In a meeting with students on Wednesday, Putin criticized what he said amounted to the US’ mishandling of its presence in Afghanistan, which ended abruptly in August when the Taliban took the capital, Kabul. “The result is one tragedy, one loss… American troops were present in this region, and for …
Read More »Ukraine should change name to ‘Rus-Ukraine’ in order to take ‘brand’ of ‘Russians’ away from Moscow, suggests top Zelensky advisor
Speaking to a journalist on YouTube, Alexey Arestovich, who works as the spokesman for Kiev’s delegation to the contact group on Donbass, claimed that Ukrainians are actually the real Russians. The word Rus goes back to the Kievan Rus, a former East Slavic Monarchy that is considered to be the …
Read More »Most people on Germany’s Islamist watchlist hold German or dual citizenship – media
The data, which was cited by the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, came from the government’s response to an inquiry by the right-wing anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Out of 330 individuals listed as threats on the basis of “religious ideology” as of July 1, 186 were either exclusively German nationals or …
Read More »Covid jab figures prove the EU is anything but united, with poorer countries left lagging dangerously behind
Lord knows the European Union could do with a win, so it’s no surprise that the video of a beaming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is all over the place as she celebrates the news that 70% of the bloc’s adults have now been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. …
Read More »Labor shortage? America is now a nation that doesn’t want to work and has an abyss for a soul
An August report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics set the number of open jobs in the country at more than 10 million. That same report lists the number of confirmed unemployed at 8.7 million. You don’t have to be Sir Isaac Newton to see there are more open …
Read More »Russian space company Progress completes preliminary design of first domestically made partially reusable methane-powered rocket
Speaking to TASS news agency, the company’s press service revealed that draft plans for the Amur-LNG space rocket had been sent to other space industry corporations for expert examination. So far, it has received positive feedback, Progress claims. The company also noted that the plan could possibly be improved and …
Read More »Congressman Rambo? GOP lawmaker tried to take helicopter into Afghanistan as part of rogue evacuation mission – reports
The daring rescue mission, which reads like a script for a corn-fed Hollywood action film, was first reported by Тhe Washington Post. According to the paper, Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin rang up the US ambassador to Tajikistan on Monday with an urgent and highly unusual request: he was planning to …
Read More »One returns a king, the other is out of place in Paris: Ronaldo and Messi transfers signal contrasting ends for all-time greats
Between them, both Ronaldo and Messi have left an indelible mark on the beautiful game, dominating football’s list of individual honors for well over a decade and firmly etching their names in the list of the sport’s greatest ever players. During their respective heydays, a cold war of sorts brewed …
Read More »Taliban wants Afghan professionals to help boost country’s investment potential & create economy ‘roadmap’
During a televised interview with Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the Islamist group will not “blame” or impose sanctions on individuals and businesses that collaborated with coalition forces during the two decades of conflict. “We need to rebuild the Afghan economy, and for this we need professionals and …
Read More »Texas passes voting bill that Democrats sought to block by fleeing the state to Washington
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott hailed the passage of Senate Bill 1 in the emergency session of the state legislature and said it was now on its way to his desk for signature. The law will “solidify trust and confidence in the outcome of our elections,” said Abbott, thanking its …
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