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    • FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 31, 2021.
      Last update: 14:02 GMT 30.04.2021
      14:02 GMT 30.04.2021

      Biden’s Left Feint

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      If you don’t dig deep Joe Biden appears to be governing as the most liberal president since LBJ. But conservatives needn’t worry. Biden is no progressive in centrist’s clothing.

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      Last update: 13:55 GMT 29.04.2021
      13:55 GMT 29.04.2021

      Post-COVID: Will Journalists Be Just As Carried Away By Geopolitics And Techno-Nationalism?

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      Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Techno-nationalism are the next big things for global leaders to fight over. But in a post-COVID era, journalists from all over the world face a new challenge of resisting pressures from their own government on these three subjects so they can continue to report as objectively as possible.

    • Demonstrators march during an anti-lockdown 'Unite for Freedom' protest, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, April 24, 2021
      Last update: 10:41 GMT 27.04.2021
      10:41 GMT 27.04.2021

      Hypocrisy and Hatred on Display as ‘Inside the Tenters’ Smear London Anti-Lockdown Marchers

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      There was a huge turnout for Saturday’s peaceful march against lockdowns and vaccine passports in London, with people from all walks of life attending, but media coverage was either non-existent, dismissive or hostile, proving it was clearly a protest the power elites disapproved of.

    • Russian and U.S. state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019
      Last update: 05:00 GMT 23.04.2021
      05:00 GMT 23.04.2021

      Unlearned History Lessons

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      “Avoiding a clash with great powers does not indicate cowardice, but wisdom, because sacrificing oneself is never an advantage anywhere”. Preface to "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu by N. Konrad

    • A person receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a visit of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to a vaccination center in Chinatown, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 6, 2021
      Last update: 13:29 GMT 22.04.2021
      13:29 GMT 22.04.2021

      West’s Cold War Prolongs Pandemic

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      US President Joe Biden this week hailed his target of administering 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine within 100 days of taking office. But Biden’s apparent success in rolling out vaccination may only offer his nation short-lived protection from the coronavirus.

    • In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai, center front, and his delegation attend the opening session of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, in Doha, Qatar. Afghanistan’s Taliban on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, welcomed a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he promised to have the last of the U.S.'s troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas. If that withdrawal happens, it would be months ahead of schedule and the tweet made no reference to a Taliban promise to fight terrorist groups — a previous pre-requisite for an American withdrawal.
      Last update: 12:04 GMT 22.04.2021
      12:04 GMT 22.04.2021

      Afghanistan Under the Taliban: It Won't Be Like Last Time

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      We’ve been in Afghanistan 20 years, Joe Biden’s generals told him. All we need is a little more time. The president overruled them, ordering a complete withdrawal of American troops by September 11th.

    • Britain's Royal Navy warship HMS Westminster sits docked in Gibraltar, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013
      Last update: 14:05 GMT 20.04.2021
      14:05 GMT 20.04.2021

      Brits Push Russia War

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      The United States backed off sending two warships to the Black Sea last week after Russia warned of a naval showdown. Days later, however, Britain is reportedly stepping in with plans to send warships.

    • A U.S. Army Soldier patrols with Afghan soldiers to check on conditions in the village of Yawez in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010
      Last update: 11:37 GMT 15.04.2021
      11:37 GMT 15.04.2021

      Biden Drops Afghan Mess to Target China, Russia

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      President Joe Biden’s administration is the sixth one to have presided over the 20-year US war in Afghanistan. And he is the fourth president to have overseen America’s “longest war”.

    • Nostalgia: Soviet Pioneers' Day Back in USSR
      Last update: 09:37 GMT 15.04.2021
      09:37 GMT 15.04.2021

      Hey There, Spaceman! Remembering Yuri Gagarin, The First Man in Space

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      Exactly sixty years ago this week science fiction became reality, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history by becoming the first human being to enter space.

    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan react during a joint press conference following their meeting in Kiev on February 3, 2020. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
      Last update: 13:54 GMT 13.04.2021
      13:54 GMT 13.04.2021

      Erdogan’s Gain, Russia’s Pain

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      Russia is right to be alarmed. Just as violence flares in Eastern Ukraine – on Russia’s border – it emerges that Turkey is supplying attack drones to the Kiev regime which can only make the conflict more explosive.

