Zelensky has turned Ukraine into 'new Afghanistan,' Former PM Azarov says
💬 "Over the years, presidents of Ukraine made promises to turn the country into either a new France or a new Switzerland. However, Zelensky went further than anyone and turned the country into a new Afghanistan, to the delight of the Anglo-Saxons and defense companies," former Ukrainian prime minister Nikolai Azarov wrote in a social media post.
"What do you think? Is there is a chance that Washington will get tired of its 'toy' in the foreseeable future? Or is the pleasure of playing dirty tricks on Russia more important than the lives of the hostages of the Kiev regime?" the politician asked.
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💬 "Over the years, presidents of Ukraine made promises to turn the country into either a new France or a new Switzerland. However, Zelensky went further than anyone and turned the country into a new Afghanistan, to the delight of the Anglo-Saxons and defense companies," former Ukrainian prime minister Nikolai Azarov wrote in a social media post.
"What do you think? Is there is a chance that Washington will get tired of its 'toy' in the foreseeable future? Or is the pleasure of playing dirty tricks on Russia more important than the lives of the hostages of the Kiev regime?" the politician asked.
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AI can 'turn stalker,' 'targeting victims' using facial recognition tools, experts warn
Amid growing concerns about the recent strides made by artificial intelligence technology, software engineer and DeepAI founder Kevin Baragona was one of those who joined the likes of Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in signing an open letter calling for a pause in AI development.
Kevin Baragona, warns that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used for nefarious purposes, such as stalking people through facial recognition.
Advanced facial recognition technology could make it easier for stalkers to track victims, and there have been warnings about the US government potentially misusing AI in secrecy.
"There are services online that can use a photo of you... and I can find everything... Every instance of your face on the internet, every place you've been, and use that for stalker-type purposes," Baragona said.
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Amid growing concerns about the recent strides made by artificial intelligence technology, software engineer and DeepAI founder Kevin Baragona was one of those who joined the likes of Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in signing an open letter calling for a pause in AI development.
Kevin Baragona, warns that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used for nefarious purposes, such as stalking people through facial recognition.
Advanced facial recognition technology could make it easier for stalkers to track victims, and there have been warnings about the US government potentially misusing AI in secrecy.
"There are services online that can use a photo of you... and I can find everything... Every instance of your face on the internet, every place you've been, and use that for stalker-type purposes," Baragona said.
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🎙 Today’s episode of the #AfroVerdict podcast features South African Khulekani Skosana, Chairperson of the International Relations Subcommittee of the ANC Youth League, who was sanctioned by the Kiev regime for visiting the Donbass region as an international observer to the 2022 referendum.
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In today’s episode of #AfroVerdict, your host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with Khulekani Skosana, Chairperson of the International Relations Subcommittee of the ANC Youth League in South Africa, who continues his fight for equality and freedom, even being…
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😵💫🌍 Video of Kandiss Taylor, who is a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, saying that the world is being “brainwashed” with globes goes viral
"I can’t unsee this: globes everywhere," Taylor, a flat-earther and elected GOP district chair in Georgia, says.
Twitter users mocked her remark, saying that “this would be a globe if I was a normal person,” arguing that the “spherical earth theory is based on math, Flat earth theory is based on meth.”
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"I can’t unsee this: globes everywhere," Taylor, a flat-earther and elected GOP district chair in Georgia, says.
Twitter users mocked her remark, saying that “this would be a globe if I was a normal person,” arguing that the “spherical earth theory is based on math, Flat earth theory is based on meth.”
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Here's a little sneak peek at this week's episode of our New Rules podcast. Our host Dimitri Simes Jr. speaks with Jacques Sapir about the decline of US hegemony, economic multipolarity, and much more!
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In the meantime, check out previous episodes on our website and Rumble
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Rare 'lopsided' supernova blast kicked dead star across galaxy
The dead star found as a result of the new research has been dubbed "the Mini Mouse" due to its similarity to that earlier detected radio nebula. This object was produced due to very special circumstances.
After the demise of a massive star in an explosion - a supernova - if the latter is, so to say, lopsided, uneven energy distribution can result in a rare phenomenon. The pulsar formed during the explosion gradually left the place of its birth, moving at a speed of 320-360 km/s, with the entire process accompanied by the formation of a radio nebula with a cometary-like shape. This glow of light is what's called a pulsar bow-shock nebula.
