Source link One day before the anniversary, US President Joe Biden said he was “considering” dropping charges against the WikiLeaks founder As of Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been confined to London’s Belmarsh Prison for five years. His detention “makes a mockery of the USA’s obligations under international law,” Amnesty International said. The grim […]
Source link April 3, 1984 marked a pivotal moment for Indian-Russian relations. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian astronaut in space aboard the Soviet Union’s Soyuz T-11. Forty years later, Sharma and his Russian colleague, cosmonaut Oleg Atkov – the mission’s medical specialist – exchanged greetings virtually. “These 40 years have been productive for our […]
Source link The US-led bloc used tons of depleted uranium ordnance during its aggression, with the impact not fully explored even a quarter century later Serbia is marking the anniversary of the NATO attack on former Yugoslavia, with the consequences of the aggression still plaguing the country. RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij has explored the impact of […]
Source link The disgraced crypto mogul “orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history,” government prosecutors argued FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in a US federal prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers and defrauding investors. The one-time cryptocurrency guru has also been ordered to pay $11 billion […]
Source link More than half of Russians, especially young people and those who live in major urban areas, believe cash will not be around for long, a poll conducted by the country’s Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) has found. The survey published on Wednesday found that 54% of respondents believe no one will use cash […]
Source link Most of the remaining obstacles appear to be regulatory in nature, according to Vasily Lazarev With adequate funding and support from lawmakers, Russian medical researchers might be able to roll out oncological vaccines within the next couple of years, a high-ranking official at the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) said on Thursday. Russian President […]
Source link Beijing has said it has no intention of using force, unless provoked by the leaders of the self-administered island The Chinese military is on track to meet a supposed 2027 deadline for a ground operation in Taiwan, a senior US Navy official has told Congress. Beijing considers the self-governed island to be part […]
Source link Israel’s war on Hamas is “a war on children,” UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini has declared More children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October than have died in every global conflict between 2019 and 2022 combined, according to figures released by the UN on Tuesday. Over 12,300 children have been […]
Source link Hydrocarbons production will remain relevant for a “very long time,” the Russian president has said The world will continue using oil and gas for a long time despite the focus on renewable energy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that jobs in this sector have a secure future. He was speaking at […]
Source link Battery-powered transportation soared in popularity during the pandemic, but the devices have since become ticking time bombs Lithium-ion batteries used in electronic bikes and scooters caused more fires in the last two months than in all of 2019, the New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) chief fire marshall has told the New York […]
Source link New Delhi maintains that the vessel was attacked by an Indian destroyer during the 1971 war between the two countries, a version that Islamabad rejects India has discovered the wreckage of a Pakistani submarine that was sunk off of its eastern coast during the 1971 war between the neighboring countries, local media reported […]
Source link A confrontation is not inevitable but Berlin must nonetheless ramp up its defenses, Carsten Breuer has said Germany should beef up its military to prepare for a potential conflict with Russia in five years’ time, Bundeswehr General Carsten Breuer has argued. He called for a “change in mentality” within German society, insisting that […]
Source link Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has become the latest lender to put away more provisions for its commercial property loan book Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, a German bank focused on commercial real estate, has become the latest lender in the country to report having put aside more provisions for its loan portfolio amid what it calls the worst […]
Source link Joshua Schulte has been accused of the largest theft of classified data in the spy agency’s history A former CIA software engineer who embarrassed his employer by allegedy giving a massive trove of classified information to WikiLeaks has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a New York judge. US District Court Judge […]
Source link The remains of over 200 people thought to have been victims of ethnic cleansing in 1994 have been unearthed in recent days The remains of dozens of victims of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide have been discovered in mass graves in the country’s southern Huye district, authorities and an organization representing survivors of the massacre […]