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Russia continues stockpiling gold, adding $2.7 billion to forex reserves
Russian gold and foreign currency holdings hit almost $569 billion as of July 1, according to the latest data released by the country’s central bank.
The international funds increased by $2.7 billion, or around 0.5 percent, compared to the previous month. They rose by more than $50 billion since last July.
The state international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets comprising stocks of monetary gold, foreign currencies, and Special Drawing Right (SDR) assets, which are at the disposal of the Central Bank of Russia and the government. The current level of holdings is higher than the target of $500 billion set by the CBR several years ago.
Russia has been boosting its reserves for four years running. The country is also reshaping its international holdings, cutting the share of the US dollar in favor of other currencies and gold.
According to the central bank, foreign currency reserves fell 0.1 percent in June to $438 billion. At the same time, reserves of monetary gold grew by 2.5 percent, amounting to $130.8 billion.
Russia also boosted gold production which was up 3.8 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period of 2019. Production for the period included 65.87 tons of mined gold (up over seven percent), according to the Finance Ministry. Accompanying mining stood at 5.6 tons, while secondary mining was slightly down to 9.8 tons.
https://www.rt.com/business/494057-russia-stockpiling-gold-reserves/
‘Anti-science saga’? NBC contributor who documented harrowing battle with Covid-19 NEVER had the virus
The dramatic televised saga of a doctor’s struggle to overcome coronavirus has ended in embarrassment after the NBC News contributor quietly admitted that there’s no evidence he ever had the virus. Is this the zenith of fake news?
Dr Joseph Fair appeared at least 10 times on NBC and MSNBC over the last two months to share his fight against Covid-19 with the networks’ viewers. His television appearances – including an interview from his hospital bed – fueled panic about the illness. Describing himself as a fit and healthy 42-year-old, Fair claimed in May that he had absorbed the virus through his eyes while on a flight. As it turns out, there is no reason to believe he ever contracted the virus.
The doctor announced earlier this week that his Covid-19 antibody test had returned negative and that his “suspected” illness from the virus remains an “undiagnosed mystery.”
“I had myriad Covid symptoms, was hospitalized in a Covid ward & treated for Covid-related co-morbidities,” he tweeted in his defense.
https://www.rt.com/usa/494468-joseph-fair-nbc-coronavirus-fake/
After Maxwell's Arrest Prince Andrew's Only Option is to Cooperate With US Prosecutors, Scholars Say
As Ghislaine Maxwell, who allegedly helped recruit and groom minor girls for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is expected to appear in a US court next week, royals experts have weighed up as to how her testimony may affect Prince Andrew and the British royal family.
When speaking to ABC News’ Pierre Thomas on Thursday about the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, Attorney General William Barr made it clear that the US Justice Department wants to talk to Prince Andrew, known for his decades-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein, who hanged himself in August 2019.
Meanwhile, the Southern District of New York has been seeking the prince's assistance in the Epstein inquiry for quite a while, but in vain. Despite the Duke of York legal team's assertions that he was of assistance to US investigators, then US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman officially stated on 8 June that the prince had repeatedly declined requests to schedule an interview while "falsely portray[ing] himself" as "eager and willing to cooperate".
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/202007111079851245-after-maxwells-arrest-prince-andrews-only-option-is-to-cooperate-with-us-prosecutors-scholars-say/
Attorney General William P. Barr Announces the Appointment of Richard P. Donoghue as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; Designation of Seth D. DuCharme as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the appointment of U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. Current Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Seth D. DuCharme has been designated as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (E.D.N.Y.), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 3345(a)(3). The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer for a district comprising Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island in New York City, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island, with over six million residents.
“Rich has served with distinction and integrity for many years in the Eastern District of New York, earning a well-deserved reputation throughout New York City and Long Island as an outstanding prosecutor with second-to-none judgment,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “Throughout his time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief of the Criminal Division for E.D.N.Y., and U.S. Attorney, Rich’s intellect, decisiveness, management style, and dedication to the job has led to him successfully prosecuting many high-profile violent-crime cases (including against MS-13 and other violent gangs), drug trafficking offenses, and white-collar crimes. His experience will be a huge asset to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, and we look forward to working with him here at Main Justice.”
