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An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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June 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Crude oil prices have been climbing steadily since May, nearing the $80 per barrel, driven by escalating conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran in the Middle East - a key oil-exporting region. If the trend holds, it could boost Russia’s economy and help sustain its war effort
June 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Crude oil prices have been climbing steadily since May, nearing the $80 per barrel, driven by escalating conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran in the Middle East - a key oil-exporting region. If the trend holds, it could boost Russia’s economy and help sustain its war effort
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⚡Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion.
In an anxiously watched race, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidency against the far-right candidate George Simion, who is banned from entering both Ukraine and Moldova due to his extremist views.
In an anxiously watched race, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidency against the far-right candidate George Simion, who is banned from entering both Ukraine and Moldova due to his extremist views.
Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion
In an anxiously watched race, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidency against the far-right candidate George Simion, who is banned from entering both Ukraine and Moldova due to his extremist vi...
kyivindependent.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
⚡Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion.
In an anxiously watched race, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidency against the far-right candidate George Simion, who is banned from entering both Ukraine and Moldova due to his extremist views.
In an anxiously watched race, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidency against the far-right candidate George Simion, who is banned from entering both Ukraine and Moldova due to his extremist views.
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#Belarus The regime launched a criminal case against the legendary Nina Bahinskaya. She is 78 and is probably one of the most resilient Belarusians I know - despite arrests and heavy fines, she never gave up her peaceful resistance and the white-red-white flag.
May 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#Belarus The regime launched a criminal case against the legendary Nina Bahinskaya. She is 78 and is probably one of the most resilient Belarusians I know - despite arrests and heavy fines, she never gave up her peaceful resistance and the white-red-white flag.
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There's an enduring discussion about how many four-star officers there should be, and it includes thoughtful, nonpartisan people.
That said, we got to current numbers in part by the first Trump administration creating Army Futures Command and Space Force.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
That said, we got to current numbers in part by the first Trump administration creating Army Futures Command and Space Force.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth orders cuts to Pentagon’s stable of generals and admirals
Hegseth’s directive, characterized as an effort to rein in a bloated bureaucracy, follows a purge of top military leaders soon after Trump returned to office.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
There's an enduring discussion about how many four-star officers there should be, and it includes thoughtful, nonpartisan people.
That said, we got to current numbers in part by the first Trump administration creating Army Futures Command and Space Force.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
That said, we got to current numbers in part by the first Trump administration creating Army Futures Command and Space Force.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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How bad is Russia’s war chest? Has the country entered stagflation? Why does it fear falling oil prices, but not a crash? And how is the tariff war hurting Russia?
These questions — and more — are explored in a special interview with Russian economist Vladimir Milov.
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These questions — and more — are explored in a special interview with Russian economist Vladimir Milov.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
How bad is Russia’s war chest? Has the country entered stagflation? Why does it fear falling oil prices, but not a crash? And how is the tariff war hurting Russia?
These questions — and more — are explored in a special interview with Russian economist Vladimir Milov.
🧵Thread:
These questions — and more — are explored in a special interview with Russian economist Vladimir Milov.
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NEW: Pete Hegseth had the Signal messaging app installed on a computer in his office
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Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer
The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
NEW: Pete Hegseth had the Signal messaging app installed on a computer in his office
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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US ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has finished her term in Kyiv after resigning over increasing policy disagreements with the Trump admin. Her Twitter account no longer shows her photo and is being archived, and the “our ambassador” page on the US embassy Kyiv website now looks like this:
April 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
US ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has finished her term in Kyiv after resigning over increasing policy disagreements with the Trump admin. Her Twitter account no longer shows her photo and is being archived, and the “our ambassador” page on the US embassy Kyiv website now looks like this:
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Jordan has banned the Muslim Brotherhood and its ‘ideology,’ saying the group’s offices will immediately be shut down.
Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood and its 'ideology'
Interior minister says the group's offices and premises will immediately be shut down
www.middleeasteye.net
April 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Jordan has banned the Muslim Brotherhood and its ‘ideology,’ saying the group’s offices will immediately be shut down.
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1/ The exhaustion of Russia’s vehicle fleet is becoming increasingly evident. The reduced use of armored vehicles and the growing reliance on civilian: including motorcycles, golf carts, and vans, continues to signal a degradation in Russian maneuvering capabilities.
1/ The exhaustion of Russia’s vehicle fleet is becoming increasingly evident. The reduced use of armored vehicles and the growing reliance on civilian: including motorcycles, golf carts, and vans, continues to signal a degradation in Russian maneuvering capabilities.
April 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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1/ The exhaustion of Russia’s vehicle fleet is becoming increasingly evident. The reduced use of armored vehicles and the growing reliance on civilian: including motorcycles, golf carts, and vans, continues to signal a degradation in Russian maneuvering capabilities.
1/ The exhaustion of Russia’s vehicle fleet is becoming increasingly evident. The reduced use of armored vehicles and the growing reliance on civilian: including motorcycles, golf carts, and vans, continues to signal a degradation in Russian maneuvering capabilities.
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Alarming. 'Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure.' www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Alarming. 'Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure.' www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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He never knew a day of peace
This is Tymofii. Russia killed him with a cluster-loaded Iskander missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. He was only 3 years old.
