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Hysteria over coronavirus sparks violent protests in Ukraine

by editorkatya | Feb 21, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Middle

Hysteria over the novel coronavirus epidemic has sparked violent protests in Ukraine, fueled by panic and disinformation around the outbreak — even though the country has no confirmed cases of the virus. Protests and violent clashes with police broke out in...

U.S. intelligence told lawmakers of Russian bid to boost Trump re-election – source

by editorkatya | Feb 21, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers last week that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign by aiming to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and boost President Donald Trump’s re-election, a person familiar with the briefing said on...

Putin hails US for helping prevent terror attack in Russia

by editorkatya | Feb 20, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed the FBI for sharing information that helped thwart a terror attack by adherents of the Islamic State group in St. Petersburg during the New Year holidays. Speaking at a meeting with senior officials of the...

Elizabeth Warren, unbound

by editorkatya | Feb 20, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Middle

The long-restrained Democratic hopeful came to Vegas itching for a fight — and did not disappoint. You’re probably having a bad night if Chuck Todd asks, “Should you exist?” That was the gutting query from one of the NBC moderators to Mike Bloomberg about 80 minutes...

Ahead of Trump’s visit, Indian city cleans the swamp

by Jahnra Cadungog | Feb 20, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to “drain the swamp” of lobbyists and elites in Washington D.C. Now, one Indian city is racing to clean up a stagnant river as he prepares to visit. Trump arrives in India on Feb. 24 on a maiden two-day trip that aims to repair...

‘Hit with a truck’ – How Iran’s missiles inflicted brain injury on U.S. troops

by Jahnra Cadungog | Feb 20, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Middle

In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq. Among the 2,000 troops stationed there was U.S. Army Specialist Kimo Keltz, who recalls hearing a missile whistling through...