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The Panama Papers: Massive Leak Reveals The Global Elite’s Secret Cash Havens
An enormous trove of confidential documents from the notorious Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was made public on Sunday, exposing a vast web of offshore shell companies used by members of the global elite to evade taxes, horde money, and skirt economic sanctions.The massive leak dubbed the “Panama Papers” includes more than 11.5...
A Putin-Loving Alien Cult Wants To Build Its ‘Extraterrestrial Embassy’ In Russia
The name of the event “Aliens Created Us In Laboratories” sounded like a joke this week when it was posted on Facebook and spotted circulating around Moscow on fliers, but it came a day too late for April Fools.The event was real, and it was held on Saturday in downtown Moscow. Inside a hotel across the street from the Russia’s...
The Israelis Helping Ukrainian Jews Flee The Country
In the wake of recent terror attacks in Europe several of which targeted Jewish institutions some politicians and religious leaders have predicted an exodus of Jewish people from the continent. In some ways, the numbers stack up. Last year, a record 8,000 Jews arrived in Israel from France with another 15,000 coming from eastern Europe.But some...
The US Is Sending Thousands More Armed Troops And Heavy Weaponry To Eastern Europe
The American military is going to deploy rotations of US-based armored brigade combat teams and new equipment on NATO’s eastern borders in response to an “aggressive Russia.”A brigade’s worth of soldiers around 4,500 soldiers each will be on nine-month rotations in the region starting in February 2017 the first such...
Russian Airstrikes ‘Targeted Civilian Infrastructure’ In Syria And Killed More Than 1,000 People
The opening phase of Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria killed at least 1,096 civilians and targeted almost every type of infrastructure needed for survival by those caught in the crosshairs, according to new analysis.Researchers from Airwars, a non-profit group monitoring the casualties from airstrikes in Syria, said on Tuesday that they...
The Activists On The Forefront Of Ukraine’s Cyberwar
In June of 2015, a small software and security programming outfit called eQualit.ie received $473,738 in funding from the Canadian government “to deliver digital security training and software to human rights defenders and activists in Ukraine.”Last month, the fruits of its labor a program called Deflect DDoS mitigation was put to the...
Inside Rebel-Held Ukraine’s Palaces Of Propaganda
On a cold morning in February, a couple of hours’ drive out of rebel-held Donetsk, the undercover journalist’s phone buzzed with an ‘Unknown’ number. Was this to conceal the caller’s identity, or location? Whatever the reason, it felt ominous.There was, however, a minor hitch. The mystery apparatchik on the end of...
Russia’s Military Modernization Is Working, But The Money’s Running Out
The partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria earlier this month, after a campaign of bombing that began last September in support of the Syrian regime, isn’t the end of president Vladimir Putin’s involvement in the country. Russia is keeping its Latakia airbase and promising to go back to using force against ceasefire...
Ukraine’s Hero Pilot Jailed For 22 Years Following Russian ‘Show Trial’
A Ukrainian military pilot has been sentenced to 22 years in jail after being convicted of murdering two Russian journalists following a highly politicized trial that has deepened the diplomatic rift between Moscow and the West.Nadiya Savchenko was accused of directing a mortar strike that killed Anton Voloshin and Igor Kornelyuk, two employees...
Saving Money On The F-22 Fighter Jet May Cost America A Hell Of A Lot
The United States Air Force is not in great shape. For starters, officials estimate it has 500 fewer pilots than it should ideally have. Plus, many of the planes those pilots would be flying aren’t in great shape. The newest jet, the F-35, is continually hammered for schedule, cost, and technological issues. The slightly older F-22 is...
