The individual, whose identity is being kept secret by the government, arrived in Birmingham on a British military flight, Sky News reported on Monday, citing details from a briefing for MPs by ministers and officials. According to Sky, ministers were tipped off about the arrival “overnight.” A Home Office spokesperson …
Read More »Russian minister confirms rumors that country is planning replacement for ‘doomsday plane’ to house officials during NUCLEAR WAR
“Work in this direction is underway,” Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov told news agency Interfax on Sunday, noting that the Russian aviation industry now has the capability to produce aircraft of all classes, including planes for this purpose. A ‘doomsday plane’ is designed to house the country’s top …
Read More »The Taliban are ‘country boys with a code of honour’? Is this really an apt way to describe these cold-eyed killers of women?
Watching the chaos at Kabul International Airport as people of all nationalities try to escape from what they think the Taliban will do to them reminds me of what went through my mind each time I got off my plane after landing there. My one overriding thought was always: whatever …
Read More »‘Country boys’ who respect tribal ways: UK army chief calls on countries to give Taliban ‘space to show their credentials’
General Sir Nick Carter, who leads the British armed forces, issued his assessment on Wednesday after speaking to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who is set to meet with the Taliban imminently. “It may well be a Taliban that is more reasonable,” Carter stated, adding that his assessment is that …
Read More »US ‘failure’ in Afghanistan handed country to Taliban, Moscow says, claims American ‘hegemony’ declining as Russia & China on rise
President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy on the troubled Central Asian nation, Zamir Kabulov, told the Echo of Moscow radio station on Sunday that Washington was trying to make the chaotic events look like a deliberate approach. “I think those behind these kinds of notions are trying to justify the failure …
Read More »Polish minister suggests country could quit EU due to ‘blackmail’ over judicial reforms
Speaking to Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Ziobro slammed the EU ahead of an August 16 ruling to obey a decision from the Court of Justice or face potential financial repercussions, threatening that his country would not remain in the EU “at any cost.” The warning to EU officials about their …
Read More »As Russia recovers from economic effects of Covid-19, country’s richest have seen $40 billion growth in fortunes in 2021 – reports
That’s according to the latest data from Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, which shows that 24 of the world’s 500 wealthiest people are Russians. Behind Severstal owner Mordashov, gas entrepreneur Leonid Mikhelson and metal producer Vladimir Lisin have also seen their coffers increase by more than $5 billion this year. Russia’s richest …
Read More »My own country of Canada just kicked me out because my Covid immunity was acquired naturally and not from a vaccine
At the time of writing, I’m at an altitude of exactly 11,277m, 5,230km away from Vancouver, Canada, and 3,159km from my stopover in Munich, Germany, en route back to Paris, France. Where I really should be is relaxing on the backyard patio or in the jacuzzi at my home near …
Read More »A new Great Game is afoot in Afghanistan, as China hosts the Taliban and eyes a key role in the country’s future
China this week took the highly unusual step of hosting a delegation from the Taliban in Beijing for talks, as concerns rise about the future of Afghanistan, amidst growing fighting and a massive offensive by the Islamist group against the government, whose days are increasingly seen as numbered. Foreign Minister …
Read More »China’s Hou Zhihui clinches country’s second Olympic GOLD with record-setting weightlifting performance
In her maiden Olympic win, Hou twice broke the record in the snatch category, while her final lift of 116kg in the clean-and-jerk section was a new Games best – as was her overall total of 210kg. This was three kilos shy of her own world record. The 24-year-old phenom …
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