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Moldova’s President Maia Sandu has warned that some are hoping to install a Russian puppet government in her country. — courtesy photo
Moldova warns of Russian ‘psy-ops’ as tensions rise
CHIȘINĂU — Moldova’s leaders have rejected Russian claims that Ukraine is planning to attack the country’s breakaway pro-Russian territory, and called for calm.Russia’s Defense Ministry alleged, with no evidence, that Ukrainian saboteurs dressed as Russian troops would attack from Transnistria, to provide a pretext for a Ukrainian invasion.Moldova has warned for weeks that Russia is plotting to seize power. And officials rejected Russia’s claims as “psy-ops” as part of the war.“The Defense Ministry believes it is an element of a psychological operation rather than a real plan,” said state secretary Valeriu Mija.Leading MP Doina Gherman told Moldovan media that the Russian allegations were “aggressive disinformation”. There was no imminent threat and she urged the...
February 24, 2023

Moldova warns of Russian ‘psy-ops’ as tensions rise

Vladimir Putin meets Wang Yi at the Kremlin in Moscow.
China’s claim to neutrality fades with Moscow visit
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin loves a really long table. Images of his meetings are famous, with the Russian leader at one end and the person he is speaking to so far away that you wonder if it is hard for them to hear one another.It was not like that when he met China’s top foreign policy official, Wang Yi. There they were, sitting within handshake distance, with an oval-shaped table in the middle.It could be that the proximity was achieved by seating placement at a previously used table, with the Chinese delegation directly across the middle rather than at the long ends but the effect was the same.When the footage was released, it appeared to be a deliberately symbolic move to show that he felt safe enough to be that close to the representative of such an important friend.Of course, it has...
February 23, 2023

China’s claim to neutrality fades with Moscow visit

Two buses drive through the yellow and blue paint left by protestors outside the Russian embassy. — courtesy Reuters
Led By Donkeys paint Russian Embassy road in Ukrainian flag colors
LONDON — Four people have been arrested after protesters painted the road outside the Russian Embassy in London in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.Led by Donkeys covered the street in Kensington Palace Gardens in yellow and blue paint ahead of the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine.The group said it wanted to remind Russia’s president of Ukraine’s “right to self-determination”. The Met Police said three men and one woman remained in custody.Led by Donkeys, which began in 2018 as an anti-Brexit group, said it had poured 170 liters of yellow paint on the eastbound carriageway of Bayswater Road and a similar amount of blue paint on the westbound side, with passing traffic then spreading the colors along the road.Explaining the protest in a tweet, the group said: “Tomorrow is...
February 23, 2023

Led By Donkeys paint Russian Embassy road in Ukrainian flag colors

TikTok logo on phone. — courtesy Reuters
European Commission bans TikTok on staff devices
BRUSSELS — Staff working at the European Commission have been ordered to remove the TikTok app from their phones and corporate devices.The commission said it was implementing the measure to “protect data and increase cybersecurity”.TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has faced allegations that it harvests users’ data and hands it to the Chinese government.TikTok insists it operates no differently from other social media.EU spokeswoman Sonya Gospodinova said the corporate management board of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, had made the decision for security reasons.“The measure aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats and actions which may be exploited for cyberattacks against the corporate environment of the commission,” she...
February 23, 2023

European Commission bans TikTok on staff devices

Mats Lofving was not found to have made incorrect decisions although there had been a conflict of interest. — courtesy EPA
Swedish police chief Lofving found dead after inquiry
STOCKHOLM — One of Sweden’s most senior police officers has been found dead at his home, in an incident described by police as “extremely tragic”.Mats Lofving, who was Stockholm’s regional police chief, had just been investigated over decisions he made while allegedly in a relationship with the ex-head of police intelligence.Police said they were alerted about an injured person in Norrkoping, 160km (100 miles) south-west of Stockholm. His life could not be saved, they said.A spokesman told Swedish media that police had begun a preliminary murder inquiry because the circumstances surrounding his death were still uncertain.Hours earlier, an external investigation had found that Lofving, 61, who was also deputy national police chief, had a conflict of interest in some of the...
February 23, 2023

