Source link Alejandro Cao de Benos has been accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions by using cryptocurrency A Spanish man accused of helping North Korea use cryptocurrency to circumvent US sanctions has been arrested in Madrid and faces up to 20 years in an American prison if convicted. Alejandro Cao de Benos was apprehended […]
Source link The Russian Foreign Ministry blamed an “unhinged” Western campaign for the IMO vote Russia failed to secure re-election to the executive body of the UN ship agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on Friday. Moscow has blamed the setback on the efforts of Kiev and its Western backers. The London-based IMO is responsible […]
Source link The parent company of Facebook and Instagram continues to struggle with its algorithms enabling child molesters on its platforms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Earlier this year, the Journal and researchers at two US universities revealed that Instagram algorithms were helping connect accounts “devoted to the creation, purchasing and trading of […]
Source link The White House has warned that Caracas must make more progress in releasing “political prisoners” to avoid being punished again US President Joe Biden’s administration has warned that it may soon halt sanctions relief for Venezuela unless the oil-rich nation makes more progress in meeting Washington’s demands for the release of “political prisoners” […]
Source link South Korean demonstrators reportedly planned to release dogs in front of the presidential office in Seoul Hundreds of South Korean dog meat farmers took to the streets of Seoul to protest a proposed ban on their livelihood on Thursday, leading to clashes with police and three arrests, organizers told media on Friday. Dozens of […]
Source link Moscow is aware that Washington will try to maintain its illegal embargo, but the US is not the entire world, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. Peskov was commenting on the statements by US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt, published by the Financial Times earlier […]
Source link Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, has passed away at 93 Retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest judicial panel, has died at age 93 from complications related to dementia and a respiratory illness. O’Connor, who […]
Source link Kiev’s refusal to negotiate with Moscow has only caused the country heavy battlefield casualties, Aleksey Arestovich says Ukraine has lost up to 300,000 soldiers during its conflict with Russia, Aleksey Arestovich, a former aide to President Vladimir Zelensky, has claimed. Arestovich made the revelation on Friday while speaking to journalist Yulia Latynina via […]
Source link Despite the increase, the EU’s top diplomat warned that the bloc continues “to lag behind other players” in defense spending Military spending in the European Union increased by 6% to a record €240 billion ($261.4 billion) in 2022, according to figures published on Thursday by the European Defense Agency. Some 20 of the […]
Source link Citing the NATO build-up, Moscow has increased the size of its active service to 1.3 million Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed an executive order increasing the size of the armed forces by 170,000 members, effective immediately. The order establishes the size of the armed forces of the Russian Federation at 2,209,130 […]
Source link The South Korean Air Force has determined that repairing the damaged F-35 would cost more than buying a new one The flagship fifth-generation US fighter jet has met its match in South Korea: a bird. The South Korean Air Force has decided to retire an F-35A that was damaged when it hit an […]
Source link 15% of people living in the country were not born there, which could increase to 17.3% if Biden is reelected, the report said The percentage of Americans born outside the country has reached an all-time high of 15%, immigration-focused think tank the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) revealed on Thursday. The conservative group’s […]
Source link Ex-president Poroshenko blamed Kiev for canceling his papers as he tried to enter Poland Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko blamed his successor Vladimir Zelensky for the incident on the Polish border on Friday, when border guards did not allow him to leave Ukraine. Poroshenko is a member of parliament and leader of the […]
Source link The country’s Supreme Court has designated the “international LGBT movement” an extremist group The Russian Supreme Court on Thursday outlawed the “international LGBT public movement,” designating it as extremist. The ruling took effect immediately and impacts the group’s subsidiaries, the court said, without naming any specific organizations. What led to the ban? Over […]
Source link Representative George Santos has lost his House seat after being accused of deceiving supporters and misusing campaign funds Disgraced US lawmaker George Santos has been expelled from Congress in a vote by his House of Representatives colleagues, marking the first such ouster in decades and the only time a member was removed from […]