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The story of an American who claims to have trained crows to snatch the famous red “Make America Great Again” caps worn by Trump’s supporters has ignited social media and sparked an intense debate about the intelligence of birds/animals and the limits of ethics. Known online as @biz_dave, the man posted a detailed journal of the process on Threads, describing step by step how he managed to turn wild birds into small “retrievers” of objects, according to IBTimes UK. His strategy would have started with simple aspects: constant food, in the same place, to gain the trust of the local…
NATO is going through its most severe crisis in history, after US President Donald Trump made threats regarding Greenland. The former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, urges that Trump should no longer be “flattered” and warns that firmness is the only language the American leader respects. “It’s not just a crisis for NATO, it’s a crisis for the entire transatlantic community and a challenge to the world, to the international order we know since World War II”, Rasmussen stated in a telephone interview for AFP, from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. The former…
A new restrictive mechanism has been proposed in Russia — this time, on payments within computer and mobile games. It is about a voluntary limitation of expenses, including for the purchase of virtual currency, items, and other digital options. The initiative belongs to the Vice President of the State Duma, Vladislav Davankov, and deputies Sardana Avksentieva and Yaroslav Samylin. The three have sent an official request to the Minister for Digital Transformation, Maksut Shadaev, reports RIA Novosti. The authors of the proposal emphasize that these transactions represent the main source of income for most modern games. Producers encourage impulsive spending…
Rafael Grossi, the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on Tuesday that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has completely lost its external power supply. He conveyed that facilities “vital for nuclear safety” were hit, adding that the power lines leading to other plants were also damaged, notes Moscow Times. We remind you that in February 2025, Ukraine reported a Russian drone attack on the outer isolation vessel of the power plant. At the end of December, the IAEA stated that the isolation structure had already lost its key radiation isolation functions. On January 17, the Main…
Washington and Kiev will not sign an 800 billion dollar agreement on the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as previously planned, a Ukrainian source told Axios. According to the source, the Presidents of the USA and Ukraine, Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski, were supposed to sign the document, but the meeting between the two leaders, where the signing was supposed to take place, was cancelled. At the same time, an American source told the publication that no dates for the signing of the agreement had been set, and the plan itself still requires refinements.…
For the third year in a row, the Russian Government continues to sell gold from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) to cover the federal budget deficit, to finance state banks, and to support national mega-projects. According to data published by the Ministry of Finance, between 2022 and 2025, the amount of gold in the NWF’s balance sheet has decreased by 71%. On January 1, 2026, the fund only held 160.2 tons of gold in non-personalized accounts at the Central Bank, compared to 554.9 tons in May 2022. In 2023, the fund’s gold reserves decreased by 196 tons (approximately 35%), and…
The European Parliament has decided to suspend the ratification process of the trade agreement between the European Union and the USA, following recent threats from the American President, Donald Trump, confirmed on Tuesday by the main European parliamentary political groups, according to AFP, quoted by Agerpres. There is a “majority agreement” among political groups to freeze the trade agreement concluded last year between the United States and the EU, stated the leader of the S&D group, Iratxe Garcia Perez, in front of journalists. The European People’s Party (EPP) group, the largest in the European Parliament, confirmed the suspension of discussions…
Donald Trump reportedly plans to propose to Europeans at the World Economic Forum in Davos a 99-year lease contract for Greenland, or granting a preferential status to the island’s inhabitants, similar to that of Puerto Rico, according to sources cited by Kyiv Post. This would mean that Greenlanders would become American citizens with full bilateral access and trade privileges. They would be exempt from US income tax, except in cases where they move to the mainland – an idea that marketing consultants say could be sold as a prosperity package for the island’s approximately 56,000 inhabitants. The US President has…
The President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, announced on Monday evening, in a televised speech addressed to the nation, that he will resign from office to officially enter the electoral race. The decision comes after weeks of speculation about his intention to launch a political project, namely to establish his own party. “I will resign from the position of President of the Republic of Bulgaria. I am convinced that Vice President Iliana Yotova will be a worthy head of state. We are facing a decisive battle for the future of our country. We are prepared, we can and we will succeed,”…
Vladimir Putin does not see the war in Ukraine as an endgame, but as a stage. Even in the event of a peace agreement, Western analysts consulted by The Sun warn that the Kremlin leader might use the break to regroup, rebuild his military capacity, and strike again – perhaps even directly at NATO’s flank. One name constantly returns in expert analyses: Narva, a small Estonian town on the border with Russia, with a predominantly Russian-speaking population and an extremely sensitive strategic position. “There are all the signs that Putin considers 2026 as his moment,” says Tim Wilsey, a former…