American servicemen will not fight in Ukraine if Russia decides to invade, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday, amid rising fears in Washington that war is around the corner. Speaking to MSNBC, Kirby was responding to last week’s statement by President Joe Biden that American soldiers would not be …
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The Russian defense minister has outlined details of an incident which, according to Moscow, saw a US military submarine violate Russia’s sovereignty over the weekend. The Pentagon has denied that any such event took place. Speaking on Monday, Sergey Shoigu told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the submarine went 4km …
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Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov has revealed details of the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden shortly after the phone talks concluded on Saturday evening. Speaking to reporters during a media briefing, Ushakov revealed that the talks were staged on Washington’s request with …
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US President Joe Biden has told American citizens living in Ukraine that they should immediately leave the country due to the threat of ‘Russian invasion’, because the military will not come to their aid if a war kicks off. Speaking in an interview on Thursday with NBC News anchor Lester …
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The five-hour meeting, earlier this week, between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin was “rich and substantive,” with both leaders focused on the future of peace in Europe, the French leader said on Wednesday. Following his trip to Moscow, and a subsequent visit to Kiev, Macron …
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Trying to forcibly remove truckers blockading the busiest US-Canadian border crossing at Ambassador Bridge could lead to violence and even death, the mayor of Windsor, Ontario cautioned on Wednesday, while his police chief called for a “diplomatic” approach. “You have a number of people who are … part of the …
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White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Financial Times on Tuesday that the US is exiting the “full-blown pandemic phase” of Covid-19, and that restrictions will soon be relaxed. Fauci has been criticized before for flip-flopping on Covid rules, but his latest statement comes amid a government-wide …
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A team of researchers from Osnabruck University in Germany claim to have observed a behavior in chimpanzees that was previously thought to be specific to humans: giving each other medical assistance. The findings were reported in the journal Current Biology on Monday. Many species of animals are known to engage …
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Ukraine has received $1.5 billion in economic aid, as well as guns, ammunition, hardware, and other military assistance from the West in recent months, Kiev’s top diplomat has disclosed, adding that he thinks diplomatic support has helped to forestall potential aggression from Russia. Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba commented on the …
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Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced the upcoming deployment of an additional force of 350 German soldiers to Lithuania during her visit to the Munster Training Area in Lower Saxony on Monday. The troops will reinforce a NATO battle group stationed in the Baltic country, joining the contingent of about …
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