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German companies working in Russia end up losers in US sanctions game


RT
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:07 UTC
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© Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
German firms working in Russia face huge financial losses from the latest round of US sanctions against Russia, the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce has warned.

"In a worst-case scenario, the losses of the companies could amount to almost €1.5 billion," the trade lobby said. The entire German business set-up in Russia is being held hostage, thanks to the pressure exerted by a third party, according to the chamber's chairman, Matthias Schepp.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Germany plans to ask US President Donald Trump if German companies can be given an exemption from the new US sanctions against Russia.

Chancellor Angela Merkel will raise the issue with Trump later in April, German officials said, according to the media.
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Psycho Israeli lawmaker doubles down on statement that Ahed Tamimi should have been shot - journalist says she should have been killed

Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:00 UTC
Bezalel Smotrich

Dropped on his head as a child, or just born that way?
Israeli lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich published a tweet on 21 April calling for a Palestinian child prisoner to be shot.

Smotrich wrote that he was "very sad" that Ahed Tamimi is in jail because she "should have gotten a bullet, at least in the kneecap."

"That would have put her under house arrest for the rest of her life," the lawmaker added, according to the newspaper Haaretz.

Smotrich is a member of the extreme right-wing nationalist party Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home).

He has advocated a plan for the expulsion of Palestinians that a noted Israeli Holocaust expert has described as potentially genocidal.

That expert also said that Smotrich's values resemble those of the Nazi SS.

Smotrich was responding to Israeli journalist Yinon Magal, who wrote, according to Haaretz, "I'm watching this clip again and I am so glad that Tamimi is still in jail. Sometimes, it's good that the mill of justice grinds slowly."

Comment: See also: Israeli barbarism: MP says Ahed Tamimi should have "at least been shot in the knee"

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More than 30 years later, alleged 'Golden State Killer,' who murdered 12, raped 45, caught with DNA match

Sarah Ravani, Melody Gutierrez, Jenna Lyons and Sophie Haigney
SFGate
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:39 UTC
Joseph James DeAngelo
© Sacramento Sheriff’s Department
Police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, in connection with crimes attributed to the East Area Rapist, over 30 years since he allegedly committed 12 murders and 45 rapes from 1976 to 1986.
A onetime cop who's been living quietly in the Sacramento suburbs was fingered Wednesday as the "East Area Rapist," with authorities saying DNA helped link him to a string of at least 12 slayings and 45 rapes that terrorized communities in the Bay Area and across California from 1976 to 1986.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, a police officer in Placer and Tulare counties at the time some of the crimes were committed, was arrested in what had been one of the most heinous unsolved crime sprees in U.S. history.

He was booked on suspicion of two counts of murder into Sacramento County Jail at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, accused of shooting a young couple to death near their Rancho Cordova home in 1978 as they walked their dog. He was being held without bail.

Following the arrest, prosecutors in Ventura County and Orange County announced that they would be filing murder, rape, robbery and other charges in at least six other killings.

Comment: A report by NBC News:



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Recent poll shows popular support of Russian operations in Syria increased


RT
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:46 UTC
Russian armored vehicles
© Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik
Russian armored vehicles at the Victory Day parade rehearsal at the Hmeimim air field in Syria.
Public support for Russia's military operation in Syria has increased from 34 to 39 percent despite the fact that almost half of respondents see the situation in the Middle Eastern country as "noticeably deteriorating."

In a public opinion poll conducted by the state-run agency VTSIOM in mid-April, 88 percent of Russians told researchers that they were interested in the current situation in Syria, with 39 percent saying they did their best to receive regular news updates on the situation.

When researchers asked Russians about their attitude to their Air Force's counter-terrorist operation in the Syrian Republic, 39 percent said that they supported it - up from 34 percent in mid-February. A total of 17 percent said that would prefer more active policies, which also represents an increase from 14 percent a month ago. The proportion of those who think that Russia should withdraw from Syria has fallen from 11 to 9 percent over the same period.
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Hero father who stopped Waffle House shooter while wounded raises $160k in 3 days for victims

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:40 UTC
James Shaw Jr
The man who has been hailed as a hero for disarming a mass shooter after he gunned down four people at a Waffle House, is now raising money for the families of the victims, and his campaign has received nearly $100,000 in donations in the first 24 hours.

When a man entered the restaurant around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday and opened fire with an AR-15, James Shaw Jr. was the one rushed towards him and grabbed the rifle out of his hands while the gunman attempted to reload it. He then threw the gun over the counter and pushed suspect Travis Reinking out the door.

Shaw's quick thinking arguably saved the lives of dozens of people, as it is unclear what Reinking planned to include in his rampage. When asked about what made him decide to confront the shooter, he told reporters, "I figured if I was going to die, he was going to have to work for it."

Shaw is a 29-year-old father who works as an electrician in Nashville. He was taken to the hospital after one of the bullets fired by the gunman grazed his arm. He told the New York Times that while at the hospital, he was able to check on one of the victims and his 4-year-old daughter was the first thing on his mind when he met the victim's father.

