Month: August 2020

Categories USA

Pompeo: US Wants ‘Untrusted’ Chinese Apps Barred, Seeks to Extend Arms Embargo Against Iran

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The US State Department will begin working with the Department of Commerce and additional agencies to limit Beijing’s ability to store and process data and other sensitive information in the US, according to Wednesday afternoon comments made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. … Read More >Pompeo: US Wants ‘Untrusted’ Chinese Apps Barred, Seeks to Extend Arms Embargo Against Iran

Categories Russia

Russian ambassador tells Britain: you exaggerate your political importance & London has become a haven for Russian criminals

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If you live in Britain, Russia looms large in political discourse, but for those in Moscow, the UK barely registers. Now Russia’s envoy to London has delivered a few home truths: he says his country has bigger fish to fry. … Read More >Russian ambassador tells Britain: you exaggerate your political importance & London has become a haven for Russian criminals

Categories Russia

In the first quarter of this year, 300,000 tourists came to Russia. In the second quarter? Zero.

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With the Covid-19 pandemic leaving thousands of planes idle on the tarmac around the world, the tourist industry has been dealt an almighty blow. In the entire second quarter of 2020, not a single foreign tourist visited Russia. … Read More >In the first quarter of this year, 300,000 tourists came to Russia. In the second quarter? Zero.

Categories Middle East

WATCH: Beirut priest and parishioners dodge falling stained glass as church collapses around them (VIDEO)

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Livestream video captured the exact moment a priest and his parishioners were forced to duck and dodge falling debris before fleeing for their lives as their church was consumed by the powerful Beirut port explosion. … Read More >WATCH: Beirut priest and parishioners dodge falling stained glass as church collapses around them (VIDEO)

Categories Middle East

Lebanon ARRESTS ALL port officials as images are thought to reveal the poorly stored ammonium nitrate which blew up Beirut

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After a colossal port explosion rocked the capital city of Beirut, the Lebanese government has decided to put all officials who oversaw storage and security there since 2014 under house arrest, until investigations are complete. … Read More >Lebanon ARRESTS ALL port officials as images are thought to reveal the poorly stored ammonium nitrate which blew up Beirut

Categories Middle East

Before and after: Russian space agency satellite images capture shocking destruction caused by Beirut explosion

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Never has the trite cliche about a picture painting a thousand words been more true than stunning before-and-after satellite images, snapped by Roscosmos, which capture the utter devastation caused by the Beirut port blast. … Read More >Before and after: Russian space agency satellite images capture shocking destruction caused by Beirut explosion

Categories Middle East

The cargo that blew up Beirut: Sailor REVEALS troubled history of doomed ship that brought TONS of explosive fertilizer to Lebanon

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The explosion that devastated Beirut has been linked to a mishandled ammonium nitrate cargo confiscated from a foreign ship. Now a former crew member tells RT the vessel, owned by a dodgy businessman, was a disaster in the making. … Read More >The cargo that blew up Beirut: Sailor REVEALS troubled history of doomed ship that brought TONS of explosive fertilizer to Lebanon