Source link The prime minister suggested people would regret scrapping the donation scheme that his government introduced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed his country is being “pushed” towards corruption after a scheme for funding political parties introduced by his government was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Commenting on the electoral bonds scheme […]
Source link A day before the agreement would have come into force, Kiev pulled out, sources told Reuters Russia and Ukraine had almost reached a new Black Sea shipping deal in March after two months of negotiations, only for Kiev to abruptly walk away, Reuters reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The freight […]
Source link Critics argue the ruling sets a dangerous precedent threatening free speech and right to assembly A Louisiana police officer will be allowed to press charges against BLM organizer DeRay McKesson after losing several teeth and suffering brain damage during a civil rights protest, the US Supreme Court has ruled. In July 2016, McKesson […]
Source link Jasmine Crockett also admits plan to introduce new form of ‘reparations’ may not work because many aren’t paying taxes anyway A freshman Democratic representative from Texas in the US Congress, Jasmine Crockett, has suggested exempting black Americans from paying taxes. Her proposal relates to the controversial idea of reparations that some academics and […]
Source link The news agency has reported numerous cases of illegal trade and activation of satellite terminals Starlink satellite communication terminals can be purchased illegally in countries where no agreement exists for the use of Elon Musk’s SpaceX network – including nations that are subject to international sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. A growing black-market […]
Source link Since the start of the conflict, Ukraine has destroyed multiple navy vessels with the help of the bloc’s rockets and drones Ukraine has used NATO-supplied missiles to take out Russian Navy vessels in the Black Sea, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, adding that the US-led military bloc considers the area to be […]
Source link Turning meetings into political talk shows will hurt the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Russia believes A senior Russian diplomat has chastised Albania, which holds the rotating presidency in the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), for allowing one of the group’s events to be dominated by the Ukraine […]
Source link The aircraft crashed due to “external factors,” a source has told the news agency Flight recorder data from the Russian military transport plane that crashed while carrying Ukrainian POWs last week has confirmed that the aircraft was intentionally shot down, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing a source. The Il-76 went down over Russia’s Belgorod […]
Source link Ankara has assured Russia it will continue to abide by the Montreux Convention, the foreign minister says The US will not be able to persuade Türkiye to allow access for its warships to the Black Sea amid the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at a press conference in […]
Source link James Stavridis said Ankara should obey its role as a US-led military bloc’s member Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis has claimed that there was no justification for Ankara to prevent a fellow bloc member from donating its warships to Ukraine. The Turkish government said on Tuesday that it will not allow […]
Source link The UK’s cost-of-living crisis is fueling a record surge in shoplifting as people increasingly turn to the black market for food, The Guardian has reported, citing official data. Estimates by the British Retail Consortium show that retail thefts cost the industry £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2023, the newspaper said. Meanwhile, Home Office […]
Source link Heavy snowfall that started in the Russian capital overnight is expected to continue into Tuesday Autumn is barely over, and Moscow is already going through its first major snowfall. Meteorologists have described what’s happening in the Russian capital as a “black blizzard” – a phenomenon usually encountered in the Far North, when snowflakes […]