According
to the online flight tracking site "Flightradar 24" two
aircraft carrying expelled Russian diplomats and their families have
taken off from Dulles Airport and are now heading toward Moscow. In
total 171 people have left the US, a number that includes the
diplomat's family members.
The
Russian embassy in the United States announced earlier that two
specially-chartered aircraft of the Russian 'Rossiya' federal air
fleet had landed in Washington DC to pick up the diplomats and their
families. The head of the Russian diplomatic mission to the US,
Anatoly Antonov, reportedly accompanied the expelled diplomats to the
airport. No incidents during the compulsory departure of his
colleagues were reported.
The
US diplomats expelled from Russia left the US Consulate General
situated in St. Petersburg early on Sunday, a Sputnik correspondent
reported.
According
to the correspondent, a group of the US diplomats has left the
building at 11:40 local time (20:40 GMT). They got into a
Freightliner minibus and left the area. A commission that assessed
the state of the building left the site following the diplomats.
A
police officer, who patrolled the surrounding area, has confirmed to
Sputnik that no vehicles belonging to the US diplomatic mission
remained on the territory belonging to the Consulate General.
US expulsion of Russian diplomats from UN HQ violates all international deals – envoy
The
US acted unlawfully when it expelled Russian diplomats from the UN
headquarters in New York and has failed as the host country for the
international body, Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s envoy to the UN
Office in Geneva, said.
Washington’s
decision to include 12 Russian UN mission employees to the list of
diplomats expelled from the US over the Sergei Skripal case, is
“absolutely illegal and contradicting all international agreements
and conventions on diplomatic relations,” Gatilov told RIA Novosti.
“This
is absolutely unlawful because… those diplomats are accredited at
the United Nations and have a completely different status. They work
as representatives of Russia at the UN, but not with the US
government,” he explained.
The
envoy said that the US used "unscrupulous methods” to put
pressure on Russian diplomats at the UN long before announcing the
expulsion on Monday. One of these means was through the “non-renewal
of visas for our diplomats working in New York,” he said.
“By
doing so, they create a situation, in which people are unable to
travel outside the US for personal or official purposes and then
return to their place of work because their visa expired and the
entry to the US is closed for them,” Gatilov said.
The
West is NOT Russia’s friend.
American Illusion? Homelessness continues to plague neighborhoods in Los Angeles
US Marines Testing Drone-Killing Future Weapons And Combat Exoskeletons
Nearly
200 US Marines gathered at Southern California's Camp Pendleton to
test out an array of the military's most advanced new weaponry -
including several devices to disable or destroy Unarmed Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs), and combat exoskeleton designed by Lockheed Martin
which allows soldiers to carry loads of up to 200 lbs. over long
distances.
"HugeCaravan" Of Central American Refugees Is Headed For The U.S.Border
Over
1,500 Central Americans are on a crusade across Mexico in the hopes
of being granted asylum at the U.S. border - a move which is set to
pose an enormous challenge to the Trump administration's much
campaigned about immigration policies, while reminding Trump's base
that they still don't have the wall they elected him to build 14
months into his presidency.
"We
want to become one, supporting us shoulder to shoulder and show that
together we can break down borders," say the caravan's
organizers.
In Angry Tweetstorm, Trump Renews Attack On Amazon, Demands "Fake Washington Post" Register As Lobbyist
President
Trump's obsession and escalating feud with Jeff Bezos, and bringing
Amazon to heel before it destroys what's left of America's crumbling
brick-and-mortar retail industry, was on display Saturday morning
when he fired off a series of angry tweets claiming the Bezos-owned
Washington Post should register as a lobbyist and that the Post
Office should jack up its parcel rates to stick it to Amazon.
"While
we are on the subject, it
is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for
each package it delivers for Amazon," Trump
tweeted.
"That
amounts to Billions of Dollars. The
Failing N.Y. Times reports that 'the size of the company’s lobbying
staff has ballooned,' and that does not include the Fake Washington
Post, which is used as a 'lobbyist' and should so REGISTER. If
the P.O. 'increased its parcel rates, Amazon’s shipping costs would
rise by $2.6 Billion.' This Post Office scam must stop. Amazon must
pay real costs (and taxes) now!"
The
Trump administration has quietly named Susan Combs — an outspoken
foe of endangered species and a climate change denier — as acting
assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. She now oversees
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the endangered species it
protects.
“Putting
Combs in charge of the Fish and Wildlife Service is like appointing
an arsonist as the town fire marshal,” said Stephanie Kurose,
endangered species specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity.
“Combs will only work to strip away critical protections for our
most vulnerable animals, not protect them. As long as her industry
pals make a profit, she won’t think twice about letting a species
go extinct.”
As
a former Texas state comptroller, Combs wrested control of the
state's endangered species program from the Department of Parks and
Wildlife to her office, which managed state fiscal and tax matters,
not biology. She used her authority to oppose any Endangered Species
Act protections, often teaming with the oil and gas industry.
Combs
was nominated in 2017 to be the U.S. Department of the Interior’s
assistant secretary for policy, management and budget, where she
would have controlled the purse strings over the entire department,
including the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The
Trump administration has quietly named Susan Combs — an outspoken
foe of endangered species and a climate change denier — as acting
assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. She now oversees
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the endangered species it
protects.
“Putting
Combs in charge of the Fish and Wildlife Service is like appointing
an arsonist as the town fire marshal,” said Stephanie Kurose,
endangered species specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity.
“Combs will only work to strip away critical protections for our
most vulnerable animals, not protect them. As long as her industry
pals make a profit, she won’t think twice about letting a species
go extinct.”
As
a former Texas state comptroller, Combs wrested control of the
state's endangered species program from the Department of Parks and
Wildlife to her office, which managed state fiscal and tax matters,
not biology. She used her authority to oppose any Endangered Species
Act protections, often teaming with the oil and gas industry.
Combs
was nominated in 2017 to be the U.S. Department of the Interior’s
assistant secretary for policy, management and budget, where she
would have controlled the purse strings over the entire department,
including the Fish and Wildlife Service....
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