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Speaking on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the Chinese people had delivered a clear message in signing a petition, created by state-run news agency The Global Times, calling for a World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the Fort Detrick biolab.
"In less than five days, about five million people participated. The rising numbers represent the aspirations of the Chinese people and show their anger at some people in the US for political manipulation through the issue of traceability," he stated.

Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, speaks to journalists as he arrives at a European Union (EU) leaders meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on June 24, 2021
The new bill - which includes the new Child Protection Act and the Family Protection Act - was initially designed to protect children from paedophiles following a scandal last year when the Hungarian Ambassador to Peru received just a small fine for possessing thousands of indecent photos of minors. The problems started, however, when Hungary's governing party Fidesz added amendments in June to restrict LGBTQ education and rights, including outlawing information perceived as promoting homosexuality or gender change to minors in schools, in adverts and even on TV shows before the 10pm watershed.
Messages, sometimes signed "Dad," from the email account robinware456@gmail.com were found on a Hunter Biden laptop seized by the FBI in December 2019 from a Delaware computer shop owner.
Some of the messages from the vice president to his son obtained by Just the News were deeply personal, others were political in nature, and still others clearly addressed business matters, often forwarding information coming from senior officials in the White House, the State Department and other government agencies.
The former US intelligence contractor expressed dismay over a WaPo editorial in response to reports that NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, sold its Pegasus spyware to government clients who then used the powerful hacking tool to spy on journalists, NGOs workers and even heads of state. The explosive allegations, based on a leaked list of purported Pegasus targets and subsequent forensic analyses, have personal significance for the Post's staff: A phone belonging to the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, a contributing columnist at the paper, was reportedly hacked by Saudi authorities using Pegasus. Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2018. His killing was carried out by Saudi agents, purportedly on the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Washington Post noted Riyadh was still granted access to Pegasus even after Khashoggi's grisly assassination, despite NSO's insistence that its clients undergo a thorough vetting process.
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- Leak exposes global abuse of cyber-spying weapon to target politicians, activists, & journalists
- Israeli spyware successfully broke into journalists' iPhones by sending iMessages that didn't even need to be read
- What is the Israeli-developed Pegasus spyware and why are the world's journalists so angry and spooked by it?
- 'The worst of the worst': Court rejects calls to revoke Israeli firm's 'Pegasus' spy software, used globally to track and trace dissidents
- Israeli spyware discovered on phones in 45 countries, including the US

Senate Armed Services Chair Jack Reed looks on during a hearing on Capitol Hill, April 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
The changes to Selective Service could be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act, a defense policy bill that's one of the few pieces of legislation considered a "must-pass" by Congress. The move would reignite a contentious debate over whether women should be required to register for the draft, a move the House and Senate have each considered in recent years, though the change has never become law.
Comment: Diversity, equity, and inclusion! The only way the Empire can keep its war machine running.
- ACLU wants Supreme Court to abolish male-only military draft
- US women must register for military draft
- Women's draft? Sign me up to abolish war
The Russian Central Military Command told journalists on Tuesday that its soldiers would be joining colleagues from Uzbekistan for military exercises on the frontier, starting on July 30 and running until August 10. Around 200 Russian units of military hardware, including air support, as well as peacekeeping personnel, will take part in the drills, designed to ensure the country's territorial integrity.
"The practical actions of the exercise will take place at the Termez training ground in the area bordering Afghanistan," military chiefs said. In recent weeks, the security situation in the neighboring nation has rapidly deteriorated, with the Taliban - considered a terrorist group and prohibited in Russia - gaining ground in the wake of American troops' planned withdrawal. US President Joe Biden has ordered all of his country's forces out of Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks later this year.
Comment: See also:
- As US forces leave Afghanistan, Russia may find itself squaring off with the Taliban in defense of Central Asian allies
- Russian envoys in Afghanistan evacuated 'temporarily' as Taliban fighters gain ground in troubled nation after US forces withdraw
- Risk of Afghan instability 'overflowing' across region, Russian FM says, as Taliban insurgents gain ground following US withdrawal
- India evacuates consulate personnel from Kandahar, Afghanistan, as Taliban claims to have control over 85% of country
- Déjà vu all over again: The Taliban tide rolls on ahead of US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Yossi Cohen, the former director of the Mossad intelligence service, is accused of sharing confidential data with a flight attendant with whom he has been in close personal contact for the past two years, Israeli Channel 13 reported on Monday.
According to the report, a complaint has been made with the Justice Ministry, which is being investigated by the country's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.
Cohen himself reportedly told the channel that he denies any wrongdoing, adding that "there is no flight attendant, there is no close relationship, the attorney general has not contacted me."
Augustin Carstens recently gave a talk entitled "Cross Border Payment: A Vision for the Future" in which he outlined the problem as central planners see it, as well as their solution.
"We don't know who's using a $100 bill today and we don't know who's using a 1,000 peso bill today. The key difference with the CBDC is the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of central bank liability, and also we will have the technology to enforce that."Carstens views CBDC, Central Bank Digital Currency, as a tool for eliminating privacy and for central bankers to force citizens to use currency exactly when, where, and how they are told.
Dozens of central banks around the world are working on CBDCs, including the Federal Reserve. The effort represents a major escalation in the War on Cash.
In February, classified documents revealed that BBC Media Action (BBCMA), the 'charitable arm' of the British state broadcaster, was embroiled in a number of clandestine operations to "weaken the Russian state's influence," funded by the UK Foreign Office.
The exposure raised serious questions about the BBC's international reputation as a 'neutral', 'objective' purveyor of news, and what implications its murky relationship with Whitehall has for its output more widely. A further tranche of leaked files, related to covert UK actions in the Balkans, amply reinforces that the organization serves as a cloak-and-dagger device for achieving London's foreign policy goals.
Comment: It's only really nations in the West that wrongly believe the BBC is 'objective', but, increasingly, even British citizens are denouncing it as the propaganda arm of the government.
Comment: See also:
- The Weight of Chains: US/NATO Destruction of Yugoslavia (Documentary)
- Serbian president & family illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, including by 'high-ranking officials' & foreigners investigation reveals
- Islamic State Weapons in Yemen Traced Back to US Government: Serbia Files (part 1)
It was the second security directive issued by the department's Transportation Security Administration since May, after a hack of the Colonial Pipeline disrupted fuel supplies in the southeastern United States for days.
The department said the action was in response to "the ongoing cybersecurity threat to pipeline systems."













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