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June 30, 2020

White House says Trump ‘does read’ intel briefs

US President Donald Trump “does read” intelligence briefs, the White House said Tuesday in response to backlash over his professed ignorance of an alleged Russian program to pay the Taliban bounties for killing US troops. The New York Times, citing…
June 30, 2020

Latvia bans Russia’s RT ‘propaganda’ channels

Latvia on Tuesday banned a number of Russia’s RT television channels from being distributed in the Baltic state because of international sanctions against the head of the Russian state TV network. Latvia’s media watchdog, the National Electronic Media Council (NEPLP),…
June 30, 2020

Russian cosmonaut votes on Putin’s reforms from ISS

Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin became the first person to vote online from the International Space Station on Tuesday, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos announced. The 51-year-old cosmonaut, who came aboard the ISS in April, cast his ballot as part of…
June 30, 2020

Pompeo warns Taliban against attacking Americans

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned the Taliban against attacks on Americans, the State Department said Tuesday, amid outrage over alleged Russian bounties to target US troops. In a telephone call Monday with Taliban negotiator Mullah Baradar, Pompeo…
June 30, 2020

Democrats demand more info on Russia bounties to kill US troops

Democrats on Tuesday questioned President Donald Trump’s professed ignorance of an alleged Russian program to pay the Taliban bounties for killing US troops and demanded more information from intelligence officials on the issue. Senior Democratic lawmakers were briefed at the…
June 30, 2020

The billionaire, his ex-wife and a £450 million divorce bill

A judge in London on Tuesday said she hoped to rule in the coming weeks in the long-running case of a divorcee whose billionaire ex-husband owes her more than £450 million. The High Court of England and Wales awarded Tatiana…
June 30, 2020

UK confirms seeing US intelligence on Russian bounties

Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Tuesday confirmed having seen US intelligence briefings about alleged Russian bounties offered to Afghan militants to kill American troops. “I am aware of the intelligence,” Wallace told a parliamentary defence sub-committee hearing when asked…
June 30, 2020

Russian Arctic sets ‘fantastical’ heat records: weather chief

The Russian Arctic set record temperatures in June that sparked abnormal tundra fires, the head of Russia’s weather service said Tuesday, blaming climate change for the “fantastical” anomalies. Russia’s northern territories, including parts of Yakutia region which borders the Arctic…
June 30, 2020

Putin urges Russians to vote for security, prosperity

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged Russians to take part in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms to ensure “stability, security and prosperity”. In a televised address before the week-long ballot ends on Wednesday, Putin said Russians should vote for…

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