(RT) New US sanctions came after Russia managed to broker a peace deal in Syria with the help of Turkey. The much anticipated nationwide ceasefire came into effect on Thursday at midnight, Damascus time. The deal represents a major breakthrough, and gives hope for a solution to the long-running Syrian crisis.
Month: April 2024
Ending the Prohibition of Enlightenment – UK Petition Moves to Legalize Magic Mushrooms
50 years ago legalizing recreational cannabis anywhere in the United States was farfetched – it was the kind of thing only freaks and hippies spoke of with any real measure of seriousness. Today it is our reality… time passes, things change, drugs get legalized. Slowly but surely, the people are winning Ronald Reagan’s “war on drugs.” Read More…
ISIS, sectarian conflict & chaos: Iraq 10 years after Saddam Hussein’s death
A decade after Saddam Hussein was tried, convicted and executed, Iraq is struggling to defeat Islamic State and cope with sectarian strife and other consequences of the US-led invasion. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ruled Iraq from July 1979 to April 2003, as leader of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath (“Resurrection”) Party. He was put on Read More…
Corporate Media Admits to Publishing Viral Fake News After Independent Media Busted Them
Mangling facts for the benefit of U.S. government’s anti-Russia, anti-Trump propaganda campaign, yet again corporate media published an article — which subsequently went viral — claiming that, in an interview, Julian Assange ‘praised’ Donald Trump but ‘blasted’ Hillary Clinton because, essentially, he’s working for The Russians. It simply isn’t true. In fact, as journalist Glenn Read More…
Putin Exposes Obama’s Lame Duck Attempt to Start a New Cold War by Refusing to Retaliate
Russian President Vladimir Putin broke with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — who had earlier vowed to expel 35 U.S. diplomats in response to the same move by the Obama administration — announcing Russia would not stoop to unilateral pettiness displayed by outgoing American leadership, stating: “We reserve the right to retaliate, but we will not sink Read More…
Obama Uses Final Weeks To Aggressively “Box In” Trump’s Administration
Not liking the outcome of the 2016 election, President Obama has apparently made the decision to use his final days in office to do everything possible to “box in” and undermine President-elect Trump. The latest actions, of course, revolve around sanctions on several Russian entities and the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats for “hacking” the Read More…