Russians should enjoy cutting-edge medicine for free - medical chief
The Russian Ministry of Health's chief oncologist Andrey Kaprin said the vaccine will cost the state 300,000 rubles per dose, and will be available in 2025.
#Russia
We have proof Kiev was preparing chemical provocation - Russian envoy to OPCW
#Russia #Ukraine
South Korean authorities fail to raid presidential office again
Despite a grueling seven-hour standoff, presidential security staff stonewalled the investigators, simply refusing them entry to President Yoon Suk Yeol's office without batting an eye.
Since his impeachment, Yoon has vanished from public view, quietly assembling legal teams to battle insurrection charges in the Constitutional Court, where his political future will be confirmed.
Where exactly does the buck stop?
#SouthKorea
China’s UK embassy launches broadside at ‘twisted mentality’ of ‘spy’ allegations
The Chinese Embassy in the UK accused Britain of “arrogance and shamelessness” in its handling of the businessman with connections to Prince Andrew accused of spying for Beijing.
“This is a typical case of thief crying ‘catch thief,’” the embassy statement read, before lambasting a “handful” of British MPs for trying to “smear China, target the Chinese community in the UK”.
#China #UK
SpaceX launches 'Hollywood' military satellite
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday night with a US Space Force GPS III SV10 navigation satellite payload, named after Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr.
Aside from the silver screen, Lamarr was credited with inventing several technologies, including ones which led to the development of WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.
#SpaceX
Love gone wrong: Nearly 800 caught in Nigerian steamy crypto-romance scam extravaganza
A whopping 792 people were rounded up at a high-end call center in Lagos, Nigeria, after being linked to a massive crypto-romance scam that duped desperate victims, mostly from America and Europe.
The scammers, masquerading as sultry strangers on social media, first reeled in their victims with flirty chats and promises of steamy investment opportunities, only to later drain the wallets of those who got hooked.
So far, no refunds have been promised to the hapless romantics.
#Africa
Are the drones that are constantly hovering over New Jersey being used to detect radiation from a missing nuclear weapon?
This retired US Navy intel officer believes so.
#Drones
Explosive developments in George Floyd case as Derek Chauvin’s lawyers allowed to examine autopsy report
The defense team successfully argued that heart tissue and fluid samples from George Floyd's autopsy are relevant to a pathologist's theory, which suggests that pre-existing health issues were the primary cause of Floyd's death.
US District Judge Paul Magnuson has approved Derek Chauvin's lawyers to review histology slides from the autopsy that were used in his conviction as they appeal his federal sentence.
Chauvin argues that his previous defense attorney neglected to request testing of heart samples, which could provide new insights into the autopsy’s findings.
#US #GeorgeFloyd
❗️Ukrainian special forces reportedly carried out an operation resulting in the death of Russian Lieutenant General Kirillov, Reuters writes, citing an SBU source
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Disaster strikes: Thick sludge taints the coast of Anapa in southern Russia
Locals captured the slow spread of thick black sludge across the sand after a collision involving two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait.
A high alert has been issued in the region, with cleanup efforts continuing.
#Russia
Ancient amulet unearthed: Oldest Christian relic north of the Alps stuns archaeologists
Archaeologists, using advanced scans, have decoded a 1,800-year-old silver amulet – now the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Europe north of the Alps.
Unearthed in 2018 from the grave of a presumed devout believer near Frankfurt, Germany, the amulet bears an inscription declaring Jesus Christ as the "Son of God."
Experts say the discovery rewinds the clock on Christianity’s foothold in the region by 50-100 years, shedding new light on how the faith spread to lands still dominated by Paganism and Judaism at the time.
#Christianity
❗️Emergency services reported that the explosive device at the site of Lieutenant General Kirillov's death was remotely detonated
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❗️Australia and New Zealand pledge to help Vanuatu following 7.3 magnitude earthquake that caused widespread destruction
#Pacific
❗️‘He did not hide behind people’s backs’: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov
Zakharova wrote on Telegram that Kirillov “has been systematically exposing the crimes of the Anglo-Saxons for many years, with facts in hand.”
