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☆ Putin canceled his annual press conference, ducking a likely barrage of questions about failures in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Vladimir Putin won't face reporters this year at his annual press conference, state media said. The Kremlin has held a major press conference every December for the last 10 years. It remains illegal in Russia to describe the conflict in Ukraine, which the Kremlin calls a "special military operation," as a war. During the press conference, Putin was likely to have faced extensive questioning about the conflict. At last year's event, as Russian troops massed along Ukraine's border, questions about an impending invasion of Ukraine dominated — something that Putin refused to rule out.
☆ Second journalist dies while covering World Cup in Qatar
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A Qatari journalist has died "suddenly" at Qatar's World Cup — the second reporter fatality. There is little public information about how and when photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam died. Qatari news service Gulf News tweeted its condolences over his death on Saturday. Few detail, such as when and how al-Misslam died, have been released, and Qatar's Ministry of Health was unavailable for comment when contacted at time of publication. According to Gulf News, al-Misslam died "suddenly while covering the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022."
☆ A brutal Russian paramilitary group active in Ukraine called for border intelligence on nearby NATO states: report
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Russian paramilitary group asked for intel on Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, The Guardian reported. The call raised concerns about "rogue actions" in NATO states, a source told the paper. Task Force Rusich, which has close ties to the Wagner Group paramilitary group and has been highly active in Ukraine, posted the appeal on its official Telegram channel on December 7, the paper reported. All three countries mentioned by Rusich's post are NATO member states, raising concerns over moves that could escalate the war. The group, known for its brutality, openly advocated torture of prisoners in September, The Guardian reported at the time.
☆ India could suffer heatwaves that 'break the human survivability limit,' World Bank says
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Indian employees already work in "potentially life-threatening temperatures" at times, it said. It was prepared on the occasion of a two-day conference between the government of India's Kerala region and the World Bank, The Independent reported. If India does not curb its carbon emissions, its heatwaves are "likely to last 25 times longer by 2036-65," the World Bank report said, citing a 2021 assessment by the G20. According to the World Bank report, India will need "massive cooling infrastructure across all sectors" in order to protect vulnerable workers. The impact both on labor productivity — and human health — is severe, with many working within "potentially life-threatening temperatures" at times, it said.
☆ Kremlin complains about Time magazine naming Zelenskyy Person of the Year, calls it 'short-sighted' and 'anti-Russian'
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Vladimir Putin's spokesperson complained about Time naming Zelenskyy its person of the year. Dmitry Peskov said the accolade was "vehemently Russophobic" and attacked Western media. Time said that the choice of Zelenskyy was "the most clear-cut in memory." Speaking to reporters, Dmitry Peskov claimed the accolade was evidence of an anti-Russian Western media system. Time announced the award on Tuesday, naming not only Zelenskyy but also "the spirit of Ukraine" as its person of the year.
☆ Pentagon weighs sending Ukraine a strike weapon system that can hit targets almost 100 miles away: report
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The US is weighing a proposal to send a cheap, 94-mile strike weapon to Ukraine, per Reuters. The proposal, from Boeing, would combine a small, inexpensive bomb with an existing rocket system. The proposal is one of around six being developed to aid military production in US, to support Ukraine and allies in Eastern Europe, Reuters reported. The Pentagon insisted in a recent statement to Insider that it "will not go below our readiness requirements" when it comes to supplying weapons to Ukraine. Meanwhile, proposals to send powerful Gray Eagle drones, much desired by Ukraine, have remained stuck in political limbo.
☆ Niece of Iran's supreme leader speaks out against his 'murderous and child-killing regime' as protests continue
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The niece of Iran's supreme leader condemned his regime in a video ahead of being imprisoned. Farideh Moradkhani praised Iran's protests and asked for countries to cut ties with Tehran. On Sunday, her brother posted a video to Twitter in which she condemned the country's regime, according to Agence France-Presse. "Oh free people, be with us and support us, so that your governments stop supporting this murderous and child-killing regime," Moradkhani said, per CNN's translation. Moradkhani is related to Khamenei by marriage, her father Ali Tehrani having married the supreme leader's sister, according to CNN.
☆ Russian agents killed 3 men they said were saboteurs sent by Ukraine. A report says they were just gamers in costume.
  + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Russian state media reported on an FSB operation targeting "pro-Ukrainian saboteurs." Per independent media, the men killed were roleplayers of the video game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." The state media report appeared to misidentify videogame imagery as genuine militant symbols. A still from a Russian state media Russia-1 report, showing what it claims is a flag showing affiliation with a far-right Ukrainian party Russia-1/Smotrim.ruThe obscured wolf insignia above was attributed by Russia-1 to a fringe political party in Ukraine called Volya. A still from a Russian state media Russia-1 report, showing what it claims is military paraphernalia owned by the men killed.