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-appointment-richard-p-donoghue-principal-associate
Environmentalists Accept Stimulus Loans After Lobbying Congressional Allies For Relief
Environmental activist groups who attacked oil and gas companies for receiving COVID-19 relief accepted millions in paycheck relief loans, according to government documents released earlier this week.
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration released data on recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans authorized by Congress in March under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act. The government-backed loans were a part of an economic stimulus package passed to combat the fallout from mandated shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Groups receiving substantial PPP loans include the Center for Biological Diversity ($2-5 million), 350.org ($1-2 million), Food & Water Watch ($2-5 million), Friends of the Earth ($1-2 million), and the National Wildlife Federation, with a loan of between $5-10 million. Other groups with a record of resisting energy development and infrastructure construction, including Earthworks, the Rainforest Action Network, WildEarth Guardians, and Oil Change International, received smaller loans of between $150,000 and $1 million.
https://westernwire.net/environmentalists-look-to-covid-loans-to-stay-afloat/
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Dr. Fauci Says Trump Hasn’t Talked to Him in a Month
In fact, Fauci says, the two haven't had a briefing in two months.
It has been two months since Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert at the White House, has been able to brief President Trump on the coronavirus pandemic.
In fact, Fauci says, the two haven’t even spoken to each other in a month.
Fauci told Financial Times in a dark, revealing interview that he last saw Trump on June 2. Lately, he’s had to merely pass messages along to the President. And while he’s “sure” the messages reach Trump’s desk, the President clearly isn’t heeding his warnings, as the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. continues to get worse.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-trump-talked-month
5 dead, more than 40 arrested after hostage situation at church in South Africa
Police in South Africa say five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a church near Johannesburg.
A statement says police and military who responded to reports of a shooting at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zuurbekom found four people “shot and burned to death in a car” and a security guard shot in another car. Six other people were injured.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7165619/south-africa-church-hostages/
Ghislaine Maxwell Made to Wear Paper Clothes Due to “Suicide Risk”
Being protected by federal agents over concerns she’ll be attacked by other inmates.
Alleged Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is being made to wear paper clothes while being held in custody over fears she will try to commit suicide.
Maxwell, who was arrested last week, has been given a cellmate at Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn but has had her bedding removed and is under constant surveillance.
The former socialite, who faces 35 years in jail, “has been made to wear paper clothes and sleep on paper sheets in prison,” reports the Times.
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a bedsheet, although some experts subsequently asserted that the nature of his injuries suggested strangulation, not hanging.
As we highlighted yesterday, a former prison official say’s it’s a mistake to be holding Maxwell at the MDC, primarily because of the threat posed by other inmates.
https://summit.news/2020/07/10/ghislaine-maxwell-made-to-wear-paper-clothes-due-to-suicide-risk/
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David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb 2015 Live in South America
26 Lawmakers Test Positive In Outbreak At Mississippi Capitol
JACKSON, Miss. — Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight.
Those were common scenes at the Mississippi Capitol in June — a month that saw a historic vote to remove the Confederate emblem from the state flag — and now at least 26 lawmakers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the biggest known outbreak in any state legislature in the nation.
That works out to about 1 in 7 Mississippi legislators.
Among those testing positive in the heavily Republican body are the GOP presiding officers, House Speaker Philip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann.
None of the lawmakers has been hospitalized, according to state officials.
https://dnyuz.com/2020/07/11/26-lawmakers-test-positive-in-outbreak-at-mississippi-capitol/
Jihadist group kills 25 people in DRC's Ituri province
A group of jihadist militiamen on Wednesday killed at least 25 people in the Ituri province located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern region.
The pre-dawn attack occurred in Sindani-Akesi.
