Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has signed a law allowing foreign mercenaries to serve as officers in the country’s military. The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed the relevant legislation on October 10 and on Friday, it was signed into law by Zelensky, according to the website of the Ukrainian government. …
Read More »Vegan restaurant to serve meat amid crisis
The Mango Tree, a vegan eatery in Taunton, Somerset, has announced it will be reinventing itself with a meat-inclusive menu following brief renovations, citing the prohibitively high cost of doing business “as a purely vegan restaurant” in a notice posted after it closed its doors on Saturday. After “an exciting …
Read More »Washington to let Julian Assange serve sentence in Australia if convicted after extradition to US, legal document shows
The US government has begun its appeal against an initial decision by a UK court that denied a request to extradite Assange, claiming there was a high risk he would commit suicide if handed over to American law enforcement. At the start of the two-day hearing in the High Court …
Read More »China’s hypersonic missile test should serve as a serious warning to Washington
Over the weekend, a report appeared in the Financial Times – via a leak from an anonymous US official – which claimed that in August, China had tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile which had orbited the entire world. The article described US intelligence as saying the test showed China had …
Read More »New Netflix doc ‘Convergence’ uses Covid as a vehicle to serve up the same old insipid ideology of identity politics
The Covid pandemic has been a difficult time for all of us – except, of course, for documentary filmmakers, who seem to be living through the most booming of boom times. In recent months, two much-hyped HBO documentaries – Spike Lee’s‘NYC Epicenter: 9/11 – 2021 ½’and Nanfu Wang’s ‘In the …
Read More »‘He will serve his full term’: Georgian ex-leader Saakashvili plotted to KILL opposition figures to frame government, PM claims
Irakli Garibashvili made the shocking allegation on Sunday in an interview with local broadcaster Imedi TV. He cited intelligence obtained by Georgia’s secret services stating that Saakashvili was seeking to appear during mass protests scheduled a day after his abrupt return to the country. “During the culmination and mobilization of …
Read More »‘First come, first serve’: Americans warned of limited flights out of Kabul, US embassy ‘cannot ensure safe passage’ to airport
US citizens, legal permanent residents and their children “should consider travelling to Hamid Karzai International Airport,” the US Embassy in Afghanistan – currently operating out of makeshift offices at the airport – said in a security alert posted on its website on Wednesday. The embassy provided instructions as to how …
Read More »‘Paid to serve, not to die’: French police walk out to call on government to protect them amid spate of violence (VIDEO)
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin was booed by some on Wednesday as he briefly attended the rally in a show of support. “This can’t go on any longer. You really need to protect us. It’s getting worse,” one officer told him. The protest, held outside the National Assembly building in Paris, …
Read More »Ukraine joining NATO would not only benefit Kiev, but would also serve to strengthen US-led bloc, country’s army chief insists
In a Facebook post on Sunday, in celebration of NATO’s 72nd anniversary, Lieutenant General Ruslan Homchak revealed that Ukraine would be taking part in 15 multinational exercises this year alongside member states, with the country now one of six ‘Enhanced Opportunities Partners’. However, Homchak insists on the unlikely idea that …
Read More »Vladimir Putin signs law enabling him to serve two more terms as Russian president, could potentially stay in office until 2036
The newly signed bill comes after the country voted in favor of a new constitution last summer, with 78.56% of voters supporting the changes, according to the official tally. Putin is currently in the middle of his second consecutive stint in the Kremlin, and his fourth in total. Under the …
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