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Hosting Putin, Armenian leader complains of lack of help from Russian-led alliance
LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Armenia’s leader vented his frustration on Wednesday at the failure of a Russian-led security alliance to come to his country’s aid in the face of what he called aggression by Azerbaijan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called into question the effectiveness of the six-nation Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in pointed opening remarks to a summit as Russian President Vladimir Putin looked on.
Russia, the dominant player in the CSTO, has long been the main power broker in the south Caucasus, bordering Turkey and Iran, where Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two major wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
But as Russia struggles in its nine-month-old war in Ukraine, it risks losing influence in parts of the former Soviet Union that it has long seen as its sphere of influence.
Fighting flared in September between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the two sides said more than 200 soldiers had been killed.
“It is depressing that Armenia’s membership in the CSTO did not deter Azerbaijan from aggressive actions,” Pashinyan told the meeting in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
“Right up to today we have not managed to reach a decision on a CSTO response to Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia. These facts do grave harm to the image of the CSTO both inside our country and outside its borders, and I consider this the main failure of Armenia’s chairmanship of the CSTO.”
Armenia requested assistance from the organisation in September, but received only a promise to send observers. Pashinyan contrasted that with the alliance’s rapid decision in January to send troops to CSTO member Kazakhstan to help President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev survive a wave of unrest.
Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other for the flare-up, the worst since 2020, when more than 6,000 were killed in a 44-day war in which Azerbaijan scored major territorial victories.
The two countries have been wrangling for decades over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but largely controlled by the majority ethnic Armenian population, with support from Yerevan.
In his own remarks, Putin acknowledged some unspecified “problems” facing the CSTO, and said more effort was needed to bring about peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
That would only be possible if they could implement agreements on defining their borders, unblocking transport and communications links and solving humanitarian problems, he said.
After the meeting, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia continued to play an important role in those efforts:
“No one is trying to pin the signing of such a complex treaty to specific dates. The main thing is that it be signed and that it be a stable and viable document.”
Russia sent almost 2,000 peacekeeping troops under a 2020 ceasefire deal but has so far been unable to help resolve the outstanding issues, including the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh and the ethnic Armenians who live there.
Azerbaijan enjoys backing from Turkey and is not a member of the CSTO, which comprises Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as Russia and Armenia.
Writing by Mark Trevelyan and Kevin Liffey; Editing by Nick Macfie
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Trump complains American Jews don’t appreciate his moves on Israel, drawing criticism
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Former President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized American Jews for what he argued was their insufficient praise of his policies toward Israel, warning that they need to “get their act together” before “it is too late!”
The suggestion, made on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, plays into the antisemitic trope that US Jews have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel, and it drew immediate condemnation.
“No President has done more for Israel than I have,” Trump wrote before saying it was somewhat surprising that “our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S.”
The head of the American Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt accused Trump of “Jewsplaining.”
“We don’t need the former president, who curries favor with extremists and antisemites, to lecture us about the US-Israel relationship. It is not about a quid pro quo; it rests on shared values and security interests. This ‘Jewsplaining’ is insulting and disgusting,” he wrote.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America similarly lambasted Trump’s remarks. “His threat to Jewish Americans and his continued use of the antisemitic dual loyalty trope fuels hatred against Jews,” the group tweeted. “We will not be threatened by Donald Trump and Jewish Americans will reject GOP bigotry this November.”
Trump’s comments echo an argument he has made before. In an interview last December, the former President argued that Jewish Americans “either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” and also repeated his claim that evangelicals “love Israel more than the Jews in this country.”
A Pew Research survey released in 2021 found that 45% of Jewish adults in the US viewed caring about Israel as “essential” to what being Jewish means, with an additional 37% saying it was “important, but not essential.” Only 16% said caring about Israel was “not important.”
During his first campaign for president, Trump delivered a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition that was rife with antisemitic stereotypes.
Russia Complains That West Arms Ukraine As Putin’s Troops Leave Heavy Weapons
- Throughout the war, Russia has repeatedly complained about Western countries arming Ukraine.
- Putin and other top Kremlin officials have warned this could drag the West into direct conflict.
- Ukrainian advances, meanwhile, have seen it claim a massive haul of abandoned Russian weaponry.
Throughout Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has lasted over seven months with no immediate end in sight, Kyiv has received tons of military assistance from a number of Western countries — including billions of dollars in weapons and other aid from the US. But Ukraine is also getting a lot of weapons from the enemy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian government officials have long complained about the West and the decision to arm Ukraine. They have made little attempt to hide this frustration, even threatening escalation and warning that the conflict could expand.
