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Bay Area Rapid Transit says showing crime videos would be ‘racist’
OaklandCalifornia’s public transport system, the Bay Area Rapid Transit or BART in the San Francisco Bay area refuse to release surveillance camera videos of crime incidents, in order not to “create a racial bias”.
Ukrainian meddling in US election in the spotlight
WashingtonIt seems the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted directly by a former Communist country, was Hillary Clinton. "Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office," Politico reported.
New Associated Press Stylebook bans ‘terrorist’, ‘Islamist’ and ‘migrant’
Words like "terrorist", "Islamist" and even "migrant" are no longer allowed by the Associated Press. AP has forbidden journalists from using such "politically incorrect" terms according to journalist Rachel Alexander.
Dutch voters discover their referendum to exclude Ukraine is ignored
The HagueDutch people who voted massively 'No' in a referendum to welcome Ukraine, discovered in June that the ratification of Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU in the Dutch parliament was going to go ahead.
Offshore investments in Russia peak after sanctions
Offshore tax havens, the Bahamas and Bermuda have both provided a quarter of direct investment into the Russian economy in the past year.
Portugal charges 18 police with ‘racist torture’ of black Africans
LisbonSome 18 officers at a Portuguese police station will be facing charges over the 2015 detention of six African men. Prosecutors maintain the victims suffered not only physical, but "tremendous psychological violence".
Russian economy looks rosy but neocons cover up their bad predictions
Jon Hellevig, a Finnish lawyer and investment analyst, runs a Moscow-based consultancy Awara that has just published its assessment of Russian economic performance since 2014: The Russian economy is looking rosy.
US state about to decriminalise hard drugs meth, cocaine and heroin
PortlandThe Oregon legislature passed two bills last week decriminalising at least six hard drugs, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy, because keeping the laws currently on the law books, amounts to “institutional racism”.
CNN’s top White House correspondent has never heard of stagflation
WashingtonCNN has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently. A top CNN political analyst demonstrated her ignorance on Monday, tweeting that the word "stagflation" was a "new word".
Bay Area Rapid Transit says showing crime videos would be ‘racist’
OaklandCalifornia’s public transport system, the Bay Area Rapid Transit or BART in the San Francisco Bay area refuse to release surveillance camera videos of crime incidents, in order not to “create a racial bias”.
Ukrainian meddling in US election in the spotlight
WashingtonIt seems the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted directly by a former Communist country, was Hillary Clinton. "Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office," Politico reported.
New Associated Press Stylebook bans ‘terrorist’, ‘Islamist’ and ‘migrant’
Words like "terrorist", "Islamist" and even "migrant" are no longer allowed by the Associated Press. AP has forbidden journalists from using such "politically incorrect" terms according to journalist Rachel Alexander.
Dutch voters discover their referendum to exclude Ukraine is ignored
The HagueDutch people who voted massively 'No' in a referendum to welcome Ukraine, discovered in June that the ratification of Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU in the Dutch parliament was going to go ahead.
Offshore investments in Russia peak after sanctions
Offshore tax havens, the Bahamas and Bermuda have both provided a quarter of direct investment into the Russian economy in the past year.
Portugal charges 18 police with ‘racist torture’ of black Africans
LisbonSome 18 officers at a Portuguese police station will be facing charges over the 2015 detention of six African men. Prosecutors maintain the victims suffered not only physical, but "tremendous psychological violence".
Russian economy looks rosy but neocons cover up their bad predictions
Jon Hellevig, a Finnish lawyer and investment analyst, runs a Moscow-based consultancy Awara that has just published its assessment of Russian economic performance since 2014: The Russian economy is looking rosy.
US state about to decriminalise hard drugs meth, cocaine and heroin
PortlandThe Oregon legislature passed two bills last week decriminalising at least six hard drugs, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy, because keeping the laws currently on the law books, amounts to “institutional racism”.
CNN’s top White House correspondent has never heard of stagflation
WashingtonCNN has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently. A top CNN political analyst demonstrated her ignorance on Monday, tweeting that the word "stagflation" was a "new word".