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, European astronomers were observing this binary star formation named GRS 1915+105, consisting of a black hole and a normal star. Their work was part of the Thundercat Large Survey Program.
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The dead star found as a result of the new research has been dubbed "the Mini Mouse" due to its similarity to that earlier detected radio nebula. This object was produced due to very special circumstances.
After the demise of a massive star in an explosion - a supernova - if the latter is, so to say, lopsided, uneven energy distribution can result in a rare phenomenon. The pulsar formed during the explosion gradually left the place of its birth, moving at a speed of 320-360 km/s, with the entire process accompanied by the formation of a radio nebula with a cometary-like shape. This glow of light is what's called a pulsar bow-shock nebula.
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, European astronomers were observing this binary star formation named GRS 1915+105, consisting of a black hole and a normal star. Their work was part of the Thundercat Large Survey Program.
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💳 🇨🇳 UnionPay's growing popularity is driven by its monopoly on yuan transactions and the increasing global use of the Chinese currency. With a transaction volume of $16.227 trillion, UnionPay has surpassed Visa ($14.109 trillion) in popularity.
"It is important to understand that the SWIFT system is an international interbank system, whereas UnionPay is an international payment system. It is important to realize that UnionPay cannot completely replace SWIFT. However, if companies or individuals are subject to Western sanctions, the use of UnionPay can indeed help them partially to avoid financial sanctions, because debit cards mainly meet the needs of managing personal or business accounts. They allow payments and control of funds. After all, accounts opened within the UnionPay system cannot be subject to Western sanctions," Jia Jinjing, assistant dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, told Sputnik.
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"It is important to understand that the SWIFT system is an international interbank system, whereas UnionPay is an international payment system. It is important to realize that UnionPay cannot completely replace SWIFT. However, if companies or individuals are subject to Western sanctions, the use of UnionPay can indeed help them partially to avoid financial sanctions, because debit cards mainly meet the needs of managing personal or business accounts. They allow payments and control of funds. After all, accounts opened within the UnionPay system cannot be subject to Western sanctions," Jia Jinjing, assistant dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, told Sputnik.
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🇷🇺🇧🇮 Lavrov to Sputnik: Russia to make Burundi's fertilizer needs priority in removing obstacles
The Russian foreign minister responded to a Sputnik Africa correspondent's question about the plans to supply Russian fertilizers to the region, noting that since Burundi and other African countries urgently need them, Russia is ready to expand and continue supplies
💬 "We will, as we agreed with [Burundi's] president today, take Burundi's needs into account as one of our priorities," the Russian foreign minister said.
The diplomat also called the EU's banning Russia's initiative to supply 300,000 tons of fertilizers to African countries free of charge Russophobic
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The Russian foreign minister responded to a Sputnik Africa correspondent's question about the plans to supply Russian fertilizers to the region, noting that since Burundi and other African countries urgently need them, Russia is ready to expand and continue supplies
💬 "We will, as we agreed with [Burundi's] president today, take Burundi's needs into account as one of our priorities," the Russian foreign minister said.
The diplomat also called the EU's banning Russia's initiative to supply 300,000 tons of fertilizers to African countries free of charge Russophobic
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'Explosion in the heart of Europe': What's going on in Kosovo?
A new round of tensions in the Serbian breakaway province of Kosovo spilled into street clashes between the NATO-led occupation force known as Kosovo Force and local ethnic Serb residents on Monday.
What caused the escalation? Who's responsible? And how do ancient and recent history help explain for the present crisis?
Sputnik explains
A new round of tensions in the Serbian breakaway province of Kosovo spilled into street clashes between the NATO-led occupation force known as Kosovo Force and local ethnic Serb residents on Monday.
What caused the escalation? Who's responsible? And how do ancient and recent history help explain for the present crisis?
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Biden accuser Tara Reade: My two choices in US were to walk into cage or be killed
Tara Reade, a US citizen and ex-assistant to Joe Biden, who has recently arrived in Russia, told Sputnik she no longer feels safe in Biden's America, adding that many Americans are ready to follow in her footsteps.
