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Putin is using RT to double down in Belarus: ‘If you arrest the right 500 people, the other 100,000 won’t show up’
File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi. Reuters Russia’s Putin sent staff from RT, the Russian-controlled TV channel, to state media stations in Belarus — a signal that he does not want protestors to push Belarus’s Lukashenko out of power. “Putin has decided...
A Ukrainian airline banned a passenger for life after she opened a jet’s emergency exit door and walked around on the wing
A passenger flying Ukraine International Airlines opened an emergency exit door and walked out on the wing after reportedly being “too hot.” Maxym Marusenko/Getty A passenger flying Ukraine International Airlines opened an overwing emergency exit door on Monday to cool down after reportedly being “too hot,” CNN reported....
Why Putin deliberately uses Novichok to poison his enemies, even though it often fails to kill them
Russian President Putin takes part in a video conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia June 20, 2020. Reuters German doctors have accused Russia of poisoning top critic Alexei Navalny with the Novichok nerve agent in late August. Though Novichok was developed in the Soviet Union in 1970s, the Russian state has...
John Bolton blasts Trump administration for making ‘a complete mess’ of US coronavirus pandemic response
National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks during his a press-conference in Kiev, Ukraine, on 28 August 2019. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images Former National Security Adviser John Bolton blasted President Donald Trump for his response to the coronavirus outbreak, calling it “a tragedy for Americans.””It’s just been one...
Master your Money Live Digital Bootcamp: Personal finance professionals share how millennials can be smarter investors
Skye Gould/Business Insider Skye Gould/Business Insider In an upcoming Live Digital Bootcamp, two personal finance professionals will talk about becoming a smarter investor, wherever you are in your financial journey.The conversation is part of the Master your Money series, delivering money advice, ideas, and inspiration to millennials.Throughout...
RNC night 2 was a surreal event featuring fringe right-wing figures, a naturalization ceremony, and a presidential pardon
First Lady Melania Trump delivers her live address to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, August 25, 2020. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention was a made-for-TV affair featuring a naturalization and pardoning ceremony....
A new Trump campaign ad depicting a police officer being attacked by protesters is actually a 2014 photo of pro-democracy protests in Ukraine
The Trump campaign wrote “Public safety vs chaos & violence” in an advert with an image that’s not from the US protests at all. …read more Source:: Business...
Trump lashes out against John Bolton in response to damning allegations in tell-all memoir, which the president says is ‘made up of lies and fake stories’
Bolton made a slew of claims about the Trump White House, including the Ukraine scandal at the center of Trump’s impeachment trial. …read more Source:: Business...
Obama’s office excoriated a GOP-led congressional probe into Joe Biden and Ukraine as giving ‘credence to a Russian disinformation’
The investigation is rooted in efforts by some who are “actively supported by Russia” to blame Ukraine for meddling in 2016, Obama’s office said. …read more Source:: Business...
Trump fired the intelligence community lawyer who told Congress about the Ukraine whistleblower complaint
The president said he lost “confidence” in IG Michael Atkinson, who told Congress to a whistleblower’s complaint about Trump. …read more Source:: Business...
