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Russian army officer admits Ukrainians were tortured SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A former Russian military officer who fled his post has described the horrifying moment he witnessed his “crazy” colonel shoot an unarmed Ukrainian under his kneecap for information. After moving to a “logistics headquarters” in April last year, in the town of Bilmak 90 miles northeast of Melitopol, Konstantin Yefremov, a former Russian military officer, witnessed terrifying instances where his colonel was torturing Ukrainians. He also described instances of looting, where Russian soldiers “grabbed everything they could” from Ukrainian properties, and desperate troops ate the fish from a pond amid issues of starvation near the frontlines. … [Read more...] about Russian officer describes horrifying moment ‘crazy colonel’ tortured Ukrainians

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway said Thursday that the oil-rich Scandinavian country will become one of the world’s top donors to Ukraine when his two-party center-left government presents another planned military and civilian aid package. Norway’s profits from oil will finance the additional aid, and there will be a temporary increase in the use of oil money, Gahr Støre told the Norwegian parliament. He did not reveal how large the contribution will be, but he said the government would make it soon. “We are in a situation where we have room for action due to extraordinary income from the petroleum sector,” said the prime minister, who leads Norway’s Labor Party. He said the aid would be arranged in a way that has very little impact on the level of activity in the Norwegian economy. Norway is one of Europe’s largest fossil-fuel exporters, and the conflict in Ukraine has boosted its gas revenues. However, Norway has fended off accusations … [Read more...] about Norway PM says oil profits to fund more aid to Ukraine

KUALA LUMPUR  – U.S. customs authorities have determined that palm oil products made by Malaysian firm Sime Darby Plantation were no longer produced with forced labor, according to a notice on the U.S. Federal Register on Thursday. Goods made by Sime Darby Plantation have been blocked from entering the United States since 2020 over suspected abusive labour practices. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it had sufficient information that the firm used “forced labor” and the goods were subject to seizure. In response, Sime Darby Plantation appointed an ethical trade consultancy to audit its facilities, and last year set aside about $20 million to compensate current and former migrant workers who paid recruitment fees to secure jobs at the firm. CBP, citing additional information it had received, said on Thursday it had now “determined that the products were no longer being mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with the use of convict, forced, or … [Read more...] about U.S. says Sime Darby Plantation products no longer produced with forced labor

A military training base for Russian special forces has been destroyed in a raging inferno that is feared could have been lit intentionally. A GRU facility at Senezh in the Moscow region is understood to have been hit by the blaze, the VchK-OGPU Telegram channel reports. Troops training at the facility are understood to have been involved in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine . READ MORE: 'Exotic' plant-based woolly mammoth burgers could be 'meatier' than a McDonalds Big Mac The channel claims that the fire in unit N43292 could have been started intentionally. There are no images of the fire or the damage thought to have been caused, although the blaze is understood to have been started in a warehouse attached to the facility. The area is closed off to outsiders and is strictly for military personnel. “VchK-OGPU became aware of a fire in the GRU Special Forces Training Centre,” said the report. “The duty officer at military unit 43292 called the … [Read more...] about Inferno rips through top secret Russian special ops military base as ‘arson’ probed

A CHILLING video showing how Moscow's "weapon of the apocalypse" Poseidon nuclear torpedo could wipe out Britain by sparking a radioactive tsunami has resurfaced. The disturbing mock-up footage shows a drone nuclear torpedo hurtling towards the North Atlantic Ocean before sparking a massive wave that obliterates the UK and Ireland. The video shows how the superweapon would erase the UK off the face of the Earth, in a chilling warning to the West, sparking fears the US could be next. The video which broadcasted on Russian state TV back in May has resurfaced after it was reshared by the Twitter account Terror Alarm. Pro-Putin TV host Dmitry Kiselyov explains that the superweapon would spark a gigantic 1,640ft killer tsunami that would render Britain uninhabitable and turn it into a "radioactive desert." He said: "It approaches the target at a one-kilometre depth with the speed of 200 kilometres per hour. read more on world WHAT A … [Read more...] about Chilling vid of Russian Poseidon torpedo ‘sinking’ UK with radioactive tsunami resurfaces…and US could be in firing line

Putin reeling as EU slashes Russian gas import by half SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A senior Ukrainian lawmaker has demanded that US President Joe Biden impose sanctions of China and India for continuing to buy oil and gas supplies from Russia . Over the past year, the EU, the US, and other Western-aligned countries joined forces to sanction Russia , punishing President Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine which began almost a year ago. While Europe has been phasing out its reliance on Russian natural gas, Putin has turned to the East, towards India and China. During a visit to Washington DC, Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of the foreign affairs committee in Ukraine 's parliament called for greater solidarity … [Read more...] about Ukraine demands Biden sanction India and China for handing Putin energy lifeline

Russian military appears to lose control in tank SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an upheaval in Europe’s fossil fuels market. In political tit-for-tats over sanctions imposed by the West, Moscow has been tapering off gas supplies to Europe by shutting down essential pipelines. Almost a year after the conflict began, the EU and UK have come a long way in ridding themselves of Russian oil and gas entirely in what has been a financially devastating blow to Vladimir Putin . Related articles Britain to get 148 of world's most advanced tanks, says Ben Wallace Putin planning sick February 'anniversary' attack with 500k troops Much has changed in … [Read more...] about Putin facing further economic devastation as graph shows damning European gas trend

Manchester Museum announce Golden Mummies installation SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A stunning new exhibition at the revamped Manchester Museum that opens to the public later this month is challenging long-held assumptions about the purpose of mummification in ancient Egypt and the practice’s role in beliefs around life after death. Taking advantage of the museum’s world-leading Egyptology collections, the “Golden Mummies of Egypt” display focuses on ideas of the afterlife in the often-overlooked Graeco–Roman period of the country’s history — which spanned from 332 BC to AD 395. During this period, following the conquering of Persian-controlled Egypt by Alexander the Great, Egypt was ruled first by a Greek Royal Family, up … [Read more...] about Understanding of ancient Egyptian mummification overturned in stunning exhibition

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant Shell said Thursday that its annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and natural gas prices soared after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. London-based Shell Plc posted adjusted earnings of $39.9 billion for 2022 in its financial results for the final three months of the year. Adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter, which exclude one-time items and fluctuations in the value of inventories, rose by 50%, to $9.8 billion, from the same period a year earlier. Shell is the latest oil company to report bumper profits, which risks reigniting public anger that the fossil fuel industry do more to offset high energy bills for households and small businesses as well as cut climate-changing carbon emissions. U.S.-based Exxon Mobil also posted record annual profits days earlier, while U.K. rival BP and France’s … [Read more...] about Shell profit doubles to record as war drives up energy costs

Radiation traces from Fukushima found in Californian wine SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The radioactive capsule that was reported as being lost in the desert of Western Australia earlier this week — having apparently fallen from a truck — has been found. The pea-sized capsule, which contains a small amount of the radioactive isotope ceasium-137, was lost around two weeks ago during a journey from Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in the Pilbara region and a storage depot in the city of Perth. This route — along which authorities have been searching the last six days with radiation detectors — covered a whopping 870 miles. Search parties detected the capsule some six feet from the side of the road just south of the town of Newman. … [Read more...] about Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found after frantic hunt in ‘extraordinary result’