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13.11.2024 - 13:35 [ New York Times ]

Trump Picks Pete Hegseth, a Veteran and Fox News Host, for Defense Secretary

The choice of Mr. Hegseth was outside the norm of the traditional defense secretary. But he was a dedicated supporter of Mr. Trump during his first term, defending his interactions with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, embracing his “America First” agenda of trying to withdraw U.S. troops from abroad and energetically taking up the cause of combat veterans accused of war crimes.
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He served in the Army in Afghanistan and Iraq and at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

A Minnesota native, Mr. Hegseth graduated from Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative magazine, for which he wrote about seeing the statue of Saddam Hussein toppled in Baghdad in 2003.

15.10.2024 - 19:17 [ United Nations ]

Lebanon: Security Council offers ‘unanimous support’ to UNIFIL peacekeepers

The head of UN Peace Operations on Monday said ambassadors in the Security Council had given a “unanimous expression of support” to peacekeepers in Lebanon remaining in position along the Blue Line that separates south Lebanon from Israel, despite coming under fire, with five “Blue Helmets” sustaining injuries following attacks by Israeli forces.

Jean Pierre Lacroix was speaking to the media at UN Headquarters in New York after emerging from a closed door meeting on peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, amidst Israeli calls for the force to vacate the area and move further north.

01.09.2024 - 16:45 [ Pravda.com.ua ]

Drones attack two Russian power plants and Moscow refinery – videos, photos

As usual, the Russian authorities say that „there were no casualties or damage, no fire occurred“.

At the same time, Russian Telegram channels posted photos and videos taken by local residents showing the strikes at the plant.

01.09.2024 - 16:32 [ Washington Post ]

Ukrainian drone targets Moscow oil refinery

Video shows the moment Ukrainian drones targeted an oil refinery in Moscow region on Sept. 1, in what appeared to be one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia yet.

27.08.2024 - 19:32 [ New York Times ]

Donald Trump plans to name Robert Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard as honorary co-chairs of his transition team.

Donald J. Trump plans to name his former rival, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard, a one-time Democrat, as honorary co-chairs of a presidential transition team that will help him select the policies and personnel of any second Trump administration, according to a campaign senior adviser.

Mr. Kennedy, who ended his independent campaign for president and endorsed Mr. Trump on Friday, described his transition role briefly in an interview that aired Monday.

27.08.2024 - 19:17 [ Fox News ]

Trump adds RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard to his transition team as he recruits supporters ‚across partisan lines‘

„As President Trumps’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan lines, we are proud that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the Trump/Vance Transition team,“ Trump campaign senior advisor Brian Hughes told Fox News Digital.

26.03.2024 - 21:15 [ Anadolu Agency ]

Top UN court likely to issue tough decision against Israel for ongoing attacks on Gaza

The world court will rule on the requested additional measures in the coming days, which may include criticism of Israel as well as requests for additional monitoring reports, according to the KAN broadcaster report.

However, observers in Israel believe that no additional orders, such as a cessation of the war on Gaza, will be issued, but that the court will take a critical tone toward Israel, which is unusual, said the broadcaster.

Earlier on Monday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza …

23.03.2024 - 16:28 [ RT.com ]

Moscow attack terrorists planned to flee to Ukraine – FSB

Four assailants were apprehended in Bryansk Region near the border, and are being transported to Moscow. According to the FSB, the perpetrators of the terrorist attack – which has left at least 115 people dead – had contacts on Ukrainian soil.

“After committing the crime, the perpetrators attempted to flee, driving in a car in the direction of the Russia-Ukraine border,” the authorities stated. However, “all four [suspected] terrorists” were detained within several hours.

15.12.2023 - 10:33 [ Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي / Twitter ]

Boom: US gives Israel 2 more weeks for Gaza campaign

16.10.2023 - 22:41 [ Upendrra Rai / Twitter ]

Israel has implemented an evacuation plan for the residents of 28 villages within 2 kilometres of the Lebanon border.

Joint Ministry of Defense and IDF announcement:

The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) of the Ministry of Defense and the IDF are announcing the implementation of a plan to evacuate residents of northern Israel who live in the area up to 2 kilometers from the Lebanese border to state-funded guesthouses.

