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North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, just a week after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal at the “fastest possible speed”. The launch was the latest in a string of sanctions-busting North Korean weapons tests so far this year, and came after […]
Vladimir Putin is set to transfer power to Russia’s top spy chief who is described as an “outright villain” while he undergoes cancer surgery, according to news reports. President Vladimir Putin will reportedly transfer power to his top spy chief Nikolai Patrushev while he undergoes surgery for cancer, according to Sky News. Mr. […]
The foreign minister of Russia has said the country is not looking forward to ending its war in Ukraine by Victory Day on May 9, which is set aside to mark the key anniversary amidst the ongoing conflicts. Sergei Lavrov, speaking with the Italian outlet Mediaset, the minister insisted Moscow would not […]
Four days after Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s account on January 8, 2021, the then-US president’s son pleaded with entrepreneur Elon Musk to employ his “brilliance” to launch a social media platform that “isn’t biased” to crush the competition. Musk didn’t accept Donald Trump Jr’s challenge. But the Tesla chief’s deal […]
The United Kingdom says it will cut tariffs on all goods imported from Ukraine to zero. In an announcement on Monday evening, the government said the move came in response to a direct request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to support his country’s economy. According to reports from the cable, the statement reads, […]
Billionaire entrepreneur, owner of Tesla, Elon Musk has finally bought US based micro-blog, Twitter at the value of $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and […]
Novak Djokovic’s wait for a first title in 2022 continues. This was after he was beaten 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 0-6 by Andrey Rublev in the final of his home ATP tournament in Belgrade on Sunday. Serbian world number one Djokovic has played relatively little this season. This is due to his refusal to […]
Emmanuel Macron has won the presidential election in France, defeating far right-wing candidate, Marine Le Pen. Macron took 58.55% of Sunday’s vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. He and Le Pen advanced to the runoff after finishing in first and second place, respectively, among 12 candidates […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked South Korea’s outgoing president for trying to improve relations, a rare gesture of goodwill but one that analysts said may not be enough to head off growing tension between the two Koreas. The warm words from North Korea to President Moon Jae-in came in an […]
Israel carried out its first air strikes on the Gaza Strip in months early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave as tensions soar after a weekend of violence around a Jerusalem holy site. Warning sirens sounded in southern Israel Monday night after the rocket was fired from the […]
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