Players with COVID-19 able to continue Australian Open campaigns
https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/live-scores-2023-australian-open-qualifiers-day-1-results-adelaide-international-2-hobart-updates-news/f0fe35b8-3558-404d-8885-6e3a4f3c530a
Israel bans Palestinian flags
West Jerusalem’s new national security chief has ordered the removal of “terror flags” from public places
Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has reportedly banned the flying of Palestinian flags, claiming that they “encourage terrorism” and should no longer be allowed in public places.
“It is inconceivable that lawbreakers will wave terror flags, incite and encourage terrorism,” Ben-Gvir said on Sunday night in a statement cited by the Jerusalem Post. “I have issued instructions for the removal of the flags, which support terrorism, from the public space and to stop incitement against the state of Israel.”
The nationalist security chief, who already stirred controversy shortly after taking office by visiting the Temple Mount compound last week, dismissed concern that his flag order will infringe on civil liberties, arguing that freedom of expression “does not extend to identifying with a terrorist” and those who seek to harm Israeli soldiers.
https://www.rt.com/news/569578-israel-terror-palestinian-flags/
Russian Military Warns Of Upcoming Provocations In Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Defence released an urgent statement of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine, warning of the upcoming provocations prepared by the Kiev regime.
According to the Russian military, special services of Ukraine have prepared a new large-scale anti-Russian provocation aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and accusing Russian servicemen of allegedly committing war crimes.
On the eve of Orthodox Christmas, representatives of the State Bureau of Investigation and the Security Service of Ukraine organized the opening of graves in cemeteries in the settlements of Cossack Lopan, Veliky Burluk, Shipovatoe and Khatnoye in the Kharkiv region, where local residents who died of natural causes during the stay of Russian troops in these areas were buried from February 24 to September 6, 2022.
After exhumation, the bodies of Ukrainian citizens were further mutilated and dumped into specially prepared “pits” on the outskirts of these settlements to create a fake “evidence” of alleged “torture” and “executions” of civilians by Russian servicemen.
Representatives of the Ukrainian special services and law enforcement agencies are currently photographing and videotaping the bodies of deceased citizens of Ukraine, as well as imitating the work of “forensic experts” and performing other “procedural actions” in the presence of fake “witnesses”.
With these anti-human methods, amid the absence of any successes on the battlefield, the Kiev regime seeks to keep the attention of the Western audience and convince the foreign partners of the Kiev regime of the need to continue its further support.
https://southfront.org/breaking-russian-military-warns-of-upcoming-provocations-in-ukraine/
“I’m ready to f*** right now … I’m not gonna be gentle either;" OIG report details CPS teachers' sexual grooming, assaults of their students
Inspector Report Found Hundreds Of Chicago Teachers Allegedly Sexually Groomed, Raped Students
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/638582935-i-m-ready-to-f-right-now-i-m-not-gonna-be-gentle-either-oig-report-details-cps-teachers-sexual-grooming-assaults-of-their-students
Fiscal Year 2022
Annual Report
Chicago Board of Education Office of Inspector General
https://cpsoig.org/uploads/3/5/5/6/35562484/cps_oig_fy_2022_annual_report.pdf
New US House chief makes pledge on Ukraine aid – media
Kevin McCarthy has reportedly agreed to cap aid to Kiev to win support from colleagues who were blocking his election as speaker
Newly elected US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly won over the final few votes needed to secure the gavel by promising conservative lawmakers that he will help pass legislation that would limit future economic and military aid to Ukraine.
The Kiev compromise was one of the key concessions that McCarthy, a California Republican, accepted to win over recalcitrant colleagues who had opposed his election as speaker, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday. Republicans won back control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, but it took five days and 15 rounds of voting for speaker – the most since 1860 – to reach enough consensus on who will shepherd the party’s legislative agenda.
Since Russia began its military offensive against Ukraine last February, Congress has approved $100 billion in US aid to Ukraine – much to the chagrin of ‘Freedom Caucus’ lawmakers, such as Republicans Matt Gaetz (Florida) and Lauren Boebert (Colorado). Gaetz led a group of about 20 representatives in opposing McCarthy’s election, at one point nominating former President Donald Trump for the job.
After McCarthy failed to win enough support from fellow Republicans in the first three rounds of voting on Tuesday, Gaetz said, “Today the House didn’t organize. Biggest loser: [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky. Biggest winner: US Taxpayers.” He had opposed previous aid requests for Kiev, including a $45-billion package approved last month, saying, “Hemorrhaging billions in taxpayer dollars for Ukraine while our country is in crisis is the definition of America last.”
McCarthy, who occasionally wears a Ukrainian flag pin on his lapel, also agreed to congressional rule changes, limits on defense spending and the creation of a committee to investigate “weaponization” of the federal government. In addition, conservatives won a pledge to allow votes on several of their top issues, including border security, congressional term limits and a balanced budget amendment. The new speaker agreed to give Freedom Caucus members key seats on House committees.
https://www.rt.com/news/569573-mccarthy-pledges-ukraine-aid-cut/