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Foreign intelligence services try to initiate communication with members of the Slovak parliament and thus influence events in the country, says Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď (OĽaNO) According to the minister, the Military Intelligence primarily focuses on eliminating activities of the Russian and Chinese intelligence services. Foreign agents try to contact MPs, senior state officials and senior members of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic. You have just exceeded the number of devices allowed. Your active subscription only allows a limited number of browsers to access locked content. To continue reading this article on this device/browser, please edit the list of registered devices in your profile settings here: manage devices You can read all about device management here . The rest of this article is premium content at Spectator.sk Subscribe now for full access Subscription for 4 weeks 4 € Buy Subscription for 1 years 39,90 € Buy … [Read more...] about Defence Minister warns MPs against foreign agents

The reflections of a 12-year-old refugee from the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be published this fall. Yeva Skalietska's book is called “You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine.” Union Square & Co. will release her account Oct. 25. “Everyone knows what the word ‘war’ means, but practically no one knows what this word really represents,” Skalietska said in a statement released Wednesday. “I want the world to know what we have experienced.” Skalietska's book begins with her 12th birthday, shortly before the Russians attacked on Feb. 24. She had been living in Kharkiv with her grandmother when the bombing began. (Yeva's parents separated when she was a baby, and her grandmother has raised her). “She describes the bombings they endured while sheltering underground, and their desperate journey to West Ukraine. She shares her confusion about why the Russians would attack them, since she speaks Russian and follows many of their customs,” … [Read more...] about Diary of 12-year-old Ukrainian refugee to be released

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 As Bay Area residents continue to see inflation at the gas pump and checkout registers, the price of buying a home is also going up , even as demand is starting to cool. And with mortgage rates also rising , what home buyers could have afforded just six months ago may now be out of reach. According to a new report from real estate listings site Zillow, rising rates have had a particularly dramatic impact in the pricey Bay Area, with average monthly mortgage payments more than 50% higher than what they were just one year ago. “Home prices in the Bay Area have shot up since the pandemic, but historically low mortgage rates have kept monthly payments somewhat affordable,” said Matt Kreamer, data spokesperson for Zillow, in an email. “Now that rates are ballooning, more and more people are being priced out.” According to Zillow data, the monthly mortgage payment for a … [Read more...] about With mortgage rates spiking, how much more do Bay Area home buyers pay now for the same home?

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 13 LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people are returning to England's Glastonbury Festival as the five-day music and performing arts event reopened Wednesday for the first time in three years after being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival, which is marking its 50th anniversary, has 3,000 performers scheduled, including Billie Eilish, Diana Ross, Kendrick Lamar and Paul McCartney. McCartney's weekend gig will make him, at age 80, the festival's oldest solo headline performer. Festival-goers started lining up to enter the gates at Worthy Farm in Somerset, southwest England, early Wednesday. Many struggled to get to the site because the festival coincided with the largest rail strike that Britain has seen in decades. Just 60% of trains were expected to run on Wednesday, with more walkouts planned for Thursday and … [Read more...] about UK’s Glastonbury Festival welcomes back fans after pandemic

Rio Ferdinand has called for a new social media platform to be set up as he criticised tech giants for failing to get a grip on bullying and “toxic behaviours”. The former England footballer, who suffered racial abuse as a child, said he wanted to stop his daughters going through the same experience. He also backed the Government’s Online Safety Bill , which will allow Ofcom to fine companies up to 10% of their turnover if they fail to protect children online. Ferdinand said: “Passing the online Bill will be a good start, making the social media platforms accountable for a lot of the online hate. Recommended Train strike: Stations deserted as UK grinds to halt “Social media companies haven’t reacted in the positive way we anticipated they would, given some of the big news stories that have happened around social media and toxic behaviours. “Hopefully the online Bill will help that – I don’t think it will eradicate everything completely, but we … [Read more...] about Rio Ferdinand calls for new ‘inspiring’ online platform to combat child bullying

