No Guilt, No Shame: Western Leaders' Excuses for NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
Air attacks by NATO forces on Yugoslavia began this day 24 years ago. Between 1,200 and 2,500 people died within two months, and many more saw their lives crumbling into pieces when the US-led coalition unleashed war and destruction in the midst of Europe.
Politicians, generals, and journalists from Europe and America engaged in an abominable competition, trying to justify the massacre and sugar-coat the violation of international laws.
The claims of the then-leaders of Western countries are displayed in this Sputnik gallery - alongside the results of the alliance's brutal operation.
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Air attacks by NATO forces on Yugoslavia began this day 24 years ago. Between 1,200 and 2,500 people died within two months, and many more saw their lives crumbling into pieces when the US-led coalition unleashed war and destruction in the midst of Europe.
Politicians, generals, and journalists from Europe and America engaged in an abominable competition, trying to justify the massacre and sugar-coat the violation of international laws.
The claims of the then-leaders of Western countries are displayed in this Sputnik gallery - alongside the results of the alliance's brutal operation.
Watch here
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🇷🇺🇹🇭 Russia increased the export of its fertilizers to Thailand by 63% and also sold 4.5 times more jewelry to the country in 2022 compared to the previous year, Valery Barchenko, chairman of the Russian-Thai business council told Sputnik.
🗣 "At the end of 2022, the growth of Russian export to Thailand was registered in fertilizers ($291.2 million or +63%) and jewelry, including precious metal bars ($211.9 million or +351%)," he said, referring to data provided by Thailand.
📌 In February, Russian Ambassador to Thailand Evgeny Tomikhin told Sputnik that Moscow and Bangkok were increasing their bilateral trade in agricultural and relevant products. The diplomat also said that there were agreements achieved on a number of new trade items, adding that there were trade prospects concerning meat and dairy products, as well as mineral fertilizers.
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🗣 "At the end of 2022, the growth of Russian export to Thailand was registered in fertilizers ($291.2 million or +63%) and jewelry, including precious metal bars ($211.9 million or +351%)," he said, referring to data provided by Thailand.
📌 In February, Russian Ambassador to Thailand Evgeny Tomikhin told Sputnik that Moscow and Bangkok were increasing their bilateral trade in agricultural and relevant products. The diplomat also said that there were agreements achieved on a number of new trade items, adding that there were trade prospects concerning meat and dairy products, as well as mineral fertilizers.
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Suffering for the Truth? Japanese Principal Resigns Over ‘Elite Refugees’ Jab at Ukrainian Students
Japan has received more than 2,000 Ukrainian refugees since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
Masumi Shimizu, president of a Japanese language school in Gunma Prefecture, has resigned after facing a backlash for reportedly calling Ukrainian migrants-turned-students "elite refugees."
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Japan has received more than 2,000 Ukrainian refugees since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
Masumi Shimizu, president of a Japanese language school in Gunma Prefecture, has resigned after facing a backlash for reportedly calling Ukrainian migrants-turned-students "elite refugees."
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🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev talks about the catastrophic outcome of the clashes between the armies of Russia and the United States and says who Russia is actually fighting in Ukraine.
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📹 Russian Grad MLRS crews destroy Ukrainian facilities and camouflaged positions in the special military operation (video by Russia's MoD)
▪️ Artillery units continue to carry out firing tasks to hit batteries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroy camouflaged defensive structures, suppress command posts, and destroy enemy firepower, weapons, and military hardware, using the tactics of constant repositioning.
▪️ Multiple-launch rocket artillery is also used for barrage fire on possible enemy retreat or offensive routes. The shockwave and shrapnel, which travel hundreds of meters, destroy revealed enemy firing positions and strongholds.
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▪️ Artillery units continue to carry out firing tasks to hit batteries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroy camouflaged defensive structures, suppress command posts, and destroy enemy firepower, weapons, and military hardware, using the tactics of constant repositioning.
▪️ Multiple-launch rocket artillery is also used for barrage fire on possible enemy retreat or offensive routes. The shockwave and shrapnel, which travel hundreds of meters, destroy revealed enemy firing positions and strongholds.
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Utah Bans Children From Using Social Media Without Parental Approval
The new laws require social media companies to add a number of features to their apps by March 1, 2024, including age verification for all users in order to open or maintain an account; permission from parents before a minor can open an account; giving parents the ability to access their children’s accounts, and including all posts and private messages.
It also requires apps to restrict minors’ use of social media between 10:30 pm and 6:30 am, unless a parent changes those settings, and it places restrictions on what kinds of personal information a social media platform can collect from minors.
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The new laws require social media companies to add a number of features to their apps by March 1, 2024, including age verification for all users in order to open or maintain an account; permission from parents before a minor can open an account; giving parents the ability to access their children’s accounts, and including all posts and private messages.
It also requires apps to restrict minors’ use of social media between 10:30 pm and 6:30 am, unless a parent changes those settings, and it places restrictions on what kinds of personal information a social media platform can collect from minors.
