The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the US-Mexico border mission
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the U.S.-Mexico border that it had deployed in response to a surge in migrant crossings.
Day: August 1, 2023
Crypto influencer Richard Heart scammed investors and bought rare ‘Enigma’ black diamond, SEC alleges
Crypto influencer allegedly bought millions worth of watches, cars, and gems
Meta takes steps to end news access in Canada over law on paying publishers
A new law forces platforms like Google and Meta to negotiate commercial deals with Canadian news firms for content.
Victorian electricity transmission charges could more than double if Australia’s longest power line proceeds
Proposed 800km VNI West will be costlier than alternatives and won’t solve grid bottlenecks holding back new solar and wind, thinktank saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictorians face a more than doubling of …
Tweets On the Russia – Ukraine War
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 1 August 2023.
Find out more about Defence Intelligence’s use of language: https://t.co/HJl1lHuGUP
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/GsQXwHvW1U
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 1, 2023
NEW: The #Wagner Group may be supplanting the Russian military as the Belarusian military’s key training partner.
Imagery posted on July 30 & 31 visually confirms damage to the #Chonhar Bridge linking occupied #Crimea w/ occupied #Kherson Oblast following a Ukrainian strike on… pic.twitter.com/W5QFKNvNLb
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) July 31, 2023
VIDEO: A Moscow office tower is left damaged after a strike from a Ukrainian drone which was downed by Russia on Tuesday, Russian officials say. The same tower was also hit over the weekend pic.twitter.com/7jBHd2tA5A
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 1, 2023
Russian authorities accused Kyiv of another attack on Moscow with drones, one of which hit a building damaged just days ago in a similar attack. They also said Ukraine tried to attack two warships in the Black Sea but the maritime drones were destroyed. https://t.co/97Mr4HJM4T
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 1, 2023
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
A doctor was killed and five medical workers were wounded in Russian shelling of a hospital in Ukraine’s Kherson, regional officials said. Video posted by officials showed bloodied floor and a gaping hole in a roof https://t.co/MqpPayCZSC pic.twitter.com/yeVwocN2aM— Reuters (@Reuters) August 1, 2023
Some social media users — as well as a Polish news channel — claim that Wagner mercenaries are entering Poland disguised as migrants.
PM Mateusz Morawiecki added that they might even disguise themselves as Belarusian border guards. Here are the facts: https://t.co/eyIB1YnRvj
— DW News (@dwnews) August 1, 2023
⚡️ Colombian mercenaries are furious about their losses which they blame on Ukrainians and say that they’re being humiliated for nonsense pic.twitter.com/DQOhVI1WJo
— What the media hides. (@narrative_hole) July 31, 2023
Russia’s judiciary has confirmed a 25-year prison sentence handed down to Vladimir Kara-Murza — a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin — the longest jail term ever imposed on a government dissident. pic.twitter.com/MSZ951NukB
— DW News (@dwnews) August 1, 2023
In Germany’s Black Forest and beyond, a quiet loss of biodiversity
A 2017 survey indicates much less species growth in Germany’s Black Forest. Two plant species have gone extinct, and several more will likely disappear in the next 15 years.
What Would West African Bloc’s Threat to Use Force to Restore Democracy in Niger Look Like?
ECOWAS is resolved to use military force after economic and travel sanctions used against the coup plotters failed, according to a Western diplomat in Niamey.
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Sirens wail throughout Poland to mark the Warsaw Uprising
At five o’clock sharp, Poland paid homage to the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising.