Daily Archives: March 5, 2022

2022-03-05: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2022-03-05). Ukraine says radiation levels around captured nuclear power plant "unchanged" ecns.cn The radiation levels around the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine remain unchanged, the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration Olexandr Starukh said Saturday on Facebook."ÄÄ…

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Tweet & Delete: Patricia Arquette Gets Schooled for Demanding Russia be 'Kicked Out of NATO'. sputniknews.com Acronyms are not a strength for Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette, who, in a since-deleted tweet, demanded Russia be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) over false claims that Moscow's army at the Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant laid explosives around the facility in an bid to "blackmail the whole of Europe."

Staff (2022-03-05). Uffizi gallery director condemns sanctions on Russian culture. rt.com Head of the Italian museum said the institution was forced to comply with government rules | Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence has said calls to demolish Russians sculptures or ban Russian exhibits as a reaction to the war in Ukraine are "absurd." | The comment came after Florence mayor Dario Nardella revealed on Twitter on Wednesday that there had been calls to demolish a monument to Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky by Russian sculptor Aydyn Zeynalov, which had been installed in the city last year. | "We hope that the numerous calls for peace that are heard around the world will have an…

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-05). Sen. Lindsey Graham Calls for Russians to Assassinate Putin. news.antiwar.com Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took his hawkishness to a new level on Thursday and openly called for someone inside Russia to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?" Graham wrote on Twitter. "The only way this ends is for somebody …

TASS (2022-03-04). Russian users report failures in Facebook operation. tass.com 419 reports on failures in the social network's operation were registered…

John Knefel (2022-03-04). Russia's Use of Cluster Bombs Should Spur a Global Recommitment to Banning Them. truthout.org The Russian military has used cluster bombs in at least two attacks on Ukraine, and likely a third, since its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, according to media and social media reports, and human rights groups. The strikes have resulted in civilian deaths. Their use in these instances may ultimately qualify as a

WSWS (2022-03-04). International censorship mounted against Russian state-affiliated media outlets. wsws.org A campaign of censorship against Russian state-backed media sources has been led by the European Union and embraced by tech companies, social media platforms and cable television providers.

Staff (2022-03-04). Airbnb stops working in Russia. rt.com The home rental service is the latest foreign company to suspend operations in the country | American peer-to-peer lodging service Airbnb is putting its operations in Russia and Belarus on hold, the company's CEO Brian Chesky has said. | "Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus," Chesky announced in a tweet on Friday. | The US entrepreneur had a Ukrainian flag added to his name on Twitter, which suggests the move is likely a response to Russia's invasion of the country. | On Monday, Chesky said Airbnb was offering short-term housing for free to some 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. | Airbnb is sus…

Joe Glenton (2022-03-04). Racist rhetoric about which refugees deserve help needs to stop now. thecanary.co There are " The tweet claimed: The refugees from Ukraine are coming from an environment which is in its cultural, religious, and historica…

Ana Perdigón (2022-03-04). Venezuela to Continue Receiving Russian Tourists. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Tourism, Ali Ernesto Padrón, confirmed this Thursday, March 4, that Venezuela will continue to receive Russian tourists through the Moscow-Porlamar (Margarita Island) charter operation. | Through his Twitter account, Minister Padrón reported that he had held a telephone meeting with the head of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency (Rostourism), Zarina Doguzova, with whom he reached several agreements. | Both authorities agreed, amongst other things, to continue the regular flights provided by the Venezuelan airline Conviasa, which link the two countries. They also expressed their optimism th…

Staff (2022-03-04). Cancillería cubana al tanto de sus connacionales procedentes de Ucrania. cubadebate.cu El director general de Asuntos Consulares y Cubanos Residentes en el Exterior del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, aseguró a través de su cuenta en la red social Twitter que Cuba sigue de cerca la llegada de sus connacionales a Polonia, Eslovaquia, Rumanía y Hungría procedentes de Ucrania.

Staff (2022-03-04). Cause of death released for US women's college soccer hero. rt.com A medical examiner has issued information on Stanford captain Katie Meyer's death | A medical investigation in California has ruled that the death of 22-year-old Stanford captain Katie Meyer, who went viral in 2019 for saving two penalties in vital collegiate game in the United States, was self-inflicted. | Meyer was found dead in a campus dormitory at Stanford University, with a statement from Santa Clara County confirming that her death, while tragic, was not suspicious and that no foul play is suspected. | Specific details of Meyer's death were not made public but the medical examiner called upon US media "

Staff (2022-03-04). La pistola caliente de esta guerra. cubadebate.cu Circula por los medios sociales la desinformación de siempre y mucho más. La guerra en redes durante el conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania tiene un enfoque multiplataforma: censura, ataques cibernénticos, declaraciones políticas, campañas de viralización, cibertropas, memes… Son todo eso y una pistola caliente que permite prolongar ante los ojos del mundo los sistemas militares y de inteligencia de las partes en conflicto, aunque aquí llevan las ventaja la coalición de las multinacionales tecnológicas, el gobierno de Estados Unidos y la OTAN.

teleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-03-04). OMS avala antiviral oral para tratar la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El organismo internacional recomendó administrar el fármaco en pacientes no graves con el mayor riesgo de hospitalización.

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