America Re-canceled? Black activist Young Pharaoh booted from anti-censorship themed CPAC event for 'reprehensible views'
rt.com | 2021-02-23
The Conservative Political Action Conference has barred activist Young Pharaoh from speaking at its 'America Uncanceled' event, citing his "reprehensible" remarks on Judaism. The rapper denounced the move as "censorship." | CPAC organizers took to Twitter on Monday to declare that the rapper and lecturer would no longer be welcome at this year's conference, noting they had "just learned" of controversial comments he'd made in the past. While they did not offer any specifics on what he might have said, Young Pha…
rt.com/usa/516323-cpac-conference-cancels-speaker/
Amazon mysteriously pulls book critical of transgender movements, gets accused of 'digital book burning'
rt.com | 2021-02-23
Author Ryan T. Anderson has blasted Amazon for removing his latest book on the rise of the transgender movement without explanation, a move that has many criticizing the company for playing politics and accusing it of censorship. | "I hope you've already bought your copy, cause Amazon just removed my book 'When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment' from their cyber shelves…. my other four books are still available (for now)," Anderson tweeted about the removal. | 'When Harry Became Sally' had p…
rt.com/usa/516390-amazon-transgender-book-ban/
Facebook and Australian govt strike deal, to insert amendments to media code
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-02-23
The government has agreed to four amendments to the contentious News Media Bargaining Code, allowing platforms like Google and Facebook to bypass the code…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/02/23/facebook-and-australian-govt-strike-deal-to-insert-amendments-to-media-code/
Picnic Video Exposes Both Faces of Israeli Apartheid
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-02-23
A short video taken by a family as they picnicked in the West Bank this month may be the best field guide yet to Israel's complex apartheid system of state-sponsored Jewish supremacy. In the clip posted to Facebook, armed Jewish settlers arrive unexpectedly to break up the picnic of a Palestinian family — including grandparents …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/02/picnic-video-exposes-both-faces-of-israeli-apartheid/
Facebook Wins a Battle with Aussies But May Lose the War in Long-Term, Observers Say
sputniknews.com | 2021-02-23
The Australian government has struck a deal with Facebook under which Canberra has agreed to make amendments to its landmark media bargaining legislation, while the tech firm will restore news to Australian pages in the next few days. But the question remains, who gains to gain the most from the pact?
sputniknews.com/asia/202102231082163043-facebook-wins-a-battle-with-aussies-but-may-lose-the-war-in-long-term-observers-say/
White House Enlists Social Media Giants to Suppress Vaccine 'Misinformation'
Megan Redshaw | globalresearch.ca | 2021-02-23
All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The White House is asking Big Tech giants Facebook, Twitter and …
globalresearch.ca/white-house-enlists-social-media-giants-suppress-vaccine-misinformation/5738104
Iran limits nuclear checks but says IAEA cooperation will continue
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-02-23
Tehran, Feb 23 (efe-epa).- Iran has limited international monitoring of its nuclear program but will continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the foreign minister said Tuesday. "Obliged by law, we halted voluntary implementation of Additional Protocol," Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter, referring to regulation passed by Iran's parliament to stop voluntary …
laprensalatina.com/iran-limits-nuclear-checks-but-says-iaea-cooperation-will-continue/
Outcry in Kuwait over suicide of stateless Bidoon child
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-23
Outcry in Kuwait over suicide of stateless Bidoon child | Thousands of people are highlighting the case online and demanding an end to the community's marginalisation | Nadda Osman | Tue, 02/23/2021 – 14: 07 | An illustration of the child has been shared online with the caption 'you have returned to God, the most merciful, Ali' (Screengrab/Twitter) | Reports of a 12-year-old child's suicide from Kuwait's stateless pop…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/suicide-stateless-bidoon-child-kuwait-prompts-outcry-online
Campaigners call for the strengthening of Welsh language rights as people globally stand up for oppressed mother languages
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2021-02-23
Sunday 21 February was International Mother Language Day, and people around the world took the opportunity to stand up for oppressed mother tongues. | The International Mother Language Day is a global event intended to highlight the need to protect linguistic diversity. And as activists stood up for oppressed languages around the world, there's also a need to stand up for linguistic freedom closer to home. | Kurdistan: | Commentators on Twitter highlighted the continued o…
thecanary.co/trending/2021/02/23/campaigners-call-for-the-strengthening-of-welsh-language-rights-as-people-globally-stand-up-for-oppressed-mother-languages/
'Jeep Grand Christopher sounds good': Twitter split after Cherokee Nation chief asks carmaker to stop 'honoring' his tribe
rt.com | 2021-02-23
Naming a vehicle after a Native American tribe is wrong even if the intentions were good, the Cherokee Nation principal chief has said, and Twitter has some ideas for what to call Jeep SUVs instead. | Jeep Cherokee SUVs have been produced since 1974, and in the early 1990s, Chrysler (now part of the Netherlands-based company Stellantis) added the luxury Jeep Grand Cherokee model line to its range. Chuck Hoskin, who heads the largest of the three federally-recognized Cherokee tribes in the US, believes his people's name should not be "plastered on the side of a car," regardless of the motives for putting it the…
