Month: August 2024

Євросоюз

Turkey blocks access to Instagram, gives no reason

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s communications authority blocked access to the social media platform Instagram on Friday, the latest instance of a clampdown on websites in the country. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority, which regulates the internet, announced the block early Friday but did not provide a reason. Sabah newspaper, which is close to the government, said access was blocked in response to Instagram removing posts by Turkish users that expressed condolences over the killing of Hama political leader Ismail Haniyeh. It came days after Fahrettin Altun, the presidential communications director and aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, criticized the Meta-owned …

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Russia, China leading wave of ‘unprecedented’ intelligence threats to US 

washington — The United States is facing a series of unprecedented threats from foreign intelligence agencies, some of which are increasingly cooperating with each other to gain an advantage, according to a newly approved strategy to blunt the impact of espionage. The National Counterintelligence Strategy, signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday, calls out Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as the main culprits, identifying Moscow and Beijing as “the most significant intelligence threats.” But the document warns they are increasingly launching more aggressive operations and even working together, or with others, to undermine the U.S. U.S. counterintelligence officials “see our …

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Генштаб ЗСУ: на фронті відбулося 98 бойових зіткнень, із них 43 – на Покровському напрямку

Бойові дії тривали також на Торецькому, Харківському, Куп’янському, Лиманському, Сіверському, Краматорському, Торецькому, Курахівському, Времівському, Оріхівському та Придніпровському напрямках …

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Генштаб ЗСУ санкціонував мобілізацію поза ТЦК – «дозволить спростити механізм»

Дотепер серед військовозобов’язаних імовірною була ситуація, коли чоловік прийшов до ТЦК із відношенням від конкретного підрозділу, де його чекають за мобілізацією, але з навчального центру потрапив до іншого підрозділу …

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Critics question Beijing-friendly donor’s ties to UK-China institute

London — A British organization that focuses on bringing more transparency to ties between China and the United Kingdom says one of the country’s biggest China institutes at a top university, King’s College London, received almost all of its funds from one single donor — a wealthy Hong Kong businessman who has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In a report released Sunday, UK-China Transparency said 99.9% of funding for the Lau China Institute, or LCI, came from Lau Ming-wai, who has served as an adviser to the Hong Kong government working on Hong Kong “integration” with China. He was also …

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Poland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising, honoring heroes of doomed fight for freedom

Warsaw — The Polish and German presidents bowed their heads to the cadence of a military drum as they paid tribute Thursday to Poles slaughtered by Nazi Germany during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the ill-fated revolt. As Poland marked the hallowed day, news broke that the oldest surviving insurgent in uprising, 106-year-old Barbara Sowa, died in the morning. With very few survivors left to take part in the ceremonies, it was a poignant reminder of the passing away of the generation shaped by the sacrifice of World War II. Later, the city …

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