Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky relieved Ambassador Andrey Melnik from his post in a decree signed on Saturday. In recent months, the diplomat has sparked multiple high-profile scandals and even branded German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an “offended liverwurst.” No reasoning for the move has officially been provided. Melnik was dismissed from …
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Despite increased fears over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is no indication that Moscow is planning to launch an offensive in the near future, the defense minister in Kiev said on Monday. Speaking to Ukrainian TV channel ICTV, owned by billionaire businessman Victor Pinchuk, Aleksey Reznikov dismissed the …
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On Thursday, a correspondent questioned what she’d apparently perceived as a lack of action by the administration against Moscow, only to get a dismissive characterization by the president. “Why are you waiting on [Russia’s President Vladimir] Putin to make the first move, Sir?” Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich shouted as reporters …
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Responding to Moscow’s proposal to impose a moratorium on deployment of such missiles in Europe on Tuesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg dubbed the idea “not credible.” “The proposal from Russia on a moratorium is not credible because we had a ban and they violated that ban,” Stoltenberg said, referring to …
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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry does not confirm any of these allegations, the president’s spokesman, Sergey Nikiforov, told Ukraine’s Dom TV Channel, adding that the Russian troop concentration on Ukraine’s borders does not exceed an “ordinary” level. Nikiforov also questioned the motives of some American press outlets, which have recently issued …
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On Friday, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its assessment of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus could have first infected humans. It said the origins of Covid-19 may never be established fully, and that US intelligence found both natural transmission from animals to humans, as well …
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“I understand that you are worried about your future, I assure you as your president that I will concentrate on preventing expansion of instability, violence and displacement of my people,” Ghani told the people in a brief, pre-recorded address on Saturday. The president, who has mostly remained silent amid a …
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“We will not be distracted by accusations which aren’t supported by the facts,” Facebook spokesperson Dani Lever said in a Friday statement. Lever went on to claim that two billion users have “viewed authoritative information about Covid-19 and vaccines” on Facebook and added that over three million have used the …
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Filed in December 2020 with much media fanfare, the lawsuit accused Mark Zuckerberg’s behemoth of having a monopoly on Personal Social Network (PSN) services and engaging in “a systematic strategy” to eliminate competition, by buying apps like Instagram and WhatsApp and denying potential rivals access to its platform. US District …
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The prime minister said on Friday that Yasuhiko Nishimura, the head of the Imperial Household Agency, had merely “expressed his own opinion” when he told reporters that Emperor Naruhito was worried that the Tokyo Olympics could spread the coronavirus.Similarly, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said that Nishimura was sharing his …
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