Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi declared on Monday that his ministry might request a larger budget for the next fiscal year to bolster Tokyo’s ability to stand up to a possible military threat coming from any regional power. The Asian nation’s new desire to level up its military might comes …
Read More »Russia discloses plans for Donbass military bases
While Russia has struck a deal that enables it to deploy troops and military hardware on a long-term basis to sites across the Donbass, at present it has no concrete plans to establish installations in the newly recognized Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Moscow has revealed, despite speculation its troops …
Read More »Iran discloses conditions for nuclear deal revival
Iran’s parliament has laid out six conditions for the country to return to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal in an open letter to President Ebrahim Raisi, published in Iranian media on Sunday. An overwhelming majority of MPs supported the statement, with 250 out of 290 parliamentarians signing the letter. The …
Read More »Kentucky governor discloses real scale of tornado tragedy
Speaking to CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ on Sunday, Beshear provided an update on the destruction wrought in his state, which was the worst hit of multiple midwest states by the storm. He said the death toll currently stood at 80, but that he expected the number would rise and …
Read More »Macron discloses whether lockdown for unvaccinated will be necessary in France
Speaking to La Voix du Nord newspaper in an interview published on Thursday, Macron said there was no need for France to follow Austria’s lead by locking down its unvaccinated citizens. “Those countries locking down the non-vaccinated are those which have not put in place the [health] pass. Therefore, this …
Read More »Germany discloses names of Dutch SS veterans still receiving pensions for serving Hitler in WWII
Berlin has forwarded a list with the names of recipients of German pensions between 2015 and 2019 and the exact sums they were paid, the Dutch State Secretary for Finance Hans Vijlbrief said in a letter to parliament, which was cited by local media. It turned out that 34 people …
Read More »Elon Musk discloses his bitcoin kink and messes with crypto-enthusiasts via cheeky tweets
Musk has tweeted in the past about bitcoin, dogecoin and the like, often in a joking manner. This time around, however, the Tesla and SpaceX founder, started by saying bitcoin was his “safe word,” and tweeted: “Just kidding, who needs a safe word anyway?!” an hour later. Shortly thereafter, he …
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