Ukraine’s Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov has warned against “inappropriate” speculation concerning an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine, while casting doubt on the evacuation of civilians from Donbass. Reznikov told the Ukrainian 1+1 broadcaster on Sunday that at this moment “no strike group has been formed” by Russia on Ukraine’s borders. …
Read More »Valieva trains in Beijing as officials respond to ‘doping speculation’
Kamila Valieva took to the ice in Beijing for training on Thursday as Russian and Olympic officials refused to comment on speculation that the 15-year-old figure skating star had failed a doping test. Valieva was seen going through her routine at a practice rink in the Chinese capital alongside teammate Alexandra …
Read More »Mass Effect TV show speculation and fan demands: Male, female or no Shepard at all?
Now – a decade later – I have no desire to part with any of my organs anymore. But it seems that a Mass Effect show actually has a pretty good chance of succeeding if it’s released sometime in 2022 or 2023. If it came out in 2012 or 2013 …
Read More »Speculation on European markets drives gas prices higher as the ‘Russia’s to blame’ game continues
The cost of November futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands traded at $1,109 for a thousand-cubic-meter unit as of 07:00 GMT, or, in household terms, $107 per megawatt-hour. At its peak, the cost of the commodity reached $1,139 per thousand cubic meters. The crisis in the European gas …
Read More »‘Let’s get on with the job’: Johnson finalises UK cabinet shuffle after weeks of speculation
In a brief statement issued via Twitter after a series of ministerial changes were announced by Number 10, the PM said the government would “work tirelessly to unite and level up the whole country”. The first casualty of the reshuffle on Wednesday was now-former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. He had quite …
Read More »Afghan president Ghani dismisses speculation of resignation, mulls ‘re-integration’ of military as Taliban closes in on Kabul
“I understand that you are worried about your future, I assure you as your president that I will concentrate on preventing expansion of instability, violence and displacement of my people,” Ghani told the people in a brief, pre-recorded address on Saturday. The president, who has mostly remained silent amid a …
Read More »WATCH: Biden adds fodder to dementia speculation as spirited response on filibuster reform degenerates into word salad
Speaking on Thursday at his first formal press conference since taking office – having taken almost twice as long as any president in 100 years to invite reporters to ask questions – the 78-year-old Biden at times struggled to express his thoughts, particularly on the filibuster. At issue was the …
Read More »Biden aide says Pentagon DID stop transition meetings, amid speculation Trump is preparing to ‘cross the Rubicon’
A sensationally titled Axios report claimed on Friday that Trump’s acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller had ordered a “total halt” to briefings and meetings with Biden’s transition staff, citing anonymous officials as saying it was to give the Pentagon staff a break for the holidays. “This isn’t true,” former acting …
Read More »‘Mossad at work’? Twitter explodes with speculation of US & Israeli involvement after killing of top Iranian scientist
Fakhrizadeh-Mahavadi was fatally injured after a reported ambush on his car in Tehran that led to a shootout between unidentified assailants and the nuclear scientist’s bodyguards, local media has reported. Alleged to be the head of Iran’s nuclear program, many have taken to theorizing the Israeli government could have been …
Read More »Petition on the protection of patients from medical speculation on the health and the last hope
Recently in Russia cases of speculation on “the last hope”. Desperate illness, people promise a miraculous cure for a lot of money and these stories are thousands. People sell miraculous “healing from cancer”, Supplement for hundreds of thousands of rubles, put a “fake” diagnoses, prescribe expensive pointless treatment, sell “innovative …
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