• 02/22/2025

Draft roadmap for normalization between Turkey, Syria now ready — senior Russian diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. At a Moscow meeting on May 10, the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria and Turkey agreed to instruct their deputies to prepare a roadmap on streamlining relations between Damascus and Ankara https://tass.com/politics/1631869

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Russian-backed “official” in occupied Melitopol finds explosive in his car

Pravda Ukraine In Melitopol, unknown people tried to blow up the car of a Russian-appointed “official” of the so-called “Zaporizhzhia Civil Military Administration”. Source: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on Telegram Details: The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation claims that on the morning of 13 June, an unknown person planted an improvised explosive…

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Russians impede switching Zaporizhzhia NPP Unit 5 to safe cold shutdown mode

Pravda Ukraine The Russian occupiers at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) have been obstructing the transfer of Zaporizhzhia NPP Unit No. 5 to a safe “cold” shutdown, which remains the only one of the plant’s six units in “hot” shutdown and continues to consume scarce water from the cooling water reservoir. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/14/7406786/

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Navalny Ally Chanysheva Jailed 7.5 Years for ‘Extremism’

Moscow Times Chanysheva was the first of Navalny’s associates to be arrested on “extremism” charges in 2021. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/14/navalny-ally-chanysheva-jailed-75-years-for-extremism-a81500

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Russia’s Quantum Patent Applications Decline Amid Sanctions

Moscow Times Last year, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Russian quantum computing companies accused of supporting Moscow’s war machine. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/14/russias-quantum-patent-applications-decline-amid-sanctions-a81499

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Joe Manchin vows to fight Biden’s war on appliances: ‘Not supporting any of the craziness’

Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is pushing back against the Biden administration’s regulations targeting popular home appliances including natural gas-powered furnaces and stoves. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Manchin criticized the Department of Energy (DOE) for its aggressive energy efficiency rulemakings, arguing the agency should allow the free market to improve…

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Putin instructs to create drone centers in regions — Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is also instructed to consider measures of supporting agricultural producers depending on their use of domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicles https://tass.com/economy/1631865

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Egypt submits application to join BRICS, says Russian ambassador to Cairo

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Georgy Borisenko, Egypt is eager to boost trade and economic cooperation with Russia https://tass.com/world/1631863

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Cruz defends comments about Obama, Iran and nuclear weapons, scolds ‘ridiculous’ fact-checker

Fox News Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, defended himself on Twitter after a fact-checker claimed he was wrong about former President Obama, Iran and its “right” to have nuclear technology during a speech he gave last month. In a series of tweets, Cruz described the fact-checkers as “partisan, left-wing liars” and said their fact-check of a…

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Rainy season helping further ease drought in southern Taiwan

Taipei, June 14 (CNA) Two days after water alerts were either lifted or lowered for Taichung and Kaohsiung, reservoirs around Taiwan continued to show major gains in water reserves after heavy rains, the Water Resources Agency (WRA) said Wednesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202306140013

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