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India is discussing how to set up a rupee-ruble payment mechanism to enable it to trade with Russia, to circumvent the U.S. sanctions regime.India abstained from voting on the March United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution demanding an end to Russian offensive in Ukraine (General Assembly resolution demands end to Russian offensive in Ukraine).Since its Independence, India has tried to steer a neutral course between the U.S. and Russia (and previously, the USSR). During the 1950s, India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a prime architect behind the Non-Aligned Movement, under which developing countries tried to pursue their national interests...

For parents who are contemplating whether their child should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Joseph Fraiman, an emergency medicine physician, says they should ask the following two questions to help them decide.“The first thing that you want to do for harm/benefit analysis [is to ask], is there a mortality benefit for these vaccines for your child,” Fraiman said at a roundtable discussion hosted by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 7.Experts say that children are at much lower risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19 compared to other age groups.“The majority of studies haven’t been able to find a...

United Airlines plans to let workers who declined to get a COVID-19 vaccine return to work, according to a missive obtained by The Epoch Times.Unvaccinated employees can return to their positions on March 28, according to the memorandum, which was sent to workers on Thursday morning.Kirk Limacher, vice president of human resources at United, said the change was due to the plunge in COVID-19 cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations across the country in recent weeks. Many states and cities are lifting COVID-19 restrictions, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically eased its masking guidance, he noted.“These changes suggest...

Jim Hanson, a retired member of the U.S. Army Special Forces and president of the Security Studies Group, said in his assessment, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan in Ukraine is developing according to the Kremlin’s initial goals, except that the Russian military is floundering.“I’ve known what his ultimate goal was from the beginning, and it was to gain recognition for Crimea, to take official control of the two Russian-speaking provinces, and at that point, to use a further incursion into Ukraine proper as a bargaining chip to get sanctions removed,” Hanson told the host of NTD’s Capitol Report, Steve Lance,...

A clinic which receives NHS funding has been promoting prostitution as a way for transgender people to pay for their transition treatment, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Being a sex worker ‘can be useful and sometimes empowering’, according to a guide produced by CliniQ, a sexual counselling service for transgender people at King’s College Hospital in London. It adds: ‘It can help us pay for parts of our transition.’ The booklet by CliniQ, which is part-funded by King’s College NHS Trust and three London local authorities, also suggests that transgender men – people born in female bodies but transitioning...

The Biden administration lacks an understanding of how the energy industry works, and its recent statement regarding 9,000 approved drilling permits reflects as such, said Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.).According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki in a March 7 press briefing, it’s inaccurate to say the Biden administration is not allowing companies to drill. She said, “There are 9,000 approved drilling permits that are not being used,” and she suggested reporters “ask the oil companies why they’re not using those.”“That statement represents just a lack of understanding of energy policy and energy resources in the United States,” Graves told...

A university lecturer has been stood down after accidentally screening pornography during an online lesson with his first-year students. The man and another teacher were conducting an online class called 'Introduction to essential skills for academic success' - a basic literacy course for students entering university - via Zoom on Wednesday. The lecturer took a break during the lesson and mistakenly forgot to pause the Zoom meeting for the 15 students present. A screen from a pornographic website with the title '18+ Cams with Sexy Cam Girls' soon popped up featuring a series of explicit images of young women. The...

Despite boasts about going after the 1%, they haven’t been the federal tax agency’s focus for some reason.It has become a tiresome, platform talking point over the past few election cycles – the rich are not paying enough taxes. Corporations have been accused of paying zero income taxes. The empty claim from Bernie Sanders was always “the millionaires and billionaires” needed to pay their fair share. (He quickly dispatched ‘millionaires’ from his cliche’ the day his personal wealth was revealed to place him in that particular bracket.) Recently Elizabeth Warren has been sniping at Elon Musk within her vapid claim...

There are reports in British papers that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the arrest of at least two senior officers in the Russian Federal Security Service or FSB. The FSB is the successor to the KGB but without the overseas portfolio. However, it does operate within the now-independent states that comprised the former Soviet Union, which by Russian law (lolol) is forbidden territory to the foreign intelligence service or SVR.A Russian spy chief is said to have been placed under house arrest in a sign that President Putin is seeking to blame the security services for the stalled invasion...

The Moscow Exchange said Saturday the country’s main stock market will stay closed next week, through March 18. The stock market hasn’t opened since Feb. 25, the day after the invasion and just before the West unveiled a punishing round of sanctions on Russia’s financial system. The suspension delays what is likely to be a painful reckoning for investors in Russian stocks. While trading in Russia has been halted, shares of Russian companies listed in international markets such as London and New York have plunged.

Brits to get 350 pounds a month to open homes to Ukraine refugees https://t.co/v9FBf7aUrD pic.twitter.com/epMuZnNlUb— Reuters (@Reuters) March 13, 2022

President Biden issued a warning to his party about the possibility of Republicans taking control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections during remarks to Democratic National Committee members on Thursday evening. He encouraged Democrats to use the same work ethic, enthusiasm and energy they had in the 2020 election as they seek to keep control of the House and Senate, and to add seats. "If we don't do that, don't do that, it's going to be a sad, sad two years. Think about Republicans if they controlled the Congress these last two years," the president said to members at...

Four weeks from tomorrow the first round of France's Presidenial Election and a Ukraine induced pattern has emerged for the election that puts the incumbent "Globalist" Emmanuel Macron in the apparent driver's seat. He leads Marine Le Pen of the National Rally in the first round and then when the two of them move onto the second round he wins by 12 percentage points perhaps more. The lesser known candidates fading in the polls some now show Left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon sitting on third place at 13 percent. Today in Northern France a very traditional Yellow Vests protest at a...

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Russia plans to enlist battle-hardened fighters from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries to reinforce the invasion of Ukraine. On 11 March, Putin approved 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside the Russian soldiers, AP reports. While the announcement by Putin does not specify from which country in the Middle East he is enlisting fighters, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said Moscow was recruiting mainly Syrians bloodied in the decade-long civil war.

The British government will pay residents 350 pounds, the equivalent of roughly $456, a month to house Ukrainian refugees. The government announced on Sunday that those who can offer a living space for refugees for at least six months could receive the money, Reuters reported.

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Vladimir Putin is suffering from a brain disorder caused by dementia, Parkinson’s disease or ‘roid rage’ resulting from steroid treatment for cancer, intelligence sources have claimed. Citing sources close to the Kremlin, senior figures in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance – comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States – believe there is a physiological explanation for the Russian president’s globally reviled decision to invade Ukraine. The intelligence community is sharing a growing number of reports about 69-year-old Putin’s ‘increasingly erratic behaviour’, combined with a bloated appearance in recent footage – and the absurd distance he...

More than 1 ton of fentanyl seized in NYC in 2021 — soaring 206 percent in one year The flow of fentanyl into New York City soared to record highs in 2021. Law enforcement seized 2,420 pounds of the synthetic opioid across the state last year, with 95 percent of that haul, 2,300 pounds, in the Big Apple alone, according to disturbing new Drug Enforcement Administration data obtained by the Post. The annual total represents a staggering 206 percent increase over the previous record 790 pounds of fentanyl seized in 2020. “Throughout my 30 years in law enforcement I have...

The Denver District Attorney's office has decided to drop the second-degree murder charge against the man accused in a fatal shooting at an October 2020 rally in downtown Denver. Lee Keltner, 49, got into a confrontation with Matthew Dolloff, 32, as crowds from a pair of rallies in Civic Center Park dispersed. The rallies included a “Patriot Muster” and a “BLM-Antifa Soup Drive.” Dolloff was working as security for Denver Gazette news partner 9News.