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CIA offers Russians its darknet presence
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 03 May 2022
WASHINGTON -- The CIA says Russians disaffected by the invasion of Ukraine may be trying to get in touch with U.S. intelligence -- and it wants them to go to the darknet. The agency on Monday began a new push to promote its presence on a part of the internet accessible only through specialized tools that provide more anonymity ... .
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Russia beats final deadline to avoid debt default
BBC News 03 May 2022
Russia has avoided defaulting on its government debts by making necessary payments in US dollars, shortly before the final deadline passed on 4 March. $650m (£520m) payments on international bonds were originally due on 4 April ... Russia offered to pay in roubles then changed its policy last week ... A default may not have been permanently averted ... .
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Putin may soon officially declare war on Ukraine, US and Western officials say
CNN 03 May 2022
(CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, a move that would enable the full mobilization of Russia's reserve forces as invasion efforts continue to falter, US and Western officials believe. May 9, known as "Victory Day" inside of Russia, commemorates the country's defeat of the Nazis in 1945 ... .
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Chinese aircraft carrier leads large strike group into western Pacific as Taiwan tensions rise
South China Morning Post 03 May 2022photo: AP / Alex Brandon
Leaked report claims US Supreme Court may junk law that legalises abortions
The Telegraph India 03 May 2022
The US Supreme Court privately voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has guaranteed the right to abortion for nearly a half-century, according to a leaked draft opinion from February published online Monday night by Politico. In the draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel A ... Advertisement ... Seismic change ... Roberts Jr ... Roe v ... Wade ... .
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Does Israel Permit Freedom of Worship?
GlobalResearch 03 May 2022
A week ago I wrote a piece describing how Israel’s power over the US government is such that no American official will confirm that the Israelis have, and have had for years, a secret nuclear arsenal consisting of as many as 200 nukes ... Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself was reportedly involved in the thefts ... Francis on Mt ... *.
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'Wrongfully detained': US changes stance on WNBA star Brittney Griner's Russian arrest
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 03 May 2022
US officials shift supervision of Brittney Griner's case to a State Department section that is focused on negotiating for the release of hostages and other Americans classified as being wrongfully detained in other countries ... .
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Turkey's President Erdogan unveils plan to return one million Syrian refugees
The National 03 May 2022
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday unveiled a plan to return one million Syrian refugees to their country as he tackles an economic crisis and sagging popularity before elections. Mr Erdogan said people could return to the 100,000 houses in what Turkey calls a "safe zone" in north-west Syria ... READ MORE ... ....
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‘Orcs’ and ‘Rashists’: Ukraine’s new language of war
Al Jazeera 03 May 2022
Kyiv, Ukraine – “A squad of orcs has been repelled.”. This is not a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that refers to the race of evil lord Sauron’s supporters with bad breath and disfigured faces ... Russian troops labelled ‘rashists’. “Rashist” is another epithet frequently used to describe Russian troops ... ‘Verbal blasts of anger’ ... .
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Biden calls draft abortion ruling 'radical' as Supreme Court probes leak
Korea Times 04 May 2022
Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, May 3, in Washington. AP-Yonhap. President Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized as "radical" a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v ... 8 congressional elections who support abortion rights ... Constitution protects a woman's ability to terminate her pregnancy ... U.S ... U.S.
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Depp libel suit moves ahead against Heard after resting case
Madison 03 May 2022
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday let Johnny Depp move forward with his libel suit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star rested his case ... People are also reading… ... Teen planned rape, killing of 10-year-old Wisconsin girl Watch now ... .
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‘Ukraine’s finest hour’; UK’s Johnson says Ukraine will beat Russia
Metro USA 03 May 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it would defeat Russia and expose the “gigantic error” of the Kremlin’s invasion as he invoked Britain’s wartime leader Winston Churchill to underline his support for Kyiv ... “I have one message for you today ... .
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Russia unleashes rockets in Mariupol as EU readies oil sanctions
The Globe 03 May 2022
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russian forces fired rockets at an encircled steel works in Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol and thick smoke blackened the sky at the plant where officials on Tuesday said 200 civilians were trapped despite evacuations ... The U.S ... It was not immediately clear if new fighting was preventing more evacuations. ADVERTISEMENT.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene panned over ‘victory for God’ reaction to Roe v Wade news: ‘More like a victory for the Devil’
The Independent 03 May 2022
Georgia lawmaker recently said she quit the Catholic Church, claiming it was under ‘Satan’s control’ .
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Russia doubles down on diplomat’s Hitler remarks
The Hill 03 May 2022
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs doubled down Tuesday after Minister Sergey Lavrov compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Adolf Hitler ... “[Zelensky] puts forward an argument. what kind of Nazism can they have if he is a Jew. I may be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing ... It concluded ... .