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by Admin Aug 28, 2024 The United Arab Emirates has halted its contract acquisition of 80 fighter jets from France which is worth $17 billion dollars and it is currently weighing the option of blocking military-technical cooperation between the two countries. This decision comes after the arrest of the Telegram owner, Pavel Duro on Sunday night at Paris’s Le Bourget airport in Paris after the tech mogul flew back from Azerbaijan.  United Arab Emirates foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan has called on France to provide the telegram president access to all necessary consular services, this was said in a statement issued on Tuesday. “The Emirates are closely following the case of Emirati citizen Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram social network, who was detained by the French authorities at Le Bourget airport. And they conveyed a demand to the French government to urgently provide it with all the necessary consular services,”  the statement further said that  “Caring for citizens, preserving their interests, following up on their affairs, and providing them with all aspects of care is a top priority for the UAE.”  The 39 years old billionaire has been charged with crimes ranging from drug trafficking, apology for terrorism, and cyberbullying, Pavel is also a citizen of France, Russia, and the Caribbean island nation of St Kitts and Nevis. He is currently at the French court to face trials to determine whether he will be remanded in prison or will be set free and placed under restricted movement within France. 

by Admin Aug 28, 2024 The French police have handed the Telegram president, Pavel Duro to the French court, after withholding the Russia-UAE citizen in detention for three days. The handover was done earlier today by the French police after they arrested the Telegram owner at Paris’s Le Bourget airport on Sunday night after Pavel got back from Azerbaijan. The arrest was led by Investigators from France’s National Anti-Fraud Office, with a search warrant from OFMIN, an investigative agency that fights child sexual exploitation in France, this was revealed by France News Agency. The 39-year-old billionaire was charged with multiple offenses: terrorism, drugs, complicity, fraud, money laundering, receiving stolen goods, and pedo criminal contents. Pavel, who rarely travels around Europe due to situations like this, landed in France to refuel his private jet before he was arrested by the French authorities. Pavel, who was under pre-trial detention for the last three days after his arrest on Sunday, will now face France’s judicial system which will now determine if the tech billionaire will be remanded in prison or will be set free and possibly under judicial control with restrictions on his movements. Prodesq news agency learned that a confidential investigation team was set up on the 8th of July to probe 12 criminal charges that were set against the Telegram owner.  The 39-year-old tech mogul was a Russian citizen until 10 years ago when he had issues with the Russian government over his platform which has 900 million users, Pavel is now a citizen of the United Arab Emirates and also a citizen of France and has always been a personality who keeps a low profile and rarely grants an interview, his last known interview was in Dubai office with American journalist Tucker Carlson.  The telegram president who is currently worth $15.5 billion has been a frequent visitor of French President, Emmanuel Macron who has come out publicly to denounce that the arrest of Pavel has nothing to do with political ties which he referred to as “false information” in his post on his personal X account, Macron said Durov’s arrest was “in no way a political decision” and it was “up to the judges to rule”. Russia has released a statement through the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying the charges were very serious and thus needed “no less serious evidence”. He further referred to the arrest of Pavel as an act of intimidation from the French government  “Otherwise this would be a direct attempt to restrict freedom of communication, and, I might even say, directly intimidate the head of a large company,” he said. The UAE has also issued a statement saying it is closely monitoring the situation and is making all efforts to establish a communication line with Pavel.

by Admin Aug 28, 2024 The San Diego police department on Tuesday morning announced the passing of one of their veteran officers in a hot car pursuit on Monday night. While making this announcement to journalists, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl disclosed that 30-year-old Austin Machitar was the officer who tragically lost his life in the line of duty while his partner who was with him in the patrol car when they were hit by an over speeding vehicle, is currently fighting for his life. In his words, the Police Chief said, “Two officers working together in one vehicle were responding to that fleeing suspect traveling at a high rate of speed, ” the fleeing driver eventually ran into the police officer’s vehicle trying to slow him down. The accident which claimed the life of Officer Austin, happened on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard road. Austin has been a San Diego police officer for 5 and a half years and is from San Diego. Chief Wahl said “Austin is the kind of guy who you’d want on your team,”  Austin was a field training officer and last year had trained his partner,  Zach Martinez, 27,  who was with him when the accident occurred. Zach Martinez served as a Navy reservist and EMT before joining the San Diego Police Department from Texas and has been with the department for over a year and a half years.  The police department has yet to publicly announce the identity of the dead driver of the suspect vehicle. The California Highway Patrol Department is being asked to conduct an independent investigation, which includes  “a full reconstruction of exactly what happened,” the chief said. The chief who was visibly emotional further said “When we have police officers that are coming to work to make a difference, to help those in need, and they’re putting their lives on the line for people that they don’t even know — and last night we lost a good one.” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria described the dead officer Austin Machitar as a hero and expressed his condolences to his family. He reiterated that the city of San Diego would do everything possible to support both the Machitar and the Martinez families. In his words, the Mayor said “I ask for San Diegans to pray for Zach and his family. His wounds are extremely grave,” he said. Also, the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has expressed his grievances and disclosed that he and his wife Jennifer are “heartbroken” by the news of the incident. 

