US President Joe Biden received a report on the recent talks with Russia in Paris from his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. The two leaders agreed on joint action and discussed further US military and financial support for Ukraine, according to Kiev. The White House told reporters on Thursday that the call …
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has revealed a list of diplomatic requests sent to his counterpart in Moscow in response to Russia’s security proposals, describing the paper as a “serious diplomatic path forward, should Russia choose it” during a Wednesday press conference. However, while he restated several of Washington’s …
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UFC star Vanessa Demopoulos has shed light on her background in exotic dancing and detailed her reasons for quitting the trade prior to her first victory with the elite MMA promotion. Featuring on the same card as heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and Cyril Gane at UFC 270 in Anaheim last weekend, …
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The West’s policy of imposing sanctions and threatening Moscow and Beijing with restrictive measures has not driven a wedge between the two, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov has said amid heightened tensions with Washington and its allies in Europe. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Denisov insisted that …
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Kristina Kvien, the United States’ acting ambassador to Ukraine stated on Tuesday that it was out of “an abundance of caution” that the US moved to send off its non-essential embassy staff and dependents from Ukraine. Kvien told ABC News that part of the staffers were advised to leave the …
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A leading French vaccine scientists, Cecil Czerkinsky, has said he is convinced by the findings of an Italian-Russian study that showed Sputnik Light, a one-shot version of the Sputnik V Coved-19 jab, provided significantly increased protection against the Omicron variant when used as a booster. The paper, prepared by Italy’s …
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Sputnik V produces a better neutralizing antibody response to Omicron than the mRNA vaccines, Professor Hildegund Ertl, one of the top US vaccine specialists, said, according to a statement posted on Sputnik V Twitter page on Monday. The vaccine and immunotherapy researcher working at the Wistar Institute located in Philadelphia, …
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Moscow Region prosecutors announced on Monday they are investigating social media star Lena Izumrud, real name Valeria Tatarintseva, over videos that showed her leading a muzzled bear into her apartment block to entertain her one-year-old son Mark. The investigation will probe Tatarintseva for potential animal mistreatment and child endangerment offenses. …
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Alec Baldwin has denied he’s refusing to comply with a search warrant for his phone amid a probe into the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, arguing authorities have to tell him what exactly they want from his device. In a video posted to Instagram on Saturday, Baldwin said “any suggestion …
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Building a magnetic shield between the Sun and Mars could protect the planet from solar particles that erode its fragile atmosphere, eventually making it “terraform itself” to better suit humans, NASA’s former director has said. By blocking the charged rays and preventing them from stripping away this outer layer, more …
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