The Daily Populous

On Friday, a federal judge in Washington, DC sentenced a veteran GOP operative to 18 months in prison for funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

The court found that he and another GOP operative accepted $100,000 from Roman Vasilenko, a St. Petersburg-based influencer who wanted photos with Trump to display on his social media accounts.

At the event, Vasilenko was allowed to sit close to Trump at a roundtable discussion and later took a photo with him. »

The number of islands in Japan is expected to more than double after 7,000 new islands it didn't know existed were discovered.

The nation currently comprises 6,852 islands, but that figure dates back to a 1987 study conducted by the Japan Coast Guard.

The news is part of a report that the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan is expected to release next month. »

Meta allowed a Moldovan oligarch, sanctioned by the US, to run paid Facebook ads, per AP.

Meta allowed an exiled Moldovan oligarch, who is on the US sanctions list over his ties to the Kremlin, to run Facebook ads promoting protests and uprisings against the country's pro-Western government, the Associated Press reported.

The paid Facebook ads featured oligarch Ilan Shor, who now lives in Israel after being convicted of massive financial fraud. »

But it has also been fighting on its own territory and unable to reach far into Russia.

After that, civilians were spared only in wars that did not last long and were fought away from cities.

Such wars inevitably become attritional, as stocks of equipment and ammunition are depleted and troop losses mount. »