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“Faster, higher, stronger” is the Olympic motto, and some athletes will cheat to reach those goals. Unfortunately, the guardians of the Games still appear unwilling or unable to do everything it takes to stop them. The International Olympic Committee has done little since the 2016 release of two reports by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren that detailed a […]
The ITV host, 61, did not hold back at former Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski as they locked horns in the interview, which also included Nigel Farage. “Why does it bother you that [Farage’s] just said – and a lot of people have said – that we can get good trade deals with other countries? […]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed Democratic Congressman David Cicilline, who claimed on Carlson’s show that RT is simply a “Russian propaganda” machine. The confrontation starts off as Cicilline says the US should “hold them [the Russian government] to account and sanction them,” so that “Russia understands that America isn’t going to allow that.” [embedded […]
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Enlarge / Good grief. (credit: PopUpTee.com) It has been just a month since Pokémon Go players began noticing that Niantic had started “shadowbanning” accounts that use third-party trackers and bot software, limiting them so they only see common Pokémon. Now, the company is going further to ensure ill-gotten beasts are publicly identified as such and […]
Published time: 9 Jun, 2017 13:16 Edited time: 9 Jun, 2017 13:20 FIFA has refused to punish the Saudi Arabia men’s national football team after they snubbed a minute’s silence in memory of the London terrorist attack victims before a World Cup qualifier against Australia. Eight people – including two Australian nationals – were killed […]
Walmart is facing a battery of bad news about its treatment of employees, just in time for its annual shareholder meeting. A labor rights group says the company has an illegal sick leave policy, while workers wonder if racism plays a role in scheduling. As America’s largest private employer, with 1.5 million employees, Walmart has […]
Published time: 12 May, 2017 04:22 North Korea has rejected accusations that they’re holding 2 US citizens “hostage” as a bargaining chip, but has threatened to “mercilessly punish” them if they are found guilty of plotting to carry out “hostile acts” against the state and the country’s leadership. Read more “The recently-detained Americans are under […]
Thomson Reuters AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Sunday a measure to punish “sanctuary cities,” despite a plea from police chiefs of the state’s biggest cities to halt the bill they said would hinder their ability to fight crime. The Texas measure comes as Republican U.S. President Donald […]
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster WASHINGTON (AP) — In late November, a member of Donald Trump’s transition team approached national security officials in the Obama White House with a curious request: Could the incoming team get a copy of the classified CIA profile on Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the United States? Marshall Billingslea, a former Pentagon […]
