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John Kiriakou, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, has told RT America that he was kicked off a panel at the European Parliament because a fellow panelist objected to his association with Russia as a Sputnik Radio host. Kiriakou, who spent two-and-a-half years in jail for exposing the CIA’s torture program in 2007, was invited to […]
Published time: 2 Oct, 2017 18:03 FIFA has fined the German football association (DFB) after a group of fans sang Nazi chants at a German national team match against Czech Republic. World football’s governing body fined the DFB 32,000 Swiss francs ($ 33,000) after finding the organization guilty of “improper conduct” following crowd trouble during […]
Jen MacLean, a 25-year veteran of the video game industry, is the new interim executive director for the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), the world’s largest nonprofit group serving game developers. MacLean has already been serving as managing director for the association’s charitable arm, the IGDA Foundation, and will continue in that role. MacLean started […]
Friday marks the day when the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union officially comes into force. With many regulations already in place, and other changes coming, RT tried to find out whether Kiev can hope for real integration with Europe. Read more The political part of the agreement has been around since September […]
The American Bar Association (ABA) has voted to allow immigrants in the US illegally to take state bar exams in order to become licensed lawyers. The standard is already in effect in seven states, with the resolution providing guidance for others. The “American Bar Association supports the principle that bar admission should not be denied […]
The new kids on the block topped the TCA Awards, which were announced last night in Los Angeles. Dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale won the dramatic achievement award. NBC’s This Is Us nabbed the prize for new program. Donald Glover’s Atlanta took home the comedic achievement and individual achievement in comedy awards. The AV Club […]
The White House notified the White House Correspondents’ Association Tuesday that staff members will be skipping the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner, scheduled for April 29 out of “solidarity” with President Donald Trump, who previously announced he would be skip the event. According to a statement from the WHCA posted to Twitter, the […]
Published time: 14 Mar, 2017 17:18 Troops who are being pulled out of Germany should be relocated to Jordan to help fight Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), a leading member of the UK National Defence Association (UKNDA) says. Writing on the Defence IQ website on Monday, Martin Cakebread of the UKNDA suggested Jordan might be the […]
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The American Bar Association declared on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, is “well-qualified” to succeed the late Antonin Scalia. ABA’s chair Nancy Scott Degan said the group’s standing committee on the federal judiciary reached a unanimous decision and that Gorsuch received the group’s highest rating, Politico reported. Degan […]
AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump on Saturday announced via Twitter that he won’t be attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!” he tweeted Saturday afternoon. The announcement comes amid escalating tension between the White House press corps and Trump, who recently dubbed a number […]
