🇫🇷 A new demonstration has begun in Paris over the pension reform. Protestors burnt materials in the streets and use fireworks.
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Europe Faces Challenges With Inflation, Economic Recovery, Financial Stability
Europe is experiencing challenges with high inflation, slow economic recovery and financial stability across the continent, Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) European Department Alfred Kammer said on Friday.
He warned that inflation remains “stubbornly high” and continues to be in double digits in most emerging European economies and some advanced economies.
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Europe is experiencing challenges with high inflation, slow economic recovery and financial stability across the continent, Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) European Department Alfred Kammer said on Friday.
He warned that inflation remains “stubbornly high” and continues to be in double digits in most emerging European economies and some advanced economies.
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💪 "Facing a juggernaut": The New York Times on Russia's Information Presence in Africa
💬 “Over the past year, a flood of pro-Russian content has increasingly been surfacing on news outlets and social media platforms in Africa,” in particular thanks to Russian media, the US media outlet states.
The NYT pointed out that Moscow is "expanding" across Africa, while "the reach of Western news outlets has been dwindling on some parts of the continent."
🗣 "RT and Sputnik [...] have signed partnerships with at least a dozen African news outlets," the outlet notes, quoting Maxime Audinet, an expert from IRSEM research institute, affiliated with the French defense ministry.
💬“In Mali, a Bamako-based radio station now broadcasts a Sputnik Afrique news podcast every evening,” the report adds
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💬 “Over the past year, a flood of pro-Russian content has increasingly been surfacing on news outlets and social media platforms in Africa,” in particular thanks to Russian media, the US media outlet states.
The NYT pointed out that Moscow is "expanding" across Africa, while "the reach of Western news outlets has been dwindling on some parts of the continent."
🗣 "RT and Sputnik [...] have signed partnerships with at least a dozen African news outlets," the outlet notes, quoting Maxime Audinet, an expert from IRSEM research institute, affiliated with the French defense ministry.
💬“In Mali, a Bamako-based radio station now broadcasts a Sputnik Afrique news podcast every evening,” the report adds
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US State Department, Pentagon Preparing Pathway to Hasten Foreign Weapons Sales, Media Reports
The US State Department and Pentagon are preparing measures to help hasten the process of selling weapons to foreign countries, American news outlet reported on Friday.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is considering more than 80 internal recommendations from a team tasked with speeding up the Pentagon’s foreign military sales process, the report said, citing a Pentagon spokesman.
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The US State Department and Pentagon are preparing measures to help hasten the process of selling weapons to foreign countries, American news outlet reported on Friday.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is considering more than 80 internal recommendations from a team tasked with speeding up the Pentagon’s foreign military sales process, the report said, citing a Pentagon spokesman.
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🇮🇳 Assam created history by entering the Guinness World Records 🏆 for the largest Bihu performance at a single venue.
A total of 11,304 folk dancers performed the Bihu Dance 🥁 along with 2,500 drummers at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Thursday.
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A total of 11,304 folk dancers performed the Bihu Dance 🥁 along with 2,500 drummers at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Thursday.
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UK Becomes First European Country to Allow Hands-Free Driving
The United Kingdom now allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel as long as the car is fitted with Ford’s BlueCruise technology, the US carmaker said on Friday.
This makes the UK the first country in Europe to allow the hands-free driving system, which is approved for specific sections of the road in England, Scotland and Wales, called hands-free blue zones.
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The United Kingdom now allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel as long as the car is fitted with Ford’s BlueCruise technology, the US carmaker said on Friday.
This makes the UK the first country in Europe to allow the hands-free driving system, which is approved for specific sections of the road in England, Scotland and Wales, called hands-free blue zones.
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🇫🇷 French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to sign a law on the pension reform in the next two days.
▪️ If Macron signs the law, the first measures of the pension reform will come into force on September 1, 2023.
📍 Earlier in the day, the French Constitutional Council approved raising the retirement age to 64 and rejected calls by left-wing parties to hold a referendum on the pension reform.
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▪️ If Macron signs the law, the first measures of the pension reform will come into force on September 1, 2023.
📍 Earlier in the day, the French Constitutional Council approved raising the retirement age to 64 and rejected calls by left-wing parties to hold a referendum on the pension reform.
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🇪🇸 Spain's security forces have closed the border in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa to transit transport after an attempt by a group of 200 migrants to break through the fence, a Spanish news agency reported, citing law enforcement sources.
▪️ Security forces in Morocco, bordering Ceuta, were reportedly able to contain the group of migrants.
📍 The area around Melilla regularly sees attempted illegal border crossings to Spain. In 2021, 1,900 people crossed the border near the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta, and a total of 42,000 undocumented migrants arrived in Spain, including 40,000 who had arrived by sea.
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▪️ Security forces in Morocco, bordering Ceuta, were reportedly able to contain the group of migrants.
📍 The area around Melilla regularly sees attempted illegal border crossings to Spain. In 2021, 1,900 people crossed the border near the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta, and a total of 42,000 undocumented migrants arrived in Spain, including 40,000 who had arrived by sea.
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📹 Attack UAV hit a column of military equipment of Ukrainian militants (video by Russian MoD)
During the flight, the UAV crew discovered a column of Ukrainian military equipment on the move.
