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'Dozens' wounded in massive blast near US, UK embassies in Kabul - Taliban claims responsibility


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:56 UTC
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© Reuters / Mohammad IsmailMen transport an injured man to a hospital after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan July 1, 2019.
A large explosion in the diplomatic district of Afghanistan's capital has reportedly left dozens of people injured. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Photographs and videos taken at the scene show a huge plume of smoke rising from the Kabul neighborhood which houses the US and UK embassies. It's not clear whether either diplomatic compound was damaged in the attack.

According to local media, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health said that at least 53 people were wounded in the blast.


Kabul's chief police spokesman, Firdous Faramaz, told the Associated Press that he could not yet comment on the attack's intended target or the type of explosive device used.
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Police with child porn priors 'lost' evidence in German pedophilia case, victim's lawyer tells RT


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:55 UTC
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With nearly a terabyte of evidence missing, a lawyer for one of more than 40 victims in a suspected serial child sexual abuse case at a German campsite has come forward with concerns over the botched investigation process.

The horrifying case involves over 450 cases of child abuse over the span of 20 years, made all the more disturbing by new accusations against the local authorities tasked with investigating the case. Aside from failing to take action for such a long period of time, one of the victim's lawyers, Roman von Alvensleben, told RT the police did more than just drop the ball.
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Russia extends zero duty on wheat exports as production continues to boom


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:24 UTC
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© Reuters / Eduard Korniyenko
Russia is looking to solidify its position on the global agriculture export market after the government announced that it is extending the term of the zero rate on wheat exports until July 1, 2021.

According to a decree posted on the official government website: "The decision will facilitate the export of produce of the agro-industrial sector."

The zero wheat export duty, introduced in Russia three years ago, was valid until July 1, 2018 with a subsequent extension until July 1, 2019.

Last month, Russia's Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said there were no reasons to abolish the zero duty rate on wheat exports while the situation on the market was stable.
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Power versus the Press: Contrasting the extradition cases of Pinochet & Assange

Elizabeth Vos
Consortium News
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:46 UTC
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© Matt Dunham/Associated Press/FileWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from a UK court
With Julian Assange facing possible extradition from Britain to the U.S. for publishing classified secrets, Elizabeth Vos reflects on the parallel but divergent case of a notorious Chilean dictator.

Eight months from now one of the most consequential extradition hearings in recent history will take place in Great Britain when a British court and the home secretary will determine whether WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States to face espionage charges for the crime of journalism.

Twenty-one years ago, in another historic extradition case, Britain had to decide whether to send former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to Spain for the crime of mass murder.
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GoFundMe for Andy Ngo, journalist assaulted by Antifa, raises $100k in less than 24 hours


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:09 UTC
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© AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Moriah Ratner
Journalist Andy Ngo was beaten and doused in liquids which police believe contained quick-drying cement while covering an Antifa rally in Portland. A GoFundMe campaign for the reporter raised over $100,000 in less than a day.

The 'Protect Andy Ngo Fund' was started by conservative author and commentator Michelle Malkin, and more than doubled its original target of $50,000. The campaign currently stands at $136,000 raised from roughly 4,600 donors.

Ngo, who works as a journalist and editor at Quillette, claims his camera equipment was stolen and there were initial reports that he may have incurred brain damage of some description as a result of the violent beating, though this has yet to be officially confirmed.

Comment: Imagine if a journalist for the NY Times had received this kind of treatment by conservative protesters. There would be no end to the cries of "FASCISM!!!" from the blue-check liberal media on Twitter. What we got instead were activists who happen to have jobs in media basically saying that Mr. Ngo had it coming. The reactions were documented by Anna Slatz of The Post Millenial: Progressivist "blue check" journalists celebrate the assault of Andy Ngo. It is fairly clear that leftist journalists activists only care about the suffering of others if those people share the same political and social beliefs as they do. If someone isn't progressive enough, apparently it's ok to physically assault them.

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Russia's floating nuclear power plant ready to heat up the Arctic


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:07 UTC
Akademik Lomonosov
© AFP / Alexander NemenovFloating power unit Akademik Lomonosov
The world's first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), built by Russia and called the 'Akademik Lomonosov,' has received a license for operation. It is to provide heat and energy to Russia's remote regions in the Arctic.

