Focus Washington by Elizabeta Bozinovska

Geneva’s Villa La Grange to Host Putin-Biden Summit, Kremlin Confirms

June 10, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the 18th century Villa La Grange in Geneva will be the place to host the upcoming summit between U.S. President Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin, Russian media report. […]

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U.S. Think Tank Sat Images Show Alleged Activity at Secret Iran Nuclear Site

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

At a time when Biden’s administration is negotiating a possible U.S. return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, new satellite imagery published on Tuesday indicate that Iran bulldozed a suspected nuclear site in […]

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Software Bug Caused Global Internet Outage, Fastly Claims

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The global internet outage that resulted in many popular high-traffic websites and platforms going offline on Tuesday was caused by a software bug, claims San Francisco based cloud computing services provider Fastly according to The […]

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Texas Governor Abbott Signed Bill Banning COVID-19 Vaccine Passports

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Texas companies that require customers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses or operating permits after Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill barring the use of […]

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One Third of Republicans Believe Trump Will Be Reinstated as President

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The results of Politico/Morning Consult Poll published on Wednesday show that approximately one-third of Republicans believe former President Trump will be reinstated this year although the vast majority of Americans dismiss that theory, Politico noted. […]

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IRS Requests Congress Approval to Collect Cryptocurrency Transfers Data

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Alleging a supposed fight against tax evasion, the Internal Revenue Service requested on Tuesday that Congress grant it authority to collect data on transfers, in a campaign to increase oversight over cryptocurrency deals, Bloomberg reports. […]

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Biden’s 8-Day Tour in Europe to Kick Off with G7 Summit

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The seaside village of St. Ives in Cornwall will be the first stop for U.S. President Joe Biden who departs for Britain on Wednesday on his eight-day tour to rebuild trans-Atlantic ties strained during the […]

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CENTCOM Says U.S. Pullout from Afghanistan Halfway Done

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the military body that oversees the Middle East and Central Asia, informed in the Tuesday press release that more than half of American forces had left Afghanistan, but noted that future […]

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Trump Regrets Not Banning Twitter, Facebook, while President

June 9, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s banned on all key social media platforms, belatedly praised Nigeria for banning Twitter and urged other countries to do so while lamenting not doing the same during his four-year […]

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Chinese Embassy: Pushing Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory No Different from Iraq WMD Lies

June 8, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The renewed U.S. attempts to blame China for the Covid-19 emergence propelling ‘lab leak’ theory has provoked the Chinese embassy in the U.S. to blast Biden’s administration, comparing their moves with how the George W. […]

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Major Server Outage Brings Down Major Sites, including Amazon, CNN, NYT and Reddit

June 8, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Due to a problem that appears related to American cloud computing services provider Fastly, major server outage resulted in many popular high-traffic websites and platforms going offline on Tuesday, including the Amazon Twitch, Reddit and […]

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New Security Measures Suggested by U.S. Senate Committees after Capitol Riot

June 8, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Rules Committee, whose months-long investigation of the security at the U.S. Capitol in light of January’s deadly attack ended recently, released on Tuesday its report […]

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Hundreds of Arrests in FBI & Australian Police High-Tech Sting

June 8, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Hundreds of arrests have been made as a result of the operation dubbed ‘the sting of the century’ in which the FBI and Australian police have been secretly reading a secure chat app popular with […]

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Canada to Start Easing Restrictions at U.S. Border June 22

June 8, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s government has signaled it could start easing Covid-19 restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border on June 22 if the country’s vaccination campaign stays on its current trajectory, the mayors of Canadian border […]

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President Biden to Host NATO Secretary General ahead of Brussels Summit

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden will host on Monday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House for meeting ahead of a June 14 summit of the Alliance in Brussels, The Washington Post reports. Biden and […]

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NYC to Celebrate Reopening with Mega-Concert

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

New York City has scheduled a mega-concert in Central Park on Aug. 21 to celebrate the city’s reopening after more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns amid pandemic. The New York Times reported […]

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Responding to a request from President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed on Saturday that he had approved $200 million in military aid for Ukraine

Biden to Warn Putin on Future Cyberattacks, Blinken Claims

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on June 16, is about the recent cyberattacks on U.S. soil, said the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an interview with […]

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Putin Signs into Law the Bill Renouncing Open Skies Treaty with the U.S.

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Less than two weeks before his meeting with President Joe Biden in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill renouncing the Open Skies Treaty with the U.S., Fox News reports […]

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China Formally Complaints after U.S. Officials Visit Taiwan to Show Support

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has logged a formal complaint to the U.S. on Monday after three U.S. senators met with senior Taiwanese officials during a bipartisan three hours trip on Sunday to express their support […]

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Conservatives and right-wing pundits have argued that this regulation is essential to prevent "Big Tech" from stifling their viewpoint

French Regulator Fines Google €220 Million in Antitrust Case

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The French national competition regulator, Autorité de la Concurrence, fined Google on Monday 220 million euros ($267 million) after concluding that it had abused its dominant market position for placing online ads, France24 reports. The […]

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Poll Shows No “Biden Bounce” to U.S. Image in France, Germany

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The reputation of the United States as a leading global power has suffered badly in France and Germany due to Washington’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a poll by the German Marshall Fund and the […]

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Pharma Giant Merck Launches Investigation after ‘Noose’ Found at Vaccine Plant

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Pharmaceutical giant Merck launched an investigation after a contractor has found a “noose-like rope” a construction project on its plant campus in Durham, North Carolina, where J&J Covid-19 vaccine will be produced, local media reported. […]

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Protesters Called ‘Fire Fauci!’ in Front of Harlem Church during His Visit with Jill Biden

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, NYC, railing against President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and demanding his firing due to his handling of the pandemic, including […]

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Senator Cruz Says Users Can Sue Facebook Over Deleted Posts

June 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Texas Senator Ted Cruz claimed in a statement for Fox News on Sunday that Facebook was acting as a state agency during the Covid-19 pandemic and said this behavior should carry legal consequences. Cruz pointed […]

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U.S. Supreme Court Urged to End Pandemic Eviction Ban

June 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The U.S. Supreme Court was asked by group of landlords on Thursday to issue an order to effectively end the federal government’s national ban on residential evictions during the COVID pandemic, enacted in September while […]

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Putin: Russia, U.S. Need to Find Ways to Mend Relations

June 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russian media quoted on Friday Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying that he and U.S. President Joe Biden need to find ways to mend relations between Russia and the United States at the upcoming talks […]

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At Least $1.5M in Damage Caused by Capitol Rioters

June 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After putting a price tag on the damage caused to the U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 riot at a $1.5 million so far, federal prosecutors are asking for the first time defendants to cover some […]

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Moscow Condemns Claims by FBI Head that Russia Shelters Ransomware Attackers

June 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Moscow is resolutely opposed to FBI head’s statements on Russia being a haven for malicious ransomware actors, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Peskov called Christopher […]

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Regeneron’s COVID-19 Antibody Drug for Injections Authorized by FDA

June 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s COVID-19 antibody drug for injections has been greenlighted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, who updated the emergency use authorization for REGEN-COV lowering the dose from 2,400 mg […]

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Antitrust Probe Launched Into Facebook by European Commission, UK

June 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A formal antitrust investigation against Facebook has been opened by the European Commission and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to assess if the online giant violated EU competition rules, the use of data […]

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