🇺🇸🇷🇺So, Biden claimed Putin is a “war criminal”, but let’s check what this really means according to international law and why it was preliminary, to say the least, for the US president to assign such a label in the absence of any reasonable evidence from international bodies:
🔸According to the Rome Statute, war crimes include “torture, mutilation, corporal punishment, hostage taking and acts of terrorism,” and “violations of human dignity such as rape and forced prostitution, looting and execution without trial.”
🔸It is in the power of The International Criminal Court in The Hague to initiate an invistigation and determine if war crimes have been committed, which the US Senate, as a national body, cannot do on its own.
🔸After an investigation is launched into alleged violations, the ICC prosecutor gathers evidence to identify what crimes may have been committed and by whom. Only after that, either arrest warrants are issued, or no prosecution follows due to lack of evidence.
Ultimately, do you think Biden simply heard someone on TV making this claim and just repeated it?
🔸According to the Rome Statute, war crimes include “torture, mutilation, corporal punishment, hostage taking and acts of terrorism,” and “violations of human dignity such as rape and forced prostitution, looting and execution without trial.”
🔸It is in the power of The International Criminal Court in The Hague to initiate an invistigation and determine if war crimes have been committed, which the US Senate, as a national body, cannot do on its own.
🔸After an investigation is launched into alleged violations, the ICC prosecutor gathers evidence to identify what crimes may have been committed and by whom. Only after that, either arrest warrants are issued, or no prosecution follows due to lack of evidence.
Ultimately, do you think Biden simply heard someone on TV making this claim and just repeated it?
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⚡️🇨🇦Canada has banned the transmission of Russian broadcasters RT and RT France, citing the alleged exposure of Ukrainians to hate on the basis of race or national origin, the state telecommunications commission announced on Wednesday
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❗️Russian State Duma speaker says the US president and congressmen are guilty of the militarization & nazification of Ukraine and need to be brought to justice
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🇷🇺 Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov says Vladimir Putin asked to keep Russian soldiers in Ukraine "safe"
"We had a phone conversation with the head of state. The president, showing paternal concern, asked me to keep the guys safe. On behalf of all the fighters, I express sincere gratitude to Vladimir Vladimirovich for such a high assessment. We are happy to serve the people and the fatherland!" Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel.
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"We had a phone conversation with the head of state. The president, showing paternal concern, asked me to keep the guys safe. On behalf of all the fighters, I express sincere gratitude to Vladimir Vladimirovich for such a high assessment. We are happy to serve the people and the fatherland!" Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel.
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❗️🇺🇸🇮🇷 Biden administration officials are discussing a plan to remove the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the US terrorism blacklist in return for a public pledge from Tehran to de-escalate across the Middle East, Axios reports
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💢Six student golfers from a New Mexico college were killed along with their coach in a fiery collision between the school’s van and a pickup truck in Texas, officials said on Wednesday.
Two other people also died and two more students at the University of the Southwest were critically injured when the private school’s Ford van collided head-on with the Dodge 2500 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, NBC News reported.
Sgt. Steven Blanco of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the horrific crash occurred on the two-land road about nine miles from the city of Andrews, northwest of Midland-Odessa.
“For unknown reasons, the Dodge pickup drove into the northbound lane and struck the Ford passenger van head-on. Both vehicles caught fire and burned,” the state agency said in a statement.
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Two other people also died and two more students at the University of the Southwest were critically injured when the private school’s Ford van collided head-on with the Dodge 2500 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, NBC News reported.
Sgt. Steven Blanco of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the horrific crash occurred on the two-land road about nine miles from the city of Andrews, northwest of Midland-Odessa.
“For unknown reasons, the Dodge pickup drove into the northbound lane and struck the Ford passenger van head-on. Both vehicles caught fire and burned,” the state agency said in a statement.
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❗️🇺🇸🇮🇷 Biden administration officials are discussing a plan to remove the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the US terrorism blacklist in return for a public pledge from Tehran to de-escalate across the Middle East, Axios reports
A State Department said no decision had been made on the IRGC designation and any speculation to the contrary was uninformed. The official said the IRGC would remain on a separate US terror list and subject to numerous sanctions, according to the Axios report.
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⚡️🇺🇦 Zelenskyy says peace talks with Russia are in progress, but are 'fairly difficult'
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‼️🇷🇺The Russian troops near Mariupol have rescued special forces from the bandit encirclement where they had been for several days, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says
"Friends, Russian fighters near Mariupol, under the direct leadership of our Supreme Commander-in-Chief V.V. Putin, carried out a successful special operation to break through the bandit encirclement that closed around a group of Russian special forces servicemen. They had been surrounded for several days," Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.
"Friends, Russian fighters near Mariupol, under the direct leadership of our Supreme Commander-in-Chief V.V. Putin, carried out a successful special operation to break through the bandit encirclement that closed around a group of Russian special forces servicemen. They had been surrounded for several days," Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.
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❗️Russian State Duma speaker says the US president and congressmen are guilty of the militarization & nazification of Ukraine and need to be brought to justice
“There is hysteria in Washington. From senators to the president. The reasons are obvious: sanctions against Russia did not work; society sticks by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin; Ukraine is out of control; rising energy and fuel prices are breaking records not only in the United States, but also in Europe," Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on Telegram.
“Biden is beginning to realize that he will have to answer for what is happening in Ukraine,” the State Duma speaker said, adding that the Russian leader had previously urged Biden to enter into a dialogue on security, but the US president did not consider it necessary.
“Biden is beginning to realize that he will have to answer for what is happening in Ukraine,” the State Duma speaker said, adding that the Russian leader had previously urged Biden to enter into a dialogue on security, but the US president did not consider it necessary.
