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Pompeo praises United Kingdom on Huawei, urges coalition against China
At question time, Lord Ahmad pledged: "We will not look the other way on Hong Kong and we will continue working with partners to hold China to its global obligations". Pompeo will also meet with senior members of Johnson's Conservative Party who blocked plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a role in the U.K.'s new high-speed mobile phone network. [Full Article...]
UK Says No Evidence Of Successful Russian Meddling In Brexit Vote
Speaking ahead of an urgent question in Parliament on Wednesday, Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said that "on every level, the government's response does not appear to be equal to the threat". "The report is very clear that it's probably impossible to assess whether Russian operations made a difference or not". He also refuted claims from Number 10 over how much time they had... [Full Article...]
Ukraine Hostages Released After President Agrees To Promote Joaquin Phoenix Movie
A stand-off with a gunman in Ukraine has ended with police storming a bus and freeing his hostages after hours of negotiations, officials say. In a weird twist, one of his demands was that Zelenskiy promote 2005 documentary Earthlings , a critique of mankind's use of animals as pets, food, clothing, entertainment and for scientific research. [Full Article...]
New Zealand's Ardern dismisses minister over inappropriate relationship claims
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday fired a senior cabinet minister, Ian Lees-Galloway, over an affair with an ex-staffer. "I have no hesitation in asking Ministerial Services to look into that". The sacking comes in a bad week for the image of the country's parliamentarians. The sacking comes less than two months before a September 19 election and follows the resignatio... [Full Article...]
TikTok Plans to Add 10000 Jobs in US Over Next 3 Years
The embattled viral video app TikTok could be split off from its Chinese parent company and sold to investors in the United States in order to shield it from regulatory wrath, according to reports . ByteDance, the $110bn (£86bn) Beijing start-up behind TikTok, is said to be discussing the plan with a small group of its USA investors, who would buy a majority stake in the app. [Full Article...]
China says U.S. ordered abrupt closure of its Houston consulate
The United States has ordered China to close its Houston consulate, Beijing said Wednesday, in what it called a " political provocation " that will further harm diplomatic relations. The move comes as tensions soar between the world´s two biggest economies on a number of fronts, including a controversial national security law in semi-autonomous Hong Kong. [Full Article...]
'I wish her well': Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell
Despite these heinous allegations against her, she's still getting some sort of compassion from Donald Trump who chimed in on her case earlier today. She has been charged with multiple counts of sex abuse. Her trial is set to start on July 12, 2021. She had disappeared following her longtime lover and convicted sex offender Jeffrey's alleged suicide while behind bars in his New York Metropolitan... [Full Article...]
OR lawmakers sue federal law enforcement over response to protests
Rosenblum is seeking a temporary restraining order to "immediately stop" the "unlawful" detainment by federal authorities. A group including two OR lawmakers sued four law enforcement agencies Tuesday over the deployment of militarized federal officers in response to Black Lives Matter protests in Portland . [Full Article...]