Spanish league chiefs have announced they are to file a complaint to UEFA, French courts and the European Union regarding the circumstances of Kylian Mbappe’s contract renewal with French powerhouse club Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe, considered by many to be among the finest young talents in world football, had appeared to …
Read More »Taliban has NOT AGREED extension to evacuation deadline, wants ALL foreign departures finished by Aug 31 – spokesman
Speaking on Tuesday, Mujahid insisted that the Taliban has and will not grant foreign governments a prolonged window to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan, and said that all repatriations should be done by the end of the month. The US has the resources and planes to complete the repatriation mission …
Read More »Biden begs for extension of eviction moratorium as gigantic aid money pool sits undistributed & housing market starts to wobble
The White House would have liked to extend the federal eviction moratorium, said a statement posted by the Biden administration on Thursday, but instead it had no choice but to let the protection lapse on Saturday – after “the Supreme Court has made clear that this option is no longer available.” …
Read More »Sydney faces further lockdown extension as Australia reports 77 new cases in NSW & first Covid-19 death this year
“Tragically, we’ve seen one older person die and I want to extend my deepest condolences to their families and loved ones,” NSW State Premier Gladys Berejiklian told a daily press conference on Sunday. The victim was a woman in her 90s who apparently contracted the disease in her household and …
Read More »National Guard Association denounces extension of soldiers in DC: ‘Inappropriate at best, illegal at worst’
“This enduring requirement of having them around the city, I think it’s completely inappropriate at best, illegal at worst,” Maj. Gen. McGuire told the Washington Examiner on Friday. National Guard troops were deployed to DC following the January 6 riot at the US Capitol that led to five deaths, including …
Read More »The New START extension is welcome, but it won’t deliver stability. The last thing the US wants is improved relations with Russia
This is because the Biden team is unwilling to understand that arms control treaties further strategic stability between the great powers only if they are an integral part of a network of agreements designed to improve relations between such powers. The first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) and Anti-Ballistic …
Read More »Putin submits bill to ratify 5-year extension of New START as last-minute deal with US is expected to rescue nuclear treaty
The draft text reveals that the two countries have “agreed in principle” to preserve the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, placing no conditions on the five-year extension. The eleventh-hour deal to revive New START was discussed during a Tuesday phone call between Putin and US President Joe Biden, a conversation …
Read More »Biden aims at 5-year extension of New START nuclear treaty with Russia, White House spokeswoman confirms
White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Thursday that Biden would look to negotiate an extension of the deal before it sunsets on February 5. “The president has long been clear that the New START treaty is in the national security interest of the United States, and this extension …
Read More »Austrians must wear FFP2 respirators in malls & on public transport, govt says amid lockdown extension
The new rules “don’t make anyone happy and are anything but popular, yet they are necessary, even if everyone is already fed up,” Kurz said on Sunday. Beginning January 25, Austrians will have to wear respirator-type FFP2 masks in supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations, and on public transport. The FFP2s offer …
Read More »What’s ‘verifiable’? Extension of US-Russia nuclear New START treaty hinges on word
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is scheduled to expire in February 2021. While Russia has offered a “clean” renewal of the existing treaty, without preconditions, the Trump administration has first sought to expand it to include China, then demanded a limit on total nuclear warheads as a condition for …
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