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☆ Calm returns to Syria rebel enclave after deadly internecine fighting
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"In the latest battles after its control of Afrin, HTS now has a large security role compared to what it had. Turkey is the leading backer of mainstream rebel factions. Its strong military presence in northwest Syria has held back Russia and Damascus from seizing the remaining opposition area. Turkey had stepped up its intervention to end the fighting that left scores killed, a senior rebel commander who requested anonymity said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick are being sued for a 2021 Instagram 'loop giveaway.' Here are 4 takeaways from the 32-page potential class-action lawsuit.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Tanya Chen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Scott Disick and Kim Kardashian are being sued for hawking an Instagram "loop giveaway" in 2021. Celebrity influencers Scott Disick and Kim Kardashian are facing a $66 million potential class-action lawsuit that claims their 2021 Instagram lottery was a total sham. To enter, users had to follow a list of 75 accounts Disick was following at the time, and comment on his post promoting it. Why 'loop giveaways' are controversialThis type of Instagram lottery, also known in the industry as a "loop giveaway," has become a lucrative growth hack for top tier creators. The lawsuit alleges that the winners of the loop giveaway were not made public enough.

☆ Russia set to annex Ukraine territory; West warns of new sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Russian-installed administrations of the four provinces have formally asked Putin to incorporate them into Russia, which Russian officials have suggested is a formality. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would need to keep fighting until it had taken control of all of Donetsk. Russia has announced it will mobilise some 300,000 reservists to bolster its forces in Ukraine. On the ground, Ukraine and Russian forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the four disputed provinces. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, once the main route for Russian gas to Germany, was already shut but cannot now be easily reopened.

☆ Zelenskiy works the phone to rally support against Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sought to rally international support for his country against Russia in a series of calls with foreign leaders on Wednesday as Moscow looked poised to annex a swath of Ukrainian territory. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"We expect London’s leadership in reaction to Russian sham referenda as well. Defence and financial aid to Ukraine must be enhanced in response," Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter after speaking to British Prime Minister Liz Truss. In another call, Zelenskiy won a promise from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that Berlin's financial, political and humanitarian support for Ukraine would not waver. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWhite House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the measures would include penalties on individuals and entities both inside and outside of Russia that support the annexation. Jean-Pierre said the United States will not recognize Russian-annexed areas across Ukraine. But senators pressed O'Brien and Elizabeth Rosenberg, Treasury assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, on U.S. sanctions on Russia's energy sector. Washington and its G7 partners have said they will put a price cap on Russian oil in place, but have held back from directly targeting major Russian energy companies over concerns about energy prices and supply. O'Brien also said Washington will continue working with China to ensure it understands U.S. sanctions and the effect they have on China's engagement with Russia.

☆ Apple removes Russian social media giant VK from app store
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Washington CNN Business —Apple has removed VKontakte, a top Russian social media platform, from its app store, according to the app’s developer. “Now some VK applications are blocked by Apple, so they are not available for download and update in the App Store,” VK wrote in the blog post. VK apps provide a range of services including email, food delivery and digital payments. The company’s social network has 97 million monthly users worldwide, while its email service, Mail.ru, has 46 million users within Russia. Earlier this year in response to the war in Ukraine, Apple stopped selling new products in Russia, clamped down on Apple Pay and removed state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from its app stores outside of Russia.

☆ Serbia won't recognise results of Russia's referendums in Ukraine - Vucic
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BELGRADE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Serbia will not recognise the results of referendums held in four regions of Ukraine partly occupied by Russian forces, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, despite Belgrade's warm ties with Moscow. Russia's President Vladimir Putin is expected to proclaim the annexation of the four provinces - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - in a speech on Friday. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"Serbia ... will not recognise that (referendums) as it adheres to international law, the United Nations Charter and UN resolutions," Vucic told reporters. But Serbia has also repeatedly declined to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations and says it fully respects Ukraine's territorial integrity. Ukraine also refuses to recognise Kosovo's independence from Serbia.

☆ Russia's Medvedev raises spectre of nuclear strike on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovSept 27 (Reuters) - One of President Vladimir Putin's allies on Tuesday explicitly raised the spectre of a nuclear strike on Ukraine, saying that the U.S.-led military alliance would still stay out of the conflict for fear of a nuclear apocalypse. According to Russia's nuclear doctrine, the president may use nuclear weapons if the state faces an existential threat, including from conventional weapons. Around 90% of the world's nuclear warheads are held by Russia and the United States, who remain by far the world's biggest nuclear powers. Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons if necessary," Medvedev said, adding that it would do so "in predetermined cases" and in strict compliance with state policy. Medvedev, who cast himself as a liberalising president from 2008-2012, has regularly issued hawkish statements about the war in Ukraine.

☆ Putin expected to proclaim annexation of Ukraine territory within days
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Russian-backed authorities claim to have carried out the referendums over five days on territory that makes up around 15% of Ukraine. "This farce in the occupied territories cannot even be called an imitation of a referendum," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in video address overnight. Russian officials have said any attack on annexed territory would be an attack on Russia itself. Russia's planned annexation of Ukrainian territory has been rejected globally, with even traditional allies of Moscow such as Serbia and Kazakhstan saying they will not recognise it. For now, Russian officials at the checkpoint were letting some people leave.

☆ Putin is personally giving orders to his generals on the battlefield as dysfunction grows, according to US intel
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Putin is personally giving orders from Moscow to battlefield leaders in Ukraine, a new report says. CNN reported Thursday that intelligence intercepts have captured Russian military officers arguing about strategy, tactics, and Putin's decision-making from Moscow, even voicing their frustration with loved ones back home in Russia. In some cases, the speed of Ukraine's advances in the northeast Kharkiv region seemingly stunned Russian troops, forcing some to flee in panic and abandon their weaponry. During his speech, Putin also threatened to use nuclear weapons and baselessly accused the West of provoking him. "Russia's is not a mass-mobilization military like the Soviet one; it's not built to quickly intake a large number of mobilized personnel."

☆ Putin's troops are performing 'so poorly' in Ukraine right now that many Russian volunteers are refusing to go into combat, US official says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A senior US defense official said Russian volunteers are refusing to go into combat. The official said this is because Russian forces are performing "so poorly" in Ukraine right now. As Putin's war in Ukraine nears its seven-month-mark, Russian forces continue to suffer widespread casualties as Ukrainian troops advance along multiple fronts. Russian troops have also been hamstrung by exhaustion, supply issues, and other morale setbacks. Since the start of September, Ukraine has made significant advances to liberate territory occupied for months by Russian troops, who left behind grisly scenes in their retreat.

☆ Cercetătorii au reușit, în premieră, inversarea procesului de îmbătrânire umană: Ce fel de terapie au folosit
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Pe măsură ce corpul uman îmbătrânește, organismul trece printr-o scurtare a telomerului, regiunile protectoare de la capetele cromozomilor, și o creștere a celulelor vechi și defectuoase. La sfârșitul studiului clinic, oamenii de știință au anunțat că telomerii au crescut în lungime cu o medie de 20%, iar celulele senescente au fost reduse cu până la 37%. Reușita este doar una dintr-o serie de tratamente radicale care încearcă să crească durata de viață și chiar să îi facă pe oameni să arate și să se simtă mai tineri. Cercetătorii încearcă să exploreze ideea că îmbătrânirea este o boală ce poate fi vindecată la fel ca oricare alta. „Până acum, intervențiile precum modificările stilului de viață și exercițiile intense au avut unele efecte de inhibare a scurtării lungimii telomerilor.

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