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Russia Today
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Terrorist plot foiled in Russia's Kaliningrad
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the arrest of a suspect who allegedly planned to carry out a terrorist attack on a Victory Day parade in the western exclave of Kaliningrad on May 9. According to a press release by the agency on Friday, the 25-year-old voluntarily joined a terrorist organization and intended to detonate an explosive device on the route of a parade column of military personnel. The orders were reportedly given to the suspect by a Ukrainian on the messenger Telegram, as confirmed by his correspondence with an alleged member of the organization. The suspect has now been arrested and faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of assisting terrorist activity and assisting sabotage. A video published by the FSB along with the press release shows security personnel arresting the suspect, as well as his confession. In the clip, the detained man admitted that in April he had contacted a person located in Ukraine and was given the task of surveilling the parade rehearsal at Victory Square in Kaliningrad. On May 5, several days before the parade, the suspect said he had taken pictures of where people and military equipment were gathered, for which he received $150 in cryptocurrency. The Ukrainian then allegedly instructed the man to place an explosive device and promised him a $205,000 reward. The alleged terrorist plot is one of several that were reportedly planned by Ukrainian operatives ahead of Victory Day celebrations in Russia earlier this month. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin also informed his US counterpart Donald Trump that Russia's security services had foiled several terrorist attacks near the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow ahead of the May 9 events. According to presidential aide Yury Ushakov, the Russian leader told Trump that Ukraine had 'directly threatened foreign participants in the [Victory Day] festivities [and] attempted to... prevent their arrival in Moscow.' Previously, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky had stated that Kiev could not guarantee the safety of foreign officials visiting the Russian capital. This warning was followed by more than 500 kamikaze drones and UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles being launched by Ukraine's forces targeting multiple Russian regions, including the capital. Putin reportedly told Trump that the 'masterminds behind those threats [are] those who celebrate Nazi criminals,' according to Ushakov.
Times
20-05-2025
- General
- Times
I was alone on shift when Newark air traffic control went dark
A 39-year-old New Yorker was the only air traffic controller on duty for Newark Liberty international airport when the system blacked out on May 9, leaving planes stranded in the air for 90 seconds. The incident, one of multiple blackouts that have hit the airport, left her so traumatised she is on leave. Speaking in detail for the first time, but anonymously for fear of criticism from members of the public, she tells The Times how her worst nightmare unfolded, and why she is worried this is just the beginning of the crisis at America's second busiest airport. Just before 4am on May 9, I was sitting at my desk at air traffic control for Newark, the only operator on deck. It was my last
Wall Street Journal
14-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
U.S. Crude Oil Supplies Rise Unexpectedly
U.S. crude oil inventories posted an unexpected build last week, while product stocks fell amid higher demand, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Commercial crude oil stocks excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve rose by 3.5 million barrels to 441.8 million barrels in the week ended May 9, and were about 6% below the five-year average for the time of year, the EIA said. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would fall by 1.8 million barrels.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
America the Beautiful: Remembering the heritage of freedom of faith, conscience and belief for all
May 10 (UPI) -- May 9th, my children and I brought our balls and bikes to the neighborhood park on the perfect spring afternoon. Cotton candy clouds dotted the clear blue sky, the sun shined warmly and a small breeze gracefully shook birch leaves. The park has an amphitheater. In the summer, it hosts open concerts in the evenings, sometimes families gather for big picnics. I've seen weddings held there, as the park is right behind the town courthouse. Today, a sea of people covered the amphitheater lawn in concentric semicircles: grandmothers, mothers, grandfathers, fathers, teenagers, little toddlers and babies. They were dressed in translucent, pure white, cotton shawls. It was as if the clouds had come down to earth. Looking closer, we saw colorful variations under their traditional white shawl. Some wore full white wrap-around dresses and white button down shirts decorated with crosses. Some women wore bright orange, green and yellow dresses under their pure white shawls. Some of the younger boys wore sweatshirts and khakis, an ensemble they completed with their white shawl wrapped around their shoulders. Together, they raised their voices in prayer and song -- openly carrying out a worship service in the local park. Later, my son played a pick up basketball game with a few of the boys. They explained that it was "Mother Mary's Birthday." May 9th, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Lideta Maryam. I was moved to witness this sight. What a beautiful nation I live in. Here, in this nation families can openly and safely carry on the traditions, garments, and faith from their home country, and pass them down to their children. This nation is built on layers and layers of immigrants from around the world, people seeking to raise their families in peace, to pursue opportunity, to live with dignity with their fundamental freedoms and rights safeguarded and honored. I come from Flushing Queens. Nestled next to the Margret Carmen Green in downtown Flushing is the Bowne House. The unassuming house is the historical site where the Flushing Remonstrance was signed in 1657. The Remonstrance was a citizen declaration standing up for the freedom of worship and assembly for all, "Jews, Turks, Egyptians," "Presbyterian, Independent, Baptist or Quaker." Today, the neighborhoods around Parsons Boulevard would make the signers proud. A Catholic Church, the Free Synagogue of Flushing, the Hindu Temple Society, a Russian Orthodox Church, the Sheik Center of New York and the Muslim Center are just a few of the notable houses of worship that operate side by side. This is the beauty of the nation. America the Beautiful -- from the white clad Ethiopian Orthodox Christians carrying on the traditions that they carried with them from their home country when they came here to pursue freedom and opportunity, to the Americanized versions of the faiths from the old country, the Free Synagogue and the Baptists, to those who embrace an indigenous faith, and those who choose no faith, this nation is beautiful. From sea to shining sea, this nation protects the conscience of all people, and allows them to shine and sparkle in their unique color, and seek to live and build a nation befitting the call of our conscience to the best of our ability.
CTV News
10-05-2025
- CTV News
Police investigating after man shows up at hospital with gun shot wound
Video Toronto Police say a man showed up with a gun shot wound in his leg on the evening of May 9. It is unknown where or when the shooting occurred.