"The assailants, members of the armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO), attacked the locality of Sindani-Akesi and targeted civilians. At least 25 people were killed," an official told Anadolu Agency. "Ten injured people had been transferred to a hospital in Bunia…"
Jean Bamanisa, the governor of Ituri province, also confirmed the attack but was unable to determine the exact number of casualties, although he expects "the toll could be heavy."
https://disrn.com/news/jihadist-group-kills-25-people-in-drcs-ituri-province
Special Report: How the Trump administration secured a secret supply of execution drugs
(Reuters) - If the Trump administration carries out the first federal execution since 2003 on Monday, as scheduled, it will mark the culmination of a three-year campaign to line up a secret supply chain to make and test lethal-injection drugs, a Reuters investigation has found.
Intent on enforcing the death penalty, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice had started building the network of contractors it would need by May 2017, federal procurement records show. Since then, it has pursued a new drug protocol that could survive legal challenges through firms whose identities it has fought to keep hidden. Without the secrecy, the government has argued in court filings, its ability to procure the drugs would be “severely impaired” because the companies are not willing to supply or test execution drugs if they are publicly identified.
In some cases, even the companies involved in testing the deadly pentobarbital said they didn’t know its intended purpose. Among them is DynaLabs in downtown St. Louis, a laboratory that years ago decided against doing quality tests on execution drugs because of the controversy surrounding capital punishment.
So co-founder Michael Pruett was surprised to learn from a Reuters reporter that his firm had been testing drugs that the Justice Department planned to use in lethal injections of condemned prisoners. The vials containing 50 milliliters of pentobarbital, a powerful barbiturate, began arriving at his firm for testing on April 9 of last year, according to laboratory records included in Justice Department filings.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-specialreport/special-report-how-the-trump-administration-secured-a-secret-supply-of-execution-drugs-idUSKBN24B1E4
Ca: Four military schools in Canada suffer cyberattacks
Kingston’s Royal Military College is one of four military training schools in Canada targeted in a mysterious cyber attack. Discovered on the morning of Friday, Jul. 3, 2020, the attack has temporarily disabled the University’s online network.
“It looks like all their core systems got hit,” said David Skillicorn, a professor of computing at Queen’s University. Skillicorn said the attack also affected RMC Saint-Jean in Quebec, the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and the Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside Institute.
https://www.databreaches.net/ca-four-military-schools-in-canada-suffer-cyberattacks/
15 billion credentials from 100,000 data breaches sold on dark web
The report was compiled after gathering advertisements from different dark web marketplaces in the last 2.5 years.
It is a fact that fraud and hacking guides are the most sold item on the dark web but now the IT security researchers from Digital Shadows have published the findings of their recent study in a white paper titled “From Exposure to Takeover: The 15 billion stolen credentials allowing account takeover.”
The report reveals startling details of the extent to which sensitive banking and social media credentials are selling on the Dark Web nowadays.
https://www.hackread.com/dark-web-15-billion-credentials-100000-data-breaches/
WATCH: Marine catches toddler thrown from burning building
There's nothing more terrifying than imagining yourself trapped in a burning building, unable to escape … until you imagine being trapped in there with your children.
According to multiple news sources, that's exactly what happened in Phoenix, Arizona, last week. A mother and her two children were in a third-story apartment when flames presumably rendered the exits inoperable, forcing the woman to the balcony. Bystanders encouraged her to throw her baby from the balcony and when she did, 28-year-old Marine turned security guard Phillip Blanks sprinted in, dove and caught the boy milliseconds before he would have hit the ground.
Via Twitter:
WATCH: When a 3-year-old boy was dropped from the third story of a burning building in Arizona, a former football p… https://t.co/sFvAdvn1FY
— CBS News (@CBS News)1594309488.0
https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/marine-hero
BOOM! President Trump Threatens to “Re-Examine Tax Status” Of “Universities and School Systems” Indoctrinating Students With Leftist Propaganda Instead Of Educating Them
In 2017, Campus Reform took a trip to Harvard University, where they asked America’s “brightest” students who is the bigger threat to Americans, President Trump or ISIS?
The responses from the Harvard students were stunning.
