The Daily Populous

Tuesday February 18th, 2025 morning edition

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the rhetoric of the United States is now aimed at pleasing Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and speeding up the conclusion of a certain "peace deal".

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD, as reported by European Pravda.

Details: Zelenskyy commented on the possibility of territorial concessions to Russia in the upcoming "peace talks," emphasising that Ukraine "will not surrender its territories legally".

He also expressed confidence that the parts of his country that Russia had conquered and annexed in violation of international law would one day become part of Ukraine's national territory again.

"The US is saying things today that are very pleasing to Putin.

Zelenskyy also believes that Ukraine's potential NATO membership must be part of the negotiation process to end the war.

Earlier, he acknowledged that the exchange of territories occupied by Kyiv and Moscow could be a subject of potential peace talks with Russia. »

Dallas Police Refuses to Join ICE Immigration Raids, Launches Outreach Meetings with Migrants Instead

Authored by latintimes.com

The meetings began on Wednesday and will feature the city's Office of Community Police Oversight and faith-based community groups.

"The Dallas Police Department is not assisting any federal agency on detaining people that are either documented or undocumented in the city of Dallas.

"There's a lot of false information on social media about the Dallas Police Department working directly with ICE and others. »

Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Authored by theguardian.com
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A Jewish man in Miami Beach is facing charges of attempted murder following accusations that he opened fire on two men he believed were Palestinians but reportedly turned out to be Israeli visitors.

Brafman allegedly fired 17 times, striking one victim in the left shoulder and grazing the other’s left forearm.

“This just the latest example of the hate targeting the Palestinian-American community in this country and Palestinians in their homeland. »

GTA 6: Rockstar is reportedly planning Roblox/Fortnite-style user-generated content

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

Rockstar has reportedly met with top Roblox and Fortnite creators about the potential to build custom game experiences inside GTA 6.

It’s claimed that Rockstar is planning to allow creators to modify GTA 6’s game environment and assets to bring their own intellectual property into its sandbox.

Notably, in 2023 Rockstar acquired CFX.RE, the group behind some of GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2’s most popular modding tools. »

IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data

Authored by theguardian.com

The US federal tax collection agency is reportedly preparing to give a team member of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge), which has already gutted several federal agencies and sparked multiple lawsuits, access to personal taxpayer data.

The request, which is reportedly under review, would give Doge officials “broad access to tax-agency systems, property and datasets, including tax returns”.

One of these, the integrated data retrieval system (IDRS), gives tax agency employees the ability to see IRS accounts and bank information, the Washington Post reported. »