rt.com/usa/516343-jeep-cherokee-name-change/
Turkey condoles death of Italian diplomat in attack
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-23
The Turkish foreign minister on Monday offered his condolences on the death of an Italian diplomat in an attack on a UN convoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.In a tweet, Mevlut Cavusoglu tagged his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio and wrote: "Deeply shocked and saddened by the demise of Ambassador Luca Attanasio of #Italy and a Carabinieri officer in a horrific attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Heartfelt condolences to friendly Italy, bereaved families and the Italian nation."Attanasio, 43, was among three people killed in the attack on a UN convoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Italian polic…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-condoles-death-of-italian-diplomat-in-attack-3561329
Join the tweet storm now opposing Neera Tanden
Repost | indybay.org | 2021-02-23
Roots Action and Norman Solomon are asking everyone with a tweeter account to tweet their Senators opposing Neera Tandens OMB nomination.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/22/18840213.php
A Defense of Neera Tanden's Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden)
David Klion | thenation.com | 2021-02-23
A Defense of Neera Tanden's Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden)…
thenation.com/article/politics/neera-tanden-omb/
Bolivia to receive 500,000 doses of vaccine from China
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-23
A special plane of the Bolivian national airline is making its way to bring Sinopharm's coronavirus vaccines from China to its homeland, President Luis Arce has announced."We report that a [Boliviana de Aviacion] Boeing 767 plane is heading to Beijing to bring half a million Sinopharm vaccines to our country," Arce tweeted on Monday. "We appreciate President Xi Jinping's support in fighting the pandemic."The South American country has recorded more than 243,000 COVID-19 cases and nearly 11,500 related deaths, according to the latest data by its Health Ministry.The country already began inoculation in late January…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bolivia-to-receive-500000-doses-of-vaccine-from-china-3561354
At least 11,000 doses of Ebola vaccine arrive in Guinea: WHO
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-23
A supply of over 11,000 Ebola vaccines have reached Conakry, the capital of Guinea, the WHO said on Tuesday."The cargo was transported from Senegal by government plane after bad weather caused a stop-over in Dakar. Timely vaccination will be crucial in curbing the Ebola outbreak," WHO Africa Region tweeted.Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's Africa director, said a vaccination team has been deployed to N'Zerekore, the country's second-largest city, and is ready to rollout vaccinations soon.Last week, the WHO said more than 100 workers are expected to be part of the Ebola response team in Guinea by the end of February.A n…
yenisafak.com/en/world/at-least-11000-doses-of-ebola-vaccine-arrive-in-guinea-who-3561352
EU Commission asks Germany again not to close borders
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-23
The European Commission will again remind EU member states not to close borders between member states, an EU commissioner said on Tuesday. | "The Commission wants to recall to the European member states that it is a necessity to go back to a coordinated approach on all the measures taken in relation to the free movement of people and goods," Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders explained in a video message posted on social media ahead of a virtual meeting of EU ministers. | The ministers are expected to debate the bloc's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including border closures and the vaccination campaign…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-commission-asks-germany-again-not-to-close-borders-3561376
UAE-backed STC forces accused of torturing Yemeni journalist
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-23
UAE-backed STC forces accused of torturing Yemeni journalist | Adel al-Hasani produced a CNN report critical of the UAE's activities in Yemen, which a source says is the reason behind his detention | MEE staff | Tue, 02/23/2021 – 12: 04 | Hasani is an investigative journalist, producer and fixer for international journalists, based in the southern Yemeni city of Aden (Social media) | Yemen's UAE-backed Southern Transition…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-uae-stc-journalist-adel-hasani-tortured
The UC Berkeley Chancellor is Lying About People's Park
In Defense of People's Park | indybay.org | 2021-02-23
UC Chancellor Carol Christ is lying to you about People's Park. | Share this article on social media with the hashtag: #SavePeoplesPark | Support People's Park by sending a message. | Email the UC Chancellor: chancellor@berkeley.edu | Call the Chancellor: (510) 642-7464…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/22/18840220.php
'Publish your emails instead': Hillary Clinton's plans to pen 'political thriller' met with groans on social media
rt.com | 2021-02-23
An announcement that former presidential candidate and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is planning to write a "political thriller" with author Louise Penny has been met with groans and eyerolls on social media. | Axios reported on Tuesday that the book, to be titled 'State of Terror', will be published in October by Simon & Schuster and St. Martin's Press. | The story will follow a "novice Secretary of State" who "joins the administration of her rival" a president who was inaugurated "after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage" — perhaps a not-so-thinly-veiled reference…
