Focus Washington by Elizabeta Bozinovska

While Biden Defends Withdrawal, Taliban Takes Over Afghan’s Key Border Crossing with Iran

July 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Following a sweeping offensive launched as US troops pull out of Afghanistan, Taliban said Friday they have completely seized border town Islam Qala in the western Herat province, through which lucrative trade with neighboring Iran […]

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Majority of Americans in Favor of Stronger Voter ID Laws, New Poll Shows

July 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new poll commissioned by the RNC and conducted by former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, undoubtedly shows that Americans support implementation of stricter voting laws, including voter ID requirements and restrictions on accepting ballots after […]

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Donald Trump to Sue Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey

July 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former US President Donald Trump, who was ousted from the social media platforms in the wake of the US Capitol attack on Jan. 6, is allegedly planning to launch class action lawsuits against Facebook CEO […]

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US to Continue Talks on Cyber Security with Russia Next Week

July 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of the recent attack on international software company Kaseya, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki informed on Tuesday that the United States and Russia are engaged in talks on cyber security, including at […]

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Taliban Brag with Seized American Weaponry after US Troops’ Withdrawal

July 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After US forces abandoned their military bases in Afghanistan as part of the withdrawal plan, leaving behind thousands of the world’s most developed brand news artillery, the country seems on the verge to implode with […]

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Lukashenko Compares Sanctions to Blackmailing as US Imposes Air Travel Restriction on Belarus

July 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Speaking at a meeting to discuss response to sanctions on 6 July, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed that the use of sanctions to put pressure on a sovereign state is lawlessness and blackmail on an […]

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Gun Violence in New York Prompts Gov. Cuomo to Declare State of Emergency

July 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Increased gun violence which is now claiming more lives than Covid-19 and threatens the broader economic recovery has prompted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday, allowing the state […]

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US Embassy in Baghdad Escapes Drone Attack after Rockets Targeted Base Housing American Troops

July 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Three rockets slammed into the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s Anbar Province, the base housing US troops in Iraq, on Monday afternoon causing no deaths or injuries, Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the US-led military […]

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Moscow Says Relations with United States Can Be Normalized

July 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Moscow is ready to make efforts to normalize Russia-US relations, claims Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in an interview with the magazine Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn published on Tuesday, pointing that the chance for it to […]

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Cato Institute Poll Shows Americans Prefer Low Immigration

July 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Americans, regardless of their political affiliation, broadly prefer low levels of new residents flowing into the country, shows a new Cato Institute poll, suggesting Joe Biden’s policies, which critics say encourage increased immigration, are out […]

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Top Republican Says Biden’s responsible for Afghan Withdrawal Ugly Aftermath

July 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) warns that president Joe Biden will be responsible for the ugly aftermath – devastation and killings – of Afghan withdrawal after his administration failed to prepare properly to pull American troops […]

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US Lawyer Jailed in Hong Kong for Assaulting Policeman during 2019 Unrest

July 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After being convicted of attacking a policeman during the 2019 violent anti-Beijing protests in the semi-autonomous territory, Hong Kong-based American corporate lawyer Samuel Phillip Bickett (37) will spend four months and two weeks behind bars, […]

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NPR Faces Backlash after Claiming Declaration of Independence is Riddled with Flaws and Hypocrisies

July 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A flaming debate has been stirred on social media by NPR who marked the July 4th holiday with their posting on the ‘flawed’ origins of the United States by tweeting out the Declaration of Independence […]

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Launch Day Hack for Trump Aide’s Social Media Platform Gettr

July 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After its 4th of July launch and after attracting more than 500,000 people to sign up, the new social media platform Gettr’, brainchild of Trump ex-spokesman Jason Miller, was briefly targeted by hackers, Reuters reported, […]

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Medicare Expansion Increasingly Pushed by Progressives in Congress

