New twist in arms race as revised Russian war doctrine lowers threshold for nuclear weapons use
The new version of the document states that an attack against his country by a nonnuclear power with the “participation or support of a nuclear power” will be seen as their “joint attack on the Russian Federation.”
Kremlin warns US long-range missiles to Ukraine is ‘a big step toward the start of World War III’
Russia also is slowly pushing Ukraine’s outnumbered army backward in the eastern Donetsk region. It has also conducted a devastating aerial campaign against civilian areas in Ukraine. Peskov referred journalists to a statement from President Vladimir Putin in September in which he said allowing Ukraine to target Russia would significantly raise the stakes.
After months of censorship study showing most Covid deaths occurred within a week of vaccination is published
The authors concluded that because the deaths were highly consistent with the known mechanisms for Covid-19 vaccine injury, it was highly likely the deaths were causally linked to the vaccine.
End of Middle Crisis remains remote as Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government offices, embassies
The target of the airstrike remained unclear, and the Israeli army did not issue a prior warning. Ambulance sirens echoed through the streets as an Associated Press photographer on the scene saw significant casualties on the street.
Big Tech critic Brendan Carr picked to chair US Federal Communications Commission
Carr was a strong opponent of the FCC’s decision in April to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules that were repealed during the first Trump administration. The Biden FCC rules were put on hold by a federal appeals court.
‘Biden’s waiver of restrictions on use of US long range missiles in Ukraine war is too little, too late’
There also is no way to know how long the new policy will last. It was criticised by Richard Grenell, one of the closest foreign policy advisors of returning president Donald Trump, who replaces Biden on Jan. 20. Trump has long criticised the scale of US aid to Kyiv and has vowed to end the war quickly, without saying how. A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senegal’s parliamentary election outcome to determine if President Faye can carry out reforms
The campaign for the legislative election was marked by sporadic clashes between supporters of different parties. The headquarters of an opposition party were set on fire in the capital, Dakar, and clashes have erupted between supporters in central Senegal in recent weeks, the interior ministry said Monday,
Doctors query Gates-funded self-amplifying bird flu vaccine, term it ‘disaster waiting to happen’
According to Karl Jablonowski, senior research scientist at Children’s Health Defence, “Arcturus’ self-replication platform has all the hazards of the other synthetic modified mRNA wrapped in a lipid nanoparticle, just much worse.
How 1,000 days of Ukraine conflict demonstrate ‘modern war is a confrontation of technologies’
Both Ukraine and Russia are on track to make around 1.5 million drones this year, mostly small “first-person view” vehicles that cost a few hundred dollars apiece and can be piloted remotely to identify and attack enemy targets.
Biden gives Ukraine thumbs up to use US-made longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s reaction Sunday was notably restrained. Zelenskyy and many of his Western supporters have been pressing Biden for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets deeper inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles, saying the US ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
