Views: 0 US President Joe Biden promised there would be no advancement of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, should Moscow launch an invasion of Ukraine.Biden was speaking after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the tense situation on Ukraine’s border with Russia, close to which some 100,000 Russian troops have been deployed. […]
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Views: 2 Cuba on Monday marks 60 years under a US economic blockade that has deeply affected the communist nation’s fortunes and shows no signs of being lifted. © YAMIL LAGE Cuba has little production capacity, and relies on imports for about 80 percent of its food needs© YAMIL LAGE Since 2000, food has been excluded from
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Views: 5 BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Sunday she was “very sceptical” that the country could maintain its troops in Mali amid growing tension between the West African country and its international partners. © Reuters/INTS KALNINS FILE PHOTO: German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht visits Rukla military baseGermany has some 1,200 troops
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Views: 2 By Karolos Grohmann © Reuters/JORGE SILVA Alpine Skiing – Men’s DownhillBEIJING (Reuters) – A sharp drop in COVID-19 cases on Feb. 5 among Beijing Olympics-related personnel was due to fewer arrivals at the airport and organisers said on Sunday that they did not expect any more large fluctuations in infection numbers. © Reuters/MIKE BLAKE Snowboard
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Views: 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials say. © Provided by Associated Press In this photo taken from video and released by
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Views: 1 A court in Nicaragua has found two prominent opposition figures – among dozens arrested by the government of President Daniel Ortega in the lead up to last year’s election – guilty of “conspiracy”. Dora Maria Tellez, a former rebel who fought alongside Ortega and served in his government before becoming leader of the
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Views: 1 An American computer hacker says that he is behind a revenge attack that has crippled North Korea’s Internet several times in the last month. © Getty Images/iStockphotoAmerican hacker keeps turning off Internet in North Korea – Getty Images/iStockphotoThe hacker, who goes by the name P4x, says he had been targeted by the hermit dictatorship’s spies
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Views: 29 Hakim Ziyech’s hopes of an international return with Morocco appear to be over after manager Vahid Halihodzic warned it would be ‘impossible’. The Chelsea winger missed out on this year’s Africa Cup of Nations after falling out of favour with his international side in September. That has meant the Blues could still. rely
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Views: 2 BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of boys are missing from a Syrian Kurdish prison that held members of the Islamic State group and their families, after the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces fought IS militants for 10 days to retake the facility, an international human rights group said Friday. © Provided by Associated Press US backed Syrian
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Views: 2 Is Joe Biden “weak” in the face of Russia, Iran or North Korea? This is the accusation leveled by opponents of the US president, who is trying to balance a firm hand with pragmatism to overcome multiple international crises and focus on a rising China. © Brendan Smialowski US President Joe Biden faces a
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