UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has explained his unwillingness to step down following the Partygate scandal by arguing that he just cannot “abandon” the nation as it faces economic hardships and the conflict in Ukraine. Speaking to the founder of the Mumsnet website, Justine Roberts, on Wednesday, the prime minister …
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Russia addressed the concerns of European countries on Thursday about the plan to switch settlements for gas delivery from euros to rubles. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Moscow’s decision would create many problems. He explained that Bulgaria, the country through which gas supplies to Serbia and Hungary is delivered, …
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Additional NATO soldiers will be sent to Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria, after the US-led military alliance formally confirms the decision next week, Germany’s dpa news agency said on Friday. The deployment has been considered since at least late January, but was reportedly met with resistance from some of the countries …
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Despite NATO’s insistence that it is a defensive organization, the US-led military bloc has not always acted that way, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, citing examples of interventions in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. At a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Putin commented …
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Washington has decided that it is not yet ready to make good on its threat to impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, CBS has reported, citing sources who say that it would cause problems in ongoing negotiations over security in Eastern Europe. On Wednesday, the New York-based network reported …
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has attempted to explain why President Joe Biden refers to the Capitol riot as an “insurrection,” a crime no individual, including former President Donald Trump, has been charged with. Biden referred to January 6 as an “armed insurrection” in his Thursday morning address. He …
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Omicron’s mutations are well within the realm of possibility for a natural variant of the virus, according to Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya Institute, which developed Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V vaccine. Speaking to Interfax on Monday, the scientist emphasized that this is especially true given that Omicron originated …
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On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the country is prepared to hold consultations, remarking that Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov will be “ready to fly to any neutral country at any time to start the talks.” The Kremlin official added that Russia is keen to …
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The survey, in which 1,600 people were questioned, was published on Tuesday by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, and uncovered people’s attitudes towards the nearby country and its citizens. More than half of respondents (52%) answered that they view the Ukrainian people as brothers, with this opinion being more …
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Speaking on the Girls On Film podcast, Barbara Broccoli, who controls the 007 franchise, touched on the search for an actor who would replace Daniel Craig as James Bond, and confirmed that it would certainly not be a female actress. The producer argued that it would be wrong to make …
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