Olympic exile Kristina Timanovskaya wore a t-shirt bearing her now-familiar message of ‘I just want to run’ and posed with other athletes after taking part in the Wieslav Manyak Memorial event in Szczecin. The race was her first competitive outing since the 24-year-old became embroiled in a sporting and diplomatic row earlier this month, …
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Speaking as part of an interview published by The National Interest magazine over the weekend, the envoy was asked whether there had been an improvement in bilateral ties since the pair met in Geneva on July 28. Antonov and his US counterpart, John Sullivan, flew back to their respective postings …
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The Labour Party now has just 430,000 members – a huge drop from the 550,000 who were in the party under former leader Jeremy Corbyn – after numbers started to drop when Starmer was elected leader in April 2020, the Times has learned. According to the article, Labour has lost …
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On the topic of Russian-American dialogue on urgent nuclear issues, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov explained that Moscow has spoken to the new US administration four times about the subject, but he did not reveal any results. The revelation came after Ryabkov was asked a question regarding a recent announcement …
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Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, has announced that political demonstrations will not be allowed on medal podiums during this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Bach clearly does not want to see a repeat of the 1968 Olympics, when two American athletes gave the black power salute on the podium. …
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England romped to a 4-0 win in Rome on Saturday night thanks to a double from Harry Kane and goals from Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson, booking their spot in the last four of a European Championship for the first time since 1996. For Ukraine, it was a painful night …
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Trump will hold a rally in Wellington, Ohio on Saturday – his first since his January 6 event in Washington, DC that ended in the Capitol being stormed by a group of violent demonstrators. A video posted to social media shows a large field with rows of parked cars, apparent …
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A new report by Brown University’s Costs of War Project provides a new insight into what many dubbed an epidemic of suicides among the US military. Based on data from the DoD, the VA and secondary sources, the study found that at least four times as many military lives were …
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On Thursday, data from the financial tracking service of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs showed that the North Korean government has responded to a call for funding, representing Pyongyang’s first financial donation since 2005. The initiative, which seeks funding for conflict-ridden Myanmar, calls for $276 million …
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The two leaders, along with Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Washington’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken, sat down behind closed doors to discuss a range of geopolitical issues. The agenda included the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Eastern Ukraine, allegations of Russian meddling in recent US elections and the …
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