Russia does not target civilians in Ukraine and did not strike the shopping center in Kremenchug, Moscow’s envoy to the UN told the Security Council on Tuesday. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said that the mall caught fire due to an explosion of Western-supplied weapons and ammunition, stored at the nearby factory …
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) has signaled plans to essentially boycott the group that runs US presidential debates, saying GOP voters no longer trust the organization to treat candidates fairly. “The RNC has a duty to ensure that its future presidential nominees have the opportunity to debate their opponents on …
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The price of the October futures on the Dutch TTF exchange jumped by 20% in mere minutes, exceeding $875.84 by 8:00 GMT. Some time later, it exceeded $900 and, by 9:00 GMT, had reached $943. Russian experts earlier this week predicted that gas prices could climb further, up to $1,000 under …
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Latin lessons will be introduced in 40 schools from September next year as part of a scheme by the Department of Education to make the language more accessible for state school students, who, unlike their private-school counterparts, do not typically have the option of learning it. In a statement on …
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On Tuesday, the top headlines on the Drudge Report, a popular US news aggregate for trumpeting the liberal party line, captured the full spirit of the ‘new normal’, which the doomsayers fear is snowballing into nothing less than a totalitarian police state: ‘CDC recommends vaccinated people wear masks indoors again…’ …
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Thousands of protesters faced off with law enforcement near the Hellenic Parliament building in Syntagma Square on Wednesday, as lawmakers debated a bill that would place uniformed, unarmed security personnel on university campuses. Currently, police are prohibited from entering the grounds of higher-education institutions, due to a law adopted after …
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In my 50-odd years on the planet, the hopeful greeting ‘Happy New Year!’ will never mean so much as it will when the bells chime at midnight on December 31. For billions of people, 2020 was a depressing and sometimes dangerous year that won’t be missed. According to the Johns …
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In a scene befitting the strange political and social landscape of 2020, Ossoff debated an empty podium on Sunday night in what was supposed to be the first of two debates before a January 5 runoff election that will decide who will represent the Peach State in the Senate. Perdue …
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Having previously suggested Biden should forgo any debates with the president, Pelosi was asked on Friday’s ‘CBS This Morning’ whether she still feels the same way. “I do, not that I don’t think he’ll be excellent,” she said. “I just think that the president has no fidelity to fact or …
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British defense chiefs have outlined plans to deactivate the Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tanks and Warrior armored fighting vehicles (AFV), as the costs of maintaining them have skyrocketed, the Times newspaper has reported. Costs aside, the armored fleet – which currently consists of 227 Challengers and 388 Warriors – …
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