by Admin Aug 26, 2024 The U.S. government on Friday announced that there will be free COVID-19 tests coming up next month. This was revealed at a briefing on the upcoming respiratory virus season by Dawn O’Connell, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services. “These tests will help families and their loved ones stay safe this fall and winter season,” O’Connell said.  She further said that the decision by the government to conduct the free tests next month is a result of the growing increase in the rate of people who are testing positive for COVID-19 and the introduction of highly contagious new variants which has increased the visitation to the emergency room of different hospitals around the country since late May.  It has been revealed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows the wastewater viral activity level for COVID-19 is very high.  Dawn O’Connell, disclosed that each household in the country has the entitlement to order four nasal swab tests when the federal program begins again in late September. “Covid-19 ttesting can help you know if you have COVID-19 so you can decide what to do next, like getting treatment to reduce your risk of severe illness and taking steps to lower your chances of spreading the virus to others,” this was released in a statement by The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) agency. The agency added that the exact date for the testing has not yet been announced nor an exact date for ordering the test swabs. It also announced that the decision by the U.S. government to begin the COVID test came after the updated mRNA COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for the fall season were approved by the government. It is expected that Novavax will get approval for its updated vaccine sometime this year. 900 million test kits have been distributed throughout American households while over 1 million Americans have died from Covid 19 since its inception in 2020.

by Admin Aug 24, 2024 America’s Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kenndey Jr, on Friday night, announced that he has suspended his presidential campaign and decided on Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump. Kennedy made this announcement at his campaign stop in Phoenix, Arizona after he filed paperwork withdrawing his candidacy in Arizona, in preparation for Friday’s speech.  The son of the former US attorney general and Senator made a fiery speech to announce the suspension of his presidential campaign, saying “Beneath the radar of mainstream media organs, we inspired a massive independent political movement.” The environmental activist further disclosed that despite running as an independent presidential candidate and being considered a no-competitor, he has proven the “naysayers” wrong. He questioned the competence of the electoral system “ “In an honest system, I believe I would have won the election,” he said. The 70-year-old nephew of slain U.S. President John F Kennedy acknowledged his slim opportunity to win the presidential election “I cannot in good conscience ask my staff and volunteers to keep working their long hours or ask my donors to keep giving when I cannot honestly tell them that I have a real path to the White House.” Kennedy stated that the reason why he suspended his presidential campaign and threw his support behind former President Donald Trump was “free speech, the war in Ukraine, and the war on our children”. Robert F KeKennedy Jr joined the Republican presidential candidate, former president Donald Trump, on stage at a rally in Arizona after dropping out of the race and endorsing the former US president after he announced that he would seek to remove his name from the ballot in 10 battleground states. President Donald Trump earlier announced that if he wins the election, he will release all the remaining documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy. He later praised Robert Kennedy Jr as a”phenomenal” and “brilliant” person at the rally later in Glendale.  The decision of Mr. Robert Kennedy Jr to pull out of the presidential race and support former President Donald Trump has been met with dismay from his family, who initially condemned his invocation of the family name in a Super Bowl ad back in February. Speaking on behalf of the Kennedy family, Kerry Kennedy, the junior sister to Robert Kennedy, said his support for Trump was a “betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear. It is a sad ending to a sad story.” Mr. Kennedy issued an apology to his family and his friends who were affected by his decision to pull out of the presidential race and throw his support behind the Republican candidate, Donald Trump. 