Swedish police chief Lofving found dead after inquiry

A refugees center housing Ukrainians who have fled their country due to the conflict.
Asylum requests across the EU rose by 50% and reached 966,000 in 2022
BRUSSELS — The European Union received 966,000 asylum requests over the course of last year, a rise of more than 50% compared to 2021.Syrians, Afghans, Turks, Venezuelans and Colombians made up the largest groups of applicants seeking international protection across the bloc, Norway and Switzerland.The final number, released by EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) on Wednesday morning, represents the highest figure since 2016 when over 1.2 million applications were lodged and exceeds the estimate previously given by the European Commission, which had put the 2022 total at 924,000.The stats are poised to influence the political debate brewing among member states, which are still at loggerheads over the question of relocation and resettlement.Instead, governments have decided to focus their energy...
February 22, 2023

Asylum requests across the EU rose by 50% and reached 966,000 in 2022

Andrew Tate is ushered by Romanian police in court.
Romanian authorities extend Tate’s detention for a further 30 days
BUCHAREST — A court in Romania agreed to extend Andrew Tate’s detention yet again, on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking. The social media influencer will remain in jail for another 30 days.The British-US citizen, known for misogynistic views, has 5.1 million Twitter followers, has not been formally charged.It was the third 30-day extension granted by Romanian authorities since Tate and his brother were arrested. — Euronews
February 22, 2023

Romanian authorities extend Tate’s detention for a further 30 days

Satellite images of the convoy captured last year. — courtesy 2022 Maxar Technologies
How Russia’s 35-mile armored convoy ended in failure
KYIV — Three days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a huge 10-mile (15.5km) line of armored vehicles was spotted by a satellite in the north of the country.The very same morning in Bucha, just outside Kyiv, 67-year-old Volodymyr Scherbynyn was standing outside his local supermarket when more than a hundred Russian military vehicles rolled into town.Both Volodymyr and the satellite were witnesses to a key part of President Vladimir Putin’s plan for a quick and overwhelming victory. They were also witnesses to its failure.The western media called it a convoy. In reality, it was a traffic jam and a major tactical blunder. Forty-eight hours after that first satellite photograph, on Feb. 28, 2022, the line of vehicles had grown to a colossal 35 miles (56 km) long.The vehicles were...
February 22, 2023

How Russia’s 35-mile armored convoy ended in failure

The attack happened at the St Thomas d’Aquin school in southwest France. — courtesy Facebook/Collège Lycée St Thomas d’Aquin
Teacher stabbed to death by pupil in France
PARIS — A high school student has stabbed a Spanish teacher to death in a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.French government spokesperson Olivier Véran confirmed Wednesday’s attack and said the perpetrator was 16 years old.Police attended Saint-Thomas d’Aquin school with the local prosecutor, where the student was arrested.French newspaper Sud Ouest said the attacker entered the classroom while the Spanish teacher was giving a class and attacked her.The teacher was in her fifties and died of cardiac arrest after emergency services arrived at the school, local media reported.French TV station BFM said the attacker locked the classroom door and stabbed the teacher in her chest.France’s Education Minister, Pap Ndiaye said in a tweet that his thoughts were with the...
February 22, 2023

Teacher stabbed to death by pupil in France

Two people walk their dogs near the partially dry Lake Montbel, southwestern France, Tuesday. — courtesy Valentine Chapuis/AFP
French drought alert after driest winter since 1959
PARIS —France is facing drought restrictions after its driest winter for more than 60 years. Following a month of no significant rainfall, the country is now in a state of alert.Local officials will gather on Monday to assess the situation “territory by territory”, Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu has said. Last year was France’s hottest year on record, according to national weather agency Météo-France.Records were broken elsewhere in Europe — in the UK, Spain and Italy. The hot temperatures triggered drought conditions that many regions are yet to recover from.Snowfall in the Italian Alps is down by 53% and water levels in the Po basin of Italy’s largest river are 61% below normal, according to researchers.A state of emergency was declared last July in five...
February 22, 2023

French drought alert after driest winter since 1959

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