July 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Congressional Progressive Caucus ramped up its push to expand Medicare by lowering the eligibility age at 60 instead of 65 and adding new benefits like dental, vision and hearing coverage in an upcoming legislative […]

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Companies Hit in Sunday’s Cyberattack Have to Pay $70 mln to Hackers to Restore Stolen Data

July 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to a posting on a dark web site, a ransom of $70 million was requested by the hackers behind the mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday, in order […]

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Ex-MI6 Chief Warns of Likely Civil War in Afghanistan, Blasts Trump for Withdrawal Deadline

July 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The former head of MI6, Britain’s secret intelligence service, Alex Yanger, believes that the withdrawal of the US and allied forces might give rise to the resurgence of terrorist groups, such as Al-Qaeda and Islamic […]

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Taliban Seize Key Kandahar District in Wake of US Withdrawal

July 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the wake of American troops leaving their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking a symbolic end to the longest war in US history, Taliban have pushed Afghan troops out of the Kandahar […]

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Dems Should Test Biden’s Cognitive Ability, Former White House Physician Says

July 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The former White House physician, Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, called on Democrats to follow through with their prior demands regarding a president’s cognitive ability and test President Joe Biden, Fox News reports. Jackson reminded […]

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Biden Not Sure if Russia’s Behind Ransomware Attack in the States

July 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US President Joe Biden on Saturday he’s unsure if the Russian government is involved in Friday’s ransomware attack against a software management company Kaseya but warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the US “will respond” […]

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Possible Listeria Outbreak Forces Tyson Foods to Recall 8.5M Pounds of Chicken

July 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A possible listeria outbreak – exposure to Listeria monocytogenes, which is a harmful bacteria- forced Tyson Foods into recalling nearly 8.5 million pounds of chicken with the company saying in a statement that the recall […]

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ABC News/WaPo Poll Shows Half of US Citizens Approve Biden’s Job as President

July 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A poll by ABC News and The Washington Post published on Sunday shows that 50 percent of the Americans approve how President Joe Biden does his job, 42 percent disapproved him as president while 8 […]

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US Investment Group to Take Over British Supermarket Morrisons

July 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Several weeks after it rejected a much lower proposal from a private US equity firm, Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket chain Morrisons has agreed to a £9.5 bln takeover offer from a trio of investment groups led […]

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Michigan Teen Dies in Sleep after Receiving Pfizer COVID-19 Jab

July 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have opened an investigation on a teenager that died in the Michigan after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, to establish whether the […]

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Biden Admin Sued by Texas Sheriffs over Policy Stopping ICE from Deporting Criminals

July 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Four Texas sheriffs, their counties and an association of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and officials of his Department of Homeland Security accusing them o “violating […]

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Pipeline Leak in Gulf of Mexico Creates Massive ‘Eye of Fire’

July 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a sight like something out of Lord of the Rings, an underwater pipeline sparked leak sparked a giant ring of flames that erupted on the ocean’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico, near the […]

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US Companies Targeted in ‘Colossal and Devastating’ Ransomware Attack on Kaseya

July 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After what appears a ransomware attack against the remote IT management platform Kaseya, which provides services to more than 40,000 organizations around the world, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) informed Friday evening […]

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More than $2B Rerouted in Border Wall Funds to Military, Environmental Projects

June 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Close to $2.2 billion of funding allocated by former President Donald Trump for construction of US-Mexico border wall on will be pulled and spent on other projects by the Biden administration regardless of the continually […]

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NATO Might Ban Nuclear Deployment in Europe

June 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Members of NATO are allegedly set to formally oppose the deployment of ground-based nuclear missiles in Europe by NATO, discussions initiated after the speculations that Russia will propose a ban on the deployment of land-based […]

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Border Crisis Forces Texas, Arizona to Ask Neighbor States’ Police Help

June 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Faced with mounting crisis at the southern border that has overwhelmed officials and border states, the governors of Texas and Arizona urged their counterparts in other states to send law enforcement to help them patrol […]

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