Washington has pledged to respond in writing to Moscow’s proposed security guarantees, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced following talks with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Speaking to journalists shortly after the meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva on Friday, Lavrov said the US side …
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More than two-thirds of voting Americans agree President Joe Biden has taken the US down the wrong track, a new poll conducted a year into his presidency has revealed. The results showed some 68% of respondents thought the country was going in the wrong direction, while 32% suggested it was …
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New documents released by Britney Spears and her legal team assert that her father, Jamie Spears, and his lawyers took over $36 million dollars from the singer’s estate throughout the 13 years he acted as her conservator. The documents were filed in response to Spears’ father demanding that his daughter …
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Natural gas reserves in Germany, which has one of the highest underground gas storage capacities in Europe, have fallen to historically low levels compared with previous years. “According to the consolidated register of gas storage facilities of the European association Gas Infrastructure Europe, Germany’s gas storage facilities are 50.6% full …
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Block founder and CEO Jack Dorsey said on Thursday that his fintech firm is building an open bitcoin mining system, as it looks to expand beyond its payment business and into new technologies like blockchain. “We’re officially building an open bitcoin mining system,” he tweeted. In a tweet thread, Block’s …
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Crisis talks between Russian diplomats and representatives from NATO have not yet reached an agreement over Moscow’s key demands, the military bloc’s secretary general has revealed, adding that other areas are open for compromise. Speaking following the summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that the two sides …
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The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan was a success, and the multinational deployment will begin a gradual withdrawal in two days, Nur-Sultan said on Tuesday. Speaking to Parliament, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev explained that all regions of the country are now stable, more than a week after …
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A shrinking number of Americans name Covid-19 among their top concerns, according to recent polling, which indicates greater worry over a lagging economy and four decade-high price inflation than the ongoing health crisis. Published on Monday, a new poll conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public …
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Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has described Sunday’s preliminary talks with Washington on security guarantees as “stunning” but also noted that the “conversation was difficult.” Ryabkov has held a two-hour meeting with his American counterpart, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, in Geneva, ahead of Monday’s larger US-Russia engagement. …
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German researchers have confirmed that the lack of in-person contact during a Covid lockdown and school closures took a sad toll on children’s mental health, with the number of suicide attempts increasing sharply. Up to 500 minors were hospitalized after suicide attempts in Germany between early March and late May …
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