President Hassan Rouhani explained the reasons behind the decision to ramp up uranium enrichment as he spoke during a cabinet session on Wednesday. The president linked the weekend incident at Natanz to the ongoing talks in Vienna over the comatose 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …
Read More »‘Mad Karens incoming’: Conor McGregor triggers parenting row after telling son to ‘hit other kid in the mouth’ (VIDEO)
McGregor and his family are currently sunning themselves in the UAE, from where the Irishman shared a video of himself dishing out advice to his son on the beach. “Hold on, let me show you what this is,” says McGregor, holding up the gold pendant around his neck. “That’s the …
Read More »WATCH protesters torch police union building as anger over Daunte Wright’s killing fuels growing unrest in Portland
Around 100 demonstrators on Tuesday night gathered at a nearby park before marching to the Portland Police Associate (PPA) building, the city’s police force said. Protesters launched fireworks and used vehicles to block adjacent roads. Portland police issued numerous warnings over a loudspeaker telling the crowd that they needed to …
Read More »New day, new all-time high: Bitcoin beats its own records again, rising above $64,000
The price of bitcoin rose more than 6% on Wednesday to reach $64,829, a new record high. The new milestone comes less than 24 hours after it broke past $63,000. The cryptocurrency has more than doubled its value since the beginning of the year, and has already hit $1.2 trillion …
Read More »‘Georgians are everywhere’: UFC’s Kutateladze responds to taunts from UK fighter Pimblett by issuing grim warning over ‘politics’
Asked why he called the cocky Liverpudlian out, Kutateladze told RT.com that he “wants to kill [Pimblett’s] hype” as an ex-Cage Warriors champion who has come into his organization declaring himself Dana White’s signing of the decade. But then things got personal when ‘Paddy the Baddy’ was flagged up for insulting …
Read More »FBI receives ‘search warrant’ to INFILTRATE & FIX hundreds of systems affected by ‘Chinese hack’ of Microsoft Exchange servers
In what appears to be the first action of such kind ever, the FBI removed “web shells” belonging to “one early hacking group,” the DOJ said on Tuesday. Web shells are malware left on the servers by people who used the zero-day exploit on the popular email server software to …
Read More »Fire in the sky: Hundreds report & film fireball made by meteor EXPLOSION over Florida
The American Meteor Society said the fireball was spotted over Florida – and could be seen as far away as Georgia – at 02:17 GMT on Tuesday. The AMS received 259 reports of the sighting. Most of the videos showed a ball of fire coming down at a steep angle, …
Read More »The digital yuan could be just the shake up needed to democratize international commerce and dislodge the dollar from dominance
Right now, it’s only in a limited (albeit national level) test phase but Chinese officials hope to have it fully ready by the 2022 Winter Olympics set to take place in Beijing. Unsurprisingly, the US is taking a hard look at what exactly this might mean for the future. As …
Read More »Iran says it will enrich uranium to 60% in the wake of suspected Israeli sabotage at Natanz
Abbas Araghchi, a deputy foreign minister who serves as Iran’s chief negotiator with P5+1 – Iran’s counterparts in the 2015 nuclear agreement – announced the step on Tuesday speaking to English-language Iranian channel Press TV. He said Tehran will inform the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, that Iran will be …
Read More »Police deploy tear gas & flashbangs against crowd of Daunte Wright protesters outside Brooklyn Center precinct (VIDEOS)
For the third night in a row, protesters rallied outside the police station, chanting Wright’s name and “Black Lives Matter,” as police sought to disperse the “unlawful assembly.” A stubborn crowd rallied outside the police station despite the near-freezing temperature and light snow. As police fired smoke and gas grenades …
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