by Admin Aug 22, 2024 The United States officials on Thursday announced that Biden’s administration will send an additional $125 million dollars worth of military aid to Ukraine in support of their war against Russia. The military package will include air defense missiles, Ammunitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Javelins and an array of other anti-armor missiles, counter-drone and counter-electronic warfare systems and equipment, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, vehicles, and other equipment. The additional military aid package will bring the total US assistance package to a staggering amount of $55.7 billion dollars since the war began two years ago. This announcement which is yet to be made publicly was disclosed by a United States official who has chosen to remain anonymous but also revealed that the official announcement could be made tomorrow, Friday which is the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day, or anytime next week. The military aid will be directly shipped out of the Pentagon stockpile of arsenal which will aid in the quick delivery of this military equipment to the Ukrainian army which has been fighting Russia’s invasion for over two years. Ukraine will welcome the aid at a very important time when its forces look to expand their incursion into Russian territory, which has been extended to about 100 square kilometers of the Kursk region, an incursion which many still call a surprise including the US government that has denied having any idea of the offensive or even sanctioned it.  Whereas, the Russian troops are making significant gains in the eastern region of the Ukrainian City of Pokrovsk, a critical logistics hub that has made the United States government issued a warning to the Ukrainian leaders to evaluate the long-term effects of stretching their front line without repercussions of losing more ground to Russian troops.  In discussing this danger on Thursday, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Thursday disclosed that “we are still working with Ukraine on how that fits into their strategic objectives on the battlefield itself.”. She further said that the US government understands the need for the Ukrainian army to minimize the border controlled by the Russian forces. Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday made his first visit to the border area where the Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into the Russian Kursk region which began on the sixth of August. 

by Admin Aug 21, 2024 It was all cheers and laughter at the Democratic National Convention held on Tuesday night in Chicago to honor the homecoming of former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle in their bid to rally black support for their Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris. President Barack Obama, began his political career as a state and federal Senator representing Illinois before he became the first Black President of the United States of America.  He opened his speech with the phrase “ It’s good to be home.” which was met with deafening and thunderous cheers from over forty thousand people in attendance at the United Center. The former president further said “ “I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling fired up!”, his words and phrases continually expressed his nostalgic state of mind when he said “Fired up! Ready to go!”. The 44th American president urged the people in attendance to deviate from any form of divisiveness that would bring hate and anger within the country. He paid tribute to his former vice president and the current president of the United States for being one of the best decisions he ever made to make him his successor.  He further made a plea for the current vice president and the democrat presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, making reference to all her accomplishments including the time she was as attorney general of California before she became vice president. He reminded the people of how Kamala Harris fought big pharmaceutical companies and how she helped reduce the cost of insulin and also lowered the cost of healthcare services. Later into the convention, former President Obama took shots at his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, accused him of being a divisive leader, in his words “We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos,” he emphasizes that if Donald Trump wins in November, what would happen will be worse than before, “We have seen that movie before, and we all know that the sequel is usually worse.”. He further accused former President Trump of being someone who only sees power as a means to an end. He said “The other day, I heard someone compare Trump to the neighbor who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day,” Obama said to laughs. “Now, from a neighbor, that’s exhausting. The truth is, Donald Trump sees power as nothing more than a means to his ends.” In his closing remarks former President Obama called for the United States to be a “force for good” that drives toward the betterment of the world.  He further asked the US government to drop the agenda of being the “police of the world” he also said, “We can’t eradicate every cruelty and injustice in the world, but America can be, and must be, a force for good: discouraging conflict, fighting disease, promoting human rights, protecting the planet from climate change.” 