But as Ukrainian forces continue their weeks-long counteroffensive, advancing along the war’s northeastern front and in the south, retreating Russian troops have left behind mountains of weaponry, equipment, and ammunition in their wake.
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According to a new Wall Street Journal report citing open-source intelligence, Ukraine’s recent capture of all this Russian weaponry — in addition to what it obtained when Putin’s troops retreated from areas near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the spring — has turned Russia into Ukraine’s biggest supplier of heavy weapons.
This observation is based purely on quantities, as opposed to the quality of the weapons, the report said. Among the weapons left behind are tanks and other armor, artillery pieces, and various firearms.
During the early days of Ukraine’s lightning-fast offensive in the northeast Kharkiv region, Russian troops left behind so much weaponry and ammunition that Ukrainian forces struggled to handle it all. Some Russians abandoned their positions in a hurry, leaving behind their rifles and stealing bicycles to get away.
—Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 11, 2022
On top of what Ukrainian troops have obtained from fleeing Russian units, they continue to be supplied by Western countries, much to the dismay of Kremlin leadership.
As early as January, before Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, as his troops gathered along the border, the Russian leader demanded the US and its allies and partners stop arming Ukraine. During the spring, Russia warned of “unpredictable consequences” if the US continued to deliver weapons to Ukraine. Over the summer, Putin threatened to attack new targets in Ukraine if the West armed the eastern European country with longer-range weapons.
Last month, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US would cross a “red line” if it sent long-range missiles to Ukraine. And as recently as this week, after the Biden administration announced a new $625 million military aid package for Kyiv, two Russian diplomats said the move could bring Russia closer to a direct war with the West.
Top Western officials and heads of state have shown no apparent signs that they will back off weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
“The United States will continue to provide Ukraine with the weapons and equipment to meet its urgent needs on the battlefield, while also building Ukraine’s enduring strength to defend its sovereignty over the long term,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Laura Cooper told reporters at a briefing Tuesday.
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Kim Kardashian Says North West “Complains” About Her Fashion Choices
Kim Kardashian may be considered a fashion icon, but there’s one individual that remains unimpressed.
During a new interview with Vogue, the 41-year-old SKIMS mogul admitted that her 8-year-old daughter North West has strong thoughts on mom’s signature style.
“North is very opinionated when it comes to what I’m wearing,” she said, seemingly referring to her latest Balenciaga looks. “She’ll always complain when I’m wearing too much black.”
Kim recalled one instance that particularly caught North’s attention, sharing, “I showed up at her school on Valentine’s Day wearing head-to-toe pink, and she got so excited she ran over and hugged me. [Of course] she opened my coat, saw the black lining, and says ‘Mom, you’re still wearing black.'”
North—who Kim shares with ex Kanye West along with Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, Psalm, 2—knows a thing or two about style. She recently styled herself and her siblings in a photo shoot for Vogue‘s March 2022 cover story, alongside her mom.
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Head of UN atomic watchdog to visit Tehran next week
TEHRAN, Iran — The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will visit Tehran on Monday to discuss Iran’s nuclear program, the spokesman for Iran’s atomic agency says, as several key dates approach.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi had expressed concern on November 12 over lack of contact with the Iranian government, describing it as “astonishing.”
He said he had hoped to meet Iranian officials ahead of the next meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors, which is scheduled for November 22.
Iran responded three days later by inviting the UN nuclear chief to Tehran.
The head of the agency “will arrive on the evening of Monday, November 22 in Tehran,” Iran’s atomic agency spokesman tells Fars news agency today.
Grossi will meet Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the head of Iran’s atomic agency, Mohammad Eslami, the spokesman adds.
Grossi’s last visit to Tehran was in September, when he said he had “technical discussions” with Eslami.
He clinched a deal on access to surveillance equipment at Iran’s nuclear facilities but had hoped to return to the country soon for more detailed discussions.
Grossi’s visit comes ahead of the resumption on November 29 of nuclear talks in Vienna, stalled since June. The talks aim to restore a 2015 deal that offered Tehran relief from sanctions in exchange for major curbs on its nuclear activities.
The US unilaterally pulled out of the deal in 2018 under the administration of then-president Donald Trump, but talks to revive it began earlier this year.
The Vienna talks will be attended by the remaining parties to the deal — Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia — while the US will participate in negotiations indirectly.
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Media complains about ‘buzzsaw of Republicans’ attacking AG Merrick Garland after Capitol Hill hearing
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Corporate media spent much of Wednesday harping on Republicans who criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland for standing by his memo to Department of Justice employees addressing a federal response to reports of violence and intimidation of school board officials.