💭 "We [the American people] need systemic change. So participate in that process and try to take command of your democracy if you want a democracy, because right now it's in disarray [...] And that's the problem." And as far as like going to another safe haven, I mean, there are many Americans here, and I don't want to out a bunch of Americans, but there are people here that are coming to Russia - much like back in the day when Soviet Union people defected over to the US - now you have the opposite. Now you have US and European citizens looking for safe haven here. And luckily, the Kremlin is accommodating. So we're lucky," Reade said.
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Tara Reade, a US citizen and ex-assistant to Joe Biden, who has recently arrived in Russia, told Sputnik she no longer feels safe in Biden's America, adding that many Americans are ready to follow in her footsteps.
💭 "We [the American people] need systemic change. So participate in that process and try to take command of your democracy if you want a democracy, because right now it's in disarray [...] And that's the problem." And as far as like going to another safe haven, I mean, there are many Americans here, and I don't want to out a bunch of Americans, but there are people here that are coming to Russia - much like back in the day when Soviet Union people defected over to the US - now you have the opposite. Now you have US and European citizens looking for safe haven here. And luckily, the Kremlin is accommodating. So we're lucky," Reade said.
Check out Sputnik’s full interview with Tara Reade on our website
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Footage from the cockpit of an Su-25 aircraft (video by Russian Mod)
Russian Aerospace Forces pilots can be seen conducting rocket strikes from a low altitude, destroying camouflaged Ukrainian fortified positions and armored vehicles.
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Russian Aerospace Forces pilots can be seen conducting rocket strikes from a low altitude, destroying camouflaged Ukrainian fortified positions and armored vehicles.
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What are ATACMS missiles and why is US threatening to give them to Kiev?
President Biden has confirmed that the US is still mulling over whether to send MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missiles to Ukraine. What are these weapons? What are characteristics? And why has Russia warned that their delivery to Kiev might drag Washington into a direct confrontation with Moscow?
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President Biden has confirmed that the US is still mulling over whether to send MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missiles to Ukraine. What are these weapons? What are characteristics? And why has Russia warned that their delivery to Kiev might drag Washington into a direct confrontation with Moscow?
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🇪🇷🇷🇺 Putin to meet with president of Eritrea in Moscow on Wednesday, Kremlin says
💬 "On May 31 ... Putin will hold talks with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who is on an official visit in Russia. It is planned to discuss the prospects for the development of Russian-Eritrean relations in various fields, as well as topical issues of the regional and international agenda," the Kremlin said in a statement
On May 24, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterpart from Eritrea Osman Saleh congratulated each other on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Russian-Eritrean diplomatic relations
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💬 "On May 31 ... Putin will hold talks with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who is on an official visit in Russia. It is planned to discuss the prospects for the development of Russian-Eritrean relations in various fields, as well as topical issues of the regional and international agenda," the Kremlin said in a statement
On May 24, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterpart from Eritrea Osman Saleh congratulated each other on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Russian-Eritrean diplomatic relations
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Future of missile defense lies in lasers, beams, not in warheads - Israeli official
"The future will be based on directed energy," Patel told a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Directed energy is the direction that [we] all need to invest in," Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) Director Moshe Patel said on Tuesday.
Patel explained that such development will be dictated by considerations of volume capabilities of energy as opposed to the much more limited and costly kinetically-delivered defense systems.
"We need to go into new technologies elsewhere," Patel said.
Israel was also preparing development systems to protect its population centers against attack by hypersonic weapon-delivered warheads, Patel also said.
Whatever the threat, Israel’s missile defense systems would be ready, Patel added.
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"The future will be based on directed energy," Patel told a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Directed energy is the direction that [we] all need to invest in," Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) Director Moshe Patel said on Tuesday.
Patel explained that such development will be dictated by considerations of volume capabilities of energy as opposed to the much more limited and costly kinetically-delivered defense systems.
"We need to go into new technologies elsewhere," Patel said.
Israel was also preparing development systems to protect its population centers against attack by hypersonic weapon-delivered warheads, Patel also said.
Whatever the threat, Israel’s missile defense systems would be ready, Patel added.
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Brazilian president calls for creation of common currency for South American trade
"[I propose] creating a common credit in trade, thus reducing dependence on extra-regional currencies," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at the South American summit in Brasilia.
