The so-called “Havana Syndrome” illness did not result from the actions of a foreign adversary using an energy weapon to harm the health of US diplomatic staff overseas, US media claims, citing a new intelligence report.
Five US intelligence agencies concluded it was “very unlikely” that any foreign adversary targeted US diplomats and intelligence staff with the help of some sort of energy weapon that caused strange and painful acoustic sensations, according to the report.
The report contradicts repeated claims by victims of the alleged attacks and US lawmakers and officials who claimed that Russian intelligence agencies could've been behind "the illness."
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Five US intelligence agencies concluded it was “very unlikely” that any foreign adversary targeted US diplomats and intelligence staff with the help of some sort of energy weapon that caused strange and painful acoustic sensations, according to the report.
The report contradicts repeated claims by victims of the alleged attacks and US lawmakers and officials who claimed that Russian intelligence agencies could've been behind "the illness."
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US Reporter Hyping on Wuhan Lab 'Leak' Claims Pushed Iraqi WMD Lies
The accusations resurfaced as China presented a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine that included the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, the resumption of direct dialogue between Moscow and Kiev, and a call to prevent further escalation.
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The accusations resurfaced as China presented a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine that included the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, the resumption of direct dialogue between Moscow and Kiev, and a call to prevent further escalation.
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NATO Bid Finnished? Helsinki Police Probe Burning of 'Erdogan Photo' Outside Turkish Embassy
Finnish authorities have been on their toes looking out for possible anti-Turkish demonstrations and actions amid fear of a Sweden-style scenario in which the actions of local protesters prompted Ankara to threaten to withhold approval for the country’s entry into the NATO alliance. Last month, Finnish police reported preventing the burning of a Quran at a rally in Helsinki by threatening legal action against protest organizers.
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Finnish authorities have been on their toes looking out for possible anti-Turkish demonstrations and actions amid fear of a Sweden-style scenario in which the actions of local protesters prompted Ankara to threaten to withhold approval for the country’s entry into the NATO alliance. Last month, Finnish police reported preventing the burning of a Quran at a rally in Helsinki by threatening legal action against protest organizers.
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🔺NATO & Fruitless talks: West could have sat down at negotiating table long ago if it wanted, Peskov says
🔺Is COVID origins theory another way of the US to increase anti-China sentiments amid the population?
🔺New age of colonialism? Paris Can't Fully Break From Past 'Rooted in Colonialism'
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🔺New age of colonialism? Paris Can't Fully Break From Past 'Rooted in Colonialism'
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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 Russia and Belarus will share their information security experience with Africa, Asia, and Latin America
▪️Russia and Belarus will exchange information security experience with countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to minimize common threats, the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported.
🗣"The concept of the Union State's (Russia and Belarus) information security can serve as an example and a basis for the development of cooperation in this area for other states and regional associations," the press service said.
▪️On 1 February, the Ministry announced that the resolution of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia approved the Unions' information security concept.
▪️The Agency also stressed that the concept will be implemented by Minsk and Moscow in cooperation with like-minded states along the lines of the UN, where there is a special committee developing a convention on countering the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for criminal purposes
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▪️Russia and Belarus will exchange information security experience with countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to minimize common threats, the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported.
🗣"The concept of the Union State's (Russia and Belarus) information security can serve as an example and a basis for the development of cooperation in this area for other states and regional associations," the press service said.
▪️On 1 February, the Ministry announced that the resolution of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia approved the Unions' information security concept.
▪️The Agency also stressed that the concept will be implemented by Minsk and Moscow in cooperation with like-minded states along the lines of the UN, where there is a special committee developing a convention on countering the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for criminal purposes
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What's Known So Far in the Aftermath of Greece's Tragic Train Crash?
Many of the victims are believed to be university students who were returning home after an extended weekend to celebrate Carnival, which precedes Lent. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue.
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Many of the victims are believed to be university students who were returning home after an extended weekend to celebrate Carnival, which precedes Lent. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue.
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DOJ, FBI Clashed Over August 2022 Plans to Raid Mar-a-Lago for Suspected Classified Files - Report
A report in US media on Wednesday alleges that a small group of FBI agents opposed the US Justice Department’s plan to launch an unannounced raid of Mar-a-Lago, former US President Donald Trump’s private estate, last August, believing they could trust Trump’s lawyer, a former federal prosecutor.
According to the report, their differences began to show themselves in May 2022, several months after the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) asked the DOJ to see if Trump had more of the classified records from his administration that it was missing.
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A report in US media on Wednesday alleges that a small group of FBI agents opposed the US Justice Department’s plan to launch an unannounced raid of Mar-a-Lago, former US President Donald Trump’s private estate, last August, believing they could trust Trump’s lawyer, a former federal prosecutor.
According to the report, their differences began to show themselves in May 2022, several months after the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) asked the DOJ to see if Trump had more of the classified records from his administration that it was missing.
