The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) announced in a statement on Monday that it was creating a new intelligence “center” focused on tracking so-called “foreign malign influence,” reported Politico. This new entity, known as the Foreign Malign Influence Center, was mandated in the recent intelligence and defense …
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As part of a long-running dispute over proposals to make “Big Tech” companies pay for news content hosted on their platforms, Facebook has blocked all access to news-related content in Australia. Described as “arrogant and disappointing” by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the standoff – which had also involved similar threats from …
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis confirmed the existence of the investigation on Wednesday and said she had sent letters to Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the lieutenant governor, and the attorney general, asking that all records related to the administration of the election should be preserved. “This …
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Newly released figures indicate that nearly 2,000 police departments across the US are partnered with Amazon’s Ring, in the process expanding the reach of the highly controversial civilian surveillance network yet further. Ring, bought by the e-commerce giant in February 2018 for a fee that could be as much as …
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Between 2011 when she came to the US as a student and her abrupt and unexplained departure in mid-2015, Christine Fang worked her way into the confidences of a number of prominent Democrats in the San Francisco Bay Area, Axios reported on Monday. Fang appeared in photos alongside Judy Chu, …
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The department has sanctioned several Chinese officials, accusing them of using coercion and intimidation to “suppress freedom of expression,” according to a statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday. The sanctions include visa restrictions on Chinese officials at the United Front Work Department, which Pompeo has alleged engaged …
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Russia is returning to Africa and wants to restore the Soviet influence on the continent – perceived as Western media and experts the two-day forum “Russia – Africa”, which ended on Thursday in Sochi. The summit brought together heads of States and governments in more than 40 African countries and …
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The Martian atmosphere is cold and sparse, resembling those of the earth at high altitudes. “Escape” of hydrogen atoms from the upper atmosphere of Mars into outer space due to the action of tidal forces of the Sun, which acts as a pump, allowing the water to overcome the “bottleneck”. …
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The head of the NBU denies the significant impact of new Russian sanctions on exchange rate and inflation. The national Bank expects no significant impact on the hryvnia exchange rate of the Russian Federation introduced restrictions on exports to Ukraine a number of products, said the head of the Central …
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The President of the Russian Federation may have on the separatists “some impact”, said Peskov. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin can’t push instructions to the leaders of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, although it has influenced them. This was stated press Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. …
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