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Technologist and cohost of the CovertAction Magazine podcast Chris Garaffa joins us to discuss the American policy looking to ban TikTok which is dressed-up as the "protection of US citizen’s data from Chinese social media companies"
🎧Listen to more of Garaffa’s analysis in our podcast Political Misfits
🎧Listen to more of Garaffa’s analysis in our podcast Political Misfits
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New Russian-Chinese 'World Order' Threatens US Economic 'Hegemony'
With civil unrest raging across Europe and banks collapsing in the US and Switzerland, the end of Western hegemony may be nigh. Journalist and author Jon Jeter and author, historian, and researcher Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history at the University of Houston, discuss the opportunities and risks of a new multipolar world.
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With civil unrest raging across Europe and banks collapsing in the US and Switzerland, the end of Western hegemony may be nigh. Journalist and author Jon Jeter and author, historian, and researcher Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history at the University of Houston, discuss the opportunities and risks of a new multipolar world.
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🇲🇽 Mexico's Supreme Court has accepted the National Electoral Institute's (INE) claim on the unconstitutional nature of the presidential electoral reform and stopped all new provisions in related laws.
"The Investigating Minister granted the suspension requested by the INE with respect to all the challenged articles of the Decree so that things remain in the state in which they are today and the provisions in force before the respective reform apply," the highest court said in a Friday statement.
The supreme court emphasized that defendants in the lawsuit - the Mexican Congress and the federal executive - must submit their response to the INE lawsuit within the statutory period.
According to the high court, this case concerns "a possible violation of the political and electoral rights of citizens."
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"The Investigating Minister granted the suspension requested by the INE with respect to all the challenged articles of the Decree so that things remain in the state in which they are today and the provisions in force before the respective reform apply," the highest court said in a Friday statement.
The supreme court emphasized that defendants in the lawsuit - the Mexican Congress and the federal executive - must submit their response to the INE lawsuit within the statutory period.
According to the high court, this case concerns "a possible violation of the political and electoral rights of citizens."
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Egyptologists Uncover Incredible Ancient Relief Paintings Showing Planets, Complete Zodiac
The temple in Esna was completed around 250 AD, but the part that remains today and in which the paintings were found was the vestibule to the temple, which would have been completed between 41 and 54 AD, when Claudius was the emperor of Rome.
The paintings on the sandstone walls were covered and hidden by grime that had to be carefully removed. However, once cleaned, the incredible colorful frescoes became visible in all their glory.
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The temple in Esna was completed around 250 AD, but the part that remains today and in which the paintings were found was the vestibule to the temple, which would have been completed between 41 and 54 AD, when Claudius was the emperor of Rome.
The paintings on the sandstone walls were covered and hidden by grime that had to be carefully removed. However, once cleaned, the incredible colorful frescoes became visible in all their glory.
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Israeli Protesters Promise ‘Week of Paralysis’ Amid Attempted Judicial Overhaul
Describing the proposed changes to the court system as an “attempt to turn Israel into a dictatorship,” protesters vowed that “millions” will turn out to “defend the State of Israel and the Declaration of Independence.”
“Every citizen who wants to live in a democracy must come out to the streets and oppose the dictatorship at all costs,” the statement insisted.
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Describing the proposed changes to the court system as an “attempt to turn Israel into a dictatorship,” protesters vowed that “millions” will turn out to “defend the State of Israel and the Declaration of Independence.”
“Every citizen who wants to live in a democracy must come out to the streets and oppose the dictatorship at all costs,” the statement insisted.
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🇧🇫 Russia is actively working on opening an embassy in Burkina Faso, this is in line with Moscow's strategic goals, Russian Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso Alexey Saltykov told Sputnik.
💬 "The issue of reopening the embassy in Ouagadougou is under consideration. We are working on this issue ... We all need to be optimistic, and as the ambassador in Abidjan and part-time in Burkina Faso, I am also optimistic that this will happen after all, because it corresponds to the strategic course of Russia to develop relations with countries on the continent," Saltykov said.
He recalled how Russia made the difficult decision to close its diplomatic mission in Burkina Faso in 1992, due to financial reasons.
💬 "Starting from this year, the maintenance of bilateral diplomatic relations between Russia and Burkina Faso has been entrusted to the Russian Embassy in Abidjan. Since then, work on the development of bilateral relations has not stopped even for a minute. We are quite active in holding dialogue, first of all, through notes of correspondence, through official channels, but we also have regular visit exchanges: the ambassador or embassy employees who come to the capital Ouagadougou and negotiate with Burkina colleagues," Saltykov told Sputnik.
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💬 "The issue of reopening the embassy in Ouagadougou is under consideration. We are working on this issue ... We all need to be optimistic, and as the ambassador in Abidjan and part-time in Burkina Faso, I am also optimistic that this will happen after all, because it corresponds to the strategic course of Russia to develop relations with countries on the continent," Saltykov said.
