Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he plans to visit Russia to personally urge President Vladimir Putin to attend peace negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul, Brazilian media reported Wednesday. The Kremlin has yet to confirm whether Putin will…

Ustenko noted that if Senator Lindsey Graham’s sanctions bill proposing a 500% tariff on countries that purchase Russian oil is passed, Russia could lose around $150 billion — nearly 40% of its military budget. The former presidential advisor believes that China, Türkiye, and India would stop buying…

European Union countries have agreed to impose a new raft of sanctions against Russia, including those targeting nearly 200 ships in the so-called shadow fleet used to circumvent restrictions on oil and gas exports. The new round of sanctions, set to be adopted next week, comes as Moscow and Kyiv…

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The Defense Intelligence's special operations units have once again demonstrated their precision and effectiveness during a weeklong campaign targeting russian occupiers and their materiel along the front. Ukrainian reconnaissance-strike teams responded decisively to enemy assaults, inflicting 128…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he was open to discussing the potential deployment of his country's nuclear weapons elsewhere in Europe. The comments came in an interview with French broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday evening. Macron noted that the United States already stations…

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President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a luxury aircraft from Qatar for use as a temporary Air Force One has opened a new front in the long-running battle over ethics and foreign influence in his presidency, just as he prepares to embark on his first major international trip since returning to…

Marion Schmidt had actually traveled to one of the most important gatherings of researchers to present recent developments at her university. The annual event held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is one of the most prestigious scientific conferences in the world,…

The Earth has a new threat: massive computer data centers. A recent study predicted that these data centers — which already consume about 1.5% of global electricity — will double their energy usage in the next five years, to about 945 terawatt hours a year. To put that in perspective, a single…

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A senior Chinese Communist Party official casts a suspicious eye towards an unmarked van lurking outside his building, as he rushes in and shuts the door. Inside his room, he picks up a framed photograph of his wife and their two children clinging to her before turning his gaze to footage of the…

Noble Corporation’s recent decision to sell the Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco for non-drilling purposes highlights a key issue in the drillship market: What happens to cold-stacked rigs that are unlikely to return to work? With the floater market showing signs of weakness and contract…

Share 0 Shares German defense minister Boris Pistorius said April 11 that Germany had restarted its efforts to source air defense systems to meet Ukraine’s needs, while it awaits deliveries of additional PATRIOT surface-to-air missile systems. In a press conference after the Ukraine Defense Contract…

Myanmar Disasters and Disinformation: AI and the Myanmar 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Format Analysis Source Posted 2 May 2025 Originally published 2 May 2025 Origin View original Attachments Download Report (PDF | 374.24 KB) A devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025, its…

HomeNewsPoliticsUkraine has moved 162 art collections abroad since beginning of full-scale war – MoC Tochytskyi Ukraine has moved 162 art collections abroad since beginning of full-scale war – MoC Tochytskyi Published: 12 Apr / 2025 17:21 Mykola Tochytskyi. Photo: ukrinform.ua Since the beginning of…

Military China says low-cost tech can detect US stealth fighters with pinpoint accuracy The device is allegedly able to detect US low-probability-of-intercept radar to pinpoint the location of stealth war machines. Updated: May 05, 2025 04:47 AM EST Christopher McFadden 5 hours ago Stock image of an…

Erdoğan urges easing barriers to marriage ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for the removal of obstacles to marriage as part of a broader campaign to bolster family values and reverse Türkiye's declining birth rate. "We never find it right to make marriage difficult," Erdoğan said on…

Independent TV Showing now | Culture 01:00 | Friday 09 May 2025 22:20 BST Metallica fans' reaction to their rendition of "Enter Sandman" during their first concert at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on Wednesday (7 May) triggered a small earthquake. Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory (VTSO)…

News FeedMonday, May 12 3:20 am Tusk says Russia ordered 2024 arson attack on Warsaw shopping centre. "We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. "Some of the…

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By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English,…

9 May – Victory Day – has become the foundation of Putin’s war machine. What was once a day commemorating the end of World War II has transformed into Russia’s most dangerous weapon: a mythological cult that fuels aggression against Ukraine and threatens all of Europe. While many Westerners struggle…

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Xi shows he wants to be close to Putin - but not too close 5 minutes ago Laura BickerChina Correspondent Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin make it look like they're the best of friends. Xi took his place at the right-hand side of Putin, the position of a…

The Russians thought they had broken Junior Sergeant Ruslan Myronenko’s. Instead, he broke them — and came back alive, according to the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade. Russia holds over 16,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians in detention across Russia and occupied Ukrainian…

Ukrainians celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May. State institutions, charities and military personnel have joined in sending greetings on this special day. Ukrainian soldiers are sending heartfelt messages to their mothers directly from the front line. Source: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life)…

News FeedMonday, May 12 1:36 am Over 107,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation. The publications' latest report covers the period of February 24, 2022 to May 8, 2025. Since it was last updated at the end of April, 2,857 additional Russian military personnel have…

Ukraine: Scenarios for the Future May 13, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Zoom Alexandra Vacroux, Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics, (on leave from Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies for 2024-2025), returns with an update on the war in Ukraine. Three…

Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years on 14 hours ago Sofia Quaglia USGS Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal. Plunging to the ocean's abyss on the Blake Plateau,…

Polish authorities accused Russian intelligence services on Sunday of orchestrating a fire that destroyed a large shopping center last year in the capital of Warsaw. Since Russia's February 2022 offensive against Ukraine, Poland — a loyal ally of Kyiv — claims to be the target of sabotage attempts…

Ukraine's titanium reserves may account for up to 20% of the global total, positioning the country as a key player in extracting this strategic metal. Source: geologist Dr Olena Remezova, Head of the Minerals Department at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of…