Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday called on the United Nations Security Council to take action against Russia, one of its permanent members, by one of its 14 partners. Russia should not be allowed to remain in the UN Security Council as long as it continues to “terrorize” Ukrainian civilians, Zelensky said during a video conference […]
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USA: Eight-year-old plays with his father’s pistol, kills a one-year-old girl
Playing with his father’s pistol, an eight-year-old boy killed a one-year-old baby and injured another two-year-old boy over the weekend in Florida – a tragically common occurrence in the United States. The father, Roderick Randall, 45, was arrested and charged with negligence that resulted in homicide, illegal possession of firearms and the removal of evidence […]
Iraq: First death since cholera recurrence
The resurgence of cholera resulted in the first death yesterday Tuesday in Iraq, where 17 new cases of the disease, which causes acute diarrhea, were diagnosed in the previous 24 hours, the Ministry of Health announced The province of Kirkuk (north) “recorded today (Tuesday) the first death due to the disease,” said Saif al-Badr, a […]
Solz: To continue to support Ukraine, avoiding escalation
We must “ensure the maximum possible support” for Ukraine on a daily basis, while avoiding the risk of escalation, “which could affect the whole world,” Chancellor Olaf Solz said on Tuesday. Referring to the strengthening of the German armed forces, he said that Germany would acquire the largest conventional army within NATO in Europe. “In […]
Ukraine: Germany, Netherlands send more long-range guns
Germany and the Netherlands will jointly supply six more PzH 2000 self-propelled guns to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced on Tuesday. Ms. Lambrecht announced the delivery of the extra heavy weapons on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid together with her Dutch counterpart Kaisa Olongren. Last week, seven PzH 2000s arrived […]
EU: Cars with internal combustion engines end from 2035
The environment ministers of the 27 EU member states approved in the early hours of today the European Commission’s proposal to reduce the CO2 emissions of new vehicles to be sold in Europe from 2035 onwards, in other words to ban de facto sales. vehicles with internal combustion engines to be replaced with 100% electric. […]
White House sources: Turkey did not ask for compensation from the US for lifting the veto in Sweden-Finland
Turkey has not made “any particular request for concessions to the Americans” in order to lift its opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, a senior White House official has said. The United States “did not offer anything” to Ankara, he told reporters. The agreement reached in Madrid between Turkey, Finland and Sweden to expand […]
France: The country records a large increase in Covid-19 cases
The number of new cases of Covid-19 in France announced today by the health authorities jumped to 147,248, recording an increase of 54% more than a week ago, against the background of the “seventh wave” of the epidemic in Europe. This is the highest level of infection diagnosed in the country since the end of […]
Turkish media celebrate: Turkey got what it wanted from Sweden, Finland – Terms of agreement
The media in Turkey is in a frenzy after the announcement of an agreement lifting the Turkish veto on the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, as it seems that the two Baltic countries have made significant concessions to the PKK and the Kurds. The line of the Erdogan government clearly seems to be […]
Lithuania: The import of Russian gas into the country has been banned by law
Lithuania’s parliament tonight passed a law banning the import of Russian gas to reduce the country’s energy dependence on Moscow. In the spring, Lithuania, which is a member of the EU and NATO, stopped buying Russian gas through pipelines or through a terminal for LNG (liquefied natural gas). The new law allows the use of […]
