A little-known group of anti-Kremlin activists led by a Lithuanian businessman has filed the complaint that triggered an investigation against RT France, French daily Liberation wrote on Wednesday. French media reported earlier that the country’s media regulator Arcom opened a preliminary investigation into RT France over supposed “omissions” in its …
Read More »US media group cries ‘China’ over cyberattack – reports
News Corp, a New York-based media and publishing company owned by Rupert Murdoch, alleged on Friday that hackers breached a “limited number” of its journalists’ email accounts in January. A digital security firm hired by News Corp claims China was likely involved in last month’s cyberattack. In an email to …
Read More »US reveals change of plan for aircraft carrier group amid Ukraine crisis – reports
The Pentagon has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, and other warships, to remain in the Mediterranean region rather than sail as previously planned towards the Middle East, Western news agencies claimed on Tuesday. The reports cited an unnamed “defense official” who said the move was due to …
Read More »Largest-ever group of ‘rogue’ planets discovered in Milky Way
Astronomers have found dozens of ‘rogue’ exoplanets roaming the Milky Way without a parent star to hold them in orbit. At least 70 such cosmic nomads have been confirmed, but the number could be as high as 170, a new study says. Only a few such planets, which have masses …
Read More »Latino rights group wants to drop ‘Latinx’ term
Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), sent an email on Wednesday to other members of the group’s management, suggesting that they should stop using “Latinx” because it was “very unliked” by the very people they serve. He added a link to a Miami Herald …
Read More »Prepare for not-so-jolly Christmas tree prices, trade group warns
The American Christmas Tree Association (ACTA), which represents artificial tree producers, has released statements recommending people order their trees early as supply chain issues could lead to long delays, as well as price increases. According to the ACTA, artificial tree shipping costs could triple over last year, thanks to artificial …
Read More »Controversial gift for Kyle Rittenhouse prepared by pro-gun group
The controversial verdict on Friday has split society in the US. While some took to the streets to protest, others were celebrating, with GOA, which is known for its “no compromise” stance on gun rights, among the latter. Rittenhouse deserved to be awarded with a semiautomatic rifle “for his defense …
Read More »Iraqi Shia group’s spokesperson calls ‘assassination attempt’ on PM ‘fabricated’ incident
In a series of posts on Sunday, Mahmoud Al-Rubaie, the spokesperson for Iraq’s Sadiqoun political bloc, claimed that the incident could be a false flag operation to cover up the government’s crackdown on people protesting the results of the recent parliamentary election. “My expectation is [that] it is a fabricated …
Read More »Israeli spyware giant NSO group added to US trade blacklist along with three others
NSO and fellow Israeli spyware firm Candiru have been added to the US’ “entity list,” a trade blacklist that restricts the shipment of US tech to listed companies. The Department of Commerce declared on Wednesday that the designation of both firms was “based on evidence that these entities developed and …
Read More »‘Yes, we are racists’: Group of Ukrainians filmed marching in Kiev dressed as Ku Klux Klan on Halloween
The KKK, which stands for Ku Klux Klan, is an American white supremacist terrorist hate group founded in the 19th century after the country’s Civil War. Its popularity peaked in the 1920s. It has been implicated in murders and lynchings of African Americans. Nowadays, a handful of smaller Klan groups …
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