Pyongyang has claimed a successful test of a “new-type guided weapon,” allegedly designed to increase the efficiency of its “tactical nukes.” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was present to observe the launch, conducted at an undisclosed time and location. Several undated images published by KCNA state news agency on Sunday show …
Read More »Big progress in Ukraine talks – Lavrov
Talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Turkey have produced one significant step forward: Kiev giving up on Crimea and the Donbass, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday, during a visit to China. “I consider it significant progress that the Ukrainian negotiators confirmed the need to ensure a …
Read More »Bill Gates shares ‘good news’ on progress of Covid pandemic
“Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic,” Gates wrote in a lengthy Twitter thread on Tuesday. In the posts, Gates claimed some of his friends have contracted Omicron and he has canceled “most” of his holiday plans …
Read More »Russian space company Progress completes preliminary design of first domestically made partially reusable methane-powered rocket
Speaking to TASS news agency, the company’s press service revealed that draft plans for the Amur-LNG space rocket had been sent to other space industry corporations for expert examination. So far, it has received positive feedback, Progress claims. The company also noted that the plan could possibly be improved and …
Read More »Psaki says deaths of 13 US troops don’t ‘take place of all the PROGRESS’ made in Kabul as Biden takes flak for Afghan nightmare
“The men and women who gave their lives… that doesn’t take the place of all of the progress, all of the work that’s been done to evacuate people,” Psaki said on Sunday in a press briefing. She added that the 13 fallen service members sacrificed their lives to save thousands …
Read More »American attempts to stifle China’s technological progress in order to ‘win 21st century’ are failing
A new study by Harvard’s Growth Lab has found that “the technological level of China’s exports increased through the trade war with the US, according to a new ranking, which predicts the Chinese economy will grow faster than India’s over the next decade.” It further states that the “complexity of …
Read More »US State Department will fly extra-woke ‘Progress’ flag for end of Pride Month
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday that the State Department in Washington, DC will fly the ‘Progress’ flag between June 26 and June 28 – commemorating the anniversaries of the 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, and the 1969 Stonewall Riots, respectively. “I think this is going …
Read More »You are not God, Dr Fauci. If science was never challenged, we would never make any progress
There has been an interesting cultural fight within the culture war over science itself. Many people on the political left have a tendency to place scientific method on a pedestal and not consider it for what it is – which is, purely and simply, scientific method. Rather, they treat science …
Read More »Pentagon says US exit from Afghanistan halfway done, but won’t give ‘specifics’ on progress going forward
US Central Command (CENTCOM), the military body that oversees the Middle East and Central Asia, said more than half of American forces had left Afghanistan in a Tuesday press release. “US Central Command estimates that we have completed greater than 50% of the entire retrograde process,” it said, adding that …
Read More »Senior EU negotiator at Iran nuclear talks reports ‘substantial progress,’ feels ‘quite sure’ of deal’s revival
“We have made substantial progress over the last 10 days, but there are still things to be worked on and we will reconvene next week, and we will continue working,” Enrique Mora told reporters in the Austrian capital on Wednesday. The negotiator has been among those facilitating indirect talks between …
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