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Polish president vetoes bill that would have affected US-owned channel

Poland’s leader Andrzej Duda refuses to toe party line on foreign media critical of conservatives Poland’s president has shot down a media bill that would have tightened the screws on foreign-funded media, with a US-owned channel among the obvious targets. Andrzej Duda announced his decision on Monday, saying that he shared concerns voiced by some […]

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‘Dr. Death’ proposes implant that would kill user if not turned off

The doctor who developed bizarre ‘suicide pods’ has grabbed the public’s attention once more, this time with a body implant for people who might develop dementia that would administer lethal poison if they forgot to turn it off. Dr. Philip Nitschke, an Australian assisted suicide advocate who administered the first voluntary lethal injection in 1996, […]

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Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

The bigwigs heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit – where they ostensibly aim to help save the planet from greenhouse gases – will generate outsized emissions themselves by employing private jets for the trip. More than 400 private jets carrying politicians and business executives to this week’s conference will belch out 13,000 tons […]

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If Assange dies in UK prison it would mean he’d been ‘tortured to death,’ UN special rapporteur on torture tells RT

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange isn’t mentally ill and his psychological problems are solely the result of the abuse he suffers in isolation, Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, has told RT’s Going Underground. It would be a “tragedy” if Assange died in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison due to his poor health, Melzer […]

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Australian farmers would have had to gun down their cattle if government imposed methane-emission limits by 2030, deputy PM says

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has said the country’s farmers would have to “grab a rifle” and shoot their cattle to curb methane emissions if the government’s ‘Net Zero’ plan did not have a livestock exclusion. On Thursday, the National Party leader claimed he had wrangled a “carve-out” commitment from Prime Minister Scott Morrison […]

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Putin rejects Security Council veto reform, says UN would ‘die same day,’ turn into ‘debate club’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pushed back on his Turkish colleague’s proposal to remove the veto power of UN Security Council permanent members, saying it would turn the world body into another ‘League of Nations’. “If we remove the veto right of the permanent members, the UN would die the very same day – it […]

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Irish author targeted by Israel supporters ‘would be honored’ to print new book in Hebrew… if it’s boycott-compliant

Bestselling BDS-supporting writer Sally Rooney, who was widely accused of ostracizing Hebrew-speakers with her refusal to let an Israeli publisher print her latest book, said she would love to see a Hebrew translation. “If I can find a way to sell these rights that is compliant with the BDS movement’s institutional boycott guidelines, I will […]

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EU warns UK that removing European court’s oversight would cut Northern Ireland off from bloc’s single market

The European Commission issued a warning to the UK on Monday that proceeding with planned “significant” changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement would risk “cutting Northern Ireland off from the EU’s single market.” Speaking at a press conference, a spokesperson for the European Commission criticized the UK government for continuing to push for the removal […]

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North Korea says formally ending Korean War would be ‘foolish idea’ unless US scraps its hostile policy

It’s not the right time to start talks on ending the 1950-53 Korean War as Washington must first give up on its hostile policy towards Pyongyang, Ri Thae Song, North Korea’s deputy foreign minister, has said. Seven decades after the conflict, the Korean Peninsula technically remains in a state of war as the truce achieved […]

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Australia-EU trade deal would benefit Brussels in Indo-Pacific, Canberra says, after ditching French submarine contract

An Australian-EU pact would be beneficial both for Canberra and Brussels in the Indo-Pacific, Trade Minister Dan Tehan has said, as Australia scrambles to make amends with France after ditching a submarine deal. On Wednesday, Tehan said at a press conference in the Australian capital that a full trade agreement between Canberra and Brussels is […]