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Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky’s top adviser, Mikhail Podoliak, praised a ‘Ukrainian victory’ resolution proposed by  US lawmakers on Wednesday. Washington, he said, seeks to make amends for a ‘historical mistake’ by admitting Kiev into NATO and endorsing its war aims. “The House of Representatives’ resolution is unequivocal: The United States, unfortunately, …

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a White House press briefing on Tuesday that the issue of Russia’s membership in the G20 amid its offensive in Ukraine could be subject to discussion with European allies, as US President Joe Biden set off on a trip to Europe. “On the …

Bishop Garrison, a senior advisor to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, pledged his support for more “diversity, equity, and inclusion” in the US military on Wednesday. He insisted the policy has nothing to do with ideology or a “culture war,” arguing that the approach would make the US military …

If Washington DC had been a place of “peace and calm” on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump ally Peter Navarro would have executed a “perfect plan,” one that has some accusing him of trying to thwart the election. In an interview with The Daily Beast, published on Monday, Navarro said …

“We’re prepared for dialogue with Russia,” Sullivan said on Friday at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in Washington, DC. “We’ve had dialogue with Russia on European security issues for the last 20 years. We had it with the Soviet Union for decades before that. …

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In a statement released by Kiev’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday, officials said that “today, at around 10:00am, the car carrying the first assistant to the President, Sergey Shefir, was fired upon near the village of Lisnyky,” just on the outskirts of the capital. “More than ten bullets hit …

Speaking to a crowd of Trump supporters at an event called the ‘For God & Country Patriot Roundup’, Flynn was asked by an unidentified man “why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here.” A coup in February led to military chief Min Aung Hlaing being installed as Myanmar’s leader, and …

Speaking on Tuesday to LBC Radio, Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said he was “pleasantly surprised” that the reopening of schools in England hadn’t led to a significant rise in Covid-19 infections.  “If these numbers keep going down over the next …

Confronted about public confusion over whether air travel is safe or mask-wearing is still required for those who have been vaccinated against the virus, Osterholm, who is on the White House Covid-19 advisory board, warned that vaccinations are not complete protection. “It’s not perfect, it’s not 100 percent [protection from …