Re: #74 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[刘汉]

BILAL SARWARY
@bsarwary
#AFG “The district of Aab-E Band in Ghazni province have fallen into the hands of Taliban.” Two security sources tells me

The 10th District captured by the Taliban this week only a matter of time before big battles for provincial capitals begin. Some reports that Iran and the Taliban are in talks for Herat province to become part of Iran and thus most of the hazara Shias become part of Iran as they wish to.

Non-the-less this would be great, because Persia lost Herat in 1857 in the Treaty of Paris to the British puppet state of Kabul. Finally all the European imposed treaties, states etc. would disappear. For the Pashtuns this would be only interesting, if they would get back the territories, they lost in 1893 to British India, that were organized as the North West Frontier Province. But Pakistan would never agree to this.

[Abacus]

Bryan MacDonald
@27khv (June 7, 2021)

US state-run media outlet @RFE/RL has fired a Canadian freelancer
after the broadcaster received complaints from the Azerbaijani government about his coverage.

It's the latest in a series of sackings of journalists who refuse to toe the party line

twitter.com/27khv/status/1401978527650619397

[刘汉]

Source: If Afghani government could not guarantees the safety of it's Shia citizens surely the Islamic Republic of Iran will. #IRGC#Taliban#ISIS#Herat #hazaragenocide

— A l i r e z a (@OrangeEyes6) June 6, 2021

[Abacus]

amin dada
@kambrone64 (June 7, 2021)

Arctic micro-animal survives 24,000 years in Siberian permafrost

twitter.com/kambrone64/status/1401948839888797707
channelnewsasia.com/news/world/arctic-micro-animal-survives-24-000-years-in-siberian-permafrost-14967714#.YL5SNNtYHuk.twitter

[Abacus]

Zamaan Qureshi
@zamaan_qureshi (June 7, 2021)

Tony Blair Helped Chinese Billionaire and Bannon Pal Get $57M Penthouse: Report
(cc: @WendySiegelman @justinhorowitz_)

twitter.com/zamaan_qureshi/status/1401939942159400965

[Abacus]

Ranjeet Brar
@Rango1917 (June 7, 2021)

UK government plans to share #patient #data - with #US #health #insurers,
who are already boasting of “planting seeds” in the NHS.
These firms are already advising the NHS on how to deal with more “expensive” patients, and what services can be cut.

twitter.com/Rango1917/status/1401667251896569856
opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/legal-threat-sharpens-over-uk-government-plans-harvest-patient-data-gps/

[Böhse Tante]

LOL! #JuanGuaido is an American stooge!
"BREAKING NEWS: Due to election uncertainty in Peru Juan Guaidó has declared himself president of Peru." pic.twitter.com/tA6zLCfRjw https://t.co/FvzXMi8gGq

— K K (@kk0000000000) June 7, 2021

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Why not just Emperor of Latin America?

[刘汉]

The Joint Operations Room of Palestinian factions in Gaza say it is closely monitoring the situation in Jerusalem and it call on Palestinians to confront "the enemy"

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 7, 2021

Defense Minister Benny Gantz warns Israel will use overwhelming force in any future war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, saying the IDF's recent strikes in Gaza against Hamas are "only the tip of the iceberg" in terms of the its capabilities. pic.twitter.com/YXhEuuN9JM

— Judah Ari Gross (@JudahAriGross) June 7, 2021

[刘汉]

الكنيست: يائير لابيد تمكن من تشكيل الحكومة وسيتم تحديد موعد للتصويت على تمريرها #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW

— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) June 7, 2021

Knesset: Yair Lapid was able to form a government, and a date will be set for a vote on its passage

[刘汉]

And now to something completely different:

رئيس الوزراء السوداني: نرفض ملء إثيوبيا لسد النهضة بشكل منفرد #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW

— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) June 7, 2021

Sudanese Prime Minister: We reject Ethiopia filling the Renaissance Dam unilaterally

رئيس وزراء السودان: سد النهضة يشكل تهديدا مباشرا للسودانيين ولسد الروصيرص #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW

— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) June 7, 2021

Sudanese Prime Minister: The Renaissance Dam poses a threat to the Sudanese and the Roseires dam

[刘汉]

What will that change? Are they erasing Ethiopia from the ,maps? Egypt and Sudan depend on Ethiopia's Nile that will be the fact of life for them. Attacking us won't change that. and not wise either. https://t.co/zbR1wWF97t

— Ethiopian Enaden (@EEnaden) June 7, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

Victor
@vicktop55
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9h
Never say "never":

Russia must be realistic & realize that sanctions imposed by Western nations will ‘remain forever,’ deputy foreign minister warns — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

https://www.rt.com/russia/525913-western-sanctions-remain-forever/

[KneelB4Zod!]

ASB News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
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2m
USA claims Iran’s nuclear bomb ‘breakout time’ may soon be a ‘matter of weeks’, with talks held up due to US sanctions.

[Böhse Tante]

ASB News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
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2m
USA claims Iran’s nuclear bomb ‘breakout time’ may soon be a ‘matter of weeks’, with talks held up due to US sanctions.

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1995:

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/world/iran-may-be-able-build-atomic-bomb-5-years-us-israeli-officials-fear.html

Iran is the country that has been on the verge of completing the nuclear bomb for the longest time. Any moment now - but then!!! ... a year later the same news comes.