rt.com/usa/516377-hillary-clinton-louise-penny-book/
Congress Escalates Pressure On Tech Giants To Censor More
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-02-22
For the third time in less than five months, the U.S. Congress has summoned the CEOs of social media companies to appear before them, with the explicit intent to pressure and coerce them to censor more content from their platforms. On March 25, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will interrogate Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Facebooks's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai at a hearing which the Committee announced will focus "on misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms." | The Committee's Chair, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and the two Chairs of the Subcommittees holding the hearings, M…
popularresistance.org/congress-escalates-pressure-on-tech-giants-to-censor-more/
GOP Offers Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-22
As Texas battles a severe snowstorm and mass power outages this winter, Tim Boyd, the now-former Republican mayor of Colorado City, revealed his party's plan for the deadly extreme temperatures linked to climate change. In a lengthy Facebook post that was deleted soon after it went viral, then-Mayor Boyd told his residents that they were…
counterpunch.org/2021/02/22/gop-offers-preview-of-brutal-climate-policies-in-texas/
Facebook shuts down group with 90,000 cruise ship crew members
wsws.org | 2021-02-22
On Friday, Facebook removed without explanation a group with 90,000 members who work in the international cruise ship industry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/22/crew-f22.html
GOP Offers Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-22
As Texas battles a severe snowstorm and mass power outages this winter, Tim Boyd, the now-former Republican mayor of Colorado City, revealed his party's plan for the deadly extreme temperatures linked to climate change. In a lengthy Facebook post that was deleted soon after it went viral, then-Mayor Boyd told his residents that they were entirely on their own as the brutal winter weather caused mayhem and deaths across the Lone Star state.
counterpunch.org/2021/02/22/gop-offers-preview-of-brutal-climate-policies-in-texas/
Facebook Unfriends Australia: The Triumph of Epistemic Chaos
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-22
Creepy and ruthless Facebook has again impressed with its steely indifference to civic responsibility, as if a company established by a sociopath could ever be a model of human improvement. On February 18, Mark Zuckerberg's antisocial company took aim at Australia by blocking those in that country from sharing local and international content. As the…
counterpunch.org/2021/02/22/facebook-unfriends-australia-the-triumph-of-epistemic-chaos/
Cutting Deals with Big Tech Won't Save Journalism
Timothy Karr | commondreams.org | 2021-02-22
We need strong public-media laws that prioritize a free press, civic-minded news production and the interests of the communities news outlets are supposed to serve. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sopa-sciopero-facebook-google1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2021/02/22/cutting-deals-big-tech-wont-save-journalism?cd-origin=rss
Facebook Reportedly Bans Ads Raising Vaccine Awareness for Being 'Political Messages'
sputniknews.com | 2021-02-22
As part of what it calls its fight against disinformation and encouraging accountability, Facebook placed limits on political advertisements during last year's election. Since ads from elected officials are outright prohibited, it reportedly blocks routine notices from the authorities about the availability and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
sputniknews.com/science/202102221082147199-facebooks-political-ad-policy-reportedly-bans-ads-raising-vaccine-awareness-/
Turkish foreign minister meets Gagauz governor
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-22
Turkey's foreign minister on Monday met Irina Vlah, governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, in the capital Ankara."Had a fruitful meeting w/Bashkan [governor] of #Gagauzia @VlahIrina and discussed cooperation opportunities," Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter.Stating that "Gagauz kinsmen" are a bridge of friendship between Turkey and Moldova, he said Ankara will continue supporting them in every field.Gagauzia is an autonomous region in the Eastern European country that is home to a mostly Gagauz population — an Orthodox Christian, Turkic community.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-foreign-minister-meets-gagauz-governor-3561289
Fresh protests erupt in Lebanon amid public fury over Beirut port blast, legal system and financial issues
rt.com | 2021-02-22
Fiery clashes between protesters and police have erupted in Lebanon, as public anger grows over the port explosion in Beirut and other escalating issues, including overseas students being blocked from receiving money. | Footage posted online showed protesters fighting with Lebanese security services outside a military court in the capital on Monday after judges ruled that six demonstrators in Tripoli had committed "terrorism and theft." | Jal el dib #Beirut pic.twitter.com/hMa4SSTc0R– &lsaq…
rt.com/news/516310-lebanon-protests-beirut-explosion-banks/
Nathan Robinson speaks about losing his Guardian column after criticizing Israel
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-02-22
Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan Robinson tweeted a joke satirizing U.S. support of Israel, and The Guardian newspaper cancelled his regular op-ed column. Now he speaks with TRNN about facing accusations of anti-Semitism for criticizing Israeli power on Capitol Hill.