#Ukraine
#Ukraine
April 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
He never knew a day of peace
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The Washington Post can confirm that Gen. Tim Haugh, the director of NSA and chief of U.S. Cyber Command, was ousted tonight along with his deputy, Wendy Noble.
That's a big damn deal. CYBERCOM is one of the 11, four-star unified combatant commands.
That's a big damn deal. CYBERCOM is one of the 11, four-star unified combatant commands.
April 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Washington Post can confirm that Gen. Tim Haugh, the director of NSA and chief of U.S. Cyber Command, was ousted tonight along with his deputy, Wendy Noble.
That's a big damn deal. CYBERCOM is one of the 11, four-star unified combatant commands.
That's a big damn deal. CYBERCOM is one of the 11, four-star unified combatant commands.
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Absolutely remarkable. A full-blown conspiracy theorist - 9/11 as inside job - in charge. “President Trump fired six National Security Council officials after an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office with the far-right activist Laura Loomer.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council Officials
During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Absolutely remarkable. A full-blown conspiracy theorist - 9/11 as inside job - in charge. “President Trump fired six National Security Council officials after an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office with the far-right activist Laura Loomer.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
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Moments ago, Russia bombed a vacation resort in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, setting the area, including the resort restaurant's replica wooden sailing ship, ablaze.
March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Moments ago, Russia bombed a vacation resort in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, setting the area, including the resort restaurant's replica wooden sailing ship, ablaze.
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"I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life"
- Orhan Pamuk
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- Orhan Pamuk
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I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life | Orhan Pamuk
The jailing of President Erdoğan’s main political rival is the low point of a decade-long march towards autocracy – but the protesters aren’t done yet either, says writer Orhan Pamuk
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March 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life"
- Orhan Pamuk
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- Orhan Pamuk
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Flight bookings coming into the US, compared to last year. “Winning?”
Future flight bookings between Canada & the US have collapsed.
Comparing total bookings held at this point last year with those recorded this week for the upcoming summer season show bookings are down by *over 70%* in every month through to the end of September.
www.oag.com/blog/canada-...
Comparing total bookings held at this point last year with those recorded this week for the upcoming summer season show bookings are down by *over 70%* in every month through to the end of September.
www.oag.com/blog/canada-...
March 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Flight bookings coming into the US, compared to last year. “Winning?”
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⚡️ The Armenian parliament passed a bill "On starting the process of accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union" in its second and final reading on March 26.
Armenia's parliament passes bill on EU accession
The Armenian parliament passed a bill "On starting the process of accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union" in its second and final reading on March 26, the News.am news agency repor...
kyivindependent.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
⚡️ The Armenian parliament passed a bill "On starting the process of accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union" in its second and final reading on March 26.
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According to the DNI assessment, Russia had more than 750,000 military casualties during its war in Ukraine. By comparison, the U.S. had just over a million service members killed or wounded in World War II. The U.S. at the time had a population roughly the same size as Russia today.
March 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
According to the DNI assessment, Russia had more than 750,000 military casualties during its war in Ukraine. By comparison, the U.S. had just over a million service members killed or wounded in World War II. The U.S. at the time had a population roughly the same size as Russia today.
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Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
March 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
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These are the civilians that Russia considers to be its own people, by the way.
🤬 Russians used a drone in Kherson to hit an already damaged building while ordinary people were repairing the roof.
March 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
These are the civilians that Russia considers to be its own people, by the way.
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An update on the war following a recent trip. The situation has improved compared with Fall 2024. Russian offensive momentum slowed significantly over the winter, though it is premature to claim that the front has stabilized, especially following AFU withdrawal in Kursk. /1
March 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
An update on the war following a recent trip. The situation has improved compared with Fall 2024. Russian offensive momentum slowed significantly over the winter, though it is premature to claim that the front has stabilized, especially following AFU withdrawal in Kursk. /1
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Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute
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Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute’
Vivian Jenna Wilson tells Teen Vogue she feels obliged to take stand for trans rights as Trump attacks community
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March 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute
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The Kremlin has been messaging all day that it wanted a pause in arms deliveries to Ukraine as a condition of a full ceasefire. (As though Russia would cease taking deliveries from China, Iran and N. Korea.)
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
Reporting that Putin agreed to a 30-day pause in attacks on energy infrastructure.
This is a delay tactic, designed to keep Trump at the table and extract pressure on Kyiv.
It is not a breakthrough.
meduza.io/news/2025/03...
This is a delay tactic, designed to keep Trump at the table and extract pressure on Kyiv.
It is not a breakthrough.
meduza.io/news/2025/03...
Кремль: Путин поддержал 30-дневный отказ от ударов по энергетике Украины и «дал такую команду военным». Трамп настаивал на полном прекращении огня — Meduza
Владимир Путин поддержал идею президента США Дональда Трампа о взаимном отказе России и Украины от ударов по энергетической инфраструктуре в течение 30 дней и «дал такую команду военным», сообщил Крем...
meduza.io
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Kremlin has been messaging all day that it wanted a pause in arms deliveries to Ukraine as a condition of a full ceasefire. (As though Russia would cease taking deliveries from China, Iran and N. Korea.)
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.