According to Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the Duma Commission for Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs, the idea to strengthen the punishment was triggered primarily by the behavior of Google, which has repeatedly refused to pay fines handed down by the authorities. “The company’s management shamefacedly evades answering …
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After landing in Singapore for a trip through Southeast Asia this week, Harris outlined the Joe Biden administration’s vision for the region in a speech on Tuesday, saying it seeks to advance “peace and stability, freedom on the seas” and “human rights” in the Indo-Pacific. Echoing previous comments by Biden, …
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In a statement released by the White House on Saturday afternoon, Biden revealed that he had ordered approximately 5,000 US troops into Afghanistan to ensure an “orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel.” Several days earlier his administration committed around 3,000 troops for this purpose, as the State Department cut back on …
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In a video shared online, the unknown individual can be seen holding what was described as an explosive device, as authorities repeatedly asked him to stand down. Passersby, presumed to be government employees or visitors, can be seen pushing past him to enter the building, apparently unconcerned by the threat. …
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Announced by the Treasury Department on Friday, the new sanctions targeted Cuba’s National Revolutionary Police, as well as its director Oscar Callejas and his deputy Eddy Sierra, saying they worked to “suppress peaceful, pro-democratic protests in Cuba” that erupted earlier this month. Biden met with leaders of Cuban diaspora groups …
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However, efforts to draw a line under the debate over the almost-finished energy link have clear-ly not pacified Ukraine’s foreign minister. Dmytro Kuleba was quick to reply to the news on Wednesday, saying in a joint statement with Poland’s foreign minister that the proposals put forward to alleviate the “security …
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Duterte vented his frustration over vaccine hesitancy during a cabinet meeting late on Monday night. “If you don’t want to get vaccinated, leave the Philippines,” he said, as quoted by the PNA news agency. “Go to India if you want, or somewhere to America. But for as long as you …
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Even by the standards of master trash-talkers Mayweather and Paul, few would have expected the colossal scrap that ensued after the upstart pulled a stunt on the revered veteran as they exchanged barbs during the promotional event for the 44-year-old’s farcical fight on June 6 against Paul’s brother, Logan. Approaching …
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Meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, the European Parliament weighed two separate sets of remarks relating to Russian energy policies. These remarks encapsulated the diverging European views over the implications of Nord Stream 2, a Russia-to-Germany underwater natural-gas pipeline system being built in the Baltic Sea. One view is that the …
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The letter, which had caused a stir in the media, was published in the conservative ‘Valeurs Actuelles’ news magazine on April 21. The appeal was signed by around 20 retired generals along with “a hundred senior officers and more than a thousand soldiers,” the magazine said. Striking an ominous tone, …
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