German arms giant Rheinmetall unveiled its new main battle tank at the major weapons exhibition in Paris on Monday. The vehicle comes under the ‘Panther’ nickname in an apparent nod to Nazi Germany’s iconic PzKpfw V medium tank. The new tank boasts a new 130mm gun and is marketed as …
Read More »French beauty brand exits Russia
French luxury cosmetics brand L’Occitane has decided to close its stores and online shops in Russia due to Moscow’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine, the company said in a press release on Friday evening. “Over the past few weeks, we have significantly curtailed our business operations in Russia in response …
Read More »NBC employees fear for brand integrity if Psaki hired – media
NBC journalists are concerned former White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s hire at their sister station MSNBC would “tarnish” the brand’s credibility, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Friday. There was apparently enough concern over the issue to warrant an “impromptu phone call” from NBC News president Noah Oppenheim, the …
Read More »Russia tries out brand new stealth-busting flying radar
Russian defense contractors have made the first in-flight test of the Beriev A-100 Premier, the designated replacement for Russia’s current fleet of airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, Rostec corporation announced on Thursday. The weapon system is based on a Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A platform, which carries a new Vega Premier …
Read More »‘Pushing their brand on the backs of Ukrainians’: Who are the armed Americans operating in the Donbass trenches?
Staccato bursts of gunfire. Silence, darkness, beeping, flash, explosion. Dramatic music. Indistinct yelling. Volleys of artillery in the shadows. Jet fumes. Special forces operating in the dead of night. All put on display in the social media accounts of Forward Observations Group (FOG), which appear to be an uncontrollable oasis of …
Read More »‘On-brand, really’: Zuckerberg wants Congress to crush any possible competition to Facebook, Snowden says
The CEO of Facebook posted a lengthy reaction to this week’s outage of company services and the congressional testimony of Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager who accused the company of various sins, including putting profit before the safety of children. Much of the essay was a rejection of …
Read More »Ukraine should change name to ‘Rus-Ukraine’ in order to take ‘brand’ of ‘Russians’ away from Moscow, suggests top Zelensky advisor
Speaking to a journalist on YouTube, Alexey Arestovich, who works as the spokesman for Kiev’s delegation to the contact group on Donbass, claimed that Ukrainians are actually the real Russians. The word Rus goes back to the Kievan Rus, a former East Slavic Monarchy that is considered to be the …
Read More »Hundreds queue to catch a glimpse of Russia’s brand new ‘Checkmate’ fifth-gen stealth fighter at MAKS 2021 Air Show (VIDEO)
Unveiled at the MAKS 2021 outside Moscow on Tuesday, the stealth fighter, dubbed ‘Checkmate,’ has become a real point of attraction at the air show that runs until July 25. Videos published by the Russian military-industrial conglomerate Rostec and local media on Friday showed a long line stretching for about …
Read More »Luxury brand Moët reportedly halts exports to Russia after Putin signs law banning foreign fizz from using ‘champagne’ on label
Moscow business daily RBK published on Friday a letter from LVMH, the colossal Paris-based conglomerate that owns spirits brand Hennessy and winemaker Moët & Chandon, founded in the Champagne region of France in 1743. In the statement, the company warns Russian clients it will temporary suspend all deliveries of the …
Read More »BRAND-NEW Tesla catches fire with driver at wheel, then burns for 3 HOURS in Philly suburb (PHOTOS)
The electric car burst into flames on Wednesday in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It ignited around 9pm local time, according to the Gladwyne Volunteer Fire Company, who said in a now-deleted post that the crew battled the raging fire for about three hours. Fortunately for the neighborhood and the firefighters, the two …
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