Russia is abusing its position on the UN Security Council, but removing the country as a permanent member is not on the cards, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that Moscow should be stripped of its position on the key UN body …
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On Thursday, amid the ongoing Russian offensive, Ukraine’s parliament called on the United Nations and other international organizations to send a peacekeeping mission to their country. Addressing the UN, the International Red Cross, the European Parliament and “parliaments and cabinets” of all nations, they adopted a resolution urging foreign involvement …
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The head of UK domestic intelligence service MI5, Ken McCallum, has advised MPs to beware of China and Russia’s “interference alerts,” which he believes will occur increasingly often as these two countries are allegedly aiming for international supremacy. In an interview with the Daily Mail, McCallum said that since the …
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The US, Russia, and other major powers should sign an agreement which would contain “three-four-five clauses” about Ukraine’s security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested in an interview with the RBC Ukraine outlet on Thursday. Saying that NATO now is “the only one of the existing security alliances which Ukraine …
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T Rabi Sankar, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), advised the Indian government to ban cryptocurrencies on Monday – comparing digital currencies to Ponzi schemes and branding them a threat to control of the economy. In a speech to the Indian Banks Association, Sankar warned that …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his support for diplomatic efforts to put an end to the conflict in the Donbass, despite calls from his country’s parliament for the Kremlin to consider recognizing two breakaway regions of Eastern Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin should “untie the noose around Ukraine” and instead focus on acts of peace, newly re-elected German head of state Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday. Speaking to the Bundestag, after being re-elected for a second five-year term as president, Steinmeier described the current situation in Europe as …
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Bishop Garrison, a senior advisor to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, pledged his support for more “diversity, equity, and inclusion” in the US military on Wednesday. He insisted the policy has nothing to do with ideology or a “culture war,” arguing that the approach would make the US military …
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Liberal billionaire George Soros called for the replacement of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, comparing the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. In a speech delivered at the conservative Hoover Institution, Soros called China the “world’s most powerful authoritarian state” and “the greatest …
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US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland has called on China to press Russia towards a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. Beijing has already pushed back on the American position by acknowledging Moscow’s “legitimate security concerns.” The move comes amid a flurry of diplomacy around the situation in …
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