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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Backlink: VISIONTIMES German Intelligence admitted it deployed “dozens” of fake accounts on social media to spy on right wing activists and anti-vaxxers, revisiting the days of communist rule in the former East Germany. […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Fifty-one House Republicans have written three of the Biden administration’s top cabinet officials in alarm over efforts by a Chinese entity to acquire farmland near a North Dakota air force base. The transaction in question concerns Fufeng Group, the large producer of food additives in China with links to the Chinese Communist […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES Danish banks are handing out blankets to chilly staff members after the government imposed regulations limiting the temperature in commercial buildings to 19 C (66.2 F). Peter Froulund, a spokesperson for Denmark’s sixth-largest bank, Arbejdernes Landsbank, was paraphrased by Bloomberg in a Sept. 22 article as stating that “blankets have been provided to the […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Europe was investigating leaks in two Russian gas pipelines that churned up the Baltic Sea with bubbles on Tuesday and raised concerns from Copenhagen to Moscow about sabotage on infrastructure at the heart of a European energy standoff. […]
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Backlink: THE BL In the 73 years since the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, people have witnessed many slogans throughout the various eras, including the embodiment of the politics and the policies of the top leadership, and the interpretation of instructions from superiors by all levels of government. […]
Backlink: ABC NEWS Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), could become the first female prime minister in the history of Italy in an anticipated right-wing surge to the polls on Sunday. Europe’s attention is trained on Rome, where this potential first is joined by fears that Meloni would restore an ideology […]
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Backlink: SCIENCE ALERT Over 1 billion light-years away, two galaxies float in the darkness, beautiful golden snail-like spirals seemingly caught in the act of colliding. They’re named SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461, and in spite of appearances, they’re not interacting at all. Instead, they’re separated by quite some distance. Their alignment is an absolutely […]
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