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A televised meeting of security officials in Belarus may have inadvertently revealed that Russia plans to expand its war in Ukraine by invading neighboring Moldova, according to Western media reports. However, the stories specified the attack target as Moldova’s breakaway state of Transnistria, a close Russian ally. The reports were …

A massive power outage left thousands of people without electricity in Taiwan on Thursday morning, with authorities blaming the grid malfunction on a sudden system failure at Hsinta Power Plant. Taiwan Power Co. confirmed that the blackout was caused by “equipment failure” at the island’s second largest coal-fired power plant …

Parcels containing a “suspicious” white powder were sent to the Russian Embassy in Australia’s capital of Canberra, according to police and diplomatic staffers, prompting a hazmat team to respond to the scene. Two mysterious packages containing an “unknown white powder” were discovered outside the embassy early Thursday morning, the diplomatic mission told …

Russian citizens and companies will no longer be able to pay off their foreign debts with currencies other than the ruble, the country’s central bank announced on Wednesday. Earlier reports also said the central bank had temporarily banned financial institutions from making money transfers from Russia abroad to non-residents, namely …

Ukrainian sources claim the Russian government has plans to reappoint former president Viktor Yanukovich, ousted twice in 2004 and 2014. The outlet Ukrayinska Pravda reported on Wednesday that a Ukrainian intelligence source placed the former leader in Minsk, where peace negotiations recently took place between the Russian and Ukrainian camps, …

The US State Department may try to find a way to boot Russia from its permanent seat on the UN Security Council, shaking up the international body’s balance of power amid outrage over the war in Ukraine. Washington is “investigating the prospects” of expelling Russia as one of the five …

The Pentagon has rescheduled a test of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile initially set for the weekend, spokesman John Kirby announced on Wednesday. The move is indicated “to demonstrate that we are a responsible nuclear power,” he said. “In an effort to demonstrate that we have no intention in …

The Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg announced on Wednesday that a new package of economic sanctions against Russia was in the pipeline in the European Union. “We have already introduced powerful sanctions. We are working on the fourth package,” he told journalists. According to Schallenberg, the new package …

A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place on Wednesday evening in Belarus, the Office of the President of Ukraine has confirmed. Kiev, however, warned that it would not accept any ultimatums from Moscow. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced that Moscow’s “delegation will …

Footage from outside New Zealand’s parliament building showed violent clashes on Wednesday between police and anti-vax protesters, who have been demonstrating there for nearly four weeks. Hundreds of officers in riot gear moved in on the camp where protesters had gathered, destroying tents, removing vehicles and making 38 arrests. Authorities …