therealnews.com/nathan-robinson-speaks-about-losing-his-guardian-column-after-criticizing-israel
Octogenarian Indian activist gets bail 30 months after his arrest
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-02-22
New Delhi, Feb 22 (efe-epa).- A court on Monday granted bail to an ailing octogenarian activist on medical grounds two and a half years after India's anti-terror probe agency arrested him on charges of inciting caste violence. "Varavara Rao gets bail," lawyer Indira Jaising tweeted, shortly after the decision by the Bombay High Court in …
laprensalatina.com/octogenarian-indian-activist-gets-bail-30-months-after-his-arrest/
At least 160 arrested over 6 nights of violent protests in Spain
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-22
Over six nights of sometimes-violent protests triggered by a rapper's jailing, Spanish police have arrested at least 160 people.Most of those arrested were protesting in rapper Pablo Hasel's home region of Catalonia, where major cities like Barcelona have seen six consecutive nights of protests and rioting.Catalan police said Monday that 129 people in the region had been detained since last Tuesday.The protests aim to free Hasel, who was sentenced to nine months in prison for glorifying terrorism and insulting the Spanish monarchy and police in his song lyrics and tweets.Amnesty International has decried the sent…
yenisafak.com/en/world/at-least-160-arrested-over-6-nights-of-violent-protests-in-spain-3561280
Join the tweet storm now opposing Neera Tanden
Repost | indybay.org | 2021-02-22
Roots Action and Norman Solomon are asking everyone with a tweeter account to tweet their Senators opposing Neera Tandens OMB nomination.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/22/18840213.php
WHO Busts Wuhan Myths: Pandemic started with wild Animal, not Lab, and Wet Market wasn't Ground Zero
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-02-22
By Dominic Dwyer | — As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China. There, I was the Australian representative on the international World Health Organization's (WHO) investigation into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Much has been said of the politics surrounding the mission to investigate the viral …
juancole.com/2021/02/pandemic-started-animal.html
Why Didn't Speaker Pelosi Want Witnesses?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-22
Democratic leaders told the House managers to huddle privately with Trump's defense lawyers to strike a deal. They did. They would place a mere statement from Rep. Beutler into the trial record and call no witnesses. The Republicans couldn't have been more delighted, knowing that the Democratic leadership wanted the trial over that day before Congress went on a week-long vacation.
