Source link Soldiers have yet to see any of the billions of euros that the chancellor vowed to spend, the American newspaper reported Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s €100 billion ($109 billion) cash injection into the German military has yet to reach the barracks, where soldiers told the New York Times that they still lack weapons, ammunition, […]
Source link A ship in international waters off the coast of Senegal was brought back to a naval base in Dakar to assess the illegal cargo Nearly three tons of cocaine were confiscated from a ship moored off the coast of Senegal, the nation’s navy announced on Tuesday. The seizure was reportedly Senegal’s largest drug haul […]
Source link The organizer of the DevTernity conference was accused of padding its diversity bona fides with fake women speakers Online software developers’ conference DevTernity has been canceled, organizer Eduards Sizovs confirmed in an email to Fortune on Monday. Nearly half of the event’s speakers had reportedly pulled out by Monday night amid reports the […]
Source link Poland has announced sending “military advisors” to Finland’s border with Russia Finland has no reason to enhance its military posture on the Russian border, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday. Such action by Helsinki can only spark tensions in relations with Moscow, he said. On Tuesday, Poland said it would send […]
Source link Ukraine will join the US-led military alliance only after it meets all conditions and secures the consent of every member, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated on Wednesday when asked about a proposal to fast-track the process. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba made a short press appearance on the sidelines […]
Source link Moscow’s forces are preparing for fresh strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure, Jens Stoltenberg warned The Russian military has amassed a large stockpile of missiles in preparation for strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure over the winter, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg claimed on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Stoltenberg […]
Source link The conqueror and emperor consistently emerges as the most popular historic personality in France Say what you want about Napoleon Bonaparte, but there’s no denying that he was an absolute alpha who can still blow a beret right off the head of a Frenchman. The kind that sorely lacks nowadays in Western leadership […]
Source link Angola has officially opened its new Luele diamond mine, the biggest in the country and one of the world’s largest by estimated resources. The deposit is likely to double the country’s annual production. The 600-meter-deep deposit is in the northeastern Lunda Sul Province, and is expected to yield 628 million carats of diamonds […]
Source link Even after the lockdown was over, accelerated worsening of memory functions persisted among older adults, data shows Elderly adults experienced a disastrous decline in cognitive functioning during the UK’s Covid-19 quarantine policies, a study published in the Lancet on Tuesday revealed. The accelerated worsening of working memory and other key intellectual metrics persisted […]
Source link The bodies of two Russian women have been found in the Turkish resort district of Bodrum, local media reported on Tuesday, citing police. The pair have been identified as 42-year-old model Irina Dvizova and her 15-year-old daughter Dayana. Investigators believe the two were shot at a villa that they were renting and were […]
Source link Ukraine accused Russian forces of killing civilians in a suburb of Kiev to detail peace talks, Maria Zakharova says Recent statements by a top Ukrainian MP show that the Bucha massacre was staged by Kiev to disrupt the peace process with Moscow, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The two countries […]
Source link Authorities on the Island of Okinawa want the US’ V-22 Osprey fleet grounded after the incident At least one person has been killed and several others injured after a V-22 Osprey aircraft operated by the US military crashed off Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday. The crash is the latest in a […]
Source link The collapse of Austrian magnate Rene Benko’s Signa Holding triggers rising regulatory concerns Russian Market is a project by a financial blogger, Swiss journalist and political commentator based in Zurich. Follow him on X @runews In the vast expanse of finance, few narratives unfold with the dramatic cadence of Austrian magnate Rene Benko’s ascent and […]
Source link The Western sanctions have failed to undermine the country’s financial stability, Dmitry Peskov has said The unprecedented Western sanctions on Russia have failed to destabilize the economy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing on Wednesday. According to Peskov, Russia’s “macrostability is ensured and the economy has entered a growth trajectory […]
Source link Western Jerusalem plans to clear out the group’s tunnels in Gaza but this might be mission impossible Hamas, an Islamic movement that controls Gaza, is believed to have a network of tunnels that is 500 kilometers (310 miles) long. It features command rooms and training grounds, bunkers, and meeting rooms and is connected […]