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For an organisation that hijacked Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ as its supranational anthem, there seems to be a surprisingly hearty appetite for turning the European Union into something far beyond its original scope as a club for political elites and a mutually beneficial trade alliance. And no one typifies that …

Nikol Pashinyan made the call on his compatriots to rally together and protect their “holy homeland” on Tuesday, after clashes broke out on the shared frontier. According to a message from the Armenian Defense Ministry, “the situation in the eastern direction of the border zone continues to be extremely tense. …

The Monday ruling builds up on a previous decision by a Texas court, which last month likewise found Jones liable by default. In both matters, Jones stonewalled court discovery, defying court orders to provide relevant materials. Families of 10 victims, two in Texas and eight in Connecticut, seek damages from …

The new theory posited by French physicist Pascal Koiran marks a break from earlier research in the field of black hole studies. Previously, it was thought that a so-called ‘wormhole’ composed of two black holes would be prone to instantly collapse, thus making it impossible for an object to successfully …

Dmitry Kuleba sounded the alarm on Monday during a meeting with his Western counterparts, saying that the West would have to avoid being tied up in bureaucracy in the event of a conflict. “If Russia starts acting, you simply won’t have time physically to coordinate, to go through all the …

Over the past few weeks, the Financial Times has carried a number of stories based around deliberate leaks and interviews from the Pentagon. It was the FT, for example, that broke the news about China’s apparent hypersonic missile test.  The stories all have a common theme and focus – to dramatically …

On Tuesday morning, footage shot from the scene showed dozens of men, some wielding sticks, approaching the demarcation line. Other clips showed a vehicle on the Polish side of the border shooting jets of water into the air, and what appeared to be clouds of smoke and light rising from …

German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) insists that the operator of the pipeline could only be registered as a German entity, while Nord Stream 2 AG company is based in Switzerland. Nord Stream 2 AG opted to establish a German subsidiary to oversee the part of the pipeline that goes through the …

The complaint, filed in a Manhattan federal court on Monday, alleges that Tesla sold warrants to JPMorgan in 2014, which were to be paid off if their strike price, or guaranteed fixed price, was below Tesla’s share price upon the warrants’ expiration in June and July 2021. Tesla’s share price …

Court documents state that between April and October 2021, Facebook’s management violated federal securities law by deliberately misleading the public about its algorithms and the negative effects its products may have on minors to boost profits. “Facebook (Meta) said it was looking out for our children and weeding out online …