Jack Teixeira
Washington D.C./14.04.23/Turan: U.S. authorities on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old air guardsman in connection to the leak of classified documents online, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters at the Justice Department that Jack Teixeira was an Airman First Class with the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. He will have an initial appearance before the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
The documents which have captured the attention of the world since leaking into the broader public sphere last week, detail the affairs of U.S. allied countries and the war in Ukraine, among other national security matters.
Among the latest revelations from the leaked documents that have been circulating on social media on Thursday are also details of infighting in the Russian government.
Alex Raufoglu
Politics
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On 15 November, a group of activists held a protest at the COP29 climate conference against the environmental pollution in Africa and the destruction of the continent's ecology by large companies. The activists also expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that a part of the revenues from mining is not channelled into the restoration of nature's damage.
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An action against environmental pollution took place at the COP29 climate conference venue.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on the occasion of the ‘National Holiday of the State of Palestine’.
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The global climate policy process is no longer fit for purpose and requires comprehensive overhaul to ensure planetary stability and a liveable future for humanity. This is the urgent message of an open letter to the Member States of the UN and Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Secretariat Simon Stiell signed by a group of prominent scientists, advocates and policy leaders as world leaders gather in Baku for COP29.
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