(Bloomberg) — A Russian criminal gang secretly conducted cyberattacks and espionage operations against NATO allies on the orders of the Kremlin’s intelligence services, according to the UK’s National Crime Agency. Evil Corp., which includes a man who gained notoriety for driving a Lamborghini luxury sports car, launched the hacks prior …
Read More »Royal Canadian Navy led conga lines in Havana as part of ‘deterrence’ visit to Cuba, photos show
Open this photo in gallery: A vintage car passes by as Canadian warship HMCS Margaret Brooke enters Havana’s bay, in Cuba, on June 14. The Canadian government has come under criticism for making a friendly three-day naval stop in Cuba.Stringer/Reuters Photos posted on social media by Canada’s embassy in Cuba …
Read More »Speech by UK PM Sunak frames upcoming general election around war and immigration
UK Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned Monday, “The world is closer to a dangerous nuclear escalation than at any point since the Cuban missile crisis.” He did so in a speech launching the Tory party’s general election campaign citing an existential threat “that the next few years will be …
Read More »Postal workers in Britain demand: Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!
The following resolution was adopted by a meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) on Sunday May 12, 2024. It calls for the release of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk, an opponent of NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine, who was jailed by the Zelensky regime on April 25. The World …
Read More »How Russian gas is fuelling a bid for Royal Mail
The 48-year-old has cited his time growing up during the Velvet Revolution, as the overhaul of Czechoslovakia’s communist government is known, as a driving force behind his love of free markets. Kretinsky trained as a lawyer before joining Slovakian investment group J&T in 1999, where he made his name as …
Read More »Russia wades into Kate Middleton photo-editing gaffe and bizarrely links royal ‘photomontages’ to its claims that Britain ‘concocted’ Novichok poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal
Top Russian officials have weighed in on the Kate Middleton photo editing saga after the foreign ministry hit out at UK diplomats for ‘meddling’ in Putin’s presidential elections with pro-Ukraine social media posts. Senior Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova waded into speculation over discord in the royal family and …
Read More »VIP jet used by the Royal Family and RAF is left defenceless after it was denied electronic warfare protection in a desperate bid to save money
By Mark Nicol Defence Editor Published: 18:16 EDT, 15 March 2024 | Updated: 19:25 EDT, 15 March 2024 An RAF jet attacked by the Kremlin was denied electronic warfare protection in a desperate effort to save money. The aircraft, which has been routinely used by senior members of the Royal …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelensky visits Sweden to meet PM, royal family
KYIV, Aug 19 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Sweden today to meet with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, the royal family and other officials as a Kyiv counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds into its third month. Zelensky said he would thank them for supporting Ukraine amid the Kremlin’s full-scale …
Read More »Russia’s top general Gerasimov shown in video for first time since failed June 24 mutiny
Russia’s top general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was shown ordering subordinates to destroy Ukrainian missile sites in a video released on Monday, his first appearance in public since a failed June 24 mercenary mutiny. The footage indicates that President Vladimir Putin has kept his two most powerful …
Read More »Royal Canadian Navy ships leave Halifax to join NATO in Baltic mission
Open this photo in gallery: HMCS Summerside sails from its homeport in Halifax as Rear-Admiral Josée Kurtz raises her cap during the departure ceremony for HMCS Summerside and HMCS Shawinigan, in Halifax, on July 3.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press Two Royal Canadian Navy warships sailed out of Halifax harbour Monday, bound …
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