Posts Tagged ‘Intimidated’
UN Chief Says World Should Not Be Intimidated By Israel
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday the world should not be “intimidated” by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank. In an interview at UN headquarters in New York, he also called for more ambitious climate action saying that efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels…
Read MoreTaiwan VP Says Not Intimidated After Alleged China Plot
Taiwan’s vice president said she would not be intimidated by Beijing after the government accused Chinese embassy staff of planning to ram her car during an official visit to Europe. Taiwan’s top China policy body, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), on Friday said Hsiao Bi-khim’s motorcade was followed, surveilled and nearly hit by a car…
Read MoreAlgerian Boxer Khelif ‘Not Intimidated’ By Trump As She Targets Second Olympic Gold In LA
Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Games, is targeting a second gold in Los Angeles and says she will not be intimidated by Donald Trump. The US president last month signed an executive order barring transgender women from competing in the female categories of sports.…
Read MoreRepublican Threatened by Trump with Jail Over Role in Jan. 6 Committee Tells Him to ‘Bring It On’: ‘I’m Not Intimidated’
Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee, wrote in a scathing Substack post that he is not intimidated by President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion to imprison him and his eight fellow committee members for investigating the Capitol riot. “[Former Rep. Liz] Cheney was behind it. So is Benny Thompson and everybody on…
Read MoreMarcos Says Philippines Won’t Be Intimidated Amid China Row
President Ferdinand Marcos said Sunday the Philippines “will not be intimidated” by anyone after a violent clash between the Filipino navy and the Chinese coast guard in the South China Sea. The confrontation took place Monday off Second Thomas Shoal as the Chinese sailors foiled an attempt by Philippine forces to resupply marines stationed on…
Read MoreAhmadis In Pakistan Say Intimidated Ahead Of Eid Al-Adha Feast
Pakistanis from the minority Ahmadi community say they are under increasing pressure from authorities and Islamist groups ahead of the Eid al-Adha celebrations on Monday. The Ahmadiyya sect, considered heretics by fundamentalist groups, has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan but threats and intimidation have risen in recent years. “Eid is supposed to be a…
Read MoreGarland Tells House Judiciary Committee Republicans He Will Not Be Intimidated
AFP Attorney General Merrick Garland refuted accusations hurled at him and the Department of Justice by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans on the committee tried to paint the DOJ as being weaponized against former president Donald Trump. “I will not be intimidated,” said Garland in the aforementioned remarks,…
Read MoreUS, Allies Not ‘Intimidated’ By Putin: Biden
US President Joe Biden said NATO will not be ‘intimidated’ by Russia President Joe Biden said Friday the United States and NATO will not be intimidated by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and warned that the Western alliance would defend “every inch” of its territory if attacked. “America and its allies are not going to be…
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