Source link Lloyd Austin calls for additional funding for Kiev’s war effort before it’s too late US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned eastern NATO members to prepare to fight Russia, claiming that Moscow “will not stop” after defeating Kiev’s forces. Addressing the US House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Austin once again urged […]
Source link The US and its allies want Russia to be “withering space” like Ukraine, the president has claimed The West intended to do to Russia what it did to Ukraine and many other nations – turn it into a dying, failed state, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in a keynote speech on Thursday. ”The […]
Source link The agenda for a security meeting in Paris on Monday “sends chills down my spine,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said Western nations may come up with the “worst solution” for the Ukraine conflict at a top-level meeting convened on Monday by France, according to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. The Elysee […]
Source link Berlin should talk to Moscow instead of sending weapons to Kiev, Matthias Moosdorf has said Nations willing to bet on military force alone in their relations with Moscow are bound to suffer a defeat, Matthias Moosdorf, a member of the German Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee, warned at a parliamentary session on Thursday. The […]
Source link A bill requiring courts to ignore evidence and declare the African state safe for refugees is unlawful, UN human-rights chief says The British government’s new draft legislation promoting Rwanda as a safe country for the resettlement of undocumented asylum seekers, who would be transferred there from the UK, violates principles of the rule […]
Source link Maersk suspended vessel transits via the key trade route in January due to attacks by Houthi rebels Danish shipping major AP Moller-Maersk is advising customers to prepare for a prolonged Red Sea crisis that could stretch well into the second half of this year, CNBC reported this week. The second-largest global ocean carrier […]
Source link Control over Ukraine’s fertile lands would allow Moscow to “attack” European farmers, FM Stephane Sejourne has said A potential Russian victory in Ukraine could deal an economic blow to the West because Moscow would gain control of vast resources, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne has said. In an opinion piece for the French […]
Source link Russia is working on response measures to Western restrictions, a Foreign Ministry diplomat says Belgium will lose its status as the global diamond trading hub due to Western sanctions on Russian diamonds, Artyom Studennikov, the head of the First European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti in an interview published […]
Source link The energy market is out of balance right now, according to Occidental’s Vicki Hollub The global oil market will face a supply shortage by the end of 2025 as crude reserves are not being replaced fast enough, Vicki Hollub, the CEO of US energy firm Occidental, warned in an interview with CNBC published […]
Source link The WikiLeaks founder faces up to 175 years in prison if his extradition to the United States is approved The United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture has called upon authorities in the UK to block Julian Assange’s possible extradition to the United States to face espionage charges. Britain could be violating human rights […]
Source link The West should tell its citizens the “bitter truth” about what would happen if the bloc clashes with Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev says A full-scale war between Russia and NATO would leave Moscow with no choice but to deploy its nuclear assets, former president Dmitry Medvedev has said. He reiterated, however, that his country […]
Source link Any such move would have decades-long consequences, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Anyone who seizes Russian assets will face long-lasting consequences, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Monday. His comments came after the Financial Times reported that G7 nations are considering using frozen Russian funds as collateral to finance Ukraine. In an article […]
Source link Yulia Timoshenko has predicted that a proposed mobilization measure could lead to “public confrontation” A reworked draft mobilization bill presented to Ukrainian MPs on Tuesday is more “repressive” and “unconstitutional” than the original, Yulia Timoshenko, the leader of ‘Fatherland’ party in parliament, has argued. The politician, who served as Ukraine’s prime minister between […]
Source link Tapping Russian assets frozen in the EU would harm the single currency, the head of Italy’s central bank says The EU should not use the euro as a tool in sanctions wars and political disputes, as it would be harm the currency’s image and standing, Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta said on […]
Source link Pope Francis has issued a warning about the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence, saying the rapidly advancing technology could lead to the “distortion of reality” without “ethical regulation.” In a lengthy message published on Wednesday, Francis said recent developments in AI were both “exciting and disorienting,” but also raised deeper questions about […]