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Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors and sports federations. A coalition representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong and others issued a statement Monday calling for the boycott, eschewing lesser measures that had been floated like "diplomatic boycotts" and further negotiations with the IOC or China. "The time for talking with the IOC is over," Lhadon Tethong of the Tibet Action Institute said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press....

China has released a video that appeared to show military drills simulating invasion of Taiwan. The drills featured a huge amphibious warship understood to be capable of carrying 30 helicopters as per Express.co.uk It is not yet clear when or where the drill was conducted. The videos were released in response to joint military drills carried out by the US, Japan, Australia and France. Chinese military expert Song Zhongping said the PLA was targeting its combat training to prepare for a possible war over Taiwan. A Chinese military official told the state-run Global Times: "Many on the island of Taiwan...

Dr. Paul Joins Newsmax to Discuss Gain of Function Research - May 13, 2021

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Trump told Rita Cosby on 77 WABC AM-N.Y. in a wide-ranging interview Thursday night..."But you know, we saved 10s of millions of lives...Trump urged all Americans to get the vaccine to help the country move toward herd immunity, including children. "I guess they call it the Trump vaccine, and so I certainly, certainly would; I'd like to urge everybody to get it," he said. "It's been safe. And it's been totally effective,...

May 17, 2021Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide Cathedral of Christ the King, Rejkyavik, Iceland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 19:1-8 ©The moment Paul laid hands on them the Holy Spirit came down on themWhile Apollos was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples. When he asked, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ they answered, ‘No, we were never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit.’ ‘Then how were you baptised?’ he asked. ‘With John’s baptism’ they replied....

UPDATE: A ninth member of the New York Yankees organization has tested positive for coronavirus after being fully vaccinated. Manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that a “staff member” tested positive, which they learned Saturday night. He did not identify the staffer, but said the new case was not part of the on-field coaching staff. Previously, pitching coach Matt Blake, first base coach Reggie Willits and third base coach Phil Nevin, along with shortstop Gleyber Torres, were named as the positive cases. The staff member that tested positive Saturday is quarantining in Baltimore. The other positive cases remain in quarantine in...

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Prince Harry has sparked outrage in the US after describing the First Amendment as 'bonkers'. Harry appeared on Dax Shepard's podcast on Thursday last week, where he appeared to criticize one of America's founding principles; the freedom of speech. The backlash was swift, with many quick to point out that Harry is a guest in his newly adopted country - and is free to return to the UK if he doesn't like it in the US.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Garner, elected the city’s top prosecutor with the help of liberal billionaire George Soros, could lose her law license over charges of professional misconduct in her pursuit of Republican then-Governor Eric Greitens. The Missouri Supreme Court’s Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel found Gardner concealed evidence and lied to courts while handling Greitens case, and concluded: “probable cause exists to believe that Respondent (Gardner) is guilty of professional misconduct.” She now faces a disciplinary hearing that could end with her losing her license to practice law. In 2018 Greitens was accused of taking a nude photograph...

Liz Cheney said on Sunday that the 74 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump for president were 'misled' and 'betrayed.' She also accused House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Elise Stefanik, the woman who replaced her as GOP Conference Chair, of being complicit in Trump's lie that he won the 2020 election. The Wyoming Republican, who voted for Trump in last year's contest, said she regrets that decision and argued the former president is a 'real danger' to democracy with his false claims of election fraud.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates had an 'inappropriate' sexual relationship with a female staff member in 2000, and resigned while an investigation into the relationship was being investigated by the company board. The affair came to light after the Microsoft employee wrote to the board in 2019 detailing the affair - and allegedly asked that Gates' estranged wife Melinda Gates, 56, read the letter. Gates, 65, quit the board suddenly in March 2020 while the investigation was still underway.

Jeffrey Epstein suggested Bill Gates should leave his wife Melinda during dozens of meetings at the convicted pedophile's $77million Manhattan townhouse, according to a person who attended the 'men's club'-style get-togethers. Gates' visits to Epstein's 'lair' were an escape from his unhappy marriage, and the pair 'were very close', the source told The Daily Beast. The report alleges the pair's friendship blurred personal and professional lines, and was much closer than Gates had previously admitted.

Monotti Protocol Producer Robin Monotti Graziadei today forwarded a message he received from singer Eric Clapton in which Clapton reports adverse reactions he suffered after submitting to the shot, regrets having undergone the procedure, and asks, “where have all the rebels gone?”

We slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo the other day for his refusal to simply accept the CDC guidelines and greatly loosen New York’s mask mandates, but the sad fact is that he’s hardly alone. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is only talking about lifting his mandate by June 15, when he means the state to reopen. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is keeping his mandate “as we continue to work toward our vaccination goals,” which makes no sense at all: Masks are pointless for those who’ve been jabbed, and the potential freedom to go unmasked is actually a great incentive to get...

"I don't think there is an alternative" Those words from the chief of Dubai's airport in the United Arab Emirates about vaccine passports... Two are dead and more than 150 injured the collapse of s grandstand at a synagogue in Jerusalem this evening... The Conflict In Israel... Israel says 10 have been killed in rocket strikes... The Hamas authorities in Gaza said this morning that 188 have been killed there... The Israeli Shin Bet internal security agency has been active arresting dozens believed to have been involved in rioting and "ethnic attacks"... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue...

Looking to cut costs as COVID-19 ravaged the cruise industry, Carnival Cruise Line sold six ships for scrap. At the Aliaga ship-breaking yard in Turkey, Carnival's Fantasy, Imagination, and Inspiration ships are in the process of being demolished. Here, workers cut apart and recycle every piece of these massive ships. It's one of most dangerous jobs in the world. And it's only gotten harder as more cruise ships arrive on Aliaga's shores.

Tucker Carlson and Peter Schiff discuss the consequences of more printed money chasing fewer goods. Recorded 5/12.21 on Fox News. Video...

The temperatures were cool, the skies overcast with some drizzle. But that didn't stop the Palisades fire from continuing to threaten communities in Topanga Canyon on Sunday. This is fire country. And residents know the dangers. But for many, they consider the summer and fall the dangerous times — when Santa Ana winds combine with hot temperatures. But this weekend was classic May gray. “If you look out any window or if you step outside, all you see is just billowing smoke everywhere,” said Jessica Rogers, president of the Pacific Palisades Residents Assn. As she spoke with a reporter, she...

The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is pushing President Joe Biden and his director of national intelligence to declassify intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carry out a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19, and release information about any U.S. funding for the Wuhan lab. Officials from both the Trump and Biden administrations have said the Chinese government worked for over a year to thwart an independent investigation into the origins of the virus, which has killed 3.37 million people worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Both administrations cast doubt on the manner in which...