Blinken was revealed to be Biden’s expected pick on Monday by sources inside the Democrat’s transition team, according to media reports. A long-time Biden ally, he served as the number-two National Security Advisor and the deputy State Secretary during Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House. The official announcement …
Read More »At least 11, including civilians, killed in reported ISIS attack on security post west of Baghdad – report
The attack took place in the area of al-Radhwaniya late Sunday, as militants attempted to take control over a monitoring outpost, overlooking the outskirts west of Baghdad, the agency reported, citing security sources. The militants who descended on the tower in four vehicles targeted the outpost with grenades and rained …
Read More »Explosions reported in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku accuses Armenia of shelling Azerbaijani town just hours into ceasefire
Azerbaijan, for its part, accused Armenia of striking the town of Terter with artillery fire. RT correspondent Igor Zhdanov said alert sirens were heard in Stepankert, the capital of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, late on Saturday. Several explosions – both in the air and on the ground – were observed …
Read More »Nearly 500,000 power outages reported across Texas & Louisiana as Hurricane Delta pummels gulf coast with 80mph gusts
Delta hit land in southwest Louisiana on Friday night, inflicting widespread damage and knocking out electricity for some 379,636 people in the state and another 108,402 in neighboring Texas, according to PowerOutage.us, a project that aggregates data from utility companies around the country. Footage circulating on social media showed powerful …
Read More »Injuries reported after rockets fired from Gaza, as Bahrain & UAE sign peace deal with Tel Aviv at the White House
Rocket warning sirens were activated in southern Israeli cities late on Tuesday, as the ceremony to sign a US-brokered deal between Tel Aviv, Bahrain, and the UAE was underway in Washington. The sirens were sounded in the coastal cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod. Footage from the scene shows damaged vehicles …
Read More »“Aeroflot” has reported the billions of dollars of losses
Net loss of JSC “Aeroflot” under RAS amounted at the end of II quarter of this year 26,156 billion rubles against net profit 2,730 billion received a year earlier, follows from the statements of the carrier. Revenue fell in April—June by 85% yoy to 20,837 billion. Overall for the first …
Read More »The official structures of Belarus reported on Lukashenko’s rating 76%
The rating of the incumbent President of Belarus is currently 76%. Such information is “shared” Operative analytical centre under the President at yesterday’s meeting of Alexander Lukashenko with journalists. It was published on his page in Facebook political correspondent of the Belarusian radio Andrey Krivosheev. While the OAC “recognizes” that …
Read More »Novaya Gazeta reported about “the queue of ambulance” at the hospital in St. Petersburg
You are not lying The hospitals of St. Petersburg — queue again from “fast”. Officials say the situation “is about to improve” Near St. Petersburg hospitals ambulance again stand in hours-long queues. Previously, a similar picture could be observed in the first day of each hospital, which only opened as …
Read More »Media reported about the deployment of military equipment on several fronts in the Donbass
In the Donbass in several directions at once noticeable accumulation of military equipment. This is reported by Ukrainian mass media with reference to the monitoring mission of the OSCE. On the official page of the headquarters of the NFB in Facebook notes that “in violation of the agreements on …
Read More »In the state Duma reported the use of a special icon for “scaring away” virus
Moscow. May 13. INTERFAX.RU – a Number of deputies of the state Duma acquired and put on the lapels of his jacket and icons in the form of a white cross on a black background, because I think that this item will allow you to scare off the virus, said …
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