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· Carl Samson
Trump cuts India tariffs to 18% in trade deal tied to Russian oil
The White House has announced a trade agreement slashing tariffs on Indian imports from 50% to 18%, with President Donald Trump citing pledges from New Delhi to end Russian oil purchases and spend over $500 billion on U.S. goods. Driving the news: Trump announced the deal after…
· Ryan General
Ukraine captures Indian man who allegedly served with Russian troops
Ukrainian forces have captured a 22-year-old Indian man identified as Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein, who allegedly fought with Russian units near the southern front in early October. In a video released by Ukraine’s 63rd Mechanized Brigade on Oct. 7, Hussein says he surrendered…
· Carl Samson
Why North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to fight for Russia
North Korea is reportedly sending a force of 12,000 troops to Russia to support its war in Ukraine, marking an escalation in military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow. South Korea’s Defense Ministry, which provided the estimate to NBC News, condemned the move as a…
· Editorial Staff
Pro-Trump influencer Lauren Chen accused of pushing Russian propaganda
U.S. officials have linked Canadian influencer Lauren Chen and her husband, Liam Donovan, to an alleged covert Russian propaganda campaign aimed at influencing the 2024 election. Without directly naming them, a federal indictment unsealed on Sept. 4 points to a Tennessee-based…
· Bryan Ke
Russia had role in 2021 ‘Havana syndrome’ attack on Americans in Hanoi: report
A new report suggests that Russia may have had a role in the “Havana syndrome” attack on nearly a dozen Americans ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2021. Key points:
· Bryan Ke
Ukrainian woman gets deepfaked to find Chinese husbands, sell Russian goods
A Ukrainian YouTuber is exposing the horrors of deepfakes on Chinese social media after learning that her image has been extensively cloned to sell Russian products and look for Chinese husbands. How she found out: Olga Loiek, 20, a cognitive science major at the University of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese singer sparks outrage over performance of Russian war song in a bombed-out Ukrainian theater
Chinese opera singer Wang Fang has sparked outrage for performing the Soviet-era patriotic song “Katyusha” in a bombed-out theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, where hundreds of people were previously killed by the Russian army. Criticism from Ukrainian officials: The 38-year-old…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese influencer exposed for posing as Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine
A Chinese influencer who talked about his experience fighting in Ukraine as a Russian soldier has been banned from Douyin after online sleuths exposed him as a fraud. Key details: The influencer, who was known as “Pavel Korchatie” on the Chinese social media platform, had over…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese student faces deportation after arrest under Russia’s anti-gay law
A Chinese student in Russia is facing deportation following his arrest last week for allegedly violating the country’s controversial “gay propaganda” law. Haoyang Xu, a 21-year-old Chinese national in Russia on a student visa, was reportedly arrested last week along with his…
· Ryan General
Five Russian asylum seekers who fled Putin’s war stranded at S. Korean airport for months
Five Russian men seeking asylum are currently stranded at Incheon International Airport after South Korean authorities denied their entry into the country and prevented them from leaving the airport. Dzhashar Khubiev, Vladimir Maraktaev, a man who wished to be identified only by…
· Bryan Ke
IOC plans for Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete under neutral flag at Asian Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday it would “explore a pathway” for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the upcoming Asian Games. In a statement, the committee said it “welcomed and appreciated the offer from the Olympic Council of Asia to…
· Ana Yoo
‘Bad game of Russian roulette’: ‘Blindsided’ ex-Google employee documents her layoff in viral video
A video posted by a former Google employee documenting her unexpected layoff has quickly gone viral. The video comes shortly after Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. announced a plan to cut 12,000 jobs, roughly 6% of its global workforce, last Friday amidst growing tech…
· Iris Jung
First Taiwanese combatant dies in Russia-Ukraine war
Tseng Sheng-Kung, a 25-year-old volunteer, is the first Taiwanese soldier to die in combat in Ukraine. A volunteer soldier from Ji’an Township in Hualien County, Tseng traveled to Ukraine in June to fight against the ongoing Russian invasion of the country. While serving in a…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘We prayed for death’: 2 American veterans freed from Russian captivity in Ukraine describe torture
American soldiers Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, who were captured by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine have described the torture they endured in several interviews since their release in September. The soldiers from Alabama spent 105 days in a…
· Ryan General
US Navy bribery case fugitive ‘Fat Leonard’ arrested in Venezuela before boarding a plane to Russia
Two weeks after escaping house arrest in San Diego, California, U.S. fugitive Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis was arrested as he was about to board a plane to Russia at an airport in Venezuela. Prior to his escape, Francis was set to be sentenced in a federal court in…
· Bryan Ke
Xi tells Putin China is ready to partner with Russia to ‘lead world’
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Thursday. During their first meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Xi said China is ready to team up with its ally to…
· Ryan General
Putin slams US lawmakers’ visits to Taiwan, blames US for Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine
Addressing an international security summit attended by military officials from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused “Western globalist elites” of trying “to shift the blame for their own failures to Russia and China.” According to Putin, the…
· Bryan Ke
North Korea offering 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, says Russian state media
North Korea recently offered to send 100,000 “volunteers” to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine, Russian journalist Igor Korotchenko alleged on Russian state media Russian Channel One. Korotchenko went on to praise North Korea’s “wealth of experience with…
· Jane Nam
Zelenskyy urges opportunity to speak with Xi because China has power to stop Russian invasion
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 44, has continued to seek out an opportunity to speak “directly” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Zelenskyy argued that China has the political and economic influence necessary to “put the Russian Federation [in] a certain place.” While…
· Jane Nam
Robot dog outfitted with machine gun in Russia brings us closer to real-life ‘Black Mirror’
A robot dog modified to include a machine gun on the top half of its body has captured the attention of the internet with its sophisticated design resembling something out of a sci-fi thriller. As shown in the video, which has garnered over 7.3 million views on Twitter, a…