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🕊🇮🇳 Fishermen off India's east coast caught a pigeon with an unknown device on its leg. The police believe that the bird could have been used for espionage purposes.
"A suspected spy pigeon fitted with a tiny camera and a chip was caught from a fishing boat off the Paradip coast in Jagatsinghpur… We are verifying whether it is the camera or something else. We will produce the pigeon with all the material before the cyber expert finds out the truth," police spokesman Nimai Charan Sethi told local media.
🧐 The bird reportedly has a text message on its wings written in an unknown language.
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"A suspected spy pigeon fitted with a tiny camera and a chip was caught from a fishing boat off the Paradip coast in Jagatsinghpur… We are verifying whether it is the camera or something else. We will produce the pigeon with all the material before the cyber expert finds out the truth," police spokesman Nimai Charan Sethi told local media.
🧐 The bird reportedly has a text message on its wings written in an unknown language.
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Catch our Fault Lines show, where we provide updates and analysis on all the most vital stories! Here's our line-up for today:
🔺To kick things off, we’ll be discussing the FTC attempts to obtain the names of journalists who were given Twitter files
🔺Next, we’ll cover the Syria withdrawal vote in the House
🔺Finally, we’ll speak about the wave of strikes taking place all over France
More trending stories coming your way! Tune in to Radio Sputnik at 7am EST|4am PST|1pm CET via the website or app!
📻Also in the United States at 105.5FM, 104.7FM, 102.9FM, 1390AM, 1140AM
🔺To kick things off, we’ll be discussing the FTC attempts to obtain the names of journalists who were given Twitter files
🔺Next, we’ll cover the Syria withdrawal vote in the House
🔺Finally, we’ll speak about the wave of strikes taking place all over France
More trending stories coming your way! Tune in to Radio Sputnik at 7am EST|4am PST|1pm CET via the website or app!
📻Also in the United States at 105.5FM, 104.7FM, 102.9FM, 1390AM, 1140AM
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🇺🇸 Another incident with a train in the US has occurred, this time derailing in Oklahoma.
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Russian Military Deploys Kinzhals in Massive Strikes on Ukraine in Retaliation For Bryansk Terror
Russia has carried out massive missile strikes on targets inside Ukraine in retaliation for last week's terrorism in the Bryansk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
Two civilians were killed and a 10-year-old boy was injured last week when a group of saboteurs penetrated the Russian-Ukrainian border in Russia's Bryansk region and opened fire on civilian vehicles and infrastructure. NATO-provided weapons were found at the crime scenes. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a terrorist attack.
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Russia has carried out massive missile strikes on targets inside Ukraine in retaliation for last week's terrorism in the Bryansk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
Two civilians were killed and a 10-year-old boy was injured last week when a group of saboteurs penetrated the Russian-Ukrainian border in Russia's Bryansk region and opened fire on civilian vehicles and infrastructure. NATO-provided weapons were found at the crime scenes. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a terrorist attack.
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Journalist and political activist Kiji Noh joined us to discuss the US strategy to trigger a kinetic war in Asia as well as China’s calls for avoidance of conflict
🎧Listen to more of Noh’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Xi Warns US About Encircling China Amid Increased Tensions
🎧Listen to more of Noh’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Xi Warns US About Encircling China Amid Increased Tensions
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🇷🇺🇸🇾 Sputnik sends humanitarian aid to Syria
The Russian military delivered the humanitarian aid collected by Sputnik on Wednesday, March 8. The basic necessities were distributed from the Russian Hmeymim air base to the children's ward and the maternity ward of the central hospital in Latakia.
📦 A Sputnik correspondent in Latakia reported that a ton of medicines, children's food, and other basic items collected by the Sputnik team in Moscow has been delivered to the headquarters of the said hospital.
The delivery is part of the assistance that Russia is providing to Syria after the earthquake.
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The Russian military delivered the humanitarian aid collected by Sputnik on Wednesday, March 8. The basic necessities were distributed from the Russian Hmeymim air base to the children's ward and the maternity ward of the central hospital in Latakia.
📦 A Sputnik correspondent in Latakia reported that a ton of medicines, children's food, and other basic items collected by the Sputnik team in Moscow has been delivered to the headquarters of the said hospital.
The delivery is part of the assistance that Russia is providing to Syria after the earthquake.
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🇫🇷 The West’s decision to continue arming Ukraine threatens to turn the conflict into a long and brutal conflagration, French opposition leader Marine Le Pen has warned.
🗣 “There aren’t fifty different solutions; apart from a peace agreement, all the rest will be bad. Ukraine will not be able to win unless NATO comes to its aid. But if NATO enters the conflict on Ukraine’s side, the whole world will be at war. China will likely also enter the conflict,” the senior National Rally politician said in an interview with French radio on Thursday.
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🗣 “There aren’t fifty different solutions; apart from a peace agreement, all the rest will be bad. Ukraine will not be able to win unless NATO comes to its aid. But if NATO enters the conflict on Ukraine’s side, the whole world will be at war. China will likely also enter the conflict,” the senior National Rally politician said in an interview with French radio on Thursday.
