“Some skeptics don’t really trust the figure of nearly 100,000 dead Russians,” the statement read. Read also: Russians on offensive in Donbas, General Staff says… Read More »The Ukrainian army shows how it achieves high casualty rates among Russian soldiers
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Designs for Donald Trump’s Truth Social IPO appear to be in jeopardy again, Forbes reported Friday. Three executives suddenly left the company, tasked with taking… Read More »Sequence of layoffs could threaten plans to make Trump’s truth socially public: report
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve is suing a private investigator and his company after she found a device on her vehicle capable… Read More »The mayor of Reno is suing after finding a tracking device on the vehicle
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During his testimony on July 12, 2022, Stephen Ayres told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol about his… Read More »Man who entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack told the commission about life after the uprising
The main federal auto safety agency announced Friday that it has begun a preliminary investigation into cars a division of General Motors has been testing… Read More »The GM unit’s self-driving taxis are the subject of US security research
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BEIJING (AP) — A squadron of Chinese naval vessels sailed through straits near Japan to the Western Pacific this week, as Beijing on Friday rejected… Read More »China sends ships to Pacific amid security moves in Japan
