Despite the pouring rain, the main hall of St. Petersburg’s Listva bookstore is almost full. A slim, bespectacled young man dressed in a suit sits in front of the audience. He’s the type of person you could easily meet in a university auditorium, and it looks like he’s going to …
Read More »US officials voice DNA biowarfare fears
Biosamples gathered by various DNA testing services could be sold and used to develop bioweapons specifically tailored to target certain groups or even individuals, US lawmakers have claimed at the Aspen Security Forum – echoing concerns long voiced by Russian officials. “There are now weapons under development, and developed, that …
Read More »Hendrik Webber: As a politician, I tried to be a voice of reason on Ukraine. For that, my party expelled me
Western countries have found themselves in a difficult situation since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine. Almost all of their governments condemn the “invasion of Ukraine” by Russian troops. I am convinced that the current situation in Western countries is very tense and aggressive. However, a fact-based analysis of …
Read More »‘Goodfellas’ star and voice of ‘GTA: Vice City’ dies
Actor Ray Liotta, best known for playing a mobster in ‘Goodfellas’ and a baseball legend in ‘Field of Dreams’, as well as for voicing the lead charachter in ‘Grand Theft Auto: Vice City’ passed away on Thursday at the age of 67. The actor was filming in the Dominican Republic …
Read More »How did Fox News become the voice of reason?
Imagine traveling back in time 20 years and explaining the current US geopolitical predicament to someone in 2002. They’d easily believe the country’s leadership is barreling headlong into a war it can’t win for reasons it hasn’t adequately explained. But the American of 2002, if you could pry him away …
Read More »Saudi-Canadian Islamic State narrator, ‘voice behind violence’ in terror group’s gruesome videos, hit with terror charges in US
Mohammed Khalifa was charged with conspiring to provide material support to IS resulting in death, the US Department of Justice announced on Saturday. Khalifa was captured in 2019 by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-supported and predominantly Kurdish faction in Syria’s multi-front civil war. According to a Justice Department …
Read More »‘Dumbed-down, less balanced CNN’: Ousted Voice of America director airs trouble with US propaganda service
VOA is “rife” with political bias and staffed by people who engage in advocacy rather than journalism, argued Robert R. Reilly in an opinion piece published by the Washington Times on Thursday. Reilly had led VOA in 2001-2002 and again for a few weeks starting in December 2020, until he …
Read More »FBI launches probe after voice message picked up by air controllers threatens to FLY PLANE into US Capitol to ‘avenge Soleimani’
“We are flying a plane into the Capitol Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged,” the mysterious message said, first received by air traffic controllers based in New York earlier this week, according to CBS News. The message refers to the American drone strike that killed the Iranian Quds Force leader near …
Read More »Top economic policy voice under Obama & Clinton says $2,000 stimulus checks could OVERHEAT economy… and even $600 is too much
“I’m not even sure I’m so enthusiastic about the $600 checks, and I think taking them to $2,000 would actually be a pretty serious mistake that would risk a temporary overheat,” Summers said Thursday in a Bloomberg TV interview. The former Harvard University president added that he would like to …
Read More »The voice remains with you: why don’t I go to this plebiscite
No intrigue in the upcoming “zeroing” left. Even the turnout is not important. My decision not to participate in the event, originally scheduled for July 1 and then extended for a week — rather emotional than reasonable. Just deadly tired. What is the point to play chess with someone who …
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