Tag: Europe

Kyiv Downplays Russian Claims to Have Foiled Major Offensive in Donetsk

Moscow’s forces have beaten back a multi-pronged Ukrainian offensive launched in the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on June 5. “On June 4, the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt at a large-scale offensive in the South Donetsk direction,” the ministry stated in a daily briefing. It went on to assert that a…


Russia Says It Thwarted Major Ukrainian Offensive, Kyiv Accuses Moscow of Spreading Lies

MOSCOW—Russia said on Monday its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of troops while Ukraine accused Moscow of spreading lies. It was not immediately clear whether or not the attack represented the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive which Kyiv…


Spotify to Lay Off 200 Workers in Podcast Division

Spotify Technology SA said on Monday it would cut 200 jobs from its podcast unit in its second round of layoffs, as the company restructures the business after years of heavy investment. The move affects about 2 percent of the music-streaming giant’s workforce and aligns Spotify with the likes of Meta Platforms and Roku, which…


Five Greek Police Officers in Custody Pending Trial for Assisting Illegal Migrant Crossings

Five police officers accused of cooperating with human traffickers to facilitate the entry of at least 100 migrants into Greece are being held in custody pending trial. The five officers had been testifying before an examining magistrate since Saturday morning at the border town of Orestiada, in northeastern Greece. Agents from the internal affairs division…


5 Greek Police Officers in Custody Pending Trial for Assisting Illegal Migrant Crossings

Five police officers accused of cooperating with human traffickers to facilitate the entry of at least 100 illegal immigrants into Greece are being held in custody pending trial. The five officers had been testifying before an examining magistrate since Saturday morning at the border town of Orestiada, in northeastern Greece. Agents from the internal affairs…


RFK Jr. Says He’d End Russia–Ukraine War If Elected

Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that he’d end the Russo–Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible if he were elected president. Asked how he would handle the war, Kennedy said quickly, “I would end it. The Russians want to end it.” To do this, Kennedy said he’d call for enforcement of the Minsk Accords,…


Zelenskyy Makes Grim Prediction, Claims Ukraine Ready for Counteroffensive

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this weekend revealed that Ukraine is ready for a counter-offensive to re-capture territory that was acquired by Russian forces, warning of large casualties in the coming fight. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the leader of Kyiv’s government said that a long-reported counter-offensive will come soon.  However, he warned…


Greek Police Find 3.2 Million Euros of Cocaine in Banana Containers

ATHENS—Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America, they said on Saturday. Police seized two suspect containers at the port of Piraeus and, after taking them to the port of Thessaloniki, found 100 “bricks” of concealed cocaine, weighing 161…


Russia Bans ‘Unfriendly’ Countries’ Journalists From Showpiece Economic Gathering

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. The move underlines the intensifying animosity between Russia and countries that have imposed sanctions connected to the fighting in Ukraine or…


[PREMIERING NOW] How Humans Were Used as ‘Lab Rats’ in the COVID Pandemic: Dr. Ryan Cole on Fragmented mRNA, Spike Protein Messages, and the Vaccine ‘Ego’

“Here we are three years into this, with a virus that has evolved into something that for most people is a common cold, shots that are expired because the variants they cover are all extinct—I mean, it’s an absurdity that the shots are even on the market at all—and yet, we’re still seeing brilliant physicians…