Month: February 2024

Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has released a much-anticipated interview that he conducted with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday. 

The interview mainly centered on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. 

In a video on X on Tuesday, Carlson claimed that Western media outlets “lie to their readers and viewers” by promoting Kiev’s position while downplaying Russia’s. “That’s wrong. Americans have the right to know all they can about a war they are implicated in,” he said. 

NOW – Tucker Carlson releases his interview with Putin.pic.twitter.com/WKvIjYLVw2

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 8, 2024

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The footage is being prepared for broadcast, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US journalist Tucker Carlson on Tuesday for an interview, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a daily media briefing on Wednesday. The American had announced the imminent release of the footage hours earlier.

The Russian official declined to say when exactly the public will be able to see the interview and would not comment on its contents. He noted that being an American, Carlson was neither pro-Russian nor pro-Ukrainian in terms of his attitude to the Ukraine conflict, which is expected to be the focus of the interview.

🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 It appears that Tucker Carlson has not only lost his mind but also his memory! He doesn't recognize any names anymore! pic.twitter.com/MWaRx0iBKp

— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) February 6, 2024

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Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that his country must urgently prepare for the threat of war with Russia, in an interview published on Monday.

Kosiniak-Kamysz was asked by the newspaper Super Express whether he considered Russia’s military defeat of Ukraine and a subsequent invasion of Polish territory a possibility.

“I expect every scenario and take the worst ones most seriously. That is the task of a defence minister in the situation we find ourselves in today,” the conservative politician replied.

Kosiniak-Kamysz, 42, said that he had “not just said these words out of the blue,” but had weighed them up carefully.

Poland is a member of the European Union and the NATO military alliance.

NEW – Poland is preparing for war with Russia — BILD pic.twitter.com/6igz2yiuPM

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 6, 2024

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The Netherlands has concerns about data security on Meta’s social media platform

The Dutch government may ban public servants from using Facebook due to concerns over data security on the platform, De Telegraaf newspaper reported on Monday. Digitalization Minister Alexandra van Huffelen told the outlet that a formal report on the issue was pending.

She said the government has long-standing reservations about how Meta, Facebook’s US parent company which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles sensitive user information. Last November, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) was asked to advise whether government officials should be using Facebook. It is expected to issue a response soon, added van Huffelen.  

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The naval vessel arrived in Colombo over the weekend amid concerns about Beijing’s activities in the Indian Ocean .

The Indian Navy’s INS Karanj, a diesel attack submarine, docked in Sri Lanka over the weekend; its visit coincides with a Chinese vessel’s arrival in the Maldives, another island nation in the Indian Ocean which is locked in a diplomatic row with New Delhi. 

The sub arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit on Saturday, the Sri Lanka Navy announced on X (formerly Twitter). The ship was received with a ceremonial welcome and dozens of Sri Lankan naval personnel were briefed aboard the vessel.

INS Karanj – a submarine belonging to the @indiannavy arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit 03 February. @srilanka_navy @IndiainSL #Defence

Read more : https://t.co/WjxpR2NaY8 pic.twitter.com/lH9rdk398S

— The Sri Lanka Navy (@srilanka_navy) February 3, 2024

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Another winter storm spanning multiple days will be moving into California Saturday night and is expected to last until Tuesday or Wednesday.

The National Weather Service is calling the system “the largest storm of the season” and is expecting the storm to have “dangerous, even life-threatening impacts.”

Californians were rushing to prepare Saturday, filling up sandbags and lining streets with protective concrete barriers. In Long Beach, crews were building massive beach berms to brace for a dangerous atmospheric river that could drop rain non-stop for days.

#BREAKING #USA #California California has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of an approaching powerful winter storm. pic.twitter.com/d8ZvLoxZJt

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) February 5, 2024

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Beijing carried out a series of successful space launches this week that resulted in the delivery of several satellites into Earth’s orbit.

A Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket lifted off from a launch facility off the coast of China’s Guangdong province on February 3.

The rocket successfully completed its mission by delivering nine satellites to their intended orbits, with one of these satellites, Xingshidai-18, being touted by Chinese media as the first in-orbit artificial intelligence (AI) commercial satellite in the world.

#BREAKING #China China successfully launches the first commercial satellite with artificial intelligence into orbit. pic.twitter.com/1KP6OoE8us

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) February 3, 2024

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