The Daily Populous

Tuesday January 23rd, 2024 day edition

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The CIA released another video Monday appealing to Russians disillusioned with the country’s leaders, offering them a way to pass secrets to the American spy agency.

Titled “Why I contacted CIA: the motherland,” the Russian-language video, posted on Telegram and other social media platforms, attempts to connect with Russians’ sense of patriotism and the disparity between soldiers’ making sacrifices on the battlefield and the comfortable lives of the country’s elites.

The CIA posted two similar videos last year on social media.

“We are seeing more outreach from Russians as a result of these videos,” a CIA spokesperson said.

“If it weren’t working, we wouldn’t be on video number three.”.

He talked of cosmonauts and scientific achievements that the whole world admired,” the narrator says in the three-minute video.

At the end of the video, the narrator decides he will honor his father’s example and build a future for his son, contacting the CIA secretly on his mobile phone. »

Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border

Authored by apnews.com

His spokesman said the absence of razor wire and other deterrents encourages migrants to risk unsafe crossings and makes the job of Texas border personnel more difficult.

The White House applauded the order, which was handed down after a federal appeals court last month had forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire.

Texas officials have argued that federal agents cut the wire to help groups crossing illegally through the river before taking them in for processing. »

Supreme Court allows Biden administration to remove razor wire on US-Mexico border in 5-4 vote

Authored by edition.cnn.com

The Supreme Court is allowing US Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire deployed by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s security initiative at the US-Mexico border while the state’s legal challenge to the practice plays out.

Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, said that while the order is a victory for the Biden administration, the delay in issuing it raises future questions.

Biden acknowledged to reporters on Friday that the border “is not” secure, calling on lawmakers to “Give me the money!” »

Scientists make Alzheimer’s breakthrough

Authored by circledseven.com

Scientists have hailed a potentially ‘revolutionary’ breakthrough in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, after a team of Swedish researchers.

found that a commercially available blood test can detect biological markers of the disease about ten to 15 years before symptoms develop.

“It is possible that currently available treatments for Alzheimer’s disease would work better in those diagnosed early this way.”. »

Palworld Developer Says It’s Receiving Death Threats

Authored by insider-gaming.com

According to multiple people from developer PocketPair, developers and artists of Palworld have been receiving death threats.

“However, you’ll excuse me if I skip over the death threats, threats to the company and massively outlandish claims.”.

“Currently, we are receiving slanderous comments against our artists, and we are seeing tweets that appear to be death threats,” he said. »