Zendaya has been forced to shut down rumours that she’s pregnant , after fans posted prank TikTok videos about her expecting a child. The 25-year-old actor acknowledged she’s been trending on Twitter , due to the pregnancy rumours, in her Instagram Story on Wednesday. “See no, this is why I stay off Twitter…” she wrote. “Just making stuff up for no reason..weekly”. In her following story, she wrote, “anyhow, back to filming”, along with a tennis ball emoji, referring to how she’s been shooting for her new sports drama movie, Challengers . She then shared a photo of someone’s legs, as they wore a pair of white sneakers and had a tennis racket in their hand. Recommended Anne Hathaway and Zendaya praised as ‘iconic’ after starring in Bulgari short film together ‘Breathtakingly gorgeous’: Zendaya wears vintage Bob Mackie gown for TIME 100 Gala Zendaya did her own makeup for the Oscars red carpet The rumour first … [Read more...] about Zendaya forced to deny she’s pregnant after trending on Twitter due to viral TikTok prank

A woman has gone viral online after sharing a video of herself cutting a lemon at work, only to realise the lemon was still intact upon second glance. Now, the internet is calling the video the “best evidence” to prove there’s a glitch in the simulation . Jade Gonzalez shared the surveillance footage of the incident to TikTok , where it has since gained more than three million views. Gonzalez – who goes by the username @kahootdaddy777 on the app – showed herself slicing lemons while working at her family’s Mexican restaurant when the supposed “glitch” occurred. “The craziest s*** happened to me earlier,” she began the TikTok. “There was a glitch in the system. I’m going to show you guys a video, okay?” In the surveillance video, Gonzalez is seen grabbing a lemon and cutting it in half. She cuts one piece of the lemon in half once more, and walks away to grab a small bag. When she returns, she picks up the lemon only to find that it was no longer cut in half. … [Read more...] about Woman reveals ‘glitch in the simulation’ after showing surveillance footage of herself cutting a lemon at work

Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter is “biased against half of the country”. The multibillionaire, who is set to purchase the social media company for $44 billion, made the allegation in response to the claim made by viral Twitter account LibsofTikTok – ran by former real estate salesperson Chaya Raichik – that she was receiving death threats on Twitter. The account, which has been described as a “ wire service for the broader right-wing media ecosystem ,” by Media Matters, shares content from TikTok on Twitter. It currently has 1.9 million followers. Ms Raichik claimed that she had been receiving “about a dozen” death threats on Twitter, but the social media company “has not removed any of the accounts of those who sent the threats.” However, one user apparently sent a threat as a “joke” to “satari[se] similar messages the account received. Recommended Elon Musk denies claims he exposed himself to flight attendant What are Elon Musk’s … [Read more...] about Elon Musk claims Twitter is ‘biased against half of the country’

Half of Gen Z claim social media is the only place they can truly be themselves, according to a poll that also found young adults are using platforms like Tiktok to make it appear their lives are more exciting than in reality. A study of 1,000 people aged between 18 and 25 found more than one-fifth generally did not like to expose their true personality, with three in 10 being more self-expressive online. As many as 58 per cent found having an online presence made them feel more comfortable in their own skin, while 34 per cent thought this was made easier by taking on a persona. Lack of confidence (55 per cent), pressure from society (34 per cent) and judgement from others (42 per cent) were among the top reasons why young people struggled with being themselves. Half owned up to having a “secret” alter ego they hid behind, and a similar proportion used social media to try and make their life seem more exciting than it really is. Recommended ‘Shy’ 6ft … [Read more...] about Half of Gen Z ‘use social media to make themselves look more interesting’

An American ranch has apologised to 26-year-old Remi Bader after the TikTok star and curve model was body-shamed by an employee last weekend. Bader – who has previously opened up about seeking treatment for an eating disorder – was part of a group of influencers that visited Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, US over the weekend (11-12 June). The press trip was organised by Hampton Water, Jon Bon Jovi’s rosé brand. However, in a TikTok video, Bader said she wasn’t allowed to go horseback riding as she was over the ranch’s weight limits. The text on her post read: “Shoutout to Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, [New York] for making me leave because I weigh over 240 [lbs].” In the caption, Bader clarified she has experience riding horses, but “never had this issue” before. She also suggested that Deep Hollow “advertise this on your signs for the future”. Recommended Schoolboy almost dies from swallowing magnets for TikTok challenge Woman shares … [Read more...] about Horse ranch apologises to TikTok star who was ‘body-shamed’ by ‘teenage employee’