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'New Frontier': Scientists Lay Out Plan for Building AI Using Human Brain Cells
Their idea is to use “organoids,” or 3-D cultures of human brain cells that replicate brain functions such as learning and memory, and which can form drastically more connections than even the best computer chips.
Their study found that the human brain can store roughly 2,500 terabytes of information, which is about 1,000 times more memory than the newest MacBook Air laptop. Human brains are also vastly more energy efficient than circuit boards, requiring only “enough power to run a dim light bulb” in order to store an amount of information equivalent to the entire internet, according to a previous study.
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Their idea is to use “organoids,” or 3-D cultures of human brain cells that replicate brain functions such as learning and memory, and which can form drastically more connections than even the best computer chips.
Their study found that the human brain can store roughly 2,500 terabytes of information, which is about 1,000 times more memory than the newest MacBook Air laptop. Human brains are also vastly more energy efficient than circuit boards, requiring only “enough power to run a dim light bulb” in order to store an amount of information equivalent to the entire internet, according to a previous study.
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KJ Noh, a scholar, educator and journalist focusing on the political economy and geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific, sizes up the COVID lab leak theory as a US pretext to foment escalation against Beijing
🗣️“It is part of an ongoing attempt to demonize China, to show that China is a global security threat. And this has continued for three years nonstop. And COVID has been a key part of this, along with allegations of mistreatment of ethnic minorities, etc,” he claims
🎧Listen to more of Noh’s analysis in our podcast Political Misfits
🗣️“It is part of an ongoing attempt to demonize China, to show that China is a global security threat. And this has continued for three years nonstop. And COVID has been a key part of this, along with allegations of mistreatment of ethnic minorities, etc,” he claims
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Scientists: NASA’s Asteroid-Diverting DART Test ‘Validated’ Using Kinetic Impact for Earth Defense
A group of five closely related studies have corroborated the accuracy of previous conclusions: when NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid last year as part of an experiment, it altered the rock’s course much more than was expected. The method is now seen as the best way to protect Earth from rogue, civilization-ending asteroids.
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A group of five closely related studies have corroborated the accuracy of previous conclusions: when NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid last year as part of an experiment, it altered the rock’s course much more than was expected. The method is now seen as the best way to protect Earth from rogue, civilization-ending asteroids.
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Four Million British Kids in 'Food Poverty,' Says NGO Amid Inflation Crisis
The survey on behalf of the Food Foundation, an NGO which promotes healthy eating, found that 22% households said they had skipped meals or even fasted for a whole day in January this year, an increase on the 12% reporting the same at the start of last year.
The UK is suffering the worst inflation crunch since the 1970s thanks to sanctions and embargoes on Russian fuel and food imports, with the price petrol, diesel of some staple foods rising by around half.
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The survey on behalf of the Food Foundation, an NGO which promotes healthy eating, found that 22% households said they had skipped meals or even fasted for a whole day in January this year, an increase on the 12% reporting the same at the start of last year.
The UK is suffering the worst inflation crunch since the 1970s thanks to sanctions and embargoes on Russian fuel and food imports, with the price petrol, diesel of some staple foods rising by around half.
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US No Longer Needs Afghanistan's Consent to Use Military Force - White House
The United States will no longer rely on the consent of the previous Afghan government to use military force in the country in light of changing circumstances following the US withdrawal and subsequent rise to power by the Taliban*, the White House said on Wednesday.
*a group under UN sanctions for terrorism
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The United States will no longer rely on the consent of the previous Afghan government to use military force in the country in light of changing circumstances following the US withdrawal and subsequent rise to power by the Taliban*, the White House said on Wednesday.
*a group under UN sanctions for terrorism
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KJ Noh, a scholar, educator and journalist focusing on the political economy and geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific, joined us to discuss China’s role towards peace in Ukraine as well as its neutrality on the conflict
🗣️”It [China] is an ally of Ukraine, as is an ally of Russia as well. And so China is trying to move or pivot the world towards a more neutral win-win approach to resolving situations through diplomacy and without the use of kinetic force,” he added
🎧Listen to more of Noh’s analysis in our podcast Political Misfits
🗣️”It [China] is an ally of Ukraine, as is an ally of Russia as well. And so China is trying to move or pivot the world towards a more neutral win-win approach to resolving situations through diplomacy and without the use of kinetic force,” he added
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CIA Secretly ‘Hunting’ Assange Activists, Bombshell Report Suggests
Activists, lawyers and journalists linked to WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange are being subjected to extensive surveillance and intimidation, an explosive new report has detailed.
Individuals have been hacked, tracked, burglarized, threatened with death, and thrown in jails for years on dubious charges. And while the identity of the perpetrators has yet to be conclusively proven, victims say it’s clear who’s behind the campaign of harassment and spying: the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Activists, lawyers and journalists linked to WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange are being subjected to extensive surveillance and intimidation, an explosive new report has detailed.
