Rumble CEO says he’s made a “totally legit” offer to Rogan to ditch Spotify amid censorship pressure Joe Rogan has been offered a $100 million deal to leave Spotify and take his podcast to Rumble, including all deleted episodes, the platform’s CEO Chris Pavlovski has announced. “How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, […]
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Tulsi Gabbard, Russell Brand labeled as ‘right-wingers’ in Joe Rogan row
A list claiming to show a “right-wing” bias in Joe Rogan’s podcast guests is being questioned on its branding of numerous progressives as conservative As podcaster Joe Rogan faces numerous calls for Spotify to censor or even drop his popular ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast for allegedly spreading Covid-19 misinformation, pundits have taken to sharing […]
California to repurpose US’ largest death row
The state hopes to transform the historic prison into a “healing environment” The California state government has pledged to abolish the nation’s largest death row complex at San Quentin prison, vowing to transfer all condemned inmates to other facilities in a period of two years. “We are starting the process of closing death row to […]
Chairman of notorious spyware firm quits amid major snooping row
The departure comes after recent allegations that Pegasus software was being used to monitor domestic dissidents since 2013 More alleged victims of Israeli spyware Pegasus were identified as the firm’s chairman resigned on Tuesday, only a week after reports that the software was used to spy on domestic protesters. NSO Chairman Asher Levi resigned effective […]
Minister says ‘thank you & goodbye’ over Covid-19 row
Conservative minister Lord Theodore Agnew quit suddenly on Monday, citing the government’s “lamentable” handling of Covid-19 loan fraud Lord Theodore Agnew, who has served as UK minister for efficiency and transformation in the Treasury and Cabinet Office since February of last year, announced his resignation in the House of Lords on Monday. Agnew criticized particular […]
Beijing says UK watched ‘too many 007 movies’ amid spy row
British intelligence service MI5 has issued an alert to UK MPs claiming an “agent of the Chinese government” has been “active” in parliament Beijing has strongly denied claims that Christine Lee was working on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to interfere in UK politics by infiltrating the country’s parliament, accusing MI5 of “smearing […]
Death row inmates sue to be killed by firing squad
A trial is scheduled to take place to determine the constitutionality of the current form of killing by lethal injection Two death row inmates in the US state of Oklahoma are petitioning a judge to allow a firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection, arguing it would be quicker and have less room for […]
President suspends PM in election row
Somalia’s president has suspended the powers of the prime minister for a second time this year. The two clashed over which of them was standing in the way of a highly sensitive parliamentary election. The executive powers of Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble were suspended on Sunday, the office of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has […]
Russia & America disagree on whether visa row resolved – media
A source in Russia’s foreign ministry has told journalists there is no draft agreement on ending a row with the US over diplomatic visas, contrary to claims in the American media. The two countries remain in a deadlock, with Washington reportedly refusing to meet Moscow halfway. A Russian diplomatic source revealed to RIA news agency […]
Vatican lashes out at EU in ‘Christmas’ row
A now-revoked EU document proposing to substitute the word ‘Christmas’ with ‘holiday’, and to avoid mentioning certain Christian names for the sake of inclusivity, has been slammed by the Vatican as out of touch with reality. The controversial paper containing internal guidelines for the European Commission has faced a huge backlash, including from the Vatican. […]
China summons Japanese ambassador in Taiwan row
Japan’s ambassador to Beijing was summoned by China to an emergency meeting after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would not stand by if China took measures to reclaim Taiwan. The ambassador was summoned by China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying protested that Abe’s warning had “openly […]
French fishermen to blockade their own ports in Brexit row
France’s fishing association has said it will blockade four locations, including the key port of Calais and the Eurotunnel, on Friday in the latest protest over UK restrictions on post-Brexit fishing licences. In a press conference on Thursday, Gerard Romiti, president of National Maritime Fisheries Committee, announced the demonstration in “response to the UK’s provocative, […]
US journalist whose arrest triggered diplomatic row released
American journalist Danny Fenster, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a Myanmar court, has been released and is heading home. “Frontier Myanmar’s Managing Editor Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar today and is on a flight out of the country,” the journalist’s employer announced on Twitter. The Yangon-based magazine […]
Hezbollah rejects Saudi pressure in Yemen comments row
Hezbollah’s secretary-general has accused Riyadh of escalating tensions with Beirut and rejected calls for the resignation of a minister who sparked a diplomatic row over his comments on the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. In a live broadcast on Thursday, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said events in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is backing the government in […]
France defends Russia in Belarus border row
France’s Secretary of State for European Affairs has rejected criticism of Russia over the migrant situation on the EU-Belarus border, arguing that Moscow could actually be “part of the solution” due to its connection with Minsk. Speaking to French media outlet BFMTV on Thursday, European Affairs minister Clément Beaune blasted the Belarusian government for launching […]











