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Huge scandal: US DOJ suing Elon Musk and SpaceX for refusal to hire individuals who are not US citizens

11:20 31.08.2023

Huge scandal: US DOJ suing Elon Musk and SpaceX for refusal to hire individuals who are not US citizens

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a statement announcing that they filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s SpaceX (photo), alleging that it has discriminatory hiring practices when it comes to people in the US seeking asylum. "The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May …

View from Hong Kong: The nuclear plan to decapitate Russia and China

11:18 31.08.2023

View from Hong Kong: The nuclear plan to decapitate Russia and China

Even against Russia and increasingly China, which now dominates US nuclear planning, the Pentagon and the Intelligence Community think that “a disarming first strike [against the US] will most likely not occur.” Yet, as over six decades ago, such assessments are subject to perceptions, which have resulted in several false …

Former Ukraine prosecutor makes explosive claims against Joe and Hunter Biden in a Fox News interview

11:57 30.08.2023

Former Ukraine prosecutor makes explosive claims against Joe and Hunter Biden in a Fox News interview

Former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin told Fox News in an exclusive interview that he was fired during the Obama administration for investigating Burisma, the energy firm whose board Hunter Biden served on. During the interview with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade. Shokin said it is his "firm personal conviction" that …

Canceller Scholz: “Putin doesn’t complain about the sanctions at all”

11:55 30.08.2023

Canceller Scholz: “Putin doesn’t complain about the sanctions at all”

Vladimir Putin did not react to the sanctions against Russia in the telephone conversations with Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron in 2022, and this caused concern among European leaders, German “Bild” writes. Western leaders tried to dissuade the Russian leader from military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. And now, 63-year-old documentary …

Pepe Escobar: “Welcome to the BRICS 11!”

11:48 30.08.2023

Pepe Escobar: “Welcome to the BRICS 11!”

No mountains can stop the surging flow of a mighty river.’ With the addition of six new members that add geostrategic clout and geographic depth to the BRICS, the multilateral institution is now gathering the momentum needed to reset international relations, writes Pepe Escobar (photo), the famous Brazilian journalist and …

France, U.S. relations grow tense over Niger coup

11:47 30.08.2023

France, U.S. relations grow tense over Niger coup

The coup in Niger is injecting fresh tension into the France-U.S. alliance. French officials are frustrated that their American counterparts have been willing to engage with the junta that overthrew Niger’s president, writes POLITICO. The two countries are at odds over how to respond to the ouster of the West …

Would the IAEA drink Tritiated water from Fukushima?

12:21 29.08.2023

Would the IAEA drink Tritiated water from Fukushima?

Is the release of radioactive contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear site to the sea acceptable? Is it safe? Dr. Chris Busby, a scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, puts questions. The Japanese government, having apparently run out of storage space for the million tons of radioactively …

BRICS expansion perceived in the West as a “political victory for Russia and China”

12:19 29.08.2023

BRICS expansion perceived in the West as a “political victory for Russia and China”

Western paranoia over BRICS is unprecedented. If up until last year, the Western game was to mock at BRICS as an inconsequential club, the pendulum has swung to the other extreme, stresses M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. India became a beacon of hope for the Western media …

View from Turkey: In a New Order, China and Russia are the dominant poles

12:18 29.08.2023

View from Turkey: In a New Order, China and Russia are the dominant poles

The BRICS association, aimed at building an alternative mechanism for international cooperation to the current world order led by the United States, managed to attract attention with its decisions towards this goal at almost every summit. However, the 15th BRICS Heads of State and Government Summit, held in the Republic …

Confession of a US Army officer: US and NATO tanks are afraid of Russian mines and a mud

12:16 29.08.2023

Confession of a US Army officer: US and NATO tanks are afraid of Russian mines and a mud

Ukraine should wield its older tank fleet to plough through the territory Russia has meticulously mined to stem the advance of Kyiv's troops, Newsweek has been told, as Ukraine's slow but steady counteroffensive yields small, painstakingly won gains for the war-torn country. "You aren't going to risk your best tanks …

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