Garland irked Republicans when he told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday the National School Boards Association’s apology over the letter that inspired his memo would not affect the DOJ’s position when it comes to intervening in threats against school board officials.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP)
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JESSE WATTERS TORCHES AG MERRICK GARLAND AS ‘CORRUPT PUPPET OF THE RADICAL LEFT’ AFTER CAPITOL HILL HEARING
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accused the chief law officer of engaging in political affairs after he failed to do research and issued an “abusive” memo. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., also pressed Garland, while Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, claimed that the DOJ memo had a “poisonous, chilling effect” on speech for parents.
When he appeared before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Garland acknowledged the influence of the NSBA’s original letter, which cited instances including non-violent behavior by frustrated parents that did not include threats, but that was deemed disruptive.
CNN reported “GOP Senators erupt” at Garland, Rolling Stone declared, “Republicans are losing their minds,” and The New York Times went with, “Republicans assail Garland,” in a headline that reported “Republicans berated” the AG in the story’s lead.
Garland “ran into a buzzsaw of outraged Republicans,” Rollins Stone’s Ryan Bort wrote.
“The barrage of criticism from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee came one week after Mr. Garland faced similar sharp questions from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee,” Times reporter Katie Benner wrote.
Other corporate news organizations took a similar approach.
“Congressional Republicans have settled on a new political enemy. His name is Attorney General Merrick Garland,” MSNBC’s Steve Benen wrote.
Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, asks a follow-up question to Merrick Garland, U.S. attorney general, as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 27, 2021. Tom Brenner/Pool via REUTERS
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MCCARTHY DEMANDS AG GARLAND RETRACT MEMO URGING FBI TO INVESTIGATE PARENTS WHO THREATEN SCHOOL BOARDS
“Practically every GOP senator on the panel — Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, et al. — went after the attorney general as if he were a pinata. Missouri’s Josh Hawley and Arkansas’ Tom Cotton went even further, calling on Garland to ‘resign in disgrace,’” Benen continued. “The most obvious problem with the GOP’s hysterics is that this is a silly, made-up controversy.”
ABC News published a headline that said Garland was “under GOP attack” and CNN’s low-rated media pundit Brian Stelter called the hearings a “Garland bash-fest,” criticizing Cruz and Hawley for “scolding” the attorney general.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-AR, questions U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 27, 2021. Tasos Katopodis/Pool via REUTERS
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Mainstream media organizations are regularly criticized for framing negative reports about Democrats as Republicans “weaponizing” or “seizing on” an issue. A common occurrence by liberal reporters is highlighting that “Republicans pounce” on news that would otherwise make a liberal look poorly.
Those headlines signal Republicans are the “other,” Tim Graham of the conservative Media Research Center told Fox News Digital earlier this year.
“When Democrats pounce, well, they let the media do the pouncing for them,” he said.
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Lakers’ Russell Westbrook complains about Thunder player’s late dunk, ejected from game
Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook was ejected from the team’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night after getting into the face of Darius Bazley with less than two seconds left.
As the Thunder were closing out the game, Bazley had stolen the pass and put the exclamation point on the victory with a ferocious dunk. Westbrook didn’t like that his opponent was showing him up and expended the rest of his energy getting into the face of Bazley.
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey (3) and forward Kenrich Williams (34) break up Oklahoma City Thunder forward Darius Bazley (7) and Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook (0) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Oklahoma City.
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Westbrook yelled in Bazley’s face, “don’t do that,” and later said he had an “old-school” mentality about never showing up opponents.
“We’re old-school,” Westbrook said. “When s— like that happens, I don’t let it slide. I take it on the chin and move on. In the game of basketball, there’s certain things you don’t do. There’s certain things you don’t do in sports. Game already over and I didn’t like it. Simple as that.”
Bazley scored 20 points helping send the Lakers to 2-3 to start the year.
CAVS WIN 92-79, 1ST ROAD VICTORY OVER CLIPPERS SINCE 2016
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Darius Bazley (7) goes against Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook (0) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Oklahoma City.
(AP Photo/Garett Fisbeck)
“It’s a 48-minute game,” Bazley’s teammate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said after the game. “Crazier things have happened. … So we knew it was possible. I myself have come back from a deficit almost that big, so I knew it was possible. Just stay the course. Every game, every moment for the whole season.”
Gilgeous-Alexander said after the game he didn’t think Bazley meant any harm.
The Lakers at one point had a 26-point lead and let it slip away. The team had 17 turnovers despite shooting 50% from the field.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) goes against Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley (20) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Oklahoma City.
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Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 30 points and eight rebounds. Westbrook had 20 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 10 turnovers.
Six Thunder players were in double figures. Gilgeous-Alexander had 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
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Oklahoma City won the game 123-115 for its first win of the season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.