CNN presenter Wolf Blitzer had a lengthy interview with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, but ignored the basketball league’s controversial ties to China. Over the past year, the NBA’s intense relationship with China has been analyzed after league players and coaches have largely refrained from criticizing the country’s human rights violations …
Read More »Dodd Draws Fire – and Praise – as Veteran Vice President of Biden
The reaction was quick. “Chris Dodd” was soon trending on Twitter Monday morning. A chorus of voices asked if Biden had mistakenly empowered an overwhelmingly male old man from his time in the Senate to lead his potentially historic election. They accused Dodd of singling out Harris for the kind …
Read More »Representative Greg Steube questions Google CEO Sundar Pichai about deletion of video from America’s frontline doctors
Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) questioned Google CEO Sundar Pichai today about the removal of images from a recent press conference held by the organization’s Frontline Doctors organization. Steube argued that the videos are “free speech and you have these doctors who are giving their opinion as doctors.” Appearing via the …
Read More »‘Birds have landed’: French-made Rafale fighter jets arrive in India | India News
The first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter jets arrived at an Indian Air Force (IAF) base, Indian officials said, as the country seeks to modernize its armed forces amid security challenges with Pakistan and China. The planes landed Wednesday at Ambala Air Base in the northern state of Haryana. …
Read More »The United States Navy mocks Iran as “experts” in building fake aircraft carriers
The US Navy mocked Iran after firing missiles at a US aircraft carrier on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Navy posted a photo on its social media account of a fictional ship with the caption: “Iran builds a target ship. They are experts at it.” Iran dragged a drill from a …
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