On Monday, Lula commented on efforts to reduce reliance on the US dollar during his meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The Brazilian president said that South America functioning as a single economic block is the only way to effectively deal with problems and take a stronger stance at negotiations.
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"[I propose] creating a common credit in trade, thus reducing dependence on extra-regional currencies," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at the South American summit in Brasilia.
On Monday, Lula commented on efforts to reduce reliance on the US dollar during his meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The Brazilian president said that South America functioning as a single economic block is the only way to effectively deal with problems and take a stronger stance at negotiations.
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🇨🇳🇺🇸 US accuses Chinese J-16 jet of “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” in front of RC-135 reconnaissance plane
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Shelling of poultry farm in LPR kills 5, injures 19 people
Five people have been killed and another 19 have been injured in a shelling of a poultry farm in the village of Karpaty in the Lugansk People's Republic, the LPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes said.
The Ukrainian forces fired 4 rockets from HIMARS multiple rocket launchers toward the village, the JCCC added.
Earlier, the Ukrainian armed forces targeted a temporary accommodation center for residents of the Shebekinsky district in Russia’s Belgorod region.
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Five people have been killed and another 19 have been injured in a shelling of a poultry farm in the village of Karpaty in the Lugansk People's Republic, the LPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes said.
The Ukrainian forces fired 4 rockets from HIMARS multiple rocket launchers toward the village, the JCCC added.
Earlier, the Ukrainian armed forces targeted a temporary accommodation center for residents of the Shebekinsky district in Russia’s Belgorod region.
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🇷🇸 Rallies in support of Kosovar Serbs took place in front of Western embassies in Belgrade
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🇪🇺 Chomsky: Europe may face decline, deindustrialization by staying in 'US-dominated system'
💬 "Europe has a major decision to make: Will it stay within the US-dominated system, facing likely decline and even, some predict, deindustrialization?" renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. "Or will it accommodate in some fashion to its natural economic partner to the East, rich in mineral resources that Europe needs and a gateway to the lucrative China market?"
He explained the basic alternatives are a multipolar UN-based system or a unipolar "rules-based" system, where the US sets the rules and as the record reveals, disregards them when it chooses to.
💬 "The former is largely supported by most of the world. The latter is adopted by the Anglosphere, Europe, Japan and a few others," Chomsky added, noting that Russia' special military operation "provided the United States with a most welcome gift, driving Europe into Washington's pocket and thus strengthening its demand for a unipolar ‘rules-based’ order."
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💬 "Europe has a major decision to make: Will it stay within the US-dominated system, facing likely decline and even, some predict, deindustrialization?" renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. "Or will it accommodate in some fashion to its natural economic partner to the East, rich in mineral resources that Europe needs and a gateway to the lucrative China market?"
He explained the basic alternatives are a multipolar UN-based system or a unipolar "rules-based" system, where the US sets the rules and as the record reveals, disregards them when it chooses to.
💬 "The former is largely supported by most of the world. The latter is adopted by the Anglosphere, Europe, Japan and a few others," Chomsky added, noting that Russia' special military operation "provided the United States with a most welcome gift, driving Europe into Washington's pocket and thus strengthening its demand for a unipolar ‘rules-based’ order."
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🇷🇺🇬🇧 Dmitry Medvedev laces into UK Foreign Secretary's comments about Ukraine having right to “project force” beyond its borders
"The goofy officials of the UK, our eternal enemy, should remember that within the framework of the universally accepted international law which regulates modern warfare, including the Hague and Geneva Conventions with their additional protocols, their state can also be qualified as being at war.
"Today, the UK acts as Ukraine’s ally providing it with military aid in the form of equipment and specialists, i.e., de facto is leading an undeclared war against Russia. That being the case, any of its public officials (either military, or civil, who facilitate the war) can be considered as a legitimate military target."
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"The goofy officials of the UK, our eternal enemy, should remember that within the framework of the universally accepted international law which regulates modern warfare, including the Hague and Geneva Conventions with their additional protocols, their state can also be qualified as being at war.
"Today, the UK acts as Ukraine’s ally providing it with military aid in the form of equipment and specialists, i.e., de facto is leading an undeclared war against Russia. That being the case, any of its public officials (either military, or civil, who facilitate the war) can be considered as a legitimate military target."
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