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The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said her organisation had documented the killings of 'up to 25 Russian prisoners of war' by Ukrainian armed forces ......as well as 'the summary execution of 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war shortly after being captured by Russian armed forces'. Several execution videos of prisoners of war (POWs) shared on social media have shocked the world since the war started. it's not just the Russians that are accused of killings prisoners of war. In a video published in April last year, Ukrainian soldiers were seen killing their apparently...

The recent implosion of Silicon Valley Bank escalated culture war arguments, as some conservative politicians who were already targeting certain investing approaches blamed the bank’s downfall on “woke” practices. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) called SVB “one of the most woke banks” because of its “ESG-type” policies — a reference to environmental, social and corporate governance-driven investing that has been embraced by billion-dollar asset managers and scorned by conservatives of late. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, widely believed to be gearing up for a 2024 presidential bid, said Sunday that Silicon Valley Bank’s diversity, equity and inclusion requirements “diverted...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the coronavirus task force, had previously backed funding for a controversial lab in Wuhan, China that has been studying the coronavirus in bats, reports said. Fauci’s National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases had shelled out a total of $7.4 million to the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab — which has become the center of theories about the origin of Covid-19, according to Newsweek. The National Institute of Health, which oversees the NIAH, shut down all funding to the lab last week.

Congratulations, Justice Kavanaugh!! Now the restoration of our constitution finally commences. First conservative court in our lifetimes! Best election, best POTUS, evah!! MAGA!! Prayers up for a great election next month and for continuing progress and success. Please get your donations in early so we can wrap this baby up early!! Would be great if we can get 'er done within 60 days!! Greater yet if we can do it in 30 days or less!! Go, FReepers, GO!! FR is funded solely by contributions made by the liberty loving patriots who love and use it. We are beholden to no...

Please keep those donations coming in, folks. We need to get this FReepathon moving. Congratulations, Justice Kavanaugh!! Now the restoration of our constitution finally commences. Prayers up for a great election next month and for continuing progress and success. Please get your donations in early so we can wrap this baby up early!! Would be great if we can get 'er done within 60 days!! Greater yet if we can do it in 30 days or less!! Go, FReepers, GO!! FR is funded solely by contributions made by the liberty loving patriots who love and use it. We are beholden...

(Reuters) - With Russia's incursion into Ukraine reviving Cold War-style tensions, President Barack Obama is at risk of suffering a blow to his credibility at a time when he can least afford it: as he tries to convince voters to stick with his fellow Democrats in congressional elections that will help shape his legacy. For five years, Obama has practiced a cautious approach to foreign policy crises, prizing sober diplomacy and the search for consensus over brinkmanship, in prolonged conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the deliberative style that Obama's team sees as a statesmanlike attitude in tune with Americans'...