The 12 finalists, chosen from almost 100 contestants who won the local competition in their own region, will receive votes from June 7 to June 11, when the most popular woman will be given the crown. The contestants come from all over the country, including Murmansk in the far north …
Read More »US officially sanctions 13 Russian ships and RESCUE service over Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Three entities and thirteen vessels were blacklisted under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA) of 2019, intended to block the construction of the pipeline under the Baltic Sea and protect Ukraine’s profits from gas transit fees from pipelines through its territory. The Moscow-headquartered Federal Marine Rescue Service Morspas was …
Read More »Service with Pride or more Woke-Washing? CIA recruitment ad featuring gay agency librarian prompts backlash
The ad, released on the agency’s official YouTube account in April as part of its ongoing ‘Humans of CIA’ series, features an unnamed employee who describes himself as an “agency librarian” during a voiceover monologue accompanying a sequence of videos showing him at work. A previous point-of-view video in the …
Read More »Rail service hit by ‘significant disruption’ in England after cracks found on high-speed trains
The Great Western Railway (GWR), the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Hull Trains, and the TransPennine Express (TPE) suspended some services out of London on Saturday morning. This means that train services are limited between Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne, York, and London, according to the BBC. GWR warned of “significant …
Read More »Snowden says Assange prosecution shows Biden’s lip service to ‘brave journalists’ on World Press Freedom Day rings hollow
The famed national security whistleblower took the administration to task on Monday, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken boasted of the US devotion to “press freedom” and “the safety of journalists worldwide.” Assange’s ongoing prosecution is impossible to square with those vows, Snowden said. “This would be more persuasive if …
Read More »Secret Service agents at VP’s mansion arrest ex-drone pilot ‘paranoid’ about govt seeking to kill him, find guns & ammo in car
Paul Murray, a 31-year-old Army veteran from San Antonio, Texas was detained by Secret Service officers on Wednesday afternoon near the US Naval Observatory, which contains the VP’s mansion in Washington, DC. Local police later made a formal arrest. Footage was taken at the scene by a man who happened …
Read More »RT’s German-language service prepares lawsuit after notorious tabloid ‘Bild’ falsely accuses its journalists in Berlin of SPYING
In the article published on Tuesday, reporter Julian Roepcke, who has previously been aligned with the ‘Disinformation Portal’ of NATO’s Atlantic Council adjunct, claims that, according to Bild’s information, President Vladimir Putin ordered a spy op on his “public enemy number one.” It allegedly targeted opposition figure Alexey Navalny and two of his …
Read More »Texas braces for water & cell service outages as massive blackout leaves MILLIONS freezing in the dark ahead of 2nd snow storm
Ravaged by the first storm on Sunday night, Texas’ power grid has taken a beating over the last 24 hours, leading to rolling blackouts across the state for around 4.3 million residents as officials rush to repair ailing infrastructure. The power outages have set off a cascade of other problems, …
Read More »Twitter users cry foul as platform mulls subscription service… but meltdown may be premature
In an effort to reduce its reliance on advertising, Twitter is exploring new ways of generating revenue, including the use of subscription fees for some services, Bloomberg reported. In a statement, the company confirmed that it was exploring the option of introducing paid features that would provide “enhanced opportunities for …
Read More »Robinhood execs’ contributions to House Financial Service panel leaders under scrutiny as hearing over GameStop saga announced
Federal records, dug up by the media in light of the continuing massacre of hedge funds by retail investors using trading apps like Robinhood and Webull, has showed that Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and the app co-founder Baiju Bhatt contributed $2,800 each to the campaigns of Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman …
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