☆ Angela Merkel says she was powerless to stop Putin invading Ukraine because he knew she was about to leave office
  + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Angela Merkel said that she was too politically weak to stand up to Putin at their last meeting. "For Putin, only power counts," she told German outlet Der Spiegel. "The feeling was very clear: 'In terms of power politics, you are through,'" she told the magazine. In Moscow, she said, "The feeling was very clear: 'In terms of power politics, you are through.'" US intelligence and independent experts increasingly suggested that Putin was looking for an excuse to invade.
☆ Billionaire Trump neighbor says his Mar-a-Lago crowd aren't real friends: 'It's all transactional'
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump doesn't have real friends at Mar-a-Lago, a Florida billionaire told the Financial Times. Despite the atmosphere of adulation, it's "all transactional," Jeff Greene told the paper. Real estate mogul Jeff Greene told the paper that the atmosphere of adulation there is "all transactional." Asked who Trump's close friends are, Greene told the paper: "I don't think he has any friends." . . and tell him how good he is," Greene told the FT.
☆ Trump's Senate candidate in Alaska lost to Lisa Murkowski, the latest in a string of failures for his endorsees
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski held onto her Senate seat in Alaska, despite opposition from Trump. Unlike most Senate races, the contest in Alaska was mainly fought between two Republicans — Murkowski and the Trump-backed candidate Kelly Tshibaka, who lost. But during the 2022 midterms several high-profile candidates that he backed lost their races. Former TV doctor Mehmet Oz, backed by Trump, narrowly lost his Senate race in the swing seat of Pennsylvania to progressive Democrat John Fetterman. Meanwhile, the fate of Herschel Walker, running for Georgia's Senate seat, is in the balance as the race heads to a runoff in December.
☆ Germany angrily denies claim by Boris Johnson that it wanted Ukraine to quickly lose to Russia when it invaded
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Germany slammed comments from Boris Johnson about its attitude to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Johnson said on Monday that Germany initially wanted Ukraine to "fold" to get it over quickly. Hebestreit pointed to Germany's military support to Ukraine as evidence that it did not want it to lose. Despite being politically embattled domestically throughout the Ukraine conflict, Johnson developed close ties with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before he stepped down and was widely celebrated in Ukraine. Ultimately, Johnson told CNN, the EU has "done brilliantly" despite his initial "anxiety" about member states' reactions to Putin's aggression.
☆ So much cocaine is being seized by customs in Belgium that the country's incinerators are no longer able to keep up
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Belgium has seized so much cocaine at its ports that it can't incinerate it fast enough, a minister said. Antwerp's port is expected to have seized 110 tons of cocaine by the end of the year. The port of Antwerp is on track to seize 110 tons of the drug this year, Flemish broadcaster VRT reported. "We have already found some new capacity where several tonnes of cocaine have already been destroyed," Van Quickenborne said, per VRT. The port of Antwerp — Europe's second-biggest port — in recent years has became the continent's largest entry point for cocaine, Reuters reported back in 2018.
☆ Russian university officials pressured African students to join the war, threatening them with axed scholarships and tuition hikes: report
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
African students in Russia told The Daily Beast that they were pressured to fight in Ukraine. Students said they were told they could lose their scholarships or see fee hikes, per the Beast. This pressure included warnings that the government could cancel their scholarships and raise tuition fees, the students told the outlet. Students have also been approached by police and the military, a second Nigerian student told the Beast. Even so, students with financial difficulties are considering the offer to sign up, the students told the Beast.
☆ NAACP chief slammed Elon Musk's 'garbage poll' and called for advertisers to pause Twitter spending after Trump reinstated
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The president of the NAACP slammed Elon Musk's decision to reinstate Donald Trump to Twitter. Twitter CEO Elon Musk reinstated Trump on the platform on Saturday, ending after 22 months of what started as a permanent suspension. On Saturday, Musk posted a poll asking the site's users, 52% of whom chose "yes" to the question "Reinstate former President Donald Trump." In a series of tweets over the weekend, NAACP President Derrick Johnson blasted Musk for using a "garbage poll" to gauge public sentiment on the decision. Meanwhile, Donald Trump said on Saturday that he sees no reason to rejoin Twitter, Reuters reported.
☆ Russian soldiers are surrendering to Ukrainian drones, Ukraine says
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Footage shared by Ukraine's MOD appears to show a Russian soldier surrendering to a drone. Both Ukrainian and Russian forces have claimed to have used drones to advise combatants to surrender. Ukraine has claimed other successes in getting Russian soldiers to surrender, most prominently through its "I Want to Live" hotline, which it says has received more than 3,500 calls. Russia's defense ministry also says it is using drones to ask Ukrainians to surrender, state-controlled news agency TASS reported in early November. Russia's primary use of drones in the fall has been aggressive, deploying Iran-made drones to attack Ukrainian forces — and infrastructure — in swarms, as Insider's Michael Peck reported.
