The US government had wanted a backdoor to Telegram in order to potentially spy on its users, the social media platform’s founder Pavel Durov said in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson. The attention from the FBI was one of the reasons Durov dropped the idea of setting up …
Read More »Boris Johnson wanted $1 million for interview – Tucker Carlson
American journalist Tucker Carlson has said former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson would only agree to an interview if he received a $1 million fee. He made the claim following his high-profile interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to Blaze TV founder Glenn Beck for an interview that aired …
Read More »‘I just wanted to die’: How US-style school shootings took hold in Russia and what Moscow is doing about it
Almost 25 years ago, on April 20, 1999, American students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attacked Columbine High School. They killed 15 people and injured 24 more. Their crimes have become a symbol of the type of violence that can be unleashed by disturbed teenagers who are discontent with life. …
Read More »Moscow places Meta spokesman on wanted list
Andy Stone, spokesman for the Meta tech conglomerate, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been placed on a wanted list in Russia, according to the database of the country’s Interior Ministry. Izvestia, Ria-Novosti and other Russian media outlets reported on Sunday that Stone’s name can now be found on …
Read More »UK PM wanted to ‘just let people die’ – ex-adviser
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wanted the government to “just let people die” rather than impose a second national lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, London’s former chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, told the government’s official Covid-19 inquiry on Monday. Neither Sunak, who was chancellor at the time, nor then-PM Boris …
Read More »New owner wanted for abandoned CIA black site
A large steel barn once used by the CIA to host suspected terrorists outside of US jurisdiction as part of its “extraordinary rendition” program is up for sale by the government of Lithuania. The Baltic state’s national real-estate fund, which handles assets that have gone out of use, announced this …
Read More »Colombia arrests most-wanted drug lord Otoniel in jungle raid involving 500 troops & 22 choppers
Around 500 troops and 22 helicopters were reportedly involved in the raid on Otoniel’s hideout in the jungle area of the Uraba region in the northwest of the country. The force was so overwhelming that even eight rings of security couldn’t save the drug lord from arrest this time. The …
Read More »Isn’t it odd that ‘whistleblowers’ keep popping up just after Facebook announced it wanted to ‘reduce the presence of politics’?
Zhang, a former data scientist at Facebook, who claims she was fired after highlighting the tech giant’s failure to tackle election interference across the globe, has just given evidence to the Draft Online Safety Bill Committee in the UK’s Parliament. Upon leaving Facebook in September 2020, she wrote “I’ve … found …
Read More »Belarus’ opposition wanted the country to turn towards the West. Instead, Minsk is more dependent on Russia than ever before
Since that meeting, every American government, along with their counterparts in Europe and Russia, have spoken out in defence of Minsk’s independence and sovereignty. Indeed, until recently, the status of Belarus as an independent nation appeared to be a settled matter. Now, though, things are looking less clear. In December …
Read More »Tourist arrested for using fake ‘Maderna’ vaccine pass WANTED in Hawaii after skipping virtual court hearing
Previously identified as Chloe Mrozak of Oak Lawn, Illinois in court documents obtained by a Hawaii news outlet, the 24-year-old tourist failed to appear for a virtual court hearing on Wednesday, prompting Judge Karin Holma to issue a $500 bench warrant for the woman. Mrozak was initially arrested last month …
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