UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a new multi-million-pound military aid package to Ukraine as the country continues to battle Russian forces, Downing Street said late Sunday. Johnson is set to become the first world leader to address the Ukrainian parliament since the launch of Russia’s military attack in …
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Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez have been left devastated after losing their twin baby boy. The news was released via a statement shared on social media and was announced with the couple’s “deepest sadness.” “It is the greatest pain that any parents can feel,” said the …
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell are to visit the Ukrainian capital this week, a spokesman for the chief commissioner announced on Tuesday. The two senior officials will meet President Volodymyr Zelensky in person before going to Warsaw on Saturday for …
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Athletes from Poland and Switzerland will boycott the International Swimming Federation (FINA) 2022 World Championships if Russia and Belarus are allowed to participate, claiming that competing against the two countries is inconceivable because of the attack on Ukraine. FINA is one of a diminishing number of sporting organizations not to have announced sanctions …
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Russia’s fearsome forces will be ready to launch an invasion of Ukraine in the second half of February, Estonia has claimed, pushing back estimates from Western officials and media outlets that an incursion could be expected earlier this week. In a statement on Tuesday, the NATO member state’s foreign intelligence service …
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced the strike on Thursday morning, which will affect over a dozen plants for John Deere. The company, based out of Moline, Illinois, has not faced a strike for 35 years. “Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent …
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Murthy told CNN on Sunday that there “will be more actions, especially on the global front” taken on top of Biden’s “aggressive” vaccine mandate to help slow the spread of Covid-19. The health official suggested these new “aggressive actions” could be announced by the president before the United Nations general …
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Reuters reported the Biden administration’s plans on Wednesday, citing two anonymous sources. The plan will see the administration charter commercial aircraft to bring Afghan translators who aided US forces in the country to the US via the Special Immigrant Visa process. The translators will leave Afghanistan amid the US military’s …
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One of the wells was discovered in the Fuman oilfield – a major region for crude oil production in the Tarim Basin, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. It reportedly contains a billion tons of super-deep oil and gas. With a drilling depth of nearly 27,900 feet (8,500 meters) …
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Fighting “hostile” nations like Russia and China is not an easy task for the British intelligence, but help is on the way. On the day of the Queen’s Speech on May 11, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce new powers that will supposedly make the operations of foreign spies in …
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