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Geologists from China say North Korea's nuclear test site likely collapsed

Christopher Bodeen
AP News
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:54 UTC
Research by Chinese geologists suggests that the mountain above North Korea's main nuclear test site has likely collapsed
© AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File
FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2017, file photo, Earthquake and Volcano of the Korea Monitoring Division Director Ryoo Yong-gyu speaks to the media about North Korea’s artificial earthquake with a map of the Korean peninsular in Seoul, South Korea. A study by Chinese geologists shows the mountain above North Korea’s main nuclear test site has collapsed under the stress of the explosions, rendering it unsafe for further testing and necessitating monitoring for any leaking radiation. The findings by the scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China may shed new light on North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s announcement that his country was ceasing its testing program.
Research by Chinese geologists suggests that the mountain above North Korea's main nuclear test site has likely collapsed, rendering it unsafe for further testing and requiring that it be monitored for any leaking radiation.

The findings by the scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China may shed new light on North Korean President Kim Jong Un's announcement that his country was ceasing its testing program ahead of planned summit meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump.

The results also support some of the findings of an earlier study by another group of Chinese researchers that was published last month by the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Comment: Another report reads:
Mountain collapses above North Korea's main nuclear testing site

North Korea nuclear test site
© DigitalGlobe
The findings by the scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China may shed new light on North Korean President Kim Jong-un’s recent announcement.
The mountain above North Korea's main nuclear test site has collapsed.

Research by Chinese geologists revealed this week that the peak had crumbled.

It means that the site is unsafe for further testing and requires monitoring for any leaking radiation.

The findings by the scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China may shed new light on North Korean President Kim Jong-un's recent announcement.

He said his country was ceasing its testing programme ahead of planned summit meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump.
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Man killed by helicopter that came to rescue him

Zoe Drewett
Metro
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:30 UTC
helicopter
© Twitter/RCN News
The man was waving down the helicopter when it appeared to lose control
A man was killed by helicopter blades when the aircraft flipped over during a dramatic rescue mission.

Horrific footage captured the moment the man and another were being rescued after their own helicopter crashed in a remote part of the southwestern Cauca District in Colombia.

Both men had been stranded in the hillside for seven days after their craft broke down with technical issues.

They had managed to survive for the week before another chopper was sent out to find them and retrieve their crashed helicopter, which had been carrying valuable equipment.

The victim was killed on the fifth rescue mission following four successful visits to retrieve equipment.
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NATO mouthpiece spreading nonsensical idea that Russia is 'comfortable' risking nuclear war


RT
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:52 UTC
ban nuclear weapons
© Justin Sullivan / AFP
Russia is more willing to run the risk of nuclear war than the West and NATO must pour more money into developing new capabilities to deter Moscow's nuclear aggression, according to Atlantic Council analysts.

In a lengthy discussion on preparing for nuclear war with Russia, analysts from the neocon think tank lobbied for the US and NATO to spend more money on low-yield nuclear weapons and other methods of deterrence in order to dissuade Russia from using a limited nuke strike in order to "de-escalate" a conflict using the scare factor.

The panel argued that Russia has adopted a policy of "escalate to de-escalate" which lowers the bar for nuclear weapons use. Under this policy, Russia would respond to a large-scale conventional military attack by employing a limited nuclear response in order to deter further aggression against itself.

Matthew Kroenig, the deputy director for strategy at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, went further by suggesting that Russia is simply "more comfortable using and threatening nuclear weapons" than the West.


Comment: It's the US, not Russia, that is the only country to ever use nuclear weapons against another country. So how does an imperial stooge in the form of the Atlantic Council see Russia as more comfortable? It's a weak and flimsy argument, used to demonize Russia and keep the money flowing to the military contractors who created the Atlantic Council.

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Russia likely to sign deal to supply India with S-400 air defense system this year


RT
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:49 UTC
S-400 air defense systems
© Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik
Russian S-400 air defense systems
The long-awaited deal to supply Russian S-400 air defense systems to India will likely be signed this year, as the sides only have to agree on the price now, Russia's Military-Technical Cooperation Service (FSMTC) said.

"At the moment, all the technical issues are already discussed and agreed upon. It only remains to find common ground regarding the price and conduct the necessary procedures," FSMTC head Dmitry Shugaev told Interfax. "I think that this year will get to the point of signing the relevant contract papers."

The $5.5 billion agreement to supply S-400 was reached on the state level between Moscow and New Delhi back in 2016, but a specific contract has not been signed yet. Earlier, FSMTC deputy head Vladimir Drozhzhov assured that "there's no talk of refusing the supplies" by the Indian side.
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China releases human rights report listing 'severe democracy flaws' in US


RT
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:33 UTC
china flag
© Thomas Lovelock / Reuters
China has published a report listing the woes of American democracy, including human rights, interventions and discrimination, in response to a scathing paper published by the US State Department.

The "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017" report, released by the Information Office of China's State Council on Tuesday, is a response to the US State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The US review, issued on April 20, labeled the governments of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as "morally reprehensible" and "forces of instability" that "violate human rights of those within their borders on a daily basis."

Now China is pointing to America's own poor human rights record, both at home and abroad.

"Looking back on 2017, those with even the slightest sense of justice can see that the United States' own human rights record is, as usual, notorious for its misdeeds, and continues to worsen," the report states, noting that Washington is in no position to play the role of a self-professed "human rights judge."
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