‘China is another bad guy for US to justify its politically unjustifiable behavior’

It is absurd to suggest China has any influence on American elections; the actual threat is domestic, not foreign, Arvin Vohra, 2020 presidential hopeful for the US Libertarian Party, says. With the US midterm elections now just a few months away, National Security Adviser John Bolton has listed China among the threats Washington faces when […]

Nikki Haley calls Human Rights Council UN's 'greatest failure' in bid to justify US exit

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has launched another attack on the UN human rights body, calling it a failure for listing such countries as China and Cuba among its members. She had no qualms about Saudi Arabia, though. Haley was speaking at the Heritage Foundation think tank, explaining the reasons for the US […]

‘UK & US want OPCW powers expanded to justify future attacks against Syria’

London’s effort to empower the UN chemical watchdog with the right to assign guilt serves Western interests in finding loopholes and justifications for new attacks against Damascus, investigative journalist Rick Sterling told RT. “The UK in alliance with the US is hoping to have the OPCW able to assign blame and provide a rationale for […]

Kiev should justify economic expediency of gas transit via Ukraine – Gazprom

Gazprom has said that there will be no resources for transit through Ukraine in previous volumes, as Russia’s gas production recourse base is shifting northwards. The gas giant’s CEO, Aleksey Miller, was quoted as saying on Tuesday that transit for Ukraine in amount of 10-15 bcm annually may be preserved, but Kiev must justify its […]

Did US even bother to justify Russian UN staff expulsion? ‘Too sensitive’ to comment, UN says

The UN declined to comment on the legality of Washington’s move to expel 12 Russian staff working there, saying only that it had been “notified.” The US envoy to Russia hinted they hadn’t even sent notification in advance. Speaking to reporters, the UN spokesman declined to comment on the US move to expel 12 Russian […]

Facebook and Google need to capture more of the ad market to justify valuations

Business Insider In the Fidelity Insight of the week, Business Insider editor-at-large Sara Silverstein sits down with Matt Fruhan, a portfolio manager at the firm, about where there are opportunities in equities. He says that his funds have started tilting a little more towards value in the last couple years. On a three- to five-year basis, he […]