Taylor Swift's jet emissions controversy leads to #US ban on tracking private aircraft.
The recent amendment allows owners of private aircraft to hide their registration details from the public.
Anything to protect the rich and famous.
What you don't know won't hurt you... plebs
#YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday.
Removing content related to human rights at the request of the Russian government and not because it violates Google’s content policies marks a “new trend,” Agentstvo said, citing an unnamed cybersecurity expert.
Donald #Trump is considering tapping billionaire #Elon#Musk as a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate reclaims the White House in November's election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The WSJ also said Musk informed Trump about his ongoing influence campaign aimed at convincing powerful #US business leaders not to support Democratic President Joe #Biden, who beat Trump in the 2020 election and is seeking a second term.
>300 #House lawmakers were reimbursed ≥$5.2M for #food & #lodging while on official business in Washington last year under a new, #TaxpayerFunded prgm that doesn’t require receipts.
The prgm, which kicked off last yr after a #Republican-led House panel passed it, was intended to make it easier for lawmakers to maintain separate homes in DC & their home districts.
Explosions were heard in the capital city, Kyiv, as air raid sirens warning of an attack sounded throughout Ukraine early Wednesday. Ukraine's military said its air defense systems were repelling the airstrikes launched by Russia overnight into Wednesday....
Bernie Sanders slams the Speaker for inviting Netanyahu to address Congress
"Palestinian children are starving in Gaza because of Netanyahu's policies", yet he has been invited to address Congress.
“I would say to Speaker Johnson that when you attend your fundraising dinners with your billionaire friends... please remember these pictures from Gaza. These children & thousands more are the direct result of Netanyahu’s policies."
"Israel has a history of blocking UN investigators from entering Palestinian territory".
The ICJ "ruled that Israel must allow the UN & other relevant bodies unimpeded access to the Gaza Strip to investigate allegations of genocide.
"Israel has denied access to similar inquiries in the past. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan visited Israel & the occupied West Bank in December last year but did not visit the Gaza Strip."
For them, it is a pleasure to burn. We all know who we are dealing with. Russia is run by men who want to make it a norm – burning lives, destroying cities and villages, dividing people, and erasing national borders through war.
There is no nation that can stop such war alone, unaided. World leaders’ engagement is needed.
Does Russia want dialogue? Ukraine has the world’s largest experience of lies from Russia during negotiations. That’s exactly why global efforts are needed. The Global Peace Summit of the leaders whom Russia won’t be able to deceive.
I am appealing to the leaders of the world who are still aside from the global efforts of the Global Peace Summit – to President #Biden@potus the leader of the #US, and to President #Xi, the leader of #China. Please, show your leadership in advancing peace. Real peace, not just a pause between the strikes.
Is anyone else impressed by #Zelenskyy giving a speech in English, under extreme stress? That building is still burning. Please, boost 🙏 🇺🇦 #Ukraine
President Zelenskyy ask for America and China to join 80 countries of the world at the global peace summit President Zelenskyy is standing in a burning building that russian barbarians hit with a missile and killed peaceful Ukrainians, he is giving a speech in English requesting the world to join together at the global peace summit to stop Putin's barbaric genocide of Ukrainians. Please, maximum boost. UKRAINIANS need our SUPPORT. THANK YOU 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine#Ukraine
Skop – who has called the supreme court’s overturning of #RoevWade “a victory in the battle but not the end of the #war” – has argued in favor of forcing #rape and #incest#victims as young as nine or 10 to carry #pregnancies to term.
Chinese multinational #Alibaba, the owner of the online shopping portal #AliExpress, has stopped accepting payments in rubles and no longer allows the delivery of orders to #Russia, Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported.
Kommersant referred to a Russian economic expert, who "linked Alibaba's decision to fears of secondary sanctions, which have caused other problems with Russian payments in #China."
#European allies push the #us to allow Ukr to use U.S. made weapons to strike Rus.
Yesterday, #Macron and #Scholz said they supported #Ukraine using weapons given by allies to strike Russian bases launching missiles, but not allow other strikes on #russia
Starlink terminals continue to be sold in #Russia, used to kill Ukrainians.
Despite assurances from marketplaces that the terminals are not available for ordering and the Russian authorities' ban on using the systems, some sellers are putting the terminals up for sale under a different brand so that they will not be removed from the trading floor.
Only on the Russian marketplace "Ozon" managed to find 12 #Starlink terminals at a price of $1600.
About two years ago, Haaretz was about to reveal Israel's threats against the ICC, but an Israeli security official blocked publication.
This week's Guardian investigation revealed an alleged extortion operation led by then-Mossad head Yossi Cohen against then-International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
“The percentage of Russian battlefield weaponry with #US or allied branded components is alarmingly and unacceptably high,” Daleep #Singh, the deputy national security adviser for international economics, said Tuesday. “Put your creativity and resources to work, know your customers, know their customers, and know the end users. Ensure that American firms are not unwitting cogs in Russia’s arsenal of autocracy.”
Former president Donald #Trump again invoked authoritarian leaders at a rally Thursday, a reminder of a vision he has been outlining for a potential second term.
Trump referenced Russian President Vladimir #Putin, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Chinese leader #Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban.
Trump said the leaders were “at the top of their game, whether you like it or not.”
On May 16, Russia launched a spacecraft into #space in the orbit of U.S. satellites. U.S. intel believes the #satellite could attack and spy on other satellites.
It was also reported that the #us believes #Russia is developing a space weapon that is able to take out networks of satellites.
#NorthKorea Korea and #Russia may be preparing a large-scale military provocation in October, before the US presidential election, NBC News reports.
The #US is also worried that the strengthening of the military alliance between Putin and Jong-un could significantly expand the DPRK's nuclear capabilities.
Ukraine updates: Russia launches attack on Kyiv — military – (www.dw.com)
Explosions were heard in the capital city, Kyiv, as air raid sirens warning of an attack sounded throughout Ukraine early Wednesday. Ukraine's military said its air defense systems were repelling the airstrikes launched by Russia overnight into Wednesday....