According to Rosenergoatom, at the end of August the vessel will be towed to Pevek, a port city on the Arctic coast of the Chukotka region. It will thus become the northernmost operating nuclear plant in the world.

In December, the NPP will begin supplying energy to Pevek, which will allow the phasing out of two onshore power stations.

Chukotka is one of the most isolated regions in Russia, with most of its territory located beyond the Arctic Circle, where poor transport links and permafrost complicate large-scale construction.
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9-year-old girl in critical condition after firework explodes in her hands

Emily Shapiro
ABC News
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:41 UTC
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© WPVIA 9-year-old girl is in critical condition in Philadelphia after a firework exploded in her hands, according to police.
A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition in Philadelphia after a firework exploded in her hands, according to police.

The girl found the firework -- a possible M80 -- in her home around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. She lit it up and the firework exploded in her hands, police said.

"It was like a loud boom -- it was so loud, I heard it in the back room," neighbor Judith Sierra told ABC Philadelphia station WPVI. "There was smoke coming out of the house."
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Democrazis: Western extremists storm Hong Kong parliament, vandalize and occupy building


RT
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:16 UTC

Comment: They've already gotten what they claimed they wanted (the cancellation of an extradition bill that would have harmonized HK with Chinese judicial system), and yet they're now 'going for the jugular' by engaging in outright revolutionary violence. This is a dead giveaway that the HK protest movement is led - or has been hijacked by - rabid extremists who are anything but 'pro-democracy'. Like Maidan militants, Caracas Guarimbas, and Antifa, these useful idiots are spreading/maintaining the Globalists' 'world revolution' of ultra-liberalism (which means the freedom for them to rule as they see fit, and to hell with the wishes of the majority of ordinary people)...


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© Reuters / Tyrone Siu
Protesters in Hong Kong have breached the city's parliament building after violent clashes with police. They have at least partially occupied the structure.

The demonstrators used a metal trolley to break into the Hong Kong Legislative Council building after a standoff with riot police on Monday afternoon, smashing windows and eventually entering the building.

Police tried unsuccessfully to push back the demonstrators, but were forced to either retreat somewhere inside the council building or abandon it altogether as protesters streamed in.
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Leftist malevolence: Antifa plans acid attack at Washington DC free speech rally

Tyler Durden
Zerohedge
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:50 UTC
Antifa poster
A left-wing agitator using the artwork and a pseudonym associated with a Rolling Stone and Playboy journalist has made serious threats to use muriatic acid for attacks conservatives at the upcoming Demand Free Speech rally on July 6 in Washington DC, according to Big League Politics.

"I just want to toss as many balloons of Muriatic acid in the faces as many Proud Boys I can [sic]," wrote the user "POUND ON YOUR BOY" on a popular right-wing Telegram channel, prompting event co-organizer Enrique Tarrio to contact the FBI and DHS, who will now assist with security at the event.

"I just want to blind as many of you cock suckers are possible [sic]," said the user, adding "We already have the Muriatic acid, wax, and balloons."

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Antifa's brutal assault on Andy Ngo is a wake-up call—for authorities and journalists alike


Quillette
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:01 UTC
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© Twitter/Andy NgoJournalist Andy Ngo after being attacked by Antifa
All revolutionary movements seek to sanctify their lawless behaviour as a spontaneous eruption of righteous fury. In some cases, such as the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine, this conceit is justified. But usually their violence is a pre-meditated tactic to intimidate adversaries. Or as Bolshevik theorist Nikolai Bukharin put it, "In revolution, he will be victorious who cracks the other's skull."

The Antifa thugs who attacked Quillette editor and photojournalist Andy Ngo in Portland yesterday did not quite manage to crack his skull. But they did manage to induce a brain hemorrhage that required Ngo's overnight hospitalization. (For those seeking to support Ngo financially as he recovers, there is a third-party fundraising campaign.) The scene was captured by local reporter Jim Ryan, whose video can be accessed at the link below. We caution readers that it is an unsettling spectacle-by which we mean not only the violence itself, but the unconstrained glee this pack of mostly young men exhibit as they brutalize a journalist whom they'd spent months demonizing on social media, and whom they'd explicitly singled out for attack.
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