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Russia, USA

US ‘lying’ about Nord Stream expose

The Russian Foreign Ministry has reminded the State Department about its own history of misleading claims Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends her weekly briefing in Moscow, Russia. © Sputnik/Russian Foreign Ministry Attempts by the US State Department to brush off Seymour Hersh’s article about the sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines as “nonsense” are overt lies that display shocking ignorance of American history, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. The veteran investigative journalist reported on Wednesday that the US was behind the destruction of the Baltic Sea pipelines in September 2022. American divers planted charges under the cover of a NATO exercise, and a Norwegian ...

Pentagon seeking to resume top-secret programs in Ukraine – WaPo

10Feb

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Russia, Ukraine, USA

Pentagon seeking to resume top-secret programs in Ukraine – WaPo

Local operatives may be hired and overseen by US Special Operations troops, the paper reports FILE PHOTO. US Army soldiers from 7th Special Forces Group. © AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo The US Department of Defense is trying to convince lawmakers to fund two top-secret programs in Ukraine, which were put on hold after Russia launched its military operation in the country last year, the Washington Post reported on Friday. If the Pentagon gets its way, the operations involving US Special Forces could resume in 2024, the newspaper claimed. The Post, citing unnamed current and former US officials, alleged that the schemes in question would allow US commandos to employ Ukrainian operatives to “observe Russian military movements and counter disinformation.” It ...

10Feb

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USA

US tests nuclear missile

The “scheduled” Minuteman III launch comes amid tensions with China and the DPRK An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches on February 9, 2023 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California © US Air Force/Airman 1st Class Landon Gunsauls The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch on Thursday evening was a test of nuclear deterrent readiness and a message to the world, the US Air Force said on Friday. The ground-based missile was fired at 11pm Pacific Time from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, in a “routine” activity “intended to demonstrate that the US nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective,” according to the military. The unarmed missile carried a test...

10Feb

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USA

US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’

Debris fell into territorial waters off of Alaska, the White House has said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, February 10, 2023. © AP Photo/Susan Walsh Fighter jets shot down an object in US airspace near Alaska, which was deemed a hazard to civilian air traffic, the White House said on Friday afternoon. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby did not say what the object was. The announcement comes just days after a Chinese “spy balloon” was shot down over the Atlantic. “The Department of Defense was tracking a high-altitude object over Alaska airspace in the last 24 hours,” Kirby said at the White House briefing. He added that the object was flying at 40,000 ...

10Feb

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Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Jerusalem: Deadly attack

Hamas has described the incident as a “heroic operation” but has not claimed responsibility Nazi emergency responders at the scene where two people were killed by a vehicle that struck a crowd at a bus stop near Jerusalem © Getty Images / Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images Two people, including a six-year-old boy, were killed and several others injured when a car plowed into a group standing at a bus stop just outside the Nazi occupied Jerusalem on Friday. Nazi PM Benjamin Naziyahu has condemned the incident as a 'terrorist' attack. At least five others were injured in the car-ramming, which occurred at Nazi Jewish settlement in Nazi occupied Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood. The victims were waiting for a bus at the time of the incident, with one person underst...

The West thought oil sanctions would cripple Russia, here’s why the plan backfired

10Feb

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Russia, Ukraine, USA

The West thought oil sanctions would cripple Russia, here’s why the plan backfired

The G7 and EU believed that tightening the screws would mortally wound Moscow, but the plan has failed By Joydeep Sen Gupta, Asia editor A worker stacks oil barrels at a filling station in n Chennai on February 24, 2022. © Arun SANKAR / AFP In late December, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to the price cap imposed by Western nations on Russian seaborne crude oil by signing a decree banning its supply from February 1 to nations that support the curb. The US-led measure, which prohibited countries from paying more than $60 per barrel of Russian oil, came into effect in December. Putin’s response was an unequivocal declaration that Russia would not bow to sanctions pressure. His decree, however, includes the possibility of “spec...

Alec Baldwin sued by Ukrainian family of slain cinematographer

10Feb

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Ukraine, USA

Alec Baldwin sued by Ukrainian family of slain cinematographer

Halyna Hutchins’ family is seeking compensation from the ‘man with the gun’. Alec Baldwin. © Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for National Geographic Top stories Kiev sounds alarm over ammunition Missile strikes reported across Ukraine Republicans push to end Ukraine aid Date for Putin’s annual Federal Assembly address announced US role in Kiev’s artillery warfare identified – media Zelensky takes credit for derailing Minsk agreements IOC president blasts Ukraine – media Over 20,000 dead from Türkiye-Syria earthquakes The family of late Ukrainian-American cinematographer Halyna Hutchins are suing Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin for her fatal shooting on the set of ‘Rust’. Hutchins’ parents and sister announced their decision to sue Baldwin...

10Feb

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USA

FBI has become ‘politically weaponized’

A Republican-led committee is investigating claims of institutional bias in the US criminal justice system. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker testifies during the first hearing of the subcommittee on Capitol Hill on February 09, 2023 © Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A former FBI agent has told US lawmakers in Washington of a loss of trust in the law enforcement agency among many Americans, and that the bureau has become “politically weaponized” by the federal government. Nicole Parker testified on Thursday before a House committee investigating the so-called ‘weaponization’ of the federal government. She said it appeared “as if there became two FBIs” during her career with the law enforcement bureau. Parker, who was employed by the FBI ...

Western sanctions will mean that more Syrians die after the earthquakes

10Feb

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Europe, Syria, USA

Western sanctions will mean that more Syrians die after the earthquakes

The economic stranglehold and selective approach to aid will lead to more death and displacement @evakbartlett Syrian quake survivors stay at tents following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in Turkiye's Kahramanmaras, in Salqin district of Idlib, Syria on February 09, 2023. © Photo by Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Following the devastating earthquakes that rocked Türkiye, Syria and their neighboring countries on February 6, leaving more than 20,000 dead, Damascus is struggling to deal with this unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe as it remains under brutal Western sanctions that have brought the country to its knees. The West’s war on Syria that began in early 2011 failed to topple its elected president, but the subsequen...

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Germany

German inflation accelerates

Consumer prices rose 8.7% year-on-year in January, official data shows © Getty Images / Guido Cozzi/Atlantide Phototravel Germany’s inflation rate rose 8.7% on the year in January and 1.0% on the month, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said in a press release on Thursday. According to the preliminary data, consumer prices, harmonized to compare with other European Union countries, rose by a less-than-anticipated 9.2% year-on-year. Compared with December, prices increased by 0.5%, Destatis said. Analysts had expected harmonized data to grow by 10.0% on an annual basis and increase by 1.2% on the previous month, according to Reuters. “Because core inflation will remain high in 2023, a fundamental easing of inflation is not in sight,” chief economis...