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World record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

11:17 21.04.2024

World record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

Ice cover in Antarctica has been eroding at an alarming rate, writes ‘The Guardian’. On 18 March, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a remarkable event. They recorded the largest jump in temperature ever measured at a meteorological centre on Earth. According to …

“Freedom” of speech: Leaked NYT Gaza memo tells journalists to avoid words “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupied territory”

11:15 21.04.2024

“Freedom” of speech: Leaked NYT Gaza memo tells journalists to avoid words “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupied territory”

Amid the internal battle over the New York Times’s coverage of Israel’s war, top editors handed down a set of directives, reveals ‘The Intercept’. THE NEW YORK TIMES instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to …

How many Americans will commit vote fraud to get their candidate elected?

11:13 21.04.2024

How many Americans will commit vote fraud to get their candidate elected?

Survey warns of '45 million fraudulent ballots' in high-stakes 2024 election. Research this week questions whether we can rest assured that the results on November 5 can be trusted, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. A survey by the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank, found that nearly a third of voters …

Sergey Lavrov: “Western countries are failing to understand that if we are put in a situation where someone seeks to defeat Russia, “strategically” eliminate it as a global player, we will not be intimidated. They would indeed be frightened if someone took on them with the same kind of fury and frenzy”

16:14 20.04.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “Western countries are failing to understand that if we are put in a situation where someone seeks to defeat Russia, “strategically” eliminate it as a global player, we will not be intimidated. They would indeed be frightened if someone took on them with the same kind of fury and frenzy”

Photo: Russian MFA & RIA Novosti Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the radio stations Sputnik, Govorit Moskva, and Komsomolskaya Pravda, Moscow, April 19, 2024 Question: Every day, we hear threats from the West, alluding to their determination to achieve a “strategic defeat” over Russia. These threats are escalating in …

The 15 unrecognized signs that reveal exceptional intelligence

8:57 20.04.2024

The 15 unrecognized signs that reveal exceptional intelligence

Intelligence often gets boxed into narrow metrics like IQ scores or academic achievements. But just as a beautiful piece of music cannot be judged solely by its tempo or the instruments used, intelligence is far more nuanced and multifaceted. It’s an intricate blend of cognitive, emotional, and social skills that …

British life-style: Misery – Brits hanging up teabags to use again

8:55 20.04.2024

British life-style: Misery – Brits hanging up teabags to use again

Brits appear to be taking cost-cutting methods more seriously than ever from re-using old teabags to cutting our own hair and eating out of date food to save some pennies Hard-up Brits are hanging teabags on the washing line so they can use them again to save cash. A shocking …

US nightmare in Africa

8:52 20.04.2024

US nightmare in Africa

More than 1,000 U.S. troops are effectively being held “hostage” in Niger with medical supplies running low — stuck between the military junta-controlled government’s demands for them to leave and the Biden administration’s refusal to let them go home after the end of their deployments, according to a report prepared …

Views from the West: The Ukraine war is lost

8:47 20.04.2024

Views from the West: The Ukraine war is lost

Hollywood and DC ignore fact that Russia's army is bigger than when the war began and Ukraine can't keep up, notes FOXNEWS. On April 10, stars in Hollywood joined politicians in D.C. in demanding that Congress take up a war aid bill authorizing $60 billion in new assistance for Ukraine. …

POLITICO: Ukraine is heading for defeat

11:45 19.04.2024

POLITICO: Ukraine is heading for defeat

Just ask a Ukrainian soldier if he still believes the West will stand by Kyiv “for as long as it takes.” That pledge rings hollow when it’s been four weeks since your artillery unit last had a shell to fire, as one serviceman complained from the front lines, notes POLITICO. …

U.S. fraud losses exceed $233 billion annually

11:45 19.04.2024

U.S. fraud losses exceed $233 billion annually

The U.S. government may lose between $233 billion and $521 billion to fraud each year, according to a rough federal estimate, the first of its kind, released Tuesday, ‘The Washington Post’ informs. But the author of that report — the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office — simultaneously cautioned that its new …

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