The implementation of the plan was approved by Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant. A short while ago, the Northern Command updated the heads of the local authorities on to the decision.

31.07.2023 - 04:21 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Ukraine‘s victory must be such that enemy attempts to return don‘t go beyond sick fantasies – Zelenskyy

We do not believe that Russia will not want to return with aggression even after we drive out the occupiers from all our land. But the victory of Ukraine can and should be such that any attempts by the enemy to return would not go beyond the sick fantasy of those madmen who bear such plans,“ Zelenskyy said, speaking in Kyiv on Friday on the occasion of the Day of Ukrainian Statehood.

28.06.2023 - 13:00 [ Yahoo.com ]

Lukashenko orders that government develop „algorithm for use“ of Russian nuclear weapons

The self-proclaimed president of Belarus assigned the task of developing an algorithm for the use of nuclear weapons to Viktor Khrenin, Belarusian Minister of Defence; Viktor Gulevich, Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces; and Ivan Tertel, Chairman of the Belarusian State Security Committee.

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Both Russian and Belarusian officials have repeatedly emphasised that Belarus will not have the opportunity to control the nuclear weapons deployed on its territory; Russia will be the one to retain control.

17.06.2023 - 20:09 [ the Lemniscat / Nitter ]

17 June Putin holds talks with a delegation from African countries at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg

South Africa‘s Ramaphosa, Zambia‘s Hakainde Hichilema and Comoros‘ Assoumani look much happier to be in Russia than they looked in Ukraine

22.05.2023 - 19:58 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Freedom of Russia Legion, RDK conducting operation in Russian Belgorod to create ‘security strip’ to protect Ukrainians – GUR

The Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) are conducting an operation in Belgorod region of the Russian Federation in order to create a „security strip“ to protect Ukrainians, said representative of the Main Intelligence Agency (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov in a comment to Suspilne.

„The Freedom of Russia legion and Russian Volunteer Corps are conducting an operation on the territory of Belgorod region to create a ‘security strip’ to protect civilian Ukrainians. According to him, the operation is carried out exclusively by Russian citizens,“ the Telegram channel says.

22.05.2023 - 19:51 [ BBC ]

Ukraine war: Saboteurs cross into Russia‘s Belgorod, governor says

BBC Verify has been analysing footage from the Belgorod region that emerged on social media on Monday.

So far, the team has located a video apparently filmed from a drone that features several armoured vehicles near a border checkpoint south of Belgorod. Additionally, BBC Verify has geolocated footage of helicopters operating in the region.

The footage is recent, but it is hard to say for certain from the videos what the exact sequence of events is.

10.04.2023 - 06:32 [ Haaretz ]

Poll Shows Netanyahu Crashing, Gantz Far Ahead, Lapid Second

A mere 25 percent of those polled said they wanted the current government to continue leading the country. Thirty-three percent said they support a unity government instead, and another 33 percent prefer another round of elections. Among Likud voters, just 43 percent want the government‘s term to continue, 35 percent prefer a unity government and 10 percent want a return to the polls.

22.03.2023 - 22:49 [ @NupesNews / Nitter ]

Sondage du 21/03/23 (tendance de voix) Participants : 1175 Résultat : ?#NUPES : 186 (+37) sièges I (149 en 2022) ?E! : 131 (-119) sièges I (250 en 2022) ?#LR : 40 (-21) sièges I (61 en 2022) ⚫️#RN : 220 (+132) sièges I (88 en 2022)

04.03.2023 - 05:33 [ @nexta_tv / Nitter ]

Ukrainian kamikaze drones attack the equipment of the invaders in #Bakhmut.

27.11.2022 - 14:37 [ WikiLeaks / Nitter ]

12 years ago tomorrow WikiLeaks began publishing #Cablegate – 50 years of the 175 year sentence faced by Julian Assange relate solely to this publication #Cablegate12 #FreeAssangeNOW

27.10.2022 - 11:09 [ RFI.fr ]

Macron, Scholz play down tensions in ‚friendly‘, ‚constructive‘ meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a „friendly“ and „constructive“ conversation over lunch Wednesday, Paris and Berlin said, after the relationship suffered some bruising in recent weeks over a number of issues including energy and defence.

