Kiev’s drones hit at least 13 ships in the Azov and Black Seas on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the country’s drone chief At least one Turkish sailor was killed and others wounded following a drone strike on a Türkiye-flagged coal bulker off Russia’s port of Novorossiysk on Wednesday, amid intensified Ukrainian attacks on shipping in the Azov and Black seas. The Istanbul-registered MV Reyhan Sari was carrying coal from Russia’s Taman Port to Trabzon in Türkiye when it was struck by a UAV. A crew member working in the engine room died at the scene of the impact, Türkiye Today reported on Wednesday. The ship was able to continue under its own power and reach waters off Samsun, two injured crew members were evacuated by helicopter and taken to hospitals in the city, according to a statement from operating company cited by the media. Speaking to the Ihlas News Agency (IHA), on...
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The “neocon war lobby” in Washington is driving the Ukraine conflict against Americans’ interests and with no valid justification, the conservative journalist has told RT The US is engaged in a proxy war with Russia that could escalate into a global conflict within years unless Washington changes course, renowned conservative journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson has told RT’s Olga Bataman and Tara Reade. There is no convincing strategic, political, or moral justification for the US to be in conflict with Russia, Carlson insisted, claiming that the Ukraine conflict has been driven by what he described as the “neocon war lobby” in Washington out of “hatred” for both Russia and Europe. “The truth is you can’t make a case for war with Russia,” he said on the latest episode of East Meets West with Olga and Tara, aired on Wednesday, adding, that the US ...
The bloc has been forced to approve a watered-down package, including a Greek-backed exemption that allows EU companies to transport Russian LNG The EU has relented on objections from member states, granting what one diplomat has described as an “outrageous exemption,” to issue a watered-down sanctions package targeting Russia. Greece successfully lobbied to allow EU companies to continue transporting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to third countries, media reports claimed on Thursday. The package, the EU’s 21st since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, was presented by the European Commission in June. It was designed to target Russia’s energy, financial, crypto, trade, and fisheries sectors, bar entry to former Russian servicemen, and phase out Russian LNG transportation by EU companies. The bloc held several failed rounds of talks on the package, which r...
Two Obama- and Biden-appointed judges dismissed the Oregon school employee’s case over the right to display the books in his office An Oregon school employee who was fired for displaying children’s books that reject transgender ideology cannot challenge their dismissal, a US appeals court has ruled. Two Obama and Biden-appointed judges dismissed education specialist and licensed clinical social worker Roderick Theis II’s First Amendment right to display ‘He Is He’ and ‘She Is She’ in his office at La Grande Middle School. Theis also displayed conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s ‘Johnny the Walrus’, a satirical children’s book about a boy struggling with his ‘walrus’ identity, at another school office. The district received a complaint and called the books a “bias incident” against transgender students. Theis denied that ...
Syrsky is gone, but his replacement is a sign that Zelensky as committed as ever to prolonging a losing war at terrible human cost The rule of Vladimir Zelensky has been a catastrophe for Ukraine, and that is how it will be remembered once the dust of relentless info war campaigns in his favor – and against his critics – settles. While the corruption of the Zelensky regime is stupendous , that fact – sad as it is – is not what makes him special, however. Because exorbitant, shameless embezzlement, kickbacks, and fraud have been the Ukrainian establishment’s perverse normal since independence. Zelensky and his cronies are certain to have cashed in like no one before because the West has pumped in money as never before while turning two blind eyes to what happens to it. But in principle, Zelensky has merely done what they all do. Not that that makes it any bette...
Daniel Siad was under investigation by French police specializing in combating human trafficking A French fashion industry scout with ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead outside Paris, prosecutors told AFP on Wednesday. Daniel Siad, who was 69, was reportedly found unresponsive in his kitchen by a 28-year-old woman who lived with him on Monday. “An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,” French prosecutors said in a statement cited by local media. An autopsy is to be carried out as part of the probe. At the time of his death, Siad was the subject of an investigation by French prosecutors following several complaints, including rape allegations. The investigation had been assigned to a specialist office responsible for combating human trafficking. Read more ...