That is a British expression which means as it sounds to stir up trouble. In sports, like rugby, it means to play more aggressively. In politics, it can mean to stir up trouble for trouble’s sake. Aficionados of UK television will remember when, in the BBC version of “House of Cards...
whose work I’ve relished so much: ‘We must thank fate (and the author’s thirst for universal fame) for his not having turned to the Ukrainian dialect as a medium of expression, because then he would have been lost. When I want a good nightmare, I imagine Gogol penning in Little R...
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López Obrador also sounded off on the censoring of some Russia media outlets and called on Twitter to answer accusations that it is removing messages favorable to Russia. In his words, “We can’t be speaking of freedom and at the same time limiting freedom of expression.” —- OKLAHOMA...
need to develop a clear set of policies regarding the future of its "neighborhood" to the east, U.S. depend- ence on allies around the sea during the Iraq war, and Russia's revived desire for influence across Eurasia have all made the Black Sea region of considerable strategic interest. ...
"Arresting individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or of peaceful assembly constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty," she said. "We call on the authorities to ensure the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained for exercising these rights." ...
The act was” an expression of disapproval at Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine and its economic impact in the APEC region,” Reuters quoted one diplomat as saying. — Natasha Turak Sat, May 21 20224:18 AM EDT Russia is using Syria-style ‘reconnaissance strike’ tactics, but...
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken attends the Freedom of Expression Roundtable, in New York, U.S., September 19, 2022. Craig Ruttle | Reuters The United States has neither encouraged nor enabled the Ukrainians to strike inside of Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, but ...
The sinister, Orwellian reality of a society in which the expression of majority opinion is being turned into a crime has already been witnessed across Europe. Even more disturbing, social media operators such as Facebook and Twitter appear to be collaborating with governments in the suppression ...
"Arresting individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or a peaceful assembly constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty," U.N. rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. She said the agency understood that "more than 1,800 protesters were reported...