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The US Biden administration has reportedly presented a plan to cool tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, which have dramatically escalated since the formation of Israel’s new right-wing government. As reported by Axios, following up on a request made by US secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his visit to the …

Ukraine’s eventual membership in NATO and the EU is a mere formality, Alexey Arestovich, a prominent adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Wednesday. Kiev is already a “de facto” member of the US-led military alliance, which promised to help it “win” the conflict with Russia – and has …

Iranian oil production has bounced back to levels achieved before the US quit an agreement on the country’s nuclear program and reimposed tough sanctions in 2018, according to the country’s oil minister. Output of crude and condensate has rebounded to more than 3.8 million barrels a day, matching pre-sanctions levels, …

Kiev’s long-term lobbying campaign to join NATO is doomed to fail because the US has already decided to block its membership, a Ukrainian lawmaker has claimed ahead of negotiations between Russia and the military bloc this week. Speaking to TV channel Nash on Monday, Nestor Shufrich, an elected representative from …

The new Netflix movie, ‘Don’t Look Up’, an apocalyptic black comedy that uses the narrative of a huge meteor heading toward Earth as an allegory for climate change, seemingly has a lot going for it.  For instance, the movie, which premiered on the streaming service on December 24, boasts an …

Andrey Krutskikh, a Foreign Ministry official charged with overseeing the country’s international cooperation on information security, spoke on Thursday at an academic conference on the subject of Russia’s place in today’s political world. He claimed that cyberattacks have become so frequent and severe as to constitute a new world conflict, hidden …

“We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years. Right now, it’s already a done deal; it is already over in my opinion,” Nicolas Chaillan told the Financial Times in his first interview since his shock resignation last month. Chaillan, who was the first chief software …

The study, released on Wednesday by the European Council on Foreign Relations, found that the vast majority of more than 16,000 respondents living in the bloc’s member states believe relations between the East and West are under serious strain. Around 59% of those surveyed from across 12 countries, including France, …

That’s about the same as the power consumption of the Philippines. According to a Bloomberg report, the bitcoin network will have consumed 91 TW/h by the end of the year, and it has already consumed more than the 67 TW/h estimated for all of 2020. A separate study by Science …

Carbon dioxide is a by-product of fertiliser production that is used to stun animals before slaughter as well as for the packaging process that prolongs the shelf life of all meat, and in fizzy drinks and beer. However, soaring gas prices have brought about a slowdown at some chemical factories …