The coordinates of the detected targets were transmitted in real-time to the command post, after which the military equipment of Ukraine was hit by high-precision weapons.
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During the flight, the UAV crew discovered a column of Ukrainian military equipment on the move.
The coordinates of the detected targets were transmitted in real-time to the command post, after which the military equipment of Ukraine was hit by high-precision weapons.
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Author Says Trans Controversy Cooked Up by Elites to Divide and Rule American Masses
Geopolitical analyst, veteran, author, and commentator Lucas Gage denounces the White House's transgender agenda as an attempt to alienate children from their parents.
The politics of transgender and 'queer' identity is a psy-op designed to divide society along generational lines, a US author has said.
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Geopolitical analyst, veteran, author, and commentator Lucas Gage denounces the White House's transgender agenda as an attempt to alienate children from their parents.
The politics of transgender and 'queer' identity is a psy-op designed to divide society along generational lines, a US author has said.
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🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he ordered the US military and intelligence community to strengthen security and limit the distribution of sensitive information after highly classified military intelligence was recently leaked.
▪️ On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested 21-year-old Jack Douglas Teixeira, a member of the US Air Force National Guard, for his alleged involvement in leaking the classified US government documents.
💬 "While we are still determining the validity of those documents, I have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further secure and limit distribution of sensitive information, and our national security team is closely coordinating with our partners and allies," Biden said in a press release.
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▪️ On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested 21-year-old Jack Douglas Teixeira, a member of the US Air Force National Guard, for his alleged involvement in leaking the classified US government documents.
💬 "While we are still determining the validity of those documents, I have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further secure and limit distribution of sensitive information, and our national security team is closely coordinating with our partners and allies," Biden said in a press release.
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🇩🇰 Denmark will deliver French self-propelled CAESAR howitzers to Ukraine in the coming weeks, the Danish Defense Ministry said on Friday.
🗣 "The artillery systems are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks," the ministry's statement read.
📌 In January, the Danish government said it would transfer 19 self-propelled CAESAR howitzers ordered in France to Ukraine.
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🗣 "The artillery systems are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks," the ministry's statement read.
📌 In January, the Danish government said it would transfer 19 self-propelled CAESAR howitzers ordered in France to Ukraine.
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Trump Vows to Destroy Deep State & Stop Biden's War on Lawful Gun Owners
Former US President Donald Trump during a speech at the National Rifle Association conference said that if reelected president he would destroy the deep state and stop President Joe Biden from restricting rights of lawful gun owners.
"I will dismantle and destroy the deep state, we've made a big progress," Trump said Friday afternoon. "That includes the gun grabbing bureaucrats who are persecuting gun owners and manufacturers every single day."
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Former US President Donald Trump during a speech at the National Rifle Association conference said that if reelected president he would destroy the deep state and stop President Joe Biden from restricting rights of lawful gun owners.
"I will dismantle and destroy the deep state, we've made a big progress," Trump said Friday afternoon. "That includes the gun grabbing bureaucrats who are persecuting gun owners and manufacturers every single day."
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🇯🇵 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to hold three public events on Saturday despite the incident in Wakayama
▪️ Earlier, the sound of a loud blast was heard in the vicinity of an upcoming public speech that Kishida was scheduled to deliver in Wakayama on Saturday morning. The prime minister was evacuated and was not harmed.
▪️ One man was arrested in connection with the incident.
No injuries were reported following the incident.
▪️ Eyewitnesses told local media that a young man threw a cylindrical black object in the direction of Kishida when the prime minister appeared at the location of his planned public speech, after which the man was detained by police, and a few seconds later the sound of an explosion was heard.
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▪️ Earlier, the sound of a loud blast was heard in the vicinity of an upcoming public speech that Kishida was scheduled to deliver in Wakayama on Saturday morning. The prime minister was evacuated and was not harmed.
▪️ One man was arrested in connection with the incident.
No injuries were reported following the incident.
▪️ Eyewitnesses told local media that a young man threw a cylindrical black object in the direction of Kishida when the prime minister appeared at the location of his planned public speech, after which the man was detained by police, and a few seconds later the sound of an explosion was heard.
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📉 Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Ukraine since the conflict in the country escalated last year, abandoning their homeland and choosing the lot of a refugee.
▪️ As the Ukrainian economy crumbles and the regime in Kiev resorts to press-ganging people into military service, a significant portion of Ukraine’s populace decided that they would be better off anywhere but in their country of origin.
📊 The following infographic by Sputnik, based on UN statistics, provides a rough estimate of how many Ukrainians fled abroad (rough because it deals only with people who registered as refugees) and lists their top 15 destinations.
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📉 Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Ukraine since the conflict in the country escalated last year, abandoning their homeland and choosing the lot of a refugee.
▪️ As the Ukrainian economy crumbles and the regime in Kiev resorts to press-ganging people into military service, a significant portion of Ukraine’s populace decided that they would be better off anywhere but in their country of origin.
📊 The following infographic by Sputnik, based on UN statistics, provides a rough estimate of how many Ukrainians fled abroad (rough because it deals only with people who registered as refugees) and lists their top 15 destinations.
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