27.10.2022 - 11:07 [ ZDF ]

Scholz in Paris: Differenzen mit Macron

Derzeit gibt es zwischen Bundeskanzler Scholz und dem französischen Präsidenten Macron viele Uneinigkeiten. Diese prägten auch den heutigen Besuch von Scholz in Paris.

22.10.2022 - 19:24 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Demonstration in Berlin: Zehntausende protestieren gegen Iran

Immer wieder forderten die Demonstranten den Sturz des Islamischen Regierungssystems – sie riefen „Tod Khamenei!“. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hat im Iran als Oberster Religionsführer und Staatsoberhaupt in allen wichtigen Belangen das letzte Wort. Die landesweiten Proteste hatte Khamenei jüngst als eine Verschwörung aus dem Ausland bezeichnet.

04.10.2022 - 18:32 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Nobelpreis für Quantenforscher: Die Physik des Unvorstellbaren

Heute sind diese Erkenntnisse der Quantenphysik die Grundlage für künftige Technologien. Dazu zählen der Bau von extrem leistungsfähigen Quantencomputern, die sichere Übermittlung von Nachrichten durch Quantenverschlüsselung oder die Entwicklung künstlicher Intelligenz.

17.07.2022 - 14:03 [ Rishi Sunak / Telegraph.co.uk ]

We got Brexit done – now we must capitalise on the freedoms it gave us

Second, the government would also remove the burdens of GDPR, creating in its place the most dynamic data protection regime in the world.

The EU’s Byzantine rules are preventing British tech companies from innovating and public services from sharing data to prevent crime. As any internet user can see, GDPR – with all its bureaucratic box-ticking – is clearly not working and needs to be replaced.

27.05.2022 - 10:46 [ Nexta / Nitter.net ]

#NATO is going to hold naval exercise BALTOPS-22 with #Sweden and #Finland. The exercises will take place in the #BalticSea from June 5-17. According to the #Pentagon, a sixth U.S. fleet will take part.

11.05.2022 - 09:58 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Weniger Gas für Europa: Ukraine stoppt Gastransit durch Luhansk

Wie der ukrainische Gasnetzbetreiber GTSOU mitteilte, stellt das Land von heute an den Transit von russischem Gas im Gebiet Luhansk im Osten der Ukraine ein. Damit fielen bis zu 32,6 Millionen Kubikmeter Gas pro Tag weg, teilte GTSOU mit. Das sei fast ein Drittel der täglich über die Ukraine nach Europa transportierbaren Höchstmenge.

15.04.2022 - 05:26 [ New York Times ]

C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons

William J. Burns, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, cautioned that he had seen no “practical evidence” that would suggest such a move was imminent.

15.04.2022 - 05:20 [ Tagesschau.de ]

++ CIA warnt vor möglichem Atomwaffeneinsatz ++

Der US-Geheimdienst CIA hat davor gewarnt, dass Russland im Ukraine-Krieg kleinere Atomwaffen einsetzen könnte.

09.04.2022 - 18:28 [ UN.org ]

General Assembly Adopts Text to Suspend Russian Federation from Human Rights Council, Continuing Emergency Special Session on Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

The Assembly adopted the draft resolution by a recorded vote of 93 in favour to 24 against, with 58 abstentions, signaling the international community’s strong censure of Moscow’s aggressive actions towards a neighbouring State.

09.04.2022 - 18:24 [ Camila / Twitter ]

In terms of population, 73.73% of the world did not vote in favor of suspending Russia ?? from the UN Human Rights Council. The figure is even higher when you factor in the 18 countries that didn‘t vote.

09.04.2022 - 18:20 [ Washington Post ]

How isolated is Russia, really?

Though the United States, the European Union and other allies have imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs and armed enemies of the Kremlin, most of the world’s population lives in countries that have not.

Even in the United Nations votes, condemners did not represent a majority of the global population — abstainers and supporters of Russia did.

23.02.2022 - 09:31 [ Multipolar Magazin ]

Corona-Proteste: Mehr als 180.000 Bürger am Montag auf der Straße

Die Zahl der Demonstranten, die am Montag gegen die Impfpflicht und die Corona-Politik der Regierung protestierten, ist im Vergleich zur Vorwoche um mehr als 30 Prozent zurückgegangen: Vom Sturmtief verweht – oder ist die Luft raus?