Source link Switzerland has an estimated 7.7 billion Swiss francs ($8.81 billion) of Russian assets frozen in its financial institutions, the national agency overseeing sanctions announced late last week. While the figure is a provisional estimate and may be subject to change, it represents an increase on the 7.5 billion francs the Swiss authorities said they […]
Source link This has helped strengthen the ruble by around 10% against major currencies in the past two months Major Russian exporters have been converting more of their foreign currency earnings to rubles in the past two months, the director of the financial stability department of the Bank of Russia, Elizaveta Danilova, said at a […]
Source link The award-winning actress said her choice of words at a protest event was “a terrible mistake” Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon has apologized for the remarks she made during a speech at a pro-Palestine protest, which critics saw as anti-Semitic. During a rally in New York City last month, Sarandon said: “There are a lot […]
Source link The Philippines said that Beijing’s fishing flotilla is “illegally”operating near a disputed reef The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has dispatched two armed patrol vessels to watch over more than a hundred Chinese boats that it said were “swarming” the disputed area around a small reef in the South China Sea. On Sunday, the […]
Source link The BJP has swept polls in three central Indian states in regional elections held last month, ousting the opposition Congress party in two of them India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has won regional elections in three out of five states where legislative assembly elections were held in November, […]
Source link Evgeny Fyodorov said the measure would help fill the state’s coffers and incentivize population growth A member of Russia’s State Duma has proposed to revive a tax on childlessness, which existed during the Soviet times, citing the need to boost population. “We must encourage the birth of children,” Evgeny Fyodorov from the ruling […]
Source link Activists and organizers have launched a campaign to prevent a second term for the incumbent president A group of Muslim American organizers from swing states has launched a campaign denouncing President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election bid and his stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Activists from Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania […]
Source link Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the founders of the feminist punk band ‘Pussy Riot,’ has strongly denied allegations that she had ever inserted a dead chicken into her vagina as performance art. US-based Tolokonnikova, for whom Russia has issued an arrest warrant for hate speech, took to social media platform X to make a […]
Source link The deaths of thousands of people and the right to free speech are an acceptable price for the power-hungry establishment Freedom of speech in America and most European nations has fully receded into a mythological concept. The American constitutional right is no longer valid. Take it from someone whose entire YouTube channel has […]
Source link Israel seeking to achieve “no less results” with attack on the southern part of the Palestinian enclave, IDF chief of staff says A ground operation in the southern part of Gaza has already begun and it will be “no less powerful” than the attack on the north, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of […]
Source link Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels took responsibility for the attack – but didn’t acknowledge targeting a US vessel An American warship and multiple commercial vessels came under attack in the Red Sea on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in what is being seen as the latest in a series of maritime attacks on regional shipping […]
Source link Lloyd Austin has admitted the true goal of Ukraine support is the modernization of the US’ military industry, Dmitry Medvedev says The Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has apparently revealed the true goal of his country’s enduring support for Ukraine and it has nothing to do with defending “democracy” or even battling Russia, but […]
Source link The White House has rebuked allegations against Joe Biden as a political smear campaign Recently-installed US House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that he believes Republicans may have the required votes to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden. Speaking on Fox News on Saturday, Johnson said that the House GOP will decide […]
Source link Green politician Joschka Fischer cited the need to deter Russia and added that the bloc should also invest in air defenses The European Union needs to get its own nuclear arsenal to better deter Russia, a former Foreign Minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has argued. The now-retired official has also warned that the […]
Source link Among the reasons for the move is “Ukraine’s high burn rate for artillery,” according to Lloyd Austin Spending on the production of artillery shells by the Pentagon has almost doubled in recent years and will be increased even further, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said. “Ukraine’s high burn rate for artillery […]