‘Alienate countries around the world’: Washington pushes ahead with plan to punish ‘currency manipulation’

The US Department of Commerce has finalized new rules to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar. … Read More >‘Alienate countries around the world’: Washington pushes ahead with plan to punish ‘currency manipulation’

Twitter cites ‘Iran & Israel state actors’ after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw

Twitter, in a post so reassuring it’s alarming, says it stopped possible state-backed actors in Iran and Israel from exploiting its features. But the only clear ‘actor’ may be a lone researcher who reported the bug six weeks ago. … Read More >Twitter cites ‘Iran & Israel state actors’ after suspending researcher who exposed new user-data flaw

Radicalizing troops? 19yo rookie soldier named suspect in French police station knife attack, after ISIS threat phone call

A 19-year old serviceman was named a suspect in the attack on a gendarmerie station in France, which took place after police received a threat of a massacre in the name of Islamic State. … Read More >Radicalizing troops? 19yo rookie soldier named suspect in French police station knife attack, after ISIS threat phone call

White Helmets are ‘preparing chemical attack false-flag’ in Syria’s Idlib, Russian military tipped off

Militants affiliated with al-Qaeda and ‘White Helmets’ are preparing to stage a chemical attack in Idlib province as Syrian army continues to advance, the Russian Reconciliation Center said citing a tip from local residents. … Read More >White Helmets are ‘preparing chemical attack false-flag’ in Syria’s Idlib, Russian military tipped off

Chinese coronavirus quarantine now just 100 miles from Shanghai, 4 more cities with 21mn people added

Chinese authorities have extended the country’s internal quarantine to include four additional cities comprising roughly 21 million people in a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. … Read More >Chinese coronavirus quarantine now just 100 miles from Shanghai, 4 more cities with 21mn people added

China Sanctions 3 Red Cross Officials Over Mishandling Medical Donations in Hubei

The government of the central Chinese province of Hubei, the epicentre of deadly 2019-nCoV coronavirus, said on Tuesday that it had fired one and reprimanded two other officials of the Red Cross for failing to adequately distribute publicly donated medical supplies among hospitals in infection-affected areas. … Read More >China Sanctions 3 Red Cross Officials Over Mishandling Medical Donations in Hubei

Simonyan Notes UK Citizens Had to Watch Johnson’s Live Brexit Day Speech on RT, Not on BBC

RT and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said on Monday that UK residents had to watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit Day televised address on Russia’s RT channel and not on the BBC, which refused to broadcast the address live. … Read More >Simonyan Notes UK Citizens Had to Watch Johnson’s Live Brexit Day Speech on RT, Not on BBC

Iranian Judiciary Hands Death Sentence and Prison Terms to Three CIA Spies – Spokesman

In summer of 2019, Iranian media outlets revealed details of a major cyber-espionage ring claimed to be run by US intelligence, saying that a total of 17 CIA-trained spies had been identified, publishing photo and video evidence of alleged US attempts to recruit Iranians to work against their government. … Read More >Iranian Judiciary Hands Death Sentence and Prison Terms to Three CIA Spies – Spokesman