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"We are pilots just like you!": Highlight from a prank call to George W. Bush by Vovan and Lexus. The Russian pranksters introduced themselves to the former US president as Ukrainian pilots 😬 #VovanLexusBush Subscribe to @sputniknewsus
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The first part of a prank on George W. Bush by Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus has emerged online: the former president, who was sure he was talking to the president of Ukraine, commented on the US promise not to expand NATO.
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❗️🇺🇸The US is in staff-level conversations with the Finnish, Swedish militaries about potential security assurances or capabilities the Pentagon can provide
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❗️Biden announces another package of security aid for Ukraine that includes artillery, radars and other equipment
The new $100 million aid package for the Kiev regime includes 18 155mm howitzers, 18 tactical vehicles and three AN/TPQ-36 anti-artillery radars, according to the Pentagon
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🇺🇸🇹🇷No plans for Biden to engage directly with Erdogan over concerns about Sweden & Finland joining NATO
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🌎📲🌍Buffalo Mass Shooting Livestream Reached Millions Even After Twitch Removed Footage. The attack was streamed on the account “jimboboiii” and spread online in real-time to 22 other users, according to the Washington Post.
At least one viewer who’d watched the Livestream saved a copy on their computer and shared it, opening the door for it to be downloaded and reshared to platforms including YouTube and Facebook as well as sites devoted to violent and uncensored videos and message boards.
A video that was uploaded to Streamable accumulated over 3 million views and could still be viewed an entire day after the shooting took place, according to a screenshot from the Internet Archive obtained by video game news site Kotaku.
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At least one viewer who’d watched the Livestream saved a copy on their computer and shared it, opening the door for it to be downloaded and reshared to platforms including YouTube and Facebook as well as sites devoted to violent and uncensored videos and message boards.
A video that was uploaded to Streamable accumulated over 3 million views and could still be viewed an entire day after the shooting took place, according to a screenshot from the Internet Archive obtained by video game news site Kotaku.
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💍💥Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York confirmed Thursday that she's engaged to her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, Insider news reports.
"We got engaged last month in my family's hometown in Puerto Rico," she tweeted. "No future details yet, we're taking some space to savor this time before diving into planning."
Ocasio-Cortez, 32, met Roberts, a marketing professional when the two were undergraduate students at Boston University. They've dated for several years.
Rumors started circulating earlier in the day when Ocasio-Cortez was photographed by The Hill sporting an engagement ring.
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"We got engaged last month in my family's hometown in Puerto Rico," she tweeted. "No future details yet, we're taking some space to savor this time before diving into planning."
Ocasio-Cortez, 32, met Roberts, a marketing professional when the two were undergraduate students at Boston University. They've dated for several years.
Rumors started circulating earlier in the day when Ocasio-Cortez was photographed by The Hill sporting an engagement ring.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 The FBI found no evidence of a covert communications channel between Trump and Russia's Alfa Bank, according to a Fox News report
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🍟💸 McDonald’s strikes a deal to sell all of its Russian restaurants. The Chicago burger giant said Alexander Govor, an existing licensee who operates 25 restaurants in Siberia, has agreed to buy McDonald’s 850 Russian restaurants and use them under a new name. McDonald’s did not disclose the terms of the sale.
The fast-food restaurant chain, which had nearly 850 restaurants in the country, most of them directly owned by the company, said it expected the deal, subject to regulatory approval, to close in the coming weeks.
McDonald's has operated in Russia for more than 30 years. The opening of its first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 symbolized a thaw in Cold War tensions. In March of 2022, MacDonald's shut down its operations in Russia over Western sanctions.
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The fast-food restaurant chain, which had nearly 850 restaurants in the country, most of them directly owned by the company, said it expected the deal, subject to regulatory approval, to close in the coming weeks.
McDonald's has operated in Russia for more than 30 years. The opening of its first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 symbolized a thaw in Cold War tensions. In March of 2022, MacDonald's shut down its operations in Russia over Western sanctions.
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✈️🇰🇷US President Joe Biden is scheduled to arrive in Seoul on Friday for talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, although administration officials admit they are concerned North Korea will attempt to overshadow the visit with the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile or even an underground nuclear test.
