RUSSIAN JET COLLIDES WITH US DRONE OVER BLACK SEA -US MILITARY

Tue 14 March 2023: Russian fighter jet and an unmanned US military drone collided in international airspace over the Black Sea, according to the US Air Force, Two Russian Su-27 aircraft “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of the MQ-9 surveillance drone at 06:03 GMT on Tuesday, according to a statement from US Air Forces […]

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NOT MY KING: ANTI-MONARCHY GROUP HOLDS PROTEST IN LONDON

Tue 14 March 2023: A group of people on Monday held an anti-monarchy protest in London, demanding the monarchy to be abolished. The protest, organized by the Republic, took place near Westminster Abbey amid Commonwealth Day, the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1977. The group carried banners reading “Not My King,” and […]

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UKRAINE WILL STICK TO TERMS OF PREVIOUSLY SIGNED 120-DAY GRAIN EXPORT DEAL – KYIV OFFICIAL

Tue 14 March 2023: Ukraine will stick to the terms of an agreement it signed last year on a 120-day extension of the Black Sea grain export initiative, a senior Ukrainian government official said on Tuesday. “We will follow the agreement strictly,” the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. Russia‘s TASS news agency cited Russian […]

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POLICE USE OF RUBBER BULLETS MAIMING THOUSANDS GLOBALLY: AMNESTY

Sharp lead pellets fired by Indian security forces from pellet gun, had hit12-year-old Moin Mushtaq. The pellets destroyed his right eye beyond repair (2 October 2016). Tue 14 March 2023: Rights group says a global Torture-Free Trade treaty is urgently needed to regulate the trade in policing equipment. Police misuse of rubber bullets and other […]

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DATA THEFT FROM YOUTUBE VIDEOS SPIKES BY 300%: REPORT

Tue 14 March 2023: Cyber-security researchers said they have discovered a massive 200-300 per cent spike in YouTube videos containing links to malware that can steal sensitive financial data from the computers. YouTube is the most popular platform for watching videos and has over 122 million daily active users, according to Global Media Insight. The […]

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PRESIDENT BIDEN ENSURES US BANKING SYSTEM ‘SAFE’ AFTER BANKS’ COLLAPSE

Mon 13 March 2023: After the collapse of two large banks in less than a week, President Joe Biden gave Americans the reassurance that the US banking system and depositors are “safe” on Monday. “Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. Your deposits will be there when you need them,” he told […]

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ALEXEY NAVALNY FILM ON FIGHTING THE KREMLIN WINS OSCAR

Mon 13 March 2023: The movie Navalny, a look at the Russian dissident who was poisoned with a nerve agent and nearly died, captured the Oscar for best documentary feature. Alexey Navalny’s portrayal by director Daniel Roher features shady agents, investigative journalists, conspiracy theories, and poisons from the Soviet era. This movie clearly has political […]

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DEPUTY FORMINS OF TURKEY, SYRIA, IRAN, RUSSIA TO MEET NEXT WEEK IN MOSCOW, CAVUSOGLU SAYS

Mon 13 March 2023: The deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Türkiye, Syria and Iran will meet in Moscow next week as part of the normalization process between Türkiye and Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. “A proposal came from Russia to hold a meeting at the technical level in preparation for a possible […]

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UKRAINE IS WORLD’S THIRD LARGEST ARMS IMPORTER: SIPRI

Mon 13 March 2023: Countries in Europe have sharply increased their imports of major weapons in response to tensions with Russia, a prominent think tank has said, with Ukraine emerging as the world’s third-largest arms importer following Moscow’s invasion last year. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in a new report on Monday, said […]

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HP BLOCKS THIRD-PARTY INK CARTRIDGES AGAIN, LEAVING USERS FRUSTRATED

Mon 13 March 2023: HP is once again blocking users from using third-party ink cartridges in HP printers. People have grown increasingly frustrated with HPHewlett-Packard (HP) as it has used firmware updates to prevent the use of non-HP ink cartridges in its printers. The reason given by the company was security. People reported the problem […]

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