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📹 🇫🇷 Demonstrations against pension reforms are continuing in Paris, with members of youth organizations protesting today. Some of the demonstrators have started smashing shop windows and cars
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Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, joined us to discuss the state of Europe under the rule of the United States
🗣️”I think this is a shortcoming of the current political elites of Europe, which has chosen to be coming to Capitol Hill when Washington is whistling and not having the policy and priorities of its own,” he claimed
🎧Listen to more of Polyanskiy’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Xi Warns US About Encircling China Amid Increased Tensions
🗣️”I think this is a shortcoming of the current political elites of Europe, which has chosen to be coming to Capitol Hill when Washington is whistling and not having the policy and priorities of its own,” he claimed
🎧Listen to more of Polyanskiy’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Xi Warns US About Encircling China Amid Increased Tensions
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🇺🇳 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his staff have been avoiding responding to questions related to journalists’ investigations into the Nord Stream explosions and the West's stance concerning the issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
💬 "I am referring to the questions that journalists are asking the [UN] secretary-general and his officials about how they feel about the need to investigate the information that has emerged on how the West describes the terrorist act that took place against the Nord Streams last September. And the secretary-general and his staff have shied away from responding to these justified questions in every possible way," Lavrov said at a joint press conference after a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud.
📍 The Russian foreign minister also said that there was complete "passivity and aloofness" related to the issues which require the active interest of the UN Secretariat, including the demilitarization of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
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💬 "I am referring to the questions that journalists are asking the [UN] secretary-general and his officials about how they feel about the need to investigate the information that has emerged on how the West describes the terrorist act that took place against the Nord Streams last September. And the secretary-general and his staff have shied away from responding to these justified questions in every possible way," Lavrov said at a joint press conference after a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud.
📍 The Russian foreign minister also said that there was complete "passivity and aloofness" related to the issues which require the active interest of the UN Secretariat, including the demilitarization of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
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Over Half of Moldovans Oppose Country's Accession to NATO, Survey Reveals
55.5% of Moldovans are convinced the country should not join NATO, compared to 62% a month earlier.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu, in an interview with the newspaper Politico, said the country should abandon neutrality in order to be admitted to a military alliance.
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55.5% of Moldovans are convinced the country should not join NATO, compared to 62% a month earlier.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu, in an interview with the newspaper Politico, said the country should abandon neutrality in order to be admitted to a military alliance.
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📊 How have countries changed their defense spending?
Sputnik has prepared an infographic showing changes in the defense budgets of different countries from 2022 to 2023
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Sputnik has prepared an infographic showing changes in the defense budgets of different countries from 2022 to 2023
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⚽️ Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar has shared a video of him falling to the ground while trying to head a ball when playing football with children.
💭 "Some news sites spread the news about my fall while playing football with students. So be it, but I will still play with youth. I will fall again, I will rise again" he said.
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💭 "Some news sites spread the news about my fall while playing football with students. So be it, but I will still play with youth. I will fall again, I will rise again" he said.
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❗️ US President Joe Biden releases 2024 budget
The proposed budget includes:
▪️ $6.883 trillion in spending, $5.036 trillion in revenue, with deficit growing compared to 2023
▪️ $842 billion for defense in 2024, up 3.2% from 2023
▪️ $753 million for Ukraine to counter “Russian malign influence”
▪️ $400 million to fund operations to counter China's influence
▪️ $37.7 billion to maintain “strong” nuclear deterrent
▪️ $6 billion to support Ukraine, NATO and European partners
▪️ $2.3 billion for State Department and USAID to support open, secure, and connected Indo-Pacific
▪️ $244 million to the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, $28 million above 2023 level
▪️ $27.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for NASA
▪️ $10.5 billion for food security improvement
The White House predicts US GDP growth of 1.5% in 2024, a rise in unemployment to 4.6%, and a slowdown in inflation to 2.4%
📍 US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says Biden’s budget completely unserious, president proposing trillions in new taxes, has a spending problem
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The proposed budget includes:
▪️ $6.883 trillion in spending, $5.036 trillion in revenue, with deficit growing compared to 2023
▪️ $842 billion for defense in 2024, up 3.2% from 2023
▪️ $753 million for Ukraine to counter “Russian malign influence”
▪️ $400 million to fund operations to counter China's influence
▪️ $37.7 billion to maintain “strong” nuclear deterrent
▪️ $6 billion to support Ukraine, NATO and European partners
▪️ $2.3 billion for State Department and USAID to support open, secure, and connected Indo-Pacific
▪️ $244 million to the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, $28 million above 2023 level
▪️ $27.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for NASA
▪️ $10.5 billion for food security improvement
The White House predicts US GDP growth of 1.5% in 2024, a rise in unemployment to 4.6%, and a slowdown in inflation to 2.4%
📍 US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says Biden’s budget completely unserious, president proposing trillions in new taxes, has a spending problem
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