Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 15 years, for 5 foreigners promising $7,000 and passports to Ukraine-backed terrorists who massacred 145 in March at Moscow's Crocus mall
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Kosovo reports first-ever monkeypox case after man returns from Africa
The breakaway province of Kosovo has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 30-year-old man who apparently had too much fun on a recent jaunt to a West African country.
Hospitalized with the classic symptoms – fever, chills and ominous skin lesions – the man is now in stable condition.
#Kosovo #Serbia #Mpox
Donald Trump says Bill Gates intends to visit him at Mar-a-Lago
#Trump #Gates
❗️Ukraine has only about 50 long-range ATACMS missiles remaining from the 500 previously supplied by the US – NYT
#Ukraine #US
❗️Vladimir Putin establishes the Scientific and Expert Council for Russia's Security
The council will be chaired by former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.
#Putin #Russia
❗️Man ramming car into crowd and killing 35 in China's Zhuhai sentenced to death
Earlier, the court determined that Fan Weiqiu, upset by his failed marriage and unhappy with the divorce settlement, deliberately drove into the crowd to 'express his frustration.'
#China
❗️According to an official statement from AZAL Airlines, its aircraft crashed in Aktau due to 'physical and technical external interference.'
#Kazakhstan #Azerbaijan
A gang of robbers in Montreal, Canada, were determined to make this jewelry store a drive-thru
Despite the owner's brave attempt to fight the thieves off, they escaped with around $700,000 of items.
#Canada
New Year’s gift from Kiev and Washington?
An Abrams has been taken to Russia’s main tank factory for study, eyewitnesses, and local media reports.
#SMO
❗️Xi Jinping to visit Russia in 2025 – Russian ambassador
#Xi #Russia #China
⚡️German president dissolves the Bundestag
Parliamentary elections will take place on February 23rd, 2025.
#Germany #EU
Top US intelligence officials hid Covid origin findings, even from Biden — Report
US spy chiefs suppressed Defense Department and FBI researchers who found strong evidence Covid-19 likely leaked from a Chinese lab, excluding their findings from a 2021 report to President Biden, which stated the virus was "probably not genetically engineered," according to the New York Post.
A source familiar with their investigation told The Post of these key silence findings:
Covid had a feature for easier human transmission, matching an old Chinese study;
a Chinese military researcher patented a vaccine weeks after the virus was first sequenced in 2020, later dying mysteriously;
and Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated with US experts on undetectable virus engineering.
#Covid
Israeli military flaunts 85,000+ weapons allegedly seized from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
#IDF
Video from Israel shows the moment security forces apprehended the alleged perpetrator of Friday’s stabbing attack
#Israel
Drama continues: South Korea's parliament votes to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo, Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok set to become acting president
#Seoul
Man in India dies in bizarre attempt to cure infertility by swallowing live chick
A 35-year-old man in India will be up for a Darwin Award after he died trying to perform a shocking and superstitious ritual: swallowing a live chicken to supposedly cure infertility.
The 20cm chick, remarkably still alive during the autopsy, became lodged in the man's windpipe, cutting off his airway and leading to his death despite frantic medical intervention.
#India
China launches world’s biggest amphibious assault ship
China launched the world's largest amphibious assault ship, Sichuan, blending features of landing vessels and aircraft carriers to enhance global power projection. Chinese navy officials christened the ship Sichuan in a ceremony on Friday at the Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai.
The launch came a day after test flights of prototypes for a new Chinese fighter jet.
#China
First severe human bird flu case in US sparks alarm over unseen mutations
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed the country's first severe human case of bird flu, revealing rare mutations in the virus that aren't found in infected birds linked to the patient.
The patient, a Louisiana resident over 65, suffered a severe respiratory illness, though there's no sign of the virus spreading to others.
Despite the mutations, the CDC insists that the public's risk remains low... at least for now.
#US #BirdFlu
The end of an era: Iconic 190-year-old German piano maker sold to China
Grotrian-Steinweg, the legendary piano maker founded in 1835, has filed for insolvency, shedding its workforce of 31 employees and now facing a sale to China's Parsons Group in a desperate attempt to settle creditor claims.
Art connoisseurs are bracing for the worst, with fears mounting that the Chinese conglomerate will tarnish the prestigious Grotrian-Steinweg brand by cutting corners, using cheaper materials, and prioritizing profits over artistry.
Up next, the Brandenburg Gate, presented by Huawei.
#Germany #China #EU
Australian teens go wild after store offers free T-shirts
Footage captures the madness as teens in Perth, Australia, stampede through a streetwear store after the shop provocatively encouraged them to "rob" it.
The store was giving away 400 free T-shirts, sparking an all-out frenzy among the youngsters.
Despite the chaos, police stood by, stating that no one was injured during the mayhem.
#Australia
Israeli forces have forcibly evacuated Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital
Footage shared by Al Jazeera shows people believed to be both patients and staff being marched away at gunpoint away from the last working hospital in the Strip’s north.
#Gaza #Israel
Is Germany going to exit NATO? The EU? Both?
We’ll find out soon!
#Scholz
❗️Moscow court fines TikTok 3 million rubles ($29,000) for failing to delete illegal content
#Tiktok #Russia
⚡️Russia’s civil aviation chief’s first comments on Kazakhstan plane crash
The situation at the Grozny airport, where the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane was unable to land was difficult: low visibility combined with an active terrorist threat coming from Ukraine, Dmitri Yadrov said in a statement.
Russia is ready to fully cooperate with Kazakh authorities in the ongoing investigation, he added.
#Kazakhstan #Azerbaijan #Russia
Kremlin condemns Norwegian ship that refused to rescue Russian sailors in distress
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the inaction of the Norwegian-flagged Oslo Carrier 3 as “outrageous,” after it refused to rescue Russian sailors from the sinking Ursa Major.
He added that all vessels are mutually bound to render assistance under international maritime law.
#Russia #Norway
Three Ukrainian men were rescued from the freezing Maramures Mountains in Romania, after fleeing conscription
They were discovered after a 12-hour search and taken to the hospital with hypothermia.
#Zelensky
Estonia unleashes its mighty navy to shield Baltic power plug
The Baltic state’s armed forces have rolled out their Navy to guard the Estlink 1 undersea power cable, a critical lifeline linking Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea.
This move comes hot on the heels of Finland nabbing a ship suspected of damaging the Estlink 2 power cable, which led to a massive blackout and snapped four internet lines in the area.
#Baltics
Red light, green light: Dmitry Medvedev likens South Korea’s back-to-back impeachments to the absurdity of Squid Game
#Russia
Getting it done: Russian T-80BVM tank teams suppress the firing points of the enemy armed forces in the Zaporozhye region — Defense Ministry
#SMO
51st state shocker: Telegraph journo wants Britain in the United States
Britain should become the 51st US state, argues Daily Telegraph journalist Poppy Coburn, who claims Keir Starmer’s economic blunders are dragging the kingdom to its doom while America is "expecting a revival" under Donald Trump.
Coburn warns that with the eurozone crumbling and the rise of American protectionism, Britain's already "shaky state will be crushed."
While acknowledging that such a move would be a historical tragedy, Coburn believes it might be preferable to the alternative of the UK becoming a weak state under politicians who struggle to grasp "the concept of statehood."
#UK
