REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump denounced the violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides,” Trump said at a press conference. “On many sides.” He added: “It’s been going on for a long, long time in […]
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Trump condemns ‘display of hatred, bigotry & violence on many sides’ after Charlottesville clashes
President Trump has condemned the violent clashes and a car ramming incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, saying that “the division must stop.” The statement has, however, angered his critics who insist he should have singled out white nationalists. READ MORE: 1 killed, more ‘extremely’ injured after car plows into protesters at Charlottesville rally (VIDEOS) “We condemn […]
'It is out of control' – Arsene Wenger condemns Neymar world record transfer
After a day of haggling, Barcelona finally accepted the £198m that triggered Neymar’s release clause from the player’s legal team themselves last night, and the Brazilian was released by the Catalan club to complete his mind boggling world record deal. Neymar, who has signed a five year contract with Qatari-owned PSG, has already passed a […]
Zuckerberg condemns ‘irresponsible naysayer’ Musk over ‘doomsday’ AI claims (VIDEO)
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has criticized enterprising fellow Elon Musk for an interview in which he laid bare his fears about artificial intelligence. In a Facebook Live post Sunday, billionaire social media magnate Zuckerberg smoked brisket in a wood-burning oven while pondering Musk’s “irresponsible” doomsday AI thoughts. READ MORE: ‘Fundamental risk to civilization’: Elon Musk […]
‘No justification’: Merkel condemns G20 violence as protesters & police face-off in Hamburg (VIDEOS)
Fresh scuffles between protesters and police marked the end of the G20 summit in Hamburg which, for several days and nights, has been engulfed by extremely violent riots that shocked even the organizers of the series of mass demonstrations in the German city. [embedded content] The biggest event Saturday, attracted more than 50,000 left-wing activists […]
Russia denies ‘blocking’ UNSC statement on N. Korea missile test, condemns leak & misinterpretation
Reports of Moscow “blocking” the US-drafted condemnation of the recent North Korean missile launch are false, Russia’s United Nations mission has clarified in a statement, while condemning the leak and media misinterpretation of internal UN conversations. The claim that Russia allegedly “blocked” the draft Security Council statement was reported earlier on Thursday by Reuters, which […]
Indie game leader Rami Ismail condemns harassment that shut down Spanish women’s gaming event
A group called Gaming Ladies scheduled a women’s gaming event in Barcelona, Spain, but the event’s sponsor, King, the maker of Candy Crush Saga, decided to shut down the gathering this week due to harassment by trolls. That prompted Rami Ismail, a prominent indie game developer and cofounder of Nuclear Throne developer Vlambeer, to condemn […]
‘Work for WikiLeaks’: Assange offers Comey job as Snowden condemns White House
Published time: 10 May, 2017 10:54 NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has accused the US administration of “political interference” for firing FBI Director James Comey while Julian Assange has invited the latter to work for WikiLeaks. Comey was fired on Tuesday, days after he testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee about the investigation into alleged Russian […]
Malaysia condemns use of VX nerve agent in Kim Jong-nam murder, works closely with OPCW
Kuala Lumpur has “strongly condemned” the use of the VX toxic nerve agent on its soil to assassinate the half-brother of the North Korean leader in Malaysia last month, adding that it remains in close contact with the chemical weapons watchdog over the incident. “The Ministry strongly condemns the use of such a chemical weapon […]
Trump condemns anti-Semitic threats in his first speech to Congress
During his first speech to Congress, President Trump condemned reports of anti-Semitic threats, vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, and a recent fatal shooting in Kansas City that may have been racially motivated. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Feedburner