Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched at least 75 criminal probes into foreign “mercenaries” fighting against Russian forces in Ukraine, the committee’s chairman, Alexander Bastrykin, told RT. He claimed that among the individuals are British, American, Norwegian, Canadian, and Georgian nationals. In an interview published on Tuesday, Bastrykin said the Russian …
Read More »Russia probes bridge collapse as ‘terrorism’
Subversive activity is likely behind Sunday’s railway bridge collapse in Russia’s Kursk Region bordering Ukraine, the region’s governor, Roman Starovoyt, has said. There have been no reports of casualties linked to the incident, but it disrupted a rail line linking two Russian towns located near the Ukrainian border. The Russian …
Read More »Texas probes shutdown of ‘Freedom Convoy’ fundraiser
The Texas state government has opened an investigation into crowdfunding platform GoFundMe after the site shut down a campaign on behalf of Canadian truckers in the “Freedom Convoy,” a large anti-vaccination mandate protest staged primarily in Ottawa. The state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the move on Wednesday, saying he …
Read More »Iran probes watchdog cams in nuclear site ‘sabotage’
During a briefing in London on Friday, Iran’s envoy to the UK Mohsen Baharvand called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to allow authorities in Tehran more time to probe potential sabotage at a centrifuge workshop in the city of Karaj, which was also rocked by a mysterious explosion …
Read More »Nothing to hide, nothing to fear: RT’s Keiser Report probes Bank of England warning that bitcoin could cause financial meltdown
Max Keiser and Stacey Herbert try to find out who’s right, speculating whether the 300-year-old Bank of England, aka ‘the global epicenter of financial fraud’, may be approaching its demise. For more stories on economy & finance visit RT’s business section
Read More »UK police ABANDONED investigations into over 1,000 crimes daily in 2020 with one in seven probes dumped within 24 hours – reports
Despite lower crime levels in the country during the Covid lockdowns, some forces doubled the number of crime investigations they “screened out”. One in seven crimes reported last year were allegedly abandoned within a day of police opening investigations into them. The shocking figures, revealed in freedom of information requests …
Read More »No probes for Cuomo & Whitmer: Biden DOJ DROPS investigations into Michigan, Pennsylvania & New York nursing home Covid-19 deaths
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joe Gaeta informed House Republicans on Friday that the Justice Department has decided not to open an investigation into any public nursing facilities in the three states “at this time.” In August 2020, the Trump administration requested data about nursing home deaths from Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and …
Read More »Matt Gaetz says he might be ‘wanted by the Deep State’ as House committee probes underage sex claims, corruption allegations
“I may be a canceled man in some corners. I may even be a wanted man by the Deep State. But I hear the millions of Americans who feel forgotten, canceled, ignored, marginalized and targeted,” Gaetz tweeted on Saturday, adding that he is still supported by “the silent majority.” Gaetz, …
Read More »US Special Ops ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ chief reassigned as Pentagon probes political social media posts & Trump-Hitler comparison
Less than a week after his new role was announced, Richard Torres-Estrada was removed as SOCOM’s first-ever head of diversity as the military probes his controversial and highly partisan Facebook posts, one of which compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. “The Commander has directed an investigation to look …
Read More »McKinsey consulting firm to shell out $573mn to settle probes into its role in ‘turbocharging’ opioid crisis – reports
The company struck a multi-million-dollar settlement with officials across 47 states, Washington, DC and five US territories, the New York Times reported on Wednesday evening, citing five people “familiar with the negotiations.” The company will be required to pay out $478 million of the settlement within 60 days, much of …
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