Princeton University, another “prestigious” Ivy League school, came under fire when in 2017, one of their professors, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, gave a commencement speech calling President Trump a “racist, sexist, megalomaniac.”
https://100percentfedup.com/boom-president-trump-threatens-to-re-examine-tax-status-of-universities-and-school-systems-indoctrinating-students-with-leftist-propaganda-instead-of-educating-them/
I don't think Trump makes empty threats…kekeke
Blues master B.B. King performs "The Thrill Is Gone" in Chicago at the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival. The Crossroads Guitar Festival is a music festival and concert that benefits the Crossroads Centre, a drug treatment center located in Antigua, founded by Eric Clapton in 1998.
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone [Crossroads 2010] (Official Live Video)
LinkedIn sued for spying on Apple users using device apps
Developers, testers of Apple’s most recent mobile operating system found LinkedIn’s application was secretly reading users’ data
‘LinkedIn has not only been spying on its users, it has been spying on their nearby computers and other devices,’ the lawsuit claims
Microsoft’s LinkedIn programmed its iPhone and iPad applications to divert sensitive information without users’ knowledge, according to a class-action lawsuit.
The apps use Apple’s Universal Clipboard to read and siphon the data, and can draw information from other Apple devices, according to the complaint filed Friday in San Francisco federal court.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3092770/linkedin-sued-spying-apple-users-using-device-apps
Coronavirus: French bus driver dies after being attacked by passengers for telling them to wear masks
Philippe Monguillot, 59, was left brain-dead by the attack in the southwestern town of Bayonne last weekend and died in hospital on Friday
Two men have been charged with attempted murder for beating the driver, who had asked passengers to wear masks in line with coronavirus rules
A French bus driver who was badly beaten by passengers after asking them to wear face masks in line with coronavirus rules has died, his family said, sparking tributes from political leaders who condemned his “cowardly” attackers.
Philippe Monguillot, 59, was left brain-dead by the attack in the southwestern town of Bayonne last weekend and died in hospital on Friday, his daughter Marie said, after his family decided to switch off his life-support system.
“We decided to let him go. The doctors were in favour and we were as well,” she said.
Two men have been charged with attempted murder over the attack and prosecutor Jerome Bourrier said that he would ask for the charges to be upgraded following Monguillot’s death.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3092768/coronavirus-french-bus-driver-dies-after-being-attacked
Hispanic CEO of Goya Foods Won’t Apologize, Refuses To Back Down After Leftists Try To Destroy His Business For Crime Of Supporting Trump [VIDEO]
Yesterday, Rober Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods was a guest of President Trump at the White House, where he took part in a discussion surrounding Trump’s White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative.
During his visit, Goya spoke to the media, telling them how all Americans are “truly blessed to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder.” Goya then compared President Trump to his immigrant grandfather, “And that’s what my grandfather did—he was a builder,” he said.
CEO of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue: "We're all truly blessed to have a leader like President @realDonaldTrump" pic.twitter.com/vqMP4C3rqb
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) July 9, 2020
https://100percentfedup.com/hispanic-ceo-of-goya-foods-wont-apologize-refuses-to-back-down-after-leftists-try-to-destroy-his-business-for-crime-of-supporting-trump-video/
https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1281323161192148992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Kazakhstan health ministry rejects Chinese claim of ‘unknown, deadlier pneumonia’
Ministry says Chinese embassy misunderstood official count, which includes unspecified cases
WHO says it not aware of new emerging disease circulating in the Central Asian nation
Kazakhstan’s health ministry has dismissed a Chinese embassy warning that the Central Asian nation had an outbreak of an “unknown” pneumonia that was deadlier than the new coronavirus, saying it was a misunderstanding of the official count.
In a statement on its Facebook page on Friday, the ministry said the information given by the Chinese embassy was “incorrect”.
The statement came a day after the Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan issued a warning to Chinese citizens about pneumonia of unknown cause in the country.
“In the first half of this year, 1,772 have died of pneumonia in Kazakhstan and 628 died in June alone, including Chinese citizens,” the Chinese embassy said.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3092670/kazakhstan-health-ministry-rejects-chinese-claim