‘Don’t Lie To Yourselves’: Potential Russia-NATO Conflict Can Go Nuclear, Medvedev Warns
Flooding Ukraine with weapons increases the odds of a conflict between Russia and NATO, which can turn into a nuclear war, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram on Thursday. "Efforts by NATO countries to flo...
Russia Does Not see Central Asia As Geopolitical Struggle Arena – Speaker
Russia has not and does not regard Central Asia as an arena for geopolitical confrontation and is interested in the development of all Central Asian states, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko said on Thursday during a plenary session of t...
Finland’s Leaders Announce Support For NATO Membership, Moving Nation Closer To Joining Alliance
Finland's president and prime minister announced their support for joining NATO on Thursday, moving the Nordic nation which shares an 800-mile border with Russia one step closer to membership of the US-led military alliance. The statement of suppor...
North Korea Declares ‘Major National Emergency’ As They Identified First Case Of Covid-19, State Media Reports
North Korea has identified its first ever case of Covid-19, according to state media, which called the situation a "major national emergency." It's unclear how many infections have been detected but state-run news agency KCNA reported on Thursday tha...
Passenger Plane Catches Fire During Takeoff In Southwestern China
A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire after skidding off the runway in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Thursday morning. All 113 passengers and nine crew members were "evacuated safely," the airline said in a statement. More than 40 passen...
Lisa Cook Becomes First Black Woman On US Federal Reserve’s Board
Lisa Cook, an economics professor at Michigan State University, was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday. She is the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s board of directors in its 109-year existe...
Moscow Carefully Sizing Up NATO’s Force Posture Along Russia’s Border, Says Kremlin
Moscow is carefully sizing up everything touching upon NATO’s force posture along Russia’s borders, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, commenting on the possible NATO accession of Finland and Sweden. “We are keeping an...
Russia Hopes West Should Stop Promoting Unipolar World After Operation In Ukraine – Lavrov
Russia hopes that after its targets of the current special military operation in Ukraine are reached, the West will halt its drive for the ‘unipolar world’ and stop violating the principles of the UN Charter, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavro...
If Finland Applies To Join NATO, It Will Be “For The Security” Of Its Citizens, Prime Minister Says
If Finland applies to join NATO it will be "for the security" of its citizens, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Wednesday. Speaking during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Marin said she had talked ...
I’m Okay With Going To -H-e-l-l, If…… – Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla, Inc, the US electric vehicle and clean energy company, Elon Musk, says he does not have an issue with going to hell when he dies. The billionaire businessman was reacting to a Twitter user who asked him about his religious views. In var...