Individuals have been hacked, tracked, burglarized, threatened with death, and thrown in jails for years on dubious charges. And while the identity of the perpetrators has yet to be conclusively proven, victims say it’s clear who’s behind the campaign of harassment and spying: the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Ominous Forecast: 'Mega-Thrust' Earthquake May Hit US West Coast This Week
"We cannot know for sure, but the first week of March will be extremely critical. We could see earthquakes of magnitude more than seven or eight," seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets at the Solar System Geometry Survey said in a new video breakdown.
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"We cannot know for sure, but the first week of March will be extremely critical. We could see earthquakes of magnitude more than seven or eight," seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets at the Solar System Geometry Survey said in a new video breakdown.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Asked to Vacate Frogmore Cottage, Spokesperson Says
Prince Harry and Meghan, who has retained the noscript of Duchess of Sussex, have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the couple's royal residence in England.
The property was initially intended to be their primary residence until the duke and duchess stepped down from their senior royal duties and fled the UK for Canada, before ultimately settling in California. In 2020, the pair said they had repaid more than $3 million in taxpayer money that was used to renovate the home.
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Prince Harry and Meghan, who has retained the noscript of Duchess of Sussex, have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the couple's royal residence in England.
The property was initially intended to be their primary residence until the duke and duchess stepped down from their senior royal duties and fled the UK for Canada, before ultimately settling in California. In 2020, the pair said they had repaid more than $3 million in taxpayer money that was used to renovate the home.
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🇺🇸 Besides Lavrov, Blinken is also not planning any talks in New Delhi with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang. Washington seems to be concerned with what it sees as signs of support for Russia on the issue of Ukraine that are being shown by Beijing.
While we were waiting for the delegations to arrive, I discussed the divisions on Ukraine between Russia and the West with Associated Press journalist and diplomatic writer Matt Lee:
💬 “The divisions that were very bad at the beginning have only gotten worse over the course of the last year.” – he told me – “And now you see the Chinese siding even more with the Russians. And that, is alarming, I think, to the U.S. and to its Western allies.”
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While we were waiting for the delegations to arrive, I discussed the divisions on Ukraine between Russia and the West with Associated Press journalist and diplomatic writer Matt Lee:
💬 “The divisions that were very bad at the beginning have only gotten worse over the course of the last year.” – he told me – “And now you see the Chinese siding even more with the Russians. And that, is alarming, I think, to the U.S. and to its Western allies.”
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📹 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arriving for the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi.
ℹ️ Moscow and Washington said in advance that no meetings between Blinken and Russian FM Lavrov are scheduled at the G20 FMM in New Delhi. The two diplomats have not met in person since January 2022.
ℹ️ Moscow and Washington said in advance that no meetings between Blinken and Russian FM Lavrov are scheduled at the G20 FMM in New Delhi. The two diplomats have not met in person since January 2022.
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Blinken's Central Asia Trip Was Meant to Open a 'Second Front' Against Russia: Why It Failed
The US secretary of state has completed a two-day tour of Central Asia, traveling to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and meeting with the Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik and Turkmeni foreign ministers in Astana. What was the point of the trip? And why are US options for challenging Russia and China in the region so dim?
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The US secretary of state has completed a two-day tour of Central Asia, traveling to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and meeting with the Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik and Turkmeni foreign ministers in Astana. What was the point of the trip? And why are US options for challenging Russia and China in the region so dim?
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The morning session of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi is being held behind closed doors.
Journalists were only able to hear the introduction speech by the Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and a recorded greeting by PM Narendra Modi.
❗️This session is very important for Moscow since food and energy security are on the agenda.
Ahead of the meeting, Moscow has announced that it wants to address the NordStream pipelines sabotage and the blockade of Russian fertilizer shipments to poor countries by the West.
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Journalists were only able to hear the introduction speech by the Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and a recorded greeting by PM Narendra Modi.
❗️This session is very important for Moscow since food and energy security are on the agenda.
Ahead of the meeting, Moscow has announced that it wants to address the NordStream pipelines sabotage and the blockade of Russian fertilizer shipments to poor countries by the West.
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Russia Developing New Type of Military Operations for Defense Against US, Reports Say
According to Russian military magazine, the United States is gradually losing its leading position in the world. As a result, the aggressiveness of the US military and political course towards Russia is growing, since Russia is named the main culprit for the loss of American global domination. The authors point out that the US apparently plans to defeat Russia in the form of a "strategic (global) multi-domain operation."
It says Russian military experts consider a Russian strategic deterrence forces operation to be the main means and tool to counteract attempts to implement the Pentagon's aggressive plans to destroy Russia through a strategic multi-domain operation.
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According to Russian military magazine, the United States is gradually losing its leading position in the world. As a result, the aggressiveness of the US military and political course towards Russia is growing, since Russia is named the main culprit for the loss of American global domination. The authors point out that the US apparently plans to defeat Russia in the form of a "strategic (global) multi-domain operation."
It says Russian military experts consider a Russian strategic deterrence forces operation to be the main means and tool to counteract attempts to implement the Pentagon's aggressive plans to destroy Russia through a strategic multi-domain operation.
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