He recalled how Russia made the difficult decision to close its diplomatic mission in Burkina Faso in 1992, due to financial reasons.
💬 "Starting from this year, the maintenance of bilateral diplomatic relations between Russia and Burkina Faso has been entrusted to the Russian Embassy in Abidjan. Since then, work on the development of bilateral relations has not stopped even for a minute. We are quite active in holding dialogue, first of all, through notes of correspondence, through official channels, but we also have regular visit exchanges: the ambassador or embassy employees who come to the capital Ouagadougou and negotiate with Burkina colleagues," Saltykov told Sputnik.
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🇨🇦🇨🇳 Joe Biden mistakenly hailed "China" instead of "Canada" as he addressed parliamentarians as part of his official visit to Ottawa.
Commenting on the agreement on diverting asylum seekers, reportedly struck between the two countries ahead of Biden’s official visit as part of a crackdown on the migration surge, America’s octogenarian president said:
💬 "Today, I applaud China for stepping up,” but quickly added, "Excuse me, I applaud Canada." POTUS then quipped, “You can tell what I’m thinking about China. I won’t get into that yet.”
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Commenting on the agreement on diverting asylum seekers, reportedly struck between the two countries ahead of Biden’s official visit as part of a crackdown on the migration surge, America’s octogenarian president said:
💬 "Today, I applaud China for stepping up,” but quickly added, "Excuse me, I applaud Canada." POTUS then quipped, “You can tell what I’m thinking about China. I won’t get into that yet.”
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🇻🇦🇬🇷 Three fragments of the Parthenon were returned to Acropolis Museum in Athens from the Vatican after having been discussed with Pope Francis two years ago.
The three sculptural elements were part of the decoration of the Parthenon, created by the sculptor Phidias in the mid-fifth century BC. The priceless marble pieces have been in Vatican museums since the 19th century.
The first piece is the head of a horse from the western pediment of the temple. The second fragment is the head of a boy, presumably holding a tray of offerings to Athena from the frieze o the temple. Another fragment is of a man's head with a beard, presumably from the south side of the same temple.
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The three sculptural elements were part of the decoration of the Parthenon, created by the sculptor Phidias in the mid-fifth century BC. The priceless marble pieces have been in Vatican museums since the 19th century.
The first piece is the head of a horse from the western pediment of the temple. The second fragment is the head of a boy, presumably holding a tray of offerings to Athena from the frieze o the temple. Another fragment is of a man's head with a beard, presumably from the south side of the same temple.
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💻 Personal user data of ChatGPT has been compromised because of a bug, which was later discovered by chatbot developer OpenAI, the company said.
💬 "We took ChatGPT offline earlier this week due to a bug in an open-source library which allowed some users to see noscripts from another active user’s chat history," the company said in a statement, adding that the error is now fixed.
Hours before the company took ChatGPT offline, it was possible to see another active user's first and last name, email, payment address, the last four digits of a credit card and its expiration date, the statement read.
In total, around 1.2 percent of ChatGPT subscribers were affected by the data leak, the company said, adding that the figure is "extremely low."
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💬 "We took ChatGPT offline earlier this week due to a bug in an open-source library which allowed some users to see noscripts from another active user’s chat history," the company said in a statement, adding that the error is now fixed.
Hours before the company took ChatGPT offline, it was possible to see another active user's first and last name, email, payment address, the last four digits of a credit card and its expiration date, the statement read.
In total, around 1.2 percent of ChatGPT subscribers were affected by the data leak, the company said, adding that the figure is "extremely low."
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🇺🇬🇷🇺 A group of 12 members of the Uganda Air Force have completed an eight-month training course in piloting Mi-28NE attack helicopters
🗣 "There is no doubt that the introduction of the attack helicopters into the battlefield changed the tides of war in Northern Uganda against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in favor of the UPDF [Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces]
and continue to do so in the subsequent operations," the commander of the Air Force, Lt. Gen Charles Okidi, states.
▪️ Last year, Russia delivered a batch of Mi-28NE attack helicopters (an export version of Mi-28N Night Hunter) to Uganda.
▪️The Lord’s Resistance Army, which presents itself as an organization representing the interests of the Acholi people in northern Uganda, has been active since 1988. The militants are fighting against the central government of Uganda and are reported to have committed numerous human rights violations
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🗣 "There is no doubt that the introduction of the attack helicopters into the battlefield changed the tides of war in Northern Uganda against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in favor of the UPDF [Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces]
and continue to do so in the subsequent operations," the commander of the Air Force, Lt. Gen Charles Okidi, states.
▪️ Last year, Russia delivered a batch of Mi-28NE attack helicopters (an export version of Mi-28N Night Hunter) to Uganda.
▪️The Lord’s Resistance Army, which presents itself as an organization representing the interests of the Acholi people in northern Uganda, has been active since 1988. The militants are fighting against the central government of Uganda and are reported to have committed numerous human rights violations
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