[Talos]

Tariq Ghazniwal
@TGhazniwal
#BreakingNews : Taliban captured the Jaghto district of #Ghazni province

[boris]

LIVE: Main phase of MH17 trial continues at Schiphol Judicial Complex

[boris]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-armys-new-ajax-tank-makes-troops-sick
British Army's New Ajax Tank Makes Troops Sick
"It prompted the service to pause testing from late November to March. Over 20 mph, tank crews experience extreme vibrations and loudness, resulting in some troops suffering from swollen joints and ringing in their ears.

A defense industry source told The Times the tanks were so loud during operation that up the chain of command, there were fears that long-term use of these new tanks, crews would develop "neurological issues." "

[KneelB4Zod!]

Hahaha

When you think you are so popular & cute and then face reality! pic.twitter.com/sVgYOUh6R1

— Fares Shehabi (@ShehabiFares) June 8, 2021

[刘汉]

Good morning!
Israel is going to swear in a new government on Sunday, says Knesset speakerhttps://t.co/txEOtrzt1l

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) June 8, 2021

[刘汉]

An electricity pylon was damaged in an explosion in Kohsan district in Herat this morning, affecting the imported power supply to the province, an official of Da #Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat said. pic.twitter.com/JjCPotzMLI

— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) June 8, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

ASB News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
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4m
SWIFT has no intentions to disconnect Russia from the system because it will not benefit anyone, says executive director of the Russian national SWIFT association (Rosswift)

[KneelB4Zod!]

Elijah J. Magnier
@ejmalrai
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8h
You really should Watch this:
“Looted and Hidden - With captions in Arabic and Hebrew”.

It explains how #Israel hides the real archive of #Palestine and is afraid of showing it.

Don't miss it.

https://vimeo.com/257286457

Looted and Hidden - With captions in Arabic and Hebrew from Rona Sela on Vimeo.

[刘汉]

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210608-keiko-fujimori-alleges-fraud-in-tight-peru-election

Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on Monday raised allegations of "irregularities" and "signs of fraud" in Sunday's run-off election as her rival, the far-left trade unionist Pedro Castillo, took a razor-thin lead in the vote count.

Fujimori had led early counting, but school teacher Castillo gained ground as votes from Peru's rural areas -- his stronghold -- came in from across a country battered by years of political turmoil.

"There is a clear intention to boycott the popular will," said Fujimori, the daughter of the imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori. At a press conference, she showed videos and photographs allegedly showing proof of counting irregularities.

Castillo's Free Peru party called on election authorities to "protect the vote" as ballots are counted and published.

Election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) said the candidates' "conduct in these crucial hours is decisive to maintain calm".

With 94.8 percent of ballots counted, Castillo was narrowly ahead of Fujimori with 50.2 percent compared to her 49.7 percent, though there could still be a long wait for the final outcome.

Whoever wins the battle between left and right will take leadership of a nation battered by a recession and the world's highest per capita coronavirus fatality rate with more than 186,000 deaths among its 33 million population.

2021 AFP

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/08/keiko-fujimori-claims-irregularities-peru-presidential-election-pedro-castillo

Peru elections: Fujimori’s fraud claims criticised as rival’s narrow lead widens
Pedro Castillo holds 0.2% lead with more than 96% of votes counted in ballot that international observers say passed off correctly

[KneelB4Zod!]

Congratulations to @PedroCastilloTe for his victory in #Peru's elections. Hopefully he will be able to implement his ambitious economic program, including all planned nationalizations without impediments or foreign interference. pic.twitter.com/Hjq9OJM00u

— Enrico Kremlin-affiliated (@Russ_Warrior) June 8, 2021

[Abacus]

talkRADIO
@talkRADIO (June 8, 2021)

WATCH: President Emmanuel Macron receives a slap in the face
while greeting people during an official visit in France.
Two men have been arrested.

What do you make of that?

twitter.com/talkRADIO/status/1402267914716262404

[Abacus]

(June 8, 2021) The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes.
He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
Michael Bloomberg managed to do the same in recent years. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn did it twice. George Soros paid no federal income tax three years in a row.

ProPublica has obtained a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people, covering more than 15 years.
The data provides an unprecedented look inside the financial lives of America’s titans, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg.
It shows not just their income and taxes, but also their investments, stock trades, gambling winnings and even the results of audits.

Taken together, it demolishes the cornerstone myth of the American tax system: that everyone pays their fair share and the richest Americans pay the most.
The IRS records show that the wealthiest can — perfectly legally — pay income taxes that are only a tiny fraction
of the hundreds of millions, if not billions, their fortunes grow each year.
propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

[Abacus]

Thomas Massie
@RepThomasMassie (June 4, 2021)

The vaccine lottery incentive explained:

The government can’t make you take the vaccine, but they can take your money.
So they’re taking your money, and offering you a chance to get it back
along with your neighbors’ money, if you take the vaccine.

twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1400911184442925059

[Abacus]

Spencer Latu
@spencerlatu (June 7, 2021)

(Jeff Bezos's maternal) Grandfather Lawrence Preston Gise (co)founder of DARPA

twitter.com/spencerlatu/status/1402011204613066753

[Abacus]

Senator Rand Paul
@RandPaul (June 8, 2021)

Great news! Cleveland clinic study of 52,238 employees shows unvaccinated people
who have had COVID 19 have no difference in re-infection rate
than people who had COVID 19 and who took the vaccine.

twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1402282844576260096

[Mr Badger]

#Israel jets striking targets around #Damascus, #Syria.

— ASB News / MILITARY (@ASBMilitary) June 8, 2021