“Russia suspends its participation in the New Start treaty,” the Kremlin leader declared in his state of the nation address. He blamed the West, as usual. New Start is Russia and America’s last remaining nuclear arms control treaty. It restricts the two countries’ nuclear arsenals. But there was more to …
Read More »North Korea launches a ballistic missile to bolster its nuclear arsenal.
North Korea said Sunday that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was intended to bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capability against its adversaries, as it threatened more drastic measures in response to planned military training between the US and South Korea. Saturday’s ICBM test, the North’s first since January 1, …
Read More »Economic Revival Complicated By Global Competition: President Xi Jinping
Efforts to revive China’s economy have become “complicated” due to increased global competition for investment, according to President Xi Jinping, who has called for measures to prevent and defuse significant economic and financial risks, such as those posed by the property sector and piling local government debt. Xi stated in …
Read More »In a new offensive, Russia launches missiles at Ukrainian targets.
Russia has again bombarded Ukraine with missiles, firing 36 cruise and other missiles and losing at least 16 of them to Ukrainian air defense batteries, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. The head of Ukraine’s presidential office said targets in the country’s north, west, and south had been hit. According to …
Read More »4 Russian fighter jets are intercepted and diverted by the US near Alaska.
Four Russian aircraft flew close to Alaska when the United States Air Force scrambled fighter jets to intercept and divert them. In a statement shared on Twitter on Tuesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command stated that the incident occurred on February 13 and involved “detected, tracked, positively identified” Russian …
Read More »A new Russian offensive in Ukraine? NATO’s alarming confirmation
As the eastern city of Bakhmut was receiving intense artillery fire, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared that a significant new Russian offensive was underway in Ukraine. In support of reports from local officials, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, “We see how they are sending more troops, more weapons, and more …
Read More »China intends to connect Tibet and Xinjiang via the Aksai Chin railway.
According to a new railway plan unveiled by the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government, China will soon start building an ambitious new railway line connecting Xinjiang and Tibet that will pass through the disputed Aksai Chin region and run close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The “medium to …
Read More »American officials claim they are “continuing efforts to expose China’s surveillance activities.”
Ned Price, a spokesperson for the US State Department, said during a press briefing that the US would consider continuing the more extensive efforts to identify and address China’s more significant surveillance activities that threaten its security and the security of its allies. According to Ned Price, the US is …
Read More »After a deadly earthquake, India and other countries send aid and rescuers to Turkey and Syria.
To conduct search and rescue operations, a group of NDRF personnel left for Turkey with a specially trained dog squad and the necessary tools, such as a wide range of medical supplies, cutting-edge drilling equipment, and other essential aid tools. Even as rescuers searched through the chilly night into Tuesday …
Read More »Turkey experiences an earthquake of magnitude 7.7.
On Monday, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 shook central Turkey and northwest Syria, causing hundreds of buildings to collapse and setting off a search for survivors buried under the rubble. The quake occurred early in the winter morning and was also felt in Lebanon and Cyprus. In …
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