Switzerland closed its airspace for several hours on Wednesday for safety reasons, after a computer glitch. The air traffic control service Skyguide grounded all planes early in the morning, and later announced: “the technical malfunction… has been resolved,” without clarifying what the initial problem was. The move paralyzed the country’s major airports in …
Read More »Russia closes consulates of three NATO countries
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the “unfriendly actions” of the three Baltic states on Thursday, by closing their consulates and declaring their staff ‘personae non grata’. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania had previously announced their decision to close their Russian consulates. The ministry summoned top representatives of the diplomatic missions …
Read More »Russia closes airspace to 30+ states
Russia has closed its skies for over two dozen European countries, as well Canada, on Monday. The move came after the EU banned Russian airlines from crossing into their airspace. European nations began banning Russian-owned airlines and Russian-registered aircraft shortly after Moscow launched a military operation against Ukraine early Thursday …
Read More »As the Taliban closes in and the troops rush to avert disaster, the US is offering its citizens LOANS to flee Afghanistan
That’s right, those decapitation-phobics who don’t want to fall into Taliban hands can get a “repatriation” loan from the US State Department. The usual terms and conditions surely apply. The US Embassy in Kabul dangled the offer last week, when it advised all American citizens in Afghanistan to leave immediately …
Read More »‘We are afraid’: Kabul residents uneasy as Taliban closes in on Afghan capital, slam Biden for withdrawing US troops
“Yes, for sure we are afraid of them, as the cities are falling day by day. The capital may also fall after some time,” one of the locals told RT’s Ruptly video agency. A large-scale offensive by the Taliban in recent weeks has seen the radical Islamist group gaining control …
Read More »Sex beast billionarie Epstein’s victims’ fund closes after paying $121mn to about 140 people – Is money what justice is all about?
Money is the answer to many things but, as the final claims are made from the Victims’ Compensation Program set up to reach financial settlements with the victims of sex beast Jeffrey Epstein, who died two years ago this week, you have to wonder whether the $121 million paid out …
Read More »German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results
Last November, the German Health Ministry and Google joined forces in an attempt to steer German-language searches on the top 160 most common diseases to a government-funded website. The aim was for people to access verified information on those illnesses from a single source, with Health Minister Jens Spahn insisting …
Read More »German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results
Last November, the German Health Ministry and Google joined forces in an attempt to steer German-language searches on the top 160 most common diseases to a government-funded website. The aim was for people to access verified information on those illnesses from a single source, with Health Minister Jens Spahn insisting …
Read More »Belarus closes borders with Poland & Lithuania amid political turmoil with Western-backed opposition
We are forced to withdraw the troops from the streets, put half of the army on high alert and close the state border from the west, primarily with Lithuania and Poland. We are forced to reinforce the state border, unfortunately, with our brotherly Ukraine. As of late Thursday, however, the …
Read More »The European Union closes the external borders of coronavirus
Becoming the center of a coronavirus pandemic of Europe forbids entry to foreigners. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the tightening of controls at the external borders of the EU for a period of not less than ten days. “The European Commission presents their principles on border measures …
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