IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER IN HOT WATER

by | Apr 28, 2021

Unloading his frustrations on a London-based Farsi-speaking satellite news channel, 61-tear-old Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif did the unthinkable, complain about the fact that he has no power, no clout, not influence in Iran’s foreign policy. Zarif...

MIT STUDY ON VIRUS TRANSMISSION

by | Apr 27, 2021

Studying the mechanism of transmission for the deadly coronavirus and all its new variants, a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] study indicates that mask wearing and social distancing aren’t the most important variables in transmitting the virus. MIT...

TRUMP’S POPULARITY DROPS

by | Apr 27, 2021

NBC’s most recent national poll shows that former President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 32% from about 40% around the time of the election. Republicans have moved on from Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and mob scene, not to mention Feb. 10-13...

GENOCIDE LABEL REJECTED BY TURKEY

by | Apr 26, 2021

Reacting to 78-year-old President Joe Biden’s April 24 declaration that 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks [1915-1917] was genocide, 67-year-old Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was “highly saddened” by Biden’s remarks. Biden made good on...

NAVALNY’S NATIONWIDE NETWORK UNDER SIEGE

by | Apr 26, 2021

Moscow’s prosecutor office ordered today the nationwide office of 44-year-old dissident Alexi Navalyn shut down, prompting howls from Western governments and the press as a return to Soviet-style totalitarian rule. Navalny’s sits in Russia’s IK-2 penal colony serving...