Today’s Democracy Isn’t Exactly What Wealthy US Founding Fathers Envisioned

VOA — America’s Founding Fathers were among the wealthiest people in the Colonies when they drafted and signed the Constitution, and that’s pretty much who they expected to continue to guide the... Read more »

ظریف: نماینده حاکمیت هستم، باید از چیزهایی دفاع کنم که خودم هم به آنها باور ندارم

بی بی سی فارسی ـــ محمدجواد ظریف، وزیر امور خارجه ایران، درباره سیاست های منطقه‌ای کشورش از جمله تلاش های شکست خورده برای بهبود روابط با عربستان سعودی گفته و نقش خود... Read more »

National Guard: President Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

BBC — US President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park. More than 25,000 troops were deployed... Read more »

Trump impeachment: Republicans seek delay until February

Republicans in the US Senate are asking Democrats to delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial until February. They argue that this will give Mr Trump time to prepare... Read more »

Biden to Inherit Trump’s Aggressive Iran Social Media Campaign

VOA — WASHINGTON – The incoming Biden administration is inheriting from President Donald Trump an Iran-focused social media campaign that dramatically boosted U.S. engagement with Iranians by sharply criticizing their Islamist rulers,... Read more »

Coronavirus: Face mask, face shield, FFP2, N95, KN95 — what’s the difference?

DW — In COVID-19 times, masks are mandatory in many places. After Bavaria, now also other German states are tightening regulations. A simple cloth mask is not enough: mouth coverings must be... Read more »

What Happens If a President Refuses to Leave

VOA — Despite virulently opposing the results of the November presidential election won by former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump is planing to leave the White House the morning of... Read more »

Biden inauguration: Fortified US statehouses see some small protests

BBC — Small groups of protesters – some of them armed – gathered on Sunday at statehouses in the US, where tensions are high after the deadly riots at the Capitol in... Read more »

Biden Outlines ‘Day One’ Agenda of Executive Actions

VOA — WASHINGTON – In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address... Read more »

National Rifle Association Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Restructuring

VOA — The National Rifle Association on Friday filed petitions with a U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking protection from creditors by restructuring, the gun rights advocacy group announced.  The NRA filed the Chapter... Read more »