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🔎Former Vice President Mike Pence’s name should not be expected next to Donald Trump’s during the 2024 presidential election, according to his former running mate, who said people wouldn’t “accept it.”
“I don’t think the people would accept it,” Trump told the Washington Examiner this week, pointing to the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Trump, who has long claimed massive fraud took place during the election, also repeatedly pushed his belief that Pence could have overturned the election results during the congressional certification last year.
“Mike and I had a great relationship except for the very important factor that took place at the end. We had a very good relationship,” the 45th president said, revealing that the two haven’t spoken “in a long time.”
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“I don’t think the people would accept it,” Trump told the Washington Examiner this week, pointing to the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Trump, who has long claimed massive fraud took place during the election, also repeatedly pushed his belief that Pence could have overturned the election results during the congressional certification last year.
“Mike and I had a great relationship except for the very important factor that took place at the end. We had a very good relationship,” the 45th president said, revealing that the two haven’t spoken “in a long time.”
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🔖 Idaho on Monday became the first state to adopt a copycat of an unusual new Texas law that relies on ordinary citizens to enforce a ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy as a way of getting around court challenges to its constitutionality.
The Idaho House, led by Republicans, approved the bill 51-14 and sent it to Gov. Brad Little. Mr. Little, a Republican, has already signed a separate law restricting abortion that passed last year.
The bill was the latest display of confidence from anti-abortion activists and lawmakers across the country. Both sides of the abortion debate anticipate that by summer, the Supreme Court could pare back or overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
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The Idaho House, led by Republicans, approved the bill 51-14 and sent it to Gov. Brad Little. Mr. Little, a Republican, has already signed a separate law restricting abortion that passed last year.
The bill was the latest display of confidence from anti-abortion activists and lawmakers across the country. Both sides of the abortion debate anticipate that by summer, the Supreme Court could pare back or overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
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🇺🇸✈️ US Under Secretary of State Jose Fernandez will visit Honduras and Costa Rica this week to meet with government officials, business leaders and civil society representatives to offer US support for regional investment objectives, health and environment programs and pandemic relief, the State Department said
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🇺🇸👮♂️About 400 bulletproof vests destined for Ukraine have been stolen from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America in NYC, local police told Sputnik.
A police officer said the vests have not been found yet
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A police officer said the vests have not been found yet
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💵The Federal Reserve is trying to rein in inflation, increasing its benchmark rate a quarter of a point on Wednesday.
The mechanics are relatively straightforward: The Fed sets off a domino effect by raising its federal fund's rate — the rate banks charge one another for overnight loans. Whether directly or indirectly, the number of borrowing costs goes up. In theory, this slows demand for goods and taps the brakes on inflation.
The increase was the first bump in the benchmark rate since the pandemic gripped the world in March 2020 and pushed the pace to near zero. However, the global economic situation is only slightly less complicated today than when the coronavirus closed down large swaths of the global economy.
The Fed is anticipating more rate increases as the year goes on. For now, consumers may feel the sting of higher prices more acutely than the pain of a quarter-point bump. But the effects of the Fed's moves will be more pronounced the further the central bank goes.
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The mechanics are relatively straightforward: The Fed sets off a domino effect by raising its federal fund's rate — the rate banks charge one another for overnight loans. Whether directly or indirectly, the number of borrowing costs goes up. In theory, this slows demand for goods and taps the brakes on inflation.
The increase was the first bump in the benchmark rate since the pandemic gripped the world in March 2020 and pushed the pace to near zero. However, the global economic situation is only slightly less complicated today than when the coronavirus closed down large swaths of the global economy.
The Fed is anticipating more rate increases as the year goes on. For now, consumers may feel the sting of higher prices more acutely than the pain of a quarter-point bump. But the effects of the Fed's moves will be more pronounced the further the central bank goes.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Moscow is calling on Washington to stop spreading false information and engage in objective coverage of events in Ukraine, the Russian Embassy in the United States said, commenting on publications in US media about an alleged air strike by Russian troops on a theater building in Mariupol.
"We draw attention to the ongoing disinformation campaign in the American media about what is happening in Ukraine. Another example was the fake circulated in the local press about the alleged involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the attack on the Mariupol drama theater... We urge you to stop lying and engage in objective coverage of events in Ukraine," the embassy said on Telegram.
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"We draw attention to the ongoing disinformation campaign in the American media about what is happening in Ukraine. Another example was the fake circulated in the local press about the alleged involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the attack on the Mariupol drama theater... We urge you to stop lying and engage in objective coverage of events in Ukraine," the embassy said on Telegram.
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📝 It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Reading
The kindergarten crisis of last year, when millions of 5-year-olds spent months outside of classrooms, has become this year’s reading emergency.
As the pandemic enters its third year, a cluster of new studies now shows that about a third of children in the youngest grades are missing reading benchmarks, up significantly from before the pandemic.
Children in every demographic group have been affected, but Black and Hispanic children, as well as those from low-income families, those with disabilities, and those who are not fluent in English, have fallen the furthest behind. “We’re in new territory,” Dr. Hogan said about the pandemic’s toll on reading. If children do not become competent readers by the end of elementary school, the risks are “pretty dramatic,” she said.
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The kindergarten crisis of last year, when millions of 5-year-olds spent months outside of classrooms, has become this year’s reading emergency.
As the pandemic enters its third year, a cluster of new studies now shows that about a third of children in the youngest grades are missing reading benchmarks, up significantly from before the pandemic.
Children in every demographic group have been affected, but Black and Hispanic children, as well as those from low-income families, those with disabilities, and those who are not fluent in English, have fallen the furthest behind. “We’re in new territory,” Dr. Hogan said about the pandemic’s toll on reading. If children do not become competent readers by the end of elementary school, the risks are “pretty dramatic,” she said.
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