By Tom Fowdy | RT | February 4, 2021 The UK communications regulator Ofcom has revoked the license of China Global Television Network (CGTN), banning it from broadcasting in the country. The channel, which was due to set up its new European headquarters in London, is accused of being editorially controlled by the country’s ruling Communist Party […]
RT | February 2, 2021 The Chinese Foreign Ministry has urged Washington to invite the WHO to conduct traceability testing in the US, citing the fact the American authorities found Covid-19 antibodies in blood donations as early as December 2019. Speaking on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that Beijing has always […]
By Lucas Leiroz | February 2, 2021 This week, news of a coup in Myanmar shocked international society. Official statements by the UN and several Western governments condemning the attitude of the Burmese military in overthrowing Aung San Suu Kyi and its allies are sharing space in public opinion with neutral statements that only call […]
By Paul Antonopoulos | February 1, 2021 Although Azerbaijan won the war against Armenia, both countries have in fact lost part of their sovereignty. Azerbaijan won the war and expanded territorially after it captured or received the districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh proper that Armenian forces captured in the first war (1988-1994). The status of Nagorno-Karabakh proper […]
By Steven Sahiounie | MIDEAST DISCOURSE | January 27, 2021 North East Syria is the scene of a stand-off between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), based in Damascus, and the Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), who are militarily led by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia founded in October 2015, and supported by the […]
BY GARETH PORTER · THE GRAYZONE · JANUARY 25, 2021 A close analysis of recent statements by members of President Joseph Biden’s foreign policy team indicates his administration has already signaled its intention to treat negotiations with Iran as an exercise in diplomatic coercion aimed at forcing major new concessions extending well beyond the 2015 nuclear […]
MEMO | January 25, 2021 The UK Labour Party’s decision to appoint a former Israel spy to work in his social media team demonstrates its leaders “complete submission to the Zionist lobby”, a UK-based human rights group has said. The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) criticised the appointment of Assaf Kaplan, […]
By Ron Paul | January 18, 2021 With the mainstream media still obsessing about the January 6th “violent coup attempt” at the US Capitol Building, the incoming Biden Administration looks to be chock full of actual purveyors of violent coups. Don’t look to the mainstream media to report on this, however. Some of the same […]
By Zhang Hui | Global Times | January 15, 2021 Chinese health experts called on Norway and other countries to suspend the use of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines produced by companies such as Pfizer, especially among elderly people, due to the vaccines’ safety uncertainties following the deaths of 23 elderly Norwegian people who received the vaccine. […]
By Ricardo Vaz | Venezuelanalysis | January 8, 2021 Mérida – The Venezuelan government has taken actions to defend its claim over the disputed Essequibo region. President Nicolas Maduro held a meeting with the country’s National Defense Council and State Council on Thursday to address the territorial dispute between Venezuela and neighboring Guyana. The Venezuelan […]
