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Apr 05 2022
News
Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.
In a video appearance Tuesday, Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin’s troops of the worst atrocities since World War II and said they are no different from other terrorists like the Islamic State extremist group.
The Ukrainian leader
Associated PressApr 05 2022
Fact Check
Fact Checking Claims About GOP Senators Being ‘Loyal’ To Putin
A viral tweet claims to show a Russian TV show noting eight American politicians as being particularly “loyal” to Vladimir Putin.
All eight are Republican senators—Sens. Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, John Cornyn, Richard Burr, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, and John Thune. But the context for the image is incorrect; it is, first of all, not from a recent newscast. The graphic
The Dispatch Fact CheckMar 01 2021
News
WH Press Secretary Defends Choice Not To Punish Saudi Prince For Khashoggi Murder
Defending President Joe Biden’s decision not to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the brutal 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that the administration sees “more effective ways” to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder.
On Friday, the Biden administration released a report finding that
HuffPostJun 27 2022
News
Russia defaults on foreign debt for first time in more than a century
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, as sweeping sanctions over its war in Ukraine effectively cut the country off from the global financial system and rendered its assets untouchable to many investors.
Russia faced a deadline of Sunday night to meet a 30-day grace period on interest payments originally due May 27. Some
NBC News DigitalApr 26 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Fox News Boosts Twitter Sensationalism on UN-Backed Report Involving Minor Sexual Activity
On April 17, Fox News (Right bias) prominently featured the headline, “New UN-backed legal recommendations normalize sex with minors, critics say,” along with the tagline, “PLAN ALL ALONG.” The headline was later changed to add the qualifier that critics are “outraged.”
The story focuses on a report released in March by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which says, among
Joseph RatliffMar 04 2021
Data
Most Americans Support Tough Stance Toward China on Human Rights, Economic Issues
President Joe Biden has inherited a complicated U.S.-China relationship that includes a trade war, mutually imposed sanctions on high-ranking officials, tensions flaring over human rights issues, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and an American public with deeply negative feelings toward China.
Pew Research CenterJun 07 2022
News
Russia says two Ukrainian ports ready to ship grain but Kyiv must demine coast
LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that two major Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov seized by Russian forces were ready to resume grain shipments, but the Kremlin said Kyiv still needed to demine the approaches to its ports for exports to take place.
Russia has seized large parts of Ukraine's coast in nearly 15 weeks of war and its warships control the Black and Azov
ReutersJun 05 2022
News
U.S. will allow two companies to ship Venezuelan oil to Europe
Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar with the matter said, resuming oil-for-debt swaps halted two years ago when Washington stepped up sanctions on Venezuela.
The volume of oil Eni and Repsol are expected to receive is not large, one of the people said, and
ReutersMar 29 2022
News
Russia pledges to reduce attack on Kyiv but U.S. warns threat not over
Russia promised on Tuesday to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city but the United States warned the threat was not over as Ukraine proposed adopting a neutral status in a sign of progress at face-to-face negotiations.
Talks took place in an Istanbul palace more than a month into the largest attack on a European nation since World War Two that has killed or injured
ReutersJul 21 2022
Analysis
Biden’s NASA Goes Slinking Back to Putin
The flip-flop is just the latest inconsistency demonstrating the Biden administration’s confused state.
The Biden administration is slinking back to Putin’s Russia at great risk to America’s national security for help returning NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Russian cosmonauts will also travel on new American SpaceX rockets per the agreement.
The move
National Review (News)