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State-funded: Twitter pits the BBC against Russian and Chinese media
BBC: Government Funded Media. Screenshot from the BBC’s Twitter account Twitter has labelled the British Broadcasting Corporation as a “state-funded media organisation” and the BBC, which has 2.2 million Twitter followers, doesn’t like it. The BBC “is and always has been” independent According to CNN, the broadcaster has contacted Twitter and insisted that it is […]
Continue reading »Texas Governor Abbott promises to pardon sergeant convicted of killing BLM protester
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to pardon a US Army sergeant a day after he was convicted of shooting and killing a protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration on July 25, 2020. The Republican governor said Sgt. Daniel Perry, 35, was acting in self-defence when he fired the gun at 28-year-old Garrett […]
Continue reading »Climate scientists: the CO₂ level in the atmosphere has passed a “dramatic limit”
Figures presented by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) in the USA show that the CO₂ level in the atmosphere passed a “dramatic limit” last year. The CO₂ level in the atmosphere last year was 417.06 ppm (parts per million), which is estimated to be more than 50 percent higher than it was in pre-industrial […]
Continue reading »Stabbing in Oslo
A person is said to have been stabbed at Jernbanetorget in Oslo on Sunday. The person who was stabbed must have managed to get to Greenland via the subway and on foot. The victim will be taken to hospital. We are searching for the perpetrator and have some information to work from, says police operations […]
Continue reading »Macron: – It is risky to tie Europe too closely to the United States
We must be careful not to become too closely linked to the United States on the issue of Taiwan, said France’s hard-pressed President Emmanuel Macron to French journalists, after his four-day state visit to China. Macron had several sensational kicks against the US, including against the dollar. The interview is reproduced in Politico: “The paradox […]
Continue reading »The man behind the fatal hit-and-run was close to causing a train to derail in 2016
A man in his 30s killed one person and injured two others during a collision in Steinkjer on Sunday night, had previously been charged with attempting to derail a train in Steinkjer in 2016, when he had of all things placed stones on the tracks. Only luck determined that a serious accident did not occur, […]
Continue reading »The man behind the fatal collision in Steinkjer was on the radar of PST
he police have routinely informed PST about the man in his 30s who ran down and killed a man in his 20s in Steinkjer on the night of Sunday, reports NRK Trøndelag. It was a little after 2 o’clock last night that the now-arrested man drove into a crowd that was on a pavement in […]
Continue reading »China conduct extensive military exercise just outside Taiwan
China has started large-scale military exercises around Taiwan in response to Taiwan’s president going to the United States and being met by American politicians. Aircraft and ships have crossed the centreline of the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan says it is monitoring the moves closely. The exercises were announced on the night of Saturday Central European Time […]
Continue reading »Three 10-year-old girls attacked by boys in central Gothenburg
Three ten-year-old girls were attacked by at least two boys in Brunnsparken in Gothenburg on Thursday afternoon. Writes Göteborgs-Posten. Two of the girls suffered minor injuries, the police have lodged a report about the physical abuse. “The attack resulted in a cracked lip and nosebleed on one of the girls, while another may be suffering […]
Continue reading »American journalist charged with espionage in Russia
The American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been charged with espionage, the state-run Russian news agency Tass reports. The US calls the accusations fabricated. Wall Street journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in late March, accused of trying to obtain classified information about a Russian arms factory. The espionage charge was formally announced on Friday afternoon. NTB-AFP […]
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