopens its doors to tourism with the threat of protests
This Monday (15), Cuba reopened schools and their borders to international tourism, as opposition groups urged their supporters to protest for greater political freedoms, creating a tense confrontation between the government and its critics on the Caribbean island. Dissidents have been calling on social media for a “Civic March for Change” for months, especially after […]
Russian anti-satellite weapon may have created debris field in space, US says
The United States is concerned that Russia conducted a major test of anti-satellite weapons last weekend, two US officials told CNN International. One of the officials said it may have created a potentially dangerous debris field in space. US Space Command confirmed that a rare and potentially dangerous “wreckage event” had occurred, but did not […]
UK raises threat level after Liverpool taxi explosion
The UK raised its national threat level to severe on Monday, meaning an attack is seen as highly likely, after declaring that a taxi explosion outside a Liverpool hospital on Sunday was a terrorist incident. Interior Minister Priti Patel said the explosion in the northern England town was the second fatal incident in a month […]
Police classify UK explosion as terrorist incident
the police of United Kingdom declared that the explosion outside a Liverpool hospital was an incident terrorist and believes the episode occurred when a man took an improvised explosive device into a taxi. The police said on Monday (15) that a passenger would have entered the vehicle with an explosive device that went off suddenly. […]
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia consider triggering NATO over Belarus border
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are considering triggering NATO Article 4 on the crisis unfolding across their borders with Belarus, as thousands of people trapped in freezing conditions continue to try to cross into Europe. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the Polish Press Agency on Sunday that the three countries are in debate over the […]
American journalist Danny Fenster is released from prison in Myanmar
American journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar, according to a Myanmar military official and former New Mexico governor, Bill Richardson, who made a private humanitarian visit to the country. Fenster’s release comes just days after the former editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar – an independent news outlet covering current affairs, business and […]
Accused of contempt, Steve Bannon surrenders to the FBI
Steve Bannon, long-time adviser to former US President Donald Trump, turned himself in to the FBI this Monday to face the first criminal charges in the Congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill. Bannon was refusing to cooperate with the investigation. When he arrived at the FBI office, Bannon spoke to his […]
EU to apply new sanctions to Belarus and airlines for border crisis
The European Union will intensify sanctions against Belarus, which on Monday (15) classified as “absurd” Western accusations that it is triggering an immigration crisis that has left up to 4,000 people trapped in frozen forests on its border with Poland. EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to reach an agreement on new measures to […]