When asked why he doesn’t tweet President Donald Trump a “link to the UN Charter,” Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, cracked up, saying he didn’t even know how to use Twitter. “I don’t have any idea how to tweet,” Nebenzya said jokingly after Bolivia’s UN ambassador Sacha Llorenty suggested he should send “a […]
Tony Blair, one of the chief architects of the Iraq War, seems to be backing another military intervention in the Middle East, as he said Theresa May needs no parliamentary backing to launch airstrikes on Syria. Proving that old habits die hard, the former Labour prime minister encouraged the UK to “be alongside” the US […]
The former chief executive of Mt. Gox, once the largest bitcoin exchange, said that he found the billion dollar windfall, which will come about as a result of the exchange’s bankruptcy procedures, to be “distasteful.” Mark Karpeles who was talking at a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, said the exchange would receive more than “160,000 […]
Facebook has refused to take down a post calling for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to be assassinated. The threat was posted on a Tory-supporting Facebook page, Evolve Politics reports. The post from the page ‘Conservative memes for Tory Teens’ reads: “I think we should order hits on Russia’s spies,” before going on to say “let’s […]
Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters says she’s “not intimidated” by Donald Trump and forecasts his impeachment, as the pair continued exchanging barbs in one of the most vitriolic running feuds on Capitol Hill. Waters, 79, went on MSNBC and insisted that Trump’s impeachment was a matter of time, saying that “if for some reason Mueller does […]
A Mormon university in Utah has sparked social media outcry after its math club printed a poster advertising a ‘Women in Math’ panel featuring only male professors. An image of the poster was shared on social media by a Brigham Young University student questioning if the advertisement was intended as satire. A slew of criticism ensued […]
Authorities in the northern Spanish city of Zaragoza have come under fire for a controversial booklet which advises readers how to best rack up lines of cocaine. The 31-page pamphlet, titled “Drugs: the world, the neighborhood,” is filled with tips on how to use both legal intoxicants, like alcohol and tobacco, as well as more […]
Nigel Farage followed his friend Donald Trump’s lead on Monday when he claimed that not only is he not a feminist – he doesn’t even know what it means. Brexit heavyweight Farage, who has been spotted alongside the US president, spoke hours after Trump declared it would be “going too far” to call himself a […]
The International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban leading Russian athletes from the 2018 Winter Games without any proof might be an “unfair” attempt to degrade Russia, according to Markus Cramer, the Russian skiing team coach. “That decision was taken without any evidence by the IOC,” Cramer told RT’s video agency Ruptly, referring to the Olympic […]
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown has written an article in Britain’s Independent newspaper with the scary, clickbaity headline ‘Because of Trump and Brexit, we are closer to war than we have been for decades.’ Ashdown is a respected stalwart of the British political establishment – an avuncular, heroic former soldier and diplomat it is […]
