The US has accused Russia of creating a propaganda video featuring crisis actors, staged fake explosions, and NATO military equipment such as Turkish drones, as a pretext for invading Ukraine in the coming days. The claim was first published on Thursday morning by the Washington Post, which cited an unnamed …
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President Joe Biden has doubled down on earlier reports that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi detonated a suicide device as US forces closed in on him, killing several family members in the process. However, other accounts blame the US for civilian deaths. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi …
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Claims from US officials that Moscow has responded to America’s proposals on de-escalation in Ukraine are inaccurate, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. It confirmed that the two sides are in talks about security in Europe but denied that a formal answer had been given. Deputy Minister of …
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Mason Greenwood, a 20-year-old forward who plays for Manchester United, has been arrested by police on suspicion of rape and assault, following a number of shocking posts on social media. Video footage, photographs, and a voice note alleging violence originally appeared on the Instagram account of Greenwood’s reported partner, Harriet …
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Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, has taken to Twitter to criticize perceived double standards in tennis and the media after Daniil Medvedev’s latest on-court tirade – for which the Russian was fined $12,000. Medvedev suffered a meltdown during his Australian Open semifinal clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas as he believed the Greek was receiving illegal …
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Documents published by Washington on Thursday alleging the Kremlin has created an “ecosystem” of propaganda are an attempt to “incriminate the Russian authorities,” the country’s ambassador in Washington has claimed. In a comment posted on Facebook, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said the US’ allegations were baseless. On Thursday, the US State …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) claimed on Sunday that there might finally be an end to the Covid pandemic in Europe, after the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. “It is plausible that the region is approaching an end to the pandemic,” Regional Director Hans Kluge told the AFP news …
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Tokyo will not give up its claim that Russia’s southern Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean are rightfully Japanese, and wants to reach a deal with Moscow to resolve the dispute, its foreign minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, Yoshimasa Hayashi responded to claims by his Russian …
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Amid heightened tensions with NATO, Moscow has vowed that it will not turn a blind eye to the US-led military bloc’s purported build-up near Belarus, as Russian officials seek responses to their proposed security guarantees. Speaking as part of an interview with TASS published on Tuesday, Russia’s ambassador to Minsk, …
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An American citizen has been detained in Moscow on suspicion of sexually assaulting his two sons after a complaint filed by the mother of the child, multiple Russian news outlets have reported. According to Moscow daily RBK, American David Thomas Barnes, aged 64, was arrested for allegedly raping his two underaged …
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