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RT News (May 19, 2021)

US waives sanctions against Nord Stream company and CEO as Blinken & Lavrov meet in Iceland

Russia & Former Soviet Union

20 May

US waives sanctions against Nord Stream company and CEO as Blinken & Lavrov meet in Iceland

The State Department has waived sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO Matthias Warnig, citing national interest concerns. Four ships and four entities were blacklisted in a report sent to Congress.

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World News

20 May

Ongoing Gaza campaign unlikely to help Netanyahu stay in power, Israel’s former PM Ehud Olmert tells RT

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to capitalize on the ongoing hostilities with the Hamas militants, former PM Ehud Olmert told RT, adding that the enduring occupation of the West Bank was a strategic mistake by Israel.

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19 May

Taking a much tougher line on Israel is the ONLY way America will ever be able to escape the Middle East

As conflict rages in Gaza, it’s clear President Biden would much rather focus elsewhere. But the uncomfortable truth is the Middle East will always be a problem for the US until it completely rethinks its strategy on Israel.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

19 May

Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine hasn’t been approved by EU due to political pressure from top officials – Moscow’s spy chief

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has yet to be registered in the European Union due to political pressure from the bloc’s leaders. That’s according to Sergey Naryshkin, head of the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

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USA News

19 May

‘Unfairly attacked by corrupt political system’: Trump hits back after NY AG launches criminal investigation into family business

Donald Trump has hit out at the announcement that the Trump Organization is under criminal investigation by the New York state attorney general in relation to the former president’s financial affairs.

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19 May

Joe Rogan’s claim that ‘straight white men’ will soon be silenced is clearly clickbait, but it feeds dangerous, elitist narrative

The podcaster has said that, soon, straight white men won’t be allowed to talk or go outside. It’s an absurd claim, but one that plays into the hands of a dominant elite desperate to maintain its power.

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USA News

19 May

Kamala Harris’ identity crisis: Asian activists want more representation, reporters just want an interview

Pity Kamala Harris. Riding into office touting her identity-politics credentials, the Vice President is now dogged by Asian-Americans who want her to do more pandering, and harangued by reporters who just “don’t understand” her.

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USA News

20 May

Sorry, that’s racism: Chicago mayor offers interviews ONLY to ‘black or brown’ reporters citing need for DIVERSITY

Insisting that diversity and inclusion are “imperative” in all things, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has offered one-on-one interviews to journalists of specific skin color only. Even some of her fellow Democrats objected.

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19 May

The madness of radical trans activism: Shops sell knitted penises for girls of 3 to wear in their pants so they can look like boys

Transsexuals like me look on in horror as a whole industry springs up to provide paraphernalia for children ‘identifying’ as the opposite sex. In what sort of world does a parent buy a fake penis for their preschool-age daughter?

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Sport News

19 May

Israeli footballer photoshops image of Pogba carrying Palestinian flag, thanks him for his ‘support’

Footballer Eran Zahavi has shared a photoshopped image of Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba carrying an Israeli flag, after the French World Cup winner expressed support for Palestine following a Premier League match.

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