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Snowden Warns US’ Push to Scrap Encryption All ‘About Power’ Rather Than Public Safety

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019By Editor

Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden has been in self-imposed exile in Russia since 2013, when he leaked a trove of top-secret information … Read More >Snowden Warns US’ Push to Scrap Encryption All ‘About Power’ Rather Than Public Safety

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Dutch family found living in cellar for 9 YEARS waiting for ‘end of days’ & unaware other people still existed

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019By Editor

A man and six young adults has been rescued from the hidden cellar of a Dutch farmhouse after the eldest son escaped and wandered into a local pub. … Read More >Dutch family found living in cellar for 9 YEARS waiting for ‘end of days’ & unaware other people still existed

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‘This water belongs to our farmers’: Modi vows not a single drop of Indian water will flow to Pakistan

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019By Editor

Indian PM Narendra Modi has vowed that unutilized river water shares currently flowing to Pakistan will be diverted to the fields of Indian farmers, reviving a longstanding promise … Read More >‘This water belongs to our farmers’: Modi vows not a single drop of Indian water will flow to Pakistan

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US indicts Turkish bank over $20 BILLION in Iran oil money – but this may be linked to Trump impeachment

Posted on October 16, 2019October 18, 2019By Editor

Charges against the Turkish Halkbank announced by federal prosecutors has critics of US President Donald Trump hopeful of his impeachment, due to reports he tried to intervene on behalf of one of its convicted executives. … Read More >US indicts Turkish bank over $20 BILLION in Iran oil money – but this may be linked to Trump impeachment

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‘No to capitulation! Death to our enemies!’ Nationalists march in Kiev against roadmap to peace in Ukraine

Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019By Editor

Ukrainian nationalists marched in Kiev to mark the anniversary of a Nazi-collaborating WWII militia. Many used the occasion to protest the so-called Steinmeier Formula – arguably Ukraine’s best chance for peace. … Read More >‘No to capitulation! Death to our enemies!’ Nationalists march in Kiev against roadmap to peace in Ukraine

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‘You’ve been duped by spooks & terrorists’: Russian military reveals flaws in NYT’s report on hospital bombings

Posted on October 14, 2019October 20, 2019By Editor

A damning report by the New York Times, which accused Russia of bombing four UN-protected hospitals in Syria, is a product of misinformation by Western intelligence services and jihadists, the Russian military said. … Read More >‘You’ve been duped by spooks & terrorists’: Russian military reveals flaws in NYT’s report on hospital bombings

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Walk on, nothing to see here, just new Ukrainian PM visiting neo-Nazi band gig

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019By Editor

Nothing demonstrates a nation’s aspiration of becoming a member of the European Union like its new prime minister paying a visit to a ‘patriotic’ event featuring a prominent neo-Nazi band. Just ask Ukraine’s Oleksiy Honcharuk. … Read More >Walk on, nothing to see here, just new Ukrainian PM visiting neo-Nazi band gig

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Ecuadorian govt agrees to repeal austerity law that sparked protests as indigenous groups pledge to stop rallies

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019By Editor

The Ecuadorian government has agreed to terminate Executive Decree 883, which canceled fuel subsidies and prompted protests throughout the country for 11 days. Indigenous groups have agreed to discontinue the rallies. … Read More >Ecuadorian govt agrees to repeal austerity law that sparked protests as indigenous groups pledge to stop rallies

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Protesters ransack govt buildings in Ecuador’s Quito as mayor claims Moreno will RECONSIDER anti-austerity policies

Posted on October 12, 2019October 12, 2019By Editor

After another day of unrest in Ecuador’s capital Quito, which saw protesters blocking roads and breaking into government buildings, President Lenin Moreno agreed to reconsider the controversial cancellation of fuel subsidies. … Read More >Protesters ransack govt buildings in Ecuador’s Quito as mayor claims Moreno will RECONSIDER anti-austerity policies

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‘They got him’: Lindsey Graham says ‘sympathetic’ to Turkey’s ‘YPG problem’ in call with Russian prankster team

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019By Editor

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was the latest to fall victim to Russian prankster duo “Lexus and Vovan,” who, posing as a Turkish minister, tricked the lawmaker into admitting his ‘sympathy’ for Turkey’s ‘problem’ with Kurds. … Read More >‘They got him’: Lindsey Graham says ‘sympathetic’ to Turkey’s ‘YPG problem’ in call with Russian prankster team