A fire broke out on Sunday at a Russian military site in Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said. “A fire has occurred on the territory of one of the sites belonging to the Defense Ministry,” the governor wrote on social media. He added that officials were …
Read More »Global military spending breaks record
The military spending of all nations combined set a new record in 2021, exceeding the $2 trillion mark for the first time ever, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed in a report published on Monday. Governments spent a total of $2.113 trillion on weapons last year. The top …
Read More »Fire breaks out at Russian military research facility
A fire broke out at the Russian Defense Ministry’s research facility in the city of Tver, some 180 kilometers (112 miles) northwest of Moscow, on Thursday. At least seven people were killed in the blaze, a representative of the emergencies services told the media. The local medics said that seven people …
Read More »Biden breaks campaign promise
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced on Friday that it will resume selling oil and gas leases on federal lands, despite US President Joe Biden’s campaign-trail promise to end the practice. The move is a belated response to a 2021 court ruling, as well as an apparent effort …
Read More »Cargo plane breaks in two during emergency landing (VIDEO)
A Boeing 757-200 cargo plane operated by delivery giant DHL skidded off the runway during an emergency landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose on Thursday and broke in two. The incident was caught on video. The aircraft lost its tail and went up in …
Read More »Valieva coach breaks silence on Olympic doping ordeal
Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze says she does not doubt the innocence of Kamila Valieva, as the teenage star fights a legal battle to compete at the Beijing Olympics after a failed doping test. Valieva, 15, is awaiting a decision on whether she will be able to appear in …
Read More »Djokovic breaks silence on Australia debacle
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic has sent a message to his fans as he awaits a decision on whether he will be deported from Australia after being held when he entered the country for the first Grand Slam of 2022. In a debacle that has surpassed sporting drama, Serbian …
Read More »Another country breaks ties with Taiwan
Nicaragua’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denis Moncada Colindres, announced the breaking of diplomatic ties in a statement on Thursday. “The Government of the Republic of Nicaragua declares that it recognizes that in the world there is only one single China,” the statement said, adding that “the People’s Republic of China …
Read More »‘She was my friend’: Baldwin breaks silence on ‘one-in-a-trillion’ set shooting, says movie had ‘well-oiled crew’
“There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this. This is a one in a trillion episode,” Baldwin told gathered press on Saturday. Hutchins died earlier this month after Baldwin fired a live round from a weapon while filming the movie ‘Rust’ in New …
Read More »Migrant caravan breaks through Mexican police as Biden blasted for claiming he hasn’t had time to visit border (VIDEO)
Thousands of migrants gathered in Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border, and are now making their way to Mexico City and eventually the US border. Among them are people fleeing Haiti, Venezuela, and multiple other Latin American countries. Department of Homeland Security officials previously stated they were keeping an eye on …
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