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NATO carried out ‘inhumane experiment’ in Balkans
Ex-Yugoslavia, NATO

NATO carried out ‘inhumane experiment’ in Balkans

The US-led military bloc bombed Serbia with toxic depleted uranium, which Britain now wants to give to Ukraine Building destroyed by Nato bombing in 1999. ©  Antonio J. Galante;  Getty Images NATO’s use of depleted uranium munitions in its air war against Yugoslavia was a “horrible and inhumane experiment” against the entire region, Serbian Health Minister Danica Grujicic has said. Contamination from these munitions led to a surge in cancer, autoimmune disease, and infertility, Grujicic added.  NATO used 10 metric tons of depleted uranium – which is used to make the hardened cores of armor-piercing projectiles – during its 1999 air campaign against Yugoslavia, the bloc admitted in a report a year afterwards. Although the report sta...
Kanye West changes his mind about Jewish people
USA, ZIO-NAZI

Kanye West changes his mind about Jewish people

The rapper’s decision comes after watching Jonah Hill’s performance in 21 Jump Street Kanye West ©  Getty Images / Scott Dudelson / FilmMagic Top stories Former president urges Russians to pirate Western content  French stars demand ‘unfair’ pension reform be scrapped EU imports of Russian fish soar Rwanda safe for refugees – London EU nation scolds Germany over lack of support for Ukraine Parrot’s big mouth gets Indian men life sentences – media Hungary comments on Ukraine’s NATO and EU bids US rulers keep the masses divided and distracted from demanding justice OP-ED US rap artist Kanye West has watched the comedy 21 Jump Street, starring actor Jonah Hill, and it has changed his outlook on Jewish people, he wrote on Instagram on...
Russia should copy US ‘Hague Invasion Act’
Russia

Russia should copy US ‘Hague Invasion Act’

Moscow should have a right to take any step necessary to protect Russian citizens, the State Duma chair believes FILE PHOTO: Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin ©  Sputnik / Vladimir Fedorenko Russia needs legislation that would give its president free rein when defending the country’s citizens in case international structures, such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), make decisions that contradict the nation’s constitution, the State Duma Chairman, Vyacheslav Volodin said on Saturday. He cited US law as an example. The US adopted the American Service-Members' Protection Act in 2002 – nicknamed “The Hague Invasion Act." The legislation was designed to protect America’s military personnel as well as elected and appointed officials fro...
Russia will place nuclear weapons in Belarus
Belarus, Russia

Russia will place nuclear weapons in Belarus

Moscow will finish building a facility for tactical arms in the neighboring country by July, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin ©  Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov Russian tactical nuclear weapons might arrive in Belarus as early as this summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed on Saturday. Moscow is completing the construction of a specialized storage facility for such arms, amid repeated calls by Minsk to deploy them on its soil, he added. The site in Belarus will be ready by July 1, Putin told Russia 24 TV. The president also said that Moscow does not plan to hand over control of any tactical nuclear weapons to Minsk and that it would only deploy its own arms to Belarus. He did not specify when exactly...
ChapGPT users’ data exposed due to bug
USA

ChapGPT users’ data exposed due to bug

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has said the company “felt awful” about the leak ©  Getty Images The artificial intelligence chatbot service ChatGPT suffered an outage and data breach due to a bug, the developer, OpenAI, announced on its site on Friday. Experts had previously warned about the service being a cybersecurity risk.  The company explained that the service was taken offline on Monday to deal with a bug that allows some users to see others’ personal information. The “unintentionally visible” information included an “active user’s name, email address, payment address, the last four digits (only) of a credit card number, and credit card expiration date.” The company announcement assured clients that full credit card information was ...
UK could fuel radioactive disaster in Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine

UK could fuel radioactive disaster in Ukraine

Depleted uranium shells promised to Kiev by the UK would “cause irreparable harm” to soldiers and civilians alike, Moscow claimed ©  Getty Images / Milos Dimic The potential use of British-supplied depleted uranium shells by Ukraine would have a devastating impact on the country’s economy and population, lasting for centuries to come, the Russian Defense Ministry warned on Friday. Speaking at a briefing, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is in charge of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, issued a scathing criticism of the UK’s plans to support Kiev with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium. He noted that such munitions have only ever been deployed in combat by NATO countries, most notably during the Iraq War, when the US us...
Ukraine inflated International Legion numbers
Ukraine

Ukraine inflated International Legion numbers

The newspaper’s story is the latest of many tales of corruption and incompetence to surface from the volunteer unit An American mercenary takes part in a mission in Kharkov region, Ukraine, May 17, 2022 ©  AP / Bernat Armangue The true number of recruits that signed up for Ukraine’s International Legion was several times smaller than the figure touted by officials in Kiev, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Additionally, some of the most high-profile mercenaries used their position to lie and profiteer from the conflict. Within two days of Russian troops entering Ukraine last February, President Vladimir Zelensky put out a call for international recruits to bolster his military’s ranks. One week later, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov ...
Ceasefire deal in Nagorno-Karabakh violated
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia

Ceasefire deal in Nagorno-Karabakh violated

Azerbaijani troops have crossed the contact line in the disputed region, Moscow has said FILE PHOTO: Russian peacekeepers conduct demining operations in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, on November 10, 2021. ©  Sputnik / Grigory Sysoev Azerbaijani forces have violated a Russia-brokered 2020 peace deal between Baku and Yerevan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The Russian peacekeepers stationed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region are now investigating the incident, it added. On Saturday, an Azerbaijani military unit crossed the contact line set by the 2020 deal and seized a local high ground, the statement issued by the ministry said. The Azerbaijani forces then started field works in the area. The Russian peacekeepers then demanded ...
Biden snubs two NATO allies for ‘democracy’ summit
Hungary, NATO, Turkey, USA

Biden snubs two NATO allies for ‘democracy’ summit

Türkiye and Hungary have yet to approve Sweden’s and Finland’s bids to join the US-led military bloc Biden at the 2021 Summit for Democracy ©  AFP / Saul Loeb The administration of US President Joe Biden has left NATO allies Türkiye and Hungary off the invite list for next week’s Summit for Democracy, Foreign Policy magazine reported on Thursday, citing three US officials familiar with the decision.   The two countries were also snubbed from last year’s inaugural rendition of the summit, an event that, despite being held only twice, Biden has lauded as one of his signature foreign policy achievements.    A State Department official confirmed that all participants in the 2021 summit had received an invitation for this year’s event, plus some ad...
EU losing its appetite for more sanctions
Poland, Russia, Ukraine

EU losing its appetite for more sanctions

Warsaw will nevertheless push Brussels to hit Moscow with fresh restrictions, Mateusz Morawiecki has said Mateusz Morawiecki arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2023 ©  AP / Olivier Matthys The EU is suffering from sanctions “fatigue” and has “less appetite” to impose further economic penalties on Moscow, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday. The sanctions proposed by Morawiecki will likely be opposed by some of the bloc’s members.  Speaking to Poland’s RMF radio station, Morawiecki said that his government is constantly reporting back to Brussels on “holes and loopholes that Russia uses to circumvent sanctions,” while “directing” the bloc on ...