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The faux “fact-checking” organizations are directly funded by Washington

Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In light of...

13. 8. 2022 No Responses

Poland wants Ukraine to admit genocide

A Polish deputy culture minister says the 1943 Volhyn massacres fit the definition of genocide and Kiev will have to recognize that. The mass murder of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during the Second World War meets the definition of genocide...

10. 8. 2022 No Responses

Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto firms had deep ties to bankrupt Voyager Digital

Sam Bankman-Fried became a crypto billionaire and one of the most famous players in the industry by building cryptocurrency exchange FTX. His company was pseudo-valued at $32 billion in January and currently has more than a million users. Voyager is a...

9. 8. 2022 No Responses

Ukraine halts Russian oil supply to EU

Ukraine’s state oil pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta has stopped pumping Russian crude through the southern branch of the Druzhba system to the EU, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday, citing Russia’s Transneft. According to the report, transit suppl...

9. 8. 2022 No Responses

UNSC expresses ‘deep concern’ about Israeli aggression in Gaza Ghetto

The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed “deep concern” about the situation in the Gaza Ghetto during an emergency meeting to discuss the Khazar-Zionist regime’s latest aggression in the besieged enclave, the Russian envoy to the world body said ...

8. 8. 2022 No Responses

The Destiny of Civilization: Michael Hudson on Finance Capitalism

Michael Hudson is the president of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends. He is an economist and an author. Some people probably already know him, but the book probably most famously Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of...

7. 8. 2022 No Responses

Turkey Agrees To Pay For Russian Gas With Rubles

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday to bolster cooperation after a four-hour meeting, a joint statement from the two nations has revealed as cited by Reuters. As part of the deal, which would increase...

6. 8. 2022 No Responses

Spain Bans A/C Dropping Below 80°F, Threatens Massive Fines

Penalties will range from up to €60,000 for minor offenses, to a maximum of €600,000 for serious violations. Citing “a real risk of a natural gas shortage during the coming winter,” the Spanish government has decreed that all shops, department s...

5. 8. 2022 No Responses

Covert US drone strike leading to civilian deaths in Nigeria declassified

Drone attacks represent a perennial strand in the history of conflicts the US has undertaken far from its borders, but the details of how the US has used its drone program to assassinate suspected terrorists overseas, and the true gravity...

4. 8. 2022 No Responses

Gazprom can’t accept Nord Stream 1 turbine

Western sanctions make it impossible to properly return a turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, Russian energy giant Gazprom claimed on Wednesday. The missing equipment has been the key reason for supply cuts. Siemens...

3. 8. 2022 No Responses

PayPal: $15 Billion buyback, new CFO

PayPal Holdings said on Tuesday Elliott Investment Management has an over $2 billion investment in the company, making the activist investor one of the largest shareholders in the fintech firm. The company also announced a slew of moves including appointing...

2. 8. 2022 No Responses

Retail broker Robinhood cutting workforce by 23%

Retail broker Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said Tuesday in a press release that the broker fintech company will reduce its workforce by approximately 23%. The layoffs will be primarily in operations, marketing and program management. In the release, Tenev blamed...

Stellantis Sentenced for Cheating Diesel Emissions in Jeeps and Rams

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