Source link Roscosmos is investigating the possibility of building a nuclear power plant on the Moon in cooperation with China Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the country’s authorities to allocate funds for projects that would allow the country to create nuclear energy facilities in space. In a statement on Wednesday, the Kremlin said Putin […]
Source link President Andrzej Duda has urged bloc members to invest at least 3% of their GDP in collective defense to counter Russia Polish President Andrzej Duda has sent a formal letter to the leaders of fellow NATO states, urging them to boost the minimum spending requirement for collective defense, the Rzeczpospolita news outlet reported […]
Source link The Ukrainian president has said that his army now numbers nearly 900,000 soldiers There are currently 880,000 people serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, according to President Vladimir Zelensky, who insisted that Kiev wants to mobilize even more troops, primarily males who left the country after the start of the conflict with Russia. Just […]
Source link More than 17,000 legal violations were committed by foreign nationals in the country in 2023, according to police data The influx of Ukrainian refugees to Poland since the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev has had a negative impact on crime in the country, the Rzeczpospolita newspaper has reported, citing data […]
Source link Finland paid out €900 million to workers who took sick leave in 2023, government data has shown More than 100,000 people in Finland received extended sick leave from their employers due to mental health concerns in 2023, according to the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). The government agency said in a press […]
Source link The technology’s benefits for production will be more pronounced in high-income economies, according to a survey by the WEF Leading economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum are notably more optimistic about the benefits of AI in high-income countries than in developing economies and see the technology boosting inequality, according to the latest […]
Source link Russia is expected to exceed contracted amounts by delivering up to 23.2 billion cubic meters of gas Russia’s exports of natural gas to China are expected to see a year-on-year increase of as much as 50% in 2023, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Gas […]
Source link Monika Schnitzer’s call for a “Ukraine surcharge” comes as the German government’s approval ratings hit record lows Berlin should tax citizens’ incomes more in order to strengthen military aid to Ukraine as support for the conflict ebbs elsewhere in the West, Monika Schnitzer, who chairs the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE), told […]
Source link US regulators are expected to crack down despite the exchange’s exit from Russia, says Vladimir Smerkis Vladimir Smerkis, the former chief executive of Binance in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), has cautioned that the United States will persist in applying sanctions pressure on Russian cryptocurrency users. In September, Binance, the world’s leading […]
Source link The organization’s budgets for 2024 will be boosted by between 12% and 30%, it has announced NATO members have agreed to significantly increase the organization’s civil and military budgets for 2024. The extra operational funding has been touted as a sign of solitary within the US-led military bloc. The spending boost was approved […]
Source link The last three decades have seen a record rise in the number of Muslim places of worship, a top official has said Russia has witnessed a record surge in the number of mosques in recent decades, a deputy head of the presidential administration said on Tuesday. Speaking at the XIX International Muslim Forum […]
Source link Washington could use the program to promote a pro-American agenda, a political scientist told RT The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is planning to finance investigative journalism in South Africa, providing up to $8 million in funding over five years. However, a political scientist has expressed concern that Washington could use […]
Source link Berlin will provide “winter protection” for Kiev in the form of air-defense systems and electricity generators Germany is planning to “expand and increase” its support for Ukraine in the coming years, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said at a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. She provided few details of […]