☆ Maersk settles case with 'Midshipman X,' whose allegation of rape at sea roiled the shipping industry
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Maersk settled a lawsuit with ex-merchant navy cadet who said she was raped aboard one of its ships. Hope Hicks, formerly known as "Midshipman X," prompted a major reckoning with her allegation. Neither the shipping giant nor the cadet, Hope Hicks, disclosed further details of the settlement in a joint statement on Friday. In June, Hicks went public and filed her lawsuit against Maersk alongside another USMMA cadet who was identified only as "Midshipman Y." Maersk declined to provide Insider with an update on its case with Midshipman Y as of Friday.
☆ Maersk settles case with 'Midshipman X,' who alleged she was raped as a merchant navy cadet aboard one of its ships
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Maersk settled a lawsuit with ex-merchant navy cadet who said she was raped aboard one of its ships. Neither the shipping giant nor the cadet, Hope Hicks, disclosed further details of the settlement in a joint statement on Friday. Writing only as "Midshipman X," Hicks not only alleged her own rape but also that she knew of several other female cadets at USMMA who had been raped. In June, Hicks went public and filed her lawsuit against Maersk alongside another USMMA cadet who was identified only as "Midshipman Y." Maersk declined to provide Insider with an update on its case with Midshipman Y as of Friday.
☆ Putin purges Russia's Human Rights Council, replacing critics with pro-war cheerleaders
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia's Human Rights Council was reshuffled to exclude critics and bring in pro-war cheerleaders. It comes ahead of a key annual meeting where free speech about the Ukraine war was to be discussed. This system — often referred to as controlled opposition — is what Chatterje-Doody said had allowed organizations such as the Human Rights Council to express genuine criticism. On October 7, Russia rejected a UN Human Rights Council draft resolution condemning what the body called "the significant deterioration of the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation." Top Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that membership rotations at the Human Rights Council are normal.
☆ Lauren Boebert declares victory in unexpectedly tight House race, despite no networks calling it and a recount looming
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Lauren Boebert said she won her election despite the vote being in recount territory. No major network has called the race, which Boebert led by 501 votes as of early Friday. Boebert acknowledged the likely recount, but claimed it would not make any difference and therefore she was sure of victory. Despite this Frisch, a conservative Democrat, has provided Boebert with a tough race. In 2020, Boebert was elected to Congress with 51.4% of the vote, ending up 6.2% ahead of her then-opponent.
☆ More than 3,500 Russian soldiers have called Ukraine's surrender helpline, official says
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The "I Want to Live" surrender hotline has received 3,500 calls, an official told the Kyiv Post. The hotline allows people mobilized to fight in Ukraine to arrange to surrender once they get there. Both Russia and Ukraine have been criticized for ill-treatment of prisoners of war. When the soldier reaches Ukraine, they contact the hotline again, whereupon their information is pulled up and arrangements for surrender begins, Matvienko told the outlet. Ukraine offered confidential access to OHCHR to speak to captives, but Russia did not, the report said.
☆ Brittney Griner taken to remote, all-female Russian penal colony to serve 9-year sentence: report
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Brittney Griner was moved to a penal colony in Russia's Mordovia, Reuters reported. A source familiar with the situation told the outlet that she has been moved to Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Yavas, a small town about 300 miles southeast of Moscow. On November 4, she was moved from a detention center near Moscow to an unknown location, the outlet reported. A satellite image of the IK-2 penal colony in Yavas, Russia. Griner was arrested on drugs charges in February, after she was found with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
☆ Squatters who took over a sanctioned Russian oligarch's mansion are told by judge they can stay
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A house in Amsterdam owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Arkady Volozh was occupied by activists. Despite the Yandex billionaire's best efforts, a judge ruled that the squatters can stay. Volozh is not the first sanctioned oligarch to have his European property overtaken. Squatters moved into the five-story luxury house belonging to billionaire Arkady Volozh on October 27, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. This is far from the first protest action in the properties of high-profile sanctioned Russian figures.
☆ Ukraine says sniper killed Russian soldier almost 1.7 miles away, which it claims is the second-longest kill on record
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukraine's army claimed on Wednesday to have made the world's second-longest sniper kill. The shot would be roughly three times the height of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. The 24 seconds of grainy thermal imaging footage show a figure identified by Ukraine's armed forces as "the occupier," suggesting the apparent kill took place in occupied Ukraine. In the post, Ukraine's armed forces gave a nod to British former sniper Craig Harrison as having formerly held the record for second-longest shot, and who the Ukrainian army claims to have nudged into third place. Another pre-existing claim to second place is a kill by an unnamed member of Australia's second commando regiment in 2012, at 1.3 miles, or 2.81 km.
☆ The US may downgrade an advanced drone to ease its concerns about letting Ukraine have it, report says
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The US is considering modifying the powerful Gray Eagle drone for Ukraine, CNN reported. Two unnamed officials told CNN this week that the US was investigating how to change the components in the Gray Eagle, or MQ-1C drone. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the US had declined the request for the Gray Eagle. But both Ukrainian and US officials told CNN since then that discussions were continuing. "These are very expensive systems and there are concerns that they could be shot down," an unnamed official told CNN.
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