Moldovan president’s dog bites hand of visiting Austrian president
Video shows Austria’s president being bitten by the Moldovan leader’s three-legged canine.
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Russia seeks extremist label for LGBT movement
57 minutes ago About sharing A rainbow banner reading “stop propaganda of violence” at a 2017 pride event in St Petersburg By Robert Greenall BBC News Russia’s justice ministry has filed a motion with the country’s Supreme Court to ban the activities of what it calls the “international LGBT public movement” as extremist. It is…
Mike Johnson, Undoing the Constitution
Peter Kuper New speaker vs. separation of church and state. The post Mike Johnson, Undoing the Constitution appeared first on The Nation.
San Francisco’s Potemkin Village
World / November 17, 2023 San Francisco’s Potemkin Village For President Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in San Francisco this week, Governor Gavin Newsom transformed the city into a façade of prosperity. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy World leaders during a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in…
Israel’s Ludicrous Propaganda Wins Over the Only Audience That Counts
World / November 17, 2023 Israel’s Ludicrous Propaganda Wins Over the Only Audience That Counts Why make an effort to be credible if you’re going to be uncritically echoed by White House and the Western press? Jeet Heer Ad Policy In a video released by the Israel Defense Forces, a military spokesman holds up a…
A Tale of Two Rallies
Steve Brodner X on toast. The post A Tale of Two Rallies appeared first on The Nation.
If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban
Politics Today 11:28 am If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban Washington Post leaders thought they were doing right by showing the carnage those weapons of war create. But we already knew that. Joan Walsh November 17, 2023…
Bradley Lowery: Sheffield Wednesday fan sentenced over photo jibe
Dale Houghton is given a 12-week suspended jail term for mocking the young Sunderland fan’s death.
AS Byatt: Author, critic and poet dies aged 87
2 minutes ago About sharing AS Byatt, pictured in 2011, won the Booker Prize for her 1990 novel Possession By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Novelist, critic and poet Dame AS Byatt has died at the age of 87, her publisher has announced. The renowned writer, whose full name was Antonia Susan Byatt, won the Booker…
Ashling Murphy: Man sentenced to life for Irish teacher’s murder
33 minutes ago About sharing Ashling Murphy’s murder caused widespread shock and prompted vigils across Ireland and the UK By Aoife Moore BBC News NI Dublin reporter The man convicted of murdering Irish schoolteacher Ashling Murphy has been handed a whole life sentence. Jozef Puska, 33, from Lynally Grove in Mucklagh, County Offaly, was found…