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    How Twitter Secretly Benefits From Bots And Fake Accounts
    Nov06

    How Twitter Secretly Benefits From Bots And Fake Accounts

    Twitter may have a fake accounts scandal on its hands. And it’s remarkably similar to the scandal that rocked Wells Fargo last year. Leslie Miley, a former engineering manager at Twitter, described to Bloomberg on Friday how he uncovered a trove of spam accounts with IP addresses from Russia and Ukraine in 2015. He recommended deletion, but...

    What to Know About the ‘Paradise Papers’ Leak
    Nov06

    What to Know About the ‘Paradise Papers’ Leak

    A leak of more than 13 million documents pertaining to wealth stored in offshore tax havens has revealed information on tens of thousands of the world’s wealthiest companies and people, including high-profile figures from U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to the Queen of England. The documents — tagged as “Paradise Papers” — were...

    Ukraine Says Russia-Backed Separatists Violate Cease-Fire With Heavy Artillery
    Nov06

    Ukraine Says Russia-Backed Separatists Violate Cease-Fire With Heavy Artillery

    Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on November 6 that Russia-backed separatists have used heavy artillery in persistent cease-fire violations in the Donetsk region over the previous 24 hours. It said that two soldiers were wounded. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Objecting to Moving Bones of Nachman of Breslov to Israel
    Nov06

    Ukraine Objecting to Moving Bones of Nachman of Breslov to Israel

    The secret appeal was made by Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud), on behalf of Breslov Hasidism in Israel. …read more Source: The Jewish...

    The attack on “fake news” is really an attack on alternative media
    Nov06

    The attack on “fake news” is really an attack on alternative media

    (Credit: Shutterstock/Salon) These are tough days to be a serious journalist. Report a story now, with your facts all lined up nicely, and you’re still likely to have it labeled “fake news” by anyone whose ox you’ve gored — and even by friends who don’t share your political perspective. For good measure, they’ll say...

    U.S. Official Set To Visit Kyiv, ‘Reaffirm’ U.S. Commitment To Ukraine, Press For Reform
    Nov06

    U.S. Official Set To Visit Kyiv, ‘Reaffirm’ U.S. Commitment To Ukraine, Press For Reform

    A top U.S. diplomat will visit Ukraine at the end of a 10-day trip to Europe that starts this week, the State Department says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The best reporting on Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos
    Nov06

    The best reporting on Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos

    Paul Manafort (Credit: Getty/Brendan Smialowski) Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, his protégé Rick Gates and the less well-known Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos have all faced scrutiny before Monday. Here are our favorite stories on them. The Quiet American, Slate, April 28, 2016 “Manafort has spent a career...

    Why NATO Isn’t Ready to Take on Russia
    Nov06

    Why NATO Isn’t Ready to Take on Russia

    Jyri Raitasalo Security, Eurasia Now that military tensions between Russia and the West have gone through the roof, most European states find themselves lacking credible warfighting capabilities. War is being fought in Europe today. It has been going on for more than three years. More than ten thousand people are dead—and some 1.6 million people...

    Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross retains investment in company doing business with Putin family
    Nov06

    Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross retains investment in company doing business with Putin family

    Every single member of Trump’s administration is crooked, Wilbur Ross edition: After becoming commerce secretary, Wilbur L. Ross Jr. retained investments in a shipping firm he once controlled that has significant business ties to a Russian oligarch subject to American sanctions and President Vladimir V. Putin’s son-in-law, according...

    US Commerce Chief Tied to Russian Shipping Venture, Leaked Documents Show
    Nov06

    US Commerce Chief Tied to Russian Shipping Venture, Leaked Documents Show

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross shares significant business interests through a shipping venture in Russia with President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law and an oligarch subject to American sanctions, newly leaked documents showed Sunday. Ross, a 79-year-old billionaire industrialist, has an investment in partnerships valued at between $2...