Paris will transfer its domestically-made AMX-10 ‘light tanks’ to Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member to send Kiev non-Soviet armor, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. News of the transfer was broken by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who wrote on Twitter that he had “a long and detailed conversation” with …
Read More »Phone call records shed light on what happened near Kiev
Ukrainian security officials and Western journalists who went looking for Russian atrocities northwest of Bucha in the Kiev region found no signs of human rights abuses, according to phone call records obtained by RT. Instead, locals told journalists the Russian troops gave them food and treated them well. Meanwhile, a …
Read More »‘Modi factor’ and AAPheaval: India’s election shines a light on its future
For about a month, the people of India have kept a close eye on the progress of assembly elections in five states with an overall population of more than a quarter of a billion people – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Punjab, and Goa. The importance of these polls cannot be …
Read More »Volunteers helping Donbass refugees shine a light on the human cost of war
In just a few weeks, the UN estimates that over 2.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine. Prompted by Russia’s military attack, this is the second great exodus from the country in under a decade. The first came after the events of the 2014 Kiev ‘Maidan,’ which led to the Western-backed …
Read More »Transgender woman brags about light sentence for molesting child
A transgender woman in Los Angeles gloated in a recorded jailhouse telephone call that she would be let off easy for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl – a prediction that proved true when she was sentenced last month. The recordings, which were obtained by Fox News, caught 26-year-old Hannah Tubbs …
Read More »China gives green light to Pfizer Covid pill
China has given conditional approval to the importation and use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid. The Chinese drug regulator noted, however, that further research into the medicine is needed for it to be granted general approval. China’s National Medical Products Administration announced on Saturday that it had “conducted an …
Read More »Latest video shows Venus in new light
NASA has made public a video and some photos of the surface of Venus, taken by the Parker Solar Probe on a flyby last year. Scientists hope the first images of this kind will help them learn more about the most earth-like planet in the solar system. The US space …
Read More »Moscow gives green light for new showdown with Washington
Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov is set to go head-to-head with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Switzerland on Friday, Moscow has confirmed, amid strained relations with Washington. Speaking during a briefing on Thursday, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, disclosed that the two envoys will negotiate …
Read More »Digital yuan given green light by Chinese tech giant
Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has reportedly added support for digital yuan to its WeChat Pay wallet, granting users the option to pay using China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). To use the CBDC in transactions, WeChat users need to have already verified their identity via the e-CNY app, the digital …
Read More »Slovenia’s presidency has been a DISASTER for the EU, shining a light on the ‘West v the rest’ cultural divide like never before
Since June, Slovenia has held the six-month presidency of the Council of the EU, which is fitting – or one could say ironic – because it coincides with the 30-year anniversary of the country’s independence. The rotating nature of the presidency is meant to project a sense of unity and …
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