Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told employees they will now be referred to as ‘Metamates’ after the company rebranded itself from Facebook to ‘Meta’ last year. Zuckerberg reportedly announced the change in a virtual meeting with employees on Tuesday and subsequently published a Facebook post which also mentioned the term. …
Read More »Ukraine reports massive cyber attack
Kiev was quick to point fingers at Moscow after multiple government websites as well as popular banking services went down in Ukraine on Tuesday, allegedly due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The Ukrainian authorities have yet to provide any evidence for the origin of the ongoing cyber …
Read More »China’s dramatic population decline may have a profound effect on its future
The Chinese are refusing to have children. Despite getting the green light from the Communist Party to have a third child, statistics show that fewer and fewer citizens are thinking about procreating. At this rate, China’s population will be 48% smaller by the end of the century, and even Nigeria …
Read More »Ukraine refuses peace on ‘Russian terms’
Moscow has distorted the terms of the Minsk agreements, two deals designed to create peace in eastern Ukraine, and now the accords are operating solely on “Russian terms,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Monday. Speaking on the phone to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Kuleba accused Russian President Vladimir …
Read More »Alec Baldwin sued in shooting of cinematographer
Actor Alec Baldwin is being sued for wrongful death over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set last year. Hutchins’ family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, claiming Baldwin and others are “responsible” for her death. Also named in the suit are set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and …
Read More »Biden to snub Ukrainian invitation
There are no plans for US President Joe Biden to visit Kiev, despite a plea by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, the White House revealed on Monday. Speaking at a press briefing, Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced that a visit to Ukraine was not in the president’s schedule. “I …
Read More »Why the CIA cannot be trusted and violates what the US should stand for
The recent efforts by two US Senators to get more transparency over intelligence harvesting by the Central Intelligence Agency, which involves the “incidental” collection of US citizens’ personal information, opens the door to an Orwellian universe of doublespeak that threatens the very fabric of American democracy. The whole scenario reminds …
Read More »Mystery US helicopter lands on Ukraine-Poland border
A Blackhawk helicopter of the US Army has flown out to the Poland-Ukraine border to pick up several passengers from a black SUV, according to multiple local reports and flight radar trackers. The helicopter’s sign is EVAC01. The UH-60M, tail number 20-21131, was first noticed flying east from the Mielec …
Read More »West has doubts over Russian troop withdrawal from Ukraine border
Western politicians, pundits and media have responded with skepticism to Moscow’s Tuesday announcement it’s pulling away troops from the Ukrainian border, insisting that they need to “verify” the forces are heading away from Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Russia said its military units began returning to their bases as the …
Read More »Kremlin tells Ukraine to set alarm for Russian ‘invasion’
Russia has mocked claims made by Western media outlets that an “invasion” of Ukraine will begin at 3am on February 16, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Ukrainians who believe such things are welcome to stay up. “It’s better for them to set alarms for this time and see …
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