Biden is expected to discuss the security situation in Northeast Asia during his three-day visit, as well as ways to potentially engage with North Korea, the growing challenges posed by an increasingly expansionist China, and a new regional economic agreement.
The US leader is due to travel to Tokyo on Sunday for bilateral discussions with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and a summit of the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, which brings together Japan, the US, Australia, and India.
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Biden is expected to discuss the security situation in Northeast Asia during his three-day visit, as well as ways to potentially engage with North Korea, the growing challenges posed by an increasingly expansionist China, and a new regional economic agreement.
The US leader is due to travel to Tokyo on Sunday for bilateral discussions with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and a summit of the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, which brings together Japan, the US, Australia, and India.
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⚡️🇺🇦 EXCLUSIVE: The Nazis of Ukraine, the United States and other countries have a private chat in Telegram, ex-SBU Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Prozorov told Sputnik.
According to Prozorov, an American Nazi, Kent McLellan (nickname Bone Face), is in the chat, and his main point is that Azov is not fighting for either Zelensky, or NATO, or the EU, it is "not so much a regiment, but an idea of the neo-Nazi 'revival' of Ukraine."
"Many participants, including the US citizens, openly talk about their participation in the hostilities on the side of Ukrainian nationalists... In particular, we are talking about Azov and Right Sector (banned in Russia as an extremist organization). The chat even supports the recruiting campaign for the regiment," he told Sputnik.
According to Prozorov, an American Nazi, Kent McLellan (nickname Bone Face), is in the chat, and his main point is that Azov is not fighting for either Zelensky, or NATO, or the EU, it is "not so much a regiment, but an idea of the neo-Nazi 'revival' of Ukraine."
"Many participants, including the US citizens, openly talk about their participation in the hostilities on the side of Ukrainian nationalists... In particular, we are talking about Azov and Right Sector (banned in Russia as an extremist organization). The chat even supports the recruiting campaign for the regiment," he told Sputnik.
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🧐🗳Some inconsistencies were found in thousands of ballots for primaries held in the US state of Oregon. The ballots contained unclear barcodes that vote-counting machines couldn't read and would delay results by weeks in a critical U.S. House race in Oregon’s primary election.
Voters from both political parties milled about in a narrow room with windows that allowed views of workers opening ballots, transferring votes, reviewing flagged ballots, and using the vote-counting machines.
The failure could affect up to 60,000 ballots, or two-thirds of the roughly 90,000 returned in Oregon’s third-largest county. Hundreds of votes were still coming in under a new law that allows ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
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Voters from both political parties milled about in a narrow room with windows that allowed views of workers opening ballots, transferring votes, reviewing flagged ballots, and using the vote-counting machines.
The failure could affect up to 60,000 ballots, or two-thirds of the roughly 90,000 returned in Oregon’s third-largest county. Hundreds of votes were still coming in under a new law that allows ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
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😍😍 According to multiple reports, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed a baby boy.
The couple, who first revealed her pregnancy with a belly-baring Harlem photoshoot in January, became parents May 13 in Los Angeles, according to TMZ on Thursday based on unnamed sources.
People magazine, citing an unnamed source, said A$AP and Rihanna, 34, are home in Los Angeles with the baby.
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The couple, who first revealed her pregnancy with a belly-baring Harlem photoshoot in January, became parents May 13 in Los Angeles, according to TMZ on Thursday based on unnamed sources.
People magazine, citing an unnamed source, said A$AP and Rihanna, 34, are home in Los Angeles with the baby.
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👩🚀NASA's InSight Mars robotic lander will complete its work in late 2022 due to a lack of solar energy, mission chief Bruce Bannerdt says.
The lander now generates only 10% of the original capacity of solar power because of heavy dust on Mars, which has covered the robot's solar panels.
Photo credit: NASA
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The lander now generates only 10% of the original capacity of solar power because of heavy dust on Mars, which has covered the robot's solar panels.
Photo credit: NASA
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📹 Russia's Ministry of Defence has published footage of the work being done by Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters during a special military operation in Ukraine
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⚡ Russian Orthodox charity gathers over $300,000 for refugees from Ukraine
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📹 Russia's Ministry of Defence has published footage of "Grad" multiple launch rocket systems' combat work during the special operation in Ukraine
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