The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel health notice to the highest level and advised Americans to “avoid cruise ships, regardless of vaccination status,” citing an increased threat of Covid. The CDC raised its travel health notice regarding cruise ships to Level 4, its highest …
Read More »Kremlin ‘pleased’ with Biden-Putin talks, but warns against ‘colossal’ mistake
Moscow is pleased with the results of the new phone talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, Putin’s aide has said. Putin has, however, warned the US against escalating Russia sanctions policy. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Rich, powerful and famous will be ‘sweating tonight,’ Piers Morgan warns
Controversial British broadcaster Piers Morgan has suggested that Ghislaine Maxwell may testify against her rich and powerful contacts to dodge a stiff jail sentence. But Morgan, commenters pointed out, may too be among them. “Will vile sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell now sing like a canary to avoid spending the rest …
Read More »Top 5 new Russian export weapons named
Russia’s state arms exporter named its top five new weapons, citing the attention they’ve got on the international market. The weapons range from assault rifles to an upcoming 5th-generation fighter jet, and sophisticated drones. The list of the hottest Russian-made weapons, as seen by the state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport, was …
Read More »Putin and Biden hold phone talks as NATO tensions soar
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden are holding phone talks late on Thursday. The additional call, the second one in December, comes ahead of the upcoming Russian-American security talks in Geneva. Both Washington and Moscow had remained tight-lipped on the specific agenda of the discussion, which …
Read More »West would ‘screw itself’ by cutting Russia off from SWIFT – Moscow
If the West follows through with its threats to shut Moscow out of the SWIFT financial transaction system, other states will feel the consequences, Russia’s finance minister has cautioned. Speaking as part of an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel on Thursday, Anton Siluanov warned, “who benefits from the disconnection …
Read More »Good old guns suddenly replace liberal values in this Blue state
By now, most people are familiar with the extreme liberal reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer on May 25, 2020. Democratic-controlled cities and states, taking their cue from Black Lives Matter activists, went on a nationwide campaign to purge law enforcement …
Read More »Putin didn’t order annexation threat against Ukraine – Kadyrov
The head of the Chechen Republic has denied he was told to deliver an explosive statement in which he declared he would have invaded Ukraine a long time ago, if ordered to do so, and that Moscow should annex the country. Speaking on Wednesday in a live broadcast on Instagram, …
Read More »War or uneasy peace? What 2022 heralds for US-China relations
As 2021 comes to a close and Joe Biden edges towards one year in office, there’s one thing clear already: contrary to hopes and wishes, there’s been no reversal in the confrontational foreign policy the Trump administration set towards China, even if it has been less erratic in its presentation. …
Read More »China urges Russia to cooperate against US hegemony
The US is putting pressure on China and Russia on all fronts, and the two must continue to deepen strategic cooperation on all fronts, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow declared on Thursday. Speaking to newspaper Izvestia, Zhang Hanhui said that working together was essential to counter US and Western pressure. “The US, …
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