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A shadowy left-wing group has said it was behind the suspected arson that prompted the shutdown of a major Tesla plant near Berlin. The authorities and Tesla owner Elon Musk have condemned the actions of “terrorists.”  Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg in Gruenheide was evacuated on Tuesday when a nearby electricity pylon …

The French foreign ministry has criticized a UN assessment of the most recent violent protests in the country. In a statement released on Saturday, Paris said that it believes the organization’s conclusions about racism in policing went too far. “France disputes comments that it considers excessive and deplores the forgetting …

Kiev’s former ambassador to Berlin, Andrey Melnik, has said his invitation to the president of Germany’s eastern state of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, to visit Ukraine has been rescinded. The envoy was fired from his post by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in early July after his statements caused several awkward situations …

The head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Alexey Danilov, has called out presidential adviser Mikhail Podoliak for making statements on behalf of the military. Earlier this week, Podoliak unveiled an arms wish list for the West, saying Kiev needs 300 multiple-launch rocket systems, 500 tanks, and 1,000 …

The US and Britain are currently engaging in illegal war propaganda, prohibited by the UN’s International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. Writing on her Telegram channel, Zakharova accused the West of breaking the treaty, signed in New York in 1966, …

Dmitry Peskov was speaking to a special TV program about the second year of living with Covid-19, alongside other government officials. When asked his opinion about anti-vaxxers, Putin’s spokesman did not equivocate. “Dangerous fools. That’s two words. Just one word cannot express it,” he told the TV host Nailya Asker-Zade. …

“Sir, f**k you, f**k you, thank you very much, f**k you. Go f**k yourself, go on, sir, go on,” was Scott’s response to Anton Dolin, when the Russian cinema critic said that ‘The Last Due’ looked “more realistic” than Scott’s previous medieval oeuvre, specifically the crusader epic ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ …

Speaking to the media on Wednesday following a meeting with Democrats on the bills, Pelosi took aim at “irresponsible” Republicans, who have not been supportive and have pledged not to help raise the debt ceiling. “Disappointing as always,” Pelosi said.  The congresswoman claimed Democrats had a “very productive” meeting and …

“There has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt. This will not do,” Foreign Minister Le Drian told the press on Saturday.  Paris’ ambassadors to Canberra and Washington have been recalled in response to the deal, and Le Drian had previously described Australia ditching the pact between …

In a short statement on Sunday, a spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called parts of a declaration adopted during the EU summit in Athens “biased, lacking vision, and disconnected from reality, as was the case in previous years.” Signatories should “drop their one-sided and biased attitude” and …