counterpunch.org/2021/02/22/why-didnt-speaker-pelosi-want-witnesses/
Why Didn't Speaker Pelosi Want Witnesses?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-22
On the morning of February 13, 2021, just before the Senate impeachment trial abruptly ended with Trump's acquittal, Constitutional law specialist Bruce Fein and I sent the following plea to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: More than 240 years of heroic sacrifices by our forebearers to plant the seeds of a government of the people, by the people, for the people are not being furthered by…
counterpunch.org/2021/02/22/why-didnt-speaker-pelosi-want-witnesses/
The U.S. Empire Is an Abusive Narcissist
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-02-22
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Americans: healthcare please | Government: Sorry did you say a new military base in northeastern Syria? | Americans: no, healthcare | Government: Alright you drive a hard bargain but here's a new military base in northeastern Syria. | * | Sorry we're not going to be able to do the $2000 checks thing, or the cancelling student debt thing, or the $15 minimum wage thing. Would you accept payment in the form of social media "dunking" on Senate Republi…
strategic-culture.org/news/2021/02/22/us-empire-is-an-abusive-narcissist/
'They destroyed our dreams': Israel's bulldozers target Palestinian women farmers
Shatha Hammad | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-22
'They destroyed our dreams': Israel's bulldozers target Palestinian women farmers | The Palestinian women workforce faces a 'direct threat', as Israeli forces raze their agricultural lands | Shatha Hammad | Mon, 02/22/2021 – 11: 05 | On 6 December 2020, Israeli bulldozers carried out one of the largest tree uprooting operations to date in the West Bank, destroying 3,400 olive trees in one day (Social media/Daoud A…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-women-farmers-bulldozers
'I'm not going down WITHOUT A FIGHT': Actress Gina Carano vows to overcome cancel mob & 'Disney bullies'
rt.com | 2021-02-22
Actress Gina Carano said she was motivated to fight back against cancel culture and Hollywood bullying because she wanted to make it safe for others to freely speak their minds in a world of increasing left-wing intolerance. | The former MMA fighter, who was fired from the Disney+ TV series 'The Mandalorian' earlier this month because of her social media posts, said she couldn't back down and issue a disingenuous apology after watching other actors steamrolled for politically incorrect views. She anticipated her firing, after months of attacks from the cancel mob, and decided to "go down swinging." | "My body'…
rt.com/usa/516247-carano-disney-bullies-shapiro-interview/
Murdoch's Australia Censors Google, Facebook, Science and Freedom of Speech
Gideon Polya | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-02-21
The mendacious Australian Mainstream media, Coalition Government and Labor Opposition demand via a news media Bargaining Code that Google and Facebook pay Murdoch and Nine media huge sums for quoting Links to their "information" for free. Google seems to have surrendered to this Australian blackmail and negotiated a private deal to avoid damaging its core …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/02/murdochs-australia-censors-google-facebook-science-and-freedom-of-speech/
Facebook Unfriends Australia: The Triumph of Epistemic Chaos
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-02-21
Creepy and ruthless Facebook has again impressed with its steely indifference to civic responsibility, as if a company established by a sociopath could ever be a model of human improvement. On February 18, Mark Zuckerberg's antisocial company took aim at Australia by blocking those in that country from sharing local and international content. As the …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/02/facebook-unfriends-australia-the-triumph-of-epistemic-chaos/
Rival parties to approve unified budget of Libya
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-21
Ahmed Maiteeq, deputy chairman of Libya's Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), and Finance Minister Faraj Boumtari arrived in the eastern city of Al-Bayda on Saturday to participate in ceremony for approval of a unified budget for Libya, Maiteeq posted on his Facebook account.Maiteeq said that he will also meet with Aguila Saleh, speaker of the Tobruk-based parliament, without providing further details.This is the first visit by a delegation representing the Tripoli-based government to the east, which is controlled by warlord Khalifa Haftar.On Feb. 8, the United Nations Support Mission i…
yenisafak.com/en/world/rival-parties-to-approve-unified-budget-of-libya-3561209
Turkish authorities launch probe against pro-Kurdish MP over militant links
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-21
Turkish authorities launch probe against pro-Kurdish MP over militant links | Peoples' Democratic Party's Dirayet Dilan Tasdemir says she will prove accusations against her are a 'giant lie and slander' | MEE and agencies | Sun, 02/21/2021 – 12: 46 | The move comes after a minister said Tasdemir had visited an area in northern Iraq where 13 Turks were killed earlier this month (Facebook) | Turkish authoritie…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-probe-pro-kurdish-mp-militant-links-tasdemir
Deer developed HAIRY EYEBALLS due to rare, baffling condition
rt.com | 2021-02-21
Residents in Farragut, Tennessee were utterly bemused when they witnessed a whitetail deer nonchalantly strutting through their town. Upon closer inspection, they discovered the animal had hair growing out of its eyeballs. | As confused townsfolk tried to capture the bold buck, they couldn't help but notice it had thick hair protruding from discs of flesh which had grown and covered over the buck's eyeballs. | As it turns out, the condition is known as corneal dermoids and has only been documented in one other whitetail deer, also in Tennessee. | www.facebook.com/deerassociation/posts/3959178984095071…