    • Rachael Blackmore ridding Minella Times celebrates after winning the Randox Grand National Handicap Chase on the third day of the Grand National Horse Racing meeting at Aintree racecourse, near Liverpool, England, Saturday April 10, 2021.
      Last update: 10:59 GMT 11.04.2021
      10:59 GMT 11.04.2021

      Isn't That Grand! History Made as World's Most Famous Horse Race Won by Woman Jockey for 1st Time

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      History was made at around 5.30pm yesterday as the Grand National, the world famous British steeplechase which dates back to 1839, was won by a female rider for the very first time.

    • Horse Racing - Grand National Festival - Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Britain - April 8, 2021 Cousin Pascal ridden by James King clears the chair on their way to winning the 4:05 Rose Paterson Randox Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Chase
      Last update: 12:30 GMT 09.04.2021
      12:30 GMT 09.04.2021

      The Sputnik Intelligent Punter's Guide to the 2021 Grand National

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      The world’s most famous and exciting steeplechase returns on Saturday (there was no race in 2020 due to Covid lockdown), with 40 runners going to post in the 4m2f Aintree showpiece, due off at 5.15pm. The big question is: Who’s going to win?

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      Last update: 15:37 GMT 08.04.2021
      15:37 GMT 08.04.2021

      Arsonist US Plays With Fire

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      You would think riling up one nuclear power is bad enough, but the United States seems intent on doubling the risk of starting a world war by gratuitously aggressing Russia and China simultaneously.

    • U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Department of Labor's March jobs report from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,  April 2, 2021.
      Last update: 18:07 GMT 06.04.2021
      18:07 GMT 06.04.2021

      My Predictions For Biden's Probably-Truncated Presidency

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      Beginning in March 2016 I repeatedly and almost famously warned overconfident Democrats—who ridiculed me for saying so—that Donald Trump would probably win the 2016 election.

    • This photo taken on May 28, 2014 shows US Army Sergeant (retired) Joshua Ben, of Missouri (R) who lost his leg to an Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) in Afghanistan’s Jalrez Valley in 2007, firing artillery during 'Operation Proper Exit' at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar Province
      Last update: 12:28 GMT 06.04.2021
      12:28 GMT 06.04.2021

      US the Psycho Boyfriend

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      How to best describe the behavior and attitude of the United States in foreign relations? There are several villainous genres that could apply. A mafia don who runs protection rackets is one of them. So too is the psycho boyfriend who throws a fit of rage over any perceived sign of disloyalty.

    • The church of Westminster Abbey in London
      Last update: 13:00 GMT 03.04.2021
      13:00 GMT 03.04.2021

      The War Against Easter - And How to Rise Above It

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      It’s Easter, so cue attacks on this holiest of Christian festivals by those who seem to have a real hostility towards people commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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      Last update: 14:49 GMT 02.04.2021
      14:49 GMT 02.04.2021

      BBC – British Black-ops Corp

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      To many Brits, the state-owned BBC is a household institution, a national treasure of presumed noble British values. The media outlet even claims to be “the world’s most trusted news source”.

    • U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive an update on the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as they visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021
      Last update: 15:16 GMT 30.03.2021
      15:16 GMT 30.03.2021

      Demented Thinking About Joe Biden

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      The president is suffering from dementia. I’m a cartoonist and a writer and I am most assuredly not a gerontologist. I did not go to medical school. If I am not an expert in aging and cognitive decline, how do I know Biden has dementia?

    • The flag of China flies outside the Chinese Consulate Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Houston.
      Last update: 12:01 GMT 30.03.2021
      12:01 GMT 30.03.2021

      China Aces Western Hypocrisy

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      There’s a new dawn evident: China is not putting up with what it sees as hypocritical Western interference in its sovereign affairs. Sanctions are being met with rapid counter-sanctions, and Chinese officials are vociferously pointing out Western double standards.

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      Last update: 17:06 GMT 27.03.2021
      17:06 GMT 27.03.2021

      I Am a Victim of Republican 'Cancel Culture'

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      The debate over “cancel culture” centres around how Democratic Party, “woke” activists and politically-correct “social justice warriors” expel people from social acceptability or force them into joblessness because something they said or did provoked an online mob.

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