Day: October 6, 2021

Categories EU

Slovenian police deploy water cannon & tear gas against hundreds marching in protest of Covid restrictions before major EU summit

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Police in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana clashed with crowds demonstrating against Covid restrictions, deploying horse-mounted officers, tear gas and water cannon to disperse people on the eve of today’s European Union summit there. … Read More >Slovenian police deploy water cannon & tear gas against hundreds marching in protest of Covid restrictions before major EU summit

Categories Shows

Pandora Papers: The trillion-dollar offshore shadow economy exposed

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On this episode of Going Underground, we first speak to Fergus Shiel of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the release of the Pandora Papers, which implicate 366 high-level public officials and politicians and over 1,000 companies in major tax evasion and the hiding of wealth. … Read More >Pandora Papers: The trillion-dollar offshore shadow economy exposed

Categories Russia

US is only country in the world still hanging on to chemical weapons, Russia says, after Washington unveils ‘Novichok’ questions

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Russian diplomats have hit out at the US after American officials signed a letter demanding information on the circumstances of the purported poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, accusing Washington of double standards. … Read More >US is only country in the world still hanging on to chemical weapons, Russia says, after Washington unveils ‘Novichok’ questions

Categories Russia

America & 44 other countries demand urgent answers from Moscow over ‘attempted assassination’ of jailed opposition figure Navalny

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The United States and 44 other countries have submitted a list of questions to Moscow asking for details about the alleged poisoning of now-jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the State Department revealed on Tuesday. … Read More >America & 44 other countries demand urgent answers from Moscow over ‘attempted assassination’ of jailed opposition figure Navalny

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This is ‘beginning of the end’ for Facebook – cybersecurity analyst

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said in Congressional testimony on Tuesday that Facebook’s algorithm encourages people to watch angry, hateful and misleading content. She argued that the company places its $85 billion in annual revenue above the safety of its users, which is why congressional action is needed to curtail the social media giant lest it continue to “harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy.” … Read More >This is ‘beginning of the end’ for Facebook – cybersecurity analyst

Categories Russia

Western diplomats need to go back to science class if they believe in Syrian chemical weapons claims, Russian UN envoy says

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The evidence behind well-publicized claims that the Syrian government used poison gas against its own people appears to defy the laws of physics and chemistry, one of Russia’s top envoys has insisted at the UN Security Council. … Read More >Western diplomats need to go back to science class if they believe in Syrian chemical weapons claims, Russian UN envoy says