rt.com/usa/516196-deer-hairy-eyeballs-rare-condition/
Djokovic wins Australian Open, 9th crown in Melbourne
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-21
Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic won his ninth Australian Open title on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Daniil Medvedev in the 2021 men's singles final.Top-seeded Djokovic beat his Russian opponent Medvedev (4) in 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 sets in the final in Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, which lasted for one hour and 53 minutes."@DjokerNole does it again," the Australian Open said on Twitter.Before this year, Djokovic, 33, had won the Australian title in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020.This was his 18th Grand Slam title in total, drawing closer to the records of Spain's Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger…
yenisafak.com/en/sports/djokovic-wins-australian-open-9th-crown-in-melbourne-3561224
Djokovic wins Australian Open, 9th crown in Melbourne
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-21
Top-seeded Djokovic beat his Russian opponent Medvedev (4) in 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 sets in the final in Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, which lasted for one hour and 53 minutes."@DjokerNole does it again," the Australian Open said on Twitter.Before this year, Djokovic, 33, had won the Australian title in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020.This was his 18th Grand Slam title in total, drawing closer to the records of Spain's Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer, who each claimed 20 Grand Slam titles in their careers.Djokovic bagged the championship trophy and a monetary prize of 2.75 million Australian dollar…
yenisafak.com/en/sports/djokovic-wins-australian-open-9th-crown-in-melbourne-3561224
Third Iranian gasoline tanker arrives in Venezuela
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-02-21
TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) — TankerTrackers, monitoring the movement of tankers and oil shipments, has announced in a Twitter post that Iran has delivered its fuel consignment to Venezuela.
en.mehrnews.com/news/170231/Third-Iranian-gasoline-tanker-arrives-in-Venezuela
'It's not going to round five': UFC champ Petr Yan vows to finish Aljamain Sterling inside the distance as both amp up trash-talk
rt.com | 2021-02-21
Less than two weeks out from their UFC bantamweight world title matchup at UFC 259, neither champion Petr Yan nor his challenger, Aljamain Sterling, are taking a backward step in the pre-fight insults. | Russia's Yan will aim to defend his 135lbs championship on the March 6 event which will house three world title fights — but neither man appears willing to wait two weeks to fire some shots at their rival. | Yan, as fight fans will attest, has been near-perfect since entering the UFC after serving an impressive apprenticeship in the Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) promotion, where he quickly rose throu…
rt.com/sport/516231-petr-yan-sterling-ufc-259-twitter/
Harry Potter video game designer outed as 'far right YouTuber,' but cancel culture calls met with pushback
rt.com | 2021-02-21
A lead designer for the Harry Potter video game 'Hogwarts Legacy' has found himself embroiled in controversy after old right-leaning videos were uncovered by social justice warriors. | The designer, Troy Leavitt, is currently working with development studio Avalanche Software on the highly anticipated video game, but many on social media appear to want him nowhere near the project now that his past has been put under the spotlight. | Leavitt's YouTube videos have included titles like "The Injustice of Social Justice," "In Praise of Cultural Appropriation," and "Are Thoughtcrimes Becoming Real?" First highlight…
rt.com/usa/516243-harry-potter-game-designer-youtube/
Harry Potter video game designer outed as 'far right YouTuber,' but cancel culture calls met with pushback
rt.com | 2021-02-21
A lead designer for the Harry Potter video game 'Hogwarts Legacy' has found himself embroiled in controversy as past right-leaning videos have been uncovered by social justice warriors. | The designer, Troy Leavitt, is currently working with development studio Avalanche Software on the high anticipated video game, but many on social media appear to want him nowhere near the project now that his past has been put under the spotlight. | Leavitt's YouTube videos have included titles like "The Injustice of Social Justice," "In Praise of Cultural Appropriation," and "Are Thoughtcrimes Becoming Real?" First highligh…
rt.com/usa/516243-harry-potter-game-designer-youtube/
'Are you here to apologize?' Gina Carano convicted of crimes against wokeness on SNL — where she can't fight back
rt.com | 2021-02-21
Fresh from watching Gina Carano beat the cancel mob by landing a movie deal after being fired from 'The Mandalorian' TV series, leftists took solace in condemning a make-believe version of the actress on 'Saturday Night Live'. | The straw-man version of Carano was featured in a skit in which guests of a fictional talk show were brought on to apologize for wrongdoing. In this case, the alleged sin was one of the politically incorrect social media posts that got Carano fired from her Disney+ series — a warning likening the current demonization of Americans with conservative political views to the way German…
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