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Canada's Trudeau pranked by fake GRETA in phone call about NATO, private world leaders’ club… and South Park’s Terrance & Phillip
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has been duped by Russian pranksters pretending to be Greta Thunberg, commiserating with her about geopolitics and world leaders, and promising to introduce her to Terrance and Phillip.
Nov 25, 2020 00:17
World News
'John McCain' warship drama: US Navy defends vessel entering Russian waters by blasting Moscow’s ‘EXCESSIVE maritime claims'
The US Navy has called Russia’s claims of maritime territory “excessive” and described an alleged incursion by one of its ships, the USS 'John S. McCain', into Russian waters as a routine “Freedom of Navigation Operation.”
Nov 24, 2020 21:38
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Over ONE BILLION doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 expected to be ready in 2021 as producer promises low prices
More than 500 million people will be able to take the pioneering Russian Sputnik V vaccine to fight coronavirus next year, according to is developers, who say the jab will be sold cheaper than those of its foreign competitors.
Nov 24, 2020 19:57
Russia & Former Soviet Union
For the US, ‘arms control’ is just another bludgeon and pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty proves it
Donald Trump's precipitous withdrawal from major arms control agreements indicates the US is more interested in gaining unilateral advantage than actual arms control. Can Joe Biden turn this around? Unlikely.
Nov 24, 2020 18:35
Russia opens case against Google over failure to remove banned extremist, X-rated & suicidal content from its search results
Russia’s national telecoms watchdog has launched an administrative case against Google over the American technology giant’s continued reluctance to remove banned content from its search results, as required under Russian law.
Nov 24, 2020 16:43
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Ax-wielding drunken man surrenders after taking six children hostage and threatening to kill them in St. Petersburg – reports
An ax-wielding man took six children hostage in Russia’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg, threatening to kill them. The suspect has reportedly surrendered after a standoff with police.
Nov 24, 2020 12:50
Russia & Former Soviet Union