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The tech entrepreneur has accused WhatsApp of ‘consumer fraud’ over its backup practices · RT composite. © Getty Images / Tero Vesalainen / nantonov · Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has accused WhatsApp of misleading users about privacy, arguing that Telegram offers stronger protection for sensitive content. · The Russian tech entrepreneur has repeatedly criticized Meta-owned WhatsApp’s security model, dismissing…

The global shock from energy, food, and trade disruption threatens the well-being of people in 162 countries, according to a UN report · Displaced Palestinians offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in a Palestinian displaced persons camp on April 10, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. ©  Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images · The US-Israeli war against Iran could push up to 32 million people into poverty worldwide, despite the current tentative ceasefire,…

Russian forces continue to advance and are nearing the Donetsk People’s Republic’s borders, Dmitry Peskov has said · FILE PHOTO. ©  Stanislav Krasilnikov;  RIA Novosti · Russian forces only have a few kilometers left before Donbass has been liberated, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. · Speaking to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday, Peskov was asked to comment on a…

Washington should accept Tehran’s terms or face a stalemate after the failed talks, Ebrahim Azizi has told RT · Iran will levy tolls on ships from ‘hostile’ countries crossing the Strait of Hormuz as compensation for damage caused by sanctions and US-Israeli strikes, Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said. · Speaking to RT on Sunday following US-Iran talks in…

The billionaire weighed in on Viktor Orban’s defeat in the parliamentary election · A billionaire investor George Soros meets with EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker in Brussels, Belgium, on April 27, 2017. © Getty Images · The pro-EU Tisza party’s victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Hungarian election means that the country has essentially been taken over by the Soros network, Elon Musk has said. · In a post on X…

Peter Magyar’s decisive win will reshape Hungary’s relations with both East and West · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban casts his ballot in Budapest on April 12, 2026. ©  NurPhoto / Getty Images · Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has pulled off a stunning victory, with his Tisza party beating Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s FIdesz by more than 16 points. The result is set to dramatically change Hungary’s…

Frank Bergman · A chilling new report is raising fresh alarm over how far elite-backed science may be willing to go, revealing that some researchers are openly discussing the possibility of growing “brainless” human body clones for future use by wealthy individuals who are aging or dying. · The idea sounds like dystopian fiction. · However, according to a new investigation, a billionaire-backed startup has been tied to discussions…

Ukraine risks disappearing from the world map if draft evasion continues, Kirill Budanov has claimed · Vladimir Zelensky's Chief of Staff Kirill Budanov. ©  Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images · Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff Kirill Budanov has acknowledged that mobilization has created what he called a “huge” problem in Ukrainian society, exposing an increasing gap between Kiev’s calls to “fight until victory” and…

The move comes after Madrid accused Israel of breaching a ceasefire with “indiscriminate bombings” in Lebanon · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ©  Taylor Hill/Getty Images · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at Spain over what he described as repeated opposition to Israel and the “defaming” of the military after Madrid slammed the IDF over the recent strikes in Lebanon. · In a video…

Israel has condemned the display as “appalling anti-Semitic hatred” and summoned Madrid’s chargé d’affaires · ©  X / IsraelMFA · Israel has condemned Spain after a fireworks-filled effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up during an Easter festival in the southern town of El Burgo. · The long-strained ties between Madrid and West Jerusalem have deteriorated even further in light of the US-Israeli attack…