By Admin Aug 19, 2024 It was a dark Sunday for the residents of East Baltimore County when multiple shooters opened fire at a gathering which claimed the life of a man and left seven people seriously wounded. This was disclosed by the Baltimore police commissioner during a news conference with journalists, the commissioner said the shooting occurred around 8pm in the evening.  It was unclear what transpired at the scene of the incident but it was reported that a 36 year old man was killed and six other men and a lady are in critical conditions, with age range between 22 years to 45 years old.  The shooting took place at a gathering within the 1300 block of Spring Street, which reported that several shooters were involved in the incident but no arrests nor suspects have been reported yet. The commissioner in his words said “We’ve got a lot of evidence and we’re looking for a lot of video.” He further added that several assault rifles were recovered from the scene and that the U.S. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are on ground and are assisting with the investigation. Baltimore, which has been experiencing heavy downpours since last week but that didn’t stop the efficiency of the police department and first responders who were dispatched to the scene and were able to gather evidence at the scene. The victims were taken to the area hospital. It was reported that some other victims walked in without the help of the ambulance or first responders.  Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, who expressed his concern for the victims and the city, said,  “Tonight, Baltimore is grappling with the impacts of another mass shooting that has taken the life of one Baltimorean and irreparably changed several others,”.  The Mayor further said ““To those who know who was involved – even if they are your loved one – I implore you to do the right thing and urge them to take accountability,” he added that ““These tragic acts of violence – which are still too common in our city – are only possible because of the continued ease of access to guns on our streets”.  The Baltimore shooting makes it the 350th shooting in the United States since the beginning of the year, and has left 350 people dead and 1500 wounded, according to Gun Violence Archive. 

by Admin Aug 17, 2024 The popular X  social media platform formerly known as Twitter has on Saturday announced that it will shut down its Brazil operations with immediate effect even though its services will remain available to the platform users in the South American country.  This was disclosed after the platform accused the Brazilian government of censorship orders from the Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. The American social media company disclosed that the Brazilian judge covertly threatened one of its senior officials with arrest if the social media platform didn’t comply with the court order to take down some specific contents and block certain accounts on X as part of an investigation into election disinformation and “digital militias.” In a recent post by the X Global Government Affairs account, the platform said “Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders. He did so in a secret order, which we share here to expose his actions.” The platform further said they have pleaded numerous times to the support court but all pleas fell on deaf ears. It disclosed that the Brazilian Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ignored the Brazilian rule of law resulting in threatening its Brazilian staff.  “As a result, to protect the safety of our staff, we have made the decision to close our operation in Brazil, effective immediately.” The company indicated that the actions of Judge Moraes were not compatible with those of a democratic government. Prodesqagency gathers that earlier this year, Judge Moraes opened a criminal inquiry into Elon Musk after X’s owner said he would defy a court order by lifting restrictions on designated accounts after the social media platform listed some of the targeted accounts and said they include “a pastor, a current Parliamentarian, and the wife of a former Parliamentarian.” in an earlier post by the platform. The decision that the company has prepared to take action after it indicated that it would go against a court order by lifting restrictions on designated accounts.  Ever since the beginning of the court tussle between X and the Brazilian government, the supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro who are considered to be far-right have criticized Moraes and called for his removal from office. 

by Admin Aug 16, 2024 The United States, Egypt, and Qatar have jointly released a statement after over 48 hours of meeting for a ceasefire and hostage negotiations at the Doha summit. The statement which was released today, states that progress has been made and the path is set for regional de-escalation. The summit began on Wednesday with the aim of bridging the negotiation difference between the two warring parties of Hamas and Israel. The statement includes : Further meetings between the senior officials of the United States of America, Egypt, and Qatar are scheduled to be held by the end of next week in Cairo, the capital of Egypt with the goal of achieving a set agreement on the scheduled day. While the leaders of these three countries have all jointly agreed that there is no more time to waste in a war that started on Oct.7 and has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, it was said that “There is no more time to waste, and no further delays can be justified by any party. It is time to release the hostages and detainees, initiate the ceasefire, and implement this agreement.” Hamas released a statement on Tuesday morning that it won’t be participating in the cease-fire meeting at the Doha Summit in an interview held with Ahmad Abdul Hadi, Hamas’s representative in Lebanon. “Netanyahu is not interested in reaching an agreement that ends the aggression completely,” Mr. Abdul Hadi said. “But rather he is deceiving and evading and wants to prolong the war, and even expand it at the regional level.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s representatives were also absent from the Doha Summit, which was contrary to what he said a few weeks ago that he would be sending delegates to the summit. It was later disclosed by the New York Times that the Israeli prime minister made demands that were “unreasonable and Provocative” to the Hamas leader.  An allegation that the Israeli government has denied.  Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, met with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Tuesday with the Russian president soliciting his support for the Palestinian people.