Speaking as part of an exclusive interview with RT, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the countries were planning to hold talks in January, confirming a statement his counterpart in Washington, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, had made to journalists the day before. Asked about the US reaction to a …
Read More »Trump touts Covid-19 vaccines, reveals his booster status
“We did something that was historic,” Trump said on Sunday at an event in Dallas. “We saved tens of millions of lives worldwide.” He also revealed that he had gotten a vaccine booster shot, eliciting a smattering of boos from the audience, which Trump attributed to “a very tiny group …
Read More »Pope reveals what’s ‘almost satanic’ about Covid-19 pandemic
The remarks by the pontiff were among the Catholic Church’s most stringent condemnations yet of domestic abuse. They were made during a special program that aired on Italy’s TG5 network on Sunday, which introduced to the audience four people struggling with serious hardships in their life and seeking consolation from …
Read More »Musk reveals how much tax he’ll pay in 2021
“For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Musk tweeted on Monday in an apparent bid to put the speculations about his tax situation to rest. The billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX have been selling off his Tesla stock at an ever-increasing pace, getting …
Read More »Former Ghani adviser reveals Afghan government’s ‘biggest mistake’ in run-up to US withdrawal
“I think not seeing that writing on the wall probably was one of the biggest” mistakes Afghani President Ashraf Ghani could have made as the end of the US occupation approached, former national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib told CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday. “We should have understood that the …
Read More »NYT investigation reveals ‘hundreds’ of civilian deaths uncounted in US strikes
The New York Times investigation, first part of which was released on Monday, draws on over 1,311 casualty assessment reports that were previously kept under wraps by the Pentagon. Having reviewed the files and visited “nearly 100 casualties sites” in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, the Times reported that the US …
Read More »Governor reveals if she plans to shut NYC down amid record spike in cases
After being asked whether she would encourage businesses to shut down to stop the spread of the variant, Hochul told MSNBC on Friday that the data shows Omicron “spreads quickly” but is “not as dangerous.” “So while primarily my number one goal is to protect the health of all New …
Read More »Russia reveals security proposals to West
The draft documents, which were given to US Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried on Wednesday and revealed to the public on Friday, include a request for a wide range of guarantees from both NATO and Washington that are aimed at boosting the security of all parties involved. The suggestions …
Read More »Russia reveals whether it’s ready for talks with NATO
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 …
Read More »US Marines chief reveals biggest risk for his force
General David Berger warned that, if the Congress and the Pentagon were not “willing to back” his force, the USMC might end up “in a bad place” after it gets rid of “legacy things” such as tanks and artillery without receiving new cutting-edge capabilities to replace them. “We’re in that …
Read More »