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Some of the country’s most successful executives are preparing for heavy losses, but unable to speak out or influence events. Russia’s business elite is bracing for possible military conflict, billions in lost value and new rounds of hard-hitting Western sanctions in silent despair — unable to influence the course of events and unwilling to speak […]

BANGKOK — A U.S. Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea crashed while trying to land on the deck of an American aircraft carrier, injuring seven sailors, the military said Tuesday. The pilot was able to eject before the aircraft slammed into the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson […]

A J-10 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade with the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command keeps climbing up during a day-and-night flight training exercise on January 5, 2022. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Huang Rongkai) After a total of 39 aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were spotted near Taiwan on Sunday […]

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that the Vienna talks are moving forward in the right direction. “What we are witnessing today in Vienna is the progress of the talks in the right direction. We have made good progress in all four areas (sanctions removal, verification, guarantees, and nuclear issues)…, some documents […]

  The Swedish government wants to ban the parking of electric scooters on pavements and bicycle lanes unless there are designated p arking spaces. If approved, the government’s bill would come into force on August 1st. The scooters have been hailed as environmentally friendly, fun and a major part of the growing sharing economy in a […]

The US’ push to impose UN sanctions on five North Koreans responsible for the regime’s recent missile launches could be delayed for at least six months, after China and Russia blocked the move. Norway, which holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in January, confirmed that China and Russia have put a hold […]

The world’s biggest, most powerful space telescope arrived at its observation post 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe. NASA artist’s rendition shows the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror, Aug. […]

MOmicron can last up to 8 days on plastic surfaces and 21 hours on skin.   –   Copyright  Canva The Omicron COVID-19 variant can survive longer than earlier strains of the virus on plastic surfaces and human skin, new research by Japanese scientists has found. The study by a team from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, which […]

NATO headquarters© AP Photo/Olivier Matthys LONDON, January 25. /TASS/. Leaders of the United Kingdom and other leading NATO member states agreed that “an unprecedented package of sanctions” should be imposed on Russia if it invades Ukraine, the UK prime minister’s press office said in a statement after a video conference on Monday night. “The leaders […]

At least eight people have been killed and dozens more injured in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations football match in Cameroon. Videos showed crowds of screaming football fans being crushed at the entry gates to the Paul Biya stadium in the capital Yaounde. Covid restrictions meant not all of those who wanted […]