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2021-05-09 00:03:05 In 2017, Hunter, son of the current president of the United States, set up a business with Patrick Ho, representing the Chinese oil giant CEFC in the United States.
Then Bao Jiaqi, a 29-year-old secretary with Chinese roots, began working with Hunter and quickly developed a close and intriguing relationship with her boss.
She sent him opposition research to help Joe Biden in the 2020 election, persuading Hunter to withdraw cash from the joint venture's accounts when the business crashed.
Hunter and Jim, Joe Biden's brother, partnered with CEFC in 2017 to create oil and gas projects that were supposed to generate billions of dollars in revenue.
But the joint venture collapsed when Patrick Ho was arrested and then convicted of bribery by the US Federal Attorney's Office.
Ho was suspected of collaborating with Chinese intelligence agencies and was under federal law enforcement surveillance.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9522591/Hunter-Bidens-close-relationship-Chinese-American-secretary-revealed.html Open / Comment

2021-05-08 22:02:18 The Washington Post suspected the US Department of Justice of interfering in the work of its journalists. The publication claims that the department, even when Trump was president, secretly obtained recordings of telephone conversations of reporters who dealt with the topic of the alleged "interference" of the Russian Federation in the 2016 elections.

The recordings of the conversations cover the period from April to July 2017. The agency allegedly was able to obtain data on how long the calls lasted, as well as to whom and at what time the journalists called. The Ministry of Justice also tried to access the journalists' e-mails during the same period, but to no avail, the newspaper writes. Investigators using such data, the newspaper notes, usually try to find out the sources of the publications with which the journalists contacted before the publication of this or that article.

"The Ministry of Justice should immediately clarify the reasons for this interference in the activities of reporters doing their work," - said a spokesman for the publication. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 20:02:22 The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry publishes previously unknown footage of the combat use of aviation weapons and Spike-NLOS ATGMs during the 44-day war in Karabakh. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 18:02:08 On the Sino-Indian border. The People's Liberation Army of China began training in the use of 狼牙棒 (spiked iron stick). Open / Comment

2021-05-08 16:03:03 Disneyland was criticized for harassment in a scene from the cartoon "Snow White".

A scene from the 1937 cartoon, in which the prince kisses a girl, thereby breaking the queen's curse, came under criticism. The episode was considered harassment, as its plot undermines the lessons of consent. Like, Snow White did not give the prince permission to have sex.

This is not the first time that the kissing scene in Snow White has been criticized. In 2018, the cartoon was accused of promoting sexual violence against an unconscious person. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 14:02:07 Colonial Pipeline, the largest oil pipeline operator in the United States, said it was cyberattacked. Some systems are "preventively" disabled, for a while "all operations are stopped."

The company said it had contacted the authorities and reported the incident, and specialists from the cybersecurity firm began an investigation. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 12:03:16 European allies are insisting that the United States postpone the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and thereby give NATO allies more time to leave the country, writes the Wall Street Journal.

The United States has pledged to provide logistical support to its coalition partners during the withdrawal of their troops. However, some countries said they would not be able to leave Afghanistan in time, and asked to leave the US military after July 4.

According to the WSJ, some countries, in particular Germany, have asked the United States to postpone its withdrawal from Afghanistan until July 18. US officials responded that troop withdrawal could be delayed by two weeks or longer Open / Comment

2021-05-08 10:18:03 Ohio Republican Senator Andrew Brenner was driving his car during a working meeting at Zoom, but tried to hide it with a background photo of his office.

Everything would be fine, but the senator was given a seat belt. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 00:03:03 USA is the main importer of defense and aviation products from Turkey.

In January-April, Turkey exported defense and aviation products worth over $ 386 million to the United States.

Next come:
2) Azerbaijan
3) UAE
4) Bangladesh
5) Germany Open / Comment

2021-05-07 22:02:25

WHO urges all states to suspend patent protection of coronavirus vaccines in order to increase their production worldwide Open / Comment