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Meloni And The Art Of The Immigration Deal
Image by European Commission Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter ROME — This week Italy began sending would-be migrants intercepted on their way to Italy’s shores to two centers the Italian government is financing and operating in nearby Albania. The initiative has been a controversial one, since in Albania, which is…
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Harris forced to confront Middle East crisis she’s tried to avoid on campaign trail
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday was forced to more directly confront the violence in the Middle East, which has sharply divided her party and threatens her standing with voters in key battleground states.
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U.S. played no role in Israeli operation that killed Hamas leader Sinwar, Pentagon says
The U.S. military played no role in the operation inside Gaza that resulted in the death of Palestinian Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, considered the architect of the Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel where some 1,200 people were killed and about 200 others taken hostage, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
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In a first, U.S. sanctions Chinese firms for direct military sales for Russia’s war
Two Chinese companies and a Russian firm have been slapped with U.S. economic sanctions for joint China-based production of long-range attack drones that Russia used in the Ukraine war, the Treasury Department said Thursday.
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Pentagon wants to create fake AI-generated social media profiles to ‘gather information’
A procurement document shows that the United States Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help it create deepfake internet users that would be undetectable by humans and computers. A Joint Special Operations Command wishlist obtained by The Intercept says, “Special Operations Forces (SOF) are interested in technologies that can generate convincing online personas…
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Myanmar’s internet now as restrictive as China’s: report
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Internet freedoms in Myanmar are now as bad as in China, according to a new report released by Freedom House on Wednesday. It’s “the first time any country has ranked as low as China in a decade,” the annual Freedom on the…
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China to seize 3.1 bln yuan in assets linked to exiled former vice mayor
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Authorities in China are moving to seize more than 3 billion yuan (US$435 million) in assets belonging to a former high-ranking official from the northeastern province of Heilongjiang who has fled to the United States, claiming to be a persecuted critic…
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Israel Concludes it Killed Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar in Military Operation
The Israeli military has concluded its forces killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, during operations in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 16. The Israeli military announced its conclusions in an Oct. 17 press statement, following a DNA confirmation process. Hamas did not immediately confirm Sinwar’s death. The Israeli announcement comes as Israeli forces have been fighting in…
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Russia Issues Forceful Warning Against Planned Israeli Strike On Iran
Russia Issues Forceful Warning Against Planned Israeli Strike On Iran Israeli security sources have told ABC News and CNN that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a set of targets for retaliation strikes on Iran, considered imminent, following the Oct.1 major Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel. Still, no timeline has been given—only that the attack is expected…
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Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘Victory Plan’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”