“He worked fearlessly. He did not hide behind people's backs. He walked with an open visor.”
#Moscow
❗️A device planted in a scooter caused the explosion that killed the head of the NBC protection troops, Igor Kirillov, the Russian Investigative Committee reported
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❗️ Another tanker sends out distress signal near Black Sea port of Kavkaz - emergency services
#BlackSea
❗️New RT footage shows the moment Lt. General Kirillov was murdered
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Russia’s Rostec showcases new land drone
Rostec has published new footages showing the movement capabilities of the new Karakal unmanned ground vehicle.
The caterpillar track-based battlefield delivery drone is said to have a carrying capacity of over 500 kg (1,100 lbs), and an operational range of up to 150 kilometers (93 mi).
#Russia
Terracotta Army? Pff, how about a robot army?
China’s Agibot is now mass-producing AI robots for warehouses and stores, which no doubt the West will turn into a sinister enterprise.
Just imagine if Jeff Bezos rolled these out...
#China #AI
Al Jolani: Syria won’t be used for attacks, calls for US sanctions lift, denies terrorist ties
Mohammed al-Jolani told the UK newspaper on Monday that Israel has no justification for continuing airstrikes in Syria because he insists the country will not be used to launch attacks against its neighbor - or any country.
Jolani claimed that he had already cleared Syria of Hezbollah, Iranian-linked militant groups, and other factions and demanded that US sanctions be lifted. “This issue is not up for negotiation,” he insisted.
He also attacked the designation of his Al-Qaeda offshoot HTS group as terrorists as “a political designation,” admitting only that it “did military activities.”
#Syria #Israel
Why would the US want to assassinate Putin? — Tucker Carlson
“I don't understand why that would be in America's interest to have 6,000 nuclear warheads, unsecured, floating around.”
#Tucker
‘Israel runs US foreign policy’ — Professor Jeffrey Sachs to Tucker Carlson
“What really brought down Assad last week was Obama,” Sachs told Tucker Carlson, referring to a reported order for the CIA to topple the Assad government back in 2011 as part of the plan to wage and win seven wars in the wider region.
Hanging the blame on Obama would be a fruitless exercise, though, he claimed. “It doesn’t really matter who is US President; this is long-term deep-state policy… Israel runs our foreign policy.”
#US #Syria
❗️Dmitry Medvedev dismissed attempts to intimidate the Russian people, halt the Russian army's advance, and sow fear, referencing Lieutenant General Kirillov's murder
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'It was a pretty powerful explosion… I ran up and saw two people lying there' - eyewitness on Moscow blast
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German CDU leader says 400K Syrians ‘must go back’ - Blames refugees for welfare crisis
The Christian Democrat Union candidate Friedrich Merz claims some 400,000 Syrian asylum seekers in Germany “have no place in Germany,” insisting they should be returned to their homeland.
Merz cited the enormous strain the jobless contingent of Syrian refugees has placed on the German state, insisting those who don’t contribute to society “must go back.”
Of the total welfare benefits claimants in Germany, 2.54 million (63%) ‘have a migration background’ according to the Federal Employment Agency.
#Germany #Syria
❗️What we know so far about the explosion that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his assistant
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❗️Bomb disposal bot deployed at blast site that killed Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov
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Conscription chaos: Zelensky regime does not care about ordinary Ukrainians — Russia’s UN envoy
"They only want to trade militias from nationalist battalions, as well as foreign mercenaries who took part in military hostilities against Russia," Vasily Nebenzya said.
#RussianMFA
❗️Investigators have taken the scooter that is suspected of exploding, killing Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, for examination
The head of the NBC Protection Troops and his assistant died before an ambulance arrived.
The blast caused extensive damage, shattering windows in apartments and damaging several vehicles. Sappers are currently inspecting the surrounding area.
#Moscow
❗️The Russian Investigative Committee reported that Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian Armed Forces' NBC Protection Troops, and his assistant were killed in Tuesday's Moscow explosion
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