Giorno: 21 Luglio 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: US-supplied cluster bombs ‘having an impact’ on Russian defences, Washington says

Read More From 4h ago Ukrainian forces have begun using US-supplied cluster bombs – which are banned by more than 120 countries – in the ‘”last week or so” and they are “having an impact” on Russian defences, a White House spokesperson has said. “They’re using them appropriately, they’re using them effectively and they are […]

Byelection results paint ominous picture for Tories despite Uxbridge win

Read More In the end the byelection scoreline was 2-1 to the opposition; a Labour triumph in Selby and Ainsty and a Liberal Democrat victory in Somerton and Frome, and a consolation win for the Conservatives in Uxbridge and South Ruislip. On the surface it looks like something for everyone, but taken together, the results […]

Tories seek solace in Uxbridge but byelections show mood is against them

Read More Rishi Sunak on Friday managed to avoid becoming the first prime minister since 1968 to lose three byelections on the same day, as his party slipped to defeats in two safe seats but clung on in Boris Johnson’s former seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Conservatives portrayed the results as a sign that […]

UK byelection results: Labour routs Tories in Selby and Ainsty but falls short in Uxbridge

Read More The Labour party has won its biggest ever byelection victory by overturning a 20,000-vote Conservative majority in Selby and Ainsty, with the Liberal Democrats also unseating the Tories in the previously safe seat of Somerton and Frome. But in the one glimmer of hope for the Conservatives, they held on to the Uxbridge […]

Byelection results: Labour in historic Selby win, Conservatives retain Uxbridge, Lib Dems sweep Somerton and Frome

Read More From 18m ago Here is my colleague Kiran Stacey‘s analysis of what the results means. And here is an extract. Conservatives portrayed the results as a sign that Labour’s huge national poll lead is vulnerable, especially when the Tories find the right issues to campaign on, as they did in Uxbridge with Labour’s […]

US Religious Freedom Advocate Targeted by Chinese Hackers in Microsoft Breach

Read More Hack shows Chinese regime ‘very fearful’ of the power of freedom of religion, advocate says WASHINGTON—Religious freedom advocate Nina Shea didn’t think that she would ever be a target of the Chinese regime. At the Hudson Institute think tank where she worked, there are more prominent critics of the communist regime, such as […]

Washington Rally Calls for End to CCP’s 24-Year Persecution of Falun Gong

Read More WASHINGTON—An estimated 1,500 people rallied near Washington’s National Mall on July 20 to call for an end to communist China’s brutal 24-year-long persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong. At a rally held near the Capitol, U.S. rights advocates and experts voiced concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken its persecution […]

Dershowitz to Newsmax: Cash Bail an Ineffective System

Legal expert Alan Dershowitz argued Thursday that monetary requirements to post bail are far less effective than allowing a judge to decide whether someone is an imminent threat.

Republican calls to impeach Biden grow following release of FBI document detailing bribery allegations

Republicans immediately began lashing out at President Biden Thursday following the release of an unclassified FBI document detailing his alleged involvement in an international bribery scheme, with a number rallying for his impeachment. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released the FD-1023 form earlier in the day which detailed how Biden, along with his son, Hunter Biden, […]

First lease auction for Gulf of Mexico wind development set for late August

The first auction of offshore leases for wind power development in the Gulf of Mexico will take place Aug. 29 for tracts off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The Department of the Interior said the lease sale will involve more than 300,000 acres. That includes a 102,480-acre area off the […]