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Elon Musk was successful in his bid to take over Twitter. The world’s richest man struck a deal with the company’s board of directors to acquire the platform in its entirety for a cool $44 billion. Musk first expressed his intent to bring about change to the social media platform …

The Russian military offensive in Ukraine is still under way and recent events have sent shockwaves across the globe. A few days after troops withdrew from the small town of Bucha, near Kiev, the Ukrainian authorities reported finding multiple bodies of dead civilians. What happened in Bucha is now being compared to …

Mending relations between Russia and Europe is still possible, but it will only happen when the latter “sobers up from the American bourbon” and gets rid of US influence, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. “There are always solutions. From any confrontation, from any difficult situation, there are always …

In an increasingly “turbulent and tense” global diplomatic climate, Russia needs to receive legally binding security guarantees from the US-led NATO military bloc, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. In a warm congratulatory statement published for Diplomatic Worker’s Day, Putin also tasked employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with …

Russia’s population of 146 million people is not enough to fill the nation’s sprawling territory, which covers more than 17 million square kilometers, President Vladimir Putin has said, commenting on a series of demographic issues he said his country is facing, including a recent rise in mortality. Speaking to journalists …

I must confess that I find sanctimonious celebrity sermons particularly nauseating. So, when I hear acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch stating that society needs to address ‘toxic masculinity’ I reach for my metaphorical sick bucket. Cumberbatch smugly pontificated that ‘we need to fix the behaviour of men.’ In his sermon from Hollywood …

In recent months, American policymakers have used the phrase “responsible competition” to describe the evolving US policy towards China. During their virtual summit on November 16, US President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored “the importance of managing competition responsibly.” Biden stressed “the importance of managing strategic risks” and …

The United States of America was founded as a constitutional republic with a republican system of government, rather than as a direct democracy. The founders designed it this way because, not only did they understand human nature, but they also understood history. Taking a lesson from the ancient Greeks among …

During my time as a politician, I had an uncomfortable relationship with the National Health Service. In 2010, I wrote that the NHS was “costly, inefficient and stuffed with bureaucrats.” Moreover, the following year, I went on to describe the UK health system as a “monolithic hangover from days gone …

According to Tadzio Schilling, Wednesday’s gas price surge on the TTF hub in the Netherlands, which saw it hit an unprecedented $1,936 per 1,000 cubic meters, made both European market participants and politicians “nervous.” Schilling added that everyone expressed great “relief” when the price started dropping after Russian President Vladimir Putin …