Source link Deployment of American ground-based nuclear-capable weapons near China may prompt Russian action, deputy foreign minister warned Russia considers the revival of intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles by the US as “irrevocable” and may field some of its own, potentially in tandem with China, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov, said on Thursday. The […]
Source link An Su-34 fighter-bomber has attacked Kiev’s fortifications in Donetsk Region, according to the Defense Ministry Russian warplanes have conducted a strike on Ukrainian positions in the southern sector of the front using high-precision glide bombs, according to a new video released by the Defense Ministry in Moscow. In a Telegram post on Thursday, […]
Source link A nearly 7% decline has been recorded since the beginning of the year in annual terms, customs data shows Russian imports have slowed in the first 2.5 months of the year, decreasing by 6-7% when compared to the same period of 2023, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) has revealed. According to Ruslan Davydov, […]
Source link Waiting Palestinians were crushed by a food package after its parachute malfunctioned Five people, including two children, were killed by a malfunctioning airdrop in Gaza on Friday, the local health ministry has said. They were reportedly crushed by a pallet of food supplies when its parachute failed to properly deploy. US, French, Dutch, […]
Source link The cognitive decline could reach up to nine points in some cases, scientists have claimed The long-term consequences of Covid-19 could include decreased cognitive abilities and memory deficiency, a new large-scale study has found. According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, patients who had recovered from coronavirus […]
Source link The “dangerous ideology” is incompatible with Christian beliefs, according to a letter issued to the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, is facing calls to scrap Church of England guidance that offers advice on how to deal with children who wish to change their gender in the […]
Source link Local smartphone makers outperformed Apple in the final quarter of last year, data has shown Apple’s smartphone sales in China dropped by 2.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year owing to increased competition from local brands, led by Huawei, figures from research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) released this week showed. […]
Source link The reduction caused by the industrial slump is not sustainable, a think tank has warned A slump in industrial production and an economic downturn in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, have caused carbon emissions to drop to their lowest level in seven decades, a German think tank has reported. Last year, Germany’s greenhouse gas […]
Source link Exports to the bloc have plummeted following Western sanctions, Deputy Prime Minister Novak says Russian oil sales to the EU have shrunk to a tenth of their former level due to Western sanctions, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced on Wednesday. As of the end of 2023, the share of crude deliveries […]
Source link The sharp decline in arithmetic scores is particularly significant in five European countries, claims a research organization A study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) of the academic performance of teenagers from 81 countries has found that their performance in reading and math has plummeted. It also shows that students […]
Source link The e-commerce giant had previously scrapped plans to spin off its cloud business over US chip export restrictions Chinese tech stocks in Hong Kong plummeted on Friday shortly after a massive decline in Alibaba Group shares that followed the online retailer’s announcement to scrap plans to spin off its cloud business. Alibaba Group’s Hong Kong […]