Giorno: 26 Agosto 2021

NY ethics board advances criminal referral over potential leak to Cuomo

Post Content The New York state’s ethics oversight commission on Thursday called on New York Attorney General Letitia James to investigate the identity of the person who may have illegally leaked information from a 2019 closed-door meeting to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to reports. The alleged leak disclosed details relating to a vote on a […]

Psaki dismisses calls for Biden to resign: ‘Not a day for politics’

Post Content White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dismissed calls for President Joe Biden to resign in the wake of a terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members, saying that there’s no room for politics in the discussion of the tragedy. “This is a day where U.S. service members, 12 of […]

US Closing Troubled NYC Jail Where Epstein Killed Himself

The U.S. government said Thursday it is shutting down an embattled federal jail in New York City after a slew of problems that came to light following disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide there two years ago.The federal Bureau of Prisons said the Metropolitan…

Kabul evacuations: pilots recount chaotic experiences getting people out of Afghanistan

Post Content With the U.S. pulling out of Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, pilots have had to navigate a chaotic scene at Kabul’s airport where thousands of people have flocked to in recent weeks in a desperate bid to escape Taliban rule and a country descending further into turmoil. The airport itself is difficult to […]

Blindati, suv ed elicotteri. Così il Pentagono rottama l’arsenale rimasto a Kabul

Read More Quei voli drammatici dal tetto dell’ambasciata statunitense, che hanno reso Kabul così simile a Saigon, sono stati l’ultima missione: i sette grandi elicotteri Skynight non decolleranno mai più, perché nelle prossime ore verranno distrutti. E come loro tutte le dotazioni belliche americane accumulate nell’aeroporto della capitale: centinaia di blindati, suv, mitragliere, radar saranno […]

Kabul, l’Isis fa strage di profughi e marines

Read More “Aiuto! Il canale è diventato rosso. Rosso come il nostro sangue. Ci sono tantissimi morti”. Lo avevano promesso. Ce lo aspettavamo. È accaduto. L’aeroporto di Kabul era già, da giorni, il centro del dolore del mondo. Ieri, si è aggiunto l’orrore che solo il terrorismo è in grado di dare: il male per […]

Biden admits he bears responsibility for Kabul attack, defends withdrawal when pressed by Doocy

Post Content President Biden told reporters Thursday that he bears responsibility for the “messy” evacuation and consequential suicide bombings in Kabul. “I bear responsibility for fundamentally all that’s happened,” Biden told Fox News reporter Peter Doocy following a press briefing. “You know as well as I do that the former president made a deal with […]

Psaki deflects question of how U.S. can continue to work with Taliban after deadly suicide bombing

Post Content White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki sparred with Fox News reporter Peter Doocy after he pressed her on whether or not the United States would continue to work with the Taliban after an ISIS-K suicide bombing left 13 American soldiers dead. “I’m not trying to sugar coat what we think of the Taliban. […]

US, others issue security alert at Kabul airport

Post Content Australia on Thursday advised its citizens in Afghanistan not to travel to Kabul’s airport, where there was a “very high threat of a terrorist attack.” Australians in the airport’s vicinity were advised to move to a safe location and await further advice. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the travel advice was consistent […]

Afghanistan, le reazioni dei leader europei. Draghi: “Attacco vile contro chi cerca la libertà”. Merkel: “Continueremo ad aiutare chi vuol lasciare il Paese”

Read More Europa sotto shock per l’attacco terroristico che ha seminato morte tra le migliaia di afghani in fuga dai talebani. E i leader del continente parlano per condannare gli attentati ma anche per provare a rassicurare chi ancora attende di partire. Prima ancora del discorso serale di Biden. “Condanno questo orrendo, vile attacco contro […]