Backlink: VISIONTIMES Sanctions-hit VTB Bank has urged President Vladimir Putin to curb the activities of Western grain traders in Russia, citing the need to strengthen Russian traders’ role in the global market. In the letter, dated Sept. 14, VTB Chief Executive Andrei Kostin asked Putin to issue a decree to prohibit companies belonging to […]
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Backlink: THE BL Rumors that Xi Jinping was under house arrest appeared in major U.S. and European media sites, which really caused the Chinese Communist Party to lose face. RFA said that a director of a Chinese media agency, who asked to remain anonymous, directly denied the coup in Zhongnanhai. Previous related reports on some […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece, the company said on Thursday, giving a boost to the country’s efforts to become a world cloud computing hub. The deal is estimated to contribute some 2.2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to Greece’s economic output and create some 20,000 jobs […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES Twitter bans depictions of child sexual exploitation, which are illegal in most countries. But it permits adult content generally and is home to a thriving exchange of pornographic imagery. Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda and chemicals company Ecolab have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES U.S. President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on Wednesday, seeming to forget that she had passed away. Walorski, a Republican, was one of four Congressional co-sponsors of the bill to fund the conference. She […]
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Backlink: THE BL Taiwan’s digital minister, Audrey Tang, commented on September 14 that the island is analyzing alternatives for internet access, such as the Starlink satellite, which helped Ukraine to stay connected during the conflict with Russia. The island is taking precautions in case of an attack. […]
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Backlink: THE BL Prices of commodities in China sharply dropped as the country’s currency yuan depreciated against the dollar to the lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis and fear about China’s growth. Base metals, including tin, copper, and aluminum traded in Shanghai, suffered heavy losses on Monday. […]
Backlink: EURO NEWS The European Union aims to impose a price cap on Russian oil and further restrict commercial links with Moscow with a fresh package of sanctions announced on Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen. The latest proposal comes in direct response to the referendums held in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine and the decree of partial […]
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Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES “If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on the 25th of this month, referring to threats to use nuclear weapons. “The United States will respond decisively.” […]
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Backlink: SCIENCE ALERT South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves is one of the world’s best fossil sites, containing a record spanning more than half a million years. Among the remains preserved in layers of sand are the bones of many iconic Australian megafauna species that became extinct between 48,000 and 37,000 years ago. […]
Backlink: AMERICAN MILITARY Biden in August announced student debt relief of $10,000 per borrower, subject to income caps of $125,000 per individual and $250,000 per household. An additional $10,000 can be forgiven for Pell Grant recipients. The CBO says that the move will reduce the present value of outstanding loans by $400 billion based […]
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Backlink: LIVE SCIENCE The “first-of-its-kind” achievement paves the way for cloning endangered species. A Chinese pet-cloning company has announced the birth of the world’s first cloned Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), which was carried to term by an unlikely surrogate mother — a beagle. […]
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Backlink: RADIO FREE EUROPE In some regions, men are driven off in buses, with wives, mothers, and sisters sobbing openly and waving goodbye. In other places, men say they’re steeling themselves for battle. On the borders with Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Mongolia, long lines of cars are reported as people try to urgently leave the […]
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Backlink: NDTV Sri Lanka ordered civil servants on Wednesday not to express opinions on social media after some officials claimed schoolchildren were fainting from a lack of food due to the country’s dire economic crisis. In a fresh order to 1.5 million state employees, the Ministry of Public Administration and Management said a long-established […]
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