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‘Hitler’s favorite alligator’ dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 A legendary alligator that survived World War II and was said to have been Adolf Hitler’s favorite has finally breathed his last in Moscow. “Our Mississippi alligator Saturn has died of old age,” Moscow Zoo announced on social media on Saturday. The venerable reptile was believed to be aged around 84, which is an impressive feat, given that such creatures live for only 30 to 50 years in the wild. Unlike his non-captive cousins, the Mississippi ’gator had quite a memorable and eventful life. //www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMoscowZoo%2Fvideos%2F1116975105362294&show_text=false Born in the United States in 1936, he was gi...

French industrialist calls for 5G MORATORIUM amid Covid-19, conspiracy theories & burning of masts The CEO of French telecoms firm Bouygues has called on the government to postpone auctions for 5G frequencies, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and public mistrust of the technology. France is planning on auctioning 5G frequencies to telecoms companies at the end of the summer. However, Martin Bouygues, head of the eponymous communications firm, now thinks that bidding should be pushed back to the end of the year at the earliest. Also on rt.com DHS & FBI fear more attacks on 5G infrastructure fueled by Covid-19 conspiracies “We need to push back the auction date simply because the economic world t...

‘NO QUESTION’ US in COLD WAR 2 with China – Florida senator The US is “absolutely” engaged in a new Cold War with China, Florida Senator Rick Scott declared, accusing Beijing of plotting “world domination.” Meanwhile, Washington’s anti-China stance goes all the way to the White House. Speaking to talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Friday, the Florida Republican slammed Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and its economic policies. Asked whether relations between the two superpowers had entered a “Cold War 2” phase, Scott replied “absolutely.” “There’s no question about it,” he said. “They’re in for world domination. They take our jobs, they take our technology, they put people in prison for their religion.” ...

Over 2 million infected with Covid-19 in Europe – AFP tally Europe has recorded two million cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, according to a tally by the AFP news agency. The continent was the epicenter of the pandemic until cases skyrocketed in the United States. Europe passed the two million mark on Saturday, meaning the continent now accounts for nearly two-fifths of the world’s confirmed cases. New infections and deaths have fallen in the worst-stricken European countries. As summer approaches, lockdown measures have been relaxed, and Spain – the world’s fourth-worst affected country – will reopen for international tourism from July onwards, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday. Greece, Portugal and Italy will all welcome visitors a...

Statue of Liberty-sized ASTEROID barrelling towards Earth as six space rocks set to skim past A huge asteroid that’s roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty is set to fly past Earth on Saturday. The enormous object is among a clutch of six space rocks that will whizz past our planet this weekend. The largest of the half-dozen space visitors is dubbed 2020 JX and it measures up to 100 meters in diameter, making it around the same size as the icon on Liberty island in New York.  NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is tracking the flying chunk of space material in case it poses any danger to our planet. Thankfully, its calculations forecast that the space boulder will safely pass by at a speed of nearly 18,000 miles per hour at around 1...

FIRST coronavirus death confirmed in Gaza, as Palestinian territories lift lockdown The death of a 77-year-old woman in the Gaza Strip marks the enclave’s first coronavirus fatality, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. The illness has so far claimed three lives across the Palestinian territories. The victim, who had been suffering from a prior illness, recently entered Gaza from Egypt and was quarantined on arrival. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced her death on Saturday. The woman is the first coronavirus patient to die in the 41km-long patch of territory, whose 1.8 million residents are walled off from Israel to the north and east, and from Egypt to the south. Three deaths have now been recorded by the authorities in Gaza and the West ...

US Navy touts high-powered LASER WEAPON & shoots down drone in first at-sea demonstration (VIDEO) The US Navy has shown off a much-anticipated advanced laser weapon system, capable of blinding enemy sensors and downing aircraft. It was seen in action for the first time as it disabled a drone in mid-flight. The first glimpse of the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) was a brief video clip shared by the Navy on Friday, in which the solid-state laser takes down an unmanned aircraft in its first-ever test at sea. The laser is fixed atop the USS Portland, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, currently deployed near Pearl Harbor. //www.youtube.com/embed/xP94wR-wq4g “By conducting advance...

Gamer training platform that uses AI & cognitive science secures big investment while lockdown makes esports hot Cash might be tight for many industries amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but not when it comes to the ever-evolving esports industry. Take Statespace, a platform that trains gamers which has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Launched in 2017 together with Aim Lab, a product that replicates the standard physics of first person shooter games to help players practice, Statespace has multiple products addressing various aspects affecting gameplay, such as visual acumen and reaction time. Created initially by neuroscientists from New York University, Statespace describes itself as “using cognitive science and artificial intelligence to revo...

CCTV video appears to show PIA plane that crashed in Karachi EXPLODE The moment of the Pakistan International Airlines A320 plane crashing in a crowded Karachi neighborhood on Friday seems to have been caught by CCTV footage posted to social media. The plane with 99 people on board crashed Friday morning less than a kilometer from the airport where it was attempting to land, hitting a building tail-first. While the moment of impact is not seen on the video, the fireball from impact is certainly visible, as is the resulting plume of dark smoke. //www.youtube.com/embed/tIUIn7320Gg It’s not clear what caused the crash; PIA CEO Arshad Malik confirmed with local media that the plane had been cleared to land...

Hollywood producer charged with defrauding Covid-19 aid program, stealing from studio Prosecutors in New York and Los Angeles have charged William Sadleir, former chair of Aviron Pictures, with defrauding both studio investors and the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program to pay for personal expenses. Sadleir took more than $25 million from Aviron to buy a $14 million mansion in Beverly Hills, California and other personal expenses, according to a criminal indictment in New York. Another case, brought against him in Los Angeles, accuses the producer of taking $1.7 million in PPP loans – intended for small businesses to survive the Covid-19 pandemic – and